Temporarily putting aside his thoughts, Ace patted Lunala, and with Lunala's help, Ace and Green began quickly exploring the various holes.
With the experience from the previous world, Ace and Green dared not linger too long in any single world. They would essentially leave after observing for a bit and determining their location.
As time went by, Ace and the others consecutively entered over thirty holes of various colors.
With more experience, Ace gradually overturned his initial hypothesis.
The red space was not specifically designated as Mt. Coronet in Sinnoh; it was completely random, without any fixed pattern. However, most were similar to high mountains like Mt. Coronet.
The very first white spaces were mostly places ravaged by Ultra Beasts—pale and lifeless.
As for the other colors: blue represented water, yellow represented grottoes, and green represented plains.
However, because the locations differed, the places Ace and the others reached varied, with the possibility of being in virtually any region.
"It can basically be confirmed."
Returning once more to the tunnel, Ace looked at the seemingly endless passage and the various colorful holes, and said earnestly: "Inside these holes are various parallel worlds, which evolved into a variety of different worlds based on different choices."
As Ace finished speaking, a prompt came from the System.
"Side Quest (Ultra Wormhole) completed. Mission Rating: S. Mission Reward: 100,000 Gold Coins, 50 Mission Points."
"The gift package has been stored for you and can be claimed at any time."
Green also nodded in agreement with Ace's words. Having seen so many worlds, she also had the same speculation, and what Ace said perfectly coincided with her thoughts.
"Let's get out first. We've stayed too long."
Ace raised his hand and checked the time. After touring so many worlds, Ace and the others had a somewhat weak sense of time, but the electronic watch on Ace's hand reminded him that the time had already reached six o'clock in the evening!
In other words, they had lingered in this tunnel for a very long time!
Green also checked the time and was startled.
The places they had been included night and day, and all four seasons, making it difficult to judge the passage of time.
Only now, coming back to their senses, did they realize how much time had passed.
Lunala turned around and flew quickly back in the direction they came from. With the side quests completely finished, Ace felt a sense of relief in his heart.
But fate seemed to play a joke on him. As Ace and Green were hurrying back, an Naganadel suddenly rushed out of a hole in front, almost colliding with Ace and the others.
Fortunately, both sides had decent reflexes and managed to stop in time, thus avoiding a collision.
However, because of this, Ace's desire to return was forcibly halted. Ace and Green looked somewhat warily at the two people on the Naganadel.
The other party wore white protective suits and helmets, with only a slit for protective goggles over their eyes, making it impossible to judge their current state.
"Who are you people?"
After confronting each other for a while, both parties spoke almost simultaneously.
This moment of synchronicity caused a momentary awkwardness between the two sides.
But at least the languages were mutually intelligible, with no communication barriers.
The other party remained silent for a moment, and eventually, the male voice spoke first: "We are the Ultra Recon Squad. I am Dulse, and this is Zossie."
Ace looked at the man who spoke and the petite girl next to him. He hesitated and then said, "We are just ordinary Trainers. I am Ace, and this is Green."
After the mutual introductions, both sides confirmed the other had no hostility, and the originally tense atmosphere gradually dissipated.
Naganadel brought Dulse and Zossie to the side of Ace and Green. Dulse sized up Ace and Green, and asked with slight curiosity: "You must be from another world. Trainer, what is that? A profession?"
Ace was also confused by the question from the other party.
However, holding a friendly attitude, Green was the first to explain to them, allowing them to understand what a Trainer was.
And Zossie also enlightened Ace and the others about what the Ultra Recon Squad was.
The Ultra Recon Squad is a team that seeks solutions to recover the lost light by capturing 'Blinding One' and searches various parts of the Ultra Space.
"Side Quest (Blinding One): Help the Ultra Recon Squad capture the Blinding One and recover the light. Reward: 300,000 Gold Coins, one designated Energy Core, Mission Points awarded based on mission completion."
Ace: ...
This broken System barely releases missions, but lately, he doesn't know if it's changed its ways, as it's been releasing missions frequently.
However, a mission like capturing the Blinding One is both simple and difficult.
Most importantly, Ace's title missions include two related to the Blinding One, and this side quest just complements the title missions. They can be handled together perfectly.
Thinking of this, Ace showed an interested expression and said, "The Blinding One? Is it a Pokémon?"
"Sort of," Zossie nodded, hearing Ace's question.
"If it's a Pokémon, would you mind if we take a look?"
Ace said with a smile, "We are very curious about a Pokémon we've never seen before. Perhaps we can help you, can't we?"
Hearing Ace's words, Dulse and Zossie fell into thought.
Their Ultra Recon Squad had indeed spent too much time in this Ultra Wormhole searching for possible solutions.
Now that they had rarely encountered people who transcended the Ultra Wormhole, perhaps changing their perspective would lead to different sparks of inspiration.
"Ace, is this really okay?"
Green slightly frowned, saying, "The time is getting late. Even if we help them, can't we go back first and come back tomorrow?"
Ace looked at Green, somewhat puzzled as to why she would refuse.
Only Green herself knew that she had a feeling of unease in her heart at that moment.
This feeling became particularly strong when Ace decided to go with Dulse and the others to their location.
This was a woman's sixth sense, and Green deeply trusted her sixth sense, as it had helped her avoid many crises since she started wandering.
This time, Green also wanted to help Ace avoid this crisis.
Seeing the determination in Green's eyes, Ace considered for a moment, then said to Dulse, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. We'll go back and prepare a bit. Better safe than sorry, right?"
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