Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Just as they thought Su Hao was about to die, Ash and Lucario, who were holding back their grief and preparing to take over, froze, their expressions filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Does this kind-hearted older brother still have any energy left?

Feeling the waveguide flowing towards him like a river, the worried Dream Spirit was refreshed, and the missing energy was completely replenished.

Transforming into green light, it dreamily flew into the core crystal that spewed out dark red energy pillars, releasing its energy to its fullest extent.

Under its control, the dark red rock walls returned to normal, the crystals were purified, and the entire world's primordial tree seemed to become a green ocean.

The overflowing life energy is being continuously generated by the Tree of Origin, healing wounds.

The collapse of the Tree of Origin has stopped.

Just then, before Riolu could even catch his breath, a holy white light suddenly shone from his body.

Su Hao, who had been maintaining a strong resonance with Riolu, noticed it immediately and murmured, "Evolve at this time?"

Ash and his friends, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, were startled by the sudden evolution: "It evolved!?"

Mewtwo flew into the cave at that moment, its gaze sweeping over Ash and his friends before quickly locking onto Su Hao.

Some of the life energy may have gotten lost, or it may have been intentionally caused by the Tree of Origin.

They all enveloped Su Hao and the evolving Riolu simultaneously, turning them into two green cocoons of light.

A moment later, the Tree of Origin slowly stopped producing more life energy.

Enveloped in light, Su Hao and Riolu... no, Lucario, were able to gradually reveal themselves in place.

Before Su Hao could even catch his breath, the mechanical voice and the notification that the task was completed appeared simultaneously.

【Ding! 】

[Test 1: A Test of Willpower]

[Time: 72 hours]

[Mission Objective: Save the World's Tree of Origin]

【mission completed! 】

[The game will return to its original world after 23:59:59, and rewards will be distributed after the return.]

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Lucario, the hero of the waveguide, Aaron.

Chapter 390 This is our Mega Evolution!

"Gone... all gone."

Outside the magnificent ballroom, Su Hao looked utterly devastated, like a gambler who had lost thirty million.

"e?"

Meng Huan circled around Su Hao, who was squatting in the corner, with a look of curiosity on her face, her expression full of innocence and naivety.

Mewtwo had several black lines on its forehead, looking speechlessly at Su Hao, the protagonist of the celebration party, who was squatting alone in the corner.

What's missing?

He successfully protected the Tree of Origin and sent Athena and Apollo, two of Team Rocket's top executives who were his enemies, to the Pokémon League prison.

Shouldn't Su Hao be celebrating wildly?

"That's enough. Her Majesty the Queen wishes to receive you personally."

Unable to bear seeing Su Hao like this, Mewtwo used its psychic powers to lift him up, and said impatiently.

"You don't understand." Su Hao blinked his incredibly sore eyes. He felt as if his home had been ransacked. "I paid a price to successfully save the Tree of Origin; for me, it's already a loss..."

"The price?" Mewtwo withdrew its psychic powers, grabbed Su Hao by the collar, and scrutinized him repeatedly. It said suspiciously, "I see that not only are you completely unharmed, but the life force you and Lucario consumed has also been replenished by the resurrected Tree of Beginning, and you've even received a significant boost."

"With your current vitality, living for two hundred years would be a piece of cake."

Everything was peaceful and safe. Riolu evolved into Lucario and its lifespan was even increased. Wasn't that all good news?

"Mewtwo, do you know Articuno, the one from Ice God?" Su Hao suddenly asked.

After a moment's hesitation, Mewtwo, who was still puzzled, nodded slightly: "I know."

Su Hao said quietly, "My world also has an Ice God, and I have a pretty good relationship with Him."

"Then, I would often pluck his feathers when he wasn't looking, or collect the feathers that fell off when he flapped his wings. Sometimes I would even secretly collect some of the feathers that he was going to use to build his nest. I probably collected more than three thousand of them."

Mewtwo: "???"

Listen to what you're saying, is that even human language?

"I've been hoarding so many Ice God feathers just in case, as a trump card."

"Today I almost got drained of all my energy by the dream. In the end, I could only extract all the energy from these feathers. All the feathers I had saved up for half a year were gone just like that."

