Chapter 483 is en route to Zone 0!
Chapter 483 is en route to Zone 0!
Chapter 483 is en route to Zone Zero!
The sweltering July passed quickly.
August 1st marks the end of the month-long Padilla Championship journey.
Even if two champions are crowned on the same day, subsequent students are slow to follow suit, and the number of champions remains unchanged until the final tally.
This clearly shows that Nemo and Crimson are indeed far ahead of the rest of the newcomers in terms of strength.
However, for Padia, the title of "Champion" isn't actually that rare; it's only really useful within the Orange Academy.
It's the kind of situation where you'll be incredibly popular at school for the entire next year, and wherever you go, you'll have admirers coming up to challenge you.
To be honest, it's really useless.
But this is very meaningful for Nemo, because the champion can skip the boring and tedious basic theory classes in the second half of the year and go straight into the second year of free time!
Nemo is an experiential learner; if you made her stay at school with other students for half a year, she'd probably be bored to death.
Therefore, she embarked on her journey as a trainer from the very beginning with the belief that she had to become a champion.
As for crimson—
He wasn't a Parthian, and he would naturally return to Kanto after his "trip" with Aoba, so whether the championship brought him any real benefit was meaningless to him.
For Crimson, being able to challenge Teacher Yu repeatedly is already the greatest benefit!
Although President Yeci had repeatedly hinted to Qingyu that he hoped he would keep Akane, Qingyu was a reasonable person and would naturally respect Akane's wishes.
Crimson's idea was simple: "I made a promise with Azure that we would settle the score on the road to the championship, so I have to go back to Kanto."
Such a simple wish even moved Qingyu a little.
As expected, no matter how strong Crimson becomes, the victim will always be that kid Green!
And so, as August arrived and Padiya's championship journey came to a successful conclusion, Padiya's annual plan finally made new progress.
Monday, June 3th.
The "Zero Sector Mobile Team," which was granted special privileges by Chairman Yeji and personally selected by Aoba, has been formed and has arrived at Jinhui Town, the closest town to the entrance of the Zero Sector.
"Ah, those were the days! Just a few months ago, at Treasure Cafeteria, I challenged Uncle Aoki, who was still the owner!"
"Nemo, a few months shouldn't be described with the word 'talent,' right?"
"Basically, it means time flies!"
Inside "Bao Canteen," the most famous restaurant in Jinhui Town, Nemo was having breakfast while bickering with Papa across the table.
There were exactly six people at the table. Besides the two of them, there was Uncle Aoki, the host; Aoba, who was leading the team to District Zero; "Champion" Akane; and Botan, who was in charge of technical support.
The food in Parthia is indeed very distinctive.
It's such a pity. I wish I could bring it back for Qinglu to try too.
Chi Hong didn't speak and didn't care about the actions of the other people at the table. She was completely immersed in her own world of food.
"So, I'm neither a champion nor a native of Padia, so why did the league draft me?!"
Peony was the only one who was still confused. After sighing, she reached out and put the ear of her Eevee backpack on her shoulder, while looking at Qingyu with a puzzled expression and asking.
"Huh? Didn't I explain that to you?"
"No!" Peony said with a resentful look.
"Teacher Yu, you only said you needed my help, but you didn't say it would be something this big!"
"And they didn't even explain what this 'technical support' even means—"
If the sender hadn't been Qingyu herself, Mudan would probably have thought it was some kind of scam text message.
Being scammed by a fraudster like herself, a "genius hacker girl," is quite a novel experience.
Unfortunately, the truth was even more outrageous than she had imagined.
How can you let an international student participate in the exploration of Zone Zero, especially since you're not a champion like Crimson!
"Oh, sorry, it seems I didn't explain it clearly back then."
After hearing what Mudan said, Qingyu just scratched his head and then continued to explain with a smile.
"To put it simply, there are many sophisticated instruments left behind by the doctor in Zone Zero, but the original research institute has been sealed off for emergency purposes. You need to go to the site to lift the restrictions before you can enter."
