Pokémon: The Climb

"It's better to fly faster!"

Jumping off the fire-breathing dragon, Yang Yan looked at the ruins in front of him, which was a fake tomb to be precise, and couldn't help but sigh.

It only took less than 3 days to get back to the ground. It was indeed much faster than walking through the underground passage stupidly.

"I'm here, but it seems a little late..."

Yang Yan stepped forward and touched the opened bronze door. It was obvious that there were palm-shaped marks in the dust on the door.

"Has it just been discovered, or has it been swept away?"

With doubts, Yang Yan decided to go in to investigate, but before going in, he changed his identity to "You".

When exploring the tomb, it is more convenient to use the ghost system.

Released some ghost elements, Yang Yan took them and walked in slowly.

The layout of the fake tomb chambers is similar, so Yang Yan, who has experienced it twice, can go all the way down without stopping at all.

After passing three tombs in a row, Yang Yan finally saw traces of fighting.

After a quick check, he had a rough conclusion.

"Judging from the damage to the wall, the battle did not last long, which shows that the guys who came here are very strong. It can be said that they crushed the ghosts here."

"Is it an expert passing by by chance, or the group of people the short and thin man mentioned?"

Yang Yan didn't have an answer, but his vigilance had been raised to a new level.

Unfortunately, he continued to explore until he reached the bottom, but he didn't see anyone else.

Not to mention people, there was no movement at all.

As for the ghosts living here, none of them were discovered.

"Could it be that those ghosts were taken away by the opponent after they were defeated?" Yang Yan guessed.

Thinking about it, it's really possible. After all, although there are few people using the ghost type, it is actually a very rare Pokémon. It's not surprising if someone encounters it and then captures it.

"If they were really captured, does that mean that the other Pokémon in the fake tombs might also have been captured by bounty hunters?" Yang Yan suddenly realized that he seemed to be doing useless work.

"What happened..." Yang Yan couldn't help but shook his head, speechless.

There are many bounty hunters coming here, and many of them are powerful. Once they find the fake tomb, they will definitely loot everything like locusts crossing the border, just like the empty fake tomb under his feet.

But Yang Yan thought about it and felt that he should go there. For no other reason, he always needed to give an explanation to the giant clay dolls.

If he was definitely captured, then Yang Yan would have no choice, because he couldn't trace them at all, so he couldn't kill all the bounty hunters one by one, right? It’s unrealistic to even think about it.

I think the clay doll giants will understand when the time comes.

The fake tomb chamber was swept away, but fortunately the bronze passage at the bottom was not discovered, so Yang Yan did not need to do any more trouble.

Soon he was back on the ground.

"Then the next step is to go see the volcano!"

Looking up, Yang Yan could see three mountains in the shape of a "pin" in front of him. These three mountains are all volcanoes, and they are connected to each other internally. This kind of landform, even in Hoenn City, which has many volcanoes, rarely seen.

These were analyzed by Yang Yan based on the map.

"Considering that the next operation is mainly to detect intelligence, and try not to expose yourself or conflict with the other party... then it is better to maintain this."

After a brief thought, Yang Yan decided to continue using the identity of "You".

The ghost type has always been good at detection. Their environment that is not affected by physical factors makes their probability of being discovered extremely low.

You don’t need to think about it to know that the volcanic environment is very complicated, so overall, the identity of "you" is the most suitable.

From the fake tomb to the volcano, there are two hills to climb.

As we moved forward, the familiar smell of sulfur became stronger and stronger.

The closer you get, the more obviously you can feel the increase in air temperature.

Yang Yan drank a bottle of water and wiped his sweat, "It has become so hot before we even reach the volcano. Unless the volcano is very close to erupting, otherwise it won't be like this!"

"It seems that in addition to human threats, changes in volcanoes also require constant attention!"

Continue on your way.

After about three hours of arduous trek, Yang Yan finally reached the foot of a volcano.

Looking back at the way he came, Yang Yan sighed: "Although I was cautious, I didn't meet anyone else along the way. Does it mean that they have left?"

Although he didn't really believe that Xi Doran would be caught, he didn't rule out the possibility.

It has been more than 10 days since the short and thin man left.

If you are well prepared and strong enough, 10 days is almost enough to capture Xi Doran.

"Whether those people succeed or not, let's go in and take a look first!"

Yang Yan ate something and after replenishing his strength, he walked in along the entrance of the cave he had just discovered.

Under normal circumstances, there are no passages inside the volcano, but who would let this be the home that Sidorane built for himself.

Although Sheetran is a fire-type beast that likes to live in volcanoes, it is a dual-type Pokémon with a secondary attribute of Steel. Therefore, Sheetran is also an expert at digging holes. There will be holes inside the three volcanoes. The interconnected shape is undoubtedly the work of Xi Doran, so it is logical to have some other passages in the volcano.

Although Yang Yan didn't know whether the road he was taking was driven by Xi Dolanen, he thought it would be no problem to go deep into the volcano.

In order not to bump into others suddenly and to detect the nearby environment at the same time, Yang Yan asked the ghosts to stay 10-20 meters away from him.

At first, except for getting hotter and hotter, Yang Yan didn't find anything of value.

It wasn't until more than 20 minutes later that the ghosts came back and said that more and more other passages were found near the passage he was in, and Yang Yan was in trouble.

"Xi Duolan'en is also too busy. Why dig so many tunnels for nothing? It's so complicated!" Yang Yan complained repeatedly.

There were countless passages dug up and down the entire mountain, making it more complicated than an ant cave. Yang Yan suspected that even if he had a ghost element, he would probably get lost.

But there is an advantage to being so complicated. At least those who want to catch Xiduolan will have a hard time finding Xiduolan.

Even if he found it, it would probably be easy for Xi Dolan to escape.

In addition, due to the environment inside the volcano, other than Xi Dolan, even the champion did not dare to use his full strength, which further reduced the opponent's probability of success.

"If you want to arrest someone in the base camp, you must be prepared to pay a heavy price!" Yang Yan mourned in his heart for those who overestimate their capabilities.

After advancing for a long time, he had completely entered the interior of the volcano.

In a short time, he would reach the center of the volcano and see the boiling river of magma.

But at this time, Yang Yan became more and more confused.

"It's just that I haven't met anyone else. It's understandable that I haven't found any traces of others, but it's not reasonable to not even see a trace of wild Pokémon..."

He still remembered the volcano on the island where the transfer station was established before. He had encountered many Pokémon there, so there was no reason why there wouldn't be any here.

Just when Yang Yan couldn't think of an answer, an explosion suddenly came from deep in front, accompanied by vague human voices!

"Someone?!"