Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

After asking Mu Xue to help melt the ice, Ye Chen opened his backpack and found that it contained several Mega Evolution Stones that he had been longing for.

Seeing the joy on Ye Chen's face, Mu Xue asked, "Did you find it?"

"That's right, this is the key item to usher in the next era of Pokémon!" Ye Chen took out the Mega Stone from inside.

There are three Mega Stones in total: Beedrill Mega Stone, Gnarok Mage Mega Stone, and Gyarados Mega Stone. In addition to the Venusaur Mega Stone that Fan Wenxin had desperately taken out earlier, there are a total of four Mega Stones.

Unfortunately, none of them were usable by Ye Chen at the moment. He had originally thought he could find Garchomp's Mega Stone here, since the environment of this secret realm was very suitable for the Garchomp family to live in.

Besides the Mega Stone, the bag also contained several Evolution Stones, some Pokémon items, and various ritual implements.

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While the ancient artifacts in these ruins may not be of much use to trainers, they are very helpful for humans to explore the origins of the Secret World. In addition, there are always some wealthy people who are willing to collect these items, so they are not cheap on the black market.

As for the items used by the spirits, because they are too old, most of the energy they contain has been lost, so even if they do improve the spirits' combat power, it won't be a big deal.

So Ye Chen simply put all the Mega Evolution Stones into his bag, leaving the Pokémon items and ritual implements behind for the League officials to handle when they arrived.

Then he and Mu Xue went down the stairs, leaving the Super Armor Rhino alone on this floor.

Not long after, the Super Armored Rhinoceros also stood up and left the ruins down the stairs. It seemed that it also knew very well that this treasure land was probably not for it, and it would be better to go to the desert to find a new place to live.

Without the Pokémon hunters' lighting equipment for the journey ahead, Ye Chen had to have Gardevoir use Flash Light.

As Ye Chen descended the steps, he saw the familiar passageway covered with murals once again. It looked very similar to the two floors above, but the murals on this floor were much clearer, and many details and patterns could be clearly seen.

The murals here continue the story from the previous floor.

After the mysterious spirit appeared, it dispersed the thick clouds, revealing the true forms of two spirits. Upon seeing the mysterious spirit, the two spirits stopped fighting each other and instead made it their target, flying towards it together.

And the mysterious elf also transformed into another form amidst a burst of light. If its original form was closer to humanoid, then its current form was closer to beastoid, with all four legs on the ground.

For a clearer reason, Ye Chen actually recognized the three spirits as soon as he saw the first mural on this floor. They were the three divine beasts known as the Three Cloud Gods: Earth Cloud, Thunder Cloud, and Tornado Cloud.

The divine beast that was worshipped by humans at the beginning was the Earth Cloud. Because of its special ability, it could absorb the power of wind and thunder to nourish the land and make the earth more fertile. Therefore, it was known as the god of harvest and the god of farmland.

Moreover, because of this special ability, it possesses the power to quell battles between thunderclouds and tornadoes.

These three legendary Pokémon are certainly not among the top in strength among all legendary Pokémon. They are far inferior to Ho-Oh and Lugia, not to mention Groudon and Kyogre. However, they have a special feature: they can transform into their spirit form through the Mirror.

Land clouds correspond to tigers, thunder clouds to dragons, and tornado clouds to birds.

In the mural, facing attacks from thunderclouds and tornadoes, the Earthcloud easily absorbed the energy contained in the attacks through its tail, neutralizing the two attacks, and then pounced to fight the thunderclouds and tornadoes.

The three Pokémon were flying back and forth in the air. Landorus was not only holding its own against the other two, but it was even able to overpower them.

Soon after, the lightning cloud and tornado cloud seemed to regain their senses and stopped attacking, transforming into their transformed forms. Seeing this, the land cloud also stopped attacking. The three cloud gods stood at an altitude of ten thousand meters, seemingly talking about something.

The surviving humans below still knelt and looked up at the sky. All around them were wildfires caused by lightning and land ravaged by strong winds. This land had become uninhabitable for humans due to the ravages of wind and lightning energy.

The Earth Cloud, one of the Three Cloud Gods, looked down at the desolate scene below and felt pity. So it had the Thunder Cloud and the Tornado Cloud each shed two drops of blood, and added one drop of its own blood to give to humanity.

