Elf: I asked you to take the college entrance examination, and you took out a modifier?

[Forget it, since you are curious, I will give you a brief introduction - in your human terms, he is like a huge white bird, covered with white feathers, and has the power to control the ocean.]

[Yes, the three divine birds you met before were his younger brothers.]

Hearing Manaphy's explanation, Yun Xiao immediately realized that the person he was referring to must be the God of Ocean Currents - Lugia.

Does Lugia have the strength of a first-level god?

Judging from the performance in the animation, that is not the case. Even the Rockets can control Old Luo with a random scientific device.

But in this world... there should still be such a possibility.

But then again, since the only Pokémon Manaphy knows who can reach the level of First-Level God is Lugia, doesn't that mean he has never seen Kyogre?

However, Yun Xiao did not continue to ask about this issue. Just as Manaphy said, even Lugia had disappeared, let alone Kyogre.

All the mythical beasts in this world seemed to have suddenly disappeared, just like the three divine birds.

Yun Xiao always felt that the situation behind this might not be that simple.

He sighed slightly, turned around and looked at the lighthouse beside him, but his eyes accidentally discovered a line of prompts below.

[It is detected that the host has come into contact with a special target, and an SSS-level side quest is about to be triggered. 】

[The triggering conditions have not been met. Please continue exploring until the mission is successfully triggered. ]

When Yun Xiao saw these two lines of words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

SSS level side quest?

Can you unlock a mission of this level by encountering this giant Dragonite?

Yun Xiao currently has two SSS-level tasks in his task list. One is to help Mana find his Ocean Temple, and the other is to collect clues about the disappearance of the three sacred birds and find the three sacred birds again.

These two tasks are not easy, but correspondingly, the rewards are also very exaggerated, and can directly bring Yun Xiao divine beast-level resources!

He didn't expect that he would encounter another task of this level!

But this trigger condition has not been met yet..what does it mean?

He thought about it for a moment and immediately thought of the mirror in the system backpack.

Is it possible to repair this mirror before I can start this side quest?

It should be like this..

Or, is it to help that Dragonite solve the problem that is really bothering it?

The situation at that time immediately emerged in Yun Xiao's mind - he asked Kuailong if there was anything he could do to help, but Kuailong sighed and said that there were some things that Yun Xiao could do nothing about.

If this side quest refers to the requirement that Dragonite did not tell Yun Xiao, then this quest might be a bit difficult to complete.

But no matter what, with an SSS-level mission in front of him, Yun Xiao naturally had no reason to miss it.

No matter which situation it is, you just need to repair the mirror and bring it back to the giant Dragonite first, and then use it to get closer to Dragonite, and maybe you can unlock the mission.

As for now... let's get back to the original task at hand.

After all, Dragonite didn't tell me where to find the mirror specifically. I'll just put it in my bag and wait until I get a response someday. That's all I can do.

Thinking of this, Yun Xiao looked up at the ancient lighthouse next to him.

[I seem to remember that you came here to look for someone, but is there really someone living in such a shabby place? ]

Manaphy looked at the lighthouse covered with moss and vines with disdain and complained sharply.

"Who knows? Let's see first."

Yun Xiao took a deep breath and prepared to open the waveguide that had been interrupted once before, intending to scan the situation inside the tower.

However, at this moment, there was a bang, and the door of the lighthouse was pushed open by a hand.

A figure rushed out from the tower and excitedly grabbed Yun Xiao's hands.

"How did you do that? How did you do that??"

This was a man who looked to be in his early thirties, thin, and wearing a yellowed researcher's uniform.

His hair was a mess like a chicken coop, his beard was unkempt, and he had dark circles and bloodshot eyes. He looked very sloppy, as if he had been trapped in this tower for several months.

"Do...do what? Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry."

Yun Xiao almost doubted for a moment whether this was the person Huang Ning wanted him to find, but when he saw the researcher's uniform, he still spoke patiently.

"What else could it be? I just saw it all! You talked to that giant Dragonite! And he gave you something!"

The man pulled his hands away, and paced twice in front of Yun Xiao, grabbing the back of his head, his tone full of anxiety and excitement.

"How on earth did you do it? He was actually willing to communicate with you! This is impossible, how is this possible? Over the years, I have tried countless methods, but I have never received a response from him. How on earth did you do it?"

Yun Xiao looked at his excited expression, thought about it, and decided to confirm the other party's identity first.

"Let's not talk about that for now. My name is Yun Xiao, and I'm a student at Demon University. My teacher is Huang Ning. He said an old friend of his lives here, and asked me to come and see him."

When the man heard the name "Huang Ning", he was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter.

"Old Huang? I thought he had forgotten about me. Are you his student? Very good, very good, come in and talk. Let's come in and have a good chat."

As he said that, he took the lead and walked into the lighthouse.

