Lilycove City was a metropolis in Hoenn known as the edge of the land and the beginning of the sea.
Among Hoenn's many coastal cities, Lilycove City also had relatively convenient transport links.
There were ferries not only to cities such as Sootopolis City and Mossdeep City, but also to Navel Rock, the small island of Frontier, Birth Island, and Southern Island.
Xin Mu and the others had mainly come here to wait for a boat. Back in Donghuang, they might have boarded a research submarine and traveled straight there underwater.
Things were less convenient in other regions, where they had to rely on more conventional transportation.
Like the harbors of other cities, Lilycove City's docks were always steeped in the salty, damp sea breeze.
Xin Mu's group arrived just as the evening tide was coming in. Waves slapped against the breakwaters along the shore, and the spray reflected a faint golden glow in the setting sun.
The harbor lighthouse had just lit up, guiding boats that had yet to return toward home. Plenty of locals were out along the seawall, some strolling with their Pokémon and others posing with their fishing catches.
Through forced perspective, they somehow managed to make a palm-sized Magikarp model look like a Wailord.
Catching a Magikarp was nothing to brag about, but if you caught an enormous one, failing to tell everyone about it would be a waste of that cast.
"The last departure today has already left. The ferry to Sootopolis City won't leave until tomorrow morning. Same as before, you're free to do what you like tonight, but don't stay up too late. We have to get up early tomorrow."
Lü Ming looked through the timetable in his hand and settled their plans for the night. He was getting on in years,