Recaps

After a peaceful night at camp, Xinhai reflected on the Beedrill swarm’s Leader Aura and wondered whether his partners could use a similar form of coordination. While browsing the Breeder League forum, he discovered that Bill’s Pokémon Transfer System would be unveiled in Cerulean City three days later, and wondered if Trade Evolution would be announced too.

• Xinhai and his partners set up camp, shared dinner, and rested after their battles.
• Xinhai told a story about a League pioneer escaping a dangerous wild Pokémon group, which captivated Charmander.
• As he tried to sleep, Xinhai considered how Leader Aura might inspire stronger coordination among his partners.
• Xinhai searched online for Leader Aura and found only scarce, vague information about the rare ability.
• Xinhai read the announcement that Bill’s team would launch a public test of the Pokémon Transfer System in Cerulean City on July 15.
• Xinhai wondered whether the system’s launch would also bring Trade Evolution.

Xinhai considered the coming impact of the Pokémon Transfer System, then led his partners farther up Mt. Chimney, carefully avoiding dangerous wild Pokémon. The group found rare Redflame Grass and continued climbing through increasingly rugged terrain.

• Xinhai read about Researcher Bill's Teleportation System announcement and worried about its safety, political consequences, and the need to earn permission to carry more Pokémon.
• After resting, Xinhai and his partners broke camp and resumed their ascent of Mt. Chimney with Gardevoir scanning for threats.
• Xinhai trained Linoone, Sandile, and Charmander through several manageable encounters with wild Pokémon.
• Gardevoir found Berry trees and rare Redflame Grass, which Xinhai carefully gathered for its value in Fire type medicines and Pokéblocks.
• Xinhai's team continued up steep slopes and narrow ridges, using their varied abilities to handle the climb.

Xinhai and his Pokémon stopped for lunch on Mt. Chimney, but a brief unnatural tremor alerted them to an energy surge near the summit. There, Team Magma leader Maxie learned that their test of the Heart of the Furnace had succeeded, though a major eruption would require an enormous energy supply.

• Xinhai and his companions reached a scenic platform on Mt. Chimney and prepared lunch together.
• Xinhai and his Pokémon shared a meal until a brief tremor shook the ground beneath them.
• Gardevoir sensed that the tremor came from an unnatural energy release higher up the mountain, and Blaziken detected unusual Fire-type energy.
• Courtney reported to Maxie that Team Magma’s four Leyline Resonators had successfully completed a low-power test of the Heart of the Furnace.
• Courtney told Maxie that a high-frequency resonance would require the equivalent of Hoenn’s total electrical supply for half a year delivered at once.

Team Magma weighed ways to power its Mt. Chimney resonator, then hurriedly evacuated and destroyed its equipment when Mura appeared. Maxie and Courtney escaped with their data, while Maxie vowed to return once they found the key to the Heart of the Furnace.

• Courtney proposed finding X Element or a Primal Shell Fragment of Groudon to reduce the resonator's energy needs, and Maxie ordered Team Magma to pursue both leads.
• Team Magma learned that Mura had appeared, and Tabitha reported that the resonators were being dismantled and evacuated.
• Maxie ordered the remaining equipment destroyed, while Courtney backed up the core data and used Camerupt to push machines into the lava.
• Maxie watched Mura approach and said Team Magma already had preliminary coupling data and key parameters for the Heart of the Furnace.
• Maxie and Courtney escaped with the other Team Magma members using Claydol's Psychic power.

Mura arrived at the crater platform after Team Magma had escaped, found traces of a planned group Teleport, and confirmed that the site had been thoroughly cleared. Meanwhile, Xinhai and his companions abandoned their ascent and began searching for a safer route along Mt. Chimney’s mountainside.

• Mura arrived with Charizard and sent Arcanine, Houndoom, and Ninetales to search the crater platform for clues.
• Mura found traces of spatial distortion and Psychic-type energy, concluding that Team Magma had used a planned group transfer and erased its trail.
• Mura and his Pokémon searched the platform for devices and energy hazards but found nothing, so he decided to ask the League Investigation Department to examine the site.
• Xinhai and his companions packed up after the tremor, and Xinhai decided they would not climb farther until the situation was clear.
• Xinhai assigned Gardevoir to scan for abnormal energy and life, while the others prepared to scout a safer route across the mountainside.