Yun Xiao hesitated for a moment. Looking at the other party's reaction, he realized that this was definitely the person Huang Ning wanted him to find.

But why do I always feel that this person's mental state is a little abnormal?

Forget it, people who do research are bound to be crazy.

He sighed slightly and followed closely into the lighthouse.

The lighthouse was much more spacious than it looked from the outside. Yun Xiao followed the man up the stairs for several minutes and arrived at a room.

This place seems to be located in the middle of the lighthouse, and from the outside it looks like a raised sphere in the middle of the lighthouse.

As soon as Yun Xiao walked into the room, he was stunned by the scene in front of him - all kinds of papers, books, and tools were scattered all over the floor, and they seemed to be things that would be used in research.

Various research instruments were scattered here and there on the ground, and the whole room looked like an abandoned laboratory.

But when Yun Xiao looked carefully, he found that there was no garbage at all in the entire room, no dust around, and the floor was clean.

He didn't know whether this should be considered as cleaned up or not.

"Come, come, come, please sit down."

The man warmly invited Yun Xiao to sit down on a worn plush sofa, and took out a bag of tea and a can of instant coffee from an open box beside him.

"Do you prefer coffee or tea?"

"Coffee is fine, thank you."

Yun Xiao was not the type who liked to drink tea, so he made his choice quickly.

The man handed the can of instant coffee to Yun Xiao, and then he took out a glass from somewhere, put the tea bag in it, and picked up a kettle from the side to make some water for himself. He took a sip and pointed at the bottle in Yun Xiao's hand:

“Although it’s instant, it definitely tastes good, so don’t mind.”

"Then I'll drink tea. To be honest, they all say coffee is refreshing, but it's different for me. I feel sleepy as soon as I drink that stuff. Tea is still better."

"Then your physique is quite special."

Yun Xiao took a sip of coffee and said.

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Zhenghui."

The man seemed to remember something and suddenly said.

When Yun Xiao heard this familiar name, he almost spilled the coffee in his hand.

It's really Zhenghui? The Zhenghui who lives in the lighthouse? ?

But Yun Xiao had no idea how to connect the unshaven-bearded man in front of him with the handsome young man in the animation...

"In a sense, I am also a researcher, but not as good as your teacher. I am a failed researcher."

Zhenghui took a sip of tea, put the cup on the table, stood up and walked to Yun Xiao.

"Let's get down to business, little brother. How did you do it?"

"Over the years, I have tried everything, such as making the lighthouse emit a dazzling white light to attract his attention, or playing the specially recorded Dragonite calls through the lighthouse speakers... But that guy has never paid any attention to me, and he is not even willing to look over here."

"But you were able to strike up a conversation with him so easily. I saw it all clearly in the tower just now!"

"Please, please, do you have any tricks that you can teach me?"

When the topic of this Dragonite came up, his eyes seemed to light up and his excitement was so obvious it seemed to overflow.

Yun Xiao thought about it, and finally explained honestly:

"Well...I didn't do anything actually."

"It's just that I have a dragon-type partner, and that Dragonite said that my partner has the same bloodline as him, so he came to talk to me."

Because he didn't want to expose the existence of Rayquaza, Yun Xiao could only speak more tactfully.

But he quickly changed his mind and thought that if Masaaki had been peeking in the lighthouse during the entire process of his conversation with Dragonite, he might have seen Rayquaza.

"Talk to you? So you understand what he says? Do you have any special abilities? What did he say to you?"

However, Zhenghui didn't seem to care about Rayquaza's affairs. Instead, after hearing Yun Xiao's words, he asked more excitedly.

"Ah... I do have the ability to communicate with spirits, but it has nothing to do with this. It's that giant Dragonite that can communicate with spirits. He can speak human language directly."

Yun Xiao took another sip of coffee and explained.

"He told me that the bloodline of my dragon partner needs certain conditions to awaken. I was very grateful to him, so I asked him if there was anything I could do to help."

"After listening to me, the Dragonite gave me a mirror and told me to take it with me to find the mirror and come back to him after I repaired it."

Since Zhenghui in front of him was Huang Ning's old friend, Yun Xiao did not keep too much to himself and told him everything about the giant Dragonite.

"Can you let me see that mirror?"

Zhenghui rubbed his hands and said a little embarrassedly.

Yun Xiao took out the mirror from the system backpack and handed it to Zhenghui.

After taking it, the latter looked at it carefully, then stretched out a hand to wipe the mirror, and put it in his mouth to lick it.

"Hmm... This material should be furnace steel, which must be from at least 500 years ago, but I'm not sure what kind of production process it is... It may be separate forging."

"Historically, there are two human civilizations that used this method to make artifacts: the Karl tribe and the Gutu clan. I think the former is more likely, because there is a triangular pattern engraved on the side of the mirror, which is a symbol commonly used by the Karl tribe."