At sunset, on the desert where there is no one to live, Leihe drove the off-road vehicle all the way, and the sand and dust rose behind him.

The dry and hot wind accompanied the yellow sand in the face, and although it was already evening, the temperature had not completely dropped, and there was still a trace of heat in the air.

It had been nearly ten hours since they had entered the desert, during which time they had only stopped once to eat, and the rest of the time had been spent on their journey.

Along the way, Naoki saw a completely different scene in this place.

The red sun on the horizon reflected the entire desert red.

Most of the Pokémon species that inhabit here are mainly ground-based, such as the common bird Pokémon and grass-type Pokémon in the outside world, but they are all gone.

The Dunjia family, who have no way to walk in the desert, and the little elephant that has not yet grown up is running around his parents playfully.

Dozens of sand hippos are crawling in the sand in groups, they are digging sand pits to hide in them, because the desert night will cool down, they plan to hide in the depths of the sand to sleep.

The tall boulders stand motionless in the desert, and several boulders form a natural arrangement in a circle.

If you don't look closely, people passing by may think of them as desert ruins left by ancient civilizations.

"It's spectacular!"

Looking at this vibrant and completely different ecology on the desert, Naoki couldn't help but mutter.

Leihe in front also nodded and said, "Yes!" When I saw this for the first time, I was deeply shocked that nature is so vast and we are so small in it. ”

She had witnessed a terrifying sandstorm.

The natural catastrophe struck suddenly, and the sharon scroll connected the heavens and the earth, as if the entire desert was in a rage.

"How long do you have to get to your destination?" Naoki asked.

Rehe glanced at the radar on the car and replied, "Five minutes to go!" ”

Five minutes later, the buggy stopped behind a sand dune.

Leihe jumped out of the car and neatly took out a very professional detection equipment from her backpack.

Naoki curiously leaned in to take a look.

The picture on the screen appears to be a radar map, and the radar on it is flashing and flashing, as if it is probing.

"Is this the machine you use to rob tombs?" Naoki asked.

"It's archaeology." Rehe corrected.

Naoki: "......"

At this time, the radar map seemed to detect the target, and only to see a small red dot on it began to appear.

"Found it!"

Rehe pulled out a Poké Ball from her waist, and with a flash of white light, a sturdy Thoroac appeared next to her.

"Soroark, go ahead and find your way!" Leihe Road.

Soroak nodded silently, and it turned around and scurried expertly forward, disappearing in a few jumps.

"Next, let's wait here for Zoroac to come back!" Leihe Road.

Naoki nodded, no opinion, and just took advantage of this time to start preparing dinner.

He unleashed the lava worm and took the pan from his backpack and placed it on the lava worm.

Then pour oil into the pot, and when it is almost done, Naoki puts the eggs in it.

Soon, an enticing fragrance wafted through the desert.

After a day of exhaustion, Lerton swallowed uncontrollably.

"Huh? I didn't expect your cooking skills to be pretty good! Rehe was surprised.

"It's all done slowly." Naoki fed the fried eggs and steaks into the bread slices.

The sandwich is done.

Naoki divided a few sandwiches among the Pokémon in front of him.

So Lerton stretched out his hand to take it, and ate happily.

Therefore, Lotton's appetite is very good, and he eats sandwiches as if he is eating some kind of delicious food, which makes people look like they can't help but jump their index fingers.

Leihe also took a bite, immediately gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Sure enough, I didn't find the wrong person this time!" ”

Naoki was speechless: "I'm not here to be a professional chef for you. ”

Rehe smiled and said, "I know, I know, when Soroyak returns, I will need your and Gu Ledon's help." ”

As the two spoke, Soroark's figure returned to the campfire.

Rehe handed it the sandwich and asked, "How's it going?" ”

Soroak nodded.

This means that it has successfully figured out its way forward and is ready to go.

Seeing this, the corners of Leihe's mouth rose, revealing an expectant smile: "Very good, we'll set off as soon as you're done!" ”

Naoki felt that Rehe was a little excited and couldn't find the north, he looked up at the darkening sky, and reminded, "It's going to be dark." ”

Rehe said excitedly: "It's okay, my Puff Pig can use flashing magic to illuminate no matter how dark the environment is, and don't you think you want to feel like exploring the ruins at night?" ”

Naoki: "...... All right. ”

Anyway, this trip he was just a temporary thug who was hired to do so, and the purpose was only the ancient gold coins of Pardea scattered in the ruins, and all the other things were left to Rehe.

