Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

At this moment, Shi Wei whispered, "Because we were worried that thawing might have some effect, we didn't try to have a Fire-type Pokémon use a move to melt the ice sculpture."

"Is this... correct?"

Looking at the anxious crowd, Su Hao nodded. "You made the right choice. Their life force is already very weak. If we thaw them rashly without a way to replenish their life force in this icy and snowy environment, there may be casualties."

"Besides, you probably can't thaw it either."

"Huh?"

Hearing Su Hao's meaningful words, Shi Wei's eyes widened.

As one of the Four Heavenly Kings with the fire attribute, I shouldn't be unable to thaw an ice sculpture, right?

"Want to give it a try?"

"Let's give it a try!"

A defiant look rose in Shi Wei's eyes. If she couldn't even melt a piece of ice sculpture, what kind of fire attribute king would she be?

Why not go home, farm, get married, and raise children!

Shi Wei directly chose to send out her ace, the mid-stage Heavenly King level demon fire red fox!

A vortex of flames, controlled by superpowers, surrounded the ice sculpture and began to unleash scorching heat recklessly.

The surrounding snow was baked into water vapor.

No matter how much the Red Fox increased the temperature of its flames, even when it reached its limit, the ice layer that had frozen the Pokémon showed no signs of melting.

Shi Wei was almost dumbfounded.

Wait, is this ice sculpture even legal? It even ignores elemental weaknesses!?

In the end, she could only dejectedly give up the idea of ​​helping Su Hao with some of the things she could do.

Finding it somewhat amusing, Su Hao shook his head and explained to Shi Wei, "It's not surprising that you can't melt them, after all, what froze these Pokémon isn't ordinary ice."

"This was done by a legendary ice-attribute spirit that wields the power of laws; naturally, even a Celestial-level flame cannot melt it."

As Su Hao recounted the results of his discussion with Articuno on the waveguide channel, he spread out his palms.

A cluster of blue flames flickered in his palm.

"Only a higher level of divine fire can melt it."

The blue flames suddenly surged, instantly engulfing all the Pokémon ice sculptures into the flames.

Su Hao wasn't worried that Qingyan might roast the Pokémon as well, giving them another taste of the extremes of fire and ice.

He had absolute confidence and trust in Rahiram's control.

"This is... the flames of the True Dragon?"

Shi Wei stared wide-eyed at the blue flame that seemed to burn her eyes.

It was this flame that isolated Tokyo and suppressed the calamity dragon of the dark night.

So this is the pinnacle of fire attribute?

After a while.

Blue Flame vanished as if it had never existed, leaving behind only nearly a hundred Pokémon whose life force was hanging by a thread.

According to Articuno, these Pokémon were frozen for at least two months. If it were a human, they would probably be dead by now, since not everyone was injected with the Super Soldier Serum.

If it weren't for the Pokémon's tenacious vitality, and the fact that freezing can preserve life in a certain sense, even if Su Hao had arrived, he probably wouldn't have been able to save them.

At that time, the only thing that could save them was Ho-Oh, who could bring the dead back to life.

Fortunately, even Su Hao could save them in their current state.

Under the admiring gazes of Shi Wei and the others, Su Hao manipulated the "life energy orb" that had been prepared beforehand, causing it to be evenly sprinkled on each Pokémon.

The treatment ended shortly afterward.

All the Pokémon have recovered from their critical condition to a healthy state, but it will probably take some time before they fully awaken.

Su Hao couldn't stay at the Yanhuang Research Station indefinitely. Considering that the "do not answer" signal was still there, the mastermind might simply ignore the Yanhuang Research Station, which would make this place quite safe.

He very decisively left Shi Wei and the others with a task.

"You stay here and take good care of these Pokémon. Also, as before, do not make any contact with the outside world rashly. If there is any danger, call me through your watch."

"We also need to cut off contact with the research vessel. I will contact them about the details. You all just stay here for now."

If Su Hao's deduction is correct, the one hiding in the shadows and acting according to the signal is very likely the next target of the mastermind behind Ice River.

It is very likely that he was one of the "lucky ones" who lost his means of communication with the outside world due to an accident, but then regained communication with his own help.

——Yellow River Scientific Research Station!

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Chapter 1508 Ancient Sword Leopard is not as fragile as he seems.

On the way back to the Yellow River Research Station, Su Hao contacted the Hope Polar Research Ship, which was docked in the Arctic Ocean.

After briefly explaining the reasons for the research station's loss of contact, the current situation, and my own speculations.