After saying that, Su Hao added, "It's all that idiot Apollo from Team Rocket's fault for leading a team of mechanical spiders to extract the energy from the core of the Tree of Beginning, causing everyone else to have a stress reaction."

Afterwards, based on Ash and his friends' explanations and Mew's fragmented words, Su Hao understood why he, a former Aura Power (Advanced) user, along with Riolu, were almost drained dry by the Tree of Beginning.

In the movie, the core crystal was not damaged by any external force, so the resistance of the Tree of Beginning was not too intense, and the energy required by Mew, which coexists with it, was naturally less.

Here, after Apollo extracted the energy from the core crystal, the two divine pillars he had captured instantly unleashed power several times stronger than before, forcing him to flee in terror, and finally being absorbed by the dark red viscous liquid.

Ash and his friends were also implicated by Apollo, and then Mew saw Pikachu and other Pokémon's tears, forcibly shutting down the extremely violent Tree of Beginning.

Therefore, the source of everything is—

Apollo...?

The Rockets...?

No, it seems to be him.

Never mind, just pin all the blame on the Rockets.

Sakaki must be in a complete daze after losing three high-ranking officers.

"So what if you used it?" Mewtwo said helplessly, not understanding why Su Hao couldn't even figure this out. "Since you two have a good relationship, why don't you go back and continue plucking... no, plucking His feathers?"

"The benefits you are receiving now are real and tangible; the feathers are on the Ice God and they won't run away."

Su Hao suddenly realized something and said, "What you said... seems to make some sense!"

Yeah, when he goes back and faces a whole bunch of super-powered Amon, he can just pluck feathers at will, right?

At worst, let Him use feathers as stakes in a game of chess and make a fortune!

Thinking of this, Su Hao felt his strength return to his body, and his whole body was filled with inexhaustible power.

Su Haoxiong said proudly, "Let's go to the victory celebration banquet!"

Mewtwo shook its head and declined, saying, "No, I try to avoid getting too involved with human relationships."

"Alright then." Su Hao pursed his lips. Mewtwo couldn't stand staying there and had already flown off to play somewhere. It was the complete opposite of Mewtwo's personality. "Then wait for me outside for a while. We'll go back to Cerulean Cave later. I'll show you something."

"After all, I only have a few hours left before I have to go back to my own world."

After saying that, Su Hao walked directly towards the brightly lit banquet hall.

Mewtwo stood in the shadows watching Su Hao's departing figure, when fireworks suddenly burst across the night sky. In the bright light, Mewtwo's deep purple pupils flickered, and no one knew what it was thinking.

............................

There is still half an hour left before Su Hao returns to his own world.

"So, you even had me set up a bunch of data monitoring instruments here. What exactly are you planning to do?"

Mewtwo floated helplessly in the air, looking at Su Hao who was surrounded by instruments, its tone puzzled.

"Hehe." Su Hao chuckled and snapped his fingers. "Do you remember what I told you before, that you still have the potential to evolve further?"

"........you mean?"

Mewtwo opened its mouth slightly, a look of surprise and uncertainty flashing across its face.

It remembered that Su Hao said back then that Riolu hadn't evolved yet, so he couldn't actually demonstrate it to it, right?

Riolu has now evolved into Lucario... which means...?

Su Hao chuckled and said slowly, "In [your] database, no evolutions have been found after Lucario, right?"

Mewtwo responded, "...No."

Upon hearing this, Su Hao tossed the luxury ball high into the air, its red light flashing.

The next moment, Mewtwo and Su Hao saw a Pokémon that, compared to the cute Riolu, was majestic in appearance and temperament, like Anubis from Egyptian mythology.

It has a slender body, a slightly thin upper body, and a strong and powerful lower body. White thorns grow on the back of its hands and chest, making it look very aggressive.

Waveguide Pokémon - Lucario!

"Then use your eyes to see for yourself, and remember to save the data. Witness what Ega evolution is all about!"

As he spoke, Su Hao extended his right hand, the keystone on his glove gleaming as if it were eager to be used.

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Super Lucario.