"Sir, someone is outside the base. According to our data, it's Yano from Squad Five."
Inside the base, a Team Galactic member was reporting the situation to Jax, the base's highest leader.
"Run a check first to confirm he doesn't have any other devices on him, then let him in."
"Coincidentally, I also want to know what exactly happened to Squad Five that caused them to lose contact."
"Yes, sir!"
With the command issued, someone at the base entrance immediately inspected Yano, confirming he possessed no wiretapping devices before letting him inside.
It wasn't that they didn't want to confiscate his Pokémon, but Yano carried absolutely nothing on his person, which was why they felt so secure.
Once Yano entered, a designated staff member escorted him directly into Jax's office.
"Speak. What on earth happened to you all that caused your entire squad to be wiped out?"
Seeing Yano stand there blankly like a fool upon entering, Jax questioned him with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"May I know how strong you are?"
Hearing this, Yano first raised his head and then directed his question at Jax.
"What do you mean by that?"
Just as Jax's words left his mouth, several dark shadows surged out from Yano's shadow.
At the same time, Yano's face began to shift and blur, ultimately transforming directly into an Alakazam that used its psychic power to restrain Jax.
Taking his backpack back from Gengar, Gu Yuan walked over to Jax's side in a calm and unhurried manner.
As the highest leader of this base, Jax's room naturally contained no surveillance cameras.
"Mega Evolve, Alakazam. I'll have to trouble you for what comes next."
The moment Gu Yuan finished speaking, the light of Mega Evolution enveloped Alakazam.
Once Mega Alakazam appeared, it began to hypnotize Jax.
Initially, Jax resisted with immense intensity, but under Alakazam's repeated psychic onslaughts, he quickly crumbled.
One had to realize that the current Alakazam possessed peak Elite rank strength after undergoing Mega Evolution.
Relying merely on a human physique, how could Jax possibly withstand Alakazam's hypnosis?
After obtaining the intelligence he desired, Gu Yuan had Mega Alakazam control Jax to temporarily cut off all communications within the base.
Next, Gu Yuan deployed Annihilape and the others.
At this moment, every single shadow became exceedingly dangerous, yet the people inside this base clearly failed to notice this fact.
After taking control of the surveillance room first, this base turned into a hunting ground for Annihilape and his team.
By the time the survivors noticed something was amiss, it was already too late.
With their strength, they were fundamentally incapable of resisting the onslaught of Annihilape and the others.
Amidst an atmosphere of sheer despair, everyone else in the base became corpses, leaving only Gu Yuan and Jax alive.
Gu Yuan's reason for striking this Team Galactic base was very simple: it was for the items containing Dialga's or Palkia's power.
Compared to Groudon and Kyogre, Dialga and Palkia had undoubtedly left behind far more traces.
In particular, the two frequently battled each other or joined forces against Giratina, causing them to leave behind numerous objects infused with their energy.
In this very base, two such items existed.
To prevent his true objective from being discovered, Gu Yuan chose to annihilate the entire base completely, thereby scattering Team Galactic's focus.
Plundering every single resource within the base, Gu Yuan had Mega Alakazam control Jax to initiate the self-destruct sequence.
Right before the impending explosion, Gu Yuan finally let Mega Alakazam teleport him away.
The instant they vanished, a violent explosion swallowed the entire base whole.
A chilling sensation permeated the air, causing the surrounding temperature to drop.
"What's going on? Those guys actually set the base temperature this low."
Rubbing his own shoulders, Mair couldn't help but complain.
Just as he prepared to leave the area, he suddenly recalled the recent events, and his hand instantly reached for his Poké Ball.
Yet he was still a step too late. A pitch-black claw pierced through his back, swiftly snuffing out his life force.
Stepping out from the shadows, Gengar vanished along with Mair's corpse, subsequently merging back into the darkness to seek its next target.
The exact same scenario played out across various locations within the base.
Striking from the dark against an unsuspecting foe allowed Gu Yuan's Pokémon to easily cut down the Team Galactic members, who had no hope of evading the ambush.
As the living people inside the base dwindled at an alarming rate, Gu Yuan arrived at the vault where the base stored its precious items.
"There are actually two. My luck is quite good."
Using the captured device to completely drain the energy within them, Gu Yuan prepared to obliterate the base entirely.
Utilizing Alakazam's Teleport, Gu Yuan rapidly recalled his scattered Pokémon, and then triggered the base's self-destruct sequence.
Who could have thought that a sequence originally designed to protect Team Galactic's secrets would now wipe out numerous Team Galactic members instead?
Boom!
Before the explosion boomed out, Alakazam successfully carried Gu Yuan out of the base.
Relying on the plundered energy, Gu Yuan began to bolster the strength of his Pokémon.
From the moment he started operating until now, Gu Yuan had already used the plundered energy to upgrade every single one of his Pokémon.
Way back in the Kanto region, Charizard had successfully broken through to Beginner Champion rank during its clash with Bruno.
Now, with the enhancement from this energy, it had already touched the threshold of the Middle-tier Champion rank.
Conversely, Moltres and Volcanion seemed to absorb the energy exceptionally effectively since it originated from fellow legendary Pokémon. Furthermore, their status as legendary Pokémon made crossing the Champion rank threshold remarkably easy.
As for Roaring Moon, although it held a slight type advantage, its process of breaking through to the Champion rank was still not easy.
Fortunately, Roaring Moon had fully accepted Gu Yuan from the very beginning, and having experienced so many trials together, their mutual bond was strong enough to let it successfully take that final step.
Meanwhile, Sylveon, Alakazam, Annihilape, and Ditto broke through one after another to the peak Elite rank.
Ceruledge, Gengar, and Skeledirge now possessed High-tier Elite rank strength.
With the gains reaped from this harvest, Haxorus, Dragapult, Hattrem, and Coalossal also welcomed an upgrade, breaking through to the Middle-tier Elite rank.
It could be said that ever since Gu Yuan arrived in the Sinnoh region, the entity that provided him with the greatest growth was not the powerful wild Pokémon provided by the Sinnoh League, but rather the evil organization known as Team Galactic.
"Madam, another base has been destroyed. The opponent's style of operation is identical to before; it should be the work of the same person."
"According to our intelligence, it doesn't seem to be the work of the Sinnoh League."
"However, the amount of plundered resources is too massive, making our investigation extremely difficult. We cannot determine the specific scope of suspicion for the time being."
Inside a Team Galactic base, a member was currently reporting to Mars, one of Team Galactic's Peak Executives.
"Use all our power to search! As long as they were near the base when it was destroyed, keep a close eye on any capable Trainer."
"I must find out who the opponent is in the shortest time possible, and then let them learn the price of crossing me!"
Having the bases under her command destroyed one after another caused Mars to fly into a genuine rage, directly intensifying the search efforts against Gu Yuan.