Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 456 The Buried Tower and Rayquaza's Call

"I never expected the story of the Buried Tower to unfold in this way. The events surrounding the Divine Capital Ruins have already caused too many changes."

"In other words, in the timeline I'm in, Hoenn is actually going to be destroyed, isn't it?"

Just as the people of Meteor said.

Although there is more than one Rayquaza.

But there is only one Dragon God.

If even the Hoenn Rayquaza has disappeared, then there's no point in expecting other Rayquazas, like the black Rayquaza, to Mega Evolve.

The original Delta Chapter was merely a supplement to the storyline of the second playthrough after the Gem Remake.

In the special episode, the Delta Chapter takes place four years after the battle between the two Hoenn Supremes, almost coinciding with the events of XY.

In short, it's the story of how the Mossdeep Cosmic Center in the Hoenn region observes the approach of a giant meteorite. To avert the danger of regional destruction, the Mossdeep Cosmic Center helps Rayquaza Mega Evolve and then shatter the giant meteorite.

Its main purpose is to supplement the storylines of Rayquaza and Deoxys.

At the same time, it also leads to the past history of the Hoenn region, namely that every thousand years, a batch of meteorites would fall from space and then attack the Hoenn region.

Originally, two thousand years ago, Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon fought each other for the abundant natural energy of the Hoenn region.

At this time, a colorful meteor fell into the meteor waterfall.

As the meteor descended, Rayquaza appeared in the sky, quelling the battle between the two ancient Pokémon.

A thousand years later, another massive meteorite impact struck. The impact crater triggered a volcanic eruption, which formed the city of Ruri.

The impact of the meteorite triggered a massive flow of natural energy, causing Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon to awaken once more and engage in battle again.

The inheritors of the Meteor Descent prayed to the seven-colored meteorite that had fallen into the sea, summoning Rayquaza.

After undergoing Mega Evolution, Rayquaza once again quelled the conflict between Groudon and Kyogre.

Afterwards, the Meteor People built the Pillar of the Sky to enshrine the seven-colored meteorite. They also prophesied that after a thousand years of peace, the meteorite would fall again, and prepared the necessary means for "inheritance".

"If among the meteorites that fall every thousand years there is one or more Deoxys..."

"So, perhaps we can also find the answer to why super-giant meteorites insist on hitting planets?"

Are they here for revenge?

However, space travel is inherently risky. Since they knew that this planet might be the domain of the Lord of Heaven, a place favored by the Great Lord of the Divine Realm, why did they risk their lives to attack it?
Or is it that it keeps falling this way in order to absorb the abundant natural energy of the Hoenn region?

"They're practically aliens invading Earth."

The storyline about the Buried Tower is part of the second playthrough of HeartGold/SoulSilver.

Like the storyline of the Divine Capital Ruins, it belongs to the category of hidden storylines. However, while the storyline of the Divine Capital Ruins features Rosamund Kwan, the storyline of the Buried Tower does not include Daigo, but instead features a mysterious "Mountain Man".

It is worth mentioning that.

The mountain man spoke in the exact same tone as the mountain climber who appeared at the ruins of the capital.

That is
If the mountain climber from the ruins of the divine capital has now been confirmed in this world to be the immortal Wang Luo.

So the mountain man with the "Eek~" tone who was supposed to guide the protagonist in the Burial Tower should also be Wang Luo!
Hikari sent a message to Daigo:

"In the legends of Hoenn, Rayquaza resolved the meteor crisis. Although disasters always occur every thousand years, have the people of Hoenn always remained on the land of Hoenn?"

Daigo: [Well, the Meteor Dwellers know more about Hoenn's history than we do, but many people in Hoenn were born and raised here, so it's unlikely. Do you mean the people of Hoenn ever left Hoenn?]

"There is such a history. Thousands of years ago, on a certain day, perhaps because the world lost its sun, or perhaps because of a meteorite impact, the battle between Groudon and Kyogre, or perhaps because of some other unknown disaster."

“A group of Hoenn people left their homeland and migrated to Johto. At almost the same time, the Sinnoh people also arrived in the northern part of the Johto region to escape the disaster of the sun disappearing.”