"So, actually, the most important person in this team is you, Peony~"
Qingyu paused halfway through her sentence, then quickly revealed a very subtle expression.
"After all, Peony is a formidable hacker; she can even breach the alliance's internal network security and freely access useful intelligence within it."
"???"
Aoki, who was focused on enjoying the grilled rice ball, suddenly froze, standing there dumbfounded.
What is that?
What did I just hear?
A student hacked the seemingly impenetrable alliance intranet?
This is no ordinary student; we must take strong measures to correct their character!
Although a lot of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he even began to feel a slight stomachache, Aoki did not take any action.
After all, Qingyu brought up the topic himself, so it seems he came prepared.
As a hard-working, reliable middle-aged man, the most useful lesson he learned over many years of work is—
Don't say a word about topics that don't concern you, otherwise you'll easily add to your workload!
Like Aoki, Botan's expression immediately turned to shock when Aoba spoke.
It took her several seconds to finally come to her senses.
"Teacher Yu—how did you know?"
How could Mudan not be afraid? To put it bluntly, what she did was illegal and criminal.
Although she initially found it inconvenient to log into the school forum to look up information, she thought she could make some minor changes to the school forum.
As the daughter of a former Galar champion and the niece of the current league president, Loz, she learned many useful skills from adults from a young age, including, of course, using computers.
Moreover, she is very talented in this area, having taught herself excellent hacking skills at a young age.
But as she was making changes, she discovered something strange: why was she being directed to the alliance's internal network?
The firewall in Padiya doesn't seem to be very effective either. How did it get cracked by itself?
Hmm? Isn't this Teacher Yu's information? Let me click on it and take a look!
And what is this LP system? Is it a common currency within the Padian League?
Wait a minute—it can even change the account balance?!
I hope I won't get arrested!
As Peony's curiosity was gradually satisfied, she soon realized that she might have gone a bit too far.
She certainly didn't have the guts to change the wallet balance. As a law-abiding student, she only retrieved some information about Teacher Yu from the internal network and never took any further action after that.
I can't believe that even though she had cleared all the traces, she was still discovered?
"Actually, it was President Ye Ci who told me, so don't worry, she won't pursue the matter with you."
Qingyu smiled and reassured Mudan.
Each of the children at this table has their own unique skill.
Especially this seemingly honest and unassuming Peony child, who is actually a well-known hacker known as "Cassiopeia"!
Who would dare to imagine that?
However, young people still suffer from a lack of experience. Their data and permissions were accessed without any browsing traces, which was too obvious.
So the ruthless work she did quickly came to the attention of Chairman Yeci.
If it were a righteous and impartial police officer (like a certain dodo bird), even a child would probably be thoroughly interrogated.
But Ci is different; her evaluation criteria have always been singular—
As long as it works, nothing else matters!
Therefore, President Ye Ci not only did not punish Mudan, but also kept the matter under wraps until now, using it as leverage to make demands on Qingyu.
After all, entering Zone Zero requires a "technician" who can open smart locks, and Peony's strength is already sufficient; at least self-preservation is not a problem.
"————"
Peony quickly realized this as well, and could only nod helplessly.
"Okay, I understand!"
"Adults are all so scheming, how annoying—"
Aoki, standing beside her, nodded in complete agreement at her sentiments.
After having a quick breakfast at the Treasure Canteen and preparing supplies for their journey into Zone Zero, Aoki led a group of people, including Aoba, to the Zone Zero gate.
"Jump down from here, and you'll find the only entrance to Zone Zero."
"??? Jump down from here?"
Qingyu's words immediately made Nemo, who had been happy, shrink back.
She glanced down at the stands, then looked at Qingyu with an incredulous expression.
"It's so high, you'd definitely die if you jumped!"
"—Actually, there is an elevator that leads directly there, but it requires a very high level of access."
As a "regular" here, Pipa quickly stepped forward to resolve Nemo's confusion.
