Outside White Fish Village.
Temporary station of the Trainer Association.
After arriving here, the four Professional Trainers began discussing how to explore the impending Secret Realm.
Besides Fang Yuan, among the other three Professional Trainers, only Huang Liuying specialized in a single attribute.
The rest, Niu Yi and Qian Feng, had well-rounded team configurations.
With Milotic as his Water-type Spirit and Dragonite as his Flying-type, Fang Yuan could also handle most situations.
After their discussion, they preliminarily decided on an exploration method...
"If there are fewer than three entrances to the Secret Realm, we'll explore as a team. If there are three or more, we'll split up and explore separately. How does that sound?" Qian Feng suggested.
No one knew how many entrances would connect the two spaces of a new Secret Realm.
To quickly determine whether there were any significant dangers in the Secret Realm, splitting up was the most efficient approach.
"Student Fang Yuan, come with me," Niu Yi said, looking at Fang Yuan. Although he knew of Fang Yuan's achievements, Fang Yuan was still a Practicum Professional Trainer and might lack experience.
"No worries, I can manage on my own," Fang Yuan shook his head and said.
His team had three Pokemon with spatial abilities, plus Eevee's foresight, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster's sensors, and Rotom's electronic capabilities...
Theoretically, his ability to protect himself should be superior even to these three Professional Trainers; hence there was no issue with exploring separately to improve efficiency.
"Have you ever entered a Secret Realm before?" Huang Liuying asked, concerned.
Power is one thing, but lack of experience could have fatal consequences.
Fang Yuan nodded: "Actually, just a few days after I became a New Trainer, I accidentally stumbled into a Super Miniature Secret Realm."
"What?! When you were a New Trainer?" Qian Feng's expression changed in surprise. "Didn't you encounter any danger?"
"It was fine. I had self-learned relevant knowledge and cleverly used the habitats of powerful spirits to avoid danger. When the Professional Trainers arrived, they were quite surprised to see that nothing had happened to me," Fang Yuan said with a smile, twisting the truth.
"After that, I also entered the Spirit World Mystery twice. As I am also a Researcher, I joined different research teams to explore various Secret Realms... the number of times I've been... probably six or seven, I guess."
"Besides the Secret Realms, I have also gained experience in the Palace Mountain Dangerous Land, so there's no need to worry about me."
To reassure the three Professional Trainers and to prove his experience, Fang Yuan shared his Secret Realm experiences.
Although there were a few tweaks, they were all indeed events he had personally experienced.
Fang Yuan was no stranger to dealing with Secret Realms; he was quite familiar with them.
As he finished speaking, Niu Yi, Qian Feng, and Huang Liuying's eyes widened.
He accidentally entered a Secret Realm shortly after becoming a New Trainer and survived? Is he even human?
Moreover...
Fang Yuan's number of forays into Secret Realms, even while not being a Professional Trainer, seemingly matched theirs!
Including experiences in major ones like the Spirit World, could his experience even surpass theirs?
"This..." Niu Yi was speechless.
After confirming with their own eyes, they recognized him as a real deal.
On the way, they had watched Fang Yuan's final match video from the national competition on their phones and realized their own Pokemon might not even be half as powerful as his.
Now, they finally understood why Fang Yuan's Monferno and other Pokemon were so strong.
As a non-Professional Trainer, having entered Secret Realms several times meant his perspectives and training would undoubtedly be far superior to his peers!
With Monferno there to protect him... Fang Yuan should be safe, and might even become a key player in the exploration!
However, there was one thing the three of them got wrong; at this moment, Monferno was still lying inside its Poké Ball...
Fang Yuan didn't count on Monferno for this Secret Realm exploration; right now, Monferno hadn't fully recovered, and forcing it into battle would mean more than just a week or two of rest.
...
Two hours later.
Like most of the Trainers who came to White Fish Village, Fang Yuan began patrolling the area.
Sun Eevee and Rotom followed by his side.
There were many other Trainers patrolling nearby, ranging from about twenty to forty years old. Fang Yuan, however, turned out to be the youngest.
"I heard that Three Lakes City is surrounded by three lakes, which is why it's also known as the 'Watercolor Lakeside', producing an abundance of Water Type Trainers."
"This White Fish Village is no exception..."
While on patrol, Fang Yuan started observing the local environment, noticing many lakes of various sizes along the way.
In the lakes, common Water-type Pokemon would occasionally appear...
For instance, burrowing out of the mud, there were spirits with rough, bumpy bodies that looked like large black bass.
Such spirits were not rare.
"There are so many Ugly Fish in the lakes near this village... The number even surpasses that of Magikarp," Fang Yuan said, surprised.
"Rotom~~" Rotom nodded and then suddenly looked at Fang Yuan, sensing a hint of implication in his words.
"Once the mini Secret Realm arrives and fully merges with Earth, it will take some time. We'll be here for a while as interns. If the exploration tasks aren't too heavy, maybe I can use this time to refine my paper on Ugly Fish to Milotic evolution..." Fang Yuan stroked his chin.
"Rotom, remember to remind me when the time comes."
"Okay..." Before Rotom could answer, its voice abruptly stopped, and it turned sharply to look into the distance.
Just as Fang Yuan's mind began to wander, an invisible energy tide from a different time and space drew ever closer to Earth's space.
