"That movement is called an Ecological Zone?"
"And it was done by Manager Hiroshi?"
Everyone was shocked when they saw the group chat announcement pop up on their Pokédexes.
Ningguang: This movement is too scary. Hiroshi, can you inform your God-Sister in advance next time? My Jade Chamber almost fell out of the sky!
Keqing: Just now, I thought... the sky in Liyue was really going to collapse!
Fischl: Manager Hiroshi, I understand! The Prinzessin der Verurteilung acknowledges your grand sorcery!
Bennett: Manager Hiroshi, I understand too! It's awesome!
Cyrus (Mondstadt Guild): It turns out that Manager Hiroshi urgently pulled together a team and summoned the elite cadres of the Mondstadt branch to go on duty in the designated area of Liyue... It turned out that it was just for this Ecological Zone!
Ningguang: Hongyi, come to the Jade Chamber immediately. I am going to build a temporary holding facility for Pokémon criminals or poachers. In addition, the Liyue and Mondstadt Pokémon League needs to be established formally. This matter is complicated and requires high-level talks.
Tartaglia: Manager Hiroshi, you seem to be in a good mood today. It's rare for you to come out and say so many things!
Good mood? Of course!
Hiroshi threw the Ultra Ball in his hand up and down with a satisfied smile on his face.
Unexpectedly, he also gained considerable personal benefits after summoning the Ecological Zone.
A Lugia baby! A potential First-Class God!
Of course, Hiroshi plans to release this Lugia back into the wild eventually and let it continue to grow in the ocean of the Ecological Zone. He just needs to capture it to register it, bond with it, and put high-quality Energy Cubes into its feeding area at regular intervals.
The ocean is the home of the Guardian of the Seas, and it is impossible for a young Lugia to stay in a Poké Ball forever.
Staying on the shore or in a PC Box is not conducive to its growth.
Whoosh!
In the distance, Dvalin, the Dragon of the East Wind, arrived over the airspace of this Ecological Zone with the Mondstadt tour group headed by Venti.
Suddenly, Zhongli and Venti, the old friends, met their eyes across the distance as Dvalin landed.
Zhongli walked over slowly. "I heard that your Pokémon is a Lapras?"
Venti dared to shout in private, but he didn't dare be so brazen in front of the Old Man Morax directly. He quickly waved his hands and shifted the blame to Hiroshi.
"Hey, it's Lapras."
"But about the 'I'll beat you until your nose is bruised and your face is swollen' part... I never said that! That was slander!"
Zhongli hummed, unconvinced. He landed on the ground from his floating platform, threw his Poké Ball, and released the Kubfu.
"Kubfu!"
Then he touched the Kubfu's head and fed it a few Fighting-type Energy Cubes.
The Kubfu finished eating quickly and pointed to the dense forest of the Ecological Zone with its eyes filled with determination. I want to train!
"Do you want to go here to fight wild Pokémon and grow up quickly?"
Zhongli noticed that his apprentice was full of perseverance and determination to become stronger.
There was a rare sense of relief in the old Emperor's amber eyes. "Then let's go!"
Watching Zhongli and his Kubfu step by step disappear into the surrounding forest to begin their training arc...
Venti and his Lapras looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Cough...
Venti's eyes were filled with resentment, and he whispered to Hiroshi:
"You just sold me out?!"
Hiroshi shrugged. "To be honest, don't you really want to have a different kind of battle between Gods?"
Venti clenched his fists. "Of course I want to! But not when his Pokémon is a Fighting-type Legendary and mine is a pacifist singer!"
"That's fine——"
Hiroshi laughed and immediately looked at the Knights who were disembarking from Dvalin's back.
"Have you all brought your Poké Balls?"
Jean, Lumine, Paimon, and the others looked at each other in confusion.
"What about... the travel backpack, the healing and detoxifying potions... and the various camping and wilderness survival tools?"
They shook their heads again.
Hiroshi sighed amusingly.
"You can go in, but if you are not well prepared, it is not recommended to stay for a long time."
"Well, one day at most. Don't stay overnight. Then go back to Mondstadt or Liyue Harbor and come back fully prepared."
"The Ecological Zone is here to stay, and it's not going away!"
At this time, in the wilderness.
Hu Tao came running from the direction of Wangshu Inn. The Gible behind her ran up on its stubby legs, kicking up billowing smoke and dust.
"Manager Hiroshi——!"
After stopping and taking a few breaths, Hu Tao said excitedly:
"My Gible said that it wants to enter the Ecological Zone and challenge many wild Pokémon! This way it can grow faster!"
Hiroshi scanned the Gible. "Hey, your Gible's level is indeed very high. Level 15 already?"
When mentioning this, Hu Tao held her head high and said proudly:
"That's right!"
"The Number One Rank in this group is not just a boast!"
Then, Hu Tao waved hello to everyone who came from Mondstadt.
"Hello everyone! This is our first time meeting offline."
"Acting Grand Master Jean, how do you Mondstadt people handle funerals? If you have any trouble in this regard, please give the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor a try! We have a buy-one-get-one-free promotion for cross-border clients!"
Jean's forehead was slightly stretched with a black line.
"Mondstadt has the Favonius Cathedral and a church cemetery, so there is no need for Liyue's funeral arrangements. Thank you."
At the same time, the Gible ran into the group of Pokémon from Mondstadt.
Gible! Gible!
It screamed and tried to make friends (or start fights).
Jean's Eevee ("Vee!") looked very boss-like and ignored it.
Eula's Shiny Charmander nodded calmly ("Char!"). The golden flame on its tail flickered violently, expressing a strong desire to challenge the Gible with an extremely fierce aura.
Diluc's Shinx was attracted by butterflies in the wilderness and jumped around to chase them, ignoring the tension.
