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Chapter 259 Tomb Exploration

Chapter 259 Tomb Exploration

One can imagine what would happen if, while Wei Xin was resting, hundreds of victims of the Night Demon's attack returned home and recounted their experiences in the mountains, combined with the various rumors circulating in Xiangxi during this period, driven by fear of the unknown Pokémon and anger at the harm done to their family and friends.

Anyway, it won't be about lying at home laughing and chuckling.

In the days before trainers, a wild, ferocious Pokémon might have terrified everyone, leaving them trembling in fear at home. But things are different now. With Poké Balls and Pokémon, they have enough power.

As a result, in all the cities where victims had appeared, countless residents ignored Officer Jenny's warnings and spontaneously gathered together, banging drums and gongs, to search for traces of the Night Demon in the mountains and forests.

Even the Pokémon in the mountains reacted, with some fleeing into the depths of the forest, while others, like Zangoose, stubbornly attacked people.

"With such a large-scale operation, it's either about stealing kills or feeding kills."

Blending into the crowd, Wei Xin and Mary sighed. To prevent the Night Watcher from being discovered and causing a disturbance, he put the Night Watcher into a Poké Ball.

"Oh, by the way, this is for you. Remember to keep it safe."

"Iris Feather?"

"Hmm, Ho-Oh's power can suppress evil spirits, and the Rainbow Feather should be able to protect you. So why didn't you give it to Aya or Korrina?"

"You've reminded me."

"What reminder? — Ugh!" Before Mary could react, Wei Xin's face appeared in front of her.

He took a bite out of her.

Sure enough, Mary's words were more persuasive.

"This is considered rent for the props. Do you still expect me to take them along?"

"You! Bastard!" Mary clenched her fist and tried to hit Wei Xin's shoulder. He had actually stuck out his tongue earlier. After seeing the cast on Wei Xin's body, she loosened her fist.

She snorted and put her arm around Wei Xin's normal arm. To outsiders, the two looked like a silly couple who were just showing off their love because they had nothing better to do.

A single dog let out a sharp, explosive cry.

"Awooo!" It was a coyote that had found something in the forest. The group gathered around and found a sign—an employee badge of the Ether Foundation. Soon after, the residents found five or six more signs around the area, but they couldn't find the person on the sign.

Wei Xin closed his eyes, released the waveguide, and checked the aura on it.

As expected, the aura of the Night Demon remained, and members of the Aether Foundation had already been attacked, and in considerable numbers.

It's unknown how powerful the Night Demon will become after absorbing the lives of these people.

And then there's Lusamine; according to Gladion, Lusamine was also in the forest last night.

Wei Xin called Gladgio, explained the situation, and inquired about Lusamine. Despite the conflict between mother and son, they were still family, bound by blood. Gladgio called Lusamine.

No one heard.

She was probably taken away by Dusknoir. Considering that Dusknoir is not a Ghost-type Pokémon and does not have the ability to directly take someone's life or bring them to the spirit world, Lusamine is safe for the time being.

There's one more thing to deal with now.

Although Wei Xin and Rosamina often disagreed, considering that she was Lillie's mother, and that if something happened to her, Lillie would probably be in tears and even depressed in the future, Wei Xin, who quite liked to make Lillie cry, did not do it in this way. He added the search and rescue of Rosamina to the plan.

Unlike the others who searched aimlessly through the mountains and valleys like headless flies, and Officer Jenny who interrogated Coral all night but couldn't pry her mouth open (the little girl was indeed unethical, but she was really stubborn; after being sent to the police station, she didn't open her mouth once except to eat and drink), she was different.

Using telepathy, Wei Xin learned the approximate location of the tomb from Shanhu's memories.

Why does that sound like a soul-searching technique?

He led Mary and his senior brother, avoiding the crowds, pretending to wander aimlessly, and walked deep into the mountains and forests.

The terrain in the mountains was complex, with only repetitive mountain paths and trees in sight. Wei Xin could only find a general location based on his memory. The two did not encounter any other Pokémon along the way, and they did not know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Fortunately, feng shui is a required course at Wudang Mountain, and as the senior disciple of the sect, Pikachu is very good at it.

"Senior Brother, please help me."

"Pikachu!" The eldest brother took his hand out of his long sleeve and gave a thumbs up.

Leave it to me.

Wei Xin thought his senior brother would pull out an octahedral compass and do some calculations, but to his surprise, his senior brother was calculating feng shui. No, it couldn't be called calculating feng shui at all. His tail swayed gently like a magnet as he ran around in the mountains and forests, stopping to smell the aroma at each place he visited.

Calculate feng shui (√) Find feng shui (√)

The method emphasizes simplicity and unpretentiousness.

If the information in Wei Xin's dream is true, then the Night Demon and the Wandering Night Spirit are very likely a couple who died tragically and were buried in the mountains. As for whether they retained their memories, that is another matter.

Before long, Pikachu found several locations, and Wei Xin squatted down and used his waveguide to probe the underground.

"How is it?"

"No," Wei Xin shook his head, "there's only soil below."

I searched many places, but to no avail.

"Something's not right!" Wei Xin wondered. "Could it be that the old Taoist priest in my dream was lying to me?"

Wei Xin and his senior brother fell into deep thought. After a short while, Mary had a flash of inspiration: "Is it possible that this old Taoist priest failed his Taoist magic test?"

"The result was unsatisfactory?"

"Yes, there are always errors in experiments and calculations. I heard from a senior from the next department that she purified 8g of material and got 10g of product."

That's incredibly talented.