Moments later, the spatial structure in several areas of White Fish Village was abruptly rewritten.
In many places, low in the sky and midway up, portals to another dimension appeared.
Secret locations had descended.
The instant the secret location descended, Sun Eevee also suddenly looked up, its fine fur fluctuating with the flow of air, and the ruby on its forehead glowed...
"It's here," Fang Yuan tightened his clothes, suppressing his smile, and spoke softly, as he too felt the abnormal changes in the surroundings.
Meanwhile, inside and outside White Fish Village.
The stationed Trainers, under command, sent out their Pokémon and prepared various medicines and Tree Fruits, entering battle readiness.
"Rotom, notify Chairman Ning and the others, we'll go ahead to the nearest portal."
Fang Yuan called out to Eevee and Rotom, then released the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster.
...
Outside a forest to the southeast of White Fish Village.
A young female Trainer with short hair watched in horror as a vortex-like portal emerged in the distance.
By her side, a Persian and a Pokémon with a long tail protected her from behind as they anxiously watched the vortex ahead.
Trainer Deng Anqi witnessed two of her seniors, who were just chatting with her moments before, sucked into the vortex in an instant...
For a moment, she thought she herself was almost swept up; even now her heart hadn't calmed its frantic pounding.
"Stay calm, I must stay calm, this is a normal occurrence, we've reviewed this before, first thing's first, to inform the Professional Trainers, ah—"
Deng Anqi muttered to herself, as a graduate from the Combat Series department of a prestigious university, she was an Elite Trainer after all, how could she be frightened by a mere secret location entrance, however, just as she started to calm down a little, Deng Anqi suddenly felt a pair of hands on her shoulders, just like those of a ghost...
"Ah—"
As she screamed, the two Pokémon beside her were also shocked, turning around quickly with Deng Anqi...
"Don't panic."
The figures of Fang Yuan, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Sun Eevee, and Rotom went from blurry to clear, gradually emerging, Fang Yuan patted the shoulder of the Trainer in front of him and said, "I'm Professional Trainer Fang Yuan, miss, tell me what happened here before."
Fang Yuan, who had arrived via Teleport, looked towards the vortex portal in midair and spoke with a smile.
The person in front... seems to have been quite scared by the secret location? The mental resilience of current Trainers is too weak, not even as good as when I was a New Trainer.
Back when I myself was swept into a secret location, my face didn't even twitch...
"Pro... Professional Trainer." Deng Anqi swallowed, not thinking too much, and quickly said, "I saw two people get sucked in."
"I see," Fang Yuan responded.
"Then there's no time to delay... Are you okay here by yourself?"
"Yes..."
Fang Yuan gave her a faint smile, then said, "I'll go ahead then. If any other Trainers arrive, you explain the situation."
After speaking, Fang Yuan's figure began to blur once again.
Seeing Fang Yuan and others about to vanish, Deng Anqi exclaimed in surprise, "Wait!!"
What was your name...Fang something?
...
In midair, in front of the secret location vortex portal, Fang Yuan and the others disappeared after they arrived there.
At that moment, Fang Yuan and his group felt an intense sucking force, as if they would be drawn into the secret location the next instant if they did not resist.
The expressions of Fang Yuan, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, and Eevee were rather calm.
As the number of entries increased, the initial tension faded.
"Let's go," commanded Fang Yuan.
There were two methods to enter a secret location: one was to go directly, and the Trainers who entered this way would randomly arrive within a kilometer of the internal entrance—they couldn't predict exactly where but wouldn't be too far off.
The second method was to enter through special teleportation facilities set up by the Trainer Association, which led to a specific location inside, stable and safe.
Fang Yuan had just learned that two Trainers had accidentally been swept in, and now there was no time to wait for the Trainer Association to set up facilities here; he chose to go ahead first.
As for whether he would encounter any danger, Fang Yuan was not too concerned.
The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster and Eevee both possessed Space Class Moves, especially the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster who not only knew Teleport but was also very familiar with the Space Magnetic Field, leading the way would definitely be stable.
Hum~~~
Under the dumbfounded gaze of Deng Anqi below, Fang Yuan and the others made contact with the vortex and entered it.
At the same time.
Inside the secret location channel, blue, purple, green, and white lights enveloped Fang Yuan and his group, their intensity constantly shifting and flickering, dazzling to behold. Within the vortex portal, terrifying white cracks spread as if it might collapse at any moment, bombarding the senses with visuals—that first time entering a secret location, Fang Yuan and Eevee had almost been scared witless by these sights.
But now, Fang Yuan and Eevee were unruffled inside, even thinking about wearing sunglasses... The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster was guarding around them, enjoying the escort while absorbing the space magnetic field, and quickly, they were engulfed in white light. When Fang Yuan opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in a completely new environment.
"Grass..."
Under the telekinetic control of Eevee, Fang Yuan slowly landed, confronted by grasslands all around; he uttered instinctively as the scent of countless plants and the fragrance of fresh grass filled his nose. The abundant vitality of nature, even for a human like Fang Yuan, could be clearly felt.
"According to the Trainer Association's speculation, the descending secret location is dominated either by Water-type Spirits or Grass type spirits; this time, it seems to be a secret location inhabited by a large number of Grass type spirits..."