Xinhai and his companions fled a stampede of agitated Magcargo on Mt. Chimney, using Alolan Golem’s Rock Tomb to redirect the herd. They continued through the boulder field toward safer ground as Gardevoir detected more disturbed Pokémon, leaving the cause of the mountain’s upheaval unresolved.

• Gardevoir sensed dozens of hostile Fire- and Rock-type Pokémon approaching, and Xinhai identified them as likely Magcargo driven downhill by the disturbance near the summit.
• Xinhai recalled several Pokémon, deployed Alolan Golem, and organized his companions to escape through a rugged boulder field.
• A herd of Magcargo attacked with Flamethrowers and lava bombs, and Alolan Golem raised a wide Rock Tomb barrier that blocked their volleys and redirected their charge downhill.
• Gardevoir confirmed the Magcargo were no longer pursuing them, and Xinhai led the group onward through the boulder field.
• Gardevoir detected other agitated Pokémon, and Blaziken used Vacuum Wave to make a Numel group flee in another direction.

After receiving an emergency League draft order, Xinhai and his team hurried toward the assembly point near Mt. Chimney. They reached a clearing where exhausted trainers were struggling to hold back a large horde of rampaging wild Pokémon.

• Xinhai received a mandatory League order to report to an assembly point and agreed to help contain the crisis.
• Gardevoir planned a safer route, and Xinhai's group set off northeast while avoiding battles and signs of rampaging Pokémon.
• Gardevoir detected a trainer gathering under attack, so Xinhai rushed toward the clearing to assist.
• Xinhai found Officer Jenny and other trainers defending themselves against hundreds of unnaturally aggressive fire-type Pokémon.
• Two Magmar broke through the defensive line after defeating Donphan, but Officer Jenny ordered Manectric to strike one with Thunderbolt.

Officer Jenny’s exhausted defensive line struggled against the wild Pokémon until a League squad led by Blaziken attacked the horde’s flank. The young Trainer and Eevee supported the squad as it began cutting through the attackers.

• Officer Jenny ordered Manectric, Exploud, Arcanine, and Linoone to hold the line against Magmar and Magcargo.
• Manectric charged its power and knocked down the two Magmar and several Pokémon behind them with a Thunderbolt.
• A middle-aged Trainer rallied the remaining League Trainers to reinforce Officer Jenny’s defensive line.
• Blaziken, Mightyena, Gardevoir, and Linoone led a squad into the wild Pokémon’s flank, striking Camerupt, Magmar, Slugma, and other attackers.
• The young Trainer’s Eevee restored Blaziken’s Qi Presence and, guided by Gardevoir, attacked wounded Pokémon and those attempting sneak attacks.

Xinhai and his Pokémon broke through the wild Pokémon’s rear flank and joined Officer Jenny’s defensive line. After Blaziken defeated an Elite-level Magmar, Xinhai received a battlefield communicator and prepared his team to support the battle.

• Officer Jenny coordinated the League Trainers’ counterattack with Xinhai’s squad, opening a path through the wild Pokémon.
• Blaziken dodged Magmar’s Blast Burn with its Invisible Wings and defeated it with a powerful kick.
• Mightyena used Intimidate to disrupt the wild Pokémon, allowing Xinhai’s squad to reach and join the League defensive line.
• Xinhai introduced himself to Officer Jenny, accepted a battlefield communicator, and sent Sandile to support the left side.
• Xinhai prepared Eevee and its Substitute for battle as the combined defenders faced the ongoing attack.

Xinhai and his Pokémon steadied the League’s defensive lines as Gym Leader Mura confronted multiple Elite-level Pokémon around Mt. Chimney. With the wild Pokémon thrown into disarray, Blaziken defeated an Elite-level Camerupt and the counterattack gained momentum.

• Xinhai assigned Gardevoir, Eevee, their Substitutes, and Mightyena to support the defense and treat the wounded.
• Blaziken and Gardevoir helped the League trainers stabilize the central line while Mightyena, Eevee’s Substitute, and Sandile supported the left.
• A massive explosion and other signs of battle erupted around Mt. Chimney, revealing that several Elite-level Pokémon were fighting nearby.
• Officer Jenny announced that Gym Leader Mura had moved to intercept the Elite-level Pokémon, renewing the League trainers’ resolve to counterattack.
• Blaziken exploited Camerupt’s exposed flank and struck its neck, knocking the Elite-level Pokémon to the ground.

