Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

Xia Shen didn't care that his little scheme had been exposed. As for asking Tapu Lele, that was even more impossible. Yukshi was much better than you.

He replied casually, "Oh, never mind then. It's not like I can't live without you."

Without a reply, Tapu Lele suddenly disappeared again.

Why did it suddenly leave? Did you anger it and make it run away?

Yan Yan, who could only hear Xia Shen speaking but not Tapu Lele's telepathic communication, couldn't help but ask a question.

Xia Shen shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe they're hiding somewhere right now, eavesdropping on our conversation?"

Yan Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Legendary elves have this kind of quirk?"

"I don't know, but don't think of them as too divine. In fact, most of them are very innocent and no different from children."

Xia Shen suddenly thought of a certain Huang Mushroom and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

[Hey, who are you calling a little kid?]

Tapu Lele suddenly reappeared, looking at Xia Shen with hostile eyes.

Xia Shen: "......"

I was just guessing, so you actually hid and eavesdropped on our conversation?

Also, isn't this self-assurance a bit too obvious?

Tapu Lele's innocent side is truly... a kind of pure beauty.

…………

In the end, Tapu Lele joined the exploration team.

With its addition, Xia Shen and Yan Yan no longer need to carry heavy oxygen tanks. As long as Tapu Lele is willing to keep the water-repellent shield open, they can even stay inside indefinitely.

To Tapu Lele's astonishment, Xia Shen put the box containing Magiana back into his spatial storage, and the two set off again.

As for the Dark Cichlid, Milotic, and Dribou... they can now be declared retired.

Re-entering the room with the broken glass, Xia Shen and the others arrived at the second room.

Judging from the room layout, it appears to be a laboratory. The glass bottles and jars have not yet been naturally degraded, but there is nothing of value in them.

As Xia Shen had expected, things that could resist natural erosion and were valuable were not so easy to find.

But Tapu Lele seemed very interested in these things made by humans, looking at them from the left and touching them from the right, having a great time.

Looking at Tapu Lele, who seemed so curious, Yan Yan suddenly remembered what Xia Shen had just said and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Although Xia Shen wasn't in a hurry to explore, he was still very curious about the possible existence of the Soul Heart.

He coughed twice and said, "Why don't you try using your mental power to search?"

[Tch, you said you didn't care if I was there or not?]

Tapu Lele chuckled twice, then activated her mental energy to begin searching.

It was far more curious about that legendary Soul Heart than Xia Shen was.

…………

As a legendary Pokémon with both Psychic and Fairy attributes, Tapu Lele's spiritual power is far superior to Xia Shen's.

If Xia Shen's spiritual power is just a mountain stream, then Tapu Lele is a boundless ocean.

With a slight thought, Tapu Lele's spiritual power enveloped the entire ruins.

Beside her, Xia Shen was still rambling on, "The Soul Heart is also a spherical object, about the size of a fist, containing the living energy of the elves. If it had a color, it would be half blue and half red..."

[Shut up, you're disturbing my mental energy!]

Tapu Lele interrupted him mercilessly, leaving Xia Shen with no choice but to shut up.

A few minutes later...

[I've searched everywhere, but I can't find what you're talking about. Are you kidding me?]

As she continued speaking, Tapu Lele's voice grew increasingly low, hinting at a darker side.

Xia Shen was afraid that it was a wolf in sheep's clothing, so she quickly replied, "Is there anything that your mental power can't detect? The material of the box containing Magiana is like that; my mental power can't penetrate that kind of metal."

Tapu Lele pondered for a moment, then closed her eyes again, presumably searching a second time.

A short while later, it opened its eyes.

[There are indeed a few places my mental energy can't penetrate; let's go there.]

Hearing the clear and melodious sound return, Xia Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt a slight self-mockery in his heart, wondering what this feeling of serving a ruler as if serving a tiger was all about.

However, if Tapu Lele were to become a king, she would definitely be the kind of capricious tyrant.

While secretly grumbling to themselves, Xia Shen and Yan Yan followed Tapu Lele to one of the nearest places.

…………

The box they found this time was much smaller. Regardless of whether it contained the Soul Heart or not, Xia Shen used his spatial storage to put the box inside.

If something can be contained in this kind of box, it must be a valuable item, if not a soul.

However, this key was much harder to find. Perhaps it was due to a collision or tilting when the building sank to the bottom of the sea, or perhaps the matching key was found inside an instrument.