He also looked at Qingyu, seemingly waiting for the other party's next move.
Qingyu didn't disappoint Papa. She quickly stepped forward, took out a card from the closed mechanical gate, and stuck it on the card reader next to her.
Actually, a more convenient way to land is to use a flying Pokémon, but it seems that all the students combined can't even find one.
Are they really going to replicate the feat of four people riding a dog—no, I mean a motorcycle—from the Zhu Zi storyline?
As we all know, overloading motorcycles is the most common form of unregulated driving, and only Indians can pull it off in such a unique way.
Therefore, for safety reasons, Qingyu chose the more common way to land, which is to take the elevator!
With a "beep," a crisp electronic sound echoed throughout the venue.
Welcome, Qingyu, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Padiya Alliance.
[Permissions have been confirmed; Zone 0 gate will be opened soon.]
After the sound disappeared, it was immediately replaced by the sound of precision machinery turning like gears.
Soon the heavy, airtight metal door in front of her was split in two and slowly moved to both sides. As it moved, a gust of wind rushed towards her, and Nemo, who was rather thin, almost lost her footing.
A huge crater shrouded in mist, with only a few glimpses of its scenery visible, came into view.
"This is Zone Zero. Be extra careful when the elevator arrives, and don't get ambushed by the Paradoxical Species."
Before stepping onto the elevator and setting off, Qingyu reminded her lovely students to prevent them from being overwhelmed by the new world below and forgetting the hidden dangers.
"yes!"
"OK."
The four of them had different feelings at this moment. Papa, who hadn't said much, suddenly remembered something and asked Qingyu, "Speaking of which, Brother Qingyu—"
"I remember there should be a black Rayquaza above Sector Zero, why haven't I seen it today?"
Reminded by Pipa, Nemo immediately realized what was going on.
"Oh yeah! That super cool guy seems to be on good terms with Aoba-sensei!"
"—Actually, I'm not quite sure either."
Qingyu had already noticed this, but he thought it was normal that the black Flying Sky Steed wasn't there, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
No, actually, he had a vague answer in his heart—
Perhaps it's because whenever it appears, Paradoxical Pokémon and other Pokémon in Sector Zero won't show themselves, which is why Black Rayquaza deliberately didn't appear?
The idea seemed a bit skewed, as if the black Fiery Sky was sitting there thinking of him, but Qingyu had a basis for it.
After all, a small, sharp, thin black tail in the clouds above the sky was incredibly eye-catching.
With just a little observation, it's not hard to see that Black Sky is actually still in the sky and hasn't left at all.
Upon discovering this, Qingyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If they had Black Rayquaza as bodyguards, they would be absolutely safe even if something happened.
What does "Demon King's Protection" mean?
(Even though it wasn't Qingyu himself, he still put his hands on his hips.)
Under Qingyu's control, the elevator quickly began to move slowly and then accelerated downwards.
In the enclosed, open area, the other four students were more or less nervous.
After all, they were going to the extremely dangerous Zero District, which was said to have wiped out an elite investigation team. It would be a lie to say they weren't afraid at all.
Qingyu, however, paid no attention. After taking out his Rotom phone from his pocket, he began to test the device and verify whether the nearby network was available.
As a teacher and broadcaster in Padia, he naturally wouldn't miss this great opportunity to introduce his students to paradoxical species and Zone Zero.
He had already informed President Yeci about the idea of live streaming, because this way he could understand their situation in real time. So Yeci approved it without hesitation and decided to organize the students to watch this special "teaching live stream" together.
The elevator descended slowly, stopping precisely at the surface of Zone Zero when its speed finally reached zero.
The gate slowly opened, revealing the pitted and uneven surface of Zone Zero, filled with Taijing ore.
At the same time, Qingyu also started streaming, and Rotom's phone began to slowly rotate around him.
"Hello everyone, today Teacher Yu is here to broaden your horizons!"
"Can other streamers create an immersive experience like exploring Zone Zero?!"
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