Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

The data transmission speed was comparable to that of Zeraora. As soon as Xia Chen finished speaking, Amam received dozens of videos and hundreds of photos.

The modified "Super Rotom" is that powerful.

Amam used her smart bracelet to browse through photos of diverse landscapes, each with its own unique beauty, and suddenly said, "When I get there, I want to visit these places and take photos!"

Xia Chen smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you there then."

Chapter 522 Z-Crystal and Glossy Stone Vein!

Due to the limitations of the resources and energy that can be carried, the Ultimate Survey Team's investigations outside the city usually take about ten days.

After deducting the time needed for the return journey, they don't have much time left to explore.

Unfortunately, but also understandably, this survey outside the city, like the previous hundred or so, yielded almost no decent results as expected.

The so-called decent gain would probably be the reason why Ultimate Necrozma went berserk, or rather, the clues pointing to that reason, or the way to change everything.

However, the Ultimate World is too vast, and the power of humanity trapped in Metropolis is limited. After so many years, they have still gained nothing.

It wouldn't be accurate to say they gained nothing; each expedition brought back many essential resources, such as metal ores, to support the development of the metropolis.

Although the results of this out-of-city survey were no different from usual, the atmosphere within the Metropolitan Government's upper echelons was not tense after the survey team returned.

Because the development of [space jump] technology is nearing completion, it means they will be able to enter another world to find new ways.

However, any technology needs sufficient experiments to verify its safety before it can be applied, especially something as extremely dangerous as space jump.

It is conceivable that if the instrument suddenly malfunctions during a space jump, the passengers would certainly perish in the spatial turbulence.

Undoubtedly, the personnel conducting the first batch of experiments faced a near-certain death situation.

Xia Chen generously offered to help Metropolis conduct a space jump experiment, but only after he found the Paper Sword that could cleave the Ultimate Hole.

So after resting for two days in the metropolis with the survey team, he set off again.

Alone, his destination is the Sword Valley, a place where a large number of paper swords are gathered.

The journey continued uneventfully, without even a single battle. This wasn't because the ferocious Ultra Beasts had learned their lesson, but because Gureton's speed was simply too fast for them to react to.

In less than half a day, he arrived here under Rotom's navigation.

Wearing the ultimate night vision goggles given to him by Theonila, Xia Chen observed the desolate valley.

As far as the eye could see, there was a scene of broken stones and ruins, which must have been caused by a large number of paper swords hacking at the ground over the years.

Given the power of the Paper Sword attack, Xia Chen even felt that the fact that this place resembled a valley was a testament to the incredible hardness of the rocks here.

So, how do you find a paper sword that is powerful enough and has not been corrupted by the mind?

Xia Chen stopped outside the Imperial Sword Valley, pondering this question.

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According to Volcarona and Xia Chen's own observations, the stronger the Pokémon, the more deeply it is affected by mental corruption.

The two Voidwalkers parasitizing Xia Chen's parents are so calm because they are not strong and have not been severely corrupted.

This leads to an unsolvable situation: the Paper Sword that can communicate and cooperate with you must not have the power to cleave the Ultimate Hole, while the Paper Sword that has that power is definitely unable to communicate and cooperate.

Xia Chen racked his brains but couldn't come up with a way to break the paradox, so he could only keep walking and observing.

There were quite a few paper swords in the valley, but they were clearly not as numerous as the countless floating Nihilegos in the Sea of ​​Nothingness.

They were either stubbornly wrestling with a rock in the valley, or competing with their kind to see whose sword was sharper; they all looked like patients with bipolar disorder.

In the end, Xia Chen decided to use a clumsy method: to test the sword himself.

First, we need to select the paper sword that is strong enough to pose a threat to Guleton. As for whether we can communicate with it, we'll deal with that after we find it.

This plan was quite dangerous, so Xia Chen thought about it and only brought Gu Leton and Deochis with him.

Other Pokémon, even Zeraora, might be at risk of injury.

This is a desolate ultimate world, and getting injured is a very troublesome thing. Once you reach the legendary level, healing medicine has little effect on them.

Xia Chen's plan was simple: send Gu Leton and Deochis into the valley to provoke the Paper Swordsmen.

Fight, then find an individual strong enough to bring out and try to communicate with.

Two powerful legendary Pokémon were more than capable of doing this. In just over an hour, ten Paper Swords, rendered incapable of fighting, lay before Xia Chen.

He used his waveguide power to sense them briefly and found that even the weakest of them had the strength of a Heavenly King.

Two of the Paper Swords even had an energy intensity of 0.8 Bird, which is equivalent to 0.8 Zapdos.

A true legendary goalkeeper.

Xia Chen ignored everything else and simply used the Ultimate Ball to capture the two strongest ones.

The paper swords brought out later were somewhat weaker. It seems that even in a valley where paper swords roam freely, having two legendary individuals is already the limit... no, it should be called a miracle!

