Across the broad plain.
Heiduo looked at the scenery, where there was nothing but grass and barely any wild Pokémon to be seen, and sighed.
There were actually places in this world that wild Pokémon refused to visit... What exactly was going on with Orre?
Though the oasis was not particularly fertile, it was not so barren that no Pokémon could survive there. Besides, it had so many minerals that it should have been ideal for Steel-type, Rock-type, and Ground-type Pokémon.
Yet in reality, there were extraordinarily few wild Pokémon here.
So few that Heiduo had crossed the plain at sixty kilometers per hour over two hours, and could already see Agate Village in the distance, yet had encountered fewer than a hundred wild Pokémon along the way.
Gateon Port being closer to Agate Village was one thing, but wild Pokémon were truly rare here.
Those hundred might have been "imported" in recent years, then released into the wild.
What a strange region. How could a place like this exist on the Pokémon world's map...? What had happened in Orre in the past for wild Pokémon to vanish to such an extent?
Pokémon were unlikely to drive themselves extinct. Pokémon like Muk and Geodude could survive even by eating dirt and garbage, not to mention that this region had so many mineral deposits and even oil.
The plants had not gone completely extinct either.
They had most likely been driven out. After being captured in large numbers, they were all shipped overseas or driven elsewhere.
But why would they do that?
If Heiduo had been playing a game, perhaps he would not have dwelled on the game's backstory. It was just setting, after all; there was no use getting hung up on it.
But once a game became reality, and