To be on the safe side, Su Hao still asked Captain Moore to keep the entire research vessel in a state of silence for the time being and to cut off contact with the three exploration teams.

After all, this would not only expose the existence of the research vessel, but also the existence of those three teams.

Before he returned to the Yellow River research station and successfully caught a fish, Su Hao did not want too many unexpected events to occur.

"By the way, can you sense the presence of that legendary ice-type Pokémon?"

On the back of the Articuno, Su Hao suddenly had a bright idea and asked out of curiosity.

As a legendary Pokémon of the Ice type, Articuno should be very sensitive to related scents, right?

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to see through the nature of the ice blocks that had frozen the Pokémons at a glance.

Articuno seemed somewhat troubled by Su Hao's question.

It is not a bird-shaped detector, which can detect everything without blind spots.

Where can one easily find traces of legendary elves of the same rank and status as oneself?

Unless the opponent openly releases their aura and is within Articuno's sensing range.

But would a cunning old fox who could wipe out an entire research station without a sound be so reckless?

Obviously it is impossible.

Articuno could only reply truthfully, "If there is a leak of aura, it can be detected within a certain range, such as when the opponent is careless, or when they are seriously injured and cannot conceal their aura."

"I see." Although somewhat disappointed, Su Hao did not intend to make things difficult for Articuno.

After all, Zygarde, who was skilled at exploration, couldn't release its cells in the Arctic due to environmental reasons, so his question to Articuno was just a sliver of hope.

There are only a few legendary Pokémon of the Ice type, and with the clues obtained before, it's easy to guess the identity of the Ice-type legendary Pokémon that froze those Pokémon.

Apart from Articuno beneath her, neither the Snowstorm Horse that follows Calyrex nor Kyurem, who is currently asleep, has any chance of making a move.

The Ancient Leopard has disappeared, but judging from its personality, it will probably just split the person and the Pokémon in two, and will not freeze them at all.

Based on all the information, the only answer is the missing Regice that Antonio mentioned.

The mastermind behind Regice is very likely Hyoga, the fourth chosen one of the Nova Corps.

Based on the information obtained from the previous Meloetta incident, the other party was probably also forced to have their will twisted by Giovanni and Armored Mewtwo, and then assigned a legendary Pokémon to carry out some extreme terrorist activities that were close to self-destruction.

I wonder what Giovanni, or rather the most mysterious first seat, is after all this.

Will it cause chaos? Make the world less stable?

Su Hao felt that he might be close to the answer, but he still lacked decisive evidence to make a judgment.

Soon, the striking exterior of the Yellow River Research Station against the backdrop of ice and snow came into Su Hao's view once again.

Just as Su Hao was about to flip Articuno off its back, he heard the other party let out a soft "hmm" in the waveguide channel, and then turn its head to look in a certain direction.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Hao asked, somewhat puzzled.

The articulated bird remained silent, staring intently in a certain direction, as if confirming something again and again.

A minute later, Articuno turned around and said, "I sensed it. It's the aura of a legendary Ice-type Pokémon that, like me, wields a portion of the power of ice."

"The opponent seems to be seriously injured, and cannot conceal his unstable aura at all."

Su Hao, who paused in his movements, was speechless.

No, I was just asking, and you actually sensed it!?

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Although they had already arrived at the entrance of the Yellow River Scientific Research Station, Su Hao still chose to turn around without hesitation.

—After all, what if that seriously injured Ice-type Legendary Pokémon is Regice, and Hyoga is right next to him?

Regardless of how Regice was injured, I have no reason to let them go.

Otherwise, who knows how long we'll have to wait for the other side to show up again?

Opportunities are always fleeting.

Articuno's sensory range is limited, so the aura of the severely injured Ice-type legendary Pokémon was actually not far from the Yellow River Research Station.

Starting from the small island, flying over the frozen sea of ​​floating ice into the Arctic continent, Su Hao soon saw several towering snow-capped mountains.

The scent that Articuno sensed was within these snow-capped mountains.

At this moment, a snowstorm was raging outside, and visibility was very low. It is possible that the legendary ice-type Pokémon deliberately caused this to disguise itself or hide.

Following the scent, the Articuno soon landed in front of a natural cave halfway up the snow-capped mountain.

"You hid in here?"

Staring at the deep, dark cave, Su Hao raised an eyebrow, his expression somewhat strange.

Could it really be Hyoga and Regice inside?

Also, this scene feels somewhat familiar, like something I've experienced myself before...

To prevent any retaliation from the creatures inside the cave, or to prevent any traps from being set.