Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 476 Lost
Besides raising Pokémon, Link does enjoy exploring the strange tales, legends, and stories of various regions.

His focus wasn't on the legendary spirits, but rather on information he hadn't noticed in the game, or that had never appeared in the game at all.

If it were him, he certainly wouldn't have thought of the seemingly paradoxical idea of ​​Porygon using Slowpoke's skin and Celebi's bones to protect the forest from further fire by choosing to worship Slowpoke, who has the ability to bring rain.

"Actually, my original guess was that the people of Hinoki Town had just created a gimmick to represent the town and attract tourists, but Polygon's guess is probably closer to the truth."

This also aligns better with the simple and honest style of people around the world.

But what is the actual situation?
"Boni!"

Suddenly, Erguipeng suggested that everyone go back to Cypress Town and find those who still believed in the Forest God to find out the real story!

"Turn back...why not?"

In any case, Link's journey this time doesn't have a specific goal, so it doesn't matter whether he moves forward, backward, stays still, or gets lost.

Occasionally taking a "Xiao Zhi-style" trip is not a bad idea.

Anyway, Ash will definitely have to resolve the spacetime disorder in Sinnoh, so it's no big deal for Link to touch it a little.

The Pokémon had no objections; in fact, Chikorita and Bulbasaur's adventurous spirit was burning brightly, and they were curious about what the real history was like.

It's decided! We'll go back the way we came!

On the way home.

Link's eyes were getting tired of seeing the same trees for several days, and he was puzzled by the fact that more than 90% of the trees in the forest were the same species.

He knew nothing about forestry, but shouldn't a healthy, ancient forest have plenty of diversity?

"According to the test, the vast majority of the trees in the oak forest are Quercus variabilis, a small number are oak and sycamore, and a very small number are holly oak and beech."

"In the culture of Chengdu, oak trees symbolize resilience, stability, longevity, holiness and strength. They are popular with the locals and are considered to be the oldest and most primitive trees, possibly dating back tens of millions of years."

Oak trees are sacred and ancient trees, so they are planted in large numbers... Is that right?
Link felt something was off. How could the Forest God allow the forest to be so monotonous?
Or does the shrine brigade not have the concept of maintaining ecological biodiversity?

Link seemed to be deep in thought when he suddenly remembered something.

"Is there any relevant intelligence in the data left by Orin AI?"

Polygonal search in progress~
About half a minute later, it pulled up some other legends from other regions that the doctor had learned about because of his interest in time travel.

Orin and Dr. Futu also showed interest in ghats and even collected and organized related materials.

That is, all its appearances to date and the credible parts of eyewitness accounts.

Ultimately, they concluded that there were three main patterns:
1. Seraphim only appear in forests or places where they coexist harmoniously with nature, and there are eyewitness accounts in regions with different latitudes and longitudes.

2. Seraphim usually avoid appearing in front of humans, and there is evidence that they are less likely to be seen in more advanced civilizations.

3. Celebi also has a "guard", which seems to be a different color of Suicune, Entei, Raikou, Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion.

"Through research and investigation, combined with exploration of time machines, Dr. Orinforto has come to a conjecture—"

“The shrubs live in symbiosis with the forest. The energy used to travel through time comes from the forest. The ferocious ancient species actually come from the future after the region returned to its primitive state following the extinction of humankind. The cold and cruel future species actually come from an ancient civilization that disappeared at some point in the past.”

Link was unaware of the two doctors' references and arguments, so he couldn't understand how these two conclusions came to be.

But he guessed that both of these speculations would soon be disproven: "Isn't that actually the case?" Polygon showed some of the images left behind by the Orin AI in ancient times: "The Orin AI believes that it has traveled back to the past, and we have also traveled to that era. Based on the information that can be made public at present, this impression is correct."

Although they were unaware of the era they truly lived in.

Pokémon can revert to their ancestral forms, evolve, or even revert to their original forms when conditions are right. Black Rayquaza could likely survive until humanity goes extinct.

But the Talebages are clearly a species that went extinct in the past, and turtles can also see the timeline and won't get the most basic before and after wrong.

Okay, Link admits that Turtle is a bit absent-minded and might mess things up, but Mew would never make a mistake.

"The second half of the speculation has been overturned, but the first half... seems to be similar to my previous thoughts."

If that's the case, how did the dreamlike creature, which doesn't coexist with the forest, travel through time and space?

Link was really curious and planned to ask Ho-Oh tonight to ask Celebi for help, hoping to learn a story he had never heard before from the other party.

But just as he thought it was time to set up camp and rest, a cool breeze suddenly blew through the forest.

A faint ringing sound could be heard, whether from afar or nearby.

The elves, including Erguipeng, all realized something was amiss, but felt no unease or sense of foreboding.

However, the polygonal beast, which had been connected to the outside world and exploring its surroundings, generated suspicious data. Its detection system malfunctioned, its communication with satellites was cut off, and the various functions of the new encyclopedia began to become unstable.

"Spacetime is distorted... no, more stable. We have entered another spacetime."

Upon hearing Polygon's assessment, Link realized with a start that his ability to distinguish directions had been interfered with by the identical trees around him, and he had unknowingly gotten lost.

This situation is more akin to being lost, or perhaps what is known as "disappearance."

"Have we unknowingly approached the shrine in the forest?"

He looked around but didn't find anything similar.

“Boni…”

The Evil Pine carefully took the trainer's hand; it would protect the other.

However, in this situation, you absolutely must not let it get lost and be left all alone.

"It's not a big problem, there's no need to worry. Let's walk a little further."

Humans and elves continued their journey.

Not far along, tattered ropes hung from the trees on both sides of the path, indicating that no one had maintained them for a long time.

But as they continued forward, every few dozen meters or so the ropes hanging on the trees gradually went from worn and tattered to clean and new.

Finally, Link, having clearly returned the way he came, arrived at the heart of the oak forest, the shrine dedicated to the shrine of the shrine.

But the shrine he encountered was completely different from what visitors to the oak grove would normally see. There were no creeping vines, lichens or mosses on the steps, and the shrine itself was almost brand new.

It's as if it was just built a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)