After bidding farewell to Karen, Axel once again headed to the Terrarium.
"Hoo, coming to the entrance three times, now finally entered," After entering the Terrarium, Axel curiously sized up this place.
The sun and clouds in the sky were vividly lifelike, with no sign at all that this was an enormous indoor space.
Aside from the central area, the Terrarium was additionally divided into four separate biomes.
Savannah Biome, Coastal Biome, Canyon Biome, Polar Biome.
Each biome covered a vast area, in no way inferior to some ordinary secret realms in the outside world.
The distribution of pokémons was even more densely packed. Not long after entering, Axel already saw a few green Grimer and long-necked Exeggutor at the entrance of the Savannah Biome.
These were all forms of pokémons that only appeared in Alola.
"Junior, you're here," Seeing Axel appear, a girl in a light purple windbreaker with a small rhinestone hair clip stood on tiptoe and waved at Axel.
Axel raised an eyebrow, "Lacey, you're here too?"
"That's right, I'm a member of the League Club. Teacher Briar asked me to come here to inform you all of some precautions."
"Because many people don't understand the rules of the Terrarium, it's easy to get injured inside."
Saying this, Lacey looked Axel up and down, then made an "X" sign with both hands, "For example, you, right now, are wrong."
"In the Terrarium, you must summon a pokémon to carry with you at all times, otherwise you'll easily get attacked."
"This place is modeled after real secret realms, and the pokémons have all grown up in wild conditions."
"It's very different from your Aurient's breeding facilities !"
"Alright~", Axel grinned, then summoned Gholdengo.
Just now, Iono took Gardevoir and Pheromosa out shopping, and Axel had them bring Nihilego along too.
After all, she's also a little girl.
The three little dragons went to participate in the competition. Besides a few divine beasts, Axel currently had only Gholdengo left at his side.
Seeing Gholdengo appear, Lacey smiled and nodded.
"With him around, it should be fine, but be cautious going to the Canyon Biome. The pokémons there all basically know Ground-type moves."
"Okay," Axel bid Lacey farewell and planned to head straight to the Polar Biome.
Seeing the direction Axel was going, Lacey suddenly grabbed his arm.
"Junior, wait, you're going to the Polar Biome?"
Axel nodded, "Yes, I heard the scenery in the Polar Biome is nice, so I plan to go take a look. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"It's not that it's not allowed...", Lacey's expression became a bit strange, "It's just that after you go there, you need to be careful, don't let your heart overflow with love, that's all."
"The pokémons there, how should I put it?"
Seeing Lacey hesitating, Axel blinked, "The pokémons there are dirty?"
Lacey shook her head, "It's not that they're dirty. Anyway, you'll know once you go."
"Remember what I said, absolutely, absolutely do not let your heart overflow with love."
"Alright, I'll definitely remember."
Watching Axel and Gholdengo walk off into the distance, Lacey sighed helplessly.
Axel's nonchalant expression really didn't look like someone who would remember.
What she just wanted to say was, recently the pokémons in the Polar Biome had somehow all become extremely fond of faking injury.
Some pokémons would fall to the ground and not get up after being touched by a trainer, demanding two thousand yuan worth of healing spray.
Some pokémons, after being researched by a teacher, would ask for tens of thousands.
Even more absurdly, some cute pokémons, like the Alolan Vulpix, would ask for money just for being petted.
The overall style had skewed completely off track.
And they had never once used force. The school couldn't even intervene if it wanted to.
Most crucially, faced with Axel, a student from another school, Lacey really couldn't bring herself to say that their own school's pokémons would fake injury.
"Anyway, I've already warned him. Hopefully he won't be deceived by those pokémons' cute appearances."
"But..."
"That guy still has a Gholdengo with him, so he should be taken care of a bit, right?"
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The Terrarium was huge, and Axel currently didn't have a suitable mount-type pokémon in hand.
Plus, occasionally mischievous pokémons would initiate battles with them, so Axel, along with Gholdengo, walked for nearly an hour before reaching the intersection between the Savannah Biome and the Polar Biome.
Axel was still fine. After all, he had unlocked the Super True Rookie physique and trained it well.
He strode swiftly the entire way, almost dragging Gholdengo to exhaustion.
Gholdengo was now even panting while walking...
This proved one thing: the traits inherited from Ash were even scarier than a body forged from gold.
Just as Axel was planning to let Gholdengo rest, he suddenly saw a huge Avalugg carrying several students walking over.
Gholdengo's eyes immediately lit up, tugging at Axel's pant leg and excitedly pointing at Avalugg's back.
"Walala~"
"Master, I want to ride that!'
"Don't mess around," Axel plopped down on the ice block and placed Gholdengo on his lap.
"That Avalugg obviously has an owner. If they were heading inward, we might be able to hitch a ride, but they're clearly leaving."
"Walala!", Gholdengo vigorously shook his head and pointed to Avalugg's shoulder, signaling Axel to look there.
Axel followed the direction Gholdengo was pointing, and the next moment, his mouth opened wide.
'What the heck, there is actually a QR code sticker on this Avalugg's shoulder?'
'Could it be that some student really has such business acumen to run a commercial operation inside the Terrarium?'
But what happened next once again shattered Axel's worldview.
After paying, all the students jumped off Avalugg's body, no one stayed behind.
'Could this thing actually be unmanned?'
Axel suddenly started considering whether he should send Gyarados out to earn some money for the family...
While he was deep in thought, those students passed by him, chatting excitedly.
"Damn, who said the Polar Biome was strange? This is royal-level enjoyment."
"Exactly, exactly!", A girl beside him nodded vigorously, "We actually got to pet cute Alolan Vulpix and Glaceon. These two thousand yuan were so worth it."
"And that Avalugg, I never imagined in my life that Avalugg could be used as a taxi. The emotional value is off the charts."
"Go, go, go, let's head out and earn more money. Once we've earned enough, we're coming back!"
Hearing their conversation, Axel blinked in surprise.
'Listen to what you guys are saying, does it sound right?'
'This is the Terrarium, not a brothel in heaven!'
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