Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Since Xiaogang said so, Wang Yao would naturally save the flat stone for last.

"Giant Claw Crab, knock them open!"

Wang Yao drew a line in the middle of the stone and asked the giant crab to smash the other four stones to see their quality.

"Guji~"

The giant crab raised its claws and smashed a piece of stone, the surface of which reflected a slightly crystal-like color, in half with a bang.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After three consecutive hits, all the pieces of ore were smashed into pieces.

"Why are they all agate stones..."

The cross-section of the stone was smooth and had layers of texture.

Two of them are purple, and the other two are brown. Although the patterns are different, they are all agate.

“It’s not worth much, but it’s still pretty nice.”

Wang Yao picked up a slightly smaller piece of agate and rubbed the cross-section with his palm.

The patterns reflected from inside the agate look somewhat like the growth rings of a tree.

He had previously seen many agate ornaments wholesaled from the Johto area at the Quartz Fair and the shopping street of Honglian Island.

Among the several pieces of agate ore found this time, the largest is about the size of two and a half basketballs, and the smallest is the size of a coconut.

It would be nice to take it home and make it into a decoration.

"Does volcanoes also produce agate?"

Wang Yao asked Xiaogang. In his impression, agate should have fixed mining areas.

"Normally, this agate might have been underground in Lantern Island before the volcanic eruption..."

"As the crater rose, the ore was lifted up with the mountain, then fell off the crater wall and fell to the bottom of the pit."

Xiaogang explained.

"Maybe there are more agate mines underground in Lantern Island!"

Xiao Gang made a reasonable guess.

"Now that you mention it... it seems like I saw a lot of similar stones in the cave just now."

Wang Yao stroked his chin and recalled.

"Okay...don't worry about that for now!"

“It’s time to open the last blind box!”

Wang Yao carefully picked up the flat stone that Xiaogang had specifically reminded him of.

"What's in here? Will there be diamonds?"

In Wang Yao's opinion, diamonds are the most expensive minerals.

This stone stands half a meter tall. If it could produce a natural diamond as big as a bowling ball, it would definitely sell for a sky-high price!

"Then you'll probably be disappointed... This stone should be a fossil of an ammonite."

Xiaogang held his head and said helplessly.

"I have seen many fossils of ammonites. Judging from their appearance, the fossil in your stone should be quite complete."

Xiaogang used to visit the Science Museum in Deep Gray City frequently, so he had seen many kinds of fossils.

Among them, the fossils of ammonite are the easiest to identify because of their regular spiral-shaped shells.

"Ammonite?"

Wang Yao had also seen the fossils of ammonites. After a quick comparison in his mind, he quickly discovered some similarities.

"That's not as good as agate..."

Wang Yao lost interest instantly.

"I think the Ammonite is pretty cute. You can take it to the Cultural Center and ask Li Ke to revive it."

"If possible, please keep the resurrected Ammonite in my gym!"

As a rock-type gym leader, Xiaogang naturally has a strong interest in various fossil Pokémon.

"Well then - coward, use your metal claws to peel away the stone covering the fossil!"

Wang Yao threw the fossil to the coward.

Processing fossil shells is a delicate job that cannot be done by a giant crab with just one claw.

"Huh - it's worth the trip."

Wang Yao put a few agate stones into his backpack and mentally counted the gains from this trip to the Light Island.

In addition to the magical underground orchard, an agate mine was also discovered unexpectedly.

Unfortunately, there is no news about Moltres for the time being, and no powerful Fire-attribute Pokémon were captured in the volcanic cave.

"Let's go to the orchard and pick some chocolates later... We can make a lot of money by selling them in Kanto."

Wang Yao felt that the biggest gain was probably the underground orchard.

"Hey~"

A furtive figure poked his head out from behind the stone.

It was the rock crab that had followed us all the way from the cave.

"Goo-chi?"

The giant crab turned around and happened to see the stone crab peeking out from behind a rock.

"Guji~"

Taking a few steps closer, the giant crab looked at this smaller fellow with curiosity.

It's stunted, but why is he hiding under a rock...

Aren't giant crabs supposed to live in burrows?

"babble?"

The stone crab also looked at the rock crab without a house in front of it with confusion.

“Gurgle…”

The giant crab stretched out its right claw, gently clamped the stone house of the stone crab, and lifted it up.

“Eeh! Eehee——!”

The rock crab nervously retreated into its stone shell.

Susu!

The giant crab held the house and shook it a few times, trying to free the stunted giant crab from the stone.

Click——!

With just a crisp sound, the stone shell instantly shattered into several pieces.

"babble--!"

The stone crab fell to the ground, and with a pair of sharp forelimbs, it picked up the debris on the ground with a distressed look.

This is the most beautiful stone it has found in the cave!

Although it looks inconspicuous on the outside, the inside is a beautiful light purple color with layers of white lines.

"Goo-chi?"

The giant crab looked at the big crab in front of it without its stone shell and finally realized something was wrong.

Not only does it have a pair of crab legs on its abdomen, but it also has a long, thin tail that curls upwards behind it... It turns out it's not a giant crab~

“Eeeeee…”

The rock crab that lost its house held the broken pieces of the house sadly, and tears burst out of its two lamp-shaped black eyes like fountains.

"Isn't this the rock crab from before? How did you break its stone shell?"

Wang Yao heard the noise and walked over slowly.

"Oh - the shell is actually made of agate. I never knew you were so extravagant."

Wang Yao picked up a piece of agate fragment and found that it was of good quality.

It seems that Xiaogang's guess was correct. This volcano is indeed located above the agate mining area.

"Hmm... Rock Crab, the illustrated guide seemed to have said..."

"You're pretty good at drilling holes in rocks, aren't you?"

Wang Yao squatted down and gently poked the stone crab twice on its back.

"Eh... eh..."

The stone crab shook its tail and ignored Wang Yao, still feeling sad about its precious house.

"Don't cry - I'll give you one as compensation!"

Wang Yao took out half a piece of agate ore of similar size from his backpack.

This thing is not valuable, one more or one less piece makes no difference.

"Just in time for me to see how you process the stone shell."

Wang Yao pushed the half piece of agate towards the stone crab.

The illustrated guide says that the stone crab can secrete a special liquid that can dissolve stones, and then hollow them out easily.

Moreover, the stone crabs will rob each other's houses and stick the spoils to their own stone houses with special adhesives.

The more loot a rock crab has, the higher the house on its back will be.

The easier it is to evolve into a Rock Crab!

"babble……"

The Stone Crab stopped crying instantly when he saw the beautiful stone that Wang Yao pushed over.