Chapter 523: God of the Land—Primal Groudon
"Western Sea, Li Prefecture region, an unknown powerful energy source detected. Satellites are being mobilized to inves... investigated, it's Groudon!"
A group of staff members were frantically adjusting the satellites in the sky.
After the image appeared, everyone gasped in unison.
The sky, which had been floating with a few white clouds, instantly became incomparably clear, and the warm sun in the sky, at some unknown point, had become incredibly fierce.
A colossal beast stood in the ocean. The seawater beneath its feet had somehow turned into magma. And with every step this giant beast took, the sea surface was covered with scorching magma.
If one could look from under the sea, they would see that this magma seemed to be connected to the earth's veins. Wherever the giant beast walked, the magma almost completely blocked the flow of seawater!
Without a doubt, this was the God of the Land—Groudon.
And this time, Groudon looked different from before. Its body was redder, and the lava was almost uncontrollably dripping down.
Its body was also larger. Its original height of several dozen meters had grown to nearly a hundred meters!
"What's happening?"
"How did Groudon get here? Wasn't it in the waters of the Huaxia region before?"
In the satellite monitoring room, everyone was greatly alarmed.
The best-case scenario was that the current Groudon had not yet started walking towards the land.
Otherwise, they would have had to activate a national alert.
The pain of being ravaged by a Legendary Pokémon last time was still fresh in their memory.
"What's going on, my God... Quick, investigate, find out the reason!"
Before long, the entire M Region's defense force was mobilized.
Even the ongoing site selection tournament was put on hold.
This delay meant they temporarily had no time to manage it, not that it was canceled.
For most competitors, the appearance of Groudon did not cause a huge reaction. At most, the competitors near the sea began to move inland.
After taking Sakura's advice, Hikaru didn't go to find out why Groudon had appeared here, but instead found a safe place.
After all, he was not familiar with Groudon and didn't know its personality. If it were Kyogre, he might have gone to join in the excitement.
Besides, this was the M Region's territory. What did it have to do with him?
As long as it didn't affect the whole world, it was better to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
"Connection established, connection established. Groudon is not destroying the helicopters flying near it."
The group of four chose to leave the coastal Li Prefecture and randomly found a quiet wilderness area to watch the live broadcast.
Normally, such footage would definitely not be released for ordinary people to see.
This was to prevent the public from making wild guesses.
But no matter what, this was the appearance of a Legendary Pokémon. The satellites of the Huaxia region would naturally be aimed at Groudon.
As an investigator, Hikaru had the right to view the real-time live broadcast.
However, April was a season prone to rain.
Under Groudon's influence, the entire M Region was now experiencing a great sunny day. In some places, it had just been pouring rain, and the next second, it became incomparably clear.
And the coastal areas, the places closer to it, were even more absurd.
The temperature soared.
If this continued, even if Groudon didn't come directly, it would cause huge economic losses to the M Region.
"So scary..."
Looking at Groudon's enormous size and the scene of bursting lava falling with every step, Sakura nervously hugged Hikaru's arm.
This was not the first time she had seen such a scene.
The scene she saw as a child replayed in her mind, still feeling fresh and vivid.
Hikaru held her in his arms, but his mind was wondering, why did Groudon suddenly come out again?
Didn't it just come out recently?
Walking in the ocean like this, would it really not summon some of the Legendary Pokémon that protect the ocean?
For example, Lugia, Kyogre, or perhaps Manaphy...
What was even more absurd was...
What was before Hikaru's eyes now was not just Groudon.
It was Primal Groudon!
The harsh sunlight was getting stronger and stronger.
If this continued, it would probably attract that big fish out soon.
[Pokémon: Groudon (Primal Form)]
[Ability: Desolate Land]
[Gender: Genderless]
[Talent: Major Legendary]
[Level: ???]
[Moves: Hyper Beam, Scary Face, Ancient Power, Precipice Blades, Earth Power, Earthquake, Bulk Up, Fissure, Fire Blast, Solar Beam, Eruption, Stone Edge...]
[Description: Borrowed the Red Orb to revert to its primal form, but its will has also been influenced by the energy on the orb (6h 36min 54s), strengthening its desire to turn the entire ocean into land.]
Its will was influenced?
Seeing the feedback from the [Eye of Investigation], Hikaru was slightly taken aback.
But he soon realized that this was not Groudon's true intention.
Rather, someone had tampered with that Red Orb.
Along this path, Groudon had already walked for dozens of nautical miles.
The places along the way, if not utterly devastated, were not much better off.
And as Groudon became more and more familiar with the energy in its body, its speed of travel was still increasing...
"It's changing direction!"
A cry of alarm from Senior Hu Yan'er interrupted Hikaru's thoughts.
He looked closely, and sure enough, the Groudon in the live broadcast had adjusted its direction. It seemed to feel that the path ahead was too long and couldn't help but turn towards the shore.
And where was the nearest shore to it?
It was precisely the place where Hikaru and the others were fishing before...
"I have a feeling something bad is going to happen..."
In fact, he didn't need his senior to say it. The very fact that Groudon had activated its ability was already a bad thing.
It wasn't just that the places it walked over would spontaneously generate land.
What was more serious was this ability—Desolate Land.
It could affect the weather worldwide...
Causing the entire sea to dry up.
This was the legendary main factor in how it could turn the ocean into land!
The God of the Land was no joke.
"Alright, alright, let's not watch anymore."
Feeling the delicate body in his arms tending to tremble, Hikaru decisively cut off the live broadcast.
The two seniors, who were watching intently, were stunned.
As Pokémon trainers, they were quite eager for such an opportunity to watch a Legendary Pokémon.
"It has nothing to do with us. This is the M Region. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up."
Hikaru stroked Sakura's head and then smiled at the two seniors.
The God of the Land is the God of the Land.
In six hours, maybe it will regain its sanity and go home to sleep?
"Want to eat grilled fish?"
Hikaru miraculously took out the fish he had just caught from his backpack.
It was just...
Will Kyogre really tolerate Groudon's rampage for six hours?
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