Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1018: Collective Evolution

Late at night, Julian was sleeping soundly in his tent when he felt someone gently pushing him. Soon after, Slowking’s voice sounded by his ear.

"Slow~"

Slowking: "Wake up, wake up."

"What’s wrong? Did something happen?"

Julian squinted his eyes, looking somewhat dazed as he looked at Slowking in front of him.

"There’s something going on outside."

Slowking pointed toward the outside of the tent.

'Something going on? Something really is happening? Could it be that some powerful Pokémon has come to attack?'

Thinking this, Julian’s spirits lifted slightly. He glanced at Celebi and Jirachi sleeping peacefully beside him but decided not to wake them.

Then he looked at Nebby and couldn’t help but smile. The little guy, who slept for most of the day, was now wide-eyed, staring at him curiously.

"So you’re awake?"

With a smile, Julian picked up Nebby, who let out a soft cooing sound.

He opened the tent and stepped outside with Nebby in his arms.

Once outside, he noticed all his Pokémon were awake and looking in the same direction.

No Pokémon was attacking?

Puzzled, Julian walked over and patted Arcanine, signaling it to move aside. With all of them blocking his view, he couldn’t see what was happening ahead.

Arcanine immediately nudged aside, pushing Lucario out of the way and clearing a space.

"Whoa, so many Bulbasaurs."

Julian finally saw what Slowking meant by "something going on outside."

In the distance, thousands of Bulbasaur and Ivysaur were marching forward, led by a Venusaur.

Using his Probing Eyes, Julian scanned it and found this Venusaur was at the early-stage Pseudo-Champion level.

Behind this Venusaur followed dozens more Venusaur, about ten of which were at the Elite-level, while the rest were pseudo-Elites.

Clearly, this was a Venusaur tribe—large in numbers and exceptionally strong in power.

If he captured their main force and their leader, he could establish a brand new Grass-type family in an extremely short time in the outside world.

It was only the second day since entering the Primal Secret Realm, and Julian had already seen four Pseudo-Champion-level Pokémon, not to mention the even larger number of Elites.

To say that Elite-level Pokémon were everywhere might be an exaggeration, but their numbers far exceeded those in a Top-tier secret realm. If an Elite Trainer truly entered this secret realm, the chances of survival wouldn’t be high.

"It's the middle of the night—are they planning to raid someone else’s home?" Julian wondered, confused.

Although some Grass-type Pokémon, like Shiinotic and Vileplume, preferred to move around at night, the vast majority of Grass-types generally avoided nighttime activity due to the lack of sunlight.

At the very least, the Venusaur line didn’t fall into that category.

Yet now, Julian saw thousands of Bulbasaur and Ivysaur marching toward a certain direction under the lead of Venusaur.

His first instinct was that they were planning a night raid—sneaking up on an enemy tribe under the cover of darkness.

"Slow~"

Slowking: "Your intelligence peaked at graduation and has been in a state of continuous decline ever since."

The words were clearly mocking Julian.

"Oh, oh! I remember now—they’re probably heading to evolve."

After being reminded by Slowking, Julian suddenly recalled this detail, realizing his earlier guess was completely off.

"It’s not my fault—I’ve already graduated, and the fact that I can still remember this kind of useless knowledge is pretty impressive," Julian explained.

At Imperial University, Trainer exams included not only practical tests and mission assessments but also written exams covering various aspects of Pokémon knowledge.

Julian even began to suspect his "photographic memory" skill was fake. Wasn’t it supposed to mean never forgetting? How did he almost forget just now?

Photographic Memory: 'If it weren’t for me, would you even have remembered?'

"Let’s follow them and take a look."

Julian recalled most of his Pokémon, leaving only Metagross, Slowking, and Arcanine.

He and Slowking mounted Arcanine and quietly trailed behind the Bulbasaur group.

"Slow~"

"What about Celebi and Jirachi? Are we just leaving them behind?" Slowking asked.

"They’ll be fine."

Julian said nonchalantly.

One was a Pseudo-Champion, and the other was a First-class Legendary—their strength spoke for itself. If you were fooled by their usual behavior and appearances, you’d be the one to suffer in the end.

"Don’t follow too closely!"

Julian tugged at Arcanine’s big head. He had told it to follow secretly, yet it was practically blending into the Bulbasaur group.

Strangely, even though the Bulbasaur at the back of the group had noticed them, they showed no signs of panic.

After giving them a curious glance, they simply continued following the group.

Julian used his Probing Eyes to observe these Bulbasaur and Ivysaur. There were dozens with Cyan-grade potential, and even three with Blue-grade.

With nearly ten thousand Bulbasaur and Ivysaur, the appearance of several dozen Cyan-grade ones would be absolutely impossible in the outside world or even in a Top-tier secret realm.

A Cyan-grade potential Pokémon was a one-in-ten-thousand rarity. In a typical Pokémon tribe of around ten thousand, there might only be one Cyan-grade individual.

But here, that probability had increased dozens of times.

This also served to verify Julian’s earlier speculation: the potential of Pokémon in the Primal Secret Realm was indeed far higher than in Top-tier secret realms.

Or perhaps the energy here had the effect of improving Pokémon potential.

If this secret realm were to be fully developed, the number of Elite-level Trainers in Drakoria could experience an explosive increase.

After following them for about two hours, Julian checked the time—it was already past 2 a.m.

As the leading Venusaur came to a stop, the entire tribe halted as well.

"Saur!"

The lead Venusaur let out a low call, and in the next moment, the dozens of Venusaur around it echoed in response.

"It’s starting."

Julian took out a camera, ready to record this spectacular scene.

The phenomenon of Bulbasaur and Ivysaur evolving collectively in the wild had long been discovered, but it was the first time he had witnessed it on such a massive scale. This made it particularly meaningful to document.

As the Bulbasaur and Ivysaur began to glow with blinding white light, their sheer numbers caused the light to converge, illuminating half the night sky.

Some Pokémon sleeping in the grass suddenly noticed the sky brightening and felt dazed, wondering if dawn had come much earlier than usual today.

After taking a closer look: 'Damn, why is only this side of the sky bright while the rest remains dark, with stars still twinkling?'

Looking again: 'Oh, it’s the Bulbasaur and Ivysaur evolving collectively again.'

This kind of event happened every few years in the Horseshoe Plains.

Although it was annoying to have their sleep disturbed, there was nothing they could do—the leader Venusaur was too powerful, and the Venusaur tribe in the Horseshoe Plains was definitely not a tribe to be messed with, both in terms of strength and numbers.

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