Chapter 15: The Defeat of Humanity
"Grassy Terrain!"
Seeing the Onix suddenly rush out, Chenxi decisively ordered Floette to use Grassy Terrain.
The spreading Grassy Terrain connected with the Grassy Terrain already set up in the back to help everyone recover.
In an instant, green light shone brightly, and Floette's Flower Veil ability was activated.
Using the power of this Grassy Terrain, they managed to withstand the sudden attack of the Onix, at least avoiding the initial chaos.
"Protect the Young Master!" Old Zhou shouted decisively when he saw this scene.
Instantly, three Trainers from the crowd rushed out to Protect Chenxi.
Two men and one woman, all Master Trainers from the Yuan Family, summoned a Breloom, a Bellossom, and a Scyther respectively.
Chenxi glanced at these three Small Elves; their levels had all reached above sixty.
Evidently, these three were the bodyguards secretly arranged for him by the family.
"Old Zhou, you organize the evacuation; I'll hold them off for a bit with them!"
Chenxi said decisively, and without waiting for Old Zhou to reply, he said to Floette, "Petal Dance!"
In an instant, Floette's Petal Dance flew, and the Onix and Staryu suffered heavy losses.
Chenxi decisively chose to fight rather than command, because Chenxi knew his status was noble, but Old Zhou, as an elder, was certainly more knowledgeable about organizational skills and personnel deployment.
Therefore, Chenxi did not overstep his authority by giving orders, but rather tried to create suitable space for Old Zhou to coordinate.
Old Zhou, as the head of the Elf Garden, was also a decisive person and immediately organized the evacuation.
Although he was worried about Chenxi, he also knew that those in the rear were only some miners responsible for transportation and medical Trainers responsible for treatment, and they had never expected to be attacked by Small Elves in this far-off rear area.
After all, this time they were dealing with Small Elf tribes, not humans, and they never expected the Small Elves to be so smart.
It can be said that although the Staryu's riot was an accident, they were not foolish, possessing Psychic Small Elves like Starmie. In terms of intelligence, they were even smarter than most humans.
Whether it was forming distant alliances and attacking nearby indigenous Small Elves in the Heijin Mine, or using Confuse Ray to cause chaos, all of this demonstrated the intelligence of the Staryu tribe.
And now these Small Elves even used the power of Onix to bypass to the rear for a precise strike.
It can be said that this Staryu tribe displayed the intelligence expected of sentient beings.
In fact, when the Staryu used Confuse Ray to disrupt the Small Elves in the Black Gold Carbon Pit, people should not have underestimated them.
Small Elves are intelligent life forms, not beasts.
"Their target is us... No, the timing is wrong, because the treated personnel haven't been put back into battle, so they shouldn't know the function of our Elf Garden medical team."
Chenxi no longer dared to underestimate the intelligence of these Staryu, but he absolutely did not believe they had foreknowledge of humanity's exact arrangements.
"Their real target isn't us... it's the passage, the passage out of the Black Gold Carbon Pit!"
Chenxi turned his head at this moment, only to see several Golem had already crawled out of the ground at some unknown time.
They used the rocks that kept falling as Onix broke through the cave entrance as cover. These Golem, like ordinary falling rocks, had unknowingly rolled to the entrance passage.
"Seed Flare!"
Chenxi dared not let Floette hold back any longer. With the glowing gracidea flower, a green light shot from Floette's companion flower, sweeping across the jumping Golem.
The beam was devastating, and one Golem after another was directly shattered by the light.
But there was still a Golem whose body had not yet broken, and it smiled triumphantly at this moment; its Sturdy ability had activated!
Its eyes carried endless glory, and its body burst forth with brilliant light. Self-Destruct!
The violent explosion brought an incomparable bright light, and the entire entrance of the Heijin Mine collapsed, blocking the only exit!
"Damn it..."
Chenxi hadn't expected such a thing to happen.
Moreover, all the Trainers who entered here never expected this rear area to be attacked by Small Elves.
Therefore, this cave had not been reinforced with Earth Power at all, and it was truly difficult to resist the Golem's Self-Destruct.
