Ye Li sat idle in his office for a full hour.
He knew very well that this operation against the Abandoned Power Plant absolutely could not repeat the mistakes of the Seafoam Islands. The previous strategy of sending the main force into a frontal assault would not work here at all.
The power plant's internal structure was a hundred times more complex than the ice caves of the Seafoam Islands. Countless rust-covered pipes intertwined like giant pythons, and the narrow maintenance passages allowed only one person through at a time, to say nothing of the chaotic, powerful magnetic fields mentioned in the report, which could turn all electronic equipment into scrap.
Heavy Pokémon such as Golem and Machamp would struggle even to turn around in that environment, with nowhere to put their brute strength to use. Once their communications equipment failed, even the most elite troops would become a disorganized rabble, picked off one by one by the complex terrain and wild Pokémon that appeared and vanished without warning.
He needed a special unit that could ignore terrain, remain immune to magnetic interference, and possess exceptional stealth and mobility.
A thought emerged clearly in his mind, like lightning splitting the night.
The Darkest Day Unit he had personally assembled, trained, and named "Ghost."
After their baptism of fire in the raid on the Pokémon League supply depot, followed by a steady stream of resources and targeted training, the first batch of Flash Zubat he had personally selected had successfully evolved into Flash Golbat.
He had personally inspected this unit at the training grounds. In a specially constructed lightless environment, dozens of dark-green Flash Golbat flew between complex obstacles like true ghosts, without making the slightest sound. Their physical abilities far surpassed those of their ordinary counterparts, and under his special