Pokémon: Master System.

Xia Yu never expected that he would be driving around in a sports car with Long Yanning in the middle of the night.

It was supposed to be a drive, but it was actually to accompany Long Yanning back to the secret realm, because Long Fan required Long Yanning to return to the secret realm that night.

Long Fan was extremely worried about Xia Yu. Last time he went on a business trip for several months, Xia Yu had almost become the head of the household when he came back. This time it was even more outrageous. He was only gone for a day, and as a result, his daughter went home with Xia Yu for the Chinese New Year.

If they spend the night outside the Lin family's house tonight, given her naive nature, who knows how much Xia Yu might take advantage of her.

Long Fan didn't say that he thought Xia Yu was bad, or that he was strongly against the two of them being together.

However, Xia Yu's age is a factor; he is far too young, making it difficult to feel at ease.

Long Fan didn't support their relationship, but he was absolutely willing to let Xia Yu marry his daughter. Of course, if they insisted on dating, that wasn't allowed, but they absolutely couldn't spend the night together during their relationship—that was his bottom line. That's why Long Fan had Long Yan Ning return to the secret realm immediately.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Xia Yu looked annoyed. He was now mostly sober and secretly regretted his stupid decision to answer the phone.

He secretly resolved that if he had another chance, he would definitely turn off Teacher Long's phone first.

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The red sports car was driving on the highway leading to the Dragon Realm when suddenly a faint white light appeared around the highway, as if a layer of mist had been spread, obscuring the two people's vision.

"What's going on?" Both Long Yanning and Xia Yu were encountering this unknown situation for the first time, and they couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Long Yanning quickly stepped on the brakes to slow down.

The white light lasted for more than ten seconds before gradually dissipating. When their vision returned to normal, the road ahead had transformed into a cliff overlooking the sea, with the sound of crashing waves.

"Stop the car!" Without Xia Yu saying anything more, Long Yanning had already slammed the brakes to the stop. Looking at the cliff that was so close at hand, both of them broke out in a cold sweat and gasped for breath.

"Get out of the car." After calming down briefly, Long Yanning resumed the aloof demeanor that Xia Yu was familiar with, gesturing for Xia Yu to get out of the car, and at the same time, she released her Pokémon.

The two got out of the car and observed their surroundings. In front of them was a cliff dozens of meters high, and in front of the cliff was a vast ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see. They could even hear the sound of the waves crashing against the rocks.

"Where is this?" Xia Yu was dumbfounded. He was just on the highway, how did he end up on a deserted island and at sea in the blink of an eye?

“We’ve probably encountered a new secret realm that overlaps with reality.” Long Yan Ning frowned and pondered for a moment, her expression gradually becoming serious. Although she had read countless descriptions of secret realms overlapping with reality in books, this was the first time she had encountered such a situation in reality: “We must be very careful.”

"A secret realm?!" Xia Yu was startled, but quickly calmed down. The last time he encountered a secret realm was in Starlight City, and he didn't expect to encounter one here again after only half a year.

However, this secret realm is clearly different from the Grass and Insect Secret Realm. The Grass and Insect Secret Realm is located in the jungle and is mainly based on the energy of grass and insects, while this time it is on an isolated island, and the energy around it is extremely dense, which can be felt even by ordinary people.

This secret realm is clearly a bit more advanced than the Grass and Insect Secret Realm.

This time, he was directly teleported into the secret realm, which was both dangerous and an opportunity for Xia Yu.

Xia Yu's Sceptile and its Mega Evolution Stone were discovered in the Grass and Insect Realm last time. What will he find this time?

"Ding! Quest triggered. [Explore the Secret Realm]"

[Explore the Secret Realm]: This secret realm is extremely dangerous. It contains many Pokémons with extremely high potential and strength, as well as a large number of rare items. Please try to catch as many high-potential Pokémons as possible and obtain rare items while ensuring your own survival.

[Task Rewards]: Rewards will be distributed based on the final results.

