Chapter 1324: Kidnapping the Goodra Group

When humans develop a certain civilization, they always leave something behind, either actively or passively.

Including but not limited to writing, murals, and other things.

The human kingdom that built the temple here was no exception.

They recorded a lot of key information in the most core place. Even if the years were long and part of the information had become blurred, it wasn't difficult to see the inside story through the connection and speculation.

Simply put, the civilization that built this place was exactly the one seen in the previous data.

"Pray to God, God grants the kingdom endless firepower and infinite steel... Gold and stone melt to cast steel armor, invincible and unstoppable..."

Cynthia whispered.

In a certain unknown distant era, a human settlement was almost wiped out due to war.

The tribal leader at the time, in order to save his clansmen, kowtowed step by step from Mount Coronet until he reached the Sinnoh Temple, praying for God to protect his companions.

God was moved by his sincerity and pitied the plight of his clansmen, descending the Mountain of Steel and the Beast of Lava not far from his tribe, granting them the power to resist foreign enemies.

The Mountain of Steel was Iron Island, and the Beast of Lava was Heatran.

In the blurred mural, one was extremely eye-catching—

On the left was a human with hands raised high, on the right was Heatran looking up, and a small square was floating in the air between them.

The text record called it the core of the Mountain of Steel, something Heatran carried with it. As long as there was this core, ordinary mountain rocks could be turned into steel, and an endless supply of steel could be manufactured.

The tribal leader at the time used this to manufacture indestructible weapons and impenetrable armor, leading his clansmen to stage a desperate counterattack, finally defeating the enemy that had almost wiped them out.

But the story didn't stop there.

The tribal leader ruled the defeated opposing side, merging the two settlements, making him the supreme King.

He began to cast his gaze on other human settlements.

For a time, the victims of war turned into perpetrators, and the Sinnoh land fell into chaos again.

The mural on the wall stopped abruptly when the King ascended the throne, holding a scepter and commanding the army and Heatran, and the text record didn't explain the story that happened afterward.

What was the reason for the destruction of the kingdom later?

Unknown.

"The Iron Plate is probably on Iron Island!" Cynthia repeated to All Baimu.

All Baimu nodded. "I think so too."

Then he turned to ask the Hisuian Goodra group whether they had seen a silver, palm-sized piece of iron.

It was a routine inquiry; he didn't expect them to know.

After all, the Iron Plate was too small, and this group of guys were illiterate wild Pokémon with brains not much bigger than walnuts...

"Goomy~"

"You know?"

All Baimu looked at the Hisuian Goomy in front of him asking for food in surprise, doubting, "I can give you what you want to eat, but don't trick me!"

The Hisuian Goomy was a bit angry after hearing this. "Goomy!"

It dived into the pool next to it without hesitation, yelling twice to signal All Baimu to follow.

Other Hisuian Goodra saw this, and actually didn't continue to quarrel, some followed and jumped into the water, and some went to look after the Goomy.

The Goomy looked at All Baimu reluctantly. The food given was a lot, but scattered, how many could each one eat?

"Goomy!"

"Go..."

They left indignantly.

All Baimu looked at the Hisuian Goomy in the water, his eyes gradually brightening, and said to Riley and Cynthia, "Do you two want to go together?"

"Of course!"

Cynthia packed her things impatiently.

Although she still wanted to continue studying the murals and texts here, she was indeed curious about the Iron Plate.

Riley naturally wouldn't stay here alone, put away Lucario, and began to put on diving gear.

The three started diving again, groping and moving forward in the underground waterway illuminated by the Poryphone.

The underwater environment was too cramped and dim, and places without light were comparable to black holes, and it didn't distinguish between up and down, which invisibly brought great psychological pressure to people.

Fortunately, the three people present were all people with tough minds, so they could explore all the way to the end without any fear.

The journey was closer than imagined.

And it was another hidden cave.

Riley began to suspect that the ten years he spent on Iron Island were spent in vain; how could there be so many places he didn't know about?

There were quite a few Steelix on Iron Island, why hadn't they dug here?

The Poryphone seemed to see Riley's question in his silence. "Is it possible that Steelix hates water, and these caves are surrounded by underground rivers."

"... You're right."

Riley let out a turbid breath.

