NABC Chapter 1326 Steel Relics
Chapter 1326 Steel Relics
Chapter 1326 Steel Relics
Waveguide Messenger Ya Xuan, a permanent NPC on Steel Island.
Kashiwagi met his ancestor Yabai in Zhuqing Village, and even his more distant ancestor Yalang in the movie.
They all seem to share the same face, just like Officer Jenny and Joey.
"Miss Zhulan, it's been a long time."
Ya Xuan greeted Zhu Lan with a smile. This wasn't the first time the latter had visited Steel Island, and the two had met before.
Zhu Lan nodded and took the initiative to introduce Kashiwagi next to her, "Long time no see, this is the champion of the Ore region: Kashiwagi."
"Hello Hello."
"Nice to meet you."
The three exchanged polite greetings.
While Zhulan and Yaxuan were catching up, Baimu's gaze fell on Lucario beside him.
He couldn't help but think, 'Sure enough, no matter how many times I see it, the ordinary Lucario is ridiculously short.'
Although I had seen Korrina and Ash's Lucario before, the two were teenagers and their height was comparable to his, so there wasn't much of a sense of disharmony.
Now we see Yaxuan and his Lucario...
It's hard to imagine that a humanoid Pokémon with erect ears only reaches the chest of an adult male.
What arm strength, fearless kid?
As if sensing the slanderous words in Kashiwagi's heart, Lucario subconsciously let out an unpleasant snort.
"Woo..."
"Lucario?"
Ya Xuan lowered his head, sensing the turmoil in Lucario's heart through his wave guide, and then extended that feeling to Kashiwagi, who was staring at it. He smiled and said, "Mr. Champion, are you perhaps very interested in Lucario?"
"To be precise, it refers to waveguides."
Kashiwagi had always been curious about the power of waveguides, simply because its versatility was comparable to the power of creation, and the threshold was lower than that of the power of creation—at least one did not need to be born in the Valley of Creation.
Ya Xuan smiled. Waveguides weren't anything shameful, so he wasn't surprised that the other party knew about them.
But Kashiwagi changed the subject, "However, there are a few other things that are more urgent. You said you know this place very well—"
He submitted both questions.
Ya Xuan replied, "If you're looking for Sidora, I'm sure there's no such thing on Iron Island; as for the special Goome and Goome Dragon you mentioned... please come with me, I can take you to the discovery site."
Without delay, the three set off immediately.
During the journey, Ya Xuan added, "Although the discovery site is located deep within Steel Island, according to my subsequent exploration, it was actually found to be directly beneath the ruins."
Zhu Lan asked, "Is it that ruin that was activated by Team Galactic and almost destroyed?"
"Yes."
Suddenly, Ya Xuan waved his hand, and Lucario beside him barked softly, rushing out like lightning, leaping onto a giant rock, and clenching its claws into a ball.
"Woo——"
A head-sized, azure orb of light rapidly took shape, its interior surging with high energy like thunder compressed within, before being violently launched like a cannonball.
Ouch!
In the distance, azure light waves and smoke erupted.
Kashiwa narrowed his eyes and peered into the smoke and dust, where wild Cocodora and Cocodora were fleeing in panic.
Ya Xuan explained with a smile, "The wild Pokémon here are more eager to fight and are also stronger than those outside. If you don't chase them away, they will take the initiative to ambush you."
"No wonder it's a sacred place for cultivation."
He nodded knowingly.
In the blink of an eye, the three arrived at the temple ruins.
The temple is located at the bottom of the deep pit. Its dark exterior has a metallic sheen, as if it were cast from steel.
The ruins are believed to be related to the kingdom mentioned in the records, and were cast by the king as an offering to the gods, serving as a guide to the Pillar of Spears—the Sinnoh Temple.
A giant pillar that once stood directly in front has now collapsed beside it, signifying that it has lost its guiding function.
The relevant investigation has long been completed, and no one is stationed inside or outside the ruins, so it has naturally become a nest for local wild Pokémon.
Ya Xuan said that nowadays a group of Magnemite and a three-in-one Magnemite live inside.
If there were no special magnetic field nearby, it would be quite common for a large number of Magnetomorphs to be born.
"Lucario! Metallic sound!"
"Ouch!"
At his command, Lucario leaped onto a nearby abandoned crane, now just a skeleton, its claws rubbing against each other, releasing a piercing sonic boom downwards.
Zhi——! !
Strong low-frequency sound waves might be annoying to some, but to Pokémon they're like a death knell.
A large number of Magneton and Magnemite rushed out from inside, glaring angrily at the three people below.
Just as Ya Xuan was about to give the order, Zhu Lan spoke up first, "Leave it to us, Garchomp!"
"Crack!"