By the end of dinner, it was completely dark.

The desert cooled down at night, and both Naoki and Rehe changed into warm clothes.

Naoki was afraid of the cold, so he brought a warm vest for him when he came over.

The vest was bought and cut by himself, cutting off the cuffs and removing the extra buttons, so that it was just enough for Soleton to wear it, which was very suitable for it.

While Naoki dresses Koleton in a warm suit, Reha also releases her Poop Pig out of the Poké Ball.

"Puff pig, use flash!"

At the sound of the order, a dazzling light poured out of the pig's body, as if a strong flashlight had suddenly been turned on, and everything around it was illuminated.

Lei He clapped her hands with satisfaction: "So you can set off with confidence!" ”

Naoki was powerless to complain in his heart.

Although Rehe looks polite, like a reader.

However, in fact, this is a real fierce woman.

She's a fierce man who can dive into the deepest depths of the underwater ruins in one go.

Zoroa leads the way, Puff Pig acts as illumination, and Reho and Naoki follow behind with Soleton.

After about fifteen minutes of progress on the sand, Soroyak stopped.

The surroundings are very empty, there is nothing.

Leihe looked around and looked puzzled: "Strange...... Didn't have an entrance to the underground? ”

Thoroac's gaze fell on the hollow ahead.

Lei He took a closer look and immediately found something different: "It turned out to be quicksand terrain!" Could it be that the entrance is down here?! ”

Zoroak nodded affirmatively.

Lei He immediately became excited: "Very good, wear goggles and dust masks, let's go down!" ”

Naoki's eyes widened, Rehe was going to take the initiative to jump into the quicksand?

But can you really go straight to the underground ruins? Wouldn't it be dangerous?

"Trust me!" Rehe was already geared up, and she took Zoroac and Puff Pig back to the Poké Ball, "I'll jump first, you follow!" ”

With that, she jumped into the quicksand terrain.

Reho's body was quickly consumed by quicksand, and she looked as if she had been eaten by a desert monster.

Naoki looked horrified.

Rehe won't die, will he? After all, in the game's plot, there is no indication that Rehe has ever explored such a place.

And now, because of his joining, Lei He has the audacity to run over......

Just when Naoki was worried, he suddenly heard a shout from the ground.

Listen closely, it's Rehe.

"Hey! Come down! ”

Naoki breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and seeing that Lei He was fine, he no longer hesitated, helped Gu Leton cover his mouth and nose, and jumped down with it.

The quicksand slowly swallowed them, and soon, Naoki felt a lightness under him, and a sense of fall came, and he and Soleton fell onto a pile of soft sand.

When Naoki opened his eyes, he saw Reho standing in front of him with Zoroac and the glowing puff pig, smiling and groaning.

"Puff puff!"

Naoki had just eaten a lot of sand and hurriedly spit out the sand.

"It's like this for the first time." Rehe smiled and said, "I'll get used to it later." ”

Naoki was full of black lines, and only after he was sure that he had spit out all the sand in his mouth did he speak:

"This is the first and last time, and when I finish collecting the gold coins of Suo Cailing, I will never run to rob the tomb again!"

Hearing this, Leihe stared into his eyes with interest: "Oh? Are you sure? ”

Naoki stood up from the ground and patted the sand on his body: "Of course. ”

"Even if you rob a tomb and get a pile of priceless gold and silver treasures?"

"I'm not short of money, and it's useless to ask for that."

At most, he would buy a few more villas, but looking at the current situation, he probably wouldn't be able to leave the Pokémon in the ranch to go on vacation to the villa, unless he brought everyone over.

"I see." Rehe smiled and stopped asking, then turned her head to look ahead: "Go ahead!" ”

There is a cave under the quicksand, and the scene here is different.

Ancient buildings buried under the sand, ruins of dilapidated watchtowers......

Naoki looked at it a few more times, but Reha didn't seem interested in any of that.

She made her way down the passage, and after an unknown amount of time, all that was left was the glow of the pop pig, and the air around her began to thin.

It means that they have come to a deep, deep place.

Suddenly, Rehe, who was walking in front, stopped.

Naoki was slightly stunned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Come and see." Reha beckoned.

