At this moment, Xiaozhi and three others were sitting on the back of Chenglong, sailing leisurely on the sea.
"Wu~~!"
Chenglong sprayed out a jet of water from time to time, splashing countless water droplets, and seemed to like this atmosphere quite a bit.
Pikachu sat on Chenglong's head, lying down, looking lazy.
This sea area is shallow, and even on the sea, there are many bikini girls and swimming trunk boys floating and playing on the sea.
The reef foreshore that rises above the water from time to time provides them with a temporary resting spot.
"Eh... I don't know where Sister Bilan has gone."
It was the first time that she was separated from Bilan for a long time. Xiaolan was somewhat unaccustomed to it and felt sleepy sitting on Chenglong's back.
Well, it's also possible that Chenglong's spiked shells are a bit harsh on his butt.
After leaving Kanaz City, Bilan didn't know where she went.
However, news came the day before yesterday that they would meet in Kaina City and there would be some good things to share.
"Kaina City...?"
Xiaogang nodded secretly, Kaina City was their destination.
If you continue sailing past Kaina City, you will enter the open sea of the Hoenn area, and the ocean currents and trenches are very dangerous.
"Okay, then quickly go to Kaina City and challenge the next gym!"
Xiaozhi stood on the back of Chenglong and waved his hands, quite like a captain.
Although he was defeated by Daigo not long ago, Xiaozhi's fighting spirit at this moment is even more intense.
Now he is just a trainer of the King of Heaven, there are countless people stronger than him in this world!
...
Dusk is coming and it's getting dark.
After sailing for most of the day, Xiaozhi and the others decided to find a place to stay and rest for the night.
They had probably crossed half the distance of this waterway, and it would not be too late to continue on the road tomorrow.
Just in the countless mist and dust, an extremely large and wide figure suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.
Hazy, rather eerie...
"It's a ghost ship!!"
Xiao Lan subconsciously hid behind Xiao Zhi and screamed.
Without Bilan as a guide, Xiaolan's courage is not too great.
There seem to be rumors of ghost shipwrecks in the waters of the Fangyuan area...
However, Xiaozhi's eyes brightened and his expression gradually became fiery.
"There should be a ghost Pokémon on the ghost ship!!"
When I came to the Fangyuan area, I haven't conquered any ghost Pokémon yet.
So he repeatedly comforted Xiao Lan, and then he enthusiastically commanded Chenglong to approach the huge ship-shaped shadow in front of him.
Xiaogang didn't have much fear about this, and it wasn't his first time traveling.
Ghosts and so on, there is the most dangerous ghost in Xiaozhi's body next to him at this moment.
It just so happens that we have a place to stay tonight, let's go and set up a fire and cook...
...
But when they got close to the giant ship-shaped object, the surrounding fog slowly dispersed, and the three of them finally saw the whole "sunken ship".
This is not a shipwreck.
It is more like a giant offshore construction platform, or a wide and large ship carrier.
Then it rolled over, half of it sank under the sea, and the other half tilted up, exposing part of the sea, giving people the feeling of a shipwrecked ship.
There was an old man guarding the landing entrance.
Above, a huge red banner hung.
“Hai Zi Jin Ruins, everyone is welcome to visit~!”
Xiaozhi and the three of them looked at each other.
Turns out it’s not a ghost ship, but a tourist attraction?
The three of them immediately became interested. This place was quite far away from the town, and a tourist resort was built here inexplicably.
And the name Sea Purple Corydalis... where have you heard it before?
"Oh~ Young and brave trainers, are you the kind people who came to exorcise ghosts~!"
Before Chenglong even landed, the old man on the shore greeted him cheerfully.
This sentence made Xiao Lan frown again.
So there is still a ghost?
"Exorcism?"
Xiaozhi and Xiaogang looked at each other... They seemed to have experienced a ghost exorcism mission in the Kanto region.
The natural outcome was to arrest the energetic Gengar on the spot.
Although I don’t know how serious it is, I just happened to see the monsters and ghosts in Fangyuan area.
"Yes, yes! We are here to drive out ghosts!"
After landing, Xiaozhi immediately patted his chest and agreed.
"Can you introduce this place so that we can take action next...?"
Xiaogang, on the other hand, had a foresight and planned to understand the background before taking action.
"Oh, this is natural, you three please come with me~"
So the three of them followed the old man up a staircase and slowly climbed onto the sloping platform.
Although it is said to be tilted, there are actually many places where it still maintains a flat posture.
When the three of them climbed to a high place, they discovered that the area just above the sea was as large as a huge square, very wide.
It's already evening, but the lights here are brightly lit.
There are even small tourist shops in some of the flatter areas.
“It’s really a tourist place...?!”
...
When they came to a small shop, the old man enthusiastically served food and juice, and said that all the expenses of the three people on the boat would be free of charge.
After some conversation, the three of them learned the background of this strange place.
"Here is the ruins of Sea Purple Corydalis, and it is also an important project of Zeng Jin Da Purple Corydalis Company..."
The three of them were stunned for a moment, convinced that they had heard this name somewhere in Dewen Company before.
It seems like a company that declined due to the rise of Dewen Company.
"Zengjin's Da Ziye Enterprise is the largest company in the Fangyuan region, and its deepest involvement is naturally in energy extraction and development."
The old man took a sip of strong tea, his eyes far-reaching, as if he was reminiscing about the past.
He was once an employee of the company.
"And this huge platform is the submarine energy mining platform built by the company, named Haizijin."
Later, Dewen also entered the competition in the energy field and took the lead in developing new energy sources.
Overnight, the stock capital of Da Zijin Company collapsed, and not long after, the once great corporate empire declared bankruptcy.
The three of them had never experienced this industry and were simply listening to a story, but the old man had experienced it himself and his expression was extremely sad.
"And this huge offshore platform was naturally declared abandoned. Due to time constraints, it rolled over one day..."
Since Da Zi Jin's company headquarters happened to be located in Zi Jin City, the central city in the Fangyuan region, the local government eventually took back all the assets of the bankrupt Da Zi Jin.
Similarly, this distant sea platform is also a local asset of Zijin City.
"Later, this sloping platform, because it was completely integrated with the environment, produced unique landform features, and even inhabited many wild Pokémon. Therefore, it was also used by local waste and transformed into a tourist facility..."
Abandoned and eerie large-scale platform buildings, natural adventure zones... places like this are far more attractive than beach islands, and the number of tourists here has also increased with the increase.
"Until recently, a supernatural incident occurred in Hai Zi Jin..."
The old man changed the subject and finally got to the point.
