Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 437 Puzzles and Secret Rooms

As Link selects the mysterious sound channel that is identified as a "natural phenomenon," the Pokédex emits a regular and rhythmic enigmatic melody.

Contrary to the meaningless noise I had imagined, the melody, which was formed by a chance encounter with the magnetic field in nature, was surprisingly... beautiful.
Is it pleasant to listen to, or eerie? The intermittent melody inevitably evokes memories of the background music from Lavender Town.

But Link quickly recognized the true nature of the mysterious melody.

"This melody sounds like..."

The melody produced when the Celestial/Divine Flute is played is the sound made by the item that allows one to travel from the top of Mount Celestial Crown to the Temple of Beginning to meet Arceus.

Link had also heard that the walls of the Forbidden City formed natural magnetic tape due to thunderstorms, which is why palace maids could be seen.

But the magnetic field in nature can create a special melody emitted by the ritual props passed down by the Sinnoh people.
Obviously, that's impossible.

He subconsciously recalled the location where the mysterious voice should have originated: inside the ruins of Aluf in the Johto region.

In the game, this channel can only be selected within the Ruins of Aluf, and its effect is to slightly increase the probability of encountering uncollected unknown totem types.

However, what are its effects in reality?
Initially, I couldn't make the connection because of my location, but the facts before me proved that the ruins of Aluf might be larger than I imagined, or that there might be other groups of ruins in the Johto region.

"Fu?"

The fire fox also vaguely sensed the strangeness of the melody; it didn't sound like something that could be formed naturally.

Could there be some kind of signal source inside the dark cave?

"Please wait, processing."

Realizing the anomaly of the mysterious voice, Polygon recorded it and attempted to analyze and process its audio.

Before long, it came to three conclusions.

1. The mysterious sound is a melody that keeps repeating.

2. After removing noise, a short musical score can be obtained. Upon comparison, no identical or similar melody is found in the database.

3. The noise was compared with the audio in the database, and some of it was identical to the electronic sound of the Phoenix's call.

"Ho-Oh doesn't seem like the type to fly into dark caves. It's not a Zubat either. Is it a simulated product or a recording of Ho-Oh's calls outside? What message is it trying to convey to us?"

Link tried to use his abilities to translate Ho-Oh's "cries" amidst the noise, but this time, for the first time ever, he came up empty-handed.

Whether it was due to the electronic sound or because it originally had no meaning, he couldn't discern any information from the "sound".

Would it be more accurate to ask Ho-Oh directly?

"Fuwu?"

Even though they haven't figured out anything yet, how come the trainer already looks so confident?
"It's not time to reveal my guess yet. Let's find the source of the signal first."

The surroundings were dark and there was no light. Every few steps were against rock walls, making it difficult to move forward.

Fortunately, the Porygons have the ability to pass through walls, allowing them to conduct large-scale searches centered on them and, by analyzing the strength of signals, head directly to their destination.

Therefore, it did not take long for it to find the ancient ruins located a few dozen meters away in the rock face.

The ruins were clearly built by humans, and preliminary observations suggest they are from a similar period to the ruins of Aluf, and also contain similar mysteries and unknown totem tablets.

There should have been a path leading to the ruins inside the dark cave, but it is unclear whether it was caused by human construction or elven excavation that led to a landslide that buried the path.

Calling those elves who are good at violently destroying houses would easily allow them to carve out a path, but doing so inside a cave could easily cause an accident. "If I remember correctly, the Ruins of Aluf are ancient buildings from 1,500 years ago."

Why would humans from a thousand years ago dig up relics in such a godforsaken place?

Link took out the map, looked it over from left to right, but couldn't find anything special about the place.

If I had to pinpoint what's so special about the Dark Cave...

"Could this be considered a lake in the Johto region?"

There is indeed a lake inside the Dark Cave, which comes from the underground waterways of the Johto region, and there are many aquatic spirits there, but it is not very large and does not have any special features.

"If the Dark Cave is considered a lake, and if there's another lake near Route 35, then connecting Lake Rage with those two locations would form a triangle... That's a stretch."

"Fu~"

The Fiery Fox nodded. It could tell that the trainer wanted to connect the three lakes in the Sinnoh region, but Johto had no connection with Sinnoh.

That's still too far-fetched.

Besides, humans a thousand years ago didn't have the ability... no, it's possible that the ancient mega-city dwellers could have hollowed out a mountain.

anyway--

"Fu!"

"Digging a path is difficult, using 'teleportation' to traverse the rock layers is dangerous, and 'Spirit Stealth Assault' is safer, but the air quality on the other side is uncertain."

Leaving aside Porygon and MetalGreymon, Link, the Fire Fox, and the other Pokémon cannot survive for long in an environment without air.

With this in mind, Polygon has already photographed the puzzles and the murals with unknown totems.

The only way to translate the text formed by the Unknown Totem is for the trainers.

Link opened the image taken by Porygon and quickly deciphered the text: "Lugia".

Unexpected answer.

What does this have to do with Lugia?
"Maybe it's some kind of mechanism, like bringing Lugia here will open the next door. Is there nothing behind this wall?"

The encyclopedia displays a regretful expression; a complex and subtle "seal" exists within the ruins, preventing it from going any further, and it did not forcibly break it in case an irreversible event occurred.

At least in the view of the multiverse, destroying historical sites is an immoral act, and as an electronic gentleman, one should try one's best to avoid it.

Link agreed with this, so they had no choice but to record the matter and coordinates and send it to Professor Oak to solve the construction problem.

After the road to the ruins is opened, go to Whirlpool Island and ask Lugia for help.

Just as Link was contacting Professor Oak, a white figure, reflecting a faint light, flashed by in the darkness some distance away from the group and beyond the Pokémon's detection range.

If Link were here, he would surely be able to recognize its true form as Absol, a legendary spirit that is always accompanied by calamity.

The group set off again, and after a week of wandering, they finally arrived at the northern exit.

Even when Link finally arrived at Route 45, he still hadn't seen either the little barbarian or the barbarian, but he was lucky enough to collect the Pokédex entries for Ursaring, Copper Mirror, Bell, and Wobbuffet...

*Some of these features only appear in the game if you listen to the Hoenn Voice or Sinnoh Voice during your second playthrough, but there is no such restriction in reality.

(End of this chapter)