At 3:50 a.m. on March 20, Gongshan, Nu River, Nanzhong, China.
The mountains still slumbered peacefully, as did the towns at their feet.
This place might not have been economically developed, but it was rich in local character and warmth. In recent years, the nation's poverty alleviation efforts had not overlooked it, either. The locals were now developing tourism, and life was giving them more and more to look forward to.
There might not have been much else here, but there was no shortage of mountain scenery, waterways, and all kinds of Pokémon. This drew many Trainers to visit, hoping to catch a Pokémon they liked or see a rare one.
But at that moment, the locals were still fast asleep.
Boom-
In an instant, the mountains crumbled and the earth split.
The explosion in the mountains shook the earth's crust, jolting countless people awake. Many ran out of their homes in terror, thinking an earthquake had struck.
But that was not what had happened. Within a radius of 200 li around Gongshan, cracks appeared one after another. These cracks were extremely strange. Some appeared on the mountains, some on the ground, and some simply materialized in midair. Without exception, however, they all radiated a terrifying chill...
"What happened?"
"Why is there suddenly an earthquake?!"
"What on earth is going on?"
While everyone was still bewildered, a little girl suddenly pointed at the sky. "Mommy, look! Balloons!"
Some people looked up in horror. What floated in the sky were not balloons at all, but large, fat, purple Pokémon-Drifblim! And there were enormous numbers of them!
They soon drifted over the towns from the distance. When they saw the buildings, they had only one response.
Shadow Ball.
It was an indiscriminate bombardment, and the people on the ground soon suffered. Building