There are many kinds of secret realms in Snow City, but if you want to be precise about the secret realms that beginner trainers can enter, there are actually not many. There are only two types: Rock-type and Ground-type.
Xia Huna's goal this time is to choose a Rock-type secret realm to cause trouble. After all, although Water-type is super effective against both Rock-type and Ground-type, Electric-type is useless against Ground-type.
Xia Huna handed his trainer certificate to the young lady registering at the front desk. The young lady couldn't help but take a few more glances at Xia Huna, as it was not very understandable to run all the way from Jinghai City in the southeast to Snow City to challenge a secret realm.
Xia Huna didn't pay much attention to this. After getting his trainer certificate back from the young lady, he stepped into the secret realm.
As soon as he entered the secret realm, before Xia Huna could carefully observe the environment, he ate a mouthful of sand. The strong wind blowing towards him stirred up sand, which hit Xia Huna head-on. Xia Huna spat out the sand from his mouth: "Peh, I knew it, this place is abnormally hot, even the wind is dry and hot."
Looking at the sun floating in the sky, Xia Huna took out an umbrella: "I'll just walk like this for now. No wonder they say this secret realm is rarely visited. I really don't want to come a second time, it's too uncomfortable."
Xia Huna walked forward and suddenly felt something hard under his feet. He looked down and saw a Geodude staring at him fiercely.
Xia Huna took two steps back. The Geodude waved its fists and chased after him.
"Froakie, use Bubble!"
Froakie used its move to make the Geodude calm down properly, and the Geodude left.
Looking at the departing figure of the Geodude, Xia Huna sighed: "It's not good for these things to always come out from under my feet. Isn't there any countermeasure?"
"Whether there is a countermeasure or not, you're definitely going to run for your life."
Xia Huna was startled, and then looked in the direction the system had indicated: Good heavens, a sky-obscuring sandstorm was surging in, with the momentum of dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
Xia Huna quickly turned and ran, but human strength was ultimately difficult to contend with the power of nature. Xia Huna was caught up by the sandstorm before he could run very far.
However, Xia Huna was not buried but passed through the sandstorm intact, standing there unharmed.
Xia Huna looked at the sandstorm receding, then at himself, clean from head to toe, and wondered: "Could it be a mirage? Is the mirage in this secret realm so powerful that it can create such a realistic sandstorm?"
Xia Huna watched the sandstorm recede, and the system also didn't understand what was going on with this supernatural phenomenon. The system couldn't figure anything out for a while. The two simply stopped thinking about these things.
In the desert, what is more important than finding an oasis?
Xia Huna made up his mind and embarked on the journey to find an oasis with Froakie. However, after wandering in the desert for most of the day, Xia Huna found no news of an oasis at all.
"This is unreasonable. Even in a desert, there should be some wild Pokémon that have the right to drink water. Do you mean to say that those Ground-type and Rock-type Pokémon don't die of thirst?"
The system was also puzzled: "The path you are walking now, with my assistance, is a straight line, and you are not going in circles. How can there be nothing?"
"If I had known, I would have beaten up that Geodude earlier. If I had tamed it, it would have obediently led us to the oasis, what do you think?"
The system thought Xia Huna made a lot of sense, but it was best to avoid such hindsight if possible.
Xia Huna took off his white sweatshirt. Although it was a thin piece of clothing, walking in the desert like this was still a very uncomfortable experience.
The two of them were walking in the desert when suddenly a Vullaby hopped past not far away. Xia Huna was delighted: "Vullaby, if Geodude doesn't drink water, Vullaby must know where the oasis is."
Xia Huna pursed his lips and followed Vullaby's footsteps, continuing to trek through the desert.
Vullaby was indeed looking for an oasis, and it did lead Xia Huna to an oasis. Xia Huna excitedly pounced on the oasis, feeling the gentle moisture that was completely different from the surroundings.
"Good, this is great. I'll stay here for a while and use this as a base to explore the secret realm."
Xia Huna's idea was good, but the owners of the oasis didn't seem willing to give him face. The Vullaby that had hopped over earlier flew over flapping its wings, looking like it wanted to challenge Xia Huna.
"Go, Froakie, let her see our strength. Just use Bubble to cover her wings."
Although Vullaby couldn't fly, it didn't stop Xia Huna from covering its wings to interfere with its movements. One of Vullaby's wings was covered, causing it to lose balance. It rolled in front of Xia Huna after only a couple of steps. Xia Huna squatted down and grinned, scaring Vullaby into turning and running away. Xia Huna felt a rare sense of guilt for bullying a child.
Perhaps because Vullaby was the little princess of this oasis, another Pokémon in the oasis stood up to protect it.
