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Chapter 187 The Secret Library and Guardians at the Top of Mount Tianguan (4k)

Cynthia knew that Archie was very strong; his Megalodon and Crawdoid had even wiped her out once before.

But he is not invincible against the team that has now grown stronger!

Time passed by minute by minute.

After several attempts, Cynthia, with her superior strength and tactics, steadily suppressed Archie and finally defeated him!
"Damn it...you brat, you've become so strong..." Shui Wutong knelt on the ground, panting, her face filled with resentment.

"But this is not the end! For the sake of the great ocean! I will find a way to control Kyogre!" After shouting this, he stood up, jumped onto a small submarine parked nearby, and fled the base in a panic.

Cynthia didn't control her character to pursue, or rather, she didn't have the opportunity.

At this moment, her mind was completely occupied by the scene she had just witnessed.

She controlled her character to stand still, replaying in her mind the scene of the Pokémon named "Kyogre" breaking through the water.

That earth-shattering power, that massive, mountain-like body, that awe-inspiring presence that seemed to control the ocean…

She realized that this was definitely a legendary Pokémon that she had never seen before and had never read about in any records.

Team Aqua's crazy plan revolves around this creature known as "Kyogre"!

Its out-of-control escape likely means that even bigger trouble is about to befall the Hoenn region in the game.

Just as she was in shock and thought, the navigator system in the game beeped urgently again.

"Drip-drip-"

Cynthia opened the communicator; it was still the director of the Weather Institute, but his voice was more panicked than before:

"Strawberry Ice Cream! Something's wrong! We just detected that Kyogre's energy reaction has disappeared from the underwater cave, but... but Mt. Chimney! An even stronger, completely opposite energy fluctuation is coming from the direction of Mt. Chimney! The temperature in the entire Mt. Chimney area is rising rapidly, and volcanic activity has become abnormally high! It's like... Please go to the foot of Mt. Chimney immediately and check the situation! Hurry!"

Chimney Mountain? Energy fluctuations?

Sirona was shocked.

The issues here aren't even over yet, and now a new problem has arisen?

With no other option, she immediately controlled her character, used the Dive spell to surface back to the sea, then summoned a Pelipper and used the Fly spell to head towards her destination.

In the sky, the scenes on the screen changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the character went from the coast of Green Moss City with its blue sea and sky to the foot of Mt. Chimney, which is located in the center of the Hoenn continent and surrounded by red rocks.

However, contrary to the unusual activity described in the study, the foot of Yantu Mountain appears quite calm at this moment.

The scorching air distorted the view. A few small geodudes and lava worms moved slowly among the rocks. Apart from feeling a bit hotter than usual, nothing seemed particularly wrong.

Cynthia couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Where is that energy fluctuation source?

She controlled her character to patrol back and forth at the foot of the mountain, carefully examining every corner, but found nothing.

Neither the lava mass nor any obvious entrance or anomaly resembling an underwater cave was found.

But beneath this calm, Cynthia keenly sensed an undercurrent surging beneath the surface.

This eerie calm is probably just the calm before the storm.

With no other options at the moment, Cynthia simply quit the game and leaned back slightly in her chair.

On the screen, the overly tranquil scene at the foot of Chimney Mountain remained in her mind, forming a stark contrast to the earth-shattering scene of the underwater cave she had witnessed earlier.

“Gyokka…” she murmured the name, her brow furrowing slightly.

That immense power, seemingly capable of shaking the entire ocean, that ancient and majestic form—it's no ordinary legendary Pokémon... probably one of the most powerful.

What bothered her even more was Water Wutong's crazy slogan—"To bring an endless ocean to this world."

This sounds like a crazy plan by an extremist group, but combined with the power that Gyoka has demonstrated to alter the natural environment, it's more than just a slogan.

She felt like she had seen this name somewhere before.

Not in the game, but in the ancient, surviving documents she encountered as an archaeologist.

A strong intuition compelled her to go and see immediately.

With that thought in mind, Cynthia no longer hesitated. She stood up, straightened her clothes, took Garchomp's Poké Ball, and walked straight out of the villa.

Mt. Coronet, as the center of the Sinnoh region, hides many unknown secrets.

Instead of using any Flying-type Pokémon, Cynthia walked deeper into the mountains along a snow-covered, rarely traveled path.

He walked through a pine forest filled with cold mist, and suddenly the view opened up before him.