"The people of Sinnoh built a ruin in the Johto region. They rebuilt their home, which is the Sinnoh you once visited."

"The people of Hoenn built a sturdy tower in the southern part of the Johto region to connect the sea, the land, and the sky."

"It is said that the tower was used to enshrine Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza. But there is also a theory that the tower was actually used to capture them."

"And the tower where the tomb is buried is usually inaccessible."

"Its exact location should be in the mountains west of Azure City, leading to the hunting grounds, near a cliff. Its entrance and interior collapsed many years ago, and its tower body has become one with the high mountains and cliffs of the west, making it difficult to distinguish."

Daigo: [The tower collapsed? That means we can't find out Rayquaza's situation from the Burial Tower? How could this be?]

It seems that although the Meteor Dwellers are unwilling to compromise, at this point, they'll accept any Rayquaza. The current situation is that we absolutely need a Dragon God. We must find a Rayquaza.

"There's no need to be so impatient."

Lightmoy sent a calming Slowpoke emoticon: "What I meant by being unable to enter is under normal circumstances."

"But our world is full of unusual things!"

"Didn't you ask Dr. Barnett, who studies spatial dimensions, about it? Didn't Dr. Barnett tell you anything about [alternate dimensions]?"

Daigo: [Dr. Barnet did mention this, and it's her main research area, but we've confirmed that the Sky Pillar isn't an alternate dimension. Could it be that the Burial Tower is an alternate dimension?]

"This is just my personal guess."

"listen to me."

"For the Buried Tower, first find its entrance. If you find that the entrance is there but you can't get in, then bring the red orb and the blue orb. That way you can get in. Of course, I'm only talking about one possible scenario."

"Although the interior of the tower has collapsed, the burial tower continues to perform its function. In the ancient legends, there are two versions of the story, but I think 'offering' is more appropriate than 'capturing'."

"That is a tower that connects the earth, the sea, and the sky. Once you successfully enter, you should see the emblem representing Groudon, or the emblem representing Kyogre, Alpha, on the floor in the very center of the cave."

"If we don't see it, then we'll do the same as before: take the pearl and go in again."

"What I'm trying to say is that the Burial Tower is very likely an ancient ruin composed of three different dimensions. In the capital, there are countless ruins with the ability to connect to different dimensions or teleport."

The ruins of Alup, the ruins of the capital, the time-traveling ruins that Dr. Xiuli visited, and the forest shrine of the shrine of the shrine.

"Therefore, in order to enter the corresponding alternate dimension, one must possess the corresponding treasure."

"This may be an emergency measure taken by the people of Hoenn to summon Pokémon from the Hoenn mythology in order to avoid natural disasters."

"I have one more question."

"Were places called [Land Cave] and [Sea Cave] detected two years ago? If so, did those two places appear and disappear like the Phantom Tower in the desert?"

The ruins and special locations in the Hoenn region almost all share one characteristic.

That is, they like to "disappear".

The Tower of Illusions is like this, as are the two caves of land and sea, and even more so the Island of Illusions.

Secondly, the local people in ancient times enjoyed being riddle solvers, such as solving Braille riddles.
According to Daigo's information, after the battle between Old Gu and Old Gai, the two of them were not captured by the protagonist or anyone else, nor did they appear in the deepest part of the Awakening Temple. Instead, they went to an unknown area to sleep.

Normally, Kyogre goes to the Undersea Cave, while Groudon should be in Mt. Chimney.

However, since there is a plot that contains some elements of Emerald, Lightmoy wondered if those two intermittently appearing anomalous spaces in Hoenn also existed in this world.

Daigo seemed somewhat confused: [The Cave of Land, the Cave of the Sea?]

Lightmoss: "Well, let me put it another way. During the time Groudon and Kyogre were asleep, were there any places in the Hoenn region where unusual sunny days or unexpected rain occurred?"

Steven: [Ah, this has been observed many times. Researchers at the Weather Institute believe it's a remnant of the abnormal climate caused by Groudon and Kyogre's activity, but for the warm and humid Hoenn, it's not a big problem.]

