Chapter 244: Tian Guan Mountain Foothills, Sinnoh Temple

Huo La suddenly opened his eyes, the dazzling moonlight made him squint.

He found himself lying on a cracked stone platform, surrounded by dozens of bare stone pillars, the tops of which were carved with vague patterns, like some ancient totem.

Looking up, the night sky was unreasonably clear, a full moon hung overhead, its pale light bringing a faint chill, and even the stars seemed unusually bright.

The Deoxys that had abducted him now hovered in the center of the platform, its blue‑green body glowing faintly in the moonlight.

It still kept its streamlined shape, vine‑like tentacles wrapped around its front, its head slightly lifted as if gazing at the moon.

Huo La could clearly feel a faint Cosmic Energy emanating from its body, following the path of the moonlight, slowly flowing into it—it was actually absorbing the universe's energy.

Perhaps Huo La's movement when he rose disturbed it, and Deoxys's energy‑absorbing action suddenly halted.

In the next second, its head twisted at an extremely odd angle, 80 degrees, and then its whole body, as if boneless, floated and turned, those angular eyes staring straight at Huo La.

The cold gaze fell on him, Huo La felt a tingling numbness in his back, instinctively recoiled, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "You… why did you bring me here?"

No voice came from Deoxys's mouth, but a hoarse, muffled sound like rusted metal grinding rang directly in Huo La's mind: "There's something in your body… constantly absorbing my energy."

Huo La was startled, looking at the Deoxys before him in surprise: "You can talk?!"

"No, I can't," the consciousness replied directly, "It's just my consciousness that can communicate directly with yours."

Huo La fell silent instantly.

What Deoxys said was clearly the system inside his body.

Huo La's consciousness moved, and the system panel instantly popped up, listing Deoxys's data clearly, even the weak state and skill proficiency were marked plainly.

Pokemon: Deoxys

Gender: None

Level: Lv90

Su Xing: SS

Status: Weak

Nature: Conservative

Type: Psychic

Ability: Intimidation (causes opponent's move PP to be consumed double)

Height: 1.8 m

Weight: 61 kg

Carried Item: None

Skills: Binding (72% proficiency), Nightmare Shadow (44%), Spirit Shock (50%), Psychic (21%), Gravity (50%), Instant Teleportation (22%), Low Kick…

Improvement Count: 0

Just now at Jiaolu Gaogang, the system forcibly absorbed Cosmic Energy from a meteor, basically hijacking this Legendary Pokémon's power.

Deoxys's angular eyes still stared at him, the hoarse voice in his mind carrying a hint of cold: "The thing in your body is still trying to gnaw my energy."

Huo La's heart sank; he quickly closed the panel, steadied himself, forced the panic in his chest down, muttering at the system.

He took a deep breath, faced those cold angular eyes and retorted, "Then what exactly do you want with me? And why are you appearing in Hisui? This place has never had a Pokémon from the universe like you."

As soon as the words left his mouth, the Cosmic Energy around Deoxys fluctuated once, as if recalling something.

The consciousness spoke again, with a faint weariness and a barely perceptible alertness: "I was battling a Pokémon in the universe, was hit head‑on by its move, the energy went out of control and attached to a meteor, which fell here."

"There's a scent on you that's very similar to this Temple's aura, that scent made me change direction when I fell, so I met you."

"Me? A scent similar to this place?" Huo La frowned, stood up, and by the bright moonlight finally saw the environment he was in.

This wasn't some rock platform at all; it was clearly the ruins of an abandoned Temple!

Not far away at the entrance, four massive pillars stood majestically, each topped with a broken fire pit filled with dust.

Looking inside, twelve taller stone columns supported a beam that had already collapsed by more than half; the patterns on the columns could be vaguely recognized as the totem designs unique to the Hisui Region.

Huo La's pupils suddenly contracted, a name slipped out: "Tian Guan Mountain Foothills… Sinnoh Temple!"

"You know this place?"

Deoxys's voice suddenly sharpened; Huo La didn't even see its movement, the blue‑green silhouette appeared silently beside him, its cold tentacles almost touching his cheek.

Huo La's heart missed a beat, blurting out, "This is… Arceus's Temple."

"Arceus… Creator God…"

In Deoxys's consciousness fluctuation, a barely detectable wave appeared for the first time.

He subconsciously added, "You know Arceus? Aren't you… the embodiment of the Cosmic Virus?"

The moment the words fell, Huo La wished he could slap himself.

He'd let it slip!

How did he just blurt out the lore he knew from his past life about Deoxys?

Huo La instantly shut his mouth, cold sweat seeped down his back, nervously staring at the Deoxys before him.

And Deoxys seemed stunned by the remark as well, its angular eyes fixed on him, the surrounding air seeming to freeze.

After a moment, Deoxys's face rushed close, almost nose‑to‑nose with Huo La.

A cold breath washed over him; Huo La could even see the Cosmic Energy Sheen flowing over its surface, his hair standing on end, forgetting to breathe.

Time ticked by second by second, the moonlight cast a narrow shadow between the two.

After an unknown amount of time, Deoxys slowly retracted its head and floated back into mid‑air.

That hoarse, unpleasant consciousness voice rang again in Huo La's mind, bearing an indescribable nuance: "Creator God, Arceus… you know I am Cosmic Bacteria…"