r18novel Chapter 582 Nightmare God, Mythical Pokémon... Darkrai Appears! Streamer, you call this harmless?
Chapter 582 Nightmare God, Mythical Pokémon... Darkrai Appears! Streamer, you call this harmless?
Chapter 582 Nightmare God, Mythical Pokémon... Darkrai Appears! Streamer, you call this harmless?
That figure seemed to be a physical entity formed from the opposite of all light, from the deepest despair.
Black and white.
The whole world lost all its vibrant colors the moment it appeared.
All that remains is a suffocating, monotonous grayscale.
Even the live stream footage seemed to be eroded by this force, with the signal violently distorted and fluctuating, and countless static dots flashing wildly on the screen, as if it would completely collapse at any moment.
【Why is my screen black and white?!】
【It's not your problem! Mine is black and white too! What's going on?!】
[Help—I—I can't breathe—I feel like my heart is about to stop even through the screen—]
What the hell is this?
[Is it a Pokémon that embodies the laws of heaven and earth? How can there be such a huge Pokémon, and its body seems to be fused with the ruins—it's so unreal!]
fear.
Pure, soul-deep fear was precisely conveyed to every viewer watching the live stream through the distorted images.
That wasn't just a simple fright.
Rather, it is a kind of instinctive terror stemming from a complete crushing of one's level of existence!
"Yahoo—"
Just moments ago, the Scorpion King was majestic and full of fighting spirit, but now his whole body was stiff, and his scarlet eyes were filled with unprecedented horror.
It felt as if its soul was being gripped by an invisible hand.
They had even lost the strength to flap their wings.
"calm."
Ye Yinchuan's calm voice was like a lighthouse in a vast ocean, giving Pokémon and the audience a sense of security.
He held the trembling Egui Peng tightly in his arms, using his own body to shield it from the terrifying aura that almost froze its soul.
His expression was more solemn than ever before.
But his gaze remained sharp as a knife, unwavering in the slightest.
"Did you all see that clearly? This is a Pokémon that many people may never see in their entire lives—"
Ye Yinchuan's voice came through the buzzing microphone clearly.
His gaze was fixed on the dark figure hovering deep within the ruins.
"Dark Pokémon".
'
—Darkrai.
"The legendary god who controls nightmares—a divine beast, or rather, a mythical beast!"
"However, this is not its true form. Its true form should be within the ruins; this is merely a manifestation of its energy!"
This statement came out.
The entire live stream room fell into a deathly silence.
Darkrai.
This name is completely unfamiliar to most people.
Only a very small number of people have seen any documents about it or heard any fragments of legends about it.
[Darkrai?! The legendary Nightmare God?!]
"No, do you guys really know each other, or are you pretending? I can't even imagine a Pokémon like this!"
So, all those nightmares were caused by it?!
[Energy manifestation has this effect? That's terrifying! It's like a mythical beast!]
After the initial shock, an even more intense barrage of comments erupted!
Everyone was completely stunned by the weight of the anchor's words!
And just then...
Deep within the ruins, the Darkrai that had appeared did not seem to have any immediate intention of attacking.
It simply, slowly, raised that intangible arm made of shadow.
It pointed to Ye Yinchuan.
No.
To be precise, it pointed to the unconscious Mengmengshi next to Ye Yinchuan.
A cold, warning, and expulsive thought traveled across a great distance and resounded directly in Ye Yinchuan's mind.
Get out.
"Get out of here, taking your noise with you."
There was no anger, no murderous intent.
There is only one kind of feeling, similar to being driven crazy by a construction drill all day long—extreme impatience and—pain.
Ye Yinchuan's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.
According to him, although Darkrai is a Dark-type Pokémon, it often does not have any subjective malice.
It creates nightmares not to spread fear.
It was merely an expulsion.
One type is a defense mechanism that protects one's territory and allows one to sleep peacefully.
Just like a porcupine raises its quills, an electric shock beast releases electricity.
Nightmare is Darkrai's "thorn".
"Family members, please don't misunderstand. Darkrai generally doesn't harbor any ill will towards humans."
Ye Yinchuan's face didn't look solemn; rather, it showed a sense of relief.