Indeed, it is possible that the two caves, one on land and one at sea, exist!

"Hmm, the two caves, the land and the sea, should be related to the Buried Tower. That is to say, the Buried Tower may have the power to summon Groudon and Kyogre. Since it can summon them, it can naturally summon Rayquaza as well."

"The space where Rayquaza is located is the part of the Buried Tower that connects to the sky. Perhaps, the Sky Pillar built in the Hoenn region a thousand years ago was essentially imitating the Buried Tower." This statement has some basis.

In the special episode, the Buried Tower was also mentioned. In short, it refers to the "Rayquaza Capture Project" launched by the Pokémon League in the special episode. With the Sinnoh's Bellrizen family, Hoenn's Devon Corporation, and Mauville Holdings as partners, they attempted to capture Rayquaza in order to develop the "Emerald Orb" that could control Rayquaza.

At that time, the place where Liekongzu was hiding was the "Tower of Burial"!
It was because it was captured in the Burial Tower, and then it ran to the Sky Pillar to hide in order to recuperate.

The previous successor of Higana also perished in this incident. This is the root cause of Higana's madness.

Having thought of this, Guangtai suddenly began to ponder.

Although I know that this world line is a world line that is close to a mix of games and anime.

It has nothing to do with the special episode.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about Devon Corporation or the Pokémon League suddenly going crazy. After all, these companies and organizations only come up with some strange "brilliant plans" in special episodes, which then lead to a series of problems.

Normally, they are just ordinary research and development companies, as well as companies focused on aerospace and prop development.

However, in the game, Devon Corporation still obtained some information about the ultimate weapon in the Carlos region and conducted research on infinite energy, although that research started in the generation of President Zvoich's grandfather.

Starting from this point, Devon successfully developed a technology that converts life energy into infinite energy.

Based on this, they further developed rockets and submarines powered by infinity energy. This technology propelled Wen Corporation to become one of the leading companies in the Hoenn region.

The addition of this new setting also changed Daigo from a "second-generation rich kid" to a "fourth-generation rich kid".

“Tragedies caused by death happen frequently in the world of special episodes, and there are many people who do bad things with good intentions.”

"However, in the game and animation worldviews, there are far fewer such people. They are mostly people who do good deeds with bad intentions, or are purely evil. Most of the good guys have no history of turning evil."

"However, life energy itself is not a normal energy source. Although ∞ energy has been developed based on life energy, the required life force will gradually become enormous as technology develops."

"In the end, it will become the same as the special episode, where they start to drain the life force of Pokémon, so what Higanbana said in the game is not wrong."

"The ultimate weapon is itself a flawed device developed by predecessors. Even if we re-borrow its technology and make improvements, it is just repeating the same mistakes."

Hikari sent Daigo a message, along with advice as a friend.

"If Rayquaza is awakened this time and the meteor crisis is resolved, my suggestion is that we should stop developing ∞ energy."

"Sigana must have told you, right? What you're doing is just repeating the same mistakes."

Daigo was quite surprised: "You...know what Higanbana said? While I've always found you mysterious, it's unlikely you know everything people in faraway regions are saying."

Daigo is someone you can listen to.

Even President Zvoich would listen.

Although as corporate presidents, they cannot easily change their research direction, this is the Pokémon world, where energy sources are readily available.

If no changes are made.
President Loz's fate will likely be Devon's future fate as well.

"The development of dimensional teleportation devices is a mistake."

"It requires a huge amount of energy. I know you only used a limited amount of Pokémon energy, and at the same time, you added the life force that overflowed when humans and Key Stones resonated. That is the optimization you made, but it is essentially the same."

That's right, that's exactly what Devon's optimization did in the game.

Therefore, many tragedies were avoided, and the future looked very promising, with no one and no life harmed.

"However, as the device requires more and more energy, you will eventually be unable to use only the resonant and dissipated life force, and you will have to return to the old path of extracting life energy."

“As Higana said, that device from three thousand years ago is infamous, right? I can tell you, she’s absolutely right.”