After helping drive back the wild Pokémon horde, Xinhai and his partners headed deeper into Mt. Chimney to search for a Beedrill colony’s honey. They found signs of a brutal battle near the hive, but no trace of the colony’s leader.

• The wild Pokémon fled after their leaders died and the distant Elite-level battle frightened them, and Officer Jenny ordered the defenders to hold position and treat the wounded.
• Officer Jenny thanked Xinhai and warned him that Mt. Chimney’s upper areas might be closed for a month while the League investigated the unrest.
• Xinhai’s partners rested while League medical staff arrived, but Xinhai left before Officer Jenny could introduce him to them.
• After giving his partners Vitality Recovery Potion, Xinhai led them toward the Beedrill colony to retrieve its honey, with Gardevoir scanning for danger.
• Xinhai and his partners found scorched Beedrill corpses and other signs of a fierce battle near the collapsed stone wall that might conceal the hive.

Xinhai and his companions explored the collapsed Beedrill hive and learned that the colony’s leader and guards were dead. After Eevee found a sealed storage room behind the wreckage, they began carefully clearing a path toward it.

• Xinhai sent Eevee’s Substitute into the cave to scout the honey stores and check for living Beedrill.
• Eevee reported that fallen hives had spilled honey throughout the cave and that no living Beedrill remained.
• Eevee found the dead Beedrill leader crushed beneath rocks and a reinforced beeswax room behind it.
• Xinhai ordered Gardevoir to clear a safe route, Eevee to guide her, and Blaziken to follow while Mightyena guarded the entrance.
• Gardevoir shifted loose stones with Confusion as Eevee led Xinhai and the others toward the storage room.

Xinhai and his Pokémon reached the Beedrill leader’s sealed storeroom and discovered Royal Jelly and four Pokémon Eggs inside. They began carefully removing the valuable cells for transport.

• Xinhai followed Blaziken and Eevee through the collapsed, honey-filled hive to its deepest chamber.
• Xinhai found the dead Beedrill leader beside a storeroom sealed with hardened beeswax.
• Blaziken carefully cut the beeswax seal away, revealing a chamber filled with sealed cells.
• Xinhai identified the amber liquid inside many cells as high-quality Royal Jelly and spotted four Pokémon Eggs in larger cells.
• Xinhai instructed Blaziken to remove the Royal Jelly cells and Egg cells without damaging them.
• Blaziken cut the cells free while Gardevoir caught them with Confusion and placed them in Xinhai’s padded storage case.

Xinhai and his partners finished collecting honey and Pokémon Eggs from the ruined Beedrill hive on Mt. Chimney, then carefully made their way back to Lavaridge Town. They reached the Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy arranged treatment for his partners and gave him a room key.

• Xinhai and his partners gathered intact honeycombs and Beedrill Honey, finding seven more intact Pokémon Eggs among the damaged hives.
• Xinhai decided to leave the unstable hive ruins and led his partners down Mt. Chimney toward Lavaridge Town.
• Gardevoir guided the group around dangers as they traveled through the unsettled mountain at night and reached Lavaridge Town about two hours later.
• Xinhai brought his exhausted partners to the Pokémon Center and asked Nurse Joy for examinations, treatment, and a room.
• Nurse Joy saw the League record of Xinhai's defense work, promised to treat his partners, and gave him a key to his room.

After recovering at the Pokémon Center from the Mt. Chimney emergency, Xinhai returned to his room and examined his Beedrill hive spoils, including Royal Jelly and Pokémon Eggs. He rewarded his exhausted partners with Royal Jelly and discovered that its rich taste carried a restorative energy.

• Nurse Joy treated Xinhai’s partners and warned him that the League might contact him about the Mt. Chimney emergency.
• Xinhai returned to his room, released his partners, and reassured himself that they were safe despite their fatigue.
• Xinhai inspected the Royal Jelly, four distinctive Beedrill Pokémon Eggs, seven ordinary Beedrill Pokémon Eggs, and other honey he had collected.
• Xinhai set aside the Pokémon Eggs to decide what to do with them later and prepared food for his partners.
• Xinhai shared Royal Jelly among his partners and tasted a little himself, feeling its energy ease some of his exhaustion.