It tells humanity that as long as this blood, which contains the power of lightning and gales, is dripped into the earth, the land can be restored to its vitality. Adding its own drop of blood will stabilize the energy in the land and prevent it from being lost.

Afterwards, the three cloud gods left one after another, and the remaining humans were ordered to drip blood containing the power of lightning and gales into the earth. The scorched trees were reborn at a visible speed, and the seeds in the fields sprouted.

However, they never integrated the drop of blood from the Earth Cloud into the earth. Instead, they built a ruin and placed the drop of blood containing divinity inside, which they worshipped for generations!

However, no matter how powerful the blood of the two divine beasts was, after countless years, the power was finally exhausted, and the land gradually lost its vitality and became unsuitable for cultivation. Some people left to seek other ways out, while others continued to live here, hoping that the god of harvest would return again.

The once vibrant place has now become a desert, and the inheritors of that civilization have long since disappeared into the endless years.

Upon seeing the final outcome of the mural, both Ye Chen and Mu Xue fell silent.

The overall atmosphere of this story is too heavy. It's clear that if that drop of blood were simply put into the earth, the extinction of civilization could have been avoided. It's clear that if people had left with those people, the civilization would have been able to flourish again in other places.

But the people here all chose that "wrong" decision.

"Such a thing could never happen on Earth!" Mu Xue said, emphasizing each word.

If one day such spirits were to descend upon Earth, what would humanity do? Should we then hope that among those spirits there might be some with good intentions who would protect us?

"We will not allow humanity's fate to be in the hands of uncertain factors. If that day ever comes, these elves will fight to the death to prevent such a catastrophe from spreading in the city!"

Chapter 135 The Blood of the Land Cloud

Seeing Mu Xue's determined expression, Ye Chen knew that the content of those murals had put a lot of pressure on her and caused her a strong sense of astonishment!

The mysterious elves possessed devastating power, and the humans there were powerless to resist them—the power of resistance here refers not to strength but to mindset.

To be fair, if these elves appeared in the real world, Mu Xue wouldn't be confident that humans could handle them. But at least humans would never sit idly by and wait for other creatures to save them; instead, they would fight back, even to the last man!

This doesn't mean that the actions of humans in the secret realm are wrong, because the development of humans in the secret realm is different from the development of human society on Earth.

They truly regarded the Earth Cloud as a deity, which is why they prayed for divine salvation when faced with divine punishment, rather than rising up in rebellion.

That's why, when faced with the blood given by the gods that enables the continuation of civilization, they choose not to use it but instead offer it as a sacrifice.

There is no right or wrong in either case, and even the actions of humans in the ancient civilization can be touching. However, Ye Chen is more inclined to choose to fight to the death to control his own destiny!

Unlike Mu Xue, Ye Chen knew that these divine beasts would eventually descend, perhaps in ten years, perhaps in a year, or perhaps in the next moment!

Therefore, he also felt a lot of pressure. Don't be fooled by the fact that some mythical beasts are very friendly to humans. To most mythical beasts, humans are just ants. Do you pay attention to the ants on the ground when you walk?

Similarly, when these mythical beasts want to do something, they don't care about the feelings of the humans living on this planet!

Groudon and Kyogre are a good example. In the original story, the disaster caused by these two legendary Pokémon fighting each other for natural energy almost destroyed the entire Hoenn region.

Therefore, becoming stronger is of utmost importance. With this in mind, Ye Chen looked towards the room at the end of the passage.

If I'm not mistaken, that's the "treasure land" that Super Armor Rhinoceros mentioned. Moreover, according to the murals, there is a drop of Earth Cloud's blood in this ruin, which is definitely a legendary resource!

As soon as Ye Chen entered the room, he sensed a strong earthy aura through his waveguide power.

Moreover, in the very center of the room stood a statue in the form of a land cloud, and Ye Chen used his wave-guiding power to look at the statue.

Sure enough, a drop of blood radiating a faint divine aura floated in the very center of the statue. Presumably, this room had gradually become a treasure trove because of the energy that this drop of blood had inadvertently emitted over countless years.

