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Chapter 155 Was the white snake that Liu Bang slew back then actually Zygarde?

Chapter 155 Was the white snake that Liu Bang slew back then actually Zygarde?

After paying, Wei Xin contentedly stuffed the laurel gold coin into his pocket. Although the laurel gold coin had a low gold content, it was indeed one of the necessary materials for the Wealth Spirit to evolve into a Rich Man.

"Ah, I give up." Cynthia sighed. She felt she had no talent in this field, so she gave up thinking and looked at herself, the fashionable little trash who had been tricked and bought by the merchants, and who was helpless after realizing what had happened. She sighed at the deep tricks of the Eastern Empire and thought she wanted to go back to Sinnoh.

Turning her head, she looked at Wei Xin, who had a sea bell tied to his hand, laurel gold coins fluttering between his fingers, and a bulging pocket, indicating a bountiful harvest.

Is this the world of the strong?

Having gone from beginner to expert in antiques, Cynthia has decided to retire from the world of antiques.

"Let me see what good stuff you've collected," Shirona said, turning her attention back to Wei Xin.

"Sea bells, transparent bells, laurel coin, what are this bag of seeds and this stone?"

"I don't know," Wei Xin shrugged. He planned to throw the seeds into the garden to see if they could grow. As for the rocks, "Cynthia, can I borrow your Glaceon for a bit?"

"Okay." Cynthia and Wei Xin walked into a side alley, where Cynthia released Glaceon and Wei Xin summoned Ralts.

Wei Xin placed the stone on the ground.

"Ralts, use magical fire on the stone."

"Ralu!"

As the flames continued to heat the rocks, their temperature rose rapidly, and the familiar sound reappeared.

Stop, stop, I'm going to die! I'm going to be roasted alive!

It seems the creature inside is alive and can even speak a foreign language.

"Glaceon, use Ice Beam."

"Meow!"

The icy blue ion beam struck the rock, causing its temperature to plummet rapidly, like a rollercoaster.

"Won't the contents inside break if you treat it so roughly?" Cynthia asked.

"It's okay, he'll cry out in pain on his own."

[It's so cold, I'm freezing! Bro, I'm sorry, why did you treat me like someone from Qin?]

A Qin state person? Wei Xin looked puzzled. Something's not right with this Ziegler.

With the temperature changing drastically, the surface rock layer became brittle. Wei Xin picked up a hammer and iron rod borrowed from the merchant and, using a method that would make an archaeological expert furious, began to remove the top layer of rock, one by one. Everything in this world related to Pokémon was protected by a special power, so he wasn't worried about the contents being damaged.

It's not expensive for 300 yuan.

A short while later, a metal polyhedron appeared in front of the two of them.

"What is this?" Cynthia leaned over and asked curiously. A white planarian-like creature emerged from the metal polyhedron in Wei Xin's hand. He sighed with lingering fear.

After taking a picture of the Rotom Pokédex, it showed that there was no relevant data in the Pokédex.

"This is the Zygarde Core," Wei Xin explained. With it, you can fight against any villains who disrupt the order. However, Wei Xin did not expect that the Zygarde Core in his hand was actually of an unusual color.

However, the Zygarde Core in his hand seemed rather listless. Wei Xin raised the polyhedron in his hand, held it up to the sunlight, and the Zygarde Core emitted a faint glow, its strength beginning to recover rapidly.

"Zygard!" Upon hearing this, Cynthia was taken aback. "The guardian of Kalos?"

She had heard the legend of Zygarde from Karuni, the mediator of nature, the manager of order. How could the legendary Zygarde appear in this land?

"Wrong, wrong, wrong! Little girl, you are not the guardian of Carlos, but the guardian of the entire natural environment and the entire world!" Zygarde, having regained her strength, emerged from her body with polyhedrons, stood up, and proudly puffed out her chest.

"So, why were you sealed inside the rock?" Wei Xin asked, noticing that the Zygarde polyhedron in his hand did not appear to be made using modern technology.

Upon hearing this, the Zygarde Core seemed to remember something and jumped around on the polyhedron in anger: "It's all that woman Lü Zhi's doing! She said something—I forgot what she said—but she tricked me into this box, saying it would help me assist the future monarch in governing the ecosystem. But after locking me up, she never let me out! I've been locked up in this box for who knows how many years, and my voice is hoarse from shouting, but no one has heard me."

"Huh?" Wei Xin looked bewildered. What's this Lu? Where did you come from?

He asked, "You mentioned Empress Lü Zhi, so do you know Liu Bang? Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang?"

"I know him. I was the one who helped him fight against Qin back then, but by the time I entered this thing, that kid was already dead. By the way, what dynasty is it now? Is it still the Han Dynasty?"

"The feudal era is over," Wei Xin said. "Now people generally refer to themselves as Han Chinese."