Naoki stepped forward, and then saw that the narrow and messy pit in front of him had suddenly come to an end.

And in front of it, there is a vast space with no end in sight, occupied by darkness.

"This is ......," Naoki was slightly stunned.

"If I'm not mistaken," Rehe explained, "this is a large underground cavern formed by the movement of the earth's crust two million years ago. ”

"I have seen in the library of the Pardean Academy, that this land was the site of an unprecedented earthquake a long, long time ago, and that the Great Cavity was born at that time, and it is said that there is more than one in the Pardean region."

"Big Hollow ......," Naoki muttered repeated.

Rehe pondered: "During the Padian Empire, a plague Pokémon named Gudinglu caused a great earthquake in the royal city, and a hole was cracked in the earth, causing the prosperous royal city at that time to fall into this place. ”

Naoki thought of something else.

Could it be that the earth's crustal movement two million years ago was caused by the Reggicas dragging the continental plates at that time?

Naoki remembers that it was described in the illustrated book of Regichkas: Regichikas, a giant Pokémon that legend has it that once dragged a huge land with ropes to form the major regions it is today.

However, it is not clear when Regichkas dragged the continental plates, and Naoki is not sure that the great earthquake in the Padia area at that time was affected by Regicchikas.

"It's down there!" Lei He suddenly said in a loud voice: "Now we have to find a way to go down." ”

After a moment of deep thought, she pulled out another Poké Ball from her waist.

White light flashed, and a warrior eagle with a piercing gaze appeared in the hole.

Reho retrieved Soroark into the Poké Ball and rode up with Puff Pig.

And Naoki also rode on the old Leton.

The two of them went all the way down the pitch-black cavern, and the terrain inside the large cavern was extremely complex, with all kinds of cliffs and caves, and bottomless ravines.

I don't know how long it took for Loton and the Warrior Eagle to fall to the deepest depths.

Here, the flash of the puff pig alone could no longer make the two of them see the whole picture of their surroundings.

Just as Naoki was thinking about how to find the ruins of the royal castle, he saw Rehe take out two special helmets from his backpack.

"Wear a helmet equipped with night vision goggles that allows you to see your surroundings clearly!"

Naoki stretched out his hand to take it, and the moment he put the helmet on, everything around him was instantly clearly presented in front of them.

Their current location is at the top of a raised mountain cliff.

I saw an ancient and dilapidated royal city sitting quietly under the cliff, in the midst of the endless darkness.

Perhaps it was damaged when it fell, and the originally majestic royal city is now only a ruined wall, full of traces of erosion by time.

"Found it!" Looking at the ruins of the ancient royal city in the distance, Lei He's eyes lit up: "It's there!" ”

She mounted the Warrior Eagle and flew towards it.

Naoki was forced to ride to catch up with the old Leton, he was not as excited as Leihe, Naoki was not too interested in the ruins of the ancient royal city, his eyes were on the terrain full of ancient atmosphere.

The Great Cavity seems to have collapsed more than once.

Rain and groundwater have eroded the soil and rocks, causing the site to collapse many times.

And at this moment, Naoki suddenly saw several strangely shaped stones on the ground.

He stopped Guleton and landed there to investigate.

So Leton landed obediently, and Naoki jumped off it, reaching out and pulling the stones from the ground.

By wiping off the thick layer of dirt and dust that covered it, Naoki was able to see the thing in its entirety.

This is...... Fossil?!

And more than one!

Naoki's gaze wandered around the stones with a little surprise, and soon, he noticed something.

These mysterious fossils are incomplete except for the original one that he dug up!

Either it was broken in half or only one corner remained.

What puzzled Naoki even more was that the stones were shaped like a jewel.

"Strange, is this a Pokémon fossil?"

But Naoki had never seen such a fossil.

In his impression, neither the ammonitemons nor the fossils of fossil pterosaurs looked like this.

"Or is it a gem that fell from the ruins of that royal city?" Naoki speculated.

But then again, can gemstones be turned into fossils too?

Gu Letun on the side looked at the stone in front of him, and his face was also puzzled.

At this time, Reihe, who was in front, saw that Naoki was not following, so he stopped and called him: "Naoki! ”

"It's coming!"

Naoki answered, threw away the other fragmented fossils, took only a relatively intact stone and put it in his pocket, and rode up to catch up with Rehe.

(End of chapter)