Garchomp, which appeared out of nowhere, suddenly sprayed a ball of light from its mouth at the countless Magneton!
Ouch!
The ball of light exploded, and celestial maidens scattered flowers!
Countless beams of light, burning with dragonfire, struck down all the visible Magneton, shooting them down one by one like planes hit by missiles.
In no time, the unfortunate wild Pokémon were lying on the ground.
Ya Xuan nodded to Zhu Lan in acknowledgment, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Small things."
Bamboo orchid smiles.
Champions typically do not bully the weak, whether they are facing human trainers or wild Pokémon.
The attack just now was clearly because Cynthia had taken Yaxuan's words to heart: "Steel-type wild Pokémon are very aggressive."
Kashiwagi remained silent. He was an exception among the champions; bullying the weak was commonplace for him. He was also long accustomed to settling scores with his fists.
'If reasoning doesn't work, I still have the truth.'
That's about it.
The three entered the ruins safely, and the multi-faceted mobile phone automatically turned on the lights, saving Lucario the trouble of using waveguide lighting.
It said to Ya Xuan, "I noticed you don't have a cell phone. How about getting a multi-faceted cell phone? It's smart, convenient, and easy to use. It can even keep you and Lucario entertained when you're bored..."
"I know, I know."
Ya Xuan raised his hand with a wry smile, hoping that the multiple phones would leave him alone.
Cynthia smiled brightly and turned to Kashiwagi, saying, "Are all your Pokémon this interesting?"
"It's just that it has a strong sense of responsibility."
Ok.
Amway's sense of responsibility.
There were no extra items inside the ruins; any that were there had long been removed and properly stored away.
They reached the deepest part, where a bottomless abyss lay before them.
Ya Xuan said, "This was opened by a wild giant steel snake, leading directly to the previous habitat of the special Goomei Dragon and Goomei."
"Is there oxygen down there?" Kashiwagi beckoned to Shadow, preparing to have Shiny Gengar prepare an oxygen tank.
Fortunately, there are some.
Ya Xuan: "The habitat is connected to an underground river, which is freshwater."
"freshwater?"
Cypress was quite surprised.
It should be noted that Iron Island is surrounded by the sea, yet the underground river it connects to is freshwater, clearly reaching the freshwater layer at a certain depth!
This hole must be at least a thousand meters deep.
It's unbelievable that the trainer who discovered the Goodra didn't die from the fall.
It must have brought a Pokémon that can levitate.
Ya Xuan looked at the two men, whose hands were empty, and asked, "Didn't you prepare any tools to explore underground?"
"Yes, I have."
Kashiwa calls out to Gengar, and Gengar pulls out helmets and other cave exploration essentials.
Ya Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly. "This is really convenient."
No need to carry luggage when traveling anymore, just use a Gengar to go anywhere, how awesome is that?
Bai Mu smiled and shared his helmet with Zhu Lan.
Subsequently, without the need for rappelling equipment, the multi-faceted mobile phone manipulated their mental power to control their descent into the depths of the cave.
As he believed, the distance was several kilometers.
Ya Xuan said, "I suspect that in ancient times, the Goomei Dragons actually lived on the surface of the earth. It was only because of the influence of Iron Island that they moved to live so deep underground."
Evidence suggests that Iron Island may have been a massive asteroid impact. It struck the western side of the Sinnoh Plateau, contributing to the creation of the Canal Island archipelago in the anime and foreshadowing Iron Island's eventual separation from the mainland.
Sinnoh has truly suffered many misfortunes.
I remember the Arceus movie lost the stone tablets because it melted away a particularly large meteorite.
As a result, a super-large piece also fell in the west of Sinnoh.
Underground caves.
The three of them arrived safely and saw the underground river and many glowing algae nearby.
The sand on the ground was quite damp, and it crunched underfoot.
Ya Xuan said, "I came here once before to use the power of waveguide to search for signs of life in the vicinity, but I found nothing."
The underground cavern wasn't large, but it seemed to have been dug out by wild giant steel snakes, with entrances leading to unknown depths everywhere.
"The sticky rice and sticky rice dragons here have long been moved away. If you want to find any that have escaped, it may be very difficult."
Ya Xuan said to Bai Mu.
Kashiwagi took the incubator off his back and took out a Pokémon egg. "It's okay if you can't find it. I just happened to be passing by and took a look."
The main target is Shedran, or possibly the steel plate on its body.
He carried the Pokémon egg around, even placing it in damp soil, a move that puzzled Ya Xuan.
What is he doing?
"not sure."
Zhu Lan didn't understand either, but she still watched with a smile.
In reality, Kashiwagi just wanted the Pokémon egg to experience the atmosphere of its own kind's habitat so that it could hatch sooner.
