In the dim environment, an eerie wind blew from an unknown direction, chilling Xia Henao to the bone. Ignoring any potential lurking dangers, he pulled out his phone and turned on the flashlight.
Under the soft glow of the flashlight, Xia Henao finally saw his surroundings clearly. A tunnel with metal walls stretched forward. Xia Henao took two steps forward, turned a corner, and found the path blocked.
Staring at the metal wall before him, Xia Henao turned to look back the way he came. "Eight meters, that's about eight meters, why would you build such a short corridor for me?"
Xia Henao initially thought there was a secret behind the wall, but after searching up and down for a long time, he found nothing. Angrily, Xia Henao kicked it, only to feel a sharp pain in his toe. Rubbing his toe, Xia Henao gave up on further exploration. He couldn't just hang himself on one tree; he had to try others.
With this thought, Xia Henao's hands didn't stop moving. He continued to feel his way along the wall, eventually returning to where he had come down from. "Ah, I'm back. You know, feeling around blindly like this really tires out my arms."
As he spoke, Xia Henao stood up and stretched his arms and legs, then noticed that the wall next to him seemed to have moved.
Xia Henao knocked on it twice. A dull metallic sound came from the wall, indicating a hollow space behind it.
A hollow space meant it was manageable. No matter the wall's construction, even if it was welded, Xia Henao could still blast a hole in it. Xia Henao soon "handled" the wall from top to bottom, but to no avail. With no success, Xia Henao thought of an age-old, unfailing method: brute force.
Xia Henao kicked it once, and the door collapsed...
Looking at the door, which had fallen inward like a drawbridge, Xia Henao mused, "Who drew the design for this godforsaken place? Have some brains, seriously, who would..."
As he spoke, Xia Henao stepped inside. Behind the door was a room of about twenty square meters. The room was empty, with only a pipe as wide as a person extending down from the ceiling, like a gaping maw ready to devour prey. Xia Henao stood on the door, observing the pipe from afar. He saw a few drops of an unknown liquid dripping from the pipe's opening, followed by a pool of brownish, viscous substance that flowed down and splattered on the ground.
The scene was utterly disgusting. Even though the substance had no strange odor, Xia Henao felt his stomach churning, as if something was trying to surge upward.
Xia Henao took two steps back, trying to distance himself from the mess on the ground. Unexpectedly, the puddle began to writhe and coalesce into a slime-like entity. Xia Henao frowned and retreated two more steps, but the mass moved towards him. Xia Henao pointed at the blob. "Guagua, Water Shuriken!"
Guagua glanced at the unidentified object and immediately flung a pair of Water Shurikens. It was clear Guagua had no fondness for this stuff either. The two Water Shurikens lodged directly into the object's head... or what could be considered its head.
Perhaps the Water Shurikens had damaged its brain, but the blob actually stopped. Xia Henao looked closely. Its resting position was annoying, right in the doorway, making it impossible to get around. If you walked directly through it, it would be disgusting. Xia Henao grew increasingly irritated. The apparently incapacitated blob on the ground wobbled and rose again. Not only did it rise, but it actually condensed into the shape of Guagua.
First, creating such a disgusting thing was infuriating, and now it transformed into Guagua's form, which was even more infuriating. Xia Henao pointed at the disgusting Guagua. "Guagua, you deal with this thing."
Guagua nodded, grabbed its Water Shuriken, and charged. The Water Shurikens constantly left marks on the disgusting Guagua. After being cut a few times, the disgusting Guagua, seemingly on its own, conjured a disgusting sword and clashed with Guagua. The two Pokémon exchanged several blows with no clear winner. Xia Henao asked the system, "System, what is this thing?"
The system's preferences were not much different from Xia Henao's; at least, they both felt the same about the current entity. Neither was eager to study it. But Xia Henao was on the verge of exasperation, so the system had no choice but to quickly analyze the life form:
Name: Experiment 1438
Attribute: Unknown
Level: Unknown
Six Dimensions: Unknown
...
After a string of information, Xia Henao only got a useless name, Experiment 1438, and the word "Unknown" everywhere else. Xia Henao twitched his lips. "Seriously, is that all you could find?"
The system was helpless. "There's nothing I can do. This thing is still a half-finished product. If you kill it, I can analyze its exact data. This thing is even more bizarre than the Empty Attribute you created, do you know that?"
