Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 358 The mystery is solved, the cause of the haunted Crystal Pool (Seeking monthly votes)

The investigation team stayed in the pavilion until evening. Dessert shops usually close at 5 p.m., and they only began their discussion after most of the customers had left.

As a newcomer, Mingyou naturally had many questions to ask, such as the detailed experiences the group had in the Padia Giant Pit, and the incident a few months ago when Papa encountered a ghost near the Crystal Pool...

Peony created a temporary group chat for the team. She set up many programs to prevent surveillance and others from viewing the chat history, thus avoiding the possibility of the group's chat being hacked and monitored.

She has always been cautious in this regard.

After the group chat was set up, the group started talking. Mingyou threw out all his questions, especially about the ghost story. He really wanted to know the details, since it was the closest place to them.

One question after another, Pipa was responsible for answering them.

Regarding the Padia Abyss, the details are the same as what Xiaoqing once said. They said they were found by Dr. Orin's AI robot and asked to help shut down the time machine. Although they encountered many dangers along the way, they still successfully reached the research institute at the bottom.

Due to the prolonged operation of the time machine, many Pokémon from the ancient era were transported to Sector Zero inside the Padia Crater. To prevent ecological damage, the time machine had to be permanently shut down.

Upon hearing this, Mingyou asked, "Are you sure the time machine has been shut down?"

"Um!"

Xiaoqing nodded and continued, "In order to shut down the time machine, we fought against the Paradise Defense Program. Although we successfully defeated it, the Paradise Defense Program overwrote Dr. Orin's AI and commanded the Paradise Guardian Dragon... which is another Guleton, to attack us."

"In the end, together with Guldurton, we defeated the Guardian Dragon of Paradise and threw it and the other ancient Pokémon into the time machine. Then, Professor Orin's AI temporarily regained its sanity."

"But there was no other way. She could only enter the time machine with the Paradise Defense Program covering her body, fulfill the Doctor's wish to go to the past, and in that case the defense program would cease to exist, and the time machine would shut down automatically."

When Xiaoqing said these words, Papa's expression darkened. He had always thought that his mother had abandoned him, but in fact his mother had already passed away. In the end, however, the AI ​​still gave him the warmth that belonged to a mother.

After listening, Mingyou nodded slightly. Since the time machine had completely shut down, the problem must lie elsewhere. She then continued, "By the way, wouldn't it have been better for you to investigate the Padia Crater?"

"I can't get in..."

Peony gently shook her head. She was interning at the Padia Alliance, so she knew very well that because a few people had violated the rules and entered the giant pit without permission, the defenses there had been increased, and no one except researchers was allowed to enter.

This is unavoidable. The time machine has been running for so many years that many Pokémon from ancient times now live in Sector Zero. These Pokémon are extremely ferocious, and this is all to prevent them from escaping and disrupting the normal ecosystem of the outside world.

Unable to go to District Zero, they had no choice but to continue their investigation at Blueberry Academy and Kitakami Village, because Piper made a very strange discovery while investigating the "Book of Crimson" left behind by Dr. Orin.

"The book records that two hundred years ago, before the advent of time machines, there were already records of these ancient Pokémon in Sector Zero. These records were the starting point that drove Dr. Orin to invent the time machine."

"However, apart from the books, none of the researchers who went to Sector Zero saw these Pokémon again until the time machine appeared, which creates a paradox with the existing information."

"Given the previous case in Nimbus City, which involved Pokémon from the future, we have reason to believe that even without a time machine, Pokémon from the past or future will still appear!"

"..."

Hearing this, Mingyou fell silent, recalling Milton's disappearance and the return of Vibrating Wing from the ancient times to the modern era. So the Pokémon recorded in the book must have simply returned to ancient times.

The mystery is solved!

He nodded slightly, wanting to know the answer to the second question, and looked at Pipa...

"Is it haunted...?"

Piper felt a chill run down his spine for no apparent reason.

He came alone because the other three had gone home after summer vacation, leaving him alone, so he came to Beishang Township by himself.

Originally, I only noticed that there were Tai Crystal crystals on the top of Ghost Mountain, so I went up to take a look. Unexpectedly, I found that there was a huge Tai Crystal crystal at the bottom of the Crystal Pool on the top of the mountain, which was extremely dazzling.

He was carrying a piece of Taijing crystal that he had taken from Zone Zero, and he wanted to collect the crystal from the bottom of the Crystal Pool to extract its components for comparison.

Suddenly, a wild Milotic jumped out of the pond, startling him so much that he lost his grip and the crystal on his body fell into the crystal pool. After that, strange things began to happen.

"A ghost has appeared?"

"Um……"

Piper nodded slightly. He was still quite afraid of such things. The crystal pool suddenly became foggy, and he couldn't see anything around him. He didn't dare to make any rash moves.

