Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

He kept his guess about the Silver Companion Beast deep in his heart.

Yang Xiao's expression returned to calm, and he followed Pei Zhilang all the way back to the previous "murder scene".

Looking at Pei Zhilang's slightly silent expression, Yang Xiao understood his emotions.

I think Pei Zhilang should know these people.

"Ugh."

My thoughts are full of ups and downs and my emotions are mixed.

But in the end, we still have to return to reality.

He didn't say that he wanted to bury them, which was impossible to do in the [Dark Gold] channel.

He also did not mention the "outrageous" request for Yang Xiao to accompany him to move the bodies of these people into the house.

He just looked at it silently for a few seconds and then looked away.

Yang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s okay, I’m still sane.

If Pei Zhilang had really made the request just now.

Although Yang Xiao would take the other party's feelings into consideration and would not scold him, he would never do as he requested.

He would even stop Pei Zhilang from doing so.

The reason is not that Yang Xiao is inhumane, but a very easy-to-understand truth -

It's not appropriate now.

Let’s not talk about whether those desperadoes have the habit of smearing poison on corpses. Even if they don’t, how could the two of them have the time to do it?

There are desperadoes exploring the passage in front, and there is a shaking wall behind, and no one knows who made it.

anyway.

It's not our turn to move the bodies at this moment.

Do the right thing at the right time.

This is the truth that Yang Xiao understood in his previous life.

"Let's go."

Pei Zhilang raised his head and looked at Yang Xiao who was looking at him dimly:

"Don't look at me like that. Don't worry, I know what's important."

"…I'm not worried about you."

Yang Xiao nodded slightly and looked away: "I am paying attention to your emotions, let's continue walking."

"it is good."

Pei Zhilang patted his cheeks twice to remind himself to cheer up:

"I just feel a little sad. Apart from me, these people are the last ones left here..."

The words were not finished.

His voice was suddenly interrupted by Yang Xiao: "What?"

"what?"

Pei Zhilang looked at him in confusion.

Yang Xiao stopped and looked at him in astonishment: "You said... these people are the last ones here?"

Pei Zhilang was slightly startled.

He seemed to realize something and smiled bitterly: "Yes."

"You wait a moment."

Yang Xiao's expression suddenly became solemn.

He said bluntly:

"Why are there so few people in a place where we know there are 'Legendary Pokémon'?"

"…Because they were all transferred to the research center in the Northern Province a month ago."

"Does it require more vigilance there than here?"

"No."

Pei Zhilang confessed: "Within a radius of 300 kilometers, the research institute here has the highest level of alert."

"Then that's the obvious problem!"

Yang Xiao frowned, looked at Pei Zhilang, and said quickly:

"No alliance in the world would do such a thing as picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons! Does the alliance really trust the safety here?"

"Do you know what I heard those passing researchers say when I first met you? They were talking about the storage disk!"

"I didn't understand it at the time, but what if I did? With this level of alertness, how dare you send people out?"

"Because the league's order is 'defensive switch'."

Pei Zhilang sighed:

"Every once in a while, half of the security personnel will be replaced, and the other half will be responsible for teaching the 'newcomers' and waiting for the next 'defense replacement'."

"In the past, other research centers would send people here first, and our half would go over later."

"But this time, they suddenly changed the order and asked our people to rush over, saying that a certain research institute was attacked."

"And the people who will replace them will be sent over later. We have also verified with the headquarters that the order is genuine and there is no problem."

"and then?"

Yang Xiao sneered: "Then no one was sent over, right?"

"……yes."

Pei Zhilang closed his eyes and said sadly:

"We already felt something was wrong, so we sent a request to the alliance headquarters for additional personnel, and eventually several senior trainers were transferred over."

"But a few days after I came here, the Great Tomb Mountain incident broke out again, and a forced transfer order was issued to all Gold-level and above trainers within 300 miles, and they were sent away again."

"Ah."

