Dawn of Pokémon

(Revised on 2018.10.10)

This ruins is surprisingly large.

Xiao Ye walked casually with this leisurely thought - there was only one road, and there was no need to worry about getting lost in the dark underground.

There are candle lights beside the wall, so there is no need to consider the most troublesome lighting problem. At least you can vaguely see the ground under your feet.The content of the mural is very rich, and it seems that the theme is some kind of ancient ritual; the text next to the picture records a lot of content, but it is a pity that Xiaoye has just mastered modern writing and does not understand ancient writing at all.

The so-called pain of illiteracy.

——If Xiaozhi and others, who were full of worry at this time, knew that Xiaoye was enjoying the mural so happily, I wonder what they would think.

Along the way, Xiaoye saw many supersonic bats hanging upside down on the top of the ruins.Most of them just started to grind their teeth out of curiosity when they saw them, and a few of them were afraid that the world would stop them and pounced on them to try to bite them.

Unfortunately, Xiaoye didn't want to be bitten by them.

As a result, every bat received a blow from the hand that was neither serious nor serious, and they were aggrieved and did not dare to approach - after all, Xiaoye was a creature that could fight with the horned rhinoceros, so of course he was not afraid of their teeth.

As for the traps that are one of the famous specialties inside the ruins, I have encountered many of them.

When he took a certain step, the ground beneath his feet sunk slightly downwards.The extent of the depression was very small, and it would have been impossible to detect it if Xiaoye's senses were not sensitive enough.

Again.

Xiaoye was not surprised at all and leaned back skillfully.

"Ding." The sound of metal colliding with masonry.

This is the most common mechanism in this ruins - the floor tiles will sink after bearing weight, driving the crossbow machine in the wall to fire metal arrows down to the location of the sunken floor tiles.

The crossbow machine, which has experienced at least a hundred years, has not been damaged, and the arrows have not been rusted. I have to admire the precision of the mechanism.

The sharp arrows are quite fast, and a well-trained Pokémon might be able to dodge them, but it would be a bit dangerous for humans.However, it is easy for Xiaoye to dodge an attack of this level - judging the direction of the arrow from the sound of the wind, and then making the correct dodge, this is the instinct of "Xiaoye" that goes deep into the soul, even if the user is nine The body of a year-old child has no difficulty losing the power to call out wind and thunder.

Dodge can be compensated for by experience and reflex nerves, but the power of the human body cannot cause much damage.Therefore, Xiaoye could only hope that there would be no traps such as huge rolling stones ahead. She did not want to race against the stone balls.

In this way, we moved forward "without incident" until a thick stone wall appeared in front of us.

Dead end?

Xiaoye stepped forward in confusion.Then, the floor tiles beneath his feet sank again.

This time, the familiar sound of wind did not appear, replaced by the tremor of the earth and a heavy roar.

Behind the human child, a stone wall slowly lowered from above, threatening to block the way back.But Xiao Ye didn't make any move - even though she had time to escape before the stone wall fell, there was no way out. On the contrary, there might be a way to pass between the two walls.

By the candlelight of the wall lamp behind the stone wall before it fell, Xiaoye could clearly see the appearance of the stone wall blocking the way forward.

In the center of the wall, there is a picture divided into sixteen panels.The one in the lower right corner is blank, and the other fifteen panels are painted with complex ancient characters.

After a few seconds, the stone wall fell.The gap between the two walls was filled with misty darkness.

Xiao Ye blinked.Could it be that the one I saw just now is...

He tentatively stepped forward and touched the part with the picture engraved on it. As expected, he felt the gaps between the grids and a slight shaking feeling.

Puzzle-like games like this are actually not uncommon.Moving the stone slab and arranging the words on it in the correct order is probably the way to open the door.

So, here comes the most difficult question——

Xiaoye didn't know ancient writing at all, let alone use her sense of touch to identify the text in such a dark place to judge the movement of the stone slab.

Still the pain of illiteracy.

After standing stunned for three seconds, Xiaoye decisively gave up her reasoning - she didn't know a single word and really couldn't reason - and casually pushed the stone slab above the gap to the next floor.

Then he suddenly turned sideways, and the arrow flying out from under the stone slab passed by the tip of his nose.

Ah... As expected, I was punished for moving the slate randomly.

It's obvious that the slabs not only need to be moved to the correct position, but also need to follow a specific sequence.This information should be mentioned in the text next to the mural or on the stone slab, but Xiaoye couldn't read them at all.

——For this reason, the existence of hurtful traps may be a good thing.With this error message, Xiaoye can use it to determine whether the order of movement of the stone slabs is correct.

There's only one available spot, so a little bit of experimentation will do the trick - otherwise you'll probably be stuck here forever.

Hopefully there are enough arrows placed in the trap.

Xiaoye sighed silently and began a dangerous attempt that even she felt was extremely stupid.

"This is it!" The green-haired girl panted and stopped, pointing to a mottled stone door behind the branches and leaves.

Xiaotian nodded slightly, scanning every detail of the stone door, and then stopped at a small depression on the right.

Xiaozhi and the other three watched as the silver-haired boy stepped forward and embedded a small stone-like object into the groove of the stone door.Then, the stone door that had been unshakable before began to shake and gradually rose up in the dust.

"Awesome...how did you do it?!" Xiaoyun said in astonishment.Could it be said that the door can be opened by putting a stone in the crack of the door?

Xiaozhi looked into the bottomless darkness inside the ruins, "Xiaoye! Where are you? Can you hear me——"

The boy's cry spread through the cave, but no one responded in the empty underground passage. Only the echo trembled between the walls.

"After such a long time, we should have gone quite deep." Xiao Mao frowned and looked at his watch.Damn it, if I had known earlier, I would have stopped her from going deeper...

Xiaotian was silent for a moment and then said, "Please tell Dr. Omu the situation and don't come near this place again."

Then, the silver-haired boy stepped into the ruins without hesitation.

"Hey, Xiaotian! What are you doing!" Xiaozhi's shout was drowned in the roar of the stone door falling.

Xiaomao grabbed Xiaozhi who was about to rush in, "You can only cause trouble if you go. You don't even have Pokémon, what can you do?"

Xiaozhi gritted his teeth unwillingly.

He knew very well that Xiao Mao was right. If an unarmed child went in, he could do nothing but hold him back.

"It's okay, Xiaotian has such a powerful partner, he can definitely bring Xiaoye back safely!" The green-haired girl calmed down.

It's not just a casual comment, but a sincere belief in the ability of Xiaotian and that Pokémon.After all—that was the great investigator’s trump card.

"Let's go back." Xiao Mao looked back at the stone door that had been closed again, turned and left.

If you become a trainer, you won't be so powerless when encountering this kind of thing——

At this moment, like a subtle fire, the same idea is spreading and growing in the hearts of boys and girls.

Hearing the footsteps getting further away, Xiaotian turned around with peace of mind and began to move towards the depths of the dark ruins.

In fact, the key in Xiaotian's hand can only open the door to the ruins once - that is to say, there is no way out after entering.This is completely contrary to the original plan, which was to go back and use the key to open the door after entering.

However, Xiaotian still made such a choice without hesitation.

First, there is theoretically another exit at the other end of the ruins - if it is not damaged.Although the two were strangers to each other, Xiaotian could not let a person who should not be involved in this matter be in danger in the ruins.It is his task and responsibility to safely handle this ruins.

There is only one path.As long as you go straight ahead, you will definitely find the person who accidentally entered the ruins.