Accidentally Entering a Secret Realm

Time rewound to six hours before Flat City's Disaster Early Warning Center issued the disaster alert.

Fang Yuan and Eevee were practicing Sand Attack near the dense forest.

"Vee!"

Eevee stared solemnly at the ground before it. Concentrating, it swiped forward with its short, slender legs. The next moment, a gust of dust swept up, carrying a large amount of sand and dirt as it surged fiercely toward the space ahead of Eevee.

The large boulder Fang Yuan had moved over was struck head-on by the Sand Attack. After swaying slightly, its surface was covered in a thick layer of sand.

"Very good."

Fang Yuan wiped away his sweat. He had not expected Eevee's training efficiency with Sand Attack to be so much higher than with Quick Attack.

Over the past half month, although Eevee had become quite proficient with Quick Attack, it was even more skilled at Sand Attack. It could hit wherever it aimed.

Moreover, Sand Attack looked much more impressive than it had on the beach.

At first, Eevee's Sand Attack had merely involved controlling a small pile of fine sand and pushing it forward. But now, just as Fang Yuan had seen, it felt like a miniature Sandstorm rushing in. This showed that Eevee had excellent control over Ground-type energy.

"Being able to learn Sand Attack just from building sandcastles... Eevee definitely has talent in this area..."

Fang Yuan smiled. Eevee could now use both Quick Attack and Sand Attack proficiently. During special training, Eevee's basic physical abilities had steadily improved every day. And there was also their hidden trump card, the Anticipation Ability. Though Eevee still could not control it well, it was already far better than when they had started.

After three weeks of special training, its strength had undergone a complete transformation. Eevee's demeanor had changed greatly as well.

No one would believe it had only been born a month ago.

"Eevee, next is Quick Attack training. Same rules as always: an 800-meter course. You have to return within ninety seconds, with no more than five mistakes."

Since it was an obstacle course, the actual distance was already more than 800 meters. But for Eevee, which could use Quick Attack proficiently, this was no longer much of a challenge.

"Vee!!"

Seeing that Eevee was ready, Fang Yuan took out his watch and prepared to time it. But at that moment, he suddenly sensed that something was off. At the same time, Eevee tensed up and warily looked around.

"You sensed that something was wrong too, didn't you?"

"Vee." Eevee nodded.

The two of them had almost simultaneously felt an inexplicable pressure. After hesitating for a moment, Eevee moved. It lightly shook the cream-colored fur around its neck. Its fluffy tail tapped the ground beneath the smooth brown fur, its long ears twitching slightly as it gazed worriedly at the sky.

Compared to the oppressive feeling Fang Yuan sensed, Eevee was even more sensitive because of the instinctive warning brought by its Anticipation Ability.

"We should retreat first."

Fang Yuan immediately decided to stop training. As he tightened his clothes, Eevee swiftly jumped onto his shoulder.

However, Fang Yuan had only taken a few steps when the change had already arrived. An invisible tide of Infinity Energy swept over them, and the structure of Earth Space in the area seemed to be rewritten in an instant, causing countless Other Dimension Channels to appear...

They were inevitably swept inside.

"Fuck!"

"Vee!!!"

Those were Fang Yuan and Eevee's final thoughts.

The moment they closed and opened their eyes, their surroundings had become unfamiliar.

Fang Yuan's heart pounded wildly as he stood there in utter confusion, having no idea what had happened.

Eevee clung tightly around Fang Yuan's neck, frightened by the bizarre change.

Both of them were nervous beyond belief. It was already fortunate that they had not fainted from such an encounter.

Purple, blue, cyan...

The three colors enveloped them, shifting constantly in shade before Fang Yuan and Eevee's eyes. White cracks appeared from time to time, nearly blinding them both. Fortunately, this visual bombardment did not last long before their vision was completely engulfed by white light.

"Damn it."

Fang Yuan and Eevee shuddered. When they opened their eyes again, they began questioning their lives once more.

"Did I transmigrate again?"

"Vee?"

This should be a jungle...

Fang Yuan looked around, then suddenly seemed to think of something. His face instantly twisted into a bitter grimace.

He had a rough idea of what had happened.

A Secret Realm!

Had they accidentally entered a Secret Realm?!

Ever since Secret Realms had begun merging with Earth on a large scale nearly a century ago, new Secret Realms had never stopped appearing.

Whenever a new Secret Realm appeared, it would inevitably harm the local ecosystem and towns.

It was precisely to guard against the dangers posed by Secret Realms that the Trainer Association had established a Trainer Association Branch in every region, so they could react promptly whenever a new Secret Realm appeared.

"Secret Realms can be categorized by size into super-large, large, medium, small, and super-small..."

"Generally speaking, the smaller the Secret Realm, the faster it merges with Earth Space, and the more unstable Time-Space Channels connecting the two different spaces will be scattered around it."

"Eevee and I entered this Secret Realm so easily. This is probably a Super-Small Secret Realm, so it shouldn't be too dangerous... right?"

Fang Yuan did not have much confidence himself. He took out his phone, and sure enough, it could not be used because of the Secret Realm. Even his timing watch had completely failed. Just as the textbooks taught, all electronic devices became useless. This failure would continue until the Secret Realm had completely merged with Earth and the surrounding spatial structure gradually stabilized.

"Eevee, let's stay here and not move. We'll obediently wait for rescue," Fang Yuan said cautiously.

Every Trainer Association Branch had devices that could detect Secret Realm fluctuations. The larger the Secret Realm, the easier it was to detect its fluctuations.

Some large and super-large Secret Realms had such obvious fluctuations that they could even be detected months before appearing, giving the Trainer Association ample time to respond.

But for Super-Small Secret Realms, Fang Yuan remembered that their fluctuations could only be detected around six hours after they appeared. That was rather awful. So the Secret Realms that usually endangered ordinary people were Super-Small Secret Realms.

According to the Trainer Association's warnings, the best thing for ordinary people who accidentally entered a Secret Realm to do was find a safe place, stay still, and wait for Professional Trainers to conduct a rescue.

Although Fang Yuan was a Trainer, he did not intend to run around recklessly courting death, because the Pokémon inside Secret Realms were not particularly friendly.

Before and after Secret Realms came into contact with Earth, perhaps due to certain differences, the vast majority of Pokémon living within them became extremely violent, aggressive, and destructive. Even Pokémon with gentle dispositions were no exception.

Academically, this condition was called Alien Syndrome, though students preferred to call it acclimatization problems.

Aside from human treatment, this condition in Pokémon required a long time to ease before they could return to their original temperaments.

"Stay calm. I have to stay calm." Thinking of this, Fang Yuan looked at Eevee. My dear, the two of us really are unlucky.