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The Fangyuan area can be called an ancient and mysterious place - there are legends flying in the sky, legends running on the ground, and legends swimming in the water.It’s just that the existences in those legends clearly have the power to submerge the continent or evaporate the ocean, but they have to be restrained by a small stone-I really don’t know whether to sigh that they are too naive in the legend or to laugh at believing these legends Humans are too stupid.

——Of course, leaving aside these legends and histories with discounted credibility, there are still many incredible stories within reach on this continent.

for example--

Route 111, desert.

The desert is never a friendly place, and this one in the northern part of the Hoen region is certainly no exception.

The strong wind rolled up the sand and stones all over the sky, covering the scorching sun, but it couldn't stop the scorching heat from it.The gust of sand and gravel is like a sharp file, filing down finer dust from the surrounding rock walls and adding it to the roaring storm.The sandstorm roared and poured fine sand into all the gaps that could be poured in, tearing up everything that tried to block their footsteps, and did not stop until they hit the bare, pitted rock wall on the other side.

——The desert dragonfly carried Ibuki hovering in the mid-air of Route 111, and this was the scene that greeted my eyes.

Crossing the desert is naturally not a problem for the desert dragonfly known as the "desert elf", but considering that there is still a fragile human sitting on its back, the desert dragonfly finally hesitated.

"If it's possible..." Yibui sighed, and patted the desert dragonfly's neck, "Actually, I really hope you can go in and complete the task for me."

The desert dragonfly simply ignored her, and flicked its tail as if to rush into the sandstorm.Yibuki didn't speak, but tapped the desert dragonfly's back, signaling it to fall down.

The desert dragonfly lowered its altitude, Ibuki turned over and jumped down, straightened his glasses, squinted and looked ahead.

According to the doctor's instructions, Ibuki needs to find a mysterious sandstone building called the "Phantom Tower" in this desert area located on Route 111. Someone reported seeing it in this area. This building appeared, but considering the mysterious nature of this mysterious building, Ibuki was mentally prepared that this trip would probably end in vain.

"Sure enough... In fact, you just can't understand me being idle, right?"——Ibuki sighed with a bitter face.

Of course, if it is only from the perspective of the task, the doctor's choice to hand over this task to Ibuki is not a punishment in a fit of anger - Ibuki, who has the desert dragonfly and the cradle lily, is the only doctor under the doctor who can still maintain sufficient mobility in the desert A researcher with combat power.In other words - even if it is not the only choice, it can be called the best choice.

And this also means... Once in the desert, Ibuki will no longer receive any assistance.

"This way—it's fine." Ibuki tightened the tether of the hood, pulled the scarf, and covered the lower half of the face exposed under the sunglasses, "Then next, you can... oh, desert dragonfly , "Ibuki turned his head and said in a standard aria-like tone, "Wish us good luck."

Without books, it will be short, but with books, it will be long—it is already the third hour since Ibuki entered the desert.

Of course Ibuki doesn't want to get tanned, but he also doesn't want to suffer from heat stroke in this kind of place, so the best solution is naturally...a quick fix.

Fortunately, the Phantom Tower is a relatively tall building in the records over the years-once it appears in this flat, barren and not so endless desert, it can definitely be called a landmark level, and it should not be overlooked from the sky. easily missed.Ibuki rode a desert dragonfly around the desert, but unfortunately, he got nothing—finally, he couldn't bear it and fell back to the ground, retracting under the shadow of half a rock.

The desert dragonfly huddled beside her, and raised its wings to block the large sandstones blowing obliquely.

"It's cold and dark at night, and hot and sunny during the day... This time, it's really a hard job." Ibuki took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes that were sore from the sun, "Since you can't find it from above If you reach any landform that meets the required height, then... you have to walk to find it, right?"

Few creatures will choose to go out in the desert under the scorching sun—whether it is the ground-type, rock-type, and steel-type elves that are adapted to the wind and sand, or the street sandbell of the "Desert Flower", or the The cactus-like desert naia and song monia have evolved, and they both tend to appear in the relatively cool evening or night.

Of course... elves like Gemenia would haunt and attack travelers at night, so wandering around in the desert after dark was also not a safe choice for humans.

The desert dragonfly shook its wings in the face of the sandstorm, and the shaking of the sand made a sound similar to resonance.It raised its head and looked around, but as if it suddenly discovered something, it screamed twice in surprise.

