“pokemongetda?ze!”

Li Ang subconsciously raised the Poké Ball and struck a pose.

Seeing the purple-and-white Poké Ball, the other three players' eyes lit up.

They had all learned about Pokémon, the world's largest IP, so they naturally recognized this famous item.

However, things from this world can't be taken out, can they...?

"Wow, using a Master Ball to exchange for a companion's health."

Li Ang blinked, deliberately not saying the full name of the item to prevent the other three players from searching for the specific effects of the item with the same name on the game plaza, "That's a truly generous move."

"It's just a Poké Ball."

Xiao Zhi shook his head. If he could return to his home world, he could have as many as he wanted—with his connections and relationships, getting a few Master Balls was no problem at all.

Get paid, get the job done. Business reputation.

Li Ang reached out and pressed Xiao Gang's forehead. The flesh and blood on the latter's forehead squirmed for a while, and after a few seconds, the injury healed as before.

"The bones under the skin have also been repaired and strengthened. Now your friend Xiao Gang's head is as hard as iron. It doesn't matter if he uses his forehead to crack walnuts or smash anti-theft doors with his head every day.

"I suggest renaming him: Xiao 'My Head is Hard' Gang."

Li Ang said coolly.

Xiao Zhi studied Xiao Gang's forehead for a while, and after confirming that his companion and best friend was okay, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

The three companions standing beside him didn't know that,

In addition to Xiao Gang's life, Li Ang also had a backup plan—his title skill, the Secret Digger, could see through the hidden secrets in other people's hearts. If he hadn't seen that Xiao Zhi valued Xiao Gang's life more than his own, he wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with him.

Moreover, during the driving process, he had been using the Secret Digger to check the hearts of others, focusing on preventing Xiao Zhi from suddenly changing his mind—the nuclear bomb button in the driver's seat was set up for this purpose.

"Ahem, can I ask where this Poké Ball came from?"

Li Ang shook the purple-and-white sphere and asked Xiao Zhi, "It doesn't seem to be the same as the Master Ball in my memory? Maybe I'm mistaken?"

"I don't know,"

Xiao Zhi didn't go into details, and his expression seemed to indicate that he really didn't know, "Someone gave it to me."

So it's Professor Red Bean Fir mentioned in the note?

Li Ang raised an eyebrow, thinking of some possibility, "When you dropped out of the game world with this ball, did you encounter anything strange..."

"Strange things?"

Xiao Zhi frowned and recalled for a moment, "No, I just came out of the Kanto region and met a Bo Huang Zi on the road...

Wait..."

A flash of light flashed in Xiao Zhi's eyes, as if he also realized something, and closed his mouth.

There seems to be a problem here.

Li Ang was silent for a moment, without further investigation, glanced at the three teammates next to him,

The meaning is obvious.

The mission is over, and the system prompt has also come out. Aren't you guys going to teleport away?

Faced with Li Ang's hint,

Twilight Knight stood woodenly, it seemed that he would have to wait for the five minutes to end before being automatically teleported away.

Sunset Melting Gold blinked, indicating that this world seemed very interesting, and it wouldn't hurt to wait another five minutes.

As for the witch, she slowly took out a few tubes of potions, mixed them on the spot, and drank them. The dragon scales on her face slowly faded away.

Want to drive me away? It's not that simple.

The three teammates didn't say it explicitly, but they must have been thinking secretly in their hearts.

This Poké Ball is probably the reward for Li Risheng and Xiao Zhi helping him cross the finish line first and saving Xiao Gang.

If he can do this to Xiao Zhi, then what about other game characters?

If he had teamed up with Long at that time, he might have been able to get a Rising Dragon Fist scroll after completing the mission.

What's more... the award ceremony hasn't started yet.

Although this game is a winner-takes-all, it doesn't prevent players from using their brains and imagining that the second place may get some extra rewards.

At this time, She Ming Maru Wen finally reacted and took on the responsibility of a live reporter, carrying the camera stand and microphone, and ran to Xiao Zhi, anxiously saying: "Ahem, Mr. Xiao Zhi, what do you think about winning the game?

"Do you think that the act of uniting with others to finally win the championship conforms to competitive ethics?

"Are you worried that this behavior will be judged as a violation by the event referee committee?

"Do you have anything to say to the audience in front of the TV?"

She Ming Maru Wen is indeed a professional tabloid reporter, and the questions she asks are like a string of beads, never stopping, making Xiao Zhi open his mouth and not know which question to answer.

At the same time, countless floating vehicles also drove over from the back of the track.

The outer sides of those vehicles are painted with patterns of TV stations, newspapers, and radio stations. It seems that they have finally arrived and are ready to interview the game champion.

The end of the bloody track is only the finish line, without the welcoming audience and event staff. It may also be because they are afraid that the fighting contestants will become red-eyed, causing unnecessary casualties due to unknown AOE.

Xiao Zhi was instantly surrounded by event staff and interview reporters. Seeing this, Li Ang was not angry, weighed the Poké Ball, and retreated to the rear, making room for the champion team.

Buzz—

A deafening sound effect rang out in the high sky.

A super-giant airship with a red and yellow color scheme and sharp teeth painted on the front slowly descended from the snow-white clouds, carving out a hole in the clouds.

The Kirov Airship, the ultimate weapon for spreading death in the world.

The airship's huge size was full of deterrence, especially after the huge shadow covered everyone below.

Obviously, the only people who could ride this unique airship were the two leaders of the Central City.

The four players subconsciously narrowed their eyes. They saw four metal rods extending from the bottom of the floating airship, connecting to form a metal platform, carrying two figures, slowly descending from the floating airship.

Yuri, Gandalf.

The news reporters below instantly abandoned the newly promoted champion Xiao Zhi and raised their cameras to focus on the two people on the platform.

Yuri and Gandalf waved and smiled at the bottom. When the platform descended to fifty meters above the ground, they pushed open the railings of the platform and walked out.

They did not fall to their deaths. The white-robed wizard Gandalf, holding a staff, seemed to use some kind of magic to create an invisible staircase in the air, allowing them to walk down step by step, slowly towards the crowd.

"Congratulations, Xiao Zhi, you and your companions have proven yourselves, using strategies, defeating strong enemies, and obtaining the resources to ascend dimensions."

Gandalf said with a smile from a distance.

His smile was kind and amiable, his voice was like a bell, his figure was thin but tall and burly, and the wooden staff in his hand was quite heavy. Even if he was wearing a thin white robe, no one would regard him as an ordinary weak old man.

Seeing Xiao Zhi, the creator of Central City, also showed some excitement on his face. He was about to open his mouth, but he was stunned.

Not only him, but She Ming Maru Wen, news reporters, event staff, everyone, were stunned in place,

Their eyes were staring straight ahead, and their mouths were open, but they didn't close for a long time.

Falling sweat froze in the air,

The raised dust hovered motionless.

Time has stopped.

The four players' hearts were alarmed. They clearly saw those game characters frozen in place, their time stopped.

Subconsciously, the four people clicked on the mission log at the same time, and were about to click the [Teleport Immediately] option to escape from this place of right and wrong.

However, the next second, the words that came out of Gandalf's mouth gave them an even greater shock.

The white-robed demigod mage slowly turned his head and looked at the four people with a smile that was not a smile, and said lightly: "Congratulations to you too, visitors from another world,

"Or rather,

"Players."