Before him stood an ancient tree of unimaginable size!
Its trunk is as thick as a mountain wall, and its branches and leaves are lush, as if it is supporting a corner of the sky.

This is a special tree known only to a select few within the Sinnoh League, codenamed the "Tree of Knowledge," and a secret library is located inside this giant tree.

Cynthia approached the giant tree. There was a seemingly natural crease on the trunk. She reached out and gently pressed her hand on a specific spot.

With a flash of light, a disguised door slid open silently, revealing a deep passageway inside, exuding a faint woody fragrance.

The passageway was dimly lit, with only some gemstones embedded in the walls providing illumination that emitted a soft white light.

Cynthia seemed to be very familiar with this place. She walked quickly forward, and before she had gone far, the shadow in front of her twisted and a round, purple figure slowly emerged, hovering in mid-air with a strange, half-smiling expression on its face. Its red eyes were particularly striking in the dim light.

A terrifyingly powerful aura erupted instantly, then quickly subsided.

That's a Gengar! It's the guardian of this ancient library, having spent countless years here, and is quite an old acquaintance of Cynthia's.

No one knows the true extent of his power, but before him, everyone who attempted to invade this place vanished without a trace.

Even when Cynthia first encountered this Gengar, she felt immense pressure, even though she was already a champion at that time.

【Hehehehe…】Gengar let out its signature eerie laugh, circled around Cynthia, and tilted its big head.

[Isn't this our little Zhulan? What brings you to this old man's turf today? Did you run into some problem that even you can't handle?]

Cynthia was already used to Gengar's attitude, and even felt a touch of affection for it.

She smiled slightly:
"Senior, it's been a long time. I have indeed encountered some... troublesome matters. I'd like to look up some records about legendary Pokémon, which are related to the ocean."

"The ocean?" Gengar patted its round belly, looking thoughtful.

"Hmm... Sinnoh's legends are all about time and space, the ocean... that's not often our theme. Are you looking for a special name?"

“Kyogre.” Cynthia uttered those three words clearly and immediately.

“Kyo...Kyo?” Gengar repeated, its playful expression fading slightly, a glint of memory flashing in its red eyes. “This name...I seem to remember it. I think I saw it in some old book that’s been almost completely eaten by bugs...Come with me, little guy, let’s see how lucky you are.”

After saying that, Gengar turned around and floated towards the depths of the library. Cynthia followed closely behind.

The library's interior was far more expansive than it appeared from the outside. Huge bookshelves stretched upwards like mountain walls, disappearing into the darkness at the top. The air was thick with the mingled scents of paper, ink, and time.

Countless ancient scrolls, parchment books, and stone tablets are neatly displayed and collected here. Cynthia knows that many of these documents are even older than the history of the Sinnoh League.
And so, Gengar led Cynthia through rows of towering bookshelves, finally stopping in a relatively secluded corner covered with a thin layer of dust. The scrolls in this area looked exceptionally ancient, mostly made of some kind of plant fiber.

“Look, this is probably the area.” Gengar circled around with its finger. “It’s all miscellaneous records of ancient legends from other regions. Not many people read them, and they’re almost forgotten. You can look for it yourself. I need to take a nap, haha—maintaining such a cool form is tiring, hehe…” As soon as it finished speaking, its figure gradually faded and disappeared into the shadow cast by the bookshelf.

Cynthia shrugged helplessly and could only begin the search herself.

She carefully flipped through the books, her movements gentle but her eyes focused.

Most of the records here contain fragmented myths or vague descriptions of legendary Pokémon.

She had been here before, but to be honest, it wasn't very helpful for her research on legendary Pokémon because the information here was too abstract.

Time passed slowly, and just when she was about to doubt her intuition, she suddenly found a rolled-up parchment at the bottom of an inconspicuous box made of some kind of dark wood.

The edges of this parchment are somewhat torn and yellowed, but the patterns and text on it are miraculously well preserved.

Cynthia carefully unfolded it, and the next moment, the scene before her made her pause in surprise!
The parchment depicts a breathtaking scene in simple yet expressive strokes: a vast ocean dominates the picture, with surging waves and towering billows. And in the center of the ocean, a massive blue figure with huge pectoral fins stands majestically—it's Kyogre, whom I've seen in the game!
Unlike in the game, this painting depicts Kyogre as more majestic and divine, surrounded by immense energy, as if it were the embodiment of the ocean.

