Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 144 An unexpected encounter with Gary, and a large number of fossil Pokémon! Deep within an underground cave.

Fossil spirits are extremely rare; they are products of ancient times that have gone extinct, otherwise they wouldn't be called fossil spirits.

Currently, the only way to obtain fossil Pokémon is by acquiring them from amber or fossils and then using machines to revive them.

Living fossil Pokémon were something that even Misty and Brock had never heard of before.

"Are you sure, Ash? Is it really not a fossil down there?" Misty asked, still somewhat doubtful.

Ash nodded: "There's no mistake. Those are all living fossil Pokémon. That level of aura is something that fossils that are close to death could never possess."

Although fossil Pokémon will still have aura after they turn into fossils, their aura will not be very strong, and can even be described as very weak.

However, the aura within those fossil Pokémon below, while not particularly strong, is definitely not weak.

This place may be the habitat of ancient fossil spirits, who have taken special measures to slumber and avoid becoming fossils.

"Let's go down and take a look!"

As he spoke, Ash looked at Pikachu on his shoulder, and Pikachu understood immediately.

His tail gleamed with a metallic sheen, and then he leaped high onto Ash's shoulder, flipped 720 degrees in the air, and then slammed his tail down hard onto the ground!

"boom!!"

In an instant, countless cracks appeared on the ground!

Immediately afterwards, the rocks crumbled, and a huge crater appeared in front of Ash and his friends.

Pikachu's sudden slash startled the two, but when Pikachu blasted the ground open, the look of surprise on Xiaoxia's face deepened.

"This place is hollow?" Xiao Gang exclaimed in surprise.

Just now, when they saw those people hoeing the ground, the soil was really dug up, and the ground was incredibly thick.

It turned out that the place they were in was hollow, and there was a high probability that there were still living fossil Pokémon living underneath.

What incredible luck!

Brock glanced at Ash silently. "Yeah, that's Ash's luck, no doubt about it."

"Let's go down first. Give me Xia's hand." Upon hearing this, Xia's pretty face flushed slightly, but she obediently placed her hand in Xiao Zhi's palm.

She knew that it was just that Xiao Zhi wanted to take her down, so they needed to hold hands, but hearing Xiao Zhi's words gave her a strange feeling, like a couple asking each other to hold hands.

Just as Ash was about to jump down with Misty, a voice suddenly rang out from behind him.

"Ash, what are you doing here?!"

The moment the sound rang out, a figure appeared in Ash's mind. When Ash looked in the direction of the sound, he saw that familiar figure—Gary!
At this moment, Xiao Mao was dressed in mountaineering clothes, wearing a cowboy hat, and holding a hoe, looking like a professional. Behind him were six girlfriends dressed in revealing clothes.

When Xiao Gang saw the six women, his eyes lit up instantly. Although he was a pervert, he was a pervert with professional ethics.

He wouldn't stoop to harassing someone else's girlfriend.

"Why are you here too?"

"Digging for fossils? I heard some noise here and came over. What's this hole?" Shigeru asked curiously, looking at the large hole that Pikachu had knocked open.

Actually, Ash is still wearing a mask and no hat, but Gary still recognized him at a glance. That's the bond between childhood friends.

He hadn't seen Ash for a while, and when they met again, he saw Ash fiddling with something.

Ash looked at Gary, then at the hole beside him, and after thinking for a moment, said, "I made this hole. There are fossil Pokémon down there. Do you want to go down and take a look?"

If it were anyone else, Ash would never have told them so directly. After all, it's a fossil Pokémon, and a living one at that!
This is only possible because of Gary; if it were anyone else, Ash would have knocked them unconscious by now.

Upon hearing that there was a fossil Pokémon down below, Shigeru's eyes widened in disbelief: "Really? I've been digging here all day and haven't found a single fossil. How did you know there was a fossil Pokémon down there?"

"Hey, you wouldn't understand even if I told you, just go down there." Ash held Misty's hand with one hand and opened the Poké Ball at his waist with the other, releasing Gardevoir.

Before Gary could be shocked by the shiny Gardevoir, Ash kicked him in the butt.

"Hey! What are you doing, ahhhhh!!" With a scream, Gary was kicked down, while Gardevoir next to Ash disappeared instantly and reappeared below the hole in the next second, catching Gary with its psychic powers.

Just as Gary breathed a sigh of relief, Ash was already plummeting from beside him.

"boom!"

A loud crash echoed throughout the cave. The ground where Ash had fallen was now riddled with two small dents from his footsteps. Misty was being held in Ash's arms, her face flushed and her expression excited.

At this moment, she was holding Xiaozhi's hand with one hand and his arm with the other. Being suddenly picked up and jumped down by Xiaozhi was so exciting that even while being held by Xiaozhi, her little hands couldn't help but grab onto anything they could.

After they landed, Ash put Misty down from his arms. Several more figures jumped down from the hole in the sky; they were Brock and Gary's girlfriends.

Before Xiaozhi came down, he told them that they could just jump down and someone would catch them. As for why he didn't let Xiaoxia jump down... well, they were already holding hands, so wouldn't it have been easy to carry her down?
The falling figures were all brought to a smooth landing under Gardevoir's psychic control.

Next to Ash, Gary, still shaken, sat up from the ground. He had almost thought he was going to die!
Falling from such a height, even if you don't die, you'll be severely disabled! But unexpectedly, just as he was about to hit the ground, his body suddenly floated up and then landed steadily.

It's obvious that this was Ash's doing. Ash must have had a thorough plan to kick him down, but pushing him into the pit without saying a word is just too much!
Gary glared at Ash and said angrily, "Couldn't you at least say hello?! Are you trying to scare me to death?!"

