Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

The Metagross appeared so fast, and it also used magnetism to launch itself into the rock wall. Before Souleye could react, it was rammed into the rock wall by the silver dump truck and couldn't get up for a long time.

This unexpected turn of events caused Henry, who was leaning against the rock wall and shivering, to raise his head in a daze, seemingly stunned by what he was seeing.

Metagross ignored it, its eyes fixed on Garchomp, whose expression was grave.

Garchomp saw Cheng Yaojin suddenly appear out of nowhere and its alarm bells went off.

It could sense that this silvery-white iron lump was even stronger than itself, not to mention that it had defeated the Soul-Hooking Eye that had been fighting it for so long with a single blow.

Even with the element of surprise, Garchomp knew very well that it had managed to attack the Soul-Snatching Eye, and that the opponent was not a fragile creature.

To fight or to retreat?

Garchomp was caught in a dilemma.

At this moment, Su Hao's voice rang out: "Strengthen mental focus."

Metagross nodded slightly, and a terrifying mental energy fluctuation began to gather. Just as the powerful mental energy was about to surge out, Garchomp seemed to have made up its mind and dug a large hole without hesitation and disappeared into it.

Garchomp's unhesitating escape left Su Hao, Little Diamond, Metagross, and Henry stunned.

"Um...so decisive?"

Su Hao walked awkwardly to Metagross's side. Under Aura's perception, Garchomp's reaction was rapidly moving away, indicating that the opponent had already escaped.

Seeing that the bewitching eye was still unconscious, Su Hao thought for a moment, walked up to Henry, and reached out his hand, saying, "How are you? Can you still stand up?"

Henry hesitated for a moment, thinking that since Su Hao had saved him and was a powerful trainer, he probably wouldn't have any designs on him. Henry smiled gratefully, used Su Hao's strength to stand up, and said, "Thank you for saving me, stranger trainer."

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Chapter 692 Dominic Mining Company

"It's nothing, I just happened to be passing by." Su Hao shook his head, leaning against Metagross and frowning as he asked, "How did you end up here, without even bringing a Pokémon?"

Henry blinked, somewhat puzzled: "This area is a mine contracted by the Dominic Corporation. All the wild Pokémon in the vicinity have been driven away. Even an explorer like me can mine nearby without worrying about danger."

"Hey buddy, didn't you come in through the Dominic Company entrance?"

Dominic?

Su Hao noticed the key point and pointed to the passage leading to a larger space around the corner, asking, "So, you mean that going through here will lead to the mine that Dominic Company is currently mining?"

Henry nodded.

This completely stumped Su Hao. He frowned and pondered for a moment before guiding the wave to spread in that direction.

Soon, under the detection of the waveguide, the veil of mystery surrounding the new space was lifted.

It was indeed a huge mine shaft, or more accurately, a transit passage. Compared to the dark environment around here, it was undoubtedly much brighter and full of traces of civilization.

The railway tracks are filled with small tunnels leading deeper into the area. Workers wearing miners' hats ride in mine cars mounted on the tracks to go deeper into the tunnels, or in mine cars carrying mined ore to go out into the tunnels.

"They've actually started mining this far..."

Su Hao then inquired with Little Diamond on the waveguide channel and learned from it that the Mineral Kingdom was even further underground, which relieved him slightly.

At least these miners don't have access to that side.

However, remembering that Wilson had mentioned the R Research Institute branch might be somewhere underground, Su Hao became more cautious and asked Henry, "Shouldn't I, a trainer training underground, have any problems getting through there?"

Now that Dorambaruto has stopped opening the passage to the Reverse World, it's difficult for him to move to a certain location covertly, and sometimes he has to run into these people.

"No problem, no problem!" Henry was taken aback, but quickly nodded to indicate that there was no problem. "Because there are many abandoned tunnels leading to deeper underground, trainers undergoing training will be fine as long as they don't enter the tunnels where mining operations are underway. Just let the person in charge know and you can continue exploring downwards!"