"Although it can create nightmares, its general purpose is simply to drive away people or Pokémon that trespass on its territory."
This thing is like a ghost, and you're telling me it's not malicious?
How do you explain the widespread insomnia and nightmares in this area?
"According to ancient records, Darkrai usually only appears during the new moon, that is, on a moonless night."
Ye Yinchuan continued his explanation, raising a new point of doubt.
"But now, there's still a long time until the new moon."
Why did it wake up early and behave so—irritably?
"There must be a reason behind this that we don't know."
Ye Yinchuan's gaze fell upon the deeper, darker center of the ruins.
"My purpose in coming here today is to investigate thoroughly and see if there is a solution."
"Ponyo————"
The baby girl in his arms let out a weak cry, her little hands tightly gripping Ye Yinchuan's clothes.
The mental shock it just experienced had a significant impact on it.
The Evil Spirits don't seem to be good at fighting these.
"You should get some rest first."
Ye Yinchuan soothingly patted its little head and put it back into its Poké Ball.
Then, he looked at the Scorpion King beside him, which was still somewhat stiff.
Are you scared?
"Yahoo—"
Scorpio King hesitated for a moment, but still straightened his chest and shook his head.
Despite the fear, the dignity of the overlord would not allow it to back down.
"very good."
Ye Yinchuan nodded in satisfaction.
He knew he couldn't just leave like that.
The nightmare in Tangcao will never end until the cause of Darkrai's anomaly is figured out.
Ye Yinchuan walked toward the ruins, but felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him, and in a daze, he even felt like he was about to lose consciousness.
The next moment, a faint, distorted black halo enveloped Ye Yinchuan's mind, instantly bringing him back to his senses.
Looking into the depths of the ruins at Darkrai, which appeared like a projection, Ye Yinchuan dared not be careless. He touched the black bead hanging around his neck, took it out, and hung it on his chest.
If it weren't for this bead I got in exchange for from the horned deer, I might have already collapsed.
He explained it to the audience.
[It's that black bead! The streamer has so much gear!]
[Dream attacks — they are extremely dangerous and impossible to defend against!]
"This alone is not enough."
Ye Yinchuan shook his head.
With a wave of his hand, he threw out three Poké Balls at the same time.
boom! boom! boom!
Three beams of light flashed by.
Two agile Zoroarks with completely different temperaments, along with a bewitching eye, appeared beside him.
A Zoroark with glazed eyes and a swaying gait, as if it could pass out drunk at any moment, is indeed a "little drunkard".
The other one, with its wise gaze, calmly observes its surroundings, exuding intelligence and composure; this is the "Minor Supernatural Power".
Wow! It's Zoroark! And there are two of them!
I really love these Demon Orbs.
[With those captivating eyes, he's practically a veteran among streamers!]
Zoroark was a master of illusion.
The Soul Reaper, with its dual attributes of evil and ghost, possesses extremely high resistance to many mental attacks.
This is the best lineup Ye Yinchuan could think of to counter the dream realm.
"Let's go."
Ye Yinchuan took the lead, with three Pokémon, and resolutely stepped into the depths of the ruins shrouded in darkness.
The further you go in, the thicker the soothing pink smoke in the air becomes.
The surrounding stone walls were covered with abandoned, rusty precision instruments.
On some of the scattered report papers, you can still see words like "dream energy" and "individual alpha".
Clearly, this was once a secret base dedicated to the study of dreams.
soon.
They found their target in a huge ruin that resembled a central control room.
A dozen or so people wearing white lab coats, along with their Pokémon, lay sprawled on the ground.
They had all fallen into a deep sleep, but their faces showed expressions of extreme pain and fear, and their bodies were twitching uncontrollably.
Clearly, they were all trapped in an endless nightmare.
"It was them who disturbed Darkrai."
A knowing glint flashed in Ye Yinchuan's eyes.
"Little drunkard, little genius."
He gave the order in a low voice.
"roar!"
"Ugh!"
The two Zoroarks understood each other perfectly.
At the same time, an eerie pink light shone in their eyes!
Buzz!
An invisible, reality-distorting illusionary energy spread out instantly!