The only thing to be thankful for was that this place served as a transfer station connecting the ground and underground, so the space had been expanded.
And a backup power supply was also set up, so even with such a huge explosion and the collapse of the cave entrance, the power here was not cut off. So, although people were a bit flustered, it was not irreversible after all.
"Don't panic!"
The more critical the moment, the calmer Chenxi became.
Chenxi said to everyone, "This city has a complete exhaust system, so we are at least safe for a short time.
Now, Small Elves skilled in strength should move the rubble, and Small Elves capable of digging should excavate an exit.
These Onix and Staryu will be handled by us Trainers!"
However, as soon as Chenxi finished speaking, the Onix showed no intention of staying any longer.
They directly dug tunnels to leave, rather than continuing to fight Chenxi.
Because these Small Elves had clearly witnessed the power of Floette's Seed Flare just now.
Whether they were Rock Type, Ground Type, or Water Type Small Elves, they instinctively felt they couldn't withstand the attacks from Chenxi and the others.
So they chose to retreat rather than stay and fight a senseless battle.
Down here, Ground Type Small Elves like Onix could practically leave whenever they wanted, and ordinary Trainers had no way to stop them.
Moreover, their considerable numbers also made the remaining Trainers hesitant to act rashly.
Because most of the Trainers present were injured or support types; there weren't many who could actually fight.
So, facing the retreat of these Small Elves, more Trainers chose to observe coldly rather than fight.
At this moment, continuous vibrations spread, and Chenxi's face turned pale as he saw the Onix appearing from time to time.
Because the Onix revealed themselves and began violently ramming the tunnels reinforced with Earth Power.
"They want to destroy the tunnel. The Family Head, Gym Leader East Steel, and Lord Dadi are inside the tunnel." Everyone in the Heijin Mine's face changed dramatically.
"Fighting there will only accelerate the destruction and empower these Onix. Use Sleep Powder!" Chenxi commanded decisively.
The Trainers who controlled Grass Type Small Elves immediately came to their senses. Sleep Powder, although a control skill, could also be used for treatment by medical Trainers.
At least it could allow the target to rest properly, thereby ensuring the recovery of their mental state.
The Trainers of the Elf Garden decisively released their Grass Type Small Elves, almost all of whom used this skill.
The azure Sleep Powder was like a thin mist, enveloping the Onix. Before long, the Onix fell into a deep sleep.
With the Onix asleep, Chenxi decisively summoned Turtwig to gain experience.
As for Staryu, he dared not summon it, as this Staryu had just been caught and might not obey him if summoned.
Floette, at this time, was responsible for finishing them off. Only Onix that had completely lost their fighting ability were good Onix.
After dealing with these Onix that were destroying the tunnel, Chenxi and the others also worked hard to excavate the buried cave entrance.
Fortunately, there was no second attack here, and with everyone's cooperation, an exit was finally dug open.
Old Zhou organized everyone to evacuate quickly, while Chenxi and the three Master Trainers of the Yuan Family formed a makeshift guard team to Protect this temporarily opened passage.
Subsequently, Trainers from the front line retreated one after another, and from their accounts, they learned about the battle situation at the front.
Under the unexpected intelligence of the Small Elves, the Trainers on the front line were ambushed, and the human Trainers suffered a great defeat.
The process, when explained, was hardly worth mentioning: many Geodude and Golem disguised themselves as rocks, and once the Trainers entered the ambush circle, without any preamble, they directly used Self-Destruct.
Then, other Small Elves swarmed in to attack, and even the tunnels that had been reinforced with Earth Power were destroyed by the continuous ramming of Onix.
At this time, both East Steel and Kikuyo displayed the demeanor expected of Master-level peak Trainers, approaching Elite Four level.
East Steel summoned Steelix to clear the blocked path, and Kikuyo's Gastrodon used Earth Power to attack the Onix locked in the ground.
Of course, Dadi was ultimately responsible for covering the rear, but when both East Steel and Kikuyo had retreated to Chenxi and the others' position, Dadi did not successfully retreat and was directly buried by the cave entrance.
Kikuyo and Dadi both clenched their fists, looking at the almost buried cave entrance.