"I happen to know the person in charge; I can mention it to them for you!"

For Henry, Su Hao was his savior, and he was happy to help with this small matter.

In the end, Su Hao agreed to Henry's offer and followed him to the transit cave, where he also chatted with the person in charge.

Perhaps because of Henry, the person in charge was not exactly enthusiastic, but he didn't make things difficult for Su Hao either. He even gave Su Hao some suggestions and explained the surrounding environment.

"If you're here to catch Pokémon, I suggest you go through the abandoned Tunnel 7, which leads to a large cave rich in wild Pokémon. If you want to challenge yourself and improve your strength, I suggest you go through the abandoned Tunnel 9, where the strongest Pokémon are only elite-level..."

The person in charge paused, looked at the Shiny Metagross next to Su Hao, and changed the subject: "If you are confident in your strength, there are professional-level and even gym-level wild Pokémon in Tunnel 11, most of which are Steel, Rock, and Ground types."

After nodding his thanks to the person in charge for giving him so many suggestions, Su Hao asked Little Diamond a question. When he saw its eyes turn toward Tunnel 7, he said without hesitation, "Then I'll go through Tunnel 7. It just so happens that my team is missing a suitable Ground-type Pokémon."

This statement is half true and half false. Su Hao's team does lack a Ground-type Pokémon, and it's not impossible to catch a suitable one. However, the ultimate purpose of his trip is to visit Queen Diancie in the Mineral Kingdom, to give her a Diancie Mega Stone, and at the same time, to secure the opportunity for his own Diancie to inherit the Sacred Diamond.

The person in charge paused, glanced at the Metagross next to Su Hao, looked around to make sure no one was watching them, and then leaned in and whispered, "Henry has been an old friend of mine for many years. Since you saved him, I'm reminding you."

"If you're going through Tunnel 7, I suggest you put this shiny Metagross back into its Poké Ball and don't reveal it..."

"why?"

Su Hao asked, puzzled.

"The company's heir is currently searching for a suitable Steel-type Pokémon to catch in that location. Your Metagross... is too rare. And the heir is someone who never gives up until he achieves his goal. It's possible that he might choose to forcibly take this Metagross."

The person in charge was in a dilemma. If someone heard him speaking ill of the heir behind his back, he would definitely lose his job, especially since the person he was talking badly about was that petty heir.

But he didn't want to see the young man who saved Henry being oppressed, so he could only remind him of this in a low voice.

While Su Hao was surprised, he also found it reasonable. After all, if he remembered correctly, the heir of the Dominic Company should be the one he met in Orudron City.

The other party was a spoiled brat who came to provoke Su Hao because a woman whose name he couldn't remember had spoken to him a few times. The person in charge might not have exaggerated.

After thinking for a moment, adhering to the principle of not attracting attention as much as possible, Su Hao recalled Metagross into its Poké Ball and replaced it with Lizard to stay by his side.

After saying goodbye to the person in charge and Henry, Su Hao, Moto Lizard and Little Diamond stepped onto the rusty rails and headed deeper underground through the abandoned Tunnel No. 7.

During the journey, Little Diamond seemed to remember something and solemnly reminded Su Hao, "We're almost in those guys' territory. We need to be even more careful from now on."

Su Hao asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Little Diamond said seriously, "There are some very troublesome, fast-flying steel bugs in the area below!"

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The underground cave is a paradise for wild Steel, Rock, and Ground-type Pokémon. Pokémon such as Cocoyar, Diglett, and Onix live in this secluded underground paradise. Even when explorers occasionally visit, it does not have a significant impact on the lives of the wild Pokémon here.

Ian Dominic, as the heir to the Dominic Corporation, now enjoys immense power and influence.

More than a decade ago, Dominic was just a small, mediocre mining company in the British Commonwealth.

