Pokémon: Welcome to Alola!

Bid farewell to Uncle Xibu and left the Wela Volcano Altar.After a night of fierce fighting, everyone rested at the hot spring hotel for a day before leaving.The next journey is from Route 5 to Route 6 via the Geling Tunnel.Go to the next test place, the Shumeng Jungle at the end of Road 6.

From the moment she set off, Shui Lian was in a very good mood, holding up her fishing rod and humming along the way.

"Shui Lian, you seem to be in a good mood." Lillie asked.

"After passing through the Geling Tunnel, there is Route 6. That is Sister Mao's territory. We will meet Sister Mao soon."

Mao, I met him last time at Ohana Farm, and Red still has an impression.She is a gentle and sunny girl who is good at cooking.

Meiyue asked: "Is Mao a good friend of Shui Lian?"

"Yeah, we grew up together. Sister Mao and I were both born in Knico City."

Shui Lian happily walked in front, eager to reach Route 6 as soon as possible.

Mitsuki also cautiously asked Reid: "Do you also know Mao?"

"Yes, we met at Ohana Ranch before." Reid simply told Lillie and Mitsuki the story of what happened at Ohana Ranch before. After that encounter, Mao temporarily stayed at Ohana Ranch due to injury. At the Pokémon Center in Ohana Ranch, Red and Suiren headed to Kondai City.The separation was brief, and Mao would have returned to the Shumeng Jungle by now, assuming the last injury was not serious.

Meiyue was thoughtful, this Mao was such a good girl in the mouths of Red and Suiren, which made Meiyue secretly jealous and wanted to meet this girl.

Soon we arrived at Geling Tunnel. Geling Tunnel is a very long tunnel that has just been opened.Previously, this location was blocked by the mountains of Wela Volcano. The only way to get from Route 5 to Route 6 was to climb over Wela Volcano. The Ridge Tunnel penetrated the western ridge of Wela Volcano and was dug out. There is a road leading to Route 6.However, the Geling Tunnel is currently only supported by walking, and does not support riding Pokémon or driving through it.This is because digging the tunnel across the ridge passes through the habitat of gophers and worms. A large number of gophers and worms can be seen in the tunnel. In order to protect the ecology of wild Pokémon, riding Pokémon is prohibited. Menghe rides through to avoid traffic accidents that may harm wild Pokémon.

"It is said that the Geling Tunnel may collapse within three years." Shui Lian said.

"Ah, after so much effort was put into digging this tunnel, it will be out of use in just a few years?"

"There's no way. We didn't do a good job of surveying when we excavated it. This tunnel has encroached on the Pokémon's habitat. Now it's full of holes dug by gophers and cowards. The Ethereum Foundation wants to protect it. Pokémon's wild habitat has given up on this project. Within three years, this tunnel will collapse due to gophers digging holes everywhere, and it is estimated that this tunnel will be completely closed to traffic by this time next year."

A group of people walked in the tunnel. It was a large tunnel, and they could see holes made by various gophers, cowards and even Lada everywhere.From time to time, you can see gophers and three gophers in Alola form passing by. The three gophers in the Alola region have long golden hair, which is different from the bald gophers in other places.The attributes of Alola's three gophers are still steel + ground. They will use metal hair as detectors when digging in the ground, and they will also use hard metal hair to protect themselves.With their long flowing hair, they not only look good, but also have more functions than bald gophers.

The timid ones, on the other hand, feel the presence of humans and hide and dare not show up.This is also the reason why Cowards are rare. This kind of weak Pokémon is extremely afraid of humans and will actively avoid humans.It is very difficult to catch and train a coward.

Deep in the tunnel, two workers appeared conducting surveys in the tunnel.They wore pure white work clothes with no other markings except for many tool pockets, white peaked caps and long-sleeved gloves.This pure white suit is as white as a doctor about to go on stage for surgery, but this is a severely damaged tunnel, and the dust has stained their uniforms with a layer of khaki.Shui Lian recognized him at a glance. He was from the Aether Foundation.They were observing an Alolan Vulpix.

The pure white Alola Vulpix was covered in dust like the staff of the Aether Foundation, and its soft fur was messy. It fell to the ground with its eyes closed and was breathing rapidly.

This is Red's first head-on encounter with the Ether Foundation. Now Red still doesn't know what situation he is in with the Ether Foundation. Do they know about his existence?Do you think of yourself as an enemy?

Just in case, Red put his hand on his waist and placed it on the Poke Ball when he passed by.

However, Sui Lian unexpectedly stopped and greeted the people from the Aether Foundation: "Alola! Do you need any help?"

Red was dumbfounded, but Shui Lian stopped. He had no reason to abandon Shui Lian and leave at this time.Lillie lowered her head and walked forward on her own.Mitsuki wanted to call Lillie, but Red understood in his mind, reached out and grabbed Mitsuki's hand, and gently pulled Mitsuki to stop her.Mr. Mosquito Repellent was jealous when he saw Red holding Meiyue's hand, and he also reached out to hold Red's other hand.

Mitsuki's hand was held by Red, and she glanced at Red with wide eyes. Red winked at her and said with lips: "Don't... call... her..."

Mitsuki thought Red was trying to push Lillie away from holding her hand, so she kept her mouth shut.

In fact, it was because Lillie didn't want to be recognized by the people from the Aether Foundation, so she chose to walk forward alone with her head bowed.Reid was afraid that Mitsuki would accidentally expose Lillie, so he held her hand.

"Hey, isn't this Captain Shui Lian from Gurgling Water Hill? Why is he here?"

One of the staff members stood up and was about to take off his dirty gloves and shake hands with Shui Lian. Shui Lian waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about these etiquettes. What are you doing here? Do you need my help?"

The staff said: "We were checking the internal conditions of the tunnel as usual and encountered this injured Vulpix. If Captain Suiren doesn't mind it, can you help send it to our rescue station on Route [-]?"

Reid stood behind Shui Lian, tugged on Shui Lian's clothes, and reminded him in a low voice: "Is there any fraud..."

Shui Lian ignored Red's reminder and said with a smile: "No problem, we happen to be on our way to Route [-]. Leave it to us."

"That's great." Another staff member carefully picked up Vulpix on the ground. Mitsuki quickly stepped forward to pick up Vulpix and held her in her arms.The staff said: "We have sprayed it with wound medicine, and the wound has stopped bleeding. It is still very weak. The rescue station has a hospital bed and other medicines. It can be sent there to rest."

Vulpix was in Mitsuki's arms, crying weakly.There was a wound on the dirty tail, and a little fur fell off, revealing a bright red wound the size of a thumb.Mitsuki gently stroked its soft fur, like soothing a sleeping baby. Perhaps Vulpix felt relieved and stopped crying, lying on Mitsuki's chest and closing his eyes to rest.