At the bottom of the image are several lines of blurry ancient characters.

However, thanks to her extensive knowledge, Cynthia was able to barely grasp the gist of it:
"...Kyogre, the embodiment of the ocean...when he is angry, the seas surge; when he breathes, torrential rain pours down...he contends with the creator of the earth, his waves engulf mountains, expanding the boundless seas..."

"Expand the endless sea frontier..." Cynthia murmured the last sentence, as if a lightning bolt had struck her mind!
The fervent words of the water sycamore: "To bring an endless ocean to this world!"
In the game, Team Aqua's goal!

And in the underwater caves, there is the terrifying power of Geokana, enough to alter the very fabric of the heavens!
All the clues came together at that moment.

Cynthia's grip on the parchment scroll tightened slightly.

Her previous guess was confirmed, but her mood became even heavier.

Team Aqua's plan is no ordinary plan; they want to recreate a scene from ancient legends and use Kyogre's power to truly make the ocean cover the entire land!
This is no longer a local crisis in a certain region. If they succeed, the geographical pattern and ecological balance of the entire world will be completely overturned, which will be a huge disaster that sweeps across all regions!

She finally understood the absurdity of the main storyline in the game Emerald.

This isn't just an adventure for trainers; it's a challenge for the protagonist to prevent the world from being destroyed.
Hirona took a deep breath, carefully rerolled the parchment, and put it back into the wooden box.

She decided she had to return to the game immediately. The anomaly at Mt. Chimney was probably related to Kyogre's awakening, or perhaps Team Magma was plotting something... Whatever the possibility, she had to go and check it out.

Just as Cynthia put the parchment back into the wooden box and was about to turn and leave, the shadow behind her twitched, and Gengar's round figure silently reappeared.

[Hehehehe...] Gengar chuckled, its red eyes glancing at the wooden box Cynthia had just closed. [Our little Cynthia, why are you leaving so soon after finding something? In such a hurry? Is this the... Kyogre you're looking for?]

Cynthia paused, nodded, and said with a barely perceptible urgency, "Yes, senior, I found it. But the situation might be dangerous now, I have to go back quickly."

"Go back?" Gengar tilted its large head, a puzzled look on its face. It floated in front of Cynthia. "Go back where? What big thing happened in the outside world? Could it be that some fool dared to cause trouble in the Sinnoh region, even trying to flood this place with the sea?"

Cynthia was taken aback by Gengar's question, but then she realized what he meant and a helpless smile appeared on her face.

She then realized that she had been completely immersed in the sense of urgency brought about by the game's plot, subconsciously treating the crisis happening in the Hoenn region of the game as a threat that she would immediately face in the real world.

The shock of witnessing the power of Kayokawa and interpreting ancient prophecies made her momentarily confused between virtual and reality.

“No, not the real world…” Cynthia took a soft breath, trying to explain, “It’s… in a very special place, but not reality.”

Seeing Cynthia's hesitant expression, Gengar's curiosity grew. It circled Cynthia once and pressed, "What's so special about it? What's going on? Tell me, maybe this old man can help? Although I actually prefer sleeping."

Facing this familiar yet powerful senior, Cynthia knew there was no point in keeping it a secret, and Gengar, with its extensive knowledge, might actually be able to offer some insights.

She organized her thoughts and explained as concisely as possible: "I can't explain the specific mechanism clearly, but you can understand it as me personally 'seeing' a group of people calling themselves Team Aqua trying to find and control the legendary Pokémon called Kyogre. Their goal is, just as recorded in this ancient book, to use Kyogre's power to expand the ocean and attempt to swallow the entire world up by the sea."

【Hahahaha!】 Upon hearing this, Gengar not only wasn't nervous, but burst into laughter, doing a somersault in the air. 【Let the ocean swallow the world? Are people's ideas this interesting nowadays? But those legendary Pokémon, those ancient relics, have been gone for who knows how many years. They'd have to find them first.】

Cynthia shook her head and said seriously, "No, senior, I think the legendary Pokémon may not have disappeared. Just recently, I saw Regirock, also known as Rock Regirock, in the underground of the ruins. Since Rock Regirock can appear, then this Kyogre..."

Upon hearing the name "Regirock," Gengar's playful expression instantly faded, and its aura began to surge.

It touched its smooth chin, a hint of seriousness flashing in its red eyes.

(End of this chapter)