"Since we can't see through this Ghost's true form, staying here is just a waste of time. Retreat first."
Seeing that even the protagonist's halo was useless, Huo Yuhao decisively turned his character around and fled the oppressive, eerie Pokémon Tower with Wang Dong.
Following Lu Yuan's directions, they crossed Route 8 west of Lavender Town, entered another underground passage, and headed toward their destination, Celadon City.
At the exit of another dark Rock Tunnel.
Thud!
Wang Qiuer finally tumbled headfirst out of the pitch-black cave entrance.
Sunlight filled the Screen once more, but Wang Qiuer had no mood to admire the scenery.
She slumped limply in her gaming chair, her eyes vacant and a tear of survival still clinging to the corner of her eye.
"I'm out... I, Wang Qiuer... finally made it out alive..."
That half-hour journey of blindly feeling her way through had been nothing short of inhuman torture for her.
In the tunnel, she had been confused countless times by Zubat's Supersonic and beaten bloody by hikers' Geodude.
At her most desperate, every Pokémon on her team had been reduced to red health. Ivysaur had even been badly poisoned; with every step, the Screen flashed and emitted a spine-chilling hiss.
She had used up every antidote and Potion she had treasured and picked up in the underground passage, leaving not even a scrap behind!
"My medicine... my money... it's all gone now."
With trembling hands, Wang Qiuer guided her character into the Pokémon Center in the town ahead.
Only when Nurse Joy's signature healing music began playing did she finally let out a long sigh of relief.
After recovering, Wang Qiuer left the Pokémon Center and surveyed the brand-new city before her.
A prompt popped up in the upper-left corner of the Screen:
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