"You mean, this Taoist priest pretended to be looking for an auspicious burial site, but actually found a very inauspicious one?" Wei Xin suddenly realized. If it were truly an auspicious burial site, how could a zombie have been born there? He turned to his senior brother and said, "Senior brother, please help me."

"Pikachu!" The eldest brother understood immediately.

While his senior brother was searching for the ominous place, Wei Xin asked curiously, "Marie, is the senior you mentioned you yourself?"

As we all know, a person's inspiration usually comes from their life. Wei Xin and his senior brother are both people who can get high scores, even more than full marks, in exams and practical tests. However, Mary's grades are not ideal because Galle did not have nine years of compulsory education and college entrance examination.

Moreover, this is a period of strict enforcement, so we must check whether there are any flaws in the senior's graduation thesis.

"No, it really is my senior," Mary retorted sharply.

"Then please give me the senior's name and student ID number."

"Ugh~" Mary puffed out her cheeks and made a wronged sound. She started to act spoiled, cupping Wei Xin's face, standing on tiptoe, and leaning forward.

A short while later, the two separated, and Mary asked in a muffled voice, "Do you still want my name and student ID number?"

"No, not today. We'll talk about it next time."

"By the way, what happened to the wound on your lip?" Mary asked curiously.

"I was fighting too hard and got scratched by their teeth," Wei Xin said without changing his expression, omitting the subject. Mary responded with an "oh" and didn't suspect anything.

Girls who don't do well in school are always easy to fool.

After a while, the eldest brother came over, pinching his nose, clearly disgusted by the stench.

"Found it?"

"Pikachu!"

The senior brother nodded and led the two to a hidden cave entrance. Even though it was blocked by huge rocks, Wei Xin could still feel the stench inside, but the Night Demon and the Wandering Night Spirit were not inside.

Wei Xin released Gardevoir and used his psychic powers to move the boulder. A putrid stench hit them, even worse than a rural outhouse, and it also had a strong greasy smell. Because his sense of smell was too sensitive, the senior brother let out a groan and fell straight down.

"It stinks!" Mary said, pinching her nose.

"Don't smell it, it might be poisonous," Wei Xin put his senior brother into his Poké Ball, opened the backpack behind Marie, and took out three small oxygen tanks left over from their mine exploration. "Use these."

He handed Gardevoir a canister of oxygen, and the three of them, breathing in the oxygen and protected by Gardevoir's psychic powers, entered the tomb. The flashlight beam shone on the tomb walls. The tomb wasn't large, but it was relatively spacious, enough to hold at least a dozen people. The coffin inside was gone, obviously taken out by Corsola and Onyxia.

There were some broken talismans on the ground. Wei Xin guessed that they were probably pasted on the coffins by the old Taoist priest after he performed a ritual for the two of them, and were torn off by the exploration team.

There were some strange words and symbols on the wall.

"These characters seem to be from the Eastern Huang language—I can't understand them at all." Mary shook her head.

Wei Xin did know a little bit about it; the system had given him fluency in the ancient Donghuang language, which allowed him to translate anything ancient, regardless of the dynasty.

"The symbols above are from the Taoist tradition, and the text is from the ancient Eastern Huang language. It is roughly written that we hope the resentment of the two who died a violent death will dissipate and that they can be reborn into a better realm as soon as possible. They suffered a lot in life and we hope that the little ghosts in the spirit world can do us a favor and not make things difficult for them, so that they can be reincarnated as soon as possible."

However, the old Taoist priest accidentally miscalculated the feng shui, burying the two people, who should have been buried to dispel their resentment, in a very inauspicious place where resentment would gather. The ever-accumulating malice instead led to the birth of the Night Demon.

It's a case of one generation planting a landmine, only to have it explode later.

Gardevoir sensed something and reached out to touch the wall. A memory, guided by telepathy, appeared in her and Wei Xin's minds.

Years later, when the old Taoist priest recalled the incident, he realized his mistake like a student leaving an exam hall. Unfortunately, his Taoist skills were insufficient at the time, and he was unable to deal with the mature Night Demon Spirit. He could only seal it in the tomb.

"I see." Having received the memories left by the old Taoist priest, Wei Xin followed the memories and put on gloves to isolate himself from the dirty things on the wall.

"What are you?" Mary asked.

"A backup plan," Wei Xin explained. "The old Taoist priest foresaw that one day in the future, the Night Demon would break the seal, so he left a backup plan, waiting for the destined person to come."

A short while later, he felt something prick his finger. After shining a flashlight on it, he found it was a gap, pointing straight down. It was obviously man-made. After cleaning off the dirt on it, a hidden cube appeared in front of the two of them.

"This is... a mechanism?"

"Yes, the old Taoist priest left a backup plan in the tomb chamber. Obviously, I am the one destined to be here!" Wei Xin said confidently, reaching out to push the block down.

Boom!

The tomb chamber began to shake, dirt and dust rained down from above, and the right-side wall began to tremble.

Then it stopped moving, like a part of a mechanism that got stuck due to years of disrepair; it made noise but didn't change anything.

"Could this be the legendary end of a relationship?" Mary couldn't help but chuckle.

"I can't do anything more," Wei Xin pointed to the wall, intending to forcefully continue their relationship.

"Gardevoir, Teleport!"

"Garde!" Gardevoir supported Wei Xin's shoulder, and the two of them vanished into the tomb in a flash. There was a commotion behind the wall, and soon the two reappeared. Gardevoir used her psychic powers to support a heavy stone box. When she opened it, a round, faded bronze sphere appeared inside.

It is engraved with intricate patterns.

"The scent of an old friend," Zygarde said, emerging from his backpack and staring at the sphere in Wei Xin's hand. "You guys really found something extraordinary."

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