The moment Mu Li saw the spaceship, he basically guessed why the Three Legendary Birds appeared here.
It was obviously attracted by this mysterious spaceship.
"This ship is too big..." Mu Li couldn't help but sigh.
The hidden technological level in this world was indeed much stronger than in his previous life. He just didn't know if taking this ship back would allow the country to allocate him another piece of land.
Recently, he had been thinking about developing in the maritime domain, which definitely had nothing to do with fishing.
"I wonder if this ship belongs to the country or is private?" Mu Li examined the spaceship. "The more I look at it, the more I like it. Who cares, it's in international waters anyway... No, this ship actually dared to fly into our country's airspace. This is outrageous! I can't stand for this."
Mu Li couldn't help but reveal a fearless aura, summoning Gardevoir. At the same time, he sent a remote message to Lugia, who was below the clouds, telling him to just hold off the Three Legendary Birds down there. The next moment, three light blue mirror-like surfaces appeared around Mu Li, and Mu Li and Togekiss's figures directly vanished.
Inside the command cabin at the head of the spaceship, a translucent virtual screen was displaying the battle between Lugia and the Three Legendary Birds in 360 degrees.
"Report, Lugia seems to have given up attacking us and is now attacking the Three Legendary Birds instead," a person in a black uniform said to the middle-aged man sitting in the command cabin.
The middle-aged man also wore a similar black uniform, but his uniform was clearly more exquisite, with a large lightning symbol on his chest, framed by a circle.
"Hmph, he must have realized that he couldn't break through the Three Legendary Birds' attacks," the middle-aged man sneered. "A truly smart choice. It's a pity that these Three Legendary Birds have been enhanced by us. Whether it's their durability or continuous recovery ability, they are incomparable to ordinary Three Legendary Birds."
"Commander, we currently have no other means of attack. If this continues, this battle will inevitably last for a long time. I'm worried that Huaxia might realize something is wrong and take action," the staff member said.
"So what if they know? This is international waters," the middle-aged man sneered. "Are they going to launch missiles directly? You know, with the strength of the Three Legendary Birds and Lugia, even if a few Champion-level trainers came, they wouldn't be able to influence the situation at all."
"But..." The staff member seemed to want to say something else, but was directly interrupted by the middle-aged man.
"No more 'buts'! You'd be better off spreading the spaceship's shielding system. As long as the aftermath of their fight can be hidden, Huaxia won't be able to detect any abnormalities at all," the middle-aged man said impatiently.
"It has already been ordered to be sent out," the staff member replied.
Mu Li was about to find a place to enter the spaceship when he saw a large passage open on the ship, from which countless small flying vehicles flew out.
"What is this?" Mu Li looked at these flying vehicles with some confusion, but his movements were not slow. He took advantage of these flying vehicles flying out to enter the spaceship.
These flying vehicles gradually spread out, with some remaining around the spaceship and others flying out of the clouds, completely surrounding the battleground of Lugia and the Three Legendary Birds.
As a light blue light flashed, the originally visible spaceship directly disappeared into the clouds, and the previously turbulent sea gradually calmed down. The Twister on the sea surface seemed to be confined within another space by these flying vehicles. No matter how the Twister swirled, the seawater could never spill out of the light circle formed by the flying vehicles.
Lugia let out roars, as if sensing something ominous.
Mu Li naturally couldn't see any of this. He had already entered the spaceship's interior. Through telepathy, he also sensed Lugia's abnormality.
"It's alright, just hold them off. I've already entered the spaceship," Mu Li comforted.
Feeling the information from Mu Li, Lugia gradually stabilized. He naturally understood Mu Li's strength perfectly.
Since Mu Li said so, he was no longer anxious and began to attack these three foolish birds intermittently.
Lugia had long since noticed that something was off with these three foolish birds.
He had fought with these three foolish birds before, but in the past, even with all three birds attacking simultaneously, it would only take a little more time to exhaust their stamina, and then he could take them down in one fell swoop.
If Mu Li was directing, it would be even easier; he could resolve those three foolish birds in minutes.
However, these three foolish birds today were clearly different from those he had encountered before. Not only were they full of stamina, but their recovery speed was extremely fast. He had attacked many times and caused many wounds on them, but these three birds recovered from their injuries in the blink of an eye, and they used their innate energy as if it were free.
Facing such fierce attacks, even Lugia had to temporarily avoid their edge.