Yang Xiao looked at Pei Zhilang and had nothing to say:

"Don't tell me that not a single high-level trainer stayed?"

"Yes, me."

Pei Zhilang sighed again:

"My Tutu is a white jade-level Pokémon. It's a genuine gym-level Pokémon. Didn't I tell you at the time that I was responsible for guarding the house?"

"The Alliance left it for me on purpose, and the Great Tomb Mountain is less than a hundred kilometers away from here. It may seem far, but in fact, it will take them less than five minutes to get here."

"It's really embarrassing... Never mind."

Yang Xiao looked away and stopped the idiom he was saying:

"Five minutes have passed. Are they here?"

"Logically speaking, the noise just now should have been caused by them."

Pei Zhilang said faintly: "But I know they didn't come."

As he spoke, he touched his chest.

He took out a round electronic device with a flashing red dot, raised it towards Yang Xiao and gestured:

"Because, just five minutes after the accident, I noticed that they all stopped outside Henghai City."

"It will always show the wearer's approximate location, and if they enter Henghai City, it will automatically vibrate."

"But now it shows that none of them have entered Henghai City."

"So far, they have only moved in a small area, but they will eventually retreat to a location about 15 kilometers outside of Henghai City, and it will be difficult for them to move forward any further."

Yang Xiao felt a headache after hearing this.

"You guys."

He pointed at Pei Zhilang, not knowing what to say.

"Stop scolding."

Pei Zhilang continued to walk forward and said sadly: "It's not that I haven't guessed many questions, but... I just can't figure them out."

"As an alliance, why do we need to engage in such intrigue?"

At this moment, Yang Xiao had already guessed the reasons for Pei Zhilang's previous abnormal conditions.

What do those words that are hesitant, obscure and cannot be said clearly mean?

It's nothing more than those "bad things" that shouldn't exist.

It seems that the ones who caused the wall to shake were another group of desperadoes.

The two of them didn't talk any more after that.

The Silver Companion War Beast was sleeping in the place prepared for Him by the research institute.

What they have to do now is to get there as soon as possible.

Better to get ahead of the first wave of desperadoes.

As one of the "masters" of the underground research institute, no one knows the terrain here better than Pei Zhilang.

He took Yang Xiao around and soon they slipped into a room that had been ransacked.

Almost everything inside has been dismantled.

This is obviously not only for searching things, but also for looking for any secret doors.

Seeing Pei Zhilang's energy...

"Could there really be a secret door that hasn't been found yet?"

"of course."

Pei Zhilang raised his eyebrows: "We often use it when we are slacking off."

Done.

Pei Zhilang immediately walked towards a certain wall, released Tutu Dog, pointed at a piece of [Dark Gold] above, and said: "Tutu Dog, sketch 'Impact'."

Tutu's expression was somewhat calm, and it seemed that his emotions were normal at the moment.

It bent its knees slightly and squatted, heading straight towards the direction of Pei Zhilang's finger.

"Sketch 'slap', here."

After changing the position, Tutu Dog swung its tail and attacked.

"Sketch 'catch', there."

Tutu Dog slapped the last spot heavily.

There was a muffled sound, and the thick wall next to it began to move slowly, and some dust scattered on the ground.

"It's done."

Pei Zhilang clapped his hands and returned to Yang Xiao:

"Assuming the order is correct, this area is deliberately thickened to prevent the exposed wall from being moved by the mechanism."

"So that we can show the room ahead and avoid having to take a long detour."

really.

Yang Xiao nodded secretly.

Pei Zhilang is indecisive and sometimes clear-headed, but he is also a trustworthy person...

People, huh?

As the wall slowly moved away, Yang Xiao's expression became more and more frozen.

Just opposite me, there were two men in black standing together and dismantling a bookcase.

now.

They were silently watching the movement of the wall, and then silently shifted their gaze to Yang Xiao and Pei Zhilang.

When eight eyes meet, silence is better than words.