Klee's Deino was simply chewing on a rock, enjoying itself. Hearing the Gible's greeting, the Deino didn't even raise its head.
Venti's Lapras was the calmest, humming a beautiful melody.
After hearing the song, Gible's murderous aura, which had been specially trained for many days, was passively disintegrated.
In its eyes, there was a kind of longing and admiration.
Gible~~ (Pretty lady~~)
Hu Tao came over and slapped Gible on the head unceremoniously.
"Come on! Don't be a simp! Go back to Liyue Harbor first, go through the treatment equipment, and heal the hidden injuries you suffered from special training. Then let's come to this Ecological Zone again!"
The Gible responded to its owner with an expectant cry.
So, Hu Tao left first to prepare.
The Mondstadt sightseeing group that came from Dvalin, including Venti who led the group, all headed towards the outskirts of the Ecological Zone to explore cautiously.
Naturally, only Lumine and Paimon, who had not hatched the Pokémon Egg yet, stayed in the wilderness, blowing in the cold wind.
Paimon stamped her feet bitterly in the air.
"Hello!"
"They're all gone!"
"The Honorary Knight who saved Mondstadt... why is she treated like this!"
Lumine lost no time in complaining back.
"I am the one who saved Dvalin, not you, Paimon. You just shouted."
They bickered for a few words, and then all looked at Hiroshi with puppy eyes.
Hiroshi said, "What are you looking at me for?"
He spread his hands.
"The Egg in your hands will hatch within a day or two. Just be patient."
Lumine and Paimon's eyes lit up.
Paimon flew towards Hiroshi and asked pitifully:
"Store Manager, Store Manager! Can you tell me what kind of Pokémon will hatch from that egg?"
"How much Mora is it worth?"
The veins on Lumine's forehead swelled into a tic-tac-toe shape. She knocked Paimon on the head.
Always talking about Mora...
After Hiroshi obtained the Power of Aura, he could detect the situation inside the Pokémon Egg without the need for a System scan.
But Hiroshi just smiled and said nothing, having no intention of spoiling the surprise.
He let Paimon circle around him, shouting for a while.
...
Shortly after.
The first Department of Environmental Protection Team, composed of cadres of the Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild led by Bennett and Fischl, arrived near the Ecological Zone.
Hiroshi specially summoned Bennett and Fischl.
"In the past two or three days, you will be busy. Lead teams to inspect the outer perimeter of the Ecological Zone."
"This is the Law Enforcement Guide of our Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection. If you don't understand anything, read it at any time. If necessary, you can arrest the poachers first and then make a decision!"
On a high slope.
Bennett and Fischl both saw the roads in the direction of Liyue Harbor filling up. Adventurers and ordinary people were coming one after another to see the new wonder.
"Then... when encountering humans who are besieged by wild Pokémon, save them if you can."
"But for those who seek death and offend powerful Pokémon on purpose... you don't have to risk your life to rescue them. Let them learn a lesson."
Waiting for the first team to start carrying out the mission...
Hiroshi specially inspected this high slope and believed that it was suitable to build a Pokémon Research Base here, so that scholar-type talents like Sucrose, Albedo, or Timaeus could fully touch and integrate into the Pokémon world.
In the Pokédex, private chat information kept coming in.
It was Ningguang who kept sending messages.
She spoke sincerely, asking him to take time to go to the Jade Chamber to discuss the establishment of the Liyue Pokémon League.
Hiroshi thought for a while, then teleported and disappeared.
...
Afternoon.
Ecological Zone - Forest Biome (Outskirts).
Hu Tao ran like crazy, panting while complaining in the Group Chat via voice-to-text.
Hu Tao: Holy grass! Holy grass, holy grass, holy grass!
Hu Tao: Are you telling me this is the outermost area?!
Hu Tao: My mother! I am being chased by a group of Rattata! My Gible has long been chewed on by these rats and has lost consciousness in the Poké Ball... The leading Raticate is Level 20!
Hu Tao: [Shared Pokédex Entry: Raticate]
Jean: I can't help but laugh, but I feel the same way you are going through. We met a flock of Spearow.
Diluc: Well, I went in this morning and was beaten out within ten minutes... I was chased by a group of Poochyena.
Eula: You are very lucky. I fell into a snake hole in the forest. Do you know the disgusting feeling of being tangled in an Ekans?
Xiangling: I just returned to Liyue! Eula, are you okay?
Eula: There are people from the Liyue Pokémon League (Millelith) outside the Ecological Zone. They are urgently distributing Potion and Antidotes. The poisoning is not serious, but it is disgusting...
Venti: Hiroshi, Ningguang... you guys acted very quickly. The Ecological Zone appeared, and on the first day, there was an "Alliance" organization!
Jean: In order to cope with the trend of the next era, it is imperative to establish the Mondstadt Pokémon Coordination Bureau immediately. Manager Hiroshi, I hope you can give me professional advice!
Northland Bank.
Tartaglia was wrapped in bandages, his nose bruised and his face swollen. He looked at the news in the Pokédex with a heavy and sad face.
He was the one who wanted to die the most. He entered the Ecological Zone and plunged straight into the middle of the Rocky Biome (ignoring the warnings).
Then there was no more Tartaglia. He got wrecked by a Geodude swarm.
"That is at least an area that only Senior Trainers or Junior Elite Trainers can explore safely!"
Manager Andrei came in cautiously and reported:
"Lord Harbinger, information just came from Mondstadt, saying that La Signora has obtained the Gnosis of the Anemo Archon and will arrive in Liyue to obtain the Gnosis of the Geo Archon in the near future."
Tartaglia waved his hand with a sullen face.
"Unlucky!"
"Don't talk to me about the Gnosis Plan right now!"
"I need to level up my team first!"