Live treasure appraisal: You are such an elf!

Chapter 508 The Legendary Pokémon Yveltal's Cocoon of Destruction? Is the Eternal Flower actually the Flower of Destruction?
Ye Yinchuan did not pause at all, and stepped straight onto the withered road leading into the depths.

The further you go, the heavier the invisible sense of oppression in the air becomes.

It was no longer just the withering of plants, but a suffocating sense of decay where life force was forcibly stripped away.

He could feel his strength being slowly eroded by an unseen force, and his breathing became somewhat sluggish.

[Host, you look a little pale?]

This place is so eerie! It makes the screen seem to darken!

[Are you alright, host? This power seems to be felt even through the screen... It's chilling!]

"It's nothing." Ye Yinchuan's voice remained calm, but the wind fairy and Miss Skirt beside him had already instinctively become wary.

The wind sprite put aside its usual mischievousness, and the cotton around its body tightened slightly, emitting a gentle sprite energy in an attempt to resist this erosion.

The flowers on Miss Skirt's head also shimmered with a verdant glow. She twirled gracefully, as if holding up an invisible protective umbrella, shutting out the withered aura.

"Gu..."

The red flower-like creature perched on Ye Yinchuan's shoulder let out a weak, mournful cry.

It was too weak; before this power, it was like a candle flickering in the wind.

The flower in its hand was losing its luster at a visible rate.

Upon seeing this, Miss Skirt immediately floated over, stretched out her leaf-shaped hand, and gently placed it on Flower Bud, sharing her life energy with it.

The wind fairy also flew over and gently wrapped Hua Beibei and Miss Qun'er with its cotton-like body, forming a second barrier.

"Thank you," Ye Yinchuan said softly.

His Pokémon are always so kind and reliable.

The surrounding flowers and leaves also noticed Ye Yinchuan, this outsider.

When they saw the Pokémon behind him protecting a small, vulnerable Flabbebe, their wariness lessened considerably, replaced by a sense of shared sorrow.

They simply continued their work silently, using their meager strength to fight against the boundless decay.

……

They walked forward for an unknown amount of time.

The scene before them plunged the entire live stream room into a deathly silence.

Statues began to appear along both sides of the road.

Those were clearly flower petal stems.

They maintain their posture of flying, singing, and bestowing energy, but their bodies exhibit a dull, stone-like color, as if all their life force has been drained in an instant, leaving them completely petrified.

They did not die.

Ye Yinchuan could sense a faint life force, like spider silk, sustaining their existence.

But this state is more cruel than death.

【My God... what... what is this?】

[Petrified? These flower and leaf stems...]

[This is so tragic... Did they become like this to save the flower field?]

Ye Yinchuan finally stopped.

Before him stood a "wall" made of life, stretching out in all directions.

It was a defensive line composed of dozens of flower petals and five larger, more powerful Pokémon.

Five Pokémon, resembling the shape of a flower petal, yet more mature and elegant. They have completely merged with the flower, transforming into humanoid flower spirits.

This is the final evolutionary form of the flower leaf calyx—Lady Flower Clean!
These five Lady Flower each correspond to one of five different colors—red, yellow, blue, orange, and white.

They stood like five queens at the center of the defensive line.

They emanated a powerful yet incredibly weary fairy energy, which, combined with the power of dozens of flower petals behind them, formed a massive, semi-transparent energy barrier.

On the barrier, light swirled, struggling to resist something.

On the other side of the barrier... lies the true land of death.

There, not a single living plant could be seen; the earth was cracked and charred, and the air was filled with despair and death.

"So that's it..."

Ye Yinchuan's voice was slightly hoarse, filled with boundless admiration.

"They built a wall with their own bodies and lives."

"It is this wall that keeps true decay and death out."

"They not only protected the sea of ​​flowers behind them, but also the flower buds who were still living carefree lives outside..."

[Host...are those Pokémon the evolved forms of Flareon?]

"Exactly."

The beauty we just witnessed was bought with their lives and freedom...

This just goes to show that while some people enjoy a peaceful life, others are carrying a heavy burden.

At this moment, the red Lady Flower noticed the red flower on Ye Yinchuan's shoulder.

Her eyes changed instantly, revealing shock, worry, and a hint of sternness.

"Bei...?"

She spoke in a weak but urgent voice, as if scolding Hua Beibei for coming here.

"Gu..."

Red Flower Beibei recognized her too; she was its elder, one of the guardians of this group. It let out a pitiful cry, as if to say that it hadn't meant to wander in.

Seeing that Flower Fairy was well protected by Miss Skirt and the Wind Fairy, and that although her aura was weak, she had not been fundamentally eroded by the power of withering, Lady Flower Fairy's tense gaze eased slightly, but she was still full of worry, signaling it to leave this dangerous place quickly.

