I caught a Pokémon

After leaving the house, Satake said "excuse me" because he had other things to take care of, and left alone.

Watching him walk away, Xia You and Na Zi returned to the canyon. This time, upon closer inspection, they could see that on both sides of the dirt road, there were fresh soil that had not yet been transported out, mounds formed by piles of rubble, and rows of temporary scaffolding.

Among them, a large group of archaeological workers were busy, intently digging something.

Xia You glanced over there and saw a complete fossilized pterosaur embedded in the rock, being slowly cleaned by people with a brush. Its skeletal structure was so clear and complete that it was well preserved!

This also made Xia You very much looking forward to her personal excavation later.

Maybe I'll dig up something good!

After passing through the crowd, Xia You and Na Zi arrived at a secluded corner.

"Let's do it here."

Seeing Xia You about to pick up a shovel and start digging, Nazi asked in surprise, "You really want to do archaeology!?"

"Of course!" Xia You laughed. "Traveling isn't just about constant battles, you know. You also need to relax a bit, just to experience it all. What, do you want to come along?"

Nazi, naturally, had no time for such things and didn't want to get herself dirty, so she sat down on a nearby rock, crossed her legs, propped her chin up, and quietly watched him.

Xia You chose what she considered to be an excellent spot, then used both hands to forcefully lower the shovel.

Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

Dust flew everywhere, and the freshly dug soil piled up higher and higher around him.

At first, he was very enthusiastic, but after digging for a few minutes, he gradually lost patience.

Looking at the small hole he had dug, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

All I can say is that the idea was nice, but the reality was very cruel!

Archaeology is clearly a physically demanding and patient activity, requiring a consistent and calm mindset. However, it seems that Xia You, who was only interested in it for a moment, could not honestly repeat this tedious digging one shovel after another.

Moreover, having dug so far without finding anything, he has gradually lost interest!

With her eyes darting around, Xia You coughed lightly and summoned Gengar.

"What?" Gengar emerged from the shadows, glancing at him sideways.

Xia You gestured with her chin to the ground and said, "Go underground and see if there are any fossils nearby, so I don't waste my energy like I did before."

"Why me?" Gengar yawned and said reluctantly, "Why didn't you let Steelix do such a troublesome thing?"

Xia You shook her head: "It's too eye-catching, and its body is too huge. Drilling through it would easily damage the strata. It's best if you go. Okay, stop arguing and hurry up and go down!"

With no other option, Gengar sank into the ground, and it wasn't until seven or eight minutes later that it resurfaced.

"What a pity, the location you chose is too remote. There are hardly any fossils down there." Gengar's tone seemed to carry a hint of schadenfreude. "Even if there were any decent rocks, we'd have to dig down another ten meters or so!"

It's still over ten meters away!?

Xia You raised an eyebrow, which completely made him lose patience, and he threw the shovel aside.

"Forget it, let's go check out the ruins over there instead. Archaeology is really not for me!"

Seeing the scene before her, Naz smiled but said nothing. She simply got up and walked with Xia You toward the ruins on the other side of the canyon.

Although it is called a ruin, it is actually a dozen or so stone chambers that are clustered together like 'houses'.

These stone chambers are built with heavy stone slabs and are very primitive. Judging from the traces of wind and rain on them, it is unknown how long they have existed, and they are already quite worn.

It smells of wind and frost...

Because it is considered a cultural relic, tourists are not allowed to enter. Xia You stood in front of the cordon for a while and was about to turn around and leave when she saw Zuo Zhu again. After greeting him, she was allowed to enter.

Satake smiled and asked, "How was the experience? Did you discover anything?"

"No, it's just soil and ordinary stones, not even a trace of fossils." Xia You sighed somewhat disheartenedly, returned the tools to him, and then looked up to examine the buildings again. "Is this the Aluf Ruins?"

“That’s right.” Satake nodded. “This is the real Aluf Ruins, and the only well-preserved ancient architectural complex in the Johto region!”