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Xia Yu stared blankly at the mission that suddenly appeared in the system, especially the words "extremely dangerous" mentioned in the mission, which made Xia Yu's heart sink.

Although this system is a bit of a jerk, it has never lied to me on such crucial matters. Since the system said it was extremely dangerous, then this secret realm is definitely very dangerous.

Xia Yu was worried about what exactly existed within this secret realm that would cause the system to classify it as extremely dangerous, even with both Long Yan Ning's Elite Four-level Kommo-o and his own Elite Four-level Gallade present.

Xia Yu silently took out Gallade's Poké Ball, released it, and looked serious.

Gallade made a cheerful sound as soon as it appeared, and the energy emanating from the surroundings made it extremely happy. In contrast, Kommo-o was uncomfortable and appeared restless.

Upon discovering this scene, Long Yanning analyzed, "This secret realm must be Fairy or Psychic type, which is why your Gallade is enjoying it so much, while Kommo-o is acting quite uneasy."

"Hmm." Xia Yu nodded, agreeing with Long Yanning's statement, but he was more worried about what they should do now: "What do we do now? Wait for rescue or continue exploring?"

“Be careful, because we’re not sure yet if the overlap with the secret realm is stable. If it has stabilized and overlapped with the real world, the Pokémon Association of the capital will naturally send people in to explore immediately, and we should be rescued in a few hours at most,” Long Yanning explained to Xia Yu. “But we’re afraid of the second scenario.”

"What's going on?" Xia Yu asked, a hint of unease creeping in.

"That means the secret realm hasn't fully merged with the real world yet; it's just temporarily opened a crack. We entered the secret realm through that crack, and now that crack may have closed, trapping us inside. If that's the case, we have to wait for the secret realm to stabilize and fully merge with the real world before we can leave. This process will take at least two or three days, and possibly more than a month."

"So long?!" Xia Yu was shocked, and thinking about his mission, he became extremely anxious.

“Hmm.” Long Yanning’s eyes were also filled with worry: “Let’s go see if there are any tree fruits or other food that we can eat in the secret realm. Let’s prepare for the worst and be ready in advance.”

"Hmm." Xia Yu nodded. Since things had come to this point, they could only take it one step at a time. No one had expected to encounter this situation. At the same time, Xia Yu earnestly reminded, "Teacher Long, we must be careful."

"rest assured."

As the two were talking, they suddenly felt a chill and looked around.

Countless sun rocks and moonstones flew towards the two from all directions, their eerie eyes fixed on them.

"Be careful, this should be a Psychic-type secret realm." Long Yanning quickly made a judgment at this moment: "Double-headed Tyrannosaurus, Dark Pulse! Noivern, Dark Pulse! Kommo-o, Scale Noise."

"Run!" Seeing the dense array of Sun Rocks and Moon Stones, Long Yanning immediately grabbed Xia Yu and ran, while having her Pokémon buy her some time.

The flying Sun Rock and Moon Stone relentlessly pursued the two. As soon as one was knocked down, another Pokémon immediately took its place and caught up.

Furthermore, Xia Yu discovered that the Sun Rocks and Moonstones here possessed extremely high aptitude and strength, at least at the elite level, and their sheer number posed a deadly threat to them.

The two had no choice but to flee for their lives.

Chapter 180 Misty Forest

"Huff. Huff."

Xia Yu and Long Yanning hid in the cave, panting heavily, looking disheveled. If it weren't for Gallade's Teleport, they might not have been able to escape from the encirclement of Solrock and Luna Rock.

There were simply too many of them. More importantly, there were also many extremely powerful Sunrock and Moonstone mixed in. Xia Yu saw several Sunrock and Moonstone with the strength of a Gym Leader, and even two with the strength of a near-Elite Four member.

Keep in mind that this is only the outer area of ​​the island, and it is already this dangerous. If we go further in, who knows what kind of dangers we will encounter.

Extremely dangerous!

The four words from the mission description flashed through Xia Yu's mind, making him even more uneasy. He secretly pondered how they would survive if they were truly trapped in the secret realm as Long Yanning had said.

