Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

"The cargo has been shipped! It's out...!"

Halfway through the call, the person seemed to remember something, and their tone abruptly changed direction.

"...I mean, the ruins have been discovered!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing.

Bill was the first to rush forward, followed closely by Ash and Lance.

The pit is located in the eastern part of the ruins and is a newly excavated site that was just started yesterday.

It was quite a coincidence that the area was originally the most severely damaged, with piles of rubble like small mountains, and no one had much hope.

Surprisingly, it was there that things were preserved.

The pit was about three meters deep. At the bottom, several workers were carefully squatting and gently sweeping away the loose soil covering the surface of the object with soft brushes.

Zheng Hui lay on the edge of the pit, peering down, his breathing becoming noticeably rapid.

At the bottom of the pit, several workers were squatting cautiously.

They carefully removed the loose soil covering the surface of the object, and the dust fell down in a fine rustling sound through the gaps in the brush bristles.

As the soil was peeled away layer by layer, the outline of a dark stone slab gradually came into view.

The color was very dark, almost jet black, and stood out starkly against the grayish-yellow earthy tone.

"Slow down, slow down... Yes, start cleaning from the edges, don't use a shovel anymore, switch to a brush!"

Zhenghui's voice was very low, but everyone could hear the tension and excitement in his tone.

It took about ten minutes to clean up.

The full view of the stone slab was finally revealed to everyone.

It was a dark gray stone slab about half a meter square. Unlike ordinary rocks, its material had a delicate yet hard texture and gleamed with a faint, cold light in the sunlight.

The stone slab was covered with densely packed symbols, row upon row, neat and detailed.

It must be some kind of ancient script.

Some symbols resemble simplified Pokémon outlines, while others are more like abstract astronomical symbols or geometric shapes. When combined, they exude an inexplicable sense of mystery.

Zheng Hui was somewhat shocked upon seeing the above record.

"This...this is?!"

209. What is that?!

"What is it?!"

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately surrounded them and started chattering.

"Mr. Zheng Hui! What's written on it? Is it a sealing spell?"

"Or is it a map to an ancient treasure?"

"Yes, yes, please translate this for us!"

"Pikachu! Pikachu!"

Pikachu joined in the fun, gesturing with its little paws.

"Hmm..."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Hui calmly nodded, then turned to look at the crowd.

"I do not know."

“?”×N

The air was silent for half a second.

"...because I can't understand it."

"what???"

“I’m a researcher, not an archaeologist.”

Zhenghui spread his hands out with an innocent expression.

"And even if archaeologists came, faced with an ancient script they'd never seen before, they'd probably have to study it for months before they could even guess a few words, right?"

"My eyes can only distinguish between 'there are so many words' and 'the words are really interesting' at most."

"Then what exactly were you so shocked about just now?!"

As the witty and sarcastic member of the three-person team, Xiaoxia perfectly fulfilled her role.

Zheng Hui waved his hand confidently, pointing to the stone slab at the bottom of the pit.

"Look, this is such a big piece of writing on it!"

"Isn't this shocking enough?"

"This is complete! Not fragments! Not pieces! And there are so many words engraved on it!"

"In the archaeological world, this is as rare as seeing a crystal rock serpent on the street!"

After all, under normal circumstances, the inscribed artifacts that can be unearthed are either broken pottery shards or stone tablet fragments worn so badly that they are no longer legible.

It is indeed rare to find a whole piece of text unearthed at once, so well preserved, and with such a high density of characters.

Apart from Xiaogang, the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

A dark-skinned excavator next to him took off his hard hat, revealing his flattened hair. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and slowly began to speak.

That's true.

"The value of cultural relics has never been about how ornate they are, but about the density of information they carry."

"No matter how beautiful or magnificent a cultural relic is, at most it can only be placed there and make people exclaim in amazement."

"But a stone covered with inscriptions... that might rewrite the entire history textbook."

Wow, that's incredibly professional!

Upon hearing this, Xiao Gang suddenly turned his head and looked the man up and down several times.

My gaze swept from the other person's tanned face to their rough, large hands, and then to their composed posture.

He asked tentatively.

"The Nibi?"

The man grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and gave Xiaogang a thumbs up.

"An old Nibi."

"I knew it!"

"I'm also a native of Nibi City!"

Xiao Gang reached out and shook hands with the man; the two smiled at each other.

it is more than words.

Xiao Zhi ignored all of that. He squatted by the pit, frowning as he stared at the stone slab with an unusually serious expression.

"I said... have you guys felt it?"

He raised his hand, his five fingers hovering lightly above the stone slab.

"I felt the power of words in it!"

Xiaoxia remained expressionless.

"...I also felt a profound sense of civilization up there!"

“But since we’re talking about deciphering,” Xiao Gang turned his head, “there won’t be any results anytime soon, right?”

"No results?"

"Young! Too young!"

Zheng Hui chuckled, put his hands on his hips, and his face was full of pride.

"Go! Bring me my secret weapon!"

Upon hearing this, the people around immediately sent someone to Zheng Hui's tent to retrieve something.

A short while later, the man returned carrying a silver-white laptop and handed it to Zheng Hui, panting.

Zheng Hui took the computer, but instead of turning it on right away, he gently patted the machine with his palm to calm it down before holding it high.

"Everyone, please see!"

"This is the culmination of human and Pokémon wisdom, the inevitable trend of the next era!"

Rotom Technology!

"Rotom...", "...technology?"

"That's right! It's Rotom Technology!"

"What ancient script? What deciphering!"

"Now there's no need for anyone to do the tedious translation! We just need to hand it over to the Rotoms that are attached to the computers and let them analyze it!"

Xiao Zhi scratched his head.

"Can Rotom do this?"

All he knew was that the appliances Rotom possessed were quite useful.

“You wouldn’t believe it,” Zheng Hui said, moving the computer closer to Xiao Zhi, “the biggest hot topic in the scientific community right now is the application of Rotom in various high-end electrical appliances.”

"Washing machines, electric fans, lawnmowers—these are all outdated! Now everyone is researching information processing!"

“In the past, dealing with this kind of ancient script required taking photos, creating an index, and comparing it with known script databases. It would take one person a year to work on it, and if they were lucky, they could only recognize a few characters.”

"Things are different now. Rotom can go into the computer, directly read image data, compare and analyze it with other Rotom's cloud databases, and even learn and infer grammatical structures on its own!"

"As long as you input the photo of the slate, Rotom can automatically identify, classify, and compare it!"

As he spoke, Zheng Hui turned on his computer, brought up an interface, and then imported the photo of the stone slab he had just taken.