Pokémon: From Magikarp

Suddenly, bursts of beast roars were heard in the originally quiet forest. Lin Shi looked down from his high vantage point and could only see the figures of elves running wildly in the forest, causing the trees to shake.

"what happened?"

Seeing this scene, Lin Shi frowned slightly, but did not stop, and the speed of the Shield Sword Monster increased again.

Soon he saw light and swaying figures in the forest not far away, which made him happy and he flew over immediately.

"who?"

Lin Shi's appearance immediately aroused vigilance. Lin Shi took a look and found that he knew these people. They were all from the Reclamation Department. It seemed that the school team had joined forces with the Reclamation Department.

"Hello, I'm also a member of the pioneering team. My name is Lin Shi."

Lin Shi took out his ID and said, the other party quickly verified it and nodded at Lin Shi.

It was only then that Lin Shi began to observe this temporary base. In two days, quite a few people gathered here.

But he didn't know if it was because of the light, but he found that everyone seemed to be in a wrong state.

how to say?

Very tired and anxious...

"Sister Qiu Ning."

Soon, Lin Shi found Qiu Ning. Looking at her back, Lin Shi shouted. Hearing the voice, Qiu Ning turned her head subconsciously, but her condition really scared Lin Shi.

Qiu Ning's face was pale, his hair was messy, and his originally clear eyes were full of bloodshot.

"Lin Shi? Ah...you're here?"

When he saw Lin Shi, Lin Shi's eyes lit up, but then he yawned, rubbed his eyes and greeted Lin Shi.

Looking at Qiu Ning's appearance, Lin Shi frowned.

"Sister Qiu Ning, you...what's going on?"

Lin Shi also realized the problem. The people he had just seen seemed to be like this, as if they had not rested for a long time.

"What else could it be? I couldn't sleep. I haven't had a good rest for two days. I'm exhausted."

Qiu Ning yawned as she spoke, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

Lin Shi’s eyes widened.

Can't sleep?

What a niche vocabulary.

In this world, Lin Shi has never heard of insomnia. After all, this is a world of Pokémon, and there are a lot of Pokémon with hypnotic skills.

Although there are some diseases that can cause insomnia so severe that even elves find it difficult to completely suppress it, they are just exceptions after all, and Qiu Ning doesn't look like someone with this disease.

"What's going on? Why am I suffering from insomnia? Can't the elves in the team cure it?"

Lin Shi was a little confused and asked quickly.

"what……"

As soon as Lin Shi finished speaking, Qiu Ning yawned again, which made Lin Shi feel sleepy and he yawned too. He was indeed very tired that day.

Seeing Lin Shi yawning, Qiu Ning, who was about to say something, couldn't help but yawn again.

Then Lin Shi followed suit..."

"what……"

"what……"

……

"Okay, okay, stop it, pause for a moment."

Lin Shi patted his face and said with more energy.

Qiu Ning also recovered a little. He moved his body to keep himself energetic and spoke slowly.

"You can see that I am indeed very sleepy, but I just can't fall asleep. Even the elves' hypnosis skills can't solve it. It's not just me, other people are the same."

"We speculate that there might be something wrong with this secret realm that deprived everyone of sleep. We haven't found the cause yet, but everyone's condition is getting worse and worse. If this continues, let alone completing the mission and exploring the secret realm, we won't be able to hold on."

Qiu Ning explained the reason, and Lin Shi touched his nose and continued to ask.

"No one can sleep? Is it just in the forest, or everywhere? Are only humans unable to sleep? What about the elves?"

Lin Shi's rapid-fire questions immediately tangled Qiu Ning's already exhausted brain. He pressed his temples for a while before he reacted and answered them one by one.

"Yes, according to the information gathered by the people we met in the past two days, whether in the forest, the wilderness or other places, there are varying degrees of insomnia."

"Some people are still asleep, but suddenly wake up and can't fall asleep again, while others can't fall asleep from the beginning to the end."

"According to our statistics, the closer you are to a forest or volcano, the more severe the situation is, while in remote wilderness near the edge, the situation is much less severe."

Hearing this, Lin Shi frowned. He thought of himself. Although he did not sleep well last night, he did not suffer from insomnia.

Is it because it is in the wilderness, so the severity is less...

Lin Shi thought carefully, while Qiu Ning continued to answer Lin Shi's questions.

"As for the Pokémons, the same is true. But after returning to the Poké Ball, they can naturally have a good rest. It's not a big deal."

"The main reason is that humans can't hold out for long in this state. If we don't find the cause and get a good night's sleep, I estimate that it won't be long before the team returns to Baishan. We have to make long-term plans."

Qiu Ning sighed. With so many secret realms appearing in the world, this was the first time they had heard of such a thing. The feeling of dying before accomplishing anything was really uncomfortable.

But after listening to Qiu Ning's words, Lin Shi felt something was wrong.

If elves can't sleep, then why are there so many elves living in the forest? They don't need sleep, do they?

Thinking of the anxious roars of the elves he had just heard in the forest, Lin Shi had some vague inferences in his mind.

This insomnia condition should have occurred recently, or it occurred after the secret realm was opened!

"By the way, Sister Qiu Ning, how do you feel when you can't sleep? Are you awakened by a nightmare?"

Lin Shi asked tentatively. He remembered that Darkrai's characteristic was that he could pull everyone into a nightmare. Since there were traces of the Dream God appearing here, maybe Darkrai was also related to this.

"No, I just can't sleep."

Qiu Ning shook her head and said bluntly that she wanted to have a nightmare, but now she didn't even have the chance to dream.

“It’s like a switch flips just as you’re about to fall asleep and you wake up.”

"Some people even tried to let the elves knock them out, but they woke up soon after and were in worse condition."

"This……"

Lin Shi frowned slightly, not knowing the reason for a moment.

"Hey? Lin Shi, I noticed that you are in good shape."

Qiu Ning, who was a little dazed, found that Lin Shi looked very healthy, and did not look tired at all like them.

"Ah, I don't know what happened. It may be because I came here relatively late and spent most of the time in the wilderness."

Lin Shi scratched his head and told the truth that he really hadn't figured out why he wasn't troubled by insomnia.

At this moment, he also remembered the continuous wolf howling he heard last night. Now he thought that it was not because those wolf Pokémon couldn't sleep that they kept howling...

"Oh, that's how it is……"

Qiu Ning nodded without thinking much about it.

"Is there anything that brings you here so late? And have you found your Wind Speed ​​Dog? I have collected some materials for you, maybe I can help you."

Qiu Ning went on to say that she clearly remembered the purpose of Lin Shi's coming to the secret realm. In the past few days, she also helped Lin Shi collect some information about the wind speed dogs in the secret realm and was planning to give it to him.

Hearing this, Lin Shi's eyes suddenly widened, and he became much more alert all of a sudden, almost forgetting about the important matter!

"By the way, Sister Qiu Ning, I came here to tell you that the volcano is about to erupt. You must hurry and leave here!!"

"what?!"

Qiu Ning seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water and suddenly woke up.

……