"We have no food and no fresh water."

They are in dire need of both food and fresh water. While water-type Pokémon can provide fresh water, there is no way to solve the food problem.

“Then we can only continue towards the center of the island.” Long Yanning calmly analyzed, “Although we can catch fish by the sea to fill our stomachs, the area near the cliffs is the territory of Sun Rock and Moon Stone. If we get close to the sea, we will alert them, so we can only continue to go inwards.”

Xia Yu nodded. They had no other choice but to continue deeper into the island.

After resting for about ten minutes, the two continued walking towards the center of the island.

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The closer you get to the center of the island, the thicker the fog becomes, swirling and dreamlike, and visibility drops to just a few meters.

Under the protection of Gallade, Kommo-o, and Deino, the two continued to venture deeper into the island.

"and many more."

Xia Yu suddenly stopped in his tracks, his gaze falling on a large, emerald-green tree to the side. Several spherical fruits hung from its fluorescent green branches. The fruits were round and smooth, their skins covered with a layer of mist-like patterns that were lifelike and enveloped the entire fruit.

【Dream Berry】: A special item that, when fed to a Pokémon, can change the Pokémon's ability into a hidden ability.

Following Xia Yu's gaze, Long Yan Ning also noticed the Dream Fruit hanging on the tree branch.

"Is this a Dream Fruit?" Long Yan Ning's expression first showed joy, but then her expression became extremely solemn.

She knew about the Dream Fruit because of the infamous Darkrai incident.

In that incident, someone also accidentally entered the dream world, where they discovered a large number of treasures.

However, the vast majority of people did not emerge alive from the dream space; only a very few emerged alive with abundant spoils, including the Dream Fruit.

Dream Fruits only appear in the dream world, so it's clear that the secret realm the two are currently in is in the dream world.

“We must have arrived in the dream world.” Long Yan Ning sighed, thinking of a terrible possibility.

The dream world is divided into two main categories and eight locations.

The two main categories are the Dream Realm controlled by Cresselia, the goddess of dreams, and the Nightmare Realm controlled by Darkrai, the god of nightmares!

Since the Nightmare Realm has been discovered, this must be the Dream Realm. And if it's the Dream Realm, then the island must be inhabited by the goddess Cresselia.

Thinking of this, Long Yanning's expression turned quite ugly. Xia Yu also guessed this; the dense supernatural energy, coupled with the appearance of the Dream Fruit, made it easy to deduce that this secret realm was definitely related to the Dream Goddess Cresselia.

divine beast.

The legendary Pokémon in this world are not like those in the games, where Ricochet's base stats are the same as pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

However, the legendary Pokémon in this world are far more powerful than ordinary pseudo-legendary Pokémon; they are all extremely terrifying beings. The eternal slumber of Darkrai is still fresh in our minds. And how powerful must Cresselia, which is on par with Darkrai, be? No wonder this secret realm is rated as extremely dangerous.

“We must be extremely careful, as the Dream Goddess Cresselia may very well be living within the Dream Realm,” Long Yanning said earnestly to Xia Yu.

"I'll pick these Dream Fruits first." Xia Yu nodded. Dream Fruits are extremely valuable, with a single fruit costing as much as ten million. Now that they've been discovered, there's no reason not to miss out.

"Okay. Be careful."

After Xia Yu picked the Dream Fruit, the two continued walking and talking.

"The dream world consists of two categories and eight areas. The Nightmare Realm includes four areas: Forest of a Thousand Flowers, Peak of White Clouds, Layered Mountains and Peaks, and Boundless Dreamland."

"The Dreamland includes the remaining four areas: the Shining Ocean, the Dream Castle, the Frosty Steel Cave, and the Misty Forest."

This was the first time Xia Yu had heard of the eight regions of the dream world. A hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes as he listened quietly to Long Yanning's explanation.

"Water-type Pokémon live in the Shiny Ocean, which should be the ocean outside this island."

"The Enchanted Forest should be where we are now, where Fairy-type Pokémon live."