In the Earth world, a race would be considered incredibly lucky to have even one individual at the Heavenly King level, let alone a legendary one.

Since the Dark Ages, the Ultimate World has fallen into a desolate state with scarce resources. How could there still be so many powerful Ultimate Beasts?

Xia Chen was a little confused.

But his intuition told him that it might be related to that mysterious entity that had corrupted and eroded Ultimate Necrozma.

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"Even for that reason, this valley is somewhat unusual."

Therefore, Leighton expressed his observations based on his survey: "The rocks here are surprisingly hard, and I can sense an...unusual energy."

It added, "I've never experienced anything like this before; it's a bit like... Superstone and Phosphorus."

Xia Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Like Super Stone and Taijing, could they be Glossy Stone or Z Pure Crystal?

The so-called Radiant Stone and Z-Crystal are the necessary Pokémon items for using [Z-Moves] in the seventh generation of the game.

[Z-Moves] are a special battle system that can greatly enhance the power of a certain move, and are similar in status to Mega Evolution and Dynamax.

Xia Chen did not deliberately search for it after arriving in Alola, but he always kept a close eye on this special existence that had never appeared in this world before.

Unexpectedly, a vein of what appears to be Radiant Stone and Z-Crystal has been discovered in the Ultimate World.

Xia Chen was somewhat tempted, and turned to have Deoxys activate the detection mode.

As a cosmic virus spirit, its special frequency light waves possess incredible detection capabilities.

Finding a mineral vein containing special energy in the valley is something that can be done with a little time.

The duration depends on the depth of the ore vein.

The exploration went even more smoothly than expected. Deoxys circled in the sky for less than half an hour before returning to Xia Chen's side, bringing back a rock with a diameter of four or five meters using telekinesis.

"The stone has been found."

Deochis casually threw the ore to the ground, causing the ground to tremble instantly.

Along with it, a paper sword was also thrown on the ground. Xia Chen looked at Deoxys with some confusion.

It explained, "It was guarding in front of the stone, so I knocked it unconscious..."

The expression was somewhat overly concise, but fortunately Xia Chen could still understand it.

This means that the paper sword was guarding the ore, preventing Deoxys from taking it away, and then it was knocked unconscious and brought along with it.

Wow, buy one get one free...

Xia Chen casually used his waveguide power to probe the energy intensity of this paper sword. It was unexpectedly high, even stronger than its two 0.8 birds of the same kind, and could be rated as a 0.9 bird.

However, what surprised Xia Chen even more than its strength was that he couldn't detect any black mist-like energy within the paper sword.

This was the first time he had ever encountered any Ultra Beast.

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All the Ultra Beasts that Xia Chen had previously explored had a special "black mist" inside them, more or less, without exception.

He initially deduced that this was an external manifestation of the corruption of the Ultra Beasts, and also the direct cause of their drastic change in temperament.

If this conjecture is correct, then perhaps it means... this paper sword has not been corrupted by spirit?

Verifying this hypothesis is quite simple; just try communicating with it.

Xia Chen didn't rush to verify it; he first observed the boulder that Deoxys had brought back.

The boulder is a nearly elliptical sphere, covered with numerous cuts of varying depths, most likely the work of this special paper sword.

The surface of the ore is the gray color of ordinary stone, but in some areas where the surface has been severely damaged by cutting marks and peeled off, parts that look like white jade are revealed.

The color does match that of sapphire...

Xia Chen recalled the information about Radiant Stone and Z-Crystal from his memory.

The role of Glorious Stone is roughly similar to that of Key Stone; both serve as a universal carrier.

Z-Crystals, on the other hand, correspond to Mega Stones and are items that can only be used by specific Pokémon.

The difference is that each type of Mega Stone has a matching Pokémon, while Z-Crystals are categorized by attribute.

Of course, there are also a few Pokémon with exclusive Z-Crystals, such as Pikachu Z and Eevee Z, just like Gigantamax is to Dynamax.

Z-Crystals come in various colors, corresponding to their respective attributes. For example, the Electric Z-Crystal is yellow, and the Grass Z-Crystal is green.

Glossy stone, on the other hand, is uniformly bluish-white.

So, could this be a radiant stone?

Xia Chen couldn't be sure from appearance alone.

But what is certain is that even if this thing is not a radiant stone, it is a special kind of mineral, and it may also be related to the fact that the paper sword guarding it is not polluted or corroded by the black mist, which is worth studying.

However, how to bring it back is a problem.

Although the storage ball is powerful, its capacity is limited and it certainly cannot hold such a large stone.

Xia Chen thought for a moment and decided to divide them into several small pieces, with Gu Leton still in charge of the cutting.

The cover god's attack power was terrifying. It took a long time for a paper sword with the strength of a bird to barely break its shell. Under the dragon claws of Guleton, the extremely hard ore went from intact to shattered in just three claws.

The ore was broken into pieces, allowing Xia Chen to see its entirety.