My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 221 Underground Ruins

"Ooh!"

Tong Hua raised his arm and shouted, and Riolu immediately rushed to the front.

According to the mission prompt, they need to go to the desert oasis deep in the desert region.

At this moment, the entire desert region is filled with curious students, all searching for the mysterious oasis.

However, from the moment the first person entered the desert area until now, dozens, even hundreds, of people have practically searched the entire desert region, yet they still haven't found a trace of a desert oasis.

"Looks like this will be quite difficult—"

"I see some people are already thinking of giving up, junior brother, this is our chance!"

Tong Hua nodded upon hearing this. The two of them, along with the three Pokémon, entered the desert.

"Eek~"

While Tong Hua and his friends were enjoying campus life at school, everyone at Fairy Tale Ranch was having their first attempt at making desserts in the kitchen of Happiness Dessert Shop.

"Terrifying!"

Foam Squirrel, holding a whisk, vigorously stirred the batter in the bowl. The Cream Fairies floated by, carefully adding their special cream.

Messenger birds, salt rocks, milk cans, and even the green shrubs were all busy in the kitchen.

"La beep!"

The Pokémon's goal is not only to make delicious desserts independently without Tong Hua, but also to prepare a birthday surprise for Tong Hua.

"Game".

June 21st is Tong Hua's birthday every year!

At this time of year in the past, Tong Hua's grandfather would always bring along a grass turtle and a foam squirrel to prepare a birthday cake and gifts for Tong Hua.

But this year—

"Trembling—" The foam squirrel's arm ached from stirring, and it sighed helplessly as it handed the task to Celebi.

Today is June 3rd, and there are still more than two weeks until his birthday. They must prepare a birthday surprise that is far better than in previous years, and also to comfort his grandfather's spirit in heaven.

"Beep beep." "Buzz buzz."

After learning the whole story, the big-tailed raccoon family and the queen bee family on the ranch happily joined the plan.

They also wanted to prepare a special gift for Tong Hua!

Thinking of Grandpa Tong Hua's profession, Daweili immediately decided to make a wood carving.

Moreover, the scale cannot be small; it must at least be able to perfectly recreate the entire fairytale ranch!

With the addition of the beautiful stones they've collected over the past few months, I'm sure Tong Hua will love this gift.

"Buzz buzz." The queen bee then planned to lead her three bees to collect the sweetest nectar to make a "sweet to the point of being terrifying."

However, to achieve this goal, they will probably have to work harder first, transforming their current cave dwelling into an "Amber City".

To construct such a massive project, the number of bees naturally needed to be increased.

"Is there still half a month left? It seems I need to go on a long trip to find some new members and expand the tribe."

The queen bee flapped her wings, tracing an elegant arc in the air. The three male bees immediately obeyed the queen's command and began packing their belongings in preparation for their long journey.

"Buzzing————"

Before leaving, the queen bee came to Green Silva and asked her to help take care of the hive and the remaining three female offspring.

The shrub readily agreed and told her not to worry. The three female bees also obediently flew to the queen bee's side, indicating that they would protect their home well.

With the departure of the queen bee, preparations on the ranch are proceeding even more intensively.

Cakes, wood carvings, sweet treats—everyone is working hard on their gifts, all to celebrate Tong Hua's birthday!

"That's strange, is it really impossible to find any at all?"

At this moment, in the desert area of ​​the training center, Tong Hua and Mu Mu had reached the deepest part of the desert.

The two even touched the inner wall of the training hall, which was indeed the "deepest part" of the desert area.

"Besides this vast expanse of quicksand, there's nothing else?"

Mumu scratched his head, looking at the constantly shifting sand in front of him with a puzzled expression.

Most of the other students who hadn't given up also gathered here. They had gone through so much trouble to get here, only to find a large expanse of quicksand, and they couldn't help but look distressed.

"Be careful—don't fall in!"

"Although there are teachers watching over you in the training hall and you won't encounter any danger, putting yourself in a dangerous situation will result in the deduction of corresponding academic credits."

Consider it relief money.

Tong Hua and Mu Mu overheard the conversation of the other students nearby and understood. It seemed that this stretch of quicksand was the final test.

"Junior brother, what do you think?" Mu Mu asked in a low voice.

Tong Hua did not answer immediately, but instead used the power of waveguide to carefully probe everything around him.

"Ugh—" Riolu also closed his eyes tightly and frowned.

"Senior brother, could you please take the axe out of my backpack for me?"

"Huh?" Mu Mu was surprised, but she did as she was told, taking a woodworking axe from Tong Hua's backpack. The surrounding classmates looked over curiously, not understanding what Tong Hua was going to do.

Tong Hua took the axe, instantly switching professions to gardener.

Although the level is not high, the passive skill [Environmental Detection] still activated normally.

Compared to the detection of waveguide power, this kind of map formed directly in the mind is obviously more intuitive.

"really----"

"Ooh."

Just as Tong Hua confirmed his guess, Riolu also opened his eyes.

The two looked at each other, nodded, and walked together into the quicksand.

"Junior brother! Danger!" Mu Mu shouted in alarm, and the surrounding classmates also gasped in surprise.

Surprisingly, Tong Hua and Riolu remained remarkably calm, even as they were gradually swallowed by quicksand, they still wore confident smiles on their faces.

"Kuku————" "Meow————"

As the two were gradually swallowed by the quicksand, the forest lizard and the pickpocket cat followed without hesitation. Seeing this, Mumu gritted her teeth and mustered her courage to step into the quicksand as well.

Amazingly, when everyone closed their eyes, held their breath, and completely submerged in the quicksand, they fell into a wondrous underground space.

"Ouch—" Mumu rubbed her sore bottom and then slowly stood up.

"Wow----"

Before me lay a faintly glowing oasis, with towering ancient trees supporting the entire underground space. Glowing vines entwined around the tree roots, illuminating the surroundings in a dreamlike manner.

Clear spring water flows out from the cracks in the rocks and gathers into a small pond.

"This—this is truly incredible!" Mu Mu exclaimed. "Junior brother, how did you know there was a hidden world beneath the quicksand?"

Tong Hua patted the sand off his clothes and smiled, "The amazing part is yet to come."

But we need to hurry. If the students upstairs realize that no teacher is coming to rescue us, this place will probably be packed with people very soon.

"Huh? What do you mean? Doesn't getting here count as completing our mission?"

"Come with me."

Tong Hua didn't say much, and pulled Mu Mu along towards the ancient trees deep in the oasis.

Having already explored the entire map, Tong Hua led Mumu and the Pokémon through the dense glowing bushes, where an ancient stone ruin suddenly appeared before them.

Glowing vines climb the mottled stone wall, and exquisite reliefs are faintly visible.

"Whoa!" "Kuku!" Riolu and the forest lizard, being professional explorers, instantly became excited. This was really getting more and more like a treasure hunt!

"I never expected there would be such relics here!" Mumu looked around in shock.

"This ranger school really goes all out; they even built a building of this scale just for one task in the training facility!"

Tong Hua nodded, agreeing with Mu Mu's words.

"In short, what's most important is what's inside this ruin; that should also be the true nature of that mysterious mission."

Let's go inside!