Pokémon: World of Wonder

Is the entire island supported by tree trunks and ice blocks?

A sense of absurdity filled Jiang Ye's heart. Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Ye turned around and returned to the beach he had been on before.

The beach looked no different from any other ordinary beach. The coconut tree that had been there was gone, and Huang Qiren, who had been lying on it, was also gone. The entire beach was empty.

All that remains is the unchanging sound of the ocean waves, wave after wave, seemingly until eternity.

Jiang Ye looked around, then squatted down, grabbed a handful of sand, and examined it closely. The sand was a bright yellow-white, just like ordinary sand.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Ye realized that perhaps it was a problem with the limitations of the naked eye, so he took out the red treasure from his spatial artifacts.

"Ding-dong! Hello, Master, Red Treasure is at your service!"

"Hongbao, can you connect to the local network?"

"Ding-dong! Local signals detected... Signal base station found, attempting to join frequency band... Ding-dong! This frequency band is an alliance-encrypted band! Joining failed!"

"Reverse search signal has been blocked and signal shielding function has been activated."

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"Ahem! Well then, Hongbao, could you use the local database to analyze the composition of this sand in my hand? I think there's something wrong with it."

"Sampling and testing have begun, please wait..."

Watching Hongbao open the testing panel and have instruments fly out one by one to take away the samples and begin testing their components, Jiang Ye thought greedily, "The old man still doesn't understand enough about the trainers' outdoor life."

Especially in his current awkward situation, when he wanted to borrow the Alliance encrypted network, he was even thinking of using the Red Gem to join the Alliance frequency band to ask his parents how their move was going.

Jiang Ye wasn't too worried about the disappearance. It was perfectly normal for these trainers to go missing for ten days or half a month, and some of them would disappear for decades.

Therefore, it's perfectly normal that the league doesn't pay too much attention to the disappearance of individual trainers.

Poisoned by Poison-type Pokémon, shattered by the aftershock of a passing, terrified, robbed, drowned, accidentally taken away by ghost messengers...

There are just too many reasons and circumstances to consider; unless a large number of trainers disappear in a short period of time, there's no need to pay attention to it at all.

Furthermore, the disappearance of a large number of trainers in a short period of time was not based on the trainers' identity information, but rather on the approximate flow of trainers in the area.

This approximate flow rate can be determined by the card swiping required when trainers travel through the passage to the wilderness trainer path.

In addition, whether there has been a significant short-term increase in the number of Pokémon in the surrounding area is a factor in determining whether a large number of local trainers have gone missing.

Within minutes, Hongbao reported the test results to Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye spent a little time looking at it with some difficulty, and then roughly figured out the composition of the sand.

A type of plant-based mud and dust crystal, roughly meaning that after these leaves and moss have accumulated for a long time, the humus formed is mixed with wind and sand and then solidified into soil, which is then exposed to the sun and weathered.

Jiang Ye looked around and could hardly see the curvature of the island. How long must the coastline of such an island be? And this sand probably covers the entire coastline. How many years would it have taken to form?

Jiang Ye casually tossed the sand in his hand onto the beach and put the red treasure back into his spatial item.

Wow, that's impressive. No wonder the lockdown is so tight.

It seems that old man Huang Qiren is really resourceful. Moreover, he's not afraid of Jiang Ye escaping from this place, since he's an unregistered resident on the island and would be discovered if he dared to swim out.

Ignore everything else for now, let's give him a round of machine gun fire first. If Jiang Ye is tough enough to withstand the attack, two electromagnetic cannon shots will leave him charred inside and out. Then we'll drag him aboard for interrogation and send him to jail for the rest of his life.

There was no way to escape now. With that thought, Jiang Ye turned and walked into the dense forest.

As Jiang Ye continued forward, he discovered that the ground pieced together from tree roots and ice was not a complete island.

As you walk along the way, you'll occasionally notice that some branches aren't connected by ice; they're only linked together by their intertwined roots.

After walking for a while, Jiang Ye successfully passed through the forest, and what came into view was the icy and snowy world of the far north. The cold currents lingering in the forest turned into gusts of fine, biting snow.

Jiang Ye looked up, but the thick clouds obscured the sky, and even the sun was nowhere to be seen.

These forests acted like layers of insulation, completely protecting the icy world in the center of the forest. Jiang Ye couldn't even see it from the outside; he could only see a thick layer of dark clouds in the distance.

Seeing this, Jiang Ye had no choice but to change out of his rain gear, which was covered in ice, and put on the cold-resistant gear he had prepared.

With the wind and snow obscuring his vision, Jiang Ye hesitated for a moment before stepping into the gloomy sky and the layers of wind and snow.

The snow wasn't deep, or rather, it seemed to be alive; when it fell to the ground, it slid very smoothly into the ice and then expanded outwards at a very slow speed.

If this is the case, the disappearance of the ice between the trees outside is because the increased angle prevents the ice from completely covering the entire forest.

However, these ice layers that automatically expand by consuming snow are too bizarre; this is the first time Jiang Ye has ever seen such a situation.

After traveling for more than half an hour, Jiang Ye saw a crimson-orange beam of light descending straight down from the sky, dazzlingly bright amidst the dark clouds and snow.

Seeing this, Jiang Ye used the pillar of light as a guide and headed in that direction. As Jiang Ye ventured deeper into this snowy land, the visibility around him began to decrease significantly.

All that could be seen was the swirling snow. Even the ice, which was supposed to "eat" the snow, was starting to struggle. Gradually, snow began to accumulate on the ice, and Jiang Ye had to walk on it, sometimes sinking deep and sometimes sinking shallowly.

Another half hour passed. During this time, Jiang Ye gradually felt a slight slope appear under his feet, and the slope continued to increase until Jiang Ye climbed to the top.

Brushing the thin layer of snow off his shoulders, Jiang Ye looked out and saw a circular, verdant valley beyond the hilltop.

There is only one narrow exit at the bottom of the valley. The entire valley is surrounded by a huge pool, and around the pool are some damp water areas. On the water areas, many small houses are pieced together from coral.

Some blue figures and shadows were moving around in the valley, and some of them were constantly going in and out of the pool.