"You guys... what's wrong? Don't you live in Cloud City? Don't you know about this?"
Jiao Xiaoyan didn't understand the trio's current mood; she just felt quite confused.
Since they live here, logically they should have some understanding of the situation regarding that earthquake, right?
On the other hand, the two old men, Jiao Wuyan and Ye Jinnian, carefully observed the uncomfortable expressions on Lin Siyu's and Meng Xi's faces.
Thoughtfully, they looked toward the expressionless Fei Xiao.
Fei Xiao continued to ask as if nothing were wrong.
"An earthquake happened a few days ago, so? Why leave this place?"
Fei Xiao actually had an answer in her heart, but she wanted to struggle a bit more; maybe she could still salvage the situation.
Dragonair didn't notice that the expression on the face of the owner of the hands hugging its body was a bit strange.
Since Diancie wasn't clear about what happened before, it also didn't notice the abnormality of the others.
As Diancie's voice rang out again.
"Because the point isn't that earthquake, but the culprit who caused it."
On that day, the Pokémon suddenly felt something and raised their heads one after another, looking into the distance. On a small hill far away, an extremely violent cyan storm had somehow begun to blow!
The storm was like a violent dragon, raging in the air with its claws and fangs. Everywhere it passed, vegetation was uprooted, sand and stones flew all over the sky, and the entire world was filled with chaos. Looking from afar, even the originally sapphire-blue sky seemed to be forcibly torn apart by this powerful force, revealing hideous and terrifying cracks.
When some brave and curious Pokémon cautiously approached that small hill, the sight before them left them dumbfounded and horrified.
The howling wind was deafening, mixed with the loud sounds of branches snapping and rocks cracking; and that rotating cyan wind pillar was like a massive Dark Void, crazily devouring everything around it.
"After witnessing and feeling all of this, everyone came to a conclusion."
"That was likely a disaster caused by a battle involving a Pokémon comparable to Fei Xiao!"
As Dragonair described this part, it unconsciously recalled the scene from that day.
Its long body began to tremble slightly.
Even Diancie, who was translating, couldn't help but imagine that earth-shattering scene.
Even Jiao Xiaoyan and the others listening nearby also imagined such a scene.
Everyone looked stunned, gasping in their hearts.
If it wasn't lying, then even the earthquake was caused by the so-called aftershocks of the actual attack.
As for the huge crater and the smooth, clean ground at the scene of the incident earlier, they finally understood how they were created.
...
Fei Xiao:...
Lin Siyu:...
Meng Xi:...
Well, now their hearts that were hanging in suspense have completely died.
So this was the reason why they couldn't encounter any Pokémon.
It's possible that except for those in the water who found it hard to leave and some stubborn Pokémon, they had all migrated en masse!
And the culprit behind all this had been right before their eyes all along.
"Um... Meng Xi, you guys... don't happen to know something, do you?"
Ye Jinnian had noticed it early on.
Although Fei Xiao's expression management was almost impeccable, the other two had momentarily revealed flaws due to their shock.
These subtle flaws naturally didn't escape the eyes of these two; although they had long since guessed, now...
"Huh? What? Of course not! How could we possibly know?"
Lin Siyu was startled, feeling a bit guilty but still hurriedly denying it.
Meng Xi was also a bit panicked; after hearing this, Fei Xiao was almost certainly the culprit.
Hearing Grandpa Ye's question, a flash of inspiration hit Xiao Yan's mind.
Judging by the description, even if it wasn't certain it was Fei Xiao's doing, based on the timing, it was exactly around the day she arrived in Cloud City.
Plus Lin Siyu's and Meng Xi's current distracted appearance.
Could it be!
No way! No way!
Jiao Xiaoyan's pupils constricted as she cautiously looked at Fei Xiao.
Fei Xiao was slightly helpless at this point, not that she blamed Lin Siyu for failing to control her emotions.
She just felt... how could there be so many coincidences in this world?
"Sigh, Lin Siyu, why are you so agitated? We didn't say you did it, no need to be nervous."
"Alright, stop making things difficult for Siyu."
Fei Xiao's gaze toward the two old men was full of disdain.
"Taking advantage of a crisis right in front of me and acting so high and mighty about it."
"Huh? Sister Fei Xiao, what are you saying? This matter..."
Lin Siyu still wanted to struggle a bit more, completely failing to notice...
"Alright Siyu, these two are acting like they're conducting an interrogation; you're no match for them."
Fei Xiao took it quite lightly; anyway, since the cards were already on the table, one more thing didn't make a difference.
Jiao Wuyan didn't care about Fei Xiao's teasing.
"Cough, so Fei Xiao, that earthquake..."
"Yeah, just as you thought, it was accidentally caused by me, just like today."
Fei Xiao admitted to it quite calmly.
...
"No way! Sister Fei Xiao, why was it you again!"
Jiao Xiaoyan had lost track of how many times she'd been surprised by Fei Xiao today.
If Jiao Wuyan and the others weren't in good health, they'd probably be carried away on stretchers by now.
What do you mean 'accidentally caused'? This is like being bored in physics class one day and then hand-crafting a nuclear bomb.
...
After a brief moment of silence, everyone accepted these facts.
"Miss Fei Xiao, do you really not need us to send you back?"
"Yeah, with me around, you shouldn't have anything to worry about."
After a brief exchange, Jiao Wuyan and the others left in a hurry.
They were really afraid Fei Xiao would cause more trouble; if she said she'd poked a hole in the sky one day, they probably wouldn't even be shocked anymore.
The three of them watched as the helicopter flew away with a "whoosh."
"So, should we look for a new scenic spot, or head back home?"
"There's nothing fun back home, why don't we keep wandering around? Maybe there are still some Pokémon that haven't left?"
"But aren't you university students? Don't you need to go to class?"
Fei Xiao slapped her forehead, only then remembering that tomorrow seemed to be Monday.
Meng Xi thought about it and decided to tell the truth.
"We were supposed to go to class, but now we don't have to."
"Why?"
Fei Xiao was a bit confused; did they not have to go to class after the magical beast invasion?
The two of them simultaneously turned their gazes toward Fei Xiao.
Fei Xiao felt a sense of deja vu; could it be...
"Remember when we returned to the city and some of the buildings had collapsed?"
"In some of the severely affected areas, it wasn't as simple as just one or two buildings falling."
"And our school's area happened to hit the jackpot; there's basically nothing left in the entire campus or the surrounding urban area."
Fei Xiao:...
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