Ibuki put on his glasses again, poked his head out from behind the stone, and followed the eyes of the desert dragonfly.The background is still yellow sand all over the sky, but in the middle of a barren desert before, it is faintly visible——

"If the number of words is right, this place can definitely be broken into another chapter... That thing didn't exist just now, right?" Ibuki narrowed his eyes slightly, "When did you find out?"

The desert dragonfly shook its head and saw Ibuki standing up.

"It's actually in such a remote place... It's a good thing that we don't need to find it by ourselves. Let's go and have a look."

— Phantom Tower.

Speaking of the phantom tower that appears and disappears at this time, we have to mention a terrible and extremely confusing natural phenomenon-mirage.

When you see a mirage while standing by the sea, you can leisurely say that it’s so beautiful, but if you’re in the desert—just imagine it. The oasis you use as a life-saving target is actually far away from the original body. Kilometers away, or just a mass of rocks deformed by refraction... Depressing, isn't it?In other words, this is already a terrible thing, right?

The Phantom Tower is exactly such an existence.

Due to the natural environment, the location of the Phantom Tower is not very clear.According to reports, many people "saw" this tower in various places in the desert, but when they finally found the place where they saw the tower after a lot of hard work, the Phantom Tower had disappeared-so people rumored The tower appears and disappears, wandering in the desert.

— But in fact?

The "Phantom Tower" that many people see may just be a mirage, which is "moved" to different places by the sunlight; It's just bigger and bigger stones.

As for where the body of the tower is... No one knows.Under the cover of the sandstorm, the visibility of this desert was terrible. Even in the sky with the widest view, no one could make an assertion for the blurred scenery they saw.

As for the one Ibuki saw right now...

"...It looks solid." Yibuki stretched out his hand and patted the wall of the tower, then took a few steps back, looked up at the panoramic view of the tower, "Desert Dragonfly, we are lucky."

The desert dragonfly is also a little curious.It swung its tail and knocked on the wall of the tower like Ibuki—but because of the violent impact, some fine stones fell from the tower.

"Be careful."

Ibuki stretched out his hand and pulled it back—the desert dragonfly flicked its tail, as if worried about the stability of the tower.Ibuki took a few photos of the front of the Phantom Tower, and then walked around the tower wall to the back of the tower.

——Exploring the outside first, and then exploring the inside, this can be regarded as common sense when exploring.

Now that Ibuki has turned to an unknown corner, let's turn our sights back to the directly below the tower.

The environment of this desert area on Route 111 is too harsh—violent sandstorms raging almost endlessly—so almost at the same time Ibuki left, the traces she left, such as footprints and being hit by desert dragonflies Falling gravel and the like are almost completely gone.

"Missing", but it doesn't mean that it is really not found at all - some special existences can still find these almost invisible traces by virtue of their own abilities.

——For example, some elves living in the desert.

Yibuki left with the desert dragonfly on his front foot, and a mandaw ant came out of the ground on his back foot.It raised its head and slowly turned left and right, as if searching for something suspiciously.Not far away, it heard a sound that was so familiar that it was almost engraved in its memory - instinct convinced it that there must be an evolutionary elf of a mandible ant, the desert dragonfly.In such a barren desert, spirits of the desert dragonfly level are not common, so following the instinct of small animals to gather together, it quickly - of course, it is only the fastest speed for it as a mandible ant ——Catch up.

…but now the desert dragonfly is gone.

The mandible ant was a little dazed—its straight thinking was not enough to think that the desert dragonfly just followed its master around the Phantom Tower half a circle.Therefore, it raised its head with great effort, looked at the huge obstacle in front of it—the Phantom Tower—and continued digging down firmly toward the ground.

The strong wind swept the sand and stones—soon, this unobvious cave was buried by pumice and pumice.

The author has something to say: The Phantom Tower is a branch line unique to Emerald, and neither RS ​​nor ORAS has this plot...so even if Ibuki tramples down this tower, it will not affect the travel of the protagonist Xiaoyao ( etc)

Like the phantom tower, the abandoned shipwreck, the seabed ruins, the flame shortcut, and the altar of the three sacred pillars... I love them deeply (.) The altar is too high-end, and the bottom of the sea cannot go down, but the magic tower You are welcome to use it with the sunken ship_(:3」∠)_

Although the author really really wants to pull out the big miscalculation of "digging stones all over the world" to support the appearance, but... well, although it is related to fossils, it's a pity that his plot is not listed here ( Sigh sincerely), sure enough, what I wrote is not romance qwq