Chapter 236: Eternatus
After listening to Sableye recount its plan, Bai Feng fell into silence. This guy is really smart; it has mastered the art of lurking and utilizing others, its ability is strong, and it even collects information.
"Since that's the case, I'll go with you to see what secrets are hidden in this Mine!" Bai Feng said to Sableye after a moment of thought.
"Ami~ Ami~" Okay, okay! We'll expose their evil deeds together.
Hearing Bai Feng's words, Sableye was very happy. It felt that with Bai Feng and the unknown Pokémon beside him being so powerful, their actions would definitely be more assured.
"Mewtwo, put it down!" Bai Feng said to Mewtwo.
Mewtwo nodded, withdrawing the Psychic Power restraint on Sableye.
After landing, Sableye bounced around and said, "Ami~ Ami~" Follow me, I'll lead the way!
Saying this, it quickly darted into another Tunnel. Bai Feng and Mewtwo exchanged glances, controlling their Psychic Power to fly after it.
The human and the Pokémon followed behind Sableye, flying through the Tunnel for not long before Sableye suddenly turned into a corner. It moved aside a large stone leaning against the corner wall, and a dark Passage immediately appeared before them.
Looking at this Passage, Bai Feng asked in surprise, "This isn't a Tunnel that was originally part of the Mine, is it?"
Sableye nodded repeatedly. "Ami~ Ami~" I dug this myself!
The Sableye species is skilled in digging gems in Caves and Tunnels year-round, thus they have honed superb excavation techniques.
After speaking, Sableye plunged headfirst into the dim Passage.
Bai Feng took a Poké Ball from his waist. With a flash of red light, Heliolisk appeared.
"Heliolisk, I'm counting on you. Use Flash to light the way for us!"
"Aiboh~"
Heliolisk nodded, its neck frill suddenly spreading open. Bright radiance emitted from its neck frill, instantly dispelling the darkness.
Heliolisk walked into the Passage first, with Bai Feng and Mewtwo following closely behind.
The Passage dug by Sableye was winding and long, leading downwards. After walking for an unknown amount of time, they suddenly reached a dead end.
"Why is there no path?" Bai Feng asked, puzzled.
"Ami~ Ami~" Below this is the area where the magnetic field appears. If I keep digging, the people below will discover me.
Sableye explained.
Hearing Sableye's answer, Bai Feng attempted to probe downwards with his Psychic Power. Sure enough, his Psychic Power hadn't extended far downwards before encountering a disruptive power, making it very difficult for the Psychic Power to advance.
He tried for a while and found that with the strength of his own Psychic Power, it was hard to break through the defense of the unknown magnetic field.
At this moment, Bai Feng grabbed Mewtwo's hand and said, "Mewtwo, lend me your Psychic Power!"
Mewtwo was startled for a moment, but before it could react, Bai Feng had already grasped its hand and attempted to perform a Psychic Power Link with it.
Mewtwo was not Bai Ye, and did not share such strong trust and bond with Bai Feng, so the Psychic Power Link was not so easily achieved.
The moment Bai Feng's Psychic Power touched Mewtwo's Psychic Power, he clearly felt Mewtwo's resistance and wariness, as well as a hint of tension.
"Mewtwo, relax. Lower your Psychic Power defense, try to accept me, trust me!" Bai Feng said to Mewtwo in a gentle voice.
Sure enough, with Bai Feng's soothing, Mewtwo's Psychic Power defense began to loosen. Seizing the opportunity, Bai Feng quickly intertwined his Psychic Power with Mewtwo's Psychic Power.
With an opening made, the speed at which Bai Feng and Mewtwo established the Psychic Power Link increased significantly.
The simplest and most direct method to become familiar with someone is to merge minds with them. At this moment, Mewtwo felt exactly this way.
As its Psychic Power merged deeper and deeper with Bai Feng's, it seemed to enter a state of telepathy with Bai Feng.
This feeling was very wondrous, indescribable and unclear, as if they were deeply intertwined.
Mewtwo gave Bai Feng a complex look, then fully opened its Psychic Power to him.
Psychic Power Link complete!
In this instant, neither Bai Feng nor Mewtwo noticed that the two crystals at the core of Mewtwo's energy circuit trembled violently, emitting streaks of colorful radiance.
Where the colorful radiance shone, Mewtwo's ancient genetic factors were activated, transforming into white light spots that circled between the two crystals.