"Even the person who created that device, after destroying a region and killing a large number of Pokémon, was heartbroken when he was separated from his own Pokémon. He eventually understood everything and realized that his sins were unforgivable."

"Our predecessors have realized the mistakes they have made. Anything related to life, no matter how powerful it may be, should not be used."

"You are simply repeating the wrong path that your predecessors have taken, but the destination remains the same: an abyss."

"However, I also know that there is another way to convert energy at the Green Ridge Universe Center, which is to use meteorites as energy. I support this. In recent years, your Devon Corporation has also developed a machine that uses magma as fuel to generate energy."

Burning rocks, that's fusion technology.

So it's unclear where the technological advancements in the Pokémon world have gone.

Extracting enormous energy from meteorites is a technology developed by Dr. Solans.

Speaking of which, Pokémon like Electivire, Seraphim, and Electrode can generate enough electricity to power large cities for a long time. Therefore, these Pokémon occasionally appear around power plants to work, and Team Rocket has even forced Electrode to generate electricity.

Therefore, instead of focusing on life energy, it's better to concentrate on studying the inner power of Pokémon and the abundant natural energy.

Daigo: [After talking with Higanbana, I have many thoughts in my mind. Perhaps, Devon Corporation really shouldn't have started researching life energy in the first place.]

Even the concepts of alternate dimensions and another world were told to us by Higana.

I have assured Higana that I will not use the dimensional transfer device unless absolutely necessary. If anything goes wrong, I will be the first to sacrifice my own life energy.

Guangmo burst into laughter
"Daigo, you don't need to worry about that giant meteorite. With the protection of Grandmaster Sinnoh, the sky won't fall down."

"This world is being watched, and there are many ways to destroy the meteorite. Let's go get the orb first."

"My guess is the same as yours. Rayquaza is probably accumulating power in the Burial Tower, because there is still a lot of natural energy left in that tower. At the same time, Rayquaza also needs meteorites, and a lot of meteorites to complete its evolution."

"It feeds on water and particles in the atmosphere, ingests meteorites as food, and uses the meteorite energy stored in its body to undergo super evolution."

"But that being said, the meteorite it needs is not an ordinary meteorite, but a meteorite that shimmers with seven colors."

Daigo: [This is very important news! Thank you! We will search for the Rainbow Meteorite immediately. Regarding the Orbs... you said before that only those possessing the corresponding Orb can find the corresponding space, but Rayquaza, sit here.]

Guangtai: "The seven-colored meteorite is the Quran meteorite."

"Or perhaps it's not called that."

"But whether it's Team Lava or Team Ocean, one of them stole the meteorite and tried to use it to control Chimney Mountain's activities, right?"

"If I'm not mistaken, is that meteorite on Xiaoyou?"

"Take that seven-colored meteorite, along with the red and blue orbs, and go to the Burial Tower for testing."

"The corresponding orb will modify the emblems and relief murals inside the tower. Rayquaza does have a corresponding orb!"

This news clearly surprised Daigo greatly!
Daigo: [How could this be! No one has ever mentioned this before, and it's not recorded in history or legends! Even the Meteor Dwellers seem to be unaware of it!]

Lightmoss: "Yes, the lost jewel. That jewel is called the Grass Green Jewel, and it's exactly the same as the grass green light that Rayquaza emits."

"Unfortunately, this gem is almost impossible to find and has never been offered by Hoenn, simply because it does not have the ability to allow Rayquaza to undergo Mega Evolution, nor can it enhance Rayquaza's power. Although it is a crystallization of sky energy, it is unexpectedly useless and has therefore been forgotten by history."

"And now."

Lightmoss took out a grass-green gem from her backpack.

Suddenly, the grass-green pearl emitted a light.

In that instant, a voice resounded in my heart.

[When I was summoned by the orb, my accumulated power was insufficient. All the energy from the past thousand years has been exhausted. In my current state and physical condition, super evolution will fail.]

[I need at least another month. Prepare more meteorites for me. They need to be faintly glowing.]

".?"

Was that just now?

Guangtai blinked and looked towards the distant horizon.

Is that the voice of Liekongzu?
(End of this chapter)