frightfiction Chapter 748 Invitation
Chapter 748 Invitation
"Actively explore wormholes?! Old Xing, are you crazy?!"
Zhang Leiyuan stood up abruptly, his voice filled with disbelief, shock, and urgency.
To him, this idea was not just an adventure, it was downright insane gambling!
"That's not a known entrance to a secret realm! It's something created by the First Divine Punishment and Silavi; its nature is unknown and its structure is unstable!"
"If you plunge headlong into it, you have no idea what's on the other side! It could be a temporal turbulence, a fragment of space, or even a completely void dimensional rift! What's the difference between that and courting death?!"
He paced excitedly around the office, trying to make Xing Wence understand the danger involved.
"Being lost in an unknown time or space is a million times more terrifying than facing any powerful wild Pokémon! It means utter loneliness, depletion of resources, and the despair of never finding your way back!"
Faced with Zhang Leiyuan's intense reaction, Xing Wence remained unusually calm, even a faint smile playing on his lips.
He adjusted his glasses and spoke calmly and firmly: "Brother Lei Yuan, have you forgotten what you said to me in the ice cave on the European continent back then?"
He imitated Zhang Leiyuan's bold and elegant tone from back then.
"To become a top trainer, you not only need the belief to defeat everything and the courage to not fear death, but also the determination to dare to walk on a dead end and turn that dead end into a smooth road!"
"Otherwise, why should we stand at the highest point to enjoy the view?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Leiyuan was speechless for a moment. He opened his mouth, but found that he could not refute it.
Back then, wasn't it with this almost obsessive impulse and determination that I overcame countless dangers and won over my current partners?
The reason why he and Xing Wence became close friends is precisely because they both have this kind of "stubbornness" in their bones, willing to do anything to pursue their goals.
During the two and a half years they traveled abroad together, venturing into countless dangerous and dangerous places, wasn't it all for that desire for legendary Pokémon and power?
He sat heavily back on the sofa, let out a long sigh, his shoulders slumped slightly, his tone softened, but his worry remained.
"That makes sense... but Lao Xing, there are other ways to create Grass-type legendary Pokémon, or powerful ones, besides Ironleaf."
"For example, Shaymin from the Hoenn region, the Eternal Flower and Virizion from the Kalos region, and even more ancient legends... Why insist on fighting against such uncertain future species that may not even exist? It's too dangerous."
Xing Wence's smile faded, and his expression became frank and serious.
He no longer concealed his deeper motives: "Brother Lei Yuan, you and I both know that Grass-type Pokémon have very obvious inherent weaknesses—Fire, Ice, Bug, Flying, and Poison, a full five types that are super effective against them."
"The sixth divine punishment of the Creation Palace - the Fire Lord - is already proficient in this art. If he joins forces with another divine punishment, they can easily create multiple tactical systems that are completely designed to target me, so as to completely suppress and kill me."
He clenched his fist, a sharp glint in his eyes: "I want to capture Ironleaf, not just to add a powerful fighter, but also to take advantage of the absolute opacity of information about 'Paradox Pokémon'."
"Use its attributes, moves, and abilities, which may be related to Virizion but are completely different, to exploit a complete information gap and tactical blind spot for them!"
He stated unequivocally, "Only by striking them in ways they never expected, in their most confident areas, can we truly break the deadlock and gain breathing room and room for development."
"That's what they call—striking first to avoid a hundred punches!"
Zhang Leiyuan fell silent. He leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and pondered for a moment. As a champion, he understood all too well the importance of tactical surprise and information advantage.
Although Xing Wence's approach was radical, it was indeed an effective way to break the deadlock in a desperate situation, and one of the few ways to protect himself.
He slowly opened his eyes, looked at his friend, and said in a steady voice, "Alright. I understand your determination. So, how can we help you?"
Xing Wence knew he had convinced the older man. He breathed a sigh of relief and presented the plan he had already devised.
"The biggest problem in exploring unknown time wormholes is location and attraction. We don't know what the environment is like on the other side, let alone how to find any possible iron-spotted leaves."
"But Mr. Min's conjecture and existing examples gave me inspiration—the attraction of similar origins."
He looked at Zhang Leiyuan and Zhang Heng.
He said, "So far, the only known trainers who have successfully captured Paradox Pokémon, besides the two of you, are the Stone Champion from the Southwest region."
"My idea is that if we could have a captured Paradox Pokémon traveling with us, such as Drum Rumble or Ripple, they might be able to travel to the unfamiliar time and space after the journey."
"Through some kind of homologous energy sensing or niche attraction, it helps us locate the iron-spotted leaves more quickly, or at least increases the probability of encounter."
Zhang Leiyuan nodded; this idea sounded reasonable. He himself was extremely willing to bring the Thunder Drum and accompany Xing Wence on this risk.
With the combined strength of the two of them and their main divine beast, as long as they don't fall into a spacetime rift that guarantees certain death, they will most likely be able to escape unscathed and even gain something.
However, his brows quickly furrowed again.
He is not only Xing Wence's friend Zhang Leiyuan, but also the champion of East China region Zhang Leiyuan.
The aftershocks of the East China Sea Campaign and the Garrison Bureau's attack were still lingering, and undercurrents were surging in East China, with the Temple of Creation eyeing the region covetously. If he, the pillar of stability, were to suddenly "disappear" for a period of time, even just a few days, along with his main divine beasts, the chain reactions and turmoil that could be triggered would be unpredictable.
The situation, which had just begun to stabilize, could collapse in an instant.
He slowly exhaled, his gaze filled with apology and helplessness as he looked at Zhang Heng sitting to the side.
Xing Wence immediately understood Zhang Leiyuan's predicament.
Following Zhang Leiyuan's gaze, he also turned his gaze to Zhang Heng, his eyes becoming solemn and full of sincerity.
“Xiao Heng,” Xing Wence’s voice was clear and sincere.
“I know this request is very presumptuous and dangerous. As compensation, and as an advance payment—whether you agree to help or not, as long as you are willing to listen, I will tell you the secrets I have about the correct way to use the Slate of Arceus.”
"The correct way to use the Arceus Tablets?"
These few simple words, like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirred up a tidal wave in Zhang Heng's heart!
He suddenly looked up at Xing Wence, his eyes instantly bursting with an undisguised fervent light, so sharp it seemed to pierce through Xing Wence's glasses and reach the truth!
As expected! Just as I suspected!
All the speculations and observations have been confirmed at this moment!
The stone slab is far more than what he currently knows—it can only be laboriously activated through super-counter force and serves as a powerful attribute amplification tool!
The perfect fusion of the armored Mewtwo from Divine Strike and the Magic Stones unleashed an overwhelming power of rules.
The surging, ever-renewing power of the emerald slabs within Xing Wence's Lizard King, capable of engaging in a head-on battle with Charizard... all point to a higher level of application!
To be precise, "Waving Water" means "wearing" or "carrying" the Dragon Slate, as if it were an item.
Mewtwo and Sceptile seem to have undergone some kind of deep "fusion" with the Slate.
Allow the stone slabs to enter your body, making their power an integral part of you, so that you can control them as easily as you would your own body, and their power will be multiplied!
That's where the difference lies!
Zhang Heng's heart pounded violently in his chest. His desire for the deeper power of the stone slab, like a primal wildfire, instantly consumed all his concerns about the dangers of the wormhole.