Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 227 Has a real treasure been discovered?

"Hobi~ Hobi~" I can't take it anymore, I'm so tired.

Digging rabbit dug for a long time but couldn't see the end of the stone, so it sat down on the ground dejectedly.

Suicune went up and patted its back.

"Sawa~ Sawa~" Keep pushing, maybe we'll reach the end soon.

"Sander~ Sander~" Raybuck nodded in agreement.

"Hoobi~ Hoobi~" Upon hearing this, Digger Rabbit had no choice but to rejoin the digging team.

"Beep~ Beep~" After digging for a while, the screw mole suddenly let out a startled cry.

"Kora~"

"Hobi~"

"Awoo~"

Kodora, Digger Rabbit, and Baby Tyrannosaurus Rex rushed forward to check on the situation.

Regular cracks appeared on the stone in front of the Screw Mole.

Three Eevee creatures walked over, and upon seeing the crack, Vaporeon exclaimed in delight:

"Sawa~ Sawa~" We've found a treasure!

Treasure? The other animals' eyes lit up at the mention of it.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" The baby Tyrannosaurus Rex was so excited that it immediately continued digging.

Seeing this, Kodora, Digger Rabbit, and Screw Mole also quickly came to help.

Soon the soil around the boulder in front of them was cleared away, and what appeared before them was a huge and heavy stone door.

Looking at the stone gate in front of them, the Pokémon jumped and danced with joy.

It's a treasure! They really found a treasure!

"Hiss~ Hiss~" Quickly open it and see what's inside.

"Tempus said excitedly."

After nodding, the Pokémon walked forward together and pushed against the stone door with all their might.

"Shavo~"

"Pfft~"

"Sander~"

"Kora~"

"Hobi~"

"Awoo~"

"Muttering~"

The Pokémon used all their strength, but the stone gate remained unmoved.

After a long time, they collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"Hoo~ Hoobi~~" It really can't be pushed.

"That's what Digger Rabbit said."

"Kora~ Kora~" How about we go back and ask everyone for help!

Kodora made the suggestion.

Its proposal was accepted by everyone, so they returned along the same path.

When they came out all dirty, they were spotted by Fenxiang who happened to be passing by.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" Where did you go? Anjie is looking for you everywhere!

Pinky landed on Adolphin's back and spoke to the three Eevee.

Anjie? Anjie is back?

Upon hearing this, the Pokémon looked delighted and immediately took off running home.

Pinky flapped its wings and flew off Dolphin's back, looking puzzled: What's wrong with them?

After searching around without finding the three Eevee, Angel was walking home with Snorlax and the others when they bumped into Eevee and its companions.

Seeing the Pokémon covered in mud, Angie asked in confusion, "Where did you go? How did you get like this?"

"Pfft~ Pfft~" Anjie, Anjie, we've found a treasure!

"Tempusa is excitedly looking up and saying this."

"Hobi~ Hobi~" Yes, a treasure!

"Drip~ drip~" There really is a treasure!

……

The other Pokémon chimed in, all agreeing with Flareon.

Anjie was driven crazy by their noise.

"Wait, what did you say? You've found treasure? On the Nibel Plateau?"

"Awoo~"

"Shavo~"

"Sander~"

……

Several Pokémon nodded at the same time.

"Are you dreaming? There's treasure on the Nibel Plateau?" Anjie asked, his face showing disbelief.

Several Pokémon immediately showed their displeasure upon hearing Ange's words.

"Hoobi~ Hoobi~" Digger Rabbit tugged at Anjie's pant leg, wanting Anjie to go with them.

"Alright, I'd like to see what kind of treasure you've discovered." Ange didn't take the treasure the Pokémon were talking about seriously.

Along the way, Anjie listened to the Pokémon talking one after another and quickly learned how they discovered the "treasure".

He said, half-laughing and half-crying, "You guys are really something... Why did you have to go dig a hole out of nowhere? What if you dug down the Nibel Plateau?"

