This happened not long after Xia Huanao had thrashed all the skilled fighters from various countries on a remote island overseas.
Although Xia Huanao was invincible in the grand tournament, crushing all obstacles in his path, humans, or rather, people, are ultimately made of flesh and blood. Long periods of staying up late and an irregular lifestyle finally took down their opponent, Xia Huanao, for all the teams in the world.
Xia Huanao lay in bed, his head swimming, his unfocused eyes staring at the ceiling. Beside the bed, Shen Yu looked at Xia Huanao with concern and then asked Xiao Meng, "Xiao Meng, are you sure Xia Huanao is fine like this?"
Xiao Meng nodded confidently, indicating she had seen this situation many times and that Xia Huanao just needed to rest well. However, Shen Yu, seeing Xia Huanao already delirious with fever, decided to find a doctor.
Meanwhile, Xia Huanao, lying on the bed, tilted his head and saw Shen Yu run out. He blinked and said, "To be honest, I know my current state clearly. Although I have a high fever, it's not over forty degrees. It's really not a big problem."
The System looked at Xia Huanao and said, "Then why did you pretend earlier?"
"Oh, it's just that I thought Shen Yu looked so cute in that state. I couldn't help but tease her a little..."
The System clicked its tongue and shook its head. "Is that so? Come on, nod your head and let me see."
Xia Huanao abruptly nodded, and then his head buzzed loudly. He immediately lay back on the bed, not daring to move. "Holy crap, what is this? Why does the world feel so strange?"
The System covered its face and said, "Oh, you fool. I told you to nod your head, just to give a small indication. Why did you nod so vigorously? Lie down quickly. I think sleeping it off might be more appropriate."
His head buzzed for a while, and Xia Huanao felt the System was right. Although he felt he was fine, he couldn't just keep pushing himself. It was better to get some rest.
Xia Huanao decided to rest for a while, but as soon as he closed his eyes, things started getting interesting.
It's said that because Xia Huanao had spent so much time with the System and his mind was naturally unrestrained and prone to jumping between thoughts, as soon as he closed his eyes, before he could do anything to aid sleep or conducive to dreaming, like whispering Shen Yu's name, a flag came swaying towards him.
Xia Huanao was completely bewildered. He scratched his head. "What is this? A flag? Are the prerequisites for dreaming this advanced now? But why is it floating? Is a ghost carrying it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the System's voice from the side. "This is hard to say. The human brain is not easy to understand."
Xia Huanao was startled and almost opened his eyes. "Holy crap, System, what are you doing here? Didn't you say you wouldn't pry into my dreams?"
The System nodded. "Yes, I said that. So, if you have a dream, I won't pry. But I can't be in sleep mode while you're sleeping. I was worried that if your fever really reached forty degrees, the virus wouldn't take you down, but your own immune system might."
Xia Huanao thought about it. Although the immune system was on his side, if it really started fighting, it might not care who was who when it got carried away. Since that was the case, he might as well let the System help him keep an eye on things.
Xia Huanao continued to examine the flag before his dream. Hazily, he saw that below the large black flag, another blue flag appeared. Xia Huanao squinted and saw a Froakie zipping and darting in the void towards Xia Huanao. Above Froakie was that blue flag.
Not long after Froakie appeared, other various Pokémon also jumped out, each with a flag on their heads. The colors of the flags were all sorts of hues, as if someone had torn pages from an art textbook.
As the Pokémon appeared with their flags, Xia Huanao still had the mood to comment. "Come on, let's see. Now entering the arena is the Fire-type Krookodile..."
Yes, he seemed to be commenting, but he was actually burning with fever. Otherwise, with Xia Huanao's abilities, he would never have uttered such a line about a Fire-type Krookodile.
As time went by, the flags stood in a dense forest, swaying and making Xia Huanao dizzy. Already feeling like his head was a brick, Xia Huanao became even more confused.
Fortunately, this unfortunate situation didn't last long, because with so many peaceful flags, they started to get on each other's nerves. As expected, it wasn't clear which Pokémon took a disliking to another. The red flag on its head directly slashed towards the green flag next to it. The green flag, not to be outdone, tapped the small red flag beside it. What started as a war between two flags somehow escalated, engulfing the surrounding flags.
In an instant, hundreds of flags in the sky became entangled in a fierce battle, kicking up dust and smoke. Xia Huanao looked up at the chaos and thought that this scene was truly rare. Even though all the Pokémon looked peaceful, they were actually driving each other to the brink of madness.
"This scene is too rare. I never thought I'd witness a scene like this, like a world war, in my lifetime, even in a dream. It's too stimulating, so stimulating that I can't stand it." 138 Reading Network
As he was speaking, he heard Shen Yu's voice from the side. "Xia Xia, Xia Xia, how are you?"
Xia Huanao wanted to wake up when he heard this, but dreams, even if you know you're dreaming, are another story when you want to wake up from them.
Xia Huanao tried to wake himself from the dream, but he couldn't find a way. In the end, he had to wave at the still fiercely fighting flags in the sky and point to his head. "Come on, you all attack here."
If you didn't point directly, you'd surely be fine. But if you actively presented yourself as a target to be hit, you couldn't blame anyone else. The sky filled with banners, like a thousand arrows, shot towards Xia Huanao's brain. Xia Huanao crossed his arms in front of his chest, and then he woke up.
Humans have a self-preservation instinct. When humans encounter something in a dream that could lead to their death, the dream will dissipate on its own. At least Xia Huanao hadn't encountered a dream that allowed him to calmly accept death.
This time was no exception. Xia Huanao suddenly opened his eyes and then sprang up, sitting bolt upright, directly colliding with Shen Yu, who had come to check on him.
"Does it hurt? If it hurts, it's a good head. Does it sound good? If it sounds good, it's a good head."
Xia Huanao nodded vaguely, feeling like his head was full of mush. This sudden impact left him disoriented. After Shen Yu called him a few more times, he finally reacted. "Xiao Yu, what time is it now?"