Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 185: Kamijou: Open or not?
The atmosphere inside the TV station was busier than expected.

Led by the reporter, the two went inside and met the director who was responsible for connecting with them, who was none other than Shui Wutong whom they had seen at the Museum of Marine Science some time ago.

The latter was obviously a little surprised. He didn't expect that the person who claimed to be an explorer and handed the detector to Nanmu would appear in front of him again by chance, and as a scholar who was proficient in ancient Chinese.

"Thank you both for helping me decipher the ancient texts found in the ruins. I am Wutong, the director of the TV station!"

After that, he handed a piece of information to the two of them separately: "This contains the writing used by the ancient Hoenn people thousands of years ago. It has long been on the verge of being lost. It really gave us a headache for a long time after we got it."

This kind of text is purely composed of dots, which is different from the modern writing system. It seems to be something used in a dark environment, and it also seems to be the result of learning from some elves.

Simply put, it is very similar to Braille, but more complex and special - incompatible with the current human writing that originated from unknown totems.

As soon as Link took over the deliberately shuffled document, he had already finished interpreting it.

He looked at Shen Dai who was standing beside him. He seemed to be still working hard on the first page. This was normal.

"The place shown on the rocky fish map... Take a giant whale to get there... These are not even close to each other."

Link looked at the TV station director with some confusion in his eyes.

"Hahaha, there's nothing we can do. We can't understand the words and they are all messed up after being copied."

The director laughed heartily, as if they really knew nothing about it.

However, he really didn't expect that this young man really had some skills in this area. In just less than half a minute, he had deciphered something that they had been studying for a long time but had almost no clue about.

"Mr. Kamishiro, how about we put this document into the correct order first."

Hearing this, a trace of confusion appeared in Kamishiro's eyes: "Have you translated it to the point where it can be sorted so quickly?"

"I just think it will help the translation..."

"Fu!"

Fire Fox nodded. That’s right, that’s right, the trainer already understood everything.

Besides, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it. You can just take it to the dream realm when you go to bed and ask the older elves for advice.

Shen Dai didn't think much about it. After all, his previous guess was too unbelievable.

The two spread all the documents on the director's desk, and Link took the opportunity to look through all the information copied by the Ocean Team and sorted out their order in his mind.

Then he arranged the papers one by one at a speed that was too fast for the Kamiyo to follow.

At the end, even the TV station director couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise. Damn, this is exactly the same sequence as the original version they had!
Kamishiro hesitated to speak: "Xiaolin, are you..."

"Speaking of 'the place shown on the Rock Fish Map', I have a guess. I wonder if you have heard of a certain aquatic spirit that appeared in human vision sixty years ago and was considered to be the first to walk on land and grow two feet?"

Shindai shook his head. This had touched his blind spot in knowledge. The TV station director suddenly realized, "You mean the ancient coelacanth, a living fossil that has survived several mass extinctions!"

He slammed the table and stood up. Yes, according to the records, this elf has the attributes of rock, and the pattern on its scales does look like a map!
Ancient Coelacanth, a long-lived Pokémon with Water + Rock attributes.

This rare species was discovered during a deep-sea survey and was originally thought to be extinct.

Their teeth have degenerated, and they rely on sucking to absorb microorganisms. Their body surface is covered with scales as uneven as rocks. Their bodies are rich in fat, which allows them to withstand the water pressure on the seabed.

Being able to walk on the seafloor using its pectoral fins seems to be a complete life form, so its appearance has not changed at all in 100 million years.

"Fu?"

It turns out there are fish-attributed elves that are even older than fish meat. How long ago was 100 million years ago?
"It's about as long as one hundred thousand Jirachi's sleep cycles."

Shui Wutong asked in confusion: "What?"

Why did he say this without any context, and what connection does this have to do with the Jirachi that he and Aquan had met once before?
Ignoring Shui Wutong's doubts, Link said seriously, "During its long evolution, the ancient coelacanth grew limbs, but for some reason it failed to walk on land. It stopped evolving and has lived in the deep sea ever since. Some people suspect that an unprecedented impact made the land environment no longer suitable for survival, which is the so-called mass extinction of species."

Many elves became extinct because of this, and such incidents have happened about four or five times since ancient times. Turtle... The Tailebagos tribe was also on the verge of extinction during one of these incidents. It seemed that only a male in Chunqing's hands and a female in Liko's hands were left alive.

I wonder if they can reproduce and revive the Tailebagos population?
In any case, the elves people see today have evolved by adapting to the environment after repeated disasters.

However, the deep-sea environment has not changed much throughout history. As a result, the ancient coelacanth has become a rare elf that has almost always maintained the same posture in the long evolution. It is much more reliable than a diamond that will break at the slightest touch.

Perhaps because of this, the ancient people of Hoenn, who hid in the deep sea using the power of toilets, would use this unchanging thing to convey some kind of message.

"So there's no need to look at the rest of the information, right?" Shui Wutong suddenly said, "All we need to do is find an ancient coelacanth and use the submarine to go to the location shown on the map on its body!"

Link thought, are all of you in the Ocean Team so reckless?

Experienced explorer Kamishiro objected to this approach: "No one knows what is in there, it is better to decipher the rest first. Besides, the ancient text mentions the word 'trial', so we may have to fight and decipher the code."

Going to the ruins without preparation is tantamount to suicide.

and……

For humans who cannot enter the deep sea, the ancient coelacanth is as rare as a legendary elf, and it is not easy to catch one in a short time.

The TV station director finally calmed down and thought about how to tame an ancient coelacanth and enter the ruins to which the ancient Hoenn people entrusted their future.

He recognized Link and Kamishiro's abilities, and decided to wait for them to finish the translation before the situation became irreversible.

Eventually, the two sides exchanged navigator numbers and agreed to contact each other after the translation was completed, and to go on a deep-sea adventure together after the preparations were completed.

However, Link, who has learned the entire contents of the ancient text, can now go to the deep sea west of Duskwater Town to open the seal of the notice stone chamber...

(End of this chapter)