But this phenomenon only lasted for an instant. In the blink of an eye, the two crystals returned to normal, retracting their radiance and quietly levitating above Mewtwo's energy circuit. The ancient genetic factors also settled back into the energy circuit, as if nothing had happened.
With Mewtwo's Psychic Power bolstering him, Bai Feng also activated the Psychic Bracelet on his wrist. His Psychic Power finally broke through the magnetic field's defense, allowing him to see the secret protected by the magnetic field.
In Bai Feng's perception, a giant factory, like a castle, appeared. Red light flickered everywhere in the factory, and incredibly huge Coalossal were working, their bodies wreathed in flames.
No... to be precise, those Coalossal were in their Gigantamax form, which is why they looked so huge.
They seemed to be in a deep sleep, squatting on the Ground with their eyes tightly closed, but the furnace fire in their chests burned fiercely, never stopping.
Nearly twenty Gigantamax Coalossal occupied almost all of the factory's Space. The busy Staff Members inside were like tiny ants.
Huge machines constantly fed large amounts of coal into the Coalossal's chests. The coal, burned by the high temperature of the Coalossal's bodies, transformed into surging torrents of energy, which were then extracted from the Coalossal's bodies by special machines and transported into the circular building surrounded by the Coalossal.
At this moment, Bai Feng finally understood where the missing coal from the Mine went and why so many Coalossal had disappeared.
They were all here!
What puzzled him was how these Coalossal were able to Gigantamax? Was there a Dynamax Power Spot set up here?
"Let's sneak in and take a look," Bai Feng said to Sableye.
"Ami~ Ami~" Sableye nodded excitedly.
Seeing this, Bai Feng Recalled Heliolisk, then picked up Sableye by the neck frill and activated Teleport. The next second, he and Mewtwo vanished from their Original spot.
By the time Sableye opened its eyes, it was in an unfamiliar environment. Red light was reflected everywhere, and everything felt eerie, like the legendary hell.
Bai Feng hid in a corner. When a worker passed by him, he suddenly called out to the person.
"Hey~"
The person subconsciously turned their head.
"You..."
The moment he opened his mouth, he met a pair of deep eyes shining with purple radiance. Before he could even speak, his eyes lost their luster.
Under Bai Feng's control, the worker silently walked into the corner and took off his work clothes.
Bai Feng swiftly changed into the other person's work clothes, put on a grey hat unique to the workers here, and then walked out as if nothing had happened.
Mewtwo concealed its figure using Psychic Power and followed behind him, while Sableye hid in his shadow.
As Bai Feng walked, he observed the situation in the factory. He found that there were a large number of sewage outlets here. The pollutants generated by the Coalossal burning large amounts of coal were discharged through these outlets, and he didn't know where they were ultimately released.
If these pollutants were discharged outside without treatment, who knows how much damage they would cause to the environment!
Bai Feng also noticed that the workers here didn't talk to each other. They just focused on their work, and even when they encountered each other during work, they kept straight faces, as if they weren't familiar with each other.
This greatly reduced the possibility of Bai Feng's identity being exposed.
Currently, Bai Feng mainly wanted to figure out what was inside that dome-shaped building and what purpose the large amount of energy generated by burning coal was being transported in for.
After circling the factory, Bai Feng finally saw the Entrance to the dome-shaped building. Just as he was about to walk over and take a look, someone suddenly called out to him.
"Hey~ You! Yes, you!"
Bai Feng initially didn't intend to pay attention to the person who called out to him, but they actually walked straight over.
"I'm talking to you. I've been watching you for a long time. What are you wandering around doing nothing for? Don't think you can get away with not working just because you're handsome!"
Saying this, the person grabbed Bai Feng's wrist.
This person was wearing a black suit, their hair slicked back with oil, dressed to the nines. Their attire was completely different from that of the ordinary workers, and it was clear at a glance that they were part of the factory's management.
This was truly just the opportunity I was looking for.
The moment the man in the black suit looked over, Bai Feng activated the Hypnosis he had learned from the Thousand-Year Gastly. The man in the black suit was instantly affected, and his action of pulling Bai Feng paused.
After a few more seconds, he released Bai Feng.
"I want to go look over there," Bai Feng said, pointing at the dome-shaped building, his voice full of enticement.
"Okay, please follow me."
The man in the black suit spoke blankly and flatly, his tone completely devoid of emotion, then lifted his foot and walked towards the Entrance of the dome-shaped building.