After a night of rest and recovery, Xinhai visited Flannery at the Lavaridge Gym and learned how Gym Leader Mura had contained the Mt. Chimney disaster. The League had sealed the upper mountain for inspections, while the Gym and nearby forces handled the aftermath.

• Xinhai refused to give Eevee and his other partners more Royal Jelly, then helped them bathe and settle in for the night.
• The next morning, Xinhai trained and ate breakfast with his partners before heading to the Lavaridge Gym to meet Flannery.
• Flannery welcomed Xinhai and checked that he and his partners had recovered from the previous day's battle.
• Flannery told Xinhai that a Champion level Magmortar had been disturbed by the energy anomaly at Mt. Chimney and had caused the disaster.
• Flannery explained that Mura used his three strongest Champion level partners to suppress Magmortar and calm the other Elite level Pokémon.
• Flannery said the League was clearing the battlefield and had designated the upper areas of Mt. Chimney a temporary restricted zone.

Xinhai told Flannery he had found eleven Beedrill Eggs and borrowed the Gym’s equipment to test them. The first three special Eggs showed promising inherited moves, but the fourth had a severe Bug- and Poison-type energy imbalance, and Flannery began checking the seven ordinary Eggs.

• Flannery told Xinhai that Team Magma was suspected of causing the Mt. Chimney disturbance.
• Xinhai explained that he had found eleven Beedrill Eggs and asked to use the Gym’s testing equipment.
• Flannery led Xinhai to the breeding room, where they tested the four special Eggs; the first two had two Egg Moves each, while the third had one.
• Xinhai and Flannery found that the fourth special Egg had an extreme Bug-to-Poison energy imbalance that threatened its health and survival.
• Flannery tested the seven ordinary Eggs and found that they had average vital signs and potential, with only two carrying a single Egg Move each.

Xinhai examined a severely energy-imbalanced Pokémon Egg and searched for a way to save it. Joy Luo suggested using his Royal Jelly as the core of a special Hatching Nourishment Solution, giving him a possible treatment to pursue.

• Xinhai told Flannery he would try to save the flawed egg and accepted her offer of research help, then gave her the agreed Royal Jelly.
• Xinhai returned to the Pokémon Center, placed the unusual egg in an incubator, and arranged for his Pokémon to watch over it.
• Xinhai reviewed the egg’s test data and searched League records, but found almost no successful treatments for such a severe energy imbalance.
• Joy Luo called Xinhai and explained that Royal Jelly combined with gentle medicinal herbs could nourish the embryo and help balance its Bug and Poison energies.

Xinhai learned that Royal Jelly-based nurturing solution could address the Weedle Pokémon Egg’s congenital Bug- and Poison-type energy imbalance. After receiving Xiao Luo’s detailed formula and obtaining the ingredients, he prepared the solution and began treating the egg, leaving its recovery to careful observation.

• Xiao Luo told Xinhai that her aunt had devised a Royal Jelly nurturing plan for the egg and promised to send him the detailed formula.
• Xinhai shared the hopeful news with Eevee and his other Pokémon, then waited for the formula while planning the next steps.
• Xiao Luo sent the formula, and Xinhai gathered most of the ingredients from a medicinal shop in Lavaridge Town.
• Flannery provided the two uncommon medicinal herbs missing from Xinhai’s list.
• Xinhai and Gardevoir prepared the nurturing solution and added it to the incubator, where the egg’s dark red patterns briefly brightened.

Xinhai spent a week nurturing the weakened Pokémon Egg while training his partners and following developments across the Pokémon League. Testing showed the egg had stabilized and improved enough to leave the danger zone, but Flannery advised continued care, leaving Xinhai to decide whether to stay in Lavaridge Town.

• Xinhai and his partners followed the nurturing formula, and Gardevoir sensed the egg's vitality strengthen as its dark red shell patterns grew more stable.
• Xinhai continued training his partners, while Bill revealed the Teleportation System and Trade Evolution, and the Hoenn League announced findings about Team Magma's experiments.
• Xinhai sent two Beedrill Eggs to Yingnan and A-Cheng and gave eight more to children leaving Lavaridge Town's orphanages.
• After a week, Xinhai and Flannery tested the egg and found its vital signs stable, its Bug and Poison energies closer to balance, and its hatching estimated in nine to twelve days.
• Flannery said the egg was out of danger but still needed nurturing, then asked Xinhai whether he would remain in Lavaridge Town.

