Chapter 1233: Kinship Identification

Furong let out a soft exclamation.

Baimu, however, found it a bit strange.

Lidi obtained Long He’s remains from Banette…

When did the entrance to the Spirit Realm appear? After all, Lidi is just an ordinary person, he would have to enter the gap between reality and the Spirit Realm to see Banette, right?

He couldn’t help but glance at Furong beside him.

“Why are you looking at me? You also entered Room 1608 alone.” Furong said, wearing an expression that suggested Baimu was acting unusual.

Baimu tried to argue, “I did it through ancient scripts—”

Furong shook her index finger, “Whether it’s ancient scripts or something else, the logic is the same. There are two prerequisites for entering the Spirit Realm—mediators and a special environment. Anyone can enter if they meet these two conditions.”

You are the professional, I suppose you’re right.

He decisively accepted this explanation, turning his thoughts to the next issue—can Lidi really confirm that the remains he obtained belong to Long He?

Is there a significant possibility that Banette deceived Lidi?

Or.

Did Banette deceive him and Furong too? But such deception seems pointless unless it’s confident they wouldn’t be able to return afterwards or find Long He.

Shanren also contemplated this matter, took out his phone, and decided to just tell Baimu, “Let’s go find Teacher Lidi directly!”

Rather than communicating through the phone, it’s better to ask face-to-face to understand the matters clearly!

“Then I’ll call Hoopa over first.”

Baimu didn’t say much, took out his phone to call Balza, to ask him to bring Hoopa over to assist.

Special praise must be given here to the electronic information engineering during Pyrite Town’s rebuilding, even so deep underground there is signal, saving the trouble of climbing out.

During the wait.

Shanren briefly described the specific content of his conversation with Elder Lidi.

The events started after Baimu woke from his dream, when Lidi and others used accumulated gunpowder and explosives to make bombs, collapsing the mine and the underground arena.

——

The sky crumbled and the earth split, the ground shook and the mountains trembled.

“Banette!”

Lidi, thrown off by the impact, quickly stood up and dashed to where Banette was, only to find a heap of rubble made of fallen stones, with Banette nowhere to be seen.

Chaos reigned all around, everyone was shocked by the explosion’s power.

Some people were injured with head wounds from falling stones, and two unlucky Pokémon were directly pinned by large rocks. Luckily their defenses were strong, and with the assistance of other Pokémon, the stones were either moved or broken, allowing them to escape.

People quickly turned their attention to Lidi, who was desperately digging at the dirt, and rushed to lend a hand.

“Banette! Answer me quickly!”

Lidi anxiously clawed at the stones, disregarding his bleeding fingers.

Banette was a Pokémon entrusted to him by his brother, their partner, if anything happened to it, how would he explain it to his brother? How would he explain it to everyone who promised to leave together?

Due to the collective efforts of everyone and their Pokémon, the pile of stones was soon cleared, yet Banette remained missing.

As if it had vanished into thin air.

At the same time.

Others realized that besides Banette, two people and some Pokémon were also missing due to the explosion’s shock, whether buried somewhere or having fled in panic into a blocked mine shaft.

Lidi’s hands trembled as he gasped for air, surrounded by gazes awaiting his decision.

Someone whispered a suggestion, “Why don’t we split up to search?”

However.

The suggestion was quickly met with rebuttal.

“But my brother said our only chance is to leave the mine during the chaos, once those guys realize, we won’t be able to leave anymore…”

“That’s true…”

Several murmurs arose, accompanied by worried Pokémon.

The person who proposed got angry instantly and pointed at them, whispering furiously, “What are you all saying! Are you suggesting we abandon our missing companions here?!”

Those unwilling to abandon companions, both people and Pokémon, clearly outnumbered the few speaking earlier, glaring at them angrily.

The flustered ones quickly defended.

“I didn’t mean it like that, stop saying that…”

“But…”

“Enough!” Lidi shouted, scanning everyone through the dark tunnels, “We’ve come this far because we’ve been united! If anyone betrays, the only path left for us is death!

“We have to find the missing people and Pokémon! They’re our companions! Today, we abandon them, tomorrow, we can abandon any one of you, is this what everyone wants to see? Remember what my brother said, we weak can only survive by sticking together!”

The backbone spoke, leaving the rest without any stray thoughts.

Even those who had thought of escaping immediately.

However.

Lidi also knew that the opportunity once lost wouldn’t come again. He divided the search team into three groups, additionally setting up a group of the old, sick, and young to retreat first.

The searching groups were to use the backup plan’s explosives as a cue; if nothing was found, they would retreat further, and so on.

As if born with it, Lidi’s organizational skills were one reason people trusted him, despite lacking formal education, he managed personnel arrangements excellently.

Upon command.

Mining workers who initially planned to retreat began searching for the missing.

Lidi’s group headed towards the arena, as he suspected that Banette might have fled to find his brother, but even if they didn’t find it, he could turn the task over to his omnipotent brother.

He firmly believed in this person who pointed him towards his future, taught him many things, and could do anything.

During the search.

Lidi noticed many mine shafts had completely collapsed, and it took a long time to find a barely passable route, encountering several unlucky ones pinned beneath rocks along the way.