At Ursaring's warm invitation, Lin Fan reluctantly tasted the honey.
Hmm, no doubt about it, it was that same honey; the taste was identical, and even Beedrill's covetous expression from the side was the same as before.
"But Ariados also mentioned a fruit. What kind of fruit could captivate them so much?" Lin Fan looked at Ursaring and asked.
Upon hearing this, the latter unhesitatingly rummaged through his food pile and finally pulled out a somewhat peculiar-looking fruit.
"Liechi Berry!" Lin Fan exclaimed in surprise.
This wasn't a basic fruit like a peach fruit, but a more powerful, high-grade fruit, extremely precious for Bug-type Pokémon. No wonder Ariados came to snatch it.
But the problem was, this kind of fruit usually only grows in secret realms. How did it end up in Ursaring's hands?
Also, could the fruit ingredient used for this honey be the Liechi Berry?
The more Lin Fan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. No wonder the effect was so good.
Ursaring saw Lin Fan deep in thought, blinked his eyes, and directly handed both the Liechi Berry and the honey to Lin Fan, letting out a low growl.
"You want to give them to me?" Lin Fan was surprised. After receiving an affirmative answer, he pondered for a moment and, without being polite, accepted Ursaring's gift.
He had helped Ursaring, so it was reasonable to accept some compensation from him.
"By the way, where did you get this fruit? Can you take me there?" Playing with the fruit in his hand, Lin Fan looked at Ursaring. If he could find the Liechi Berry tree, he would strike it rich.
Ursaring shook his head and gestured, indicating that he had only obtained these fruits by chance and didn't know where to get more.
"I see." Just as he was disappointed, the small Ariados next to him suddenly became excited, struggling to gesture something.
"You know?" Lin Fan was startled, looking at him suspiciously.
Ariados nodded repeatedly, looking eagerly at Lin Fan, seemingly hoping to use this to make Lin Fan release them.
After a moment of thought, glancing at the already unconscious large Ariados, Lin Fan said, "If you can really take me to find more Liechi Berries, I can consider letting you go."
Although he said that, Lin Fan didn't hold much hope for it.
If they really knew the whereabouts of other Liechi Berries, why would they come to steal Ursaring's?
However, there was no harm in trying. At least, given their excitement, they should indeed know some good things.
Thinking of this, Lin Fan decisively had Beedrill wrap the large Ariados into a zongzi, carried by Ursaring, while the small Ariados had a thick layer of Silk Thread wrapped around his waist and abdomen to prevent him from escaping.
"Lead the way."
At his command, Ariados immediately walked forward. Lin Fan followed with Beedrill, while Ursaring, holding Teddiursa and carrying the large Ariados, followed behind, having voluntarily become Lin Fan's bodyguard.
However, halfway through the journey, Ursaring seemed to realize Ariados's destination and immediately became hesitant, seemingly unwilling to go there.
Lin Fan was startled. His first reaction was that Ariados wanted to trick him, so he immediately stared at him with an unkind gaze, waiting for his explanation.
Under Beedrill's Double Needle threat, Ariados timidly gestured and explained in a low voice. Lin Fan's brows gradually furrowed.
A human building? And the humans inside would occasionally come out to hunt them, which is why they fled from the Water Moon Forest's interior a while ago?
Looking at Ursaring, who was silently stroking his wound, Lin Fan confirmed that what Ariados said was true. Ursaring's wound was not caused during a battle with wild Pokémon, but by those humans.
Glancing at Ariados, who said the place was abandoned, Lin Fan didn't doubt this statement. After all, with how much he valued his life, if the humans inside hadn't left, he wouldn't have possibly returned here.
"Since the humans there have left, there's nothing to be afraid of," Under Lin Fan's comfort, Ursaring hesitated for a moment and continued to walk forward.
It was difficult for Ursaring to still trust him after being harmed by humans. Lin Fan sighed, but a slight curiosity about that human building couldn't be suppressed in his heart.
He had lived in Twilight City for more than ten years and had never heard of such a thing existing in the Water Moon Forest.
In mid-July, there was indeed a thunderstorm, concentrated in the Water Moon Forest, which was quite frightening and unusual. Coincidentally, when he came later, he encountered the fleeing Ariados. Could there be some connection between these events?
Out of curiosity, Lin Fan quickened his pace and soon arrived at the place Ariados mentioned.
It was indeed an abandoned building, with cobwebs at the entrance and half of it collapsed.
Looking at the building, covered in green turf and hidden in the forest, a hint of curiosity flashed in Lin Fan's eyes. He tested the sturdiness of the exterior, confirmed it wouldn't suddenly collapse, and then cautiously entered with his Pokémon.
The building, which looked unremarkable from the outside, had a world of its own inside. Corridors extended in all directions, with many rooms open, silently awaiting exploration by outsiders.
Lin Fan slowly walked deeper inside, glancing into rooms as he passed. He found devices he couldn't understand everywhere, but the faint electric currents emanating from some places made him realize that these devices were related to electricity.
Plasma grass is abundant in the Water Moon Forest and can be used for power generation, so it's normal to have related devices installed here.
But as he approached the central area, the contents of the room on his right side made Lin Fan's eyelids twitch uncontrollably, and his expression became somewhat grim.
The room was very clean, with only an empty operating table, and even the walls were pristine white, as if nothing had ever happened there.
But the items hanging on the wall revealed the room's purpose.
Dissection Room!
"Spearow's wings, Raticate's tail, Parasect's mushrooms, and... Ariados's poison glands and spinnerets."
Glancing at the trembling Ariados, Lin Fan understood why he and the other Ariados had fled earlier.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Fan became somewhat silent.
This is why the Xia Kingdom strictly prohibits and cracks down on the trade of Pokémon organs, especially prohibiting Poison-type Pokémon from strengthening themselves by consuming the poison glands of other Poison-type Pokémon.
Because every poison gland represents the death of a Poison-type Pokémon.
But then Lin Fan frowned.
Because if the other party was hunting Pokémon for these things, there's no reason why they wouldn't take them with them when they left.
Confused, Lin Fan suddenly looked up, staring in another direction.
The Insect Plate seemed to sense something there.
Ignoring the dissection room, Lin Fan walked to a place similar to a laboratory, constantly looking up and down, following the Insect Plate's guidance, and fixed his gaze on a seemingly empty wall.
There was something inside.
Lin Fan walked forward and touched it, and the Insect Plate's sensation became more intense.
"Beedrill, open this!"
Following Lin Fan's command, Beedrill unhesitatingly stepped forward, repeatedly stabbing the same spot with his Poison Sting, and finally finishing with a Double Needle, directly piercing a hole.
With the appearance of the small hole, as if a certain mechanism was damaged, a rectangular crack appeared, and a small piece of the wall popped out directly, revealing the small space inside.
There was a bright yellow Pokémon egg, and a damaged diary.