"Han people, it doesn't matter, they're all the same," Zigeld said indifferently.

"Liu Bang?" Shirona recalled the legend Wei Xin had told her about Liu Bang slaying the white snake. "Was that the white snake Liu Bang slew back then?"

She thought Wei Xin was just making up a couple of anecdotes to appease her, but she didn't expect them to be true. Since the white snake Liu Bang slew was Zygarde...

What was the cauldron that Xiang Yu was lifting?

"What slaying the white serpent?" Zygarde exclaimed anxiously. "Is that how that little brat is treated? Back then, he was the one who begged and pleaded, grabbing my tail, crying and pleading with me to help him defeat the tyrant and achieve great deeds."

"Back then, that old codger named Qin Shi Huang, in his quest for immortality and an empire that would last forever, planted all sorts of strange things on the ground, disrupting the natural ecosystem and making it impossible for people and other creatures to survive. As an ecological regulator, that's why I agreed to lend him a hand."

"Back then, my brother and I went through a lot of trouble to bring back those things that you'd call Pokémon in modern terms, right?"

Clean up those extraterrestrial substances that would exploit Pokémon's ecosystem and nature.

"Extraterrestrial matter that can exploit Pokémon and the ecosystem? Could it be a pink substance that makes Pokémon hyperactive and grants them immense power once inhaled?" Wei Xin asked.

"Ah, you're right," Zygard nodded, then realized something was off. He remembered that he had completely wiped those things out of the Eastern Lands, leaving not a single one. "How did you know that, kid? Didn't your ancestors tell you about the dangers of this thing?"

"In his later years, Emperor Qin Shi Huang sought immortality and mobilized the entire nation to spread this substance, causing widespread suffering among the people. You, his descendants..."

"You actually want to follow the same old path as your predecessors?" Zygard accused.

Wei Xin shook his head: "Our ancestors fought so many wars that history was interrupted, and the substance you mentioned is called 'Lack element' by modern people."

There's a group of people researching it right now, and we're studying countermeasures.

We are law-abiding citizens, messengers of justice.

Wei Xin began to digest and analyze this history. So, Qin Shi Huang used the Lac element to unify the six kingdoms, and then discovered that the Lac element could grant him immortality. In his later years, he went astray. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu brought Zygarde out of seclusion to fight against the Qin state. After their success, Liu Bang's wife put Zygarde in a polyhedron, intending to pass it on to future generations. However, the polyhedron was lost in the turmoil of history.

I can't help but sigh, this official history is so wild, even wilder than unofficial histories!

"Outrageous!" Zygarde was so agitated when he heard that someone was researching the Lak element that he jumped up and down, and couldn't even listen to what Wei Xin was saying. "That La-La element will squeeze the energy of the entire nature, and then it will continue to spread and proliferate. If it is not eliminated, in time, the entire ecosystem will be invaded by this substance, and eventually the entire planet will become a lifeless dead star."

"Constantly absorbing natural energy to expand itself, eventually leading to the decay of the entire system, sounds like a natural cancer," Cynthia said.

"That's about the same idea," Zygarde Core sighed, turned to look at Wei Xin, who was digesting history, "Since you're the one who released me, according to the rules, the task of restoring the ecosystem is yours."

"Huh, me?" Wei Xin pointed to himself with a blank expression, thinking to himself, "Where did this rule come from? Are you some kind of Aladdin's lamp?"

Then it should be you granting my three wishes, not me granting yours. That's truly turning the world upside down.

Wei Xin: "I'm just an ordinary college student, at most a scholar in your old-fashioned way of saying I'm a xiucai. How about I hand you over to someone else and let them handle it?"

Handing over any found ancient artifacts to the state is the duty of every law-abiding citizen.

"No, no," Zigeld refused, speaking righteously to Wei Xin, "Governing the natural environment and people's livelihood is the inescapable responsibility of rulers throughout history. Although you don't have the concept of an emperor in your modern times, the rules left by our ancestors must still be followed. Whoever hands over this jade seal must shoulder this responsibility! Besides, what if I fall into the hands of someone with malicious intent if you hand me over to someone else?"

"Don't underestimate human malice. Qin Yishi created this jade seal back then to imprison me here. If the news that the Lak element can extend lifespan gets out, how many people will be able to resist the temptation?"

"Indeed—wait a minute, what did you just say this thing was called?" Wei Xin looked at the black polyhedron in his hand, his heart skipping a beat.

"Yes, the jade seal. 'Jade' refers to the color, not the material. It's just that there are no cells inside now, it's empty, so it has faded. If you don't believe me, turn this polyhedron over to the bottom and take a look."

Wei Xin did as instructed, and then saw a line of text at the bottom of the polyhedron. His pupils dilated sharply.

Zygarde Core jumped onto Wei Xin's head, leaned down, and stared into his eyes: "Do you have the resolve to save the world, young man?"