Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 205 Eterna's Shell
At the end of the pit embedded in the Void, the space is much larger than the outside.

Natsume guessed that the explosion might have occurred when the enemy was hit here.

It was later filled with water, thus forming this underground lake.

Natsume carefully observed his surroundings.

These crystal clusters are almost all concentrated in this area. Further along, in the underground river that extends from the lake, some crystal clusters can also be seen in the riverbed.

However, these red crystal clusters were dark in color and too fragmented, so Natsume only glanced at them briefly before paying no further attention.

This was probably eroded by the lakebed over time by the flowing water.

Natsume returned to the lake, and this time, he went to the very center.
When the flashlight shines, the large clusters of crystals at the bottom of the lake refract red light, and the thick water behind them, finally coming into view, makes the water surface look like a glass of smooth red wine.

According to Natsume's careful investigation, the crystal clusters here are extremely abundant.

The most obvious distribution is in two places.

One is the top of my head, with clusters of crystals distributed like stalactites.

The other part consists of crystal clusters buried deep at the bottom of the lake, which look like coral reefs.

The two have roughly equal stock.

Natsume used his telekinesis to carefully gauge the depth of the lake, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

This is really challenging and a great opportunity to hone the league's construction team.

Natsume resolutely gave up this opportunity to train himself and ceded it to the alliance.

He flew upwards and began excavating the crystal clusters on the cave ceiling.

Upon reaching the top, Natsume was able to directly perceive the immense scale of the crystal clusters.

Although I had previously explored it with telekinesis, the feeling was nothing compared to the shock of being there in person.

Clusters of reddish-black crystals hung densely from the cave ceiling, each cluster being extremely large. Natsume felt as if he were in an upside-down crystal forest.

Soon, a series of clanging and banging sounds rang out, and every now and then, some crystal clusters would fall into the water.
Natsume had no idea how many days he had been digging.

When I'm hungry, I drink milk; when I'm thirsty, I drink milk too.

"I can't take it anymore."

Below, Natsume lay among a pile of milk cartons, his eyes bloodshot.

Next time he goes out, he will definitely pack all kinds of emergency food in his system space.

Above their heads, hundreds of pickaxes, controlled by telekinesis, were digging frantically.

Some of them were even Natsume's painstakingly crafted telekinetic manuscripts.

There was nothing he could do; of the thousands of pickaxes he had stored in the system warehouse, almost half of them were now unusable.

Fortunately, Natsume had almost completely hollowed out the crystal clusters on the cliff face above and put them all into his system space.

As for the bottom of the lake, Natsume doesn't have the energy for that; let's leave that to the Alliance.

With a continuous tremor coming from above, Natsume carefully put away all the manuscripts and erased the traces.

This is the roar of a drilling machine. It has been faintly audible since the day before yesterday, and the noise has been getting louder and louder in the past two days.

"It's a pity we can't take these shells back with us."

Natsume looked at the remains of Mugenta with some disappointment.

As a result of his excavation, many tiny crystal clusters and fragments fell onto the surface, creating a hazy gray scene.

Natsume clapped his hands, intending to wipe away the dust and destroy the evidence.

The telekinetic energy, carrying groundwater, swept towards and covered the remains of the Void.

During the wiping process, Natsume noticed something was wrong.

"Why does it feel so soft and squishy?"

Natsume reached out his hand in confusion, intending to experience it for himself.

With a gentle poke of the finger, it felt like poking into a piece of flesh, causing the armor to cave inwards.

Natsume: “???”

Has it softened?
why?
water?
wrong.

Natsume quickly dismissed his guess.

A portion of Mugentai was submerged in water, and he couldn't separate it either. Natsume looked at the hazy, fragmented cluster of crystals, and a bold idea surged into his mind.

Among the vast number of scarlet crystal clusters within the system space, Natsume selected a large crystal that resembled a machete.

Holding the crystal, Natsume tried to place it on the chest of the Mugentaru wreckage, on a large piece of carapace fragment.

With ease, Natsume cut off a large piece of the carapace.

At the same time, most of the crystal cluster in Natsume's hand disappeared as if the ice and snow had melted away.

Several lines of blood were clearly visible on the severed carapace.

Although he desperately wanted to figure out the principle behind it, the roaring sound overhead told Natsume that he probably didn't have the time.
"Click—click!"

A crack appeared in the cliff face above, and it kept widening.

Finally, the crack could no longer bear the weight and suddenly burst open with a large hole.

A group of people were swept away by the rubble and fell down in disarray.

Fortunately, a cold, eerie blue light caught them.

"Ah—it's Natsume! You startled me."

Professor Oak patted his chest, still shaken.

"Natsume, how's your exploration going?"

Dr. Mulan looked down into the underground river with lingering fear. Under the light of her flashlight, it was so shallow that the stones on the riverbed were clearly visible.

If the water level drops, it probably won't have much of a buffering effect.

"That's about it, it's almost done."

With that, Natsume used his telekinesis to help the two of them walk toward the lake where Mugentana was.

"The environment here is so unique!"

Along the way, Professor Magnolia and Professor Oak naturally discovered the peculiarities of different sections of the river.

After passing that iconic whirlpool and bend, the view suddenly opened up before them.

What comes into view is a larger underground space, and inlaid in the cliff face.
"Natsume, why is there only one head left of Mugentana's remains?"

Professor Oak arrived at the foot of the cliff, stroked his chin, and then looked at Natsume with a suspicious expression.

Of course, it's because there wasn't enough time to move the head.

"Ahem, after my investigation, it is very likely that the opponent's body was destroyed. As you know, a lot of shell fragments can be dug out from the rock strata above."

"But, given Eternatus's size, those few shell fragments are nothing more than a drop in the ocean."

As Dr. Mulan spoke, she turned to look at Natsume.

Stared at by the two old men, Natsume's expression suddenly hardened:
"Actually, I have made another important discovery."

As Natsume spoke, he led the two elderly people to the lakeside.

Under the flashlight beam, one can easily see that the bottom of the huge lake is densely covered with countless dark red crystals, resembling a coral reef.

"this is?"

Professor Oak asked with a hint of doubt.

"These red crystal clusters contain a large amount of Dynamax energy, and it is stored very well and is extremely stable!"

Natsume emphasized his voice.

"Stable!" Professor Oak's eyes lit up.

If the Dynamax energy is stable, we can build a Dynamax Well, which will solve the most difficult point in promoting the Dynamax system in the Kanto region!
"Yes, not only that, these crystal clusters also contain a tremendous amount of maximal energy."

As Natsume spoke, he took out a wet crystal cluster and handed it to Dr. Mulan.

"I suspect that these crystal clusters are the body of Wujitai that disappeared without a trace, buried deep beneath the lake, and formed after thousands of years of changes!"

Natsume spoke fluently and without batting an eye.

"Is that so?"

Professor Oak and Professor Magnolia exchanged a glance and nodded slightly involuntarily.

It does make some sense.

(End of this chapter)