Perhaps understanding his thoughts, the Pokémon egg began to shake gently.
"Is it about to hatch?"
Bai Mu's eyes shone slightly.
But soon the Pokémon egg returned to silence. He picked it up dejectedly and walked to the dark river where the glowing algae were tending to it, wanting to wash the mud off its shell.
The multi-faceted phone flew over hastily, worried that the trainer might fall.
The Pokémon egg was dropped into the water and shook a few more times.
Kashiwagi said, "Isn't it comfortable? Come out sooner, it will be even more comfortable."
At that time, it will be clear whether the egg is indeed the child of the three-headed dragon.
He was engrossed in washing the eggs and soon prepared to return to the other two when a distorted, abstract face suddenly appeared in the river.
As if sensing something, Ya Xuan, who was chatting with Cynthia, suddenly paused and looked at Lucario.
"Ouch!"
Lucario nodded.
Its waveguide also sensed the strange signs of life!
The cypress tree by the river was not startled, but it did blink once before it reacted and quickly withdrew its hand.
The Pokémon egg detached from the river, its long, underwater tentacles grasping at nothing.
The multi-faceted phone's eyes lit up with blue light, and it shouted, "It's Nianmei! There's a fish that slipped through the net!"
The creature in the water was none other than a washed-up version of Nianmei'er, its enormous shell particularly striking under the lights!
At this moment, Ya Xuan and Zhu Lan rushed over and saw Xi Cui Nian Mei Er being enveloped in a blue light, forcibly pulled out of the water and onto the shore.
"Nuomiru!"
Xi Cui Niumi shouted angrily at the group of unfamiliar humans in front of her, especially Kashiwagi who was holding a Pokémon egg, as if she had seen a shameful Pokémon hunter.
The underground cavern trembled violently.
A dozen seconds later, a large number of Emerald Dragons and Emerald Maidens emerged from the underground river, their eyes filled with fury, as if they wanted to burn everything to ashes.
Ya Xuan's pupils shrank drastically. "Impossible!"
He and Lucario used the waveguide to confirm many times that there were no other signs of life nearby.
How come so many sticky dragons and sticky girls suddenly appeared?
Cynthia looked at the Pokémon egg in Kashiwagi's arms, "It was attracted here by this, wasn't it? It was originally hiding somewhere else..."
The Pokémon egg shook gently, as if agreeing with what she said, or as if reacting to the group of Goodra and Goody.
The multi-faceted phone shouted, "So what if you have a lot of people? I can take on your whole group by myself!"
Before Lucario and Garchomp could make a move, it suddenly switched to the Psychic type, and its powerful psychic energy overflowed, covering all the Goodra and Goodra, and taking them all down.
Living alone deep underground, Xi Cui Nian Mei Long, who was unlikely to be bothered by external enemies, was no match for Duobian Mobile and was easily defeated.
"Dozens of them..."
Kashiwagi looked around and saw that there were quite a few sticky dragons.
This isn't particularly surprising, since Goodra can evolve after being rained on once its energy level is high enough.
What? There's no rain underground?
Don't forget the Rain Summoning skill; rain clouds created by elemental energy are still rain clouds!
Yaxuan and Lucario remained silent.
They were both numb and began to doubt whether their waveguide power was reliable.
Zhu Lan then said, "Do they all live in the water? The previous survey team should have investigated the river."
"Yes, so they must have other habitats, and rivers are transportation hubs."
Kashiwa nodded in agreement and asked the multi-faceted mobile phone to help translate for the largest of the Washing Green Dragons, so that he could find out about their habitat.
To their surprise, the other party was uncooperative, claiming they were shameless robbers and thieves who had not only abducted their people but also stolen their important Pokémon eggs!
Cypress and Bamboo exchanged a glance.
Zhu Lan said, "It seems that the previous investigation team's actions were mistaken by them as kidnapping."
"Actually, there was no misunderstanding..."
Multi-faceted phones quietly retorted, "From the wild Pokémon's perspective, the League and Pokémon Hunters are the same. It's just that one group is there to protect and perpetuate the species, while the other group is purely there to make money."
Cynthia wasn't angry. She nodded in agreement and said, "You're right. From the perspective of wild Pokémon, we really are no different from hunters."
"But at least we need to be clear about what we are doing, so that we don't go along with the hunters."
Kashiwagi said, "Alright, alright, let's leave the discussion about Pokémon philosophy for later. Gengar! Hypnosis!"
"哓GA!"
Gengar makes its entrance with a sinister laugh.
Prefer not to say?
You'll soon be so ecstatic that you'll blurt out everything!
It approached Xi Cui Nian Mei Long with a sinister smile, releasing strange light waves into the latter's desperate eyes.
"Genga~~"
"Numi!!"