In an instant!
The scene in the entire control room underwent a dramatic transformation in the live broadcast!
What was once a cold, dilapidated ruin has been transformed into a peaceful and serene moonlit garden filled with beautiful flowers!
The researchers and Pokémon lying on the ground, tormented by nightmares, were all enveloped in a soft, veil-like halo, as if they were simply sleeping sweetly.
[Holy crap! This is... an illusion?!]
[They completely changed the scene?! Is this some kind of special effects?!]
[I remember the anchor saying that Zoroark's hallucinations were a kind of "reality"!]
This is a massive illusion spell cast by two Zoroarks working together!
They did not attack Darkrai.
Instead, he used his illusion magic to forcibly "cover" Darkrai's Nightmare Realm!
Use a sweet dream to fight a nightmare!
"hiss!!!"
A piercing shriek came!
A massive surge of dark energy erupted!
A phantom of Darkrai appeared without warning!
Dark Wave!
The black energy waves, like a tidal wave, threatened to tear this illusory "dream garden" to shreds!
however.
Just then.
"roar!"
A glint flashed in the eyes of "Minor Abilities" Zoroark!
It suddenly swung its claw!
That dream garden, constructed of illusion, instantly twisted and folded in response to its movements!
It transformed into a massive and complex illusion prism!
boom!
Darkrai's Dark Pulse slammed fiercely into the prism!
But it couldn't be broken!
Instead, the complex prism refracted and decomposed it, turning it into countless fine black beams that shot out in all directions!
graft!
Use someone's strength against them!
[Wait, where did Darkrai come from? Is this also a clone?]
Holy crap! You can do that? The attack was reflected back?!
[This Zoroark, is it some kind of physicist?! It seems to know so much about optics!]
The Pokémon that streamers use are getting more and more outrageous!
Having failed in his first attack, Darkrai seemed to realize that these guys in front of him were not easy to deal with.
Its scarlet eyes gave Ye Yinchuan a deep look.
Then, the entire figure slowly merged into the shadows and disappeared.
It has temporarily retreated.
"call----"
Ye Yinchuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the two Zoroarks with admiration in his eyes.
"Well done."
At the same time, he also gained a clearer understanding of the Darkrai's strength.
It's strong.
Undoubtedly powerful.
But—it's not strong enough to be a truly invincible "god" who holds the power of a set of laws.
Otherwise, let alone two Zoroarks, even if he sent out all his Pokémon, he would only be instantly defeated.
"Save lives first."
Without further hesitation, Ye Yinchuan immediately directed Scorpion King and Soul Hook Eye to take the unconscious researchers away from this dangerous place one by one.
however.
Just as Ye Yinchuan was about to lead everyone away from the ruins.
A terrifying pressure, ten or even a hundred times stronger than before, descended upon him without warning from behind!
Ye Yinchuan suddenly turned around!
Suddenly, Darkrai appeared behind him!
"not good!"
Alarm bells rang in Ye Yinchuan's mind!
He tried to resist, but found that his body felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead.
My eyelids started to close uncontrollably.
[Host!!!]
【What's wrong?! What happened?!】
[I hope this doesn't backfire!]
Ye Yinchuan could no longer hear the audience's exclamations.
His consciousness, in the endless spinning and falling, was dragged into—pure darkness.
When Ye Yinchuan opened his eyes again.
He found himself standing on a broken, suspended land in the void.
The sky was gray.
There was no sun, no moon, and no stars.
In the distance, Darkrai's massive, silent shadow stood still.
This is its dream.
"Darkrai, I know you're angry, but I think—we can have a good talk."
Ye Yinchuan looked at it, but there was no trace of panic on his face.
He sat cross-legged as if he were not in danger, but in his own backyard.
Darkrai did not answer.
But a fragmented thought, filled with pain and agitation, entered Ye Yinchuan's mind.
【----Quarrel----】
【----pain----】
[The sound keeps ringing]
With this thought, fragmented images flashed before Ye Yinchuan's eyes.
He saw the researchers setting up a huge machine radiating eerie energy in the center of the ruins.
The machine starts up.