Upon reaching the entrance to the cave, Ange followed the Pokémon down, but after walking for a long time without reaching the end, he couldn't help but say:

"It's amazing that you guys were able to dig out such a tunnel."

"Muttering~" "Awoo~" "Hiss~"

Screwpie, Baby Tyrannosaurus, and Flareon proudly puffed out their chests.

Anjie raised her hand and tapped the back of Baby Tyrannosaurus's head, saying, "I wasn't praising you!"

The baby Tyrannosaurus looked aggrieved: Why did you only hit me?

"And Flareon, you didn't seem to help much with digging, did you? Why are you so proud of yourself?" Angel said, looking at Flareon.

"Hmph~~ I'll go learn how to dig tunnels later!" Flareon thought resentfully.

All Eevee can learn the Dig skill.

After walking for a while, Anjie and his group finally reached their destination.

Looking at the heavy, towering stone gate before him, Anjie thought in surprise: No way? Did they really discover the treasure?

"Pfft~ Pfft~" I told you we'd found the treasure!

"Tempus said smugly."

"Cola~ Cola~" But we can't open it.

"Kadora said."

Anjie pondered for a moment and said, "These kinds of doors are usually opened by mechanisms; brute force is obviously not the way to go."

"Gam~~Gam~~~" Master is so amazing! He knows all that.

The little Snorlax looked at Ange with adoration.

"Geng~ Geng~" Gengar echoed his senior brother.

Anjie: ...

Hey, hey, little Munchlax and Gengar, you guys are really going all out! I was just saying, what if there's no mechanism? Wouldn't I be embarrassed?

Anjie suddenly realized that sometimes it's not a good thing for his apprentice to be too supportive.

So Anjie gritted her teeth and started looking for the mechanism.

Hmm? Then he was surprised to find that there seemed to be patterns carved on the stone gate, but they were not easy to see because they were covered with too much dirt.

"Suicune, could you please wash the dirt off the door?" Angel asked, looking at Suicune.

"Shawo~" No problem.

As it spoke, Vaporeon stepped forward and opened its mouth, spitting out a jet of water towards the giant gate.

With a whoosh, the mud on the stone gate was quickly washed away, and the carvings on it were gradually revealed.

The door is carved with two Pokémon, which Ange had just seen not long ago.

The left door is carved with Latios, while the right door is carved with Latias.

The two sculptures depict Latias and Latios facing each other, striking a pose similar to Tai Chi.

Their heads touched a sphere about the size of a fist.

Could that be the mechanism to open the door?

Thinking this, Anjie reached out and pressed it.

Sure enough, with a series of rumbling sounds, the huge stone door slowly opened.

"Shavo~"

"Pfft~"

"Sander~"

……

Upon seeing this, the Pokémon all showed expressions of surprise and delight.

Anjie also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, he didn't lose face, and his majestic and imposing image was preserved.

To everyone's surprise, the door only opened a crack before stopping, and a series of "clicking" sounds came from inside, as if something was stuck.

Clearly, due to being buried underground for too long, the mechanisms of the stone gate malfunctioned.

For a moment, the Pokémon looked at each other in bewilderment.

Anjie laughed and said, "It seems the mechanism has been in disrepair for years and is broken."

As he spoke, he walked to the crack in the door, turned sideways, and easily passed through the stone door.

He said to everyone through the crack in the door, "See, can't we come in?"

So Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Bungee followed Angel through the crack in the door.

When it was the baby Tyrannosaurus's turn, its enormous head got stuck and it couldn't fit in at all.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" The baby Tyrannosaurus Rex cried out anxiously.

Watching the baby Tyrannosaurus Rex struggling to squeeze inside, Anjie said helplessly:

"Alright, baby Tyrannosaurus, don't force yourself if you can't get in. What if your head gets stuck in the door crack and you can't get out?"

Upon hearing this, the baby Tyrannosaurus could only retreat with a wronged expression.

Not only can Baby Tyrannosaurus Rex not get in, but neither can Crawdora and Munchlax.

Kodora goes without saying, she's too big.

