Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Sizzle—crack!

The Iron-Armored Tyrannosaurus easily broke through the stone wall with its sharp horns spinning at high speed.

boom--!

The broken stone wall was knocked down by the strong tail.

Dust and stone fragments were stirred up in the underground space.

"Ahem - be gentler! Be gentler..."

"Don't collapse the corridor again."

Uncle Xin Zhao covered his face, turned his back and shouted.

"Guji~"

The giant crab began to spray water mist and bubbles to absorb the dust. After a while, the air was filled with the unique clean smell of moist soil.

There were also a few small puddles on the ground.

"Not bad, the internal space has not collapsed..."

Wang Yao was the first to stick his head out, and then he looked around at the interior of the corridor in the light he saw.

On the left is the original entrance to the ruins, which has been buried in the soil, but the passage on the right leading to the inner stone chamber is still intact.

"You guys come back first."

As the space in the corridor was relatively narrow, Wang Yao took back the other Pokémon and only left Daidai to be responsible for lighting.

pat, pat.

The two men walked in a line, stepping on the shallow puddles on the ground.

Because of Uncle Nobuaki's cautious attitude, the progress was not very fast.

However, surprisingly, until the two of them reached the entrance of the stone chamber, the entire underground space was silent, and there were no traps or guardian Pokémon hidden for thousands of years to block their way.

“Is this the relic?”

Wang Yao was the first to step into the stone chamber.

"Just as recorded... it's right here."

Uncle Xin Zhao took out his notebook and compared it with the survey data.

"What about the treasure?"

Wang Yao asked doubtfully.

The entire stone chamber was empty, and it looked like there was no place to store treasures.

"Don't worry. If the records are correct, this should be the 'control room' that opens the door to the treasure house."

“…We still need to find a way to activate it.”

Uncle Xin Zhao said with confidence.

"Okay, so how do we start it?"

Wang Yao took out the Moltres Lantern from his backpack and signaled Daidai that he could take a break.

Daidai cut off the power to the nut and found a stone to sit down leisurely.

The fiery red light from the lantern replaced the previous bright white light.

"I don't know about that. Look in the stone chamber and maybe soon - wait! What's in your lamp?!"

Uncle Xin Zhao raised his head, but because the light from the lantern was still inferior to the flash magic, he could not see the words on the notes clearly.

I wanted to get closer and take a closer look, but I accidentally saw the real burning flame bird feather in the lantern.

"Guess it."

Wang Yao placed the lantern on a horizontal stone brick wall, took out the water bottle from the side of his backpack and took a sip.

"Is it a flamingo feather? It's worth a lot of money in collectors' circles."

Uncle Xin Zhao had seen the world to some extent, and although he was a little surprised, he quickly calmed down.

"You picked it up recently, right? This thing usually goes out after a few weeks. It's a bit of a waste to use it as a lantern..."

"They are all placed on special energy supply equipment so that they can be preserved for a long time."

Uncle Xin Zhao guessed that Wang Yao might have obtained the feather by chance, and was not sure about its value and preservation method, so he gave Wang Yao some advice.

“…I don’t need this one.”

Wang Yao's gaze stayed on the dancing flame inside the lampshade for two seconds without further explanation.

"Well, you have to collect more. After all, even ordinary feathers that have been burned out by flames can be sold for a good price."

Uncle Xin Zhao shrugged and didn't care too much.

Although the molten bird's feathers are extremely rare, he has seen them before, otherwise he would not have recognized them at first sight.

Besides, as a typical mountaineer...he prefers collecting minerals rather than feathers.

"Look around, maybe the mechanism is right before your eyes."

Stopping the discussion about the Moltres feather, Uncle Nobuaki put away his notebook, took out his pickaxe, and began hammering at the inside of the stone chamber, trying to find some hidden mechanism.

"Hmm... where could it be hidden?"

Wang Yao also imitated the other party and kept probing the stone wall, trying to discover the secrets inside the stone chamber.

The two men groped their way along the stone wall, but found nothing except some ancient characters carved on the wall.

"Gentle winds...farming...praying..."

Uncle Xin Zhao did understand some ancient characters, but unfortunately the stone carvings had mostly fallen off, so only some incomplete characters could be seen.

"This wall roughly records how they worship the gods who bring a good harvest to the country..."

Uncle Xin Zhao stood up from the ground, took a few breaths, then patted his lower back and said.

“Shouldn’t prayers to God be done in the open air?”

Wang Yao looked up.

Above my head was an impenetrable stone wall, and on top of the stone wall was half a mountain.

"When this stone chamber was intact, it was also buried inside the mountain... Who could see it?"

Wang Yao asked doubtfully.

"Your question is really strange... Even now, isn't it common to build temples to pray for blessings?"

Uncle Xin Zhao asked Wang Yao a question in return.

"The monks also pray and offer sacrifices in the house."

Uncle Xin Zhao gave an example.

“…This isn’t quite the same. Anyway, I feel weird.”

Wang Yao had this question because he knew the truth about the so-called 'god who brings a good harvest'.

With Lugia's physique, it is impossible for him to fit into this small stone chamber.

And if the deity you are offering sacrifice to doesn't even know that you are offering sacrifice... then it would be a useless effort.

"Come and see what's written on this wall?"

There were also some ancient characters on the stone wall in front of Wang Yao, so he called Uncle Xin Zhao to translate them.

"Let me see……"

Xin Zhao took the lantern and interpreted it word by word.

When there were some things I didn't understand, I would take out the ancient dictionary I carried with me to review them.

"The content of this wall is clearer. It says it is a divine bird that brings fire to them and drives away evil."

"It sounds a bit like Moltres, don't you think?"

Uncle Xin Zhao had time to chat and laugh with Wang Yao at first.

However, as he continued to interpret the contents of the stone carvings in depth, his expression gradually became solemn.

"...The last part of the stone inscription mentioned that the divine bird was defeated by the evil god, and their civilization was about to be destroyed."

Uncle Xin Zhao frowned.

"Is this the reason for the destruction of the Askana civilization?!"

Uncle Nobuaki felt as if he had discovered the truth behind the sudden disappearance of the Askana civilization 1,500 years ago.

"No way... can that guy defeat the Phoenix King?"

Wang Yao scratched his head, wondering in his head which one was stronger, the Ho-Oh or the red and blue gummy Pokémon.

Because he couldn't remember Deoxys's name, he could only refer to him as red and blue gummies.

"Ho-Oh is the cover Pokémon of the game cartridge after all, but I remember that Gummy can fight Rayquaza back and forth..."

"Tsk... Did it really win? But the information collected by old man Yamada is not like this... Wasn't the gummy bear sealed in the end?"

For a moment, Wang Yao also fell into deep thought.