Early the next morning, Xia Chen woke up early.

Outside the house, it was snowing again.

Xia Chen, who had not yet fully woken up, glanced at the snowflakes falling like goose feathers outside the window, followed his instinct and subconsciously buried his head in the quilt, and then was ruthlessly lifted by Duo Longqi.

"Odd—(Hurry up, we made an appointment with Dr. Orin to go to District Zero today!) ）”

Duo Longqi excitedly urged Xia Chen.

He has been in a state of excitement for the past few days, in fact, it is not difficult to understand that he has been waiting for evolution for almost half a year.

Brother Doron Messia has also been waiting for his sister's resurrection for almost half a year.

Seeing that the sticky treasures who joined the team half a year late have evolved into sticky dragons, it must be false to say that they are not envious, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and Duolongqi is finally looking forward to this day.

Although the heating is turned on in the room, it must be far worse than the warm bed.

Xia Chen curled up, trying to use his superpowers to pull the quilt back, but was bitten by Duolongqi and Duolong Messia, a dragon biting a quilt and pulling it out, this scene is a bit like a tug-of-war.

(Okay, don't make trouble, Xia Chen, let's get up)"

Shanaiduo, who got up early to meditate and train on the side, played a round field, but this time the little padded jacket did not stand on the side of Xia Chen as brainlessly as before, but helped Duo Longqi.

As an elf, she knew how important this was to Doronki.

Of course, Xia Chen also knew, but he was instinctively lazy just now, and after waking up at this moment, he slowly got out of the bed.

Doing this kind of thing in the early winter morning is somewhat reluctant

After washing up with the elves, Xia Chen went downstairs and found a random place to have breakfast next to the hotel.

A Padian breakfast is over, and the day begins.

Because he had made an appointment with Dr. Orin to go to the gate of Area Zero today, Xia Chen didn't go to the nearby Brewing Light City to find the strange tree, or to see if he could contact Paipa to catch up with the old days.

He decided to go straight to Jinhui Town, where the Gate of Zone Zero was located.

The weather was so bad that Xia Chen didn't think about riding directly on the old Leton or Menas.

Drifting in the sky for hours next to this kind of heavy snow is a proper old sin.

So, after booking the earliest flight to the third district of the west, Xia Chen set off to wait for the airport.

The snow was so heavy that the plane was delayed two or three times, and it was just after 11 a.m. that he arrived in Jinhui Town, located in the 3rd Western District.

…………

Xia Chen thought that this was a very prosperous city.

But unlike his imagination, Jinhui Town is a nostalgic town full of humanity.

Perhaps because District Zero is not open to the public, Jinhui Town, which has a gate in District Zero, is not developed, and the most shops on the streets and alleys are not shops or anything, but restaurants.

This phenomenon is quite rare in Donghuang, and it is worthy of Jinhui Town being called the "Padia Food Capital".

Jinhui Town is not big, but it also has a Taoist hall - the general Jinhui Taoist hall.

Thinking of visiting the place where he was traveling with him, Xia Chen decided to visit the Jinhui Daoist Hall in front of the gate of the zero area.

But the strange thing is that Xia Chen searched for Jinhui Daoguan on the map of Lothom, and the place he navigated to turned out to be a restaurant called "Treasure Canteen".

Xia Chen looked at his mobile phone Lotom with humble eyes, and complained: "Lotom, you can't load the map of lack of virtue, right?" Referring to the hotel as a gym, there is really you! ”

Lotom had an aggrieved expression on his screen, "The navigation shows that the Jinhui Daoist Hall is here Loto."

Xia Chen still looked at Lothom with suspicion.

It's no secret that mischievous animatronic ghosts don't lie like artificial intelligence, so there's a chance that Lothom could refer to rats as ducks.

It's not that Xia Chen doesn't trust Lothom, it's just that the gym he is looking for is a hotel or something, no matter from what point of view, it is too outrageous.

While one person and one mobile phone were arguing, a diner passing by said, "Young trainer, are you going to challenge Jinhui Gym?" That's it, that's it."