It wasn't until the British Commonwealth began to provide resources and support to mining companies that Ian's father, Charles Dominic, was able to ride this wave of growth and develop his company soared to become one of the largest and most powerful companies in the British Commonwealth.

The fact that they even secured the mining rights to the mineral-rich Augusto Mountains a few years ago further elevated the status of Dominica Minerals.

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Chapter 693 GT-002

"Young Master, do we really still want to go on?"

The bodyguards stared at the pitch-black passageway ahead. The only light in the passageway was the flashlights in their hands, and the passageway ahead seemed like a monster lurking in the darkness, ready to devour its prey. It was incredibly eerie.

Ian complained, "We have to keep going! Didn't you see it just now? That Cocodor's unusual color and those red eyes. Don't you, as a trainer, know how rare a heterochromatic Cocodor is?"

"To catch it, I'd rather you blow up this entire cave than not enter a passage!"

"Anyway, the old man will take care of it!"

In pursuit of the fleeting glimpse of Cocodora, Ian, accompanied by his bodyguards, descended through the underground cavern until they finally arrived at this passage.

The passage is very long; even shining a flashlight inside, you can't see the end of it.

For some reason, the bodyguard felt alarm bells ringing inside him, urging him to leave immediately and not go any further.

But considering that Dominic's company was offering him more than double the salary he had received from his previous companies, the bodyguard swallowed hard and ultimately succumbed to the lure of money, leading Dominic on a continued pursuit of the escaped Cocodora.

After advancing for an unknown amount of time, the long passage was finally coming to an end, with a thick rock wall in front of us, clearly a dead end.

The bodyguard crouched down and looked at the small hole in the ground that was obviously newly drilled. He said helplessly to Ian, "Young Master, that Coco Dora must have dug a hole and escaped to another place. We probably won't be able to catch up with it."

"You bastard! Did the company hire you to tell me this kind of thing?"

Enraged, Ian unleashed a torrent of foul language at his bodyguard.

The bodyguard remained silent, letting Ian hurl insults for the sake of his salary, emptying his mind and waiting for Ian to get tired of cursing and lean against the rock wall, panting heavily.

The bodyguard glanced at the communicator on his wrist, a look of surprise flashing across his face, and said, "Young Master, let's go back then. Someone said they saw the person in charge of the mine transfer area chatting for a while with a yellow-skinned foreigner with a different colored giant metal monster. Now that foreigner is heading towards the underground cavern through Tunnel No. 7."

"However, after that person finished speaking with the person in charge, he recalled the shiny Metagross into its Poké Ball and replaced it with a seemingly ordinary Lizard with a broken tail. It's possible that the person in charge specifically reminded him of this."

Ian stopped what he was doing, a deep greed gleaming in his eyes.

A different colored Metagross monster, that's great news!

As we all know, Metagross is a Pokémon that thinks like an emotionless computer. Even if it is stolen, it can adapt to the environment more quickly than other Pokémon that have feelings.

A lone foreigner, without any bodyguards, and whose strength appears to be only at the professional level—isn't he just here to deliver a package?

Knowing that someone would definitely back him up, Ian, who was used to being lawless, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go back now and see if we can stop that person!"

Compared to the oddly colored Metagross, Cocodora was nothing special. Ian was in a particularly good mood and kicked the rock wall above Cocodora's burrow entrance hard as if to vent his anger, saying, "You will regret not following me, young master Ian!"

Unexpectedly, this kick seemed to trigger some kind of switch, or perhaps Coco Dora destroyed something hidden in the rock wall while drilling through the hole. The rock wall, which should have been a dead end, flickered a few times as if there was no signal, and gradually became transparent, revealing the hidden interior.

It was a passageway with a near-future feel, bright and full of civilized atmosphere compared to the gloomy environment.

What should have been a safe and secure place became a place of heightened sense of urgency for the bodyguard when a beam of red light suddenly shone from there. Without hesitation, he lunged at Ian and tackled him to the ground.