"Larvitar, I caught quite a few of these things for an Everstone back then. It's so useful for hatching eggs."
As Xia Huna was speaking, the Larvitar had already charged over. Xia Huna quickly told Froakie to dodge. The Larvitar missed Froakie, took a couple more steps with its short legs, and fell to the ground.
Xia Huna had completely lost the mood to battle. These were just kindergarteners. Although Xia Huna's Froakie wasn't a very strong Pokémon, it was already at an elementary school level, and beating them would be too much of a bully.
Under Rotom's translation, Xia Huna had a friendly negotiation with them, and it was finally confirmed that Xia Huna could use this oasis, but he was not allowed to bully the Pokémon here.
Although it was agreed that Xia Huna was not allowed to bully Pokémon, it did not prevent Xia Huna from waiting by the oasis. During the day, Xia Huna had friendly sparring matches with many Pokémon who came here, such as Pupitar and Trapinch.
Although Xia Huna's Froakie had an innate advantage with its Water-type moves, it was unfortunate that Froakie's energy reserves for using Bubble were limited, so it could only fight intermittently.
The friendly sparring continued from day to night. Froakie steadily increased its level by absorbing the experience points from the casual battles, reaching level thirteen. It was estimated that few students of the same age had a faster progress rate. Rotom, despite not having a type advantage, also grew from level eight to level ten in the afternoon's battles. Of course, Xia Huna had no intention of making it a combat unit.
At night, Xia Huna lay next to a tree, shivering and puffing out air: "This damn weather is too cold."
The system glanced at him impatiently: "Didn't I tell you? The temperature difference in the desert is huge, can be dozens of degrees."
"Can you blame me in this state? Who knew this damn sleeping bag, which claimed to be warm, was completely ineffective?"
Shivering with cold, Xia Huna got up, went to the sandy ground next to the oasis, dug a hole, put the sleeping bag inside, and then climbed into the sleeping bag himself, saying to Froakie: "Froakie, bury me, just leave my head exposed."
Froakie was obedient, constantly throwing dirt onto Xia Huna, quickly burying the sleeping bag. Xia Huna then smiled: "This is much warmer now. Come on, Froakie, time to rest."
After returning Froakie to its Poké Ball, Xia Huna began his deep sleep.
...
Why does the oasis always exist? Perhaps it is because it can largely avoid the impact of sandstorms. Take the oasis where Xia Huna was resting, for example.
When Xia Huna opened his eyes, he found himself very heavy. His first reaction was to ask the system: "What happened last night?"
"You were unlucky and encountered a sandstorm."
Xia Huna looked at the little system in his mind holding a sign with "unlucky" written on it, and asked doubtfully: "What does 'unlucky' mean?"
"It means you weren't completely unlucky. Normally, if you encountered a sandstorm like that, you would be completely buried. By this time next year, a tree would grow here, bearing many fruits exactly like you."
"Huh? Then wouldn't I be a ginseng fruit?"
"Something like that. Not being completely unlucky means you weren't completely buried in the soil, at least you could help yourself out."
Xia Huna pulled his hands out of the sleeping bag, intending to dig himself out, but when he saw the pile of sand pressing on him, Xia Huna asked the system:
"System, tell me the truth, did I really encounter a sandstorm last night, or did an performance artist who passed by this oasis bury me?"
The system looked at the sandpile through Xia Huna's gaze, and then...
"Holy crap, the world is full of wonders. The sandstorm you encountered is rather strange."
The sandpile pressing on Xia Huna was a perfect cone. As for how many sides it had, it was hard to say. However, according to Xia Huna's guess, it was likely a quadrangular pyramid.
Just as Xia Huna was wondering, the Rotom phone flew over: "Huna-o, pyramid amazing, Lato."
Hearing Rotom's words, Xia Huna would be an idiot if he didn't understand what happened: "So you mean you found a picture of a pyramid on your phone and superimposed it on me?"
Rotom waved its arms: "Khufu, beautiful."
Xia Huna waved his hand: "Rotom, although many people call me Huna-o, I have nothing to do with Khufu, do you understand?"
The system, however, had a different idea: "Host, I think he might have made a mistake. Rotom might not be talking about the Great Pyramid of Giza, but the Pyramid of Khafre next to it."
Xia Huna was startled: "Why?"
"Because the Pyramid of Khafre has the Sphinx."
Indeed, Rotom then said: "I like lions, Lato."
"So I should have slept lying down last night, and then I could have pretended to be the Sphinx this morning?"
Rotom thought for a moment and said nothing, but Xia Huna knew clearly what he was thinking. He quickly put it back into its Poké Ball and called out Froakie: "Froakie, tear down this illegal structure!"