Ye Yinchuan did not back down, but instead took a step forward.

“Let me through,” he said to the five ladies of the Flower Garden. “I want to go to the source; perhaps… I can be of help.”

The ladies all looked at him.

Lady Blue Flower gently shook her head; her voice, transmitted through telepathy, carried weariness and resolve:
"Human... your heart is good, but you cannot withstand that power. Leave here quickly, do not sacrifice yourself in vain."

“That power is something even our fairy race can hardly resist. Your mortal body will turn to dust in an instant,” Lady Flower Clean added.

They did not doubt Ye Yinchuan's good intentions, but reality was cruel.

"How will you know if you don't try?"

Ye Yinchuan smiled slightly and took out a shimmering feather from his backpack.

It is the feather of the Phoenix King!
Om-!
The moment the feather appeared, a sacred and warm life force instantly spread out!
The withering power that erodes the very marrow melted away the moment it came into contact with this aura, like ice and snow meeting the sun, making a "sizzling" sound!
A rainbow-colored platinum flame ignited from the feathers, gently enveloping Ye Yinchuan's entire body.

He felt the heavy feeling that had been pressing down on him vanish, and the life force that had been stripped away was recovering at an even faster pace.

"This is……"

The five Flower Ladies, along with all the surrounding Flower and Leaf Stems, watched this scene in shock.

They could sense that the flames contained the supreme power of life's origin!
Bathed in the light of the flames, their exhausted bodies felt as if a clear spring had been poured into them, and their depleted energy began to slowly recover.

The gray color on those petrified flower petals and stems had faded somewhat.

"May I go now?" Ye Yinchuan asked with a smile.

The women exchanged glances, seeing the shock and hope in each other's eyes.

"...Go, brave warrior who possesses the flame of life."

Lady Huajie, dressed in red, gave him a deep look, her tone filled with solemnity.

"We...place our hopes on you."

After saying this, the five ladies of Huajie began to sing at the same time.

Five beams of light of different colors converged into two streams of pure energy and flew toward Ye Yinchuan.

A beam of warm light merged into his body, the Wind Fairy, and Miss Skirt.

[A prayer]!
The other light transformed into a thin, mysterious membrane, enveloping them.

[Mysterious Guardian]!
"We've done our best and wish you good luck."

Ye Yinchuan nodded, said no more, and led his Pokémon through the wall built of life.

[Wow! Streamer, in my eyes, you're the most handsome guy ever!] [Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet still venturing into the tiger's den!]

The number of comments and viewers in the live stream are soaring!

……

Stepping into the world behind the wall felt like instantly going from spring to the apocalypse.

There is no direction here.

The sky was gray and the earth was a desolate, scorched black.

The air was thick with the scent of decay and death, almost tangible.

If it weren't for the blessings of Phoenix King's feathers and Lady Huajie, Ye Yinchuan had no doubt that he would have been assimilated in an instant.

"It seems we're... lost." Ye Yinchuan looked around, his brows furrowed slightly.

The energy field here is extremely chaotic, making it impossible to discern directions.

[Watch out, streamer! This place looks creepy!]

[It feels like a horror game; what if some ghostly thing suddenly jumps out?]

Just then, the red flower on his shoulder suddenly broke free from the wind fairy's protection and pointed in a certain direction.

"Gu! Gu!"

It cried out anxiously, as if it had sensed something.

"Oh? You can find the source?" Ye Yinchuan was somewhat surprised.

Hua Beibei nodded vigorously.

Although it was weak, as a fairy, it had the most instinctive and clearest sense of the evil aura that caused its companions pain.

"Okay, lead the way."

Guided by Hua Beibei, they traversed this deadly place.

Finally, in the center of a basin, they found the source of the withering.

That was... an egg?

It floated silently in mid-air, about half a person's height.

Its entire body is an ominous blackish-red color, and its surface is covered with strange, blood vessel-like patterns that are pulsating rhythmically. With each pulsation, a visible, grayish-black death wave emanates outward.

The withering power of the entire region emanates from it.

[Holy crap! What kind of egg is this? It looks absolutely bizarre!]

[This color scheme...this aura...is this some kind of dark Pokémon again?]

"Could it be..." Ye Yinchuan's expression also became extremely serious.

Its appearance and ability to absorb life force are indeed too similar to those of Yveltal, the legendary god of destruction.

Could this be the egg of God Y?
Or rather... a cocoon of destruction?
He dared not be negligent, and his discerning eye for treasures instantly activated.

However, no information was read.

"It's not a Pokémon, and it's not a Pokémon egg..."

Ye Yinchuan breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned again.

