In the most inconspicuous corner of the interface, a module with no text description, no icon preview, and no price tag lay quietly waiting.
Kairos instinctively clicked on it with his mind.
A notification popped up.
[Notice: Unlocking this special module requires 1,000,000 Emotion Points.]
"What?"
Kairos sucked in a sharp breath, his eyes locked on that notification. He was completely stunned.
One million?! Emotion Points?!
His brain felt like it was short-circuiting. He'd just unlocked the entire Advanced Module section for fifty thousand points, which already felt like a fortune.
What kind of module could possibly justify a cost this astronomical?
Could it create Legendary Pokémon from scratch?
Or maybe digitize the entire world and load it into a ga?
People can be contrary sotis. If sothing's priced at fifty thousand, Kairos might complain it's too expensive.
But price sothing at a million? Now he absolutely had to know what justified such an outrageous cost.
He was genuinely curious, but still... that point requirent was terrifying.
Kairos glanced helplessly at his pitiful point balance. After unlocking the Advanced section, he had barely over ten thousand left. That wasn't even a fraction of what he'd need for that rainbow module, let alone the cheapest items in the Advanced section.
Forget it.
He shook his head, temporarily suppressing his intense curiosity about the rainbow module.
No point dwelling on it now.
Better to focus on completing missions, releasing new gas, and earning more points.
At least his point accumulation rate was steadily increasing. At this pace, he'd eventually scrape together a million!
He redirected his attention to the special reward module the system had given him for unlocking the Advanced section. He'd gotten distracted by the rainbow module earlier and hadn't examined it properly.
[Special Advanced Module: "Regional Forms · Conceptual Expansion Pack"]
[Description as follows]
[Base Effect: After using this module, gas you create will automatically generate vast amounts of random terrain and ecological environnt zones. Additionally, the ga's world-building and ecological environnts will undergo unlimited expansion and automatic developnt, with a chance to introduce entirely new appearances and regional form Pokémon content.]
[Advanced Effects:]
[1. Terrain Blueprint Library: Input ecological environnt keywords (such as "volcano/rainforest/magnetic levitation city") to automatically generate several differentiated 3D terrain proposals.]
[2. Ecosystem Calculator: If ga design leans toward natural wilderness, after setting base Pokémon species, automatically generates the region's complete food chain (type advantage chains/habitat distribution/day-night behavior logic).]
[3. Terrain Scan & Copy: Use this module to scan all regions of your current world, understand all terrain and special zones belonging to that world, automatically generate ga content to copy into gas, or view as a map.]
[4. Emotion Points earned from gas using content generated by this module are multiplied by 2. Additionally, after accumulating 100,000 Emotion Points through this bonus, you can unlock this module's next special effect.]
[Current Additional Emotion Points Earned: 0]
After reading through the module's description, Kairos's eyes couldn't help but light up.
This really was a special Advanced module. The effects were genuinely impressive.
The base effect alone was essentially a super map generator plus a Pokémon form expansion pack, saving massive amounts of manual work designing world backgrounds and ecosystems.
The Terrain Blueprint Library and Ecosystem Calculator simplified the fundantal logic of ga design even further. It was practically a godsend for lazy... no, for efficient developers.
But what satisfied him most was actually the third effect: Terrain Scan & Copy!
Scan the current world's terrain and automatically generate ga content or maps?
Didn't this an that no matter which world he traveled to using the Story Transit Scroll, he could instantly obtain a perfect map of that world?
This function would be incredibly convenient whether he used it to create Pokémon gas based on real worlds, or simply to view a world's layout, terrain, and locate special sites.
As for ga applications... Kairos imdiately thought of the upcoming Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Ti.
This type of ga, with dungeon exploration and randomized terrain as core gaplay, desperately needed powerful map generation and ecological diversity, didn't it?
This module couldn't have co at a better ti.
Now he just had to wait for the programrs and ga developers at Dream Factory to send over their refined version.
When that happened, he could imdiately integrate this module.
Just as Kairos was contemplating this, the system notification chid again:
[Ding! Host has received a new special mission]
[S-Rank Mission: Traffic? Top-Tier Traffic!]