Pure "dream energy" was forcibly extracted and gathered.
These energies clashed violently with and repelled Darkrai's own power!
It's like two incompatible programs being forcibly crammed into a system, causing the entire system to crash and malfunction!
This is the root of Darkrai's "headache".
It wasn't woken up by noise.
Instead, they were awakened by the pain!
"I see."
Ye Yinchuan nodded knowingly.
"You were sleeping soundly when suddenly someone downstairs started doing renovations all night, drilling and banging on the walls, torturing you to the point of despair."
"You want them to stop, but they don't understand."
"Left with no other choice, you knocked them all out, and finally the world was at peace."
"When I arrived, not only did I not solve your problem, but I also had to take these renovation teams away."
"They're gone, but what if they come back later, or the machine is still here? Your headache will never get better."
So, you're angry.
Ye Yinchuan's analogy is simple, easy to understand, and full of vivid imagery.
Darkrai's crimson eyes flickered.
Although it couldn't understand what "renovation" meant, it could sense that the human in front of it understood its pain.
【————Cure————】
A strong, unquestionable will resonated once more.
Hello—me.
"Can."
Ye Yinchuan agreed without hesitation.
"I'll help you solve your headache."
"In exchange, you released those people outside and ended the nightmare in Tangcao Town."
Darkrai remained silent for a moment.
It seems like they are weighing the pros and cons.
Finally, it slowly nodded, but then shook its head.
In that instant, Ye Yinchuan received a crucial piece of information: the nightmare in Tangcao Town wasn't caused by Darkrai, but rather by a leakage of dream energy, similar to pollution, resulting from the distortion of dream energy and its own energy during research. Therefore, it was something Darkrai couldn't resolve subjectively.
With the "headache" resolved, the problems in Tangcao Town will naturally be solved as well.
next second.
The entire dream world collapsed like a shattered mirror!
"call----"
Ye Yinchuan suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.
He found himself still standing at the exit of the ruins.
Scorpion King and two Zoroarks were anxiously surrounding him.
far away.
Darkrai's figure hovered silently above the ruins, his crimson eyes gazing at him from afar.
It's like monitoring, and it's also like... waiting.
[He's back! The streamer is back to life!]
[That scared me to death! What just happened?]
[Are you alright, host? You suddenly collapsed!]
"I'm fine."
Ye Yinchuan gave a slightly tired smile to the camera.
"It was just a friendly exchange with Darkrai."
"It's not a big problem; there's a chance to resolve it."
He didn't explain further.
Instead, they turned their attention to the group of researchers who had just been rescued from a nightmare and were still shaken.
"Everyone."
His voice became serious.
"I think we need to have a serious talk now."
"Regarding how to cure a legendary Pokémon's migraine."
Under Ye Yinchuan's "friendly" negotiations and the death-like fear brought by Darkrai.
The researchers dared not hide anything and laid out their research projects in detail.
Their organization is dedicated to developing "dream energy," attempting to use it as a new, clean energy source.
The Dream Ruins are the place they discovered where the dream energy is most concentrated.
No one expected that Darkrai, the Nightmare God, was sleeping here, and that research on him had even caused unexpected problems.
Ye Yinchuan got straight to the point: "I need a way to neutralize or calm this rampaging dream energy."
The researchers looked at each other, all showing signs of difficulty.
If they understood these things, the current situation wouldn't have arisen.
Just as the atmosphere reached a stalemate.
The oldest researcher, wearing reading glasses, suddenly remembered something. With trembling hands, he pulled out a tattered ancient document from a pile of scrap paper.
"Maybe—maybe this can help—"
He handed the documents to Ye Yinchuan.
"This was another alternative we originally planned to study regarding 'dream energy.'"
Ancient texts record a folk song, resembling a legend: "—When the shadow of nightmares falls upon the earth—"
"Only the light of the new moon can dispel it."
"—In a distant sea, there lies an island of the full moon. On this island dwells the messenger who brings sweet dreams—"
Ye Yinchuan's gaze fell on the words "Full Moon Island" and "Messenger of Dreams".
It seems that to solve the Pokémon problem, we still need to rely on the power of Pokémon!
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