Their original plan was to systematically clear out the Staryu tribe that had entered the Black Gold Carbon Pit.
But before they could even act, these Staryu formed alliances and fully utilized the Small Elves in the Black Gold Carbon Pit that had already been subdued, thus causing this incident.
Chenxi, looking at the disaster caused by the Small Elves before him, felt a bit lost.
Because Chenxi had not expected this world to be like this. With the impression of the anime he had watched in his previous life, coupled with being born into the direct line of the Yuan Family and enjoying the safest protection in Sinnoh, he had a certain image.
In his impression, the world of Small Elves, no matter how cruel, was only like that in the special chapters.
But the cruelty of reality far exceeded Chenxi's expectations.
Because, in the end, Small Elves and humans are two species, two species vying for survival on this planet.
Perhaps in some places, they can coexist harmoniously, but in more places, it is like the Black Gold Carbon Pit, a cruel relationship where if you advance one step, I must retreat one step.
"Daddy, daddy..."
A familiar voice entered Chenxi's ears. Chenxi looked up and followed the sound.
The silver-haired, blue-eyed little girl was kneeling on the middle-aged man's body, crying.
The middle-aged man's chest was stained with a large patch of blood; clearly, he was also an unfortunate victim of this incident.
Chenxi walked over and comforted the little girl, "The deceased are gone, it's better to properly handle the uncle's funeral!"
"It's you! It's all you! Who wants your kindness!" The little girl looked at Chenxi with resentment when she saw him.
Chenxi was slightly stunned, unsure of what had happened, but also a little silent.
After all, Old Zhou had gone to inform the Ju family the day after he entered, so he and the middle-aged man shouldn't have had much interaction.
At this moment, Old Zhou ran over and whispered to Chenxi, "Because Young Master went in through her father.
So we went to her house and took her father in front of her.
Later, because we planned to attack, her father was an experienced miner, so he stayed to assist us!
Actually, this matter has little to do with Young Master.
Because even if we hadn't gone to find Young Master, he would have been left behind if he went to work normally. This is fate!"
Chenxi understood the whole story and sighed inwardly.
To say that this incident would make Chenxi bear any psychological burden would be to overestimate Chenxi's moral standards.
But to say that Chenxi was completely unaffected by this would mean Chenxi was too inhuman.
"Does this little girl have any other relatives?" Chenxi asked, hearing Old Zhou's words.
"She and her father depended on each other. Now that her father is dead, she has nothing left!" Old Zhou said.
"I understand. Give me the highest-level VIP token for the Fairy Garden." Chenxi said.
Old Zhou was slightly stunned, but without any hesitation, he immediately handed the token to Chenxi.
Chenxi walked to the little girl's side, placed the VIP token beside her, and said, "I apologize for what happened to your father. This Fairy Garden token is for you.
From now on, you can use this token to enjoy free services at the Fairy Garden."
"I... I don't want your things!"
Xiaoju heard Chenxi's words. She really didn't want any of Chenxi's things right now, because she felt they were stained with her father's blood!
"You need it!" Chenxi said to Xiaoju solemnly, "Whether you hate me or not, I don't care.
Because to me, you are just an ant, and your emotions are meaningless."
"Are you humiliating me?!" Xiaoju looked up, glaring at Chenxi.
But Chenxi didn't speak, suddenly lowering his head and leaning towards Xiaoju.
Old Zhou consciously turned around, thinking to himself that the Young Master was indeed a profligate son; someone's father hadn't even been properly buried yet...
However, given the Yuan Family's influence in Sinnoh, let alone forcibly taking a civilian girl, even an Elite Class female Trainer could be taken if they wanted.
But thinking about it, the Young Master is only twelve years old now... Old Zhou's gossip consciousness was constantly expanding.
Chenxi naturally didn't know how much Old Zhou was gossiping internally, and Chenxi actually just wanted to whisper to Xiaoju,
"The Gligar I caught for you has the potential to become an Elite Four level Gliscor.
If you don't want to again be able to only kneel on the ground and cry helplessly like this...
Then become strong, become stronger and stronger, so strong that no one can take your things from you!"
Even Chenxi didn't know if these words were for Xiaoju or for himself.