[Have one of your gas attract 1,000,000 non-trainer players]
[Mission Reward: Emotion Points 20,000, SS-Rank Special Pokémon Item Blueprint x1, Special System Advanced Item Box x1]
Kairos glanced at the new mission requirents and paused.
One million non-trainer players?
He stroked his chin thoughtfully.
For traditional gas centered on becoming a trainer, challenging the League, and encountering various Pokémon, like Erald and Dark Phantom, this would indeed be challenging.
Although the gas themselves were groundbreaking, the core player base they attracted was undoubtedly people who already aspired to the trainer lifestyle or were already trainers.
Ordinary citizens, researchers, Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys might play too, but reaching the million-player threshold would be genuinely difficult.
But what about Pokémon Mystery Dungeon?
What was the core concept of this series? Players beca Pokémon themselves! Pokémon forming rescue teams!
It had absolutely nothing to do with human trainers, capturing, or battling.
The ga objectives were exploring dungeons, rescuing Pokémon in distress, solving various problems... making new friends.
This gaplay and the naturally broke free from the "trainer" identity restriction.
An ordinary citizen might have little interest in commanding Pokémon battles, but wouldn't they enjoy playing as an adorable Pikachu or Bulbasaur, adventuring through dungeons and helping other Pokémon?
Wouldn't a researcher studying Pokémon ecology be interested in exploring unknown dungeon ecosystems?
So Explorers of Ti absolutely had the potential to spread Pokémon's appeal beyond trainer circles!
With this realization, Kairos imdiately grabbed his communicator and dialed the number of the person who'd handled Erald's promotion.
Erald was currently at peak popularity, and Dark Phantom was performing well too. This was the perfect ti to promote a new release.
He needed to arrange Mystery Dungeon's marketing quickly and put down a deposit.
"Hello? Is this you? I rember you! I have this number saved!"
The phone was answered almost instantly. An excited voice, nearly cracking from enthusiasm, ca through. Background noise suggested the person was sowhere busy.
"It's . I'm calling about the deposit for promoting the new ga, Explorers of Ti..." Kairos had barely started when the other person cut him off.
"Promotion? No problem! Absolutely no problem! Sir, you can count on ! I'll handle this perfectly, even better than last ti, trust !"
The voice was filled with barely contained excitent, the words tumbling out rapidly.
"Deposit? No, no, no! Please don't ntion money! Being able to promote your gas again is an honor for our company! I'm begging you, please let handle this! Don't call anyone else!"
His reaction was completely different from the professional, almost skeptical attitude he'd had when they first discussed Erald's promotion.
It was like dealing with a totally different person.
Kairos paused, then understood.
When they'd promoted Erald, the guy probably just thought Kairos was so ambitious client with interesting ideas, taking on the project with a "let's see what happens" attitude.
Now Erald had exploded across the entire Pokémon world! As the earliest and largest promotional partner, this person and his team had undoubtedly made a na for themselves and earned a fortune.
Even the League officials had probably contacted them, asking about this mysterious ga and its creator.
So when Kairos personally reached out to promote a new ga, this wasn't just business anymore. It was a massive opportunity and an honor!
No wonder he didn't even want paynt. He was terrified Kairos might go with soone else.
"Alright, I'll leave it in your hands," Kairos agreed readily without fuss.
"I'll send you the materials shortly. Rember, this ti the target demographic needs to cover non-trainer groups as much as possible. I want as many people as possible to see this ga."
"Understood! Mission accepted! Just wait and see!" The guy practically beat his chest in assurance, his enthusiasm nearly bursting through the phone.
After hanging up, Kairos felt satisfied. The promotional side was temporarily handled. Now he just had to wait for the finished Mystery Dungeon product, and... check on how wtwo was doing.
Thinking of wtwo, Kairos felt a stirring.
Since that intense ntal clash at the Rock-type Gym, he hadn't successfully used the invitation card to check on wtwo's situation.
He wondered how wtwo was doing now.