As Satake was explaining, Xia You looked around. Besides Satake, there were many other researchers exploring the area, seemingly searching for something. However, these stone chambers had no doors or windows and were completely empty, so there seemed to be nothing of interest to them.

What are you looking for?

"Actually, we didn't know what we were looking for. We just had a feeling that this ruin was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, so we thought we would search it again carefully."

At this point, Satake suddenly had an idea: "By the way, Mr. Xia You, could you please do me a favor?"

"Help?" Xia You raised an eyebrow. "Have you encountered some tricky problem?"

“No, not at all,” Satake said helplessly. “It’s just that recently we’ve occasionally seen mysterious Pokémon appearing in the ruins, but when we try to find them, we can’t find any trace of them! I think… maybe it’s because we researchers don’t really understand the habits of Pokémon, which is why we can’t find them. So I thought I’d ask you, as a trainer, to try and find any clues!”

Mysterious Pokémon?

Hearing him say that, Xia You thought about it and realized that the reason this place could be called a mysterious place must be because of the unknown totems hidden here!

"Helping is no problem at all." Without hesitation, Xia You agreed immediately. "However, I'm just an ordinary person, so please don't get your hopes up..."

Chapter 338 Mysterious Broadcast and the Secret Room

Having agreed to Satake's request, Xia You and Nazi entered the ruins together.

The two first entered the first stone chamber closest to them. Although it was still daytime outside, it was quite dark inside. Because there was no power or light, Xia You had to turn on her flashlight to see the specific situation inside the stone chamber.

The bright beam of light from the flashlight swept across the stone wall.

Using the light, he looked around, but the place was empty, there was nothing there. Even the patterns on the wall that looked like words were already blurred and weathered to the point of being almost illegible.

Standing before the stone wall, Xia You slowly ran her fingers along the patterns, as if she could still feel the traces of time passing within them.

He turned to Naz and asked, "Is there anything strange around here?"

Sabrina closed her eyes, spreading her superpowers around her to sense things, but after a while, she shook her head.

"No, the only feeling I get here is peace, like a desert or a rock, just an ordinary place, without any sense of incongruity."

Hearing her say that, Xia You wasn't too surprised.

Come to think of it, this place has been explored countless times by Satake and his men. If there were anything there, they would have discovered it long ago, and it wouldn't have been their turn to find it!

Satake clearly didn't want to explore things in such a conventional way!

After leaving the first stone chamber, the two went to the second and third stone chambers, but just like the first one, there was nothing there.

No... searching like this in a dry, aimless way is definitely a waste of effort!

Xia You stood there, his mind replaying the relevant plot points from the game. He went through his memories carefully, and finally decided to try a different approach.

He strode out of the stone chamber and came to Satake's side.

Do you have a radio?

"A radio?" Satake was taken aback. "What do you need that for?"

Xia You naturally couldn't explain, and only vaguely said, "I have an idea in my head, and I need a radio to verify it!"

Could it be a discovery?!

Satake's eyes lit up. In fact, he didn't expect Xia You to actually discover anything. He just thought that Xia You's status as a champion might make him different from ordinary people, so he let him try his luck.

Hearing him say this now, it's clear he has some clues, so naturally we should give him our full support!

But... well, a radio...

Satake pondered for a moment.

In today's society, apart from the elderly, very few people still use radios. Besides, this place is far from the city, and even if there were radios, there are no broadcasting stations nearby, so you wouldn't be able to receive any channels.

"Wait a minute, I'll have someone go look for it right away!"

After saying that, Satake quickly took out his phone, dialed a number, and made arrangements in a hurried tone.

I waited there for more than half an hour, from quite a distance, when I saw a researcher, panting heavily, running over with a rather novel radio in his hand.

"Found it!

Xia You nervously took the radio. To be honest, he didn't know if this method would work, but rather than giving up, it was better to give it a try.

He returned to the ruins with the radio, and several researchers, including Satake, perhaps out of curiosity about what would happen next, followed him.