Xia Henao pouted. "Then defeat it. Guagua, Ice Beam!"
Guagua stopped its sword, leaped two steps to the right, and an Ice Beam shot towards the disgusting Guagua. The disgusting Guagua also jumped to evade, but it was still slower than the Ice Beam. The Ice Beam hit the disgusting Guagua's leg and froze it instantly.
The disgusting Guagua, after all, had transformed from that disgusting substance. Even in Guagua's form, its surface was quite moist. It was strange if the moisture wasn't frozen after being hit by the Ice Beam.
The disgusting Guagua had been leaping, but after being frozen, it fell directly. The disgusting Guagua looked at its leg, then, with a decisive move, used a Disgusting Shuriken to sever its own leg. Xia Henao watched, even feeling a bit impressed. At least, he wouldn't be able to cut off his own leg if he were in such a situation.
After cutting off its leg, the disgusting Guagua hopped to the side, landing under the pipe. Guagua wanted to pursue, but it was worried that the disgusting Guagua might do something else if it dodged. The two Pokémon stood in a stalemate. The system, watching the severed piece on the ground, urged Xia Henao, "Quick, bring that thing over, then I can analyze it directly."
Xia Henao looked at the lump on the ground, unwilling to move. Finally, unable to resist the system, he had Guagua use a Water Shuriken to bring the lump over. The system quickly analyzed it and provided some new information:
Name: Experiment 1438
Attribute: Disgusting
Level: Unknown
Six Dimensions: Depends on the state
HP: Theoretically infinite
Xia Henao looked at the new data, then glanced towards the disgusting Guagua. Just then, more fluid dripped from the pipe above the disgusting Guagua's head. The disgusting Guagua conjured another leg and resumed fighting with Guagua. Xia Henao nodded. "System, you're right, this thing is an infinitely regenerating Disgusting type."
However, every move has a counter. No Pokémon in this world is truly invincible. Especially not an artificial Pokémon like the disgusting Guagua. With this thought, Xia Henao looked at the lump still by his leg and came up with an idea.
While Xia Henao was thinking, the disgusting Guagua fired an Ice Beam at Guagua. Guagua jumped to the right, and the Ice Beam hit Xia Henao. Xia Henao shivered. "Damn, this Ice Beam is powerful. Will it damage my leg?"
Xia Henao hastily tended to his leg and then shouted, "Guagua, Double Team!"
Guagua performed a hand seal, and over a dozen Guaguas scattered, circling the disgusting Guagua. The disgusting Guagua, faced with so many Guaguas, felt dizzy. Seeing this, Xia Henao smiled confidently. "I won the gamble."
Xia Henao had been pondering the difference between this disgusting creature and Ditto. Although it could transform, it shouldn't be able to copy all skills directly. Otherwise, they might as well just use Ditto instead of creating a new Pokémon. Following this line of thought, Xia Henao had another idea: perhaps this thing could only learn attack moves that hit it.
With this idea, Xia Henao decisively used Double Team to experiment. As expected, the disgusting Guagua did not use Double Team against Double Team.
Feeling like he had hit the jackpot, Xia Henao continued his plan. "Guagua, Six-Star Ninjutsu!"
Already dizzy from the swarm of Guaguas, the Six-Star Ninjutsu only made the disgusting Guagua more confused. Before Guagua could launch an attack, the disgusting Guagua's eyes spun with stars. Xia Henao clenched his fist. "Guagua, now, Ice Beam!"
The disoriented disgusting Guagua tried to dodge, but its head was so dizzy that it was hit squarely by the Ice Beam, completely encasing it.
Xia Henao waved his hand, and the Six-Star Ninjutsu dispersed. Guagua somersaulted towards Xia Henao, creating distance from the disgusting Guagua, and condensed a Water Shuriken in its hand.
"Freeze you and then shatter you, leaving no trace. Let's see how you revive."
After muttering this, Xia Henao raised his hand. "Go, Guagua! Water Shuriken: Flash!"
The shuriken in Guagua's hand instantly expanded, spinning around the disgusting Guagua and precisely slicing the frozen entity in half.
The disgusting Guagua fell to the ground with a thud. Xia Henao stroked his chin. "A pity. Although it was disgusting, it was still an artificial life. It's gone just like that."
Xia Henao bowed slightly in mourning, then prepared to step around the two large blocks of ice on the ground. But as he moved, the system suddenly issued a warning: "No, be careful!"