Xia Chen twitched the corner of his mouth, according to the meaning of this passerby, is the Jinhui Daoist Museum really hidden here?

Even if it's hidden in the city, it's a bit outrageous to hide in a hotel, right?

No, the question should be that why should a good gym be hidden, instead of opening it on the side of the road?

Xia Chen just wanted to ask this passer-by who reminded him, but saw that he had already walked in unhurriedly with a briefcase, and he bowed slightly to show his tired back, and he looked like a social animal.

For a while, Xia Chen was even more curious about this Jinhui Dao Hall.

Anyway, it was only noon at this time, and it was too late to enter Area Zero in the afternoon, so he simply walked in to prepare to find out, and had lunch by the way.

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The layout of the Bao Canteen is very different from other places, and the center of the hall is made up of a circle of extra-long tables that are spliced together and enclosed in a rectangle.

Xia Chen, with a keen sense of smell as a trainer, found that the size of this rectangle was about the same as that of the battlefield, and he sighed in his heart.

, Jinhui Daoist is really here!

What about the owner?

Because Xia Chen had no intention of challenging the gym, he didn't check the information on the Internet in advance, so he naturally didn't know the identity of the hall owner, but now he became more and more curious.

Like the glass bottle gym I went to before, is it a restaurant owner?

It's not impossible.

With curiosity, Xia Chen found a table that had just left the table and sat down.

looked left and right, but found that the table next to me happened to be the man in the suit who reminded him when he entered the door.

At this moment, he was taking out the Poké Ball with a dejected face, and after releasing the Pokémon, he began to order.

Maybe it's because of the personality of the trainer, the man's elf looks listless, which can be very aptly described by a popular Internet word in Donghuang - rotten.

It was the first time that Xia Chen saw the spiritless appearance of Muck Eagle and Warrior Eagle, who are known for their perseverance and sharpness, and he thought it was quite interesting.

The other elves were similarly like this, lying motionless on the table like a specimen, holding the man's arm and not letting go like a pendant.

It's not easy to get together such a wonderful family.

Xia Chen complained silently in his heart, but suddenly discovered something.

Are these elves all of them of general attributes?

It won't. He's the gym master, right?

Xia Chen reached out the power of the waveguide again to feel their breath, and the result shocked him even more-

Under the ordinary and even somewhat lazy appearance, the strength of these elves is without exception, and they are all at the level of heavenly kings!

The case has been solved, and this social animal is the owner of the Jinhui Daoguan!

Xia Chen is numb, the owner of the Glass Bottle Gym is a chef, and the owner of the Brewing Light Gym is the anchor, forget it, the owner of the Jinhui Daoist Pavilion is actually a social animal office worker!

Are all the masters of the Gym in Pardea so demonic?

…………

Perhaps it was Xia Chen's staring for too long that attracted the attention of the social animal, and the man turned his head and looked back at Xia Chen with a pair of eyes full of dark circles around him, his eyes were weak.

Before Xia Chen could figure out how to greet him, the man walked over and sat down opposite Xia Chen.

The first thing that came out of the mouth was, "Hurry, I'm in a hurry." ”

Xia Chen opened his mouth slightly, not knowing how to answer for a while.

"Aren't you going to challenge the gym? If you don't speak, I'll abstain from voting! ”

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, his voice was obviously louder, not because of Xia Chen's friction, but more happy in his tone, as if he was happy that he didn't have to fight elf battles.

At this moment, Xia Chen finally reacted, and after organizing the language briefly, he replied: "Uh, hello the hall owner, I'm not here to challenge the hall, because I am also a hall owner, and I want to visit when I pass by here, so I will argue with Lothom when I am at the door." ”

The man sighed, clearly the meaning of the question, but his tone was as calm as an answer.

"It's too hard to work at such a young age."

His expression was a little embarrassed, as if he had brought himself into it.

Xia Chen twitched the corners of his mouth, and suddenly felt a little sad for a moment.

At my age, other peers are talking about love and playing simple campus leagues on campus, and I have so many jobs and responsibilities.