Ignoring these people, Xia You turned on the radio. Since there were no radio stations nearby, it was only natural that she wouldn't receive any signal. All she could hear from the radio was the constant, harsh static.

He patiently listened to the noise, gently turned the button, and slowly rotated the channel from left to right.

Everyone except Xia You held their breath and watched him intently. Even Gengar floated in the air, curious to see what Xia You was going to do.

10.5…12.1…12.8…13……

Amidst the long, static-filled radio, when Xia You finally tuned the channel to 13.5, a different sound finally came through the radio!

'Sizzle...drip...sizzle...woohoo...'

Although the sound was very soft, had a lot of background noise, and was intermittent, it was still invigorating!

Satake exclaimed in shock, "This is..."

"Shh!"

Xia You gestured for him to be quiet, then stopped adjusting the channel and turned the volume up to the maximum before heading towards the nearest stone chamber.

When he arrived at the stone chamber, the sound from the radio became slightly clearer. Seeing this, Xia You quickly changed direction, and the sound became clearer and clearer.

When he finally reached one of the many stone chambers, the sound had become complete, without any noise!

"Amazing!"

Satake couldn't help but widen his eyes, and upon closer listening, he could sense that the sound was the melody of some kind of flute, mixed with the call of a bird-like Pokémon!

Upon hearing this sound, the researchers were extremely excited. They took out paper and pens and began to record it. However, when they turned to look into the stone chamber, they found that it was just like any other stone chamber, empty and without anything special about it.

What should we do now?

Xia You arrived in front of a stone wall, looked it over for a few moments, and then instructed Geng Gui, "Go through it and take a look behind the wall!"

"understand!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Gengar passed through the wall, and almost the next second, it turned back.

There's a room behind the wall!

"What!?"

Satake and the others were taken aback by what they heard. This was an amazing discovery. Although they had tried to find similar secret rooms before, there were just too many stone chambers, and they had given up after searching for more than a dozen.

And now, who would have thought that behind such an ordinary stone chamber, there is a hidden room!

Xia You fumbled on the wall for a while but couldn't find any switch, so she turned her gaze to Zuo Zhu.

Do you believe me?

"Of course I believe you!" Satake exclaimed excitedly. "Without you, we don't know how much longer it would have taken us to discover this secret. This is a huge discovery! I wonder what new discoveries are behind the wall!"

"Then let's smash the wall down!"

"Huh? This..."

Satake hesitated for a moment. After all, this was a ruin, and even a single stone was extremely precious. Breaking down the wall would undoubtedly damage the integrity of the ruin.

If we don't destroy it, we can't get into the room behind it!

Fortunately, he only thought about it for a moment before making a decision. In order to prevent unnecessary damage, he did not let the Pokémon do anything. Instead, he had the staff use hammers and chisels to carefully dig little by little!

Because we dare not use the machines, this is destined to be a time-consuming, lengthy, and meticulous task.

During a break from their busy schedule, Xia You and Na Zi returned to the research center and had lunch in the cafeteria there. When he returned, they had already opened a passage!

Chapter 339 Puzzle and Mysterious Writing

The discovery of the secret chamber caused a great sensation here and quickly spread throughout the entire Aluf Ruins Park. People stopped what they were doing and came out of the stone chamber, craning their necks to look inside, all wanting to see what secrets were hidden inside!

Seeing that the area was crowded with people, in order to prevent a stampede and protect the ruins, Satake quickly ordered the cordon to be moved forward to keep irrelevant people outside the line. After doing this, he and Xia You entered the secret room through the opened passage.

Compared to the outer stone chamber, this place was noticeably darker, but it was still empty and looked no different from the other rooms. However, on the innermost stone wall, they found a stone slab painting!

The patterns on the stone slab are clearly visible, but what's strange is that the slab was cut into nine pieces and arranged in a completely random manner, making it impossible to tell what it depicts!

Satake walked closer, frowned and pondered for a while, before suddenly realizing what it was.

"This looks like a jigsaw puzzle!"

Xia You nodded.