Because he was still in the Psychic Power Link with Mewtwo, Bai Feng found casting Hypnosis exceptionally easy.
Sableye, hiding in Bai Feng's shadow, trembled upon seeing this scene. Oh my, this human is terrifying! He's more like a Ghost-type Pokémon than I am.
With the man in the black suit leading the way, Bai Feng arrived at the gate of the dome-shaped building without any obstruction. Even when they encountered other workers on the way, they didn't show the slightest suspicion and didn't even dare to look the man in the black suit directly in the eye, showing that he held a considerable position here.
Arriving at the gate, Bai Feng discovered that it actually required a fingerprint to open. Fortunately, he hadn't approached rashly, or triggering the alarm would have been bad.
Under Bai Feng's command, the man in the black suit obediently opened the gate and led Bai Feng inside.
The moment he entered the dome-shaped Space, Bai Feng's vision was filled with a purplish-red hue reflected by the light inside. The most eye-catching sight was the Dragon-shaped Figure coiling in the air.
"Roar!!!"
The Figure twisted and roared constantly in the air, looking extremely pained. Its entire body was covered in metal tubes. All the energy being transported from the outside flowed into its body through the tubes inserted into it.
Eternatus?
Looking at the Pokémon in the air, Bai Feng's face showed horror.
No wonder the Coalossal outside could Dynamax; it turned out Eternatus was here! Eternatus is the origin of all Dynamax Energy.
But how could Eternatus be here? It should be locked up by Rose in the Energy Plant below the Wyndon Arena right now!
Besides Eternatus, there were also several Staff Members wearing lab coats in this building. Seeing the man in the black suit bring Bai Feng in, one young male Staff Member asked with a puzzled expression:
"Gamma, why are you in here? And you brought someone..."
But before he could finish speaking, he met Bai Feng's eyes, which were surging with Psychic Power. In just an instant, the young man fell under the control of Hypnosis, and his voice abruptly stopped.
His abnormality alerted another female Staff Member in a lab coat. She looked at Bai Feng and shouted, "Wait, who are you?! What are you doing?"
Hearing this, Bai Feng immediately looked at her. Seeing that he was already exposed, he simply stopped pretending and rapidly extended his Psychic Power.
Meeting Bai Feng's gaze, the female Staff Member in the lab coat showed a look of horror. The next second, she found that she couldn't move. Her entire body was restrained by a powerful pressure, and her bones felt like they were about to be shattered.
The female Staff Member in the lab coat still wanted to reach for the Poké Ball at her waist, but the next second she was thrown out by Bai Feng.
Boom!
She crashed into a machine, smashing it to pieces, and was knocked unconscious herself.
"Roar!!!!"
As that machine was destroyed, Eternatus seemed to become a bit more violent. It threw its head back and let out bursts of roars, the resulting air currents sending things flying wildly throughout the entire building.
"Oh no, Eternatus is going to lose control!" one of the Staff Members in lab coats exclaimed, then quickly ran to another machine and started operating it frantically.
With his actions, Eternatus quieted down a bit, and its struggling movements lessened slightly.
At this point, Bai Feng was surrounded by three other Staff Members in lab coats. Three flashes of red light appeared, and a Grapploct, a Greedent, and a Sandaconda simultaneously attacked Bai Feng.
Bai Feng extended both hands, and purple radiance flickered wildly in his eyes. The three Pokémon were instantly frozen in mid-air. They twisted their bodies, trying to break free from Bai Feng's Psychic Power restraint, but it was useless.
One must know that the one currently linked with Bai Feng via Psychic Power Link was Mewtwo, so at this moment, Bai Feng was like a humanoid Pokémon.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three Pokémon were thrown out by Bai Feng amidst their cries, smashing heavily into three other machines. With a flash of sparks, those machines were once again smashed to pieces.
There were a large number of unknown machines in this dome-shaped building, and each one seemed to have an important function. As three more machines were smashed, Eternatus in the center of the Space began to lose control again, and the Staff Member in the lab coat previously responsible for maintenance and control was now covered in cold sweat.
"It's no good, Eternatus is going to lose control! Hurry and think of a method!" he shouted anxiously.
The three Staff Members in lab coats surrounding Bai Feng showed anxious expressions. They seemed to realize they were no match for Bai Feng, so they began to attempt to bribe him.
"Powerful Psychic, as long as you leave here and keep this a secret, we can give you lots and lots of money. 100 million, 200 million, 500 million, 1 billion... it's all fine."
(End of this chapter)