With a trace of curiosity and subtle concern, Kairos activated the invitation card again.
He'd actually tried many tis before, but every attempt had failed, so he'd given up.
But this ti... the invitation card successfully activated!
That ant wtwo was playing the ga!
His consciousness connected to the virtual screen once more. The image brightened. wtwo's ga character stood in the dimly lit depths of a rocky cave.
His figure seed to carry a barely perceptible weariness compared to before. Not physical, but more like a ntal state.
The confusion that had seemingly eased after the Rock Gym battle now appeared to have returned, seemingly even deepened.
Clearly, wtwo had undergone so Team Rocket training during this ti. Maybe special training, maybe research. Kairos wasn't clear what exactly, but it definitely wasn't anything good.
Seeing wtwo like this, he even wanted to ask about his condition, what he'd been through recently.
But he could only hold back. Right now, he was playing the role of system assistant, a cold guide, not a close friend.
Proactively asking about a player's emotional state... that definitely wasn't sothing a ga system would do.
To maintain wtwo's trust, he could only continue observing silently.
At that mont, wtwo seed to snap out of so deep thought. He operated his character, his gaze sweeping over the partners in his Poké Balls: Water-type Marshtomp, evolved from Mudkip, and Beedrill.
That look was complex, carrying scrutiny and a trace of confusion.
Finally, he did nothing, simply withdrawing his gaze and continuing to control his character deeper into the cavern.
What followed slightly surprised Kairos.
wtwo's command and judgnt abilities had clearly jumped another level compared to the Rock Gym period.
His movent routes remained efficiently precise, but his battle choices were more flexible and varied. His use of type advantages and move effects grew increasingly sophisticated.
The trainers he encountered in the cavern, whether using Rock-types or other types, stood virtually no chance against Marshtomp's Water-type moves and Beedrill's Poison Sting and Fury Cutter attacks.
Battles ended quickly.
He swept through effortlessly, soon completing the entire Granite Cave storyline, defeating the final trainer and reaching the cavern's deepest level.
Like most other trainers, he was drawn by the faint, mysterious aura emanating from the cave's depths, controlling his character toward that open area.
Then he encountered it.
A cutscene began playing.
A massive, ancient body constructed of solid rock radiated an ageless, heavy pressure.
Through gaps in the stone, ruby-like light faintly glowed: the sleeping Rock Titan, Regirock!
wtwo's ga character looked minuscule before it.
But wtwo himself, behind the screen, his purple eyes suddenly sharpened with intensity.
He didn't imdiately choose to battle or flee.
Kairos could sense an invisible, powerful psychic force seemingly penetrating everything, assessing this legendary existence.
A mont later, wtwo's thought carried a certain confidence:
[Energy assessnt... structural analysis... threat level determination...]
[Conclusion: Target possesses strength, but... weak.]
Weak?
Kairos watched this scene and couldn't help shrugging.
Well, that was fair.
Although wtwo had just been born and his power might not be fully awakened, as the pinnacle achievent of genetic engineering, a Legendary Pokémon with nearly infinite potential, a Titan like Regirock really couldn't compare.
That said, even through a ga, wtwo could sense and judge Regirock's strength. His psychic power was truly formidable.
In the ga, after finding that Regirock remained motionless, wtwo's character took one last look at the sleeping Titan before turning and leaving the cavern.
His objective was clear: proceed to the next Gym location, Dewford Town.
Dewford Gym, a Fighting-type Gym.
The Gym Leader was Brawly, a Fighting-type specialist.
The trainers inside the Gym used exclusively Fighting-type Pokémon: Machop, Makuhita, ditite...
Beedrill's Bug/Poison typing gave it ¼× resistance to Fighting-type moves!
Those trainers' Fighting-type attacks barely scratched Beedrill.
anwhile, Beedrill's Poison Sting and wing attacks dealt massive damage.
wtwo cleared these NPCs even more easily than in Granite Cave. Beedrill practically steamrolled through all the Gym's preliminary challengers with overwhelming force.
Soon, wtwo stood before Gym Leader Brawly...
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