017 Dark Forest
Dark Forest [Japanese: ใใใใใฎใใ, Ankoku_no_Mori, English: Dark_Forest]
[A black forest shrouded in thick fog.] ใ
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The Dark Forest is located west of Shion Town and east of Golden City, and is a large locust forest.
The fog is perennial, the heavy canopy of locust trees makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate, and the forest is gloomy and gloomy even during the day, giving people an oppressive chill.
The Dark Forest is a gathering place for ghost-type Pokรฉmon. Most of the ghost-type Pokรฉmon that live here are fierce and aggressive, and are strongly hostile to those who enter the forest without permission.
The bizarre magnetic field renders most electronic devices unusable in the Dark Forest, and the compass fails completely. Coupled with the foggy weather and the obstruction of wild Pokรฉmon, travelers often get lost in the forest and find it difficult to get out, and cases of permanent disappearance abound.
Decades ago, the Alliance Tourism Bureau classified the Dark Forest as a C-level hazardous area. As a result, few trainers now deliberately go deep into it, and most choose to take a detour.
It is said that hundreds of years ago, the Dark Forest did not fog very often, and there were villages and towns in the forest. But now, it has become a desolate place with no human habitation, and there are many abandoned old houses in the forest.
It's not uncommon to see strange stories about the Dark Forest and its old houses on the GT forums.
In the depths of the Dark Forest, there is a hidden field of sunflowers. Without the canopy of the locust trees, the sunlight shines through the mist and sprinkles on the golden petals, creating a warm scenery that is incompatible with the atmosphere of the Dark Forest.
There is a two-story log cabin in front of the flower field, and it seems that people occasionally live here.
There is a well-known urban legend about the Dark Forest: on a full moon night, the masked soul slayer will arrive at the Spirit Tower in Aster Town, fight the evil spirits in the tower, and then disappear into the Dark Forest in the west. Its authenticity has yet to be verified.