What's going on with suddenly feeling so tired

Shanaiduo, who was sitting on the side, sensed the depressed mood of his trainer, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to convey gentle emotional comfort, and Xia Chen suddenly woke up.

Good guy, it turns out that frustration can really be contagious!

Xia Chen hurriedly changed the topic and said, "I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Xia Chen, I am from the Donghuang region, and I am the owner of the Yuanling Dao Pavilion that is about to be established." ”

The man let out a long sigh, but the focus was quite peculiar, "Donghuang area, I heard that your education there is very rolly, is that so?"

"Well, yes."

Xia Chen was slightly stunned and nodded, feeling a little strange in his heart.

Looking at this reaction, he hadn't even heard of himself?

That's a bit unusual.

Although it is a bit narcissistic to say this, Xia Chen is still quite confident in his popularity, as long as he has paid attention to current affairs in the past two years, he should not have heard of it

He still suffered an early loss from the crossing, if he played Zhu Zi, Xia Chen would be able to get a glimpse of the temperament of this social animal hall owner named Aoki from the game.

When the protagonist of the game and Nimo staged a fateful duel, and all the other pavilion owners Four Heavenly Kings were watching carefully, he calmly turned around and left with his briefcase.

Such a character, not taking the initiative to contact current affairs in the outside world, and placing himself on Mars, does not seem too difficult to understand.

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"Ah yes, my name is Aoki, and I am the owner of the Jinhui Gym that does not exist, and I am also the Four Heavenly Kings of the Pardea, and I am also the head of the Jinhui Town Branch of the Padia Alliance, alas, life is really difficult."

Although frustrated, Aoki introduced himself politely.

Then he said, "Thank you for not challenging me, in that case, I invite you and your elves to eat the grilled rice balls, which are very delicious and are simply the motivation for me to live."

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, Xia Chen had to nod in agreement.

For convenience, Aoki simply moved over with his elves and shared a table with Xia Chen.

Listlessly beckoning the waiter to come over, Aoki began to order food succinctly.

"The old three are the same, the double part is not right, the three parts are it."

Xia Chen was speechless again, ordering food can point out suspense, and it's just this lazy guy.

While waiting for the food to be served, the two chatted with each other.

It's all about life, food, travel, and other light topics, work or elf battles, and nothing is said.

Xia Chen thinks that this guy Aoki is quite interesting, he is mourned, but he has his own philosophy of life, presumably this is his way of spiritual liberation.

It's a bit like the cynicism that chooses to face the rotten after seeing through the nature of the world, but it's very different.

But no matter what, Xia Chen chatted with him quite happily.

This restaurant is not a high-end restaurant, and the food is very efficient, and after a while, a magic masked meow wearing a waiter's suit walks up with a plate.

"Meow~ (Stupid human, your dish is here!) ）”

Looking at the magic masked meow with a smile on his face under the mask, but with a disrespectful statement on his mouth, Xia Chen didn't know how many times he twitched the corners of his mouth today.

Because humans can't understand elven language, can they disobey yin and yang?

What a hateful cat, if it falls into my hands!

Hum

Magic Kamen Meow and Xia Chen glanced at each other, and their intuition told her that this human understood that she was scolding him, but she didn't mean to be guilty or guilty.

After snorting, he turned his head proudly, then turned around, walked on a pair of long black silk legs, and walked away with elegant cat steps.

Aoki on the side said quietly: "Adults have to learn to see through and not say it, the diners here actually know that Magic Kamen Meow is scolding them, but everyone pretends not to know, and even many people enjoy her abuse." ”

Xia Chenren was so numb that he had no expression.

Sure enough, there are some problems with humans and elves in this town!

…………

After criticizing this group of perverts, Xia Chen finally had time to watch today's lunch.

Aoki's old three are finally revealed—grilled rice balls, padia paella, padia ham, and in addition to the main dish, there are also some side dishes of vegetables and fruits, and an unknown cold soup.

It smells good, but I don't know how it tastes.

"Okay, you're welcome, please get started."

"Thank you for your hospitality."

After the host and guest politely greeted each other, the two began to eat.