Then it was discovered by the Super Armored Rhinoceros that had wandered in, and so it settled down here. However, the Super Armored Rhinoceros did not know that the real treasure was hidden in the statue. If the statue had been accidentally broken by it, then this legendary resource would have been gone for Ye Chen.

"...Is this what that elf looks like? Just looking at it, you can feel its majesty..."

Mu Xue couldn't help but sigh, then turned around and saw Ye Chen directing Gardevoir to use Psychic Blast on the statue.

"Holy crap, what are you doing?" Mu Xue was dumbfounded and was about to stop him when she realized that this was very useful for the Alliance to investigate the truth of the secret realm. Moreover, it was a statue of an elf that had never been seen before. If you really wanted to know, it would be priceless!

However, Gardevoir did not hesitate and smashed the statue to pieces. Then, under Mu Xue's heartbroken gaze, something emitting a yellow light flew out from the statue's fragments under Gardevoir's psychic control.

"This is..." Mu Xue then realized that the faint sense of majesty actually came from this yellow light spot, "The blood of that elf?"

Chapter 136 The Journey to the Secret Realm Ends

This is not simply the blood of the Earth Cloud; it contains a trace of its original power over the energy of the ground, which is why it can stabilize the wind and thunder energy in the land.

Compared to it, this so-called treasure land is simply not worth mentioning!

“That’s right, it should contain ground-attribute energy,” Ye Chen said.

Mu Xue hesitated for a moment. Of course, she knew what Ye Chen meant by saying that. He simply wanted to use it on her own Garchomp.

Logically speaking, if a trainer finds a resource in a secret realm, it should belong to that trainer. However, this is a legendary resource, and the League will not let it go so easily.

However, after only a moment's hesitation, Mu Xue casually turned her head and looked around before saying, "I'll go check if there's any road leading down from here to 850."

It was as if they didn't see the obvious yellow dot floating in the air.

Ye Chen watched as Mu Xue walked towards the corner of the room without looking back, a smile playing on his lips. Ever since he revealed that he possessed Celebi during the New Year and Mu Xue did not choose to report it to the League, Ye Chen had vaguely sensed something.

Sure enough, it was just one sentence.

Mu Xue is a loyal and trustworthy person! She's someone you can get along with!

Ye Chen had not yet realized Mu Xue's inexplicable feelings for him, and simply thought that the revolutionary friendship between the two was unbreakable!

After storing the blood of the Earth Cloud into the system space, Ye Chen shouted, "How did this statue step on itself? I didn't touch it!"

Mu Xue turned her head and saw the fragments of the statue on the ground. Although she didn't know where Ye Chen had hidden the blood, she still said seriously, "Wasn't it like this when we came in?"

Ye Chen's lips twitched, and he quickly said, "Oh right, I remembered wrong. It seems that it was like this when we came in. It must have been broken by that super armored rhinoceros."

The two looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly smiled knowingly.

After confirming that nothing had been missed in the ruins, Ye Chen and Mu Xue went up the stairs and left the ruins.

As soon as the two emerged from the ruins, they saw a team of Alliance investigators walking towards them.

The investigators originally wanted to question Ye Chen and his companion, but Mu Xue directly revealed her identity and explained why the two had come here.

The investigators stood at attention and saluted. Although Mu Xue recounted everything that had happened in the ruins, omitting the mention of the drop of blood, the investigators still said they needed to report to their superiors. Only with their superiors' approval could they leave the secret realm.

However, the information reported by the investigators to their superiors would eventually reach He Sheng, who already knew that Ye Chen would come here to look for research materials. So, not long after, the two left the secret realm amidst the salutes of many investigators.

When they came out, they saw the Alliance's research team entering the secret realm. They were probably going to investigate the ruins. The Alliance should be able to get some information from the murals in the ruins, but that was none of Ye Chen's business.

This trip to Los Angeles can be described as a perfect ending. Not only did we find three Mega Stones, but we also found a legendary resource suitable for Garchomp.

"The host has been found to have discovered the truth about the ruins. Reward: TM1 Dragon Dive."

Sure, that's another great reward!

"You're finally out!" Ye Chen looked up and saw that Fan Wenxin hadn't gone back yet, but was waiting for Ye Chen and the others at the entrance of the secret realm.

"Why didn't you go back? Isn't your son waiting for you?"