Ash shrugged, spread his palms, and said helplessly, "Isn't this just to save trouble? Besides, it's only been a short time since we last met, Gary, why have you become so timid?"

Xiaomao:? ? ?
You call that being a coward? If I were even a little bit cowardly, I would have fainted by now!
Do you know how many meters he just fell...? Wait, Ash seems to have jumped straight down without any cushioning, and Gardevoir didn't even catch him with its psychic powers.

Gary couldn't help but look at the ground where Ash had fallen and noticed two deep footprints. This was where Ash had just fallen.

"Are you a monster? You jumped down from that place while holding someone and you're completely unharmed!" Xiao Mao exclaimed with an exaggerated expression.

He knew that Ash had some special abilities and was also quite physically fit, but Ash's exaggerated performance still shocked him.

"I've always been physically fit since I was little, you know that," Xiao Zhi replied casually, then looked into the depths of the underground space.

As far as the eye could see, there was only bottomless darkness, as if going forward would mean being swallowed up.

There was no light inside; a timid person probably wouldn't even dare to look inside.

Ash has the power of aura, so he won't be affected by the dim light, but Gary and the others can't see the path at all.

So Ash released Charizard, using the flames on its tail for illumination, and then went in first.

After walking for about five minutes, Ash stopped. Seeing this, Gary, walking past Ash, said, "Let me see how many fossils you're talking about... Hmm?! This... This is!!"

Under the light of the Charizard, the scene ahead was clearly reflected in Shigeru's eyes.

Kabuto, Kabuto, Omanyte, Omanyte!
These fossil Pokémon, which are extremely famous in Kanto and are theoretically extinct, stood straight in front of him!
They are not fossils, but living things!

In recent years, with the emergence of the Fossil Machine, fossil Pokémon are no longer extinct. Even so, their rarity surpasses that of pseudo-legendary Pokémon!

Because the conditions for reviving a fossil are extremely demanding, not just any fossil can revive a spirit. A fossil that can be revived requires at least three million, plus the huge cost of using the machine.

All these factors combined mean that obtaining a fossil Pokémon would require at least five or six million.

So even with the fossil revival machine, not everyone can own a fossil Pokémon. But now, so many fossil Pokémon are appearing before our eyes, and even with Gary's wealth, he can't help but swallow hard.

Think of how much money that would save!
And it's not about money; the problem is that there are some things you can't buy with money!

Reviving a fossil Pokémon is risky, but catching a ready-made one is much less worrisome!
"Ash, how did you know there were so many fossil Pokémon here?!"

Xiao Shi's voice trembled slightly. No one could remain unmoved in the face of so many fossil Pokémon!
"What the waveguide power detected, um, is my special ability."

"Special abilities? Forget it, you've been a freak since you were little, so it's not so strange that you have any oddities." Xiao Mao said in a convoluted way.

"Who are you calling a freak!" Ash rolled his eyes and said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Suddenly, he felt a mysterious guidance in his mind leading him deeper into the area. Ash paused for a moment, then said to Misty and the others beside him, "I'm going a little further in. Be careful, these fossil Pokémon all have professional-level strength, but they probably can't unleash their full power right now. If you can't beat them, you can ask Misty for help."

As Ash spoke, he led Charizard straight into the interior. At the same time Ash set off, the fossil Pokémon that had surrounded them were also preparing to make their move. If Ash dared to come any closer, they would cut him into pieces and use him as their meal after waking up!
They were sleeping soundly, but recently there had been constant noises coming from their habitat, and the loud roar just now had completely woken them up!
They're incredibly grumpy when they wake up these days!
If Ash dares to charge forward, they will show this human what the wrath of the Ancient Pokémon is all about!

However, as Ash led Charizard forward, an unparalleled aura pressed down on them, and in that instant, they felt as if they were confronting a god!

The scythe and tentacles that were about to be swung stopped abruptly, not daring to move.

Only after Ash left did they exchange a sweaty glance, both seeing horror in each other's eyes.

Who exactly was that human? What was with that oppressive aura emanating from him? Was it some kind of mythical beast that transformed into a human and came here to play?
How can their mere presence be so intimidating that they dare not move?

After Ash left with Charizard, Gary released his Magmar, which unleashed flames to illuminate the situation inside the underground cave.

Ash said that these fossil Pokémon are all professional-level, and it would be quite a challenge for Gary to catch them, since his strongest Pokémon, Blastoise, is only at the Elite Peak level.

Elite Peak and Professional may seem like they're only one level apart, but that's a huge difference!
Not everyone can challenge opponents of higher levels like Ash, after all, all of Ash's Pokémon have power-ups, and Ash himself is practically a human power-up.

However, Ash said that although these fossil Pokémon have a professional level, they cannot exert their full strength. Gary thought about it for a moment and understood the reason.

Fossil Pokémon are Pokémon that existed in ancient times. The reason why many fossil Pokémon have become fossils is because their lives are almost over, and they have no choice but to turn into fossils to see if they can retain the last bit of their life.

If it weren't for the modern invention of machines that can revive fossils, those fossil Pokémon that turned themselves into fossils would probably have met their end anyway.

Although these fossil Pokémon in front of us haven't turned into fossils, they have been sleeping since ancient times, and their long survival is entirely due to their slumber.

Their current condition is obvious; they have just awakened, and their health and condition are extremely poor.

Without any nutritional supplements, these fossil Pokémon are already performing at an extraordinary level if they can unleash even one-tenth of their power!

Thinking of this, Gary revealed a confident expression. He took out his Poké Ball and shouted, "Who wants to go first? Watch me, Gary the Great, beat you all down!"

Meanwhile, Ash arrived at the deepest part of the cave...

(End of this chapter)