The little Snorlax got stuck because of its chubby belly. Despite trying its best to suck in its stomach, it was still no use.

"Gang~~" Master...

The little Snorlax looked sadly at Ange through the crack in the door.

Anjie's heart melted at its gaze.

"Sweetie, I'll tell you what's inside when I come out."

"Gang~" The little Snorlax nodded obediently.

Although Gengar's body is also chubby, it can control its size to drift like smoke, so it doesn't matter.

So, Munchlax, Baby Tyranitar, and Cthulhu waited outside the door, while Ange led the other Pokémon inside to check the situation.

As Ange walked down the long corridor, he discovered that the walls were carved with many patterns, all of which were related to Latias and Latios.

Continuing forward, Ange was surprised to find that Yveltal's figure had appeared in the pattern.

Huh? How did this get involved with Yveltal?

He continued looking down and gradually discovered that the patterns seemed to tell a story.

The story is not complicated.

Long, long ago, there was a village that worshipped Latias and Latios, nestled peacefully in a corner of the continent of Carlos.

One day, the young people who had gone out to work in the village brought back something: a giant, pitch-black cocoon.

The villagers didn't know what a giant cocoon was, so they placed it in the center of the village and held a bonfire party next to it at night.

However, they were unaware that their actions had offended the god of destruction slumbering within the giant cocoon, and that disaster was imminent.

So, as the party reached its climax, the giant black cocoon transformed into an "evil god" and appeared before them.

The appearance of the god of destruction was naturally accompanied by great disasters, so the enraged Yveltal launched an attack on the village.

In the midst of the crisis, the village chief took out a flute that was kept in the ancestral hall and played it.

That's the Infinity Flute, a magical item that can summon an infinite number of Pokémon.

As the flute music played, two Infinite Pokémon descended: Latias and Latios.

To protect their village, Latias and Latios challenged the god of destruction.

The final result was obvious: Latias and Latios were defeated, and the two Infinite Pokémon were turned into stone statues by Yveltal.

However, it was precisely because of the valiant battle of the two Infinite Pokémon that Yveltal ultimately gave up on destroying the village.

It flew away, leaving behind the statues of Latias and Latios.

To express their gratitude for Latias and Latios's desperate protection, the village enshrined the statues they had transformed into.

Countless years have passed, and the village has long since disappeared into the river of time. Even the terrain where the village originally stood has undergone tremendous changes.

However, the place where Latias and Latius were enshrined was preserved.

The Nibel Plateau is where the original village was located.

At the end of the corridor, the story-telling pattern disappeared, and two stone statues appeared in front of Anjie.

These are the stone statues of Latios and Latias.

Below the statues is a stone pillar that lifts the two statues high into the sky.

In addition, there is a stone stand about the height of a person in front of the statue, on which a flute is enshrined.

It is the Flute of Infinity.

Anjie walked to the stone shelf and took down the flute, only to find that it had become extremely mottled.

"Suiteru, could you please do this?" Angel handed the Infinity Flute to Suiteru.

Vaporeon understood immediately, opening its mouth and spitting out a jet of water to help Angel clean the Infinity Flute.

This flute, made of some unknown material, is still as shiny and new as ever after all these years.

The overall design of the Flute of Infinity is similar to that of Latias, with two wing-like structures on the sides of the cylindrical flute body.

Anjie was then surprised to find that there was a Mega Stone embedded in each of the two wing-like positions on the sides of the Infinity Flute.

"Are these the Mega Stones of Latias and Latios?"

Previously in the God Wars, the two Latias and Latios completed their Mega Evolution on their own. He thought that the anime was different from the game, and that they didn't need Mega Stones.

Anjie put the Infinity Flute to his lips, and a melodious flute sound rang out. The two Mega Stones emitted a faint light, more dazzling and beautiful than gemstones.

In his previous life, he learned to play the flute for a while out of interest. Although he could not become a musician, he could still play a few tunes.

The barely pleasant sound of the flute echoed in the not-so-large secret room, and several Pokémon swayed gently, moving rhythmically to the music.

