Pokémon: Back to high school, I became a Pokémon master

Enter the cave.

Contrary to expectations of dampness and darkness, the area was bathed in a low, peaceful light, seemingly emanating from the peculiar, glowing stones on the walls.

"Tsk tsk tsk~~ This is truly incredible. Top-grade Moon Stone, top-grade Sun Stone, top-grade Awakening Stone, top-grade Dark Stone, top-grade Water Stone..."

Zhou Wenchao scanned the area; almost all the stones were of top quality. He didn't go forward to pry them off the wall, since his purpose in coming here was to obtain Zygarde's Mega Evolution Stone.

It's better to wait until we find what Zygarde wants before taking anything from him.

He continued walking inside, becoming increasingly astonished by what he saw. "Top-grade Dragon Gems, top-grade Earth Gems...tsk tsk tsk, there are already thirty or forty of them in such a short time. Was Zygarde this wasteful before?"

"This is?"

After walking for a while, Zhou Wenchao saw round beads of various colors scattered on the ground, which looked just like the glass marbles he played with as a child.

Evolution Key Stones and Mega Stones.

Goodness, is this really that extravagant?

There were at least thirty or forty of them scattered on the ground. He thought about how he and the Electric Dog had spent a whole day and night trying to get four of them, and that was with him using cheat codes.

He calmed his turbulent emotions and walked deeper into the area.

Soon, a powerful, indescribable energy fluctuation appeared ahead.

Zhou Wenchao knew he had come to the right place.

He ran over, only to find that this time the situation was different from before; a petrified bead was embedded in a stone platform.

There seemed to be some kind of restriction around the stone platform, preventing people from getting close and allowing them to only observe it from a distance.

"Damn! Z2 didn't say how to open it either. Are we just going to force it open?"

"That's unrealistic. If we could force it open, what would be the point of that Master-level Garchomp lying outside? Does it need some kind of medium?"

"Soft~ soft~"

Just as Zhou Wenchao was at his wit's end, a green figure appeared in his line of sight.

"Zygard...cells?"

He wasn't sure who the person who came was... so he could only ask that.

He had indeed heard a rumor that Zygarde had dispersed into tens of millions of cells scattered throughout the world, making him omnipresent. It was quite normal to have a few cells in this secret realm.

"Soft~"

(Only we can break the seal on the master of the den.)

After saying this, it moved its small body and leaped onto the platform, touching the petrified bead with almost no resistance.

"Crack!"

The lime on the outside of the bead instantly shattered and fell off, revealing its original appearance inside.

The outermost layer of the Mega Stone's genes is entirely black, while the outermost layer of the gene structure is predominantly green, with red and blue intermingling further inwards.

In terms of color, it is basically the same as the color of Zygarde.

[Item: Zygarde Evolution Stone]

[Function: A stone that allows Zygarde to Mega Evolve during battle when held by it]

"Yes, this is it."

Zhou Wenchao carefully put away the Zygarde Mega Stone. Judging from the appearance of the Zygarde Pokémon, there was probably only one of these, unlike the Mega Stones of other Pokémon.

"Soft~ soft~"

(The host said that you can contact me when you're ready to leave after finding what you've found.)

"Hmm? Little Cell, you can leave here?"

Zhou Wenchao hadn't really thought about this. When Zigeld came in, he hadn't told him how to get out.

"Soft~ soft~"

(We can certainly go out, or we can open a passage connecting to the outside.)

"Then why don't you take this stone out yourself?"

"Soft~ soft~"

(Of course, our exit route is different from yours, so we can't take any items with us. And another very important point is that I can't beat the guy lying outside.)

Zygarde cells frankly admitted that they couldn't defeat a Master-level Garchomp, after all, they were just cells, and only Z1 and Z2 had the ability to combine and gather.

"Alright, you can come with me for a walk. I'm planning to loot the place outside and then leave."

"Soft~~"

(Whatever you want, but my family said you should be more restrained and not empty the entire secret realm. After all, there are still so many elves here who need to survive. If you disrupt the peace of the ecosystem and order, He won't let you off the hook.)

"Okay, you can rest assured about that. I only have my eye on this cave dwelling. I didn't take a liking to the others. I know your master's principles."

With the help of the chicks, Zhou Wenchao quickly emptied the cave.

I wonder what that Garchomp outside will think when it wakes up and returns here.

“Zigold cells, I’m ready. Go back.”

"Soft~ soft~"

(Okay, go here.)

Soon after, it brought Zhou Wenchao to a teleportation array, which was obviously a place to communicate with the outside world.

"Shh!"

The light blue door opened, and Zhou Wenchao rushed inside.

......

There was a sudden spin.

Zhou Wenchao felt something cool and refreshing on his face. He groggily opened his eyes.

Then he saw a huge eyeball appear in front of him.

"Wow! That startled me."

Z2 said, "No wonder that stupid deer took a liking to him; he does have some real skills after all."

"You flatter me! You flatter me!"

Zhou Wenchao took out Zygarde's Mega Stone and handed it to Z2.

"Thank you. This is the reward I promised you." A green light entered Zhou Wenchao's mind, clearly marking the two secret realms and their locations.

"This is?"

"I promised you before, one fire-type spiritual land and one lightning-type spiritual land."

"Really? I didn't expect you to be much more magnanimous than you seem."

Z2 rolled his eyes at Zhou Wenchao, clearly annoyed.

“When are you planning to go? I can take you there like I did before. If you miss this opportunity, you’ll have to find the location of the secret realm yourself,” Z2 said to Zhou Wenchao.

As if struck by a sudden thought, Zhou Wenchao turned to Rotom beside him and asked, "How long has it been since we arrived here? How's the qualifying rounds going?"

The moment Rotom left the secret realm, he automatically calibrated the time and collected the latest news, mainly to avoid missing anything important.

"Loto, it's been a day and two nights since you left, Loto. The ranking matches for the top 128 are more than halfway done. There are still three days left. Including the rest day, there are at least four days left before the top 64 begin."

"Okay, I understand." He asked about this mainly because he was worried about the time involved.

After sending Xia Yuchen a message saying "I'm going out for training," he nodded to Zigeld.

"I'm going to check out the fire-type secret realm you mentioned."

"No problem. There are some of my cells inside. Once you go in, I'll have them find you. The way out will be almost the same."

"Go away!"

A pale blue halo appeared, and Zhou Wenchao disappeared from the spot.