Xinhai said farewell to Flannery and prepared to leave Lavaridge Town for Fallarbor Town and Meteor Falls. After reuniting his partners around Beedrill's recovering Pokémon Egg, he planned their route and began making a new Intermediate Energy Cube with Gardevoir.

• Xinhai told Flannery he was leaving and promised to return before the Ever Grande Conference for another battle.
• Xinhai confirmed he planned to travel to Fallarbor Town and explore Meteor Falls for rare ores, meteorites, and possibly a Dragon type Pokémon or Mega Stone.
• Xinhai placed Beedrill's Pokémon Egg in its Temperature-Controlled Incubator and said goodbye to Flannery at Lavaridge Gym.
• At the Pokémon Center, Xinhai released his partners, and they gathered around the recovering Pokémon Egg.
• Xinhai recorded the Egg's latest data, checked departure supplies, planned the route, and began preparing a new Intermediate Energy Cube with Gardevoir.

Xinhai finished preparing to leave Lavaridge Town and set out with his Pokémon for Fallarbor Town. On the mountain stairs toward Route 112, his partners began racing downhill, but Charmander slipped and tumbled down the steps.

• Xinhai and Gardevoir made a successful batch of Bug-type Intermediate Energy Cubes, and Xinhai reflected that Gardevoir might soon surpass him at making them.
• Xinhai replied to Scott about reviewing the studio materials and promised to send the later plot outline and worldbuilding for The Adventures of Lolo by the day after tomorrow.
• The next morning, Xinhai finished packing, left the Pokémon Center, and headed from Lavaridge Town toward Fallarbor Town.
• Blaziken came out of its Poké Ball to train on the mountain stairs, and Xinhai's other partners joined it on the descent.
• Charmander lost its footing on a pebble-covered stair and tumbled downhill, alarming Xinhai.

Xinhai and his Pokémon descended from Lavaridge Town and continued along Route 112 toward Fallarbor Town. After entering Fiery Path, they followed its maintained main passage while staying alert to the wild Pokémon in the caves.

• Charmander stumbled on the mountain stairs, and Gardevoir used Confusion to catch and steady it.
• Xinhai checked Charmander for injuries, encouraged it to take the stairs slowly, and asked Gardevoir to watch over it.
• After more than an hour of descending, Xinhai and his partners reached Route 112, rested, and set off east toward Fiery Path.
• Xinhai explained that Fiery Path was the fastest route through Mt. Chimney to Fallarbor Town and warned his partners to stay alert for wild Pokémon.
• Xinhai and his partners entered Fiery Path and advanced along its maintained, winding main passage as heat and sulfurous air surrounded them.

Xinhai and his Pokémon crossed Fiery Path without encountering hostile wild Pokémon and emerged at the northern foot of Mt. Chimney. They reached the busy Supply Area at the Route 111 and Route 112 junction, where Xinhai planned to eat and rest before continuing toward Fallarbor Town.

• Xinhai and his group passed Zubat, Geodude, and Graveler in Fiery Path without fighting them.
• Blaziken detected fresh air, and Xinhai led the group out of Fiery Path into the sunlight at Mt. Chimney's northern foot.
• Xinhai checked his Pokédex map and led his companions northeast along Route 112 toward the Supply Area.
• Xinhai and his group reached the junction of Route 111 and Route 112 and registered at the Supply Area entrance.
• Xinhai said the group would have lunch and rest before continuing, and Eevee eagerly agreed.

Xinhai and his Pokémon ate lunch in the Supply Area, where he examined a stall of weathered stone tablets before continuing his journey by bicycle. He rode north along Route 111, turned onto Route 113, and continued toward Fallarbor Town through cooler, greener surroundings.

• Xinhai ate a hearty meal with his Pokémon at a local restaurant in the Supply Area.
• Xinhai examined some carved stone tablets at a roadside stall, but left after the blunt stall owner refused to answer his question about them.
• Xinhai rode his folding bicycle north along Route 111 with Eevee in the front basket.
• Xinhai turned onto Route 113 and enjoyed the forest shade and more humid air.
• A young Trainer riding an Electric-type-assisted bicycle passed Xinhai and exchanged cheerful greetings with him and Eevee.