All Baimu and Cynthia didn't stop and arrived at the depths, looking around after turning their heads to ask the Hisuian Goomy leading the way, "Where is the plate?"

"Goomy!"

The Hisuian Goomy slid forward, taking them to a towering wall, biting the vines of strange plants on it, tearing back and forth to pull it down.

Only then did the two see a narrow small hole behind the plant, only knee-high, and they could only crawl in.

All Baimu took the lead. "I'll go first."

Although Cynthia was wearing pants, he thought she wouldn't want someone staring at her butt from behind.

Riley also felt it. "Then I'll be the second one."

"Hehehe, what two thoughtful gentlemen." Cynthia accepted the kindness with a smile.

The three crawled through the narrow passage, and when they turned their heads, they found that not only could the Hisuian Goomy enter this hole, but the Goodra also passed through the hole with flexible bodies.

Its huge metal snail shell became like slime, softening into a long strip at will, and even Cynthia couldn't help but take a few more looks. "What a unique Pokémon!"

"Look!"

All Baimu's voice drew her attention back.

It turned out that this place was a relatively intact palace. Although the surrounding walls were still covered with moss, it was much better than the previous cave.

There were many water channels crisscrossing the ground, and these waterways were actually still flowing at this time, and the end was a round big pool, with silver light flashing in the middle when the light shone over.

"Iron Plate! On that shelf!"

On the shelf in the middle of the pool, the Iron Plate was submerged in the pool water, ensuring the cleanliness of the surface with flowing water.

All Baimu and the others approached, none of them reached out.

"Feel like there's some mechanism?"

"Indeed very like!"

Cynthia had been mixing in various ruins for many years and knew very well that some treasures couldn't be moved at will, and there must be mechanisms.

Riley was speechless, sent out Lucario, closed his eyes, and pressed his brow.

Light blue Aura spread out toward the surroundings, searching for possible dangers.

This power was completely different from psychic power; it could both play a role in probing and help Riley find "suspicious" places, preventing dangers that were about to appear.

After a search, unexpectedly, no dangerous places were found.

Riley frowned. "Two, here seems... to have no important mechanism? It could also be that it has been located underground for many years and has long since failed."

All Baimu and Cynthia looked at each other.

Reason told them that Riley's Aura was worth believing, but just in case, they still wanted to explore it themselves.

Riley had no opinion; Aura wasn't omnipotent.

The three began to explore around the Iron Plate.

Who knew that the Hisuian Goomy saw that it had brought All Baimu to find things, and in the case that it had already been found, he still wandered around and didn't know what he was doing, thinking he wanted to break his promise.

This little snail swam to the shelf and unhesitatingly picked up the Iron Plate.

"Wait!"

Its speed was extremely fast, and even All Baimu and the Poryphone were a step slow.

Of course, this was also because the environment was too dim, the lighting wasn't locked on the middle pool, and it mainly illuminated the surrounding walls, facilitating the exploration of a few people.

The Iron Plate left the pool, and a strange situation suddenly occurred—

The water level dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and within two seconds, it began to dry up, and the water in the water channels also disappeared without a trace.

As if the water was created by the Iron Plate.

All Baimu and the others vigilantly observed the surroundings, but didn't find any extra changes; what remained were the dried-up pool and water channels.

"Huh? What is this?"

He curiously began to search in the pool, wanting to know if this thing had some kind of secret.

How could the Iron Plate affect the water?

He would believe it if it were buried in the soil or embedded in the wall; this thing could turn earth and stone into steel.

But water...

A bit outrageous.

All Baimu studied it for a long time and didn't understand, so he had to take the Iron Plate that the Hisuian Goomy kept handing over. "Alright, alright, here's food for you."

This fellow had been stabbing his waist with the plate for a long time, and kept wanting him to take it.

"Goomy!"

The Goomy that got the food was very happy and crawled toward its companions to share the food.

That group of Hisuian Goodra that followed was exactly for this bite.

It could be said that they were particularly unpromising.

All Baimu took out the Arceus Phone, and the Iron Plate automatically sensed the peeling of the shell, revealing the colorful core body, then shrank to the size of a thumb, joining the plates rotating around the Arceus Phone.

Cynthia and Riley watched this scene with their own eyes, their expressions different.

"This is the Arceus Phone, right?"

"That's right, I got it from an elder; it has also become an important prop for recovering the plates."