Unfortunately, Latias and Latios, who had turned into stone statues, could not respond to the flute music.

Anjie walked around the place that resembled an ancestral hall again, but after not finding anything special, she decided to leave.

After emerging from the secret chamber with the Infinity Flute, Ange recounted the details of what had happened inside to Adolphin, Baby Tyrannosaurus, and Munchlax.

After exiting the passage, Ange planned to meet Yveltal and ask it if the stories recorded on the passage walls were true.

Yveltal was sleeping in the bar, surrounded by the Raven Chief and the Dark Ravens as usual.

Upon seeing Ange arrive, the Raven leader quickly woke up Yveltal.

Yveltal opened one eyelid, saw Angel, and whispered:

"Woo~~" Welcome back.

It now considers itself a complete member of the Nibel Plateau and has fully embraced Ange.

Anjie smiled and asked, "Did I disturb your rest?"

Yveltal shook its head; it had nothing to do all day and plenty of time to rest.

Anjie said, "I came here because I want to ask you something."

"Ugh~~" Yveltal looked puzzled.

What's wrong?

So Angel told it about discovering the shrines of Latias and Latios underground, and described the contents of the murals in the shrine's corridors.

"Did that really happen?" Anjie asked.

Were those two stone statues actually Latias and Latios transformed, or were they just ordinary stone carvings?

Yveltal was lost in thought and memories.

Because it lives for so long, it won't remember some trivial things.

"Ugh~~" There seems to be something like that...

Yveltal said that it didn't really remember either.

"Ugh~~" I'll go with you to take a look.

Once you see it, you'll know whether it's a real stone statue or a Pokémon that it petrified.

Anjie said helplessly, "The door to that ancestral hall is broken. With your size, it will probably be difficult for you to get in."

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go ask Metagross if it can fix the door. You can go check on it after it's fixed."

"Ugh~" Yveltal nodded.

"Then you should continue to rest, I won't disturb you any longer."

After leaving Yveltal, Angel planned to go find Metagross.

However, before he even got home, he saw Metagross coming towards him.

It turns out that Metagross learned that Angel had returned and came out of the lab to see him.

It's really not easy to get Metagross to come out of the lab on its own; only Angel could get it to do that.

"Metamorphoses, I'm back!" Angie said with a smile as she stepped forward to Metagross.

"Meta~~" Welcome home, Ange.

The Megalodon also smiled and said to Anja.

After chatting for a while, Ange told its Pokémon about repairing the door.

The giant gold monster said, "Meta~Meta~~~" No problem, I'll go take a look.

"I'll lead the way for you." With that, Ange led the Metagross toward the location of the underground shrine.

On the way, Ange remembered the sundial stone that Ms. Gejiwa had given him, so he took it out and gave it to Metagross so that Metagross could study it carefully.

Metagross was very interested in the sundial stone. After taking the stone from Angel, it put it into its system inventory.

Upon arriving at the ancestral hall entrance, the giant golden monster carefully examined the stone door. After a long while, it said to Anjie:

"Meta~Meta~" I'll give it a try, it should be fine.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Anjie said.

Metagross then stayed in the underground shrine and started tinkering on its own.

Evening arrived quickly, and everyone was overjoyed by Anjie's return. They gathered neatly in the square and chatted happily.

At the same time, tonight's gathering can also be considered a belated welcome ceremony for Goodra and the others. Therefore, Goodra, Eevee, Lucario and the others were pushed to the center of the square and became the focus of everyone's attention.

Nian Meilong and Nian Meier are introverted, so they felt very awkward after becoming the center of attention.

The three Eevee Pokémon are very outgoing and enjoy everyone's enthusiasm. They move among the Pokémon and can chat freely with each one.

Lucario, Gothic, Giratina, and Wobbuffet have gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the Nibel Plateau, and are chatting familiarly with the other Pokémon.

After Anjie and the others finished preparing dinner, everyone ate and chatted, and the happy time passed in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)