Zoroark’s body transformed into a streak of white light: “My child, I will continue to accompany you in this way.”
With that, the white light that Zoroark had transformed into directly merged with Zorua’s body.
A dazzling white light also emanated from Zorua’s body.
This was the light of evolution.
Within the white light, Zorua’s body gradually grew larger, and when the light disappeared, what emerged was Zoroark in a white and red state.
“Did it really still turn into this Ghost-type state?” Mu Li exclaimed.
“This is the power my mother left for me.” Zoroark’s voice suddenly rang out, only, this time, her voice no longer held its former childishness, but was instead as steady and reliable as her mother’s.
Mu Li nodded: “Perhaps this is her wish too; to be able to accompany you in this way is better than living aimlessly in the Netherworld Gate.”
Zoroark nodded, smiling: “I can feel her presence.”
Gengar, standing nearby, pulled out a purplish-black glass orb from who knows where and handed it to Zoroark, gesturing for a long time with his hands: “Gengar! This is Dusknoir’s soul. You can use it to quickly increase your strength.”
Zoroark was about to refuse when Gengar gestured again: “Take it, it also contains half of your mother’s soul…”
Zoroark fell silent, picked up the black glass orb, hesitated for a long time, and then swallowed it whole.
Mu Li’s eyes immediately widened: “Is this how this thing is supposed to be used?”
Gengar rolled his eyes and said: “Otherwise? Do you think it’s a lollipop? Lick it every day?”
“You have a point, I’m speechless…” Mu Li stated that the Pokémon world was still very difficult to understand.
After Dusknoir disappeared, the energy fluctuations within the entire stone chamber also vanished.
When Mu Li returned to the outside world, he found that the barrier that had originally enveloped the forest was also gone.
“Hello? Can you hear me?” Mu Li tried to contact Wang Xiang.
“Received, received.” Wang Xiang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, “Finally got in touch with you. I was worried something had happened to you.”
Mu Li’s mouth twitched: Hehe, something big almost did happen.
If he hadn’t been here, it’s estimated that once the Netherworld Gate opened, not to mention distant places, everyone on this island and near it would have died.
“It’s already been dealt with. Contact the officials later; there’s an ancient ruin in here, you can let them come and see it,” Mu Li explained.
“Another ruin?” Wang Xiang asked, puzzled, “No, why did I say ‘another’?”
Zoroark transformed into a doll resembling Zorua and hung on Mu Li.
He had originally intended to go straight back, but then he thought, wasn’t I out looking for food? If I just went back like this, wouldn’t they look down on me?
So Mu Li activated his food search mode.
Because of Dusknoir, no humans lived on this island, so the wild animal resources were quite well preserved.
Animals like rabbits and squirrels were everywhere.
Mu Li wasn’t interested in squirrels, but he was quite keen on wild rabbits.
Before long, Mu Li caught four wild rabbits.
“As expected of me, the rabbit killer!” Mu Li patted the rabbits’ bottoms with satisfaction.
Hmm, very plump.
Rabbit: Have you ever considered my feelings?
When Mu Li returned to the edge of the campsite, both teams who had gone to the beach to scavenge had already returned.
Seeing Mu Li return empty-handed, his brothers began to mock him.
“A Li, come look, have you ever seen a half-meter-long fish? I picked it up on the beach.” Chichi proudly pulled out a palm-sized leatherjacket fish from the bucket.
“This is half a meter? I think it’s not even enough to get stuck in your teeth?” Mu Li frowned and retorted.
“Is this not half a meter?” Chichi began to gesture exaggeratedly, “I think it is!”
“Look at our crabs and octopuses…” Deng Fei also pulled out a bucket to show off.
Looking at the thumb-sized crabs and two-finger-thick octopuses, Mu Li couldn’t help but exclaim: “It’s a wonder you guys could even see them. If it were me, I’d have overlooked them.”
Deng Fei looked displeased: “Didn’t you also come back empty-handed? How dare you talk about us?”
Mu Li sneered, spread his hands, and said: “I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but I didn’t expect such a result. Fine, I’m not pretending anymore, I’m laying my cards on the table.”
Mu Li pulled two unconscious rabbits from his shadow, slapped them hard on their bottoms, and the two rabbits began to struggle wildly.
“Holy cow! Are these wild rabbits you caught?” Everyone’s eyes immediately widened, and they exclaimed.
Mu Li didn’t explain, he just dangled the rabbits in front of everyone’s eyes.
Peng Xiaochang couldn’t help but reach out to touch one, but his hand was kicked away by a rabbit: “Ouch, this rabbit is fierce!”
“Are you kidding? These are wild rabbits!” Mu Li boasted, “Only I could do it. If it were you, you wouldn’t even touch a single hair on them.”
“After so many days here, we can finally eat meat!” Chichi’s eyes were already glowing red.
“But we don’t have seasoning for roasted rabbit?” Peng Xiaochang said.
Mu Li sneered: “Watch me, your big brother.”
Everyone’s gaze simultaneously focused on Mu Li: “Big brother?”
Mu Li immediately chuckled awkwardly: “My mistake, my mistake, watch me, your little brother.”
With that, his expression changed, and he grabbed the microphone and shouted: “Director Wang, please come to the island for a talk!”
Five minutes later, Wang Xiang arrived on the island riding Blastoise.
As soon as Chichi saw him, he angrily scolded: “Why are you riding our family’s turtle?”
Wang Xiang said disdainfully: “How should I know? Maybe it’s because I fed him a luxurious meal? While you guys only have a few crabs not even enough to get stuck in your teeth?”
Chichi clutched his chest, almost spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood: “I didn’t expect you to be such a turtle!”
Blastoise didn’t bother to pay attention to this guy. Seeing Mu Li return, he quickly ran over to rub against him, and at the same time, he pulled out two one-meter-long cutlassfish from his shell and handed them to Mu Li.
“Not bad!” Mu Li took them and gave Blastoise a thumbs-up. Blastoise immediately grinned, showing all eight of his big white teeth.
As for Chichi, he was already frantically pounding the ground on the beach.
Wang Xiang walked up to Mu Li, his attitude arrogant: “What do you want me for?”
Mu Li didn’t speak, he just shook the rabbits in his hand at Wang Xiang.
Wang Xiang’s pupils immediately dilated: “Holy cow, where did you catch these? On the island?”
Mu Li spread his hands and said: “I just caught them casually, is it that hard?”
Wang Xiang’s mouth twitched, and he said: “What do you want?”
Mu Li snorted coldly and said: “These are pure wild rabbits, how about it? Director Wang, do you want to eat them?”
Wang Xiang couldn’t help but swallow his saliva: “Tell me your conditions.”
Mu Li revealed a proud smile: “Easy to say, we want a set of barbecue seasonings, and also prepare some rice for us, we haven’t eaten rice in a long time.”
“And vegetables!” Peng Xiaochang suggested, “Eggs too!”
“It would be best if there was some beer.” Chichi suggested.
Wang Xiang’s mouth twitched: “You only have one rabbit, and you want to exchange it for so many things? Dream on!”