Judging from the chef's point of view, the taste of the dishes here is a bit heavy, and there are many flaws in details such as the heat of the ingredients.

But from a simple diner's point of view, Xia Chen can score 80 points, focusing on parity and conscience, and it can also be called delicious.

The elves whose appetites were raised by Xia Chen were a little picky, and their eating speed was much slower than usual.

On the other side, the dejected Aoki cooks quite slowly, and I don't know if it's to save time for a lunch break, or if I really like to eat so much.

In short, a table full of dishes, two people and a group of elves wiped it out in ten minutes.

Helping the Tree Pillow Bear wipe his mouth and wipe his mouth again, Aoki nodded slightly, "Thank you very much for spending a pleasant lunch time with me, then, I will go back to the league and continue to work."

Because he said going to work, his voice naturally slowly lowered.

"By the way, if you're going to the Sector Zero Institute, a reminder not to put too much faith in what you see."

Before parting, Aoki reminded pointedly.

Xia Chen was overwhelmed by this sudden riddle, how did Aoki know that he was going to Area Zero, and what did he mean by this?

The former is easy to understand, after all, when you come to Jinhui Town, you can't come here to eat, right?

The only thing that attracts a gym-level trainer is the entrance to Sector Zero.

Aoki is a smart man, and it's not hard to guess that.

What does it mean to keep yourself from believing it, and to talk about the Sector Zero Institute, not Sector Zero itself?

What is the problem with that institute?

…………

"Aoki-senpai, I don't really understand what you mean, can you make it clearer?"

Confused, Xia Chen begged the Riddler to reveal his riddle.

Aoki showed a smile of "everyone who understands" and replied: "That's purely my personal speculation, I'm an official member of the alliance, it's hard to say more, it's a rumor, but I don't think there should be any danger, in short, come on boy"

After speaking, he turned his back and waved his hand to say goodbye, and the back of the briefcase was gloomy but majestic.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as he wanted, and before he left the treasure cafeteria, he met a trainer who came to him to challenge the gym.

Aoki sighed and was forced to go to work.

Xia Chen didn't have the time to watch a gym challenge, this kind of competition couldn't appreciate the real level of the hall owner at all, and it was not interesting.

So he left this very distinctive "Daoguan" and set off for the gate of the zero area.

Aoki's "unwilling" voice faintly came from behind him.

"It's a very powerful challenger, I feel like I'm going to lose."

"Excuse me, it's okay if I use the moves that people in society are good at, right?"

"Go for Muk Hawk, use the hard brace!"

“.”

Xia Chen shook his head with a smile.

What an interesting guy.

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Located in the easternmost part of Jinhui Town, the Gate of Zone Zero is a very majestic steel building.

As the only official entrance to the mysterious Sector Zero, it is naturally heavily guarded.

Xia Chen rode about three kilometers away from the old Leton before he was stopped by a man in the outfit of a guard with a bone pattern loud crocodile beside him.

"At the gate of the zero zone ahead, those who do not have an access certificate are not allowed to enter."

Xia Chen turned over and explained, "I contacted Dr. Orin from the Zero Research Institute yesterday, you can verify, my name is Xia Chen, and this is my trainer card. ”

As he spoke, he handed out his gym-level trainer card.

The guard checked the passcard and then took out the communication machine pinned to his chest to contact the gate.

After communicating for about ten minutes and obtaining layers of approvals, the guards nodded and let them go.

After that, the journey was much smoother, so Lerton ran all the way and took Xia Chen to the gate gate.

After a strict iris check and other high-tech inspections that Xia Chen couldn't understand, at last, a small door next to the large gate opened, and an expressionless guard led him in.

Xia Chen looked at the huge iron gate with a length of dozens of meters and a width of tens of meters, thinking about its purpose.

Behind the small door is not a smooth road, but a confined space like an elevator.

The screen is very attentive to the introduction video of Zone Zero and the precautions for entering.

Because there is very little information that can be found on the Internet in Area Zero, Xia Chen is also in contact with these contents for the first time, so he began to watch them attentively.

(End of chapter)