Xia Shen originally wanted to go up and open the box again, but he couldn't resist Tapu Lele's constant urging, so he had to find an empty spot and complete this sacred ritual inside the water-repellent cover.

Xia Shen had opened countless card packs and boxes in his previous life playing games, but never before had he felt so excited and nervous.

And the moment the box was opened...

"Wow, the Golden Legend!"

This was, of course, just a fantasy in Xia Shen's mind. In reality, what was stored in the box was a bunch of Poké Balls.

A true Poké Ball.

The base color is dark blue, with light blue spherical patterns, and four golden claw-shaped protrusions surround the sphere.

This is... the Ultimate Ball!

As the name suggests, the Ultra Ball is a Poké Ball used to catch Ultra Beasts.

To be precise, the game mechanics dictate that if used to capture Ultra Beasts, the capture probability is multiplied by 5.

If the target is a regular Pokémon, the capture probability is multiplied by 0.1.

In the anime and games, the Ultra Ball is a Pokémon ball specially developed by the Aether Foundation to contain Ultra Beasts.

There are no Ultra Beasts in the real world, so there is no such thing as an Ultra Ball.

Looking at the box full of more than a dozen Ultimate Balls, Xia Shen felt that although this thing was not as good as the Soul Heart, it was still pretty good.

A dozen or so Ultimate Balls can't do much, but with the backing of a senior R&D expert, Xia Shen could give one of them over to try and figure out the specific method for making Ultimate Balls.

If an ultimate portal were to open in the real world and a bunch of dangerous Ultra Beasts like Electabuzz, Guzzlord, and Pheromosa emerged, humanity would at least have a means of countermeasures.

…………

Tapu Koko wasn't interested in the Poké Ball and dragged Xia Shen and Yan Yan to the next place.

This time the box is smaller, but the contents are quite valuable.

Radiant Stone, the most important material for crafting the Z-Bracelet!

The dozen or so Radiant Stones in the box are of very high quality; at least half of them can be used to craft the Z-Powerful Bracelet.

As the saying goes, when you meet someone, you share half of the experience. Besides, without Die Die, their efficiency wouldn't be as high.

Xia Shen kindly asked Tapu Lele, "Do you want it?", but was met with a disdainful snort in return.

With a helpless shrug, Xia Shen took out half of the dough and prepared to give it to Yan Yan.

She hadn't originally wanted it, but Xia Shen simply said, "Save some for your dowry," and the girl blushed as she accepted it.

Xia Shen has always been good at treating the root cause of problems.

The ruins are very large, and in many places, just like outside the ruins, there are also barriers made of reinforced concrete or tempered glass.

But with Tapu Lele around this time, it was much easier than when the Darktail Blackfish was rushing around aimlessly.

Since the seabed is shrouded in darkness, Xia Shen couldn't really feel the passage of time. Anyway, after wandering around this ancient ruin that covered several hundred hectares, Xia Shen finally found all the boxes made of the same material and their corresponding keys.

It was completely dark when we set sail.

As for why they didn't open the boxes one by one like before, it was because Tapu Lele was persuaded by Xia Shen.

"Think about it, is it more fun to open them one by one, or to collect ten at once... oh no, anyway, is it more fun to open them all at once?"

Tapu Lele thought about it for a moment, but still couldn't resist the temptation of a ten-pull and chose the latter.

On a small island in the sea diagonally above the ruins, eleven boxes of different sizes are arranged in a row according to their size.

It just so happens to be a 10+1 ten-pull configuration.

…………

Tapu Lele excitedly rubbed her hands together, her face full of anticipation.

[Can we open now?]

Xia Shen looked up at the sky; the dark night sky was filled with twinkling stars, and the night was beautiful.

"It's getting late, time for dinner. Staying up any later won't be good for your stomach."

Tapu Tetsu's expression and tone grew colder.

[Please reconsider, do you want to open the box first or eat?]

Xia Shen gave an awkward smile, "I don't seem very hungry yet. Yan Yan, are you hungry?"

Yan Yan glanced at Tapu Lele, whose expression had shifted from sunny to cloudy, and hesitated, "Should I... be hungry?"

Tapu Lele waved her hand impatiently, and instantly, a shower of shimmering scales flew off her body and landed on the two of them.

The two of them instantly regained their energy after a long day. Their legs were no longer sore, their feet were no longer aching, and they weren't even hungry anymore.

I feel like I've had a high-quality sleep and woken up naturally.

Xia Shen had nothing to say. He took out the first key, walked to the smallest box, and prepared to start opening it.