“There are no signs of life, nor is it any known Pokémon. I suspect… this may not be Yveltal itself, but rather a small portion of its power left behind here in ancient times, or energy that dissipated during its slumber and condensed into this form over a long period of time.”

He shared his guess with the viewers in the live stream.

[Wait a minute? What's Yveltal? Don't talk nonsense, you bastard!]

[Keywords: ancient times, a small portion of power... these all sound like they have a powerful background!]

[The streamer seemed to mention something along the lines of something else? Something about a legendary bird-shaped Pokémon similar to Ho-Oh... possessing destructive power, called Y-God!]

During the live stream, Ye Yinchuan once again introduced Yveltal, also known as the God of Y.

[So that's how it is! You scared me! If it really is God Y's egg, then this Fairy Wetland is doomed!]

But here's the problem: even if it's not an egg, it's still a time bomb! What should we do? Just smash it?

[Smash it? Are you sure detonating it directly won't turn the entire Crystal City into wasteland?]

Direct destruction is too risky.

Purification? Although Ho-Oh's power can restrain it, this energy body is too enormous. To completely purify it would require an unknown amount of time and effort.

Just as Ye Yinchuan was pondering, a bold, even somewhat crazy, idea flashed through his mind like lightning.

He thought of a story that had been passed down in an ancient legend.

A story about a flower petal stem with a unique shape.

"Family members, have you ever heard of... the Eternal Flower?" Ye Yinchuan suddenly asked.

【The Eternal Flower? What's that? It sounds amazing.】

"Legend has it that there is a flower that never withers and never blooms, called the 'Eternal Flower'. It contains unimaginable and terrifying power."

"In the Carlos region, there once existed a flower-leaf stalk that coexisted with this flower. Its appearance... was completely different from that of ordinary flower-leaf stalks."

Ye Yinchuan's gaze fell on the black and red "fake egg," and then looked at the bewildered red flower bud on his shoulder.

"The flower in the shape of the Eternal Flower, the flower in its hand, is black and red... almost exactly the same color scheme as Yveltal."

"Although no official record explicitly mentions a connection between the two, is there a possibility that..."

Ye Yinchuan lowered his voice, which carried a kind of magical power that made people's hearts race.

"The so-called 'Eternal Flower' is, in essence... a 'Flower of Destruction'!"

"Its power originates from Yveltal, the god of destruction!"

【! ! ! 】

Holy crap! This streamer has such a wild imagination...

[It's chilling to think about! Come to think of it, it really could be true!]

So what the streamer means is...?

"If my guess is true," Ye Yinchuan took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with a crazy and burning light, "then, as long as we get this Flower Bebe to 'plant' its own flower on this Yveltal power crystal..."

"We might just be able to witness the birth of a Flowerbee in an eternal form!"

This is a gamble.

A high-stakes gamble!
If successful, he will gain a unique Pokémon with unlimited potential, comparable to a legendary Pokémon, and completely solve the crisis of the withering of the flower field.

Failure... This flower bud might "try and die"!
He was somewhat afraid to act recklessly.

With a thought, the power of the True Knowledge Compendium quietly activated, beginning to verify the feasibility of this idea.

The True Knowledge Encyclopedia is like a database that even Ye Yinchuan hasn't fully explored. As long as he can think of a search term, he can unlock endless possibilities...

"It really can... but there's a certain possibility of failure..."

Ye Yinchuan's eyes flickered.

He turned his head and looked at Hua Beibei on his shoulder, his eyes becoming incredibly gentle, yet incredibly solemn.

"brat."

He spoke, conveying his thoughts, along with the immense risks and limitless possibilities they contained, to it without reservation.

"This is an opportunity for transformation, and also a test of life and death."

"Success will grant you power surpassing all your kind, making you the new guardian of this sea of ​​flowers, ensuring it never withers again... and granting freedom and rebirth to your fellow flower buds, Flower Leaf Stem and Lady Flower Cleansing!"

"If you fail, you might... disappear. But I will do everything in my power to save your life and the sea of ​​flowers..."

"But the choice is ultimately yours."

Ye Yinchuan's voice echoed in Hua Beibei's heart.

“Gu…Gu!”

Hua Beibei provided her answer.

It could save the flower field, as well as its brethren and predecessors, and it was only risking its own life. It might not even have to pay the price with its life. How could a kind-hearted fairy Pokémon refuse?
Moreover, Hua Beibei sensed Ye Yinchuan's determination to protect her, a rare and precious form of trust.

After receiving Hua Beibei's answer, Ye Yinchuan's gaze was calm and resolute, his heart pounding with shock while his face remained as still as a lake.
"Then let's all give it our all!"

The theory exists... Let's begin!
(End of this chapter)