With Lugia's wisdom, he quickly sensed the suspicious points. Sure enough, as soon as his mental power spread out, he discovered the spaceship above the clouds.
The changes in these Three Legendary Birds, needless to say, must be related to that spaceship.
Lugia originally wanted to break through the Three Legendary Birds' blockade by using the Twister's restraint and directly attack the spaceship, but unexpectedly, Mu Li happened to arrive.
For Lugia, holding off these Three Legendary Birds was simply too easy.
Although the Three Legendary Birds' attacks posed some threat to him, avoiding their attacks with his speed was not difficult. He was previously blocked only because he was stubborn and determined to break through the Three Legendary Birds' combined attack.
So Lugia and the Three Legendary Birds began a peaceful exchange of attacks: you use a Flamethrower, I use a Weather Ball; you use a Thunderbolt, I use an Ancient Power...
The main thing was a back-and-forth.
After Mu Li entered the spaceship, he finally learned the origin of this spaceship.
According to the logo on the spaceship, this spaceship should belong to an American company—Apocalypse Thunder Corporation. This is a gene company specializing in Pokémon research, and it is said to have developed many drugs that can enhance Pokémon's strength in a short period.
Mu Li wandered around the spaceship invisibly and then got lost.
This spaceship was simply too big, and the various rooms inside looked similar. Without a map, it was indeed difficult to distinguish the paths inside.
Mu Li suspected that this was intentionally designed by the spaceship's designer to prevent invaders like Mu Li from entering the spaceship's interior.
However, since he knew it was a private company, Mu Li had even fewer qualms.
"Excuse me, I'm taking over this ship."
Although Mu Li didn't know the way, he had a good habit since childhood—when he didn't know the way, he would just ask someone.
So, a passing staff member had bad luck.
After some interrogation, Mu Li finally learned what this spaceship was here to do.
Apocalypse Thunder Corporation's goal for this trip was Lugia. As for why they wanted to capture Lugia, that small staff member said he didn't know.
The orders they received were to release the previously captured Three Legendary Birds to battle Lugia, and then capture Lugia. It was such a simple plan.
Although the plan was simple and very direct, based on Mu Li's understanding of Lugia, Apocalypse Thunder Corporation still underestimated the methods of these top-tier Legendary Pokémon.
Lugia might indeed not be able to destroy the spaceship under the Three Legendary Birds' attacks, but if Lugia focused on escaping, it would be very difficult for the Three Legendary Birds to stop him.
However, Mu Li also didn't know if Apocalypse Thunder Corporation had any other trump cards, but Mu Li estimated that the probability of this situation was low. After all, they had already used the Three Legendary Birds. This company couldn't possibly have captured Ho-Oh or Rayquaza, could they?
If they had that kind of strength, Lugia would probably have been captured long ago.
After obtaining the spaceship's map from a unlucky staff member, Mu Li did not choose to go to the command room. Instead, he first went to the research lab on the spaceship.
Many different types of Pokémon were captured on the spaceship. Only after Mu Li entered the research lab did he discover that most of these Pokémon were already dead, and the few that were still alive were on their last breath, with dull eyes. He didn't know what kind of suffering they had endured.
Using Pokémon for live experiments was something explicitly prohibited worldwide, but he didn't expect this Apocalypse Thunder Corporation to still be conducting such experiments in secret. Since Mu Li had collected this evidence, this company could forget about continuing to operate.
Mu Li walked to the center of the laboratory, where many researchers were still working.
Mu Li didn't hesitate. He directly had Gengar use a wide-range Hypnosis. After confining all the researchers together, he began to look through the research data.
Apocalypse Thunder Corporation's main research direction was Pokémon bioengineering. Most of these research contents were explicitly prohibited due to their cruelty, such as Pokémon organ transplantation and genetic research.
And this time, their plan was to capture Lugia and try to create a clone of Lugia.
Mu Li didn't know what to say. Having lived two lives, although he knew there were many dark sides in this world, when he truly witnessed these dark sides, he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
He knew that even if he destroyed this Apocalypse Thunder Corporation today, there would still be Apocalypse Flame, Apocalypse Frost tomorrow...
Where there is yin, there is yang; where there is light, there is darkness. The dark side of humanity cannot be eradicated.
However, as a Champion trainer, since Mu Li had witnessed this scene, he naturally would not allow it to continue.