Suddenly, a sound came from the thick fog, and he could vaguely see several figures running, the sound of sulfur being crushed underfoot coming from all directions, getting closer and closer to him.

Startled by this sudden situation, he ran around frantically until he finally escaped the fog. He then contacted the administrator to explain the haunting situation, and the administrator said they would try to find a solution, but simply sealed it off.

Although he later heard that many tourists had secretly gone up to visit and take photos and had also encountered ghosts, he wanted to go back to the Crystal Pool to retrieve the piece of Taijing Crystal that had fallen into the pool, so he stayed for a long time before leaving.

"I see……"

Mingyou finally understood what had happened, and then asked, "Did you get it back?"

"We got it back with the help of Pokémon, but it seems the haunting hasn't completely disappeared."

"Have you gone to the Crystal Pool to conduct any investigations these past few days?"

"Not yet. The area is sealed off, and there are quite a few guards. Our operations need to be kept secret, so we try our best not to be discovered."

"Hmm... I'll take care of this."

"Is everything alright?"

"Just trust me!"

Mingyou responded with a smile, saying that since it was inconvenient for them to go, she would go herself. If she found anything, she could just notify everyone in the group chat.

But speaking of groups...

He suddenly realized that the group chat had somehow grown to eight people. Nemo was still unconscious and hadn't joined the group, meaning there were four extra people inexplicably? Where did they come from?

"Why are there a few more people?"

"what?"

At this moment, the others suddenly noticed. Mudan was about to check, but Mingyou looked at the avatars of those people and found them all familiar. Then she reached out and touched Kirlia's head.

"Nair~"

Haha, we've been found out...

Kirlia smiled. She saw the group number and secretly went in to add Ponpo and Calyrex to the group to play. Meloetta was probably also there with Turnip and was added as well.

"Ignore them."

Mingyou waved her hand, and seeing that it was getting late, suggested that everyone go to her own home for dinner first, since there was no need to worry too much about the manor.

"Okay, okay!"

Peony got up excitedly; she'd heard there was a Pokémon video game arcade at the manor, so…

"The video game arcade is closed at night."

"All right……"

"But the haunted house is open for business."

"Never mind then..."

"Ha ha."

The group chatted and laughed as Xiaoqing carried the unconscious Nemo to Guleton, and then, together with everyone, headed to the manor with great anticipation.

A moment later, upon entering the manor grounds, Xiaoqing immediately sensed that something was amiss with the environment, not just the temperature, but the strange feeling was indescribable.

"Did you notice?"

Mingyou smiled and continued, "The manor has an ecological park modeled after the Blueberry Academy's giant ecological dome, although it's not fully completed yet."

"That's amazing..."

Some of them were speechless, quietly taking in their surroundings, their hearts filled with admiration. The person who could cultivate so many variant crops was indeed very capable.

Arriving at the villa, this was the first time the group had visited Mingyou's home. Looking at the old villa in front of them, it was hard to imagine that the person actually lived here.

"Haha, we just haven't had time to renovate yet. You guys go ahead and do it, I'll go cook."

"Me too!"

Piper immediately offered to help, as cooking was his area of ​​expertise, and he naturally wanted to show off his skills.

After the two went to the kitchen, Nemo finally woke up. She was about to go find Mingyou when Xiaoqing stopped her, saying it was better to be more restrained in someone else's house.

"There's a Snorlax! Its belly is so soft!"

Peony jumped onto the belly of Snorlax, who was waiting for its meal, without any hesitation, completely treating the place as its own home.

Xiaoqing looked around curiously. Suddenly, she noticed the Iron Warrior coming in from the backyard, so she went up to greet him. She remembered that the two Pokémon from the future had been brought back by Mingyou.

"Long time no see~"

"Naido~"

The Iron Warrior waved his hand and placed a bamboo basket on the table. Inside were freshly picked old oranges and future grapes, seemingly intended as a treat.

"Are these the oranges?"

Xiaoqing picked up one from the bamboo basket. They had already heard Mingyou explain these things on the way, explaining why there was a chance that a Pokémon could awaken its ancient bloodline.

However, upon seeing the tangerine, Guleton's eyes lit up, and he snatched it away in one bite. This reaction surprised Xiaoqing, since Guleton rarely showed any interest in food other than sandwiches.

Just then, she suddenly noticed that while Guleton was happily eating oranges, a strangely colored burning insect quietly crawled over and onto Guleton's body, seemingly searching for something.

"I remember you are..."

"Buzzing~"

The burning worm didn't respond, but instead showed a happy expression. It was very interested in the crimson pulse of the worm, which was the power to bring sunlight, and that sunlight... seemed to be what it was looking for!

……

(End of this chapter)