"What is the gem on it?"

"Terapagos sleeping soundly—remember the strange-looking crystal little turtle that was on my head before?"

All Baimu's words made Cynthia think of the crystal little turtle with a strange appearance.

She nodded. "So it's it!"

Riley didn't understand, and the Poryphone very friendly showed him pictures, this was an internally designated teacher group member, couldn't be neglected.

"This is my first time seeing this kind of Pokémon."

"Awooo awooo."

Lucario agreed.

After eating, the Hisuian Goodra left one after another, and the Goomy that led the way also wanted to leave, but was stopped by the Shiny Gengar in time.

"Gengar, gengar!"

You guys left, how is the Trainer going to get out?

There really is no signal down here!

The Poryphone, which had always had signals even in the wild mountains, suffered a Waterloo for the first time.

There was really no signal at all in the deep underground, making it unable to even go to the network space.

The Hisuian Goomy asked, "Goomy?"

Will leading the way give us things to eat?

Gengar: "..."

You guys are reincarnated starving ghosts! You guys are a bit too outrageous! Haven't eaten anything good since you grew up?

——They really hadn't eaten anything.

They lived near the underground river all year round, relying on eating algae, moss, and absorbing metal ions in the water, occasionally eating some ore.

All Baimu's food was indeed the best thing they had ever eaten in their current stage.

Gengar really couldn't empathize.

Even its good days had only been for two years.

"Gengar!"

The gray fatty made the decision for the Trainer, using food to tempt it to stay, but soon those Hisuian Goodra that ran away came back.

Their expressions were extremely panicked, as if they had encountered some kind of disaster.

"Goomy! Goomy!"

"Goomy, roar!!"

They were talking all at once, arousing the curiosity of All Baimu and others who were exploring the ruins.

Riley and Lucario felt their panic through Aura, and quickly learned the reason.

"The taste of... the water has changed?"

He didn't quite understand.

Water has a taste? What if the water taste changes? Will it have a great impact on them?

Cynthia thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps the conclusion of the institute is correct."

All Baimu and Riley turned to look at her, and she continued, "At the current stage, the institute believes that the reason why the special Goodra 'disappeared' is because the water in the Sinnoh region no longer contains iron, and they cannot secrete it from the mucus to form a tough shell."

The answer was exactly this.

Although the taste of the water had only changed for a short time, when the Hisuian Goodra came into contact with the water, the mucous membranes on their bodies could no longer adsorb the iron in the water, and this change was obvious.

"So the Iron Plate was soaked in the water to allow this group of Goodra to obtain water rich in iron for drinking?"

The Poryphone suddenly realized, "But who did this?"

Unknown.

And the Hisuian Goodra, although stupid, could also associate the sudden change in water with what All Baimu just did.

"Goomy!"

"Roar!!"

Give it back!

They pressed toward All Baimu, trying to make him return the Iron Plate.

But the Iron Plate had long returned to the Arceus Phone, let alone All Baimu couldn't manipulate the Arceus Phone, even if he could...

It was estimated that it would be very difficult to return it.

He could only soothe, "You guys don't be anxious, let's talk properly."

But where could they listen, if they could listen, they wouldn't be wild Pokémon.

The Hisuian Goodra howled and launched a charge at All Baimu, but within two seconds, they fell under Gengar's group Hypnosis.

Unexpectedly, the Hisuian Goomy had no reaction.

Asked and found out, it turned out to be the one that wanted to follow All Baimu.

Although All Baimu hadn't decided whether to catch them, they had already launched an intense internal discussion, and were divided into two factions.

"They must leave now."

Cynthia shook her head, saying with a bit of regret.

Although there were precious ruins here, she originally didn't intend to make them public.

After all, Hisuian Goodra lived here, and human development had already destroyed enough wild Pokémon habitats. To make up for this, Pokémon areas were being established everywhere.

Cynthia, as a Champion, certainly couldn't disregard the Pokémon's home for her own selfish interests.

Who knew...

But this was also something that couldn't be helped.

The Iron Plate would disappear sooner or later. Cynthia firmly believed that Arceus would take back the plates sooner or later. This time it sent All Baimu, next time it might come personally.

"Let's discuss their affairs." She opened her mouth. ===== CHAPTER 1325 =====