Pokémon development strategy

On the stone wall of the main hall of the cave, a stone protrudes with the outline of a bone claw on it, which seems to point to a certain direction.

From the conversation conveyed by the [Memory Image], we know that the tribal members believe that this is the god guiding them in the direction of progress, so they worship it.

In fact, from the perspective of modern people, it is just a fossil, not a relief created by gods as the ancients believed.

The crowd dispersed, leaving four clay dolls guarding the fossils in the dim cave.

They were motionless, only a warm yellow light of slightly varying strength emanated from their bodies, carrying a hint of life.

This is the end of the first picture.

Who is the protagonist of "Stone Bones and Longing"?

Shen Qi didn't understand which Pokémon the script was referring to.

The fossil pterosaur showed its claws, but it didn’t have much of a role, but the dark gray science museum exhibited fossil pterosaurs;

The role of the clay figurines in this scene is said to be at the level of the protagonist Pokémon... which makes sense, and there are four of them.

After dinner, Shen Qi returned to the guest room to continue watching the next set of pictures.

Chapter 459: Twin Dragons Destroy the World

"Huh? The clay doll has evolved."

The second scene opens with three of the four clay dolls guarding the shrine evolving into clay giants.

Shen Qi realized that this was a way of expressing time.

When reading comics, if there is a long time between the previous and next chapters, you can directly write "X months later", "X years later", or use changes in people/objects/scenes to express it.

For example, if the previous chapter shows lush grass and the next chapter shows white snow, the audience will naturally know that a lot of time has passed.

The same is true in the [Memory Image] screen. It is unknown how long the clay dolls have been guarding the shrine, and most of them have evolved.

There was a faint light outside the cave, and someone came to add offerings to the shrine.

Shen Qi discovered that there were fewer tribesmen entering the cave, and fewer preserved fruits and ritual objects. It seemed that the specifications of this place had declined.

After a simple worship, the humans withdrew, and the three clay giants and the unevolved clay dolls continued to guard the shrine.

The clay giant, as the name suggests, is very big, with a height of nearly three meters. He is wearing armor similar to that of a Western fantasy knight, covering his entire body, but the texture is changed to blue rock, and his hands and body parts are particularly large.

He looks big and strong, with his hands open like iron pots.

The little clay doll is only 1 meter tall, and its head is level with the thigh of the clay giant, making it look a bit funny and inconspicuous.

Not only is the appearance very different from its companions, but the clay doll's behavior is also very strange.

The three clay giants in front were equivalent to mechanical men who absolutely executed orders. They stood motionless when their owners came, except for the faint yellow light emanating from their bodies, and looked no different from statues.

Look at the clay figurines...

The scene mentions his action of turning around and looking back more than once.

From time to time he noticed the claw sticking out of the wall.

The eyes of the clay doll are two asymmetrical shapes, one side is like a bold "I", and the other side is like a bold "L" that is flipped left and right. This shape makes it impossible to see his eyes.

Continuing down, people from the shrine came and took away the two clay giants to guard another place. They also removed the tables and ritual items, indicating that the importance of this place has further declined.

At the same time, Shen Qi noticed that the leading tribal member had gray hair and looked much older than in the first set of pictures. It was obvious that decades had passed.

Perhaps some place with other "holy objects" was discovered, or perhaps praying here had no effect, and the cave could no longer be called a shrine after removing all the decorations.

Finally, the clay giant and the clay man were also called away, leaving behind the empty cave and the claw protruding from the rock.

In the third painting, lightning and flames intersect in the sky, completely lighting up the night sky.

The earth was engulfed in flames, mountains collapsed, trees were burned, and countless creatures lost their lives. It looked like the end of the world.

"This is... the black and white dragons destroying the ancient Unova region."

The clay dolls were created in the Unova region, where human tribes had lived 10,000 years ago, and later a national civilization gradually formed.

According to the legend of ancient United States, there was a pair of heroic twin brothers who rode a dragon together and led the development of the kingdom at that time.

Because the two brothers were undecided whether to pursue ideals or truth, they could not reach a consensus, and the dragon split into two.

Zekrom is a black dragon + electric legendary Pokémon. He will help people who create an ideal world (the world here should refer to the creation of a society or country). If humans lose their sense of justice, Zekrom will destroy the entire country.

Reshiram, a white dragon + fire legendary Pokémon, will help those who pursue the truth to create the world. If humans indulge in desires and ignore rationality, Reshiram will also destroy the country.

The two brothers had disagreements and even became enemies and fought each other, leading their subordinates to fight each other. The kingdom was in civil strife and endless fighting.

The Black and White Dragons despaired of the heroic brothers and the country they created, and decided to destroy it.

Thus, there was a doomsday scene in which lightning and fire intertwined in the sky and disaster covered the entire United States.

When Shen Qi first heard this story, he felt it was quite cruel. Two Pokémon wiped out a large number of lives.

What must be taken into account is that Legendary Pokémon are different from ordinary Pokémon. They are responsible for maintaining the "laws" related to the world's time and space order.

Oceans, land, forests, atmosphere, ocean currents…

There are different maintenance rules for legendary Pokémon, so they are commonly known as:

The team of heroic brothers in the United States represent indulgence in desires and loss of justice. No matter which side wins, the kingdom under their leadership will go astray.

In the prediction of the Black and White Dragons, they are obstacles to the natural operation of the laws of heaven and earth, just like a programmer discovering a series of bugs that will replicate themselves, or a doctor discovering cancer cells and eliminating/removing them before they spread.

The impact on other normal programs or normal cells can only be said to be an inevitable cost.

[Memory Image] does not show the legendary history of the Unova region. The apocalyptic scene at the beginning only lasts for two chapters to inform players of the general environment outside.

Soon the camera cuts back to the cave.

The mountain was shaking constantly, and many cracks appeared in the cave, posing the risk of collapse at any time.

The dirty clay doll came back and started digging the rock wall with his hands...

According to the original intention of designing the mechanical man, the tribal members only hoped that the mechanical man would work hard to protect their safety and serve the tribe. Even if clay dolls or clay doll giants with independent souls were generated, they would continue to carry out the mission of following orders.

Now that disasters are happening, these Pokémon are born with the mission of swearing loyalty to their owners until death. They should stay with their tribal members, and the clay dolls and giants should die first.

Even if there is no way to rescue the person, they will risk their lives to protect him.

But this little clay doll...actually disobeyed orders and escaped, fleeing into a dilapidated cave, hoping to dig up the fossil to avoid destruction by the disaster.

As a ground-type Pokémon, Clayman can learn to "dig holes", but it requires a move learning device or hands-on teaching from a master.

This clay doll obviously did not master the skill of "digging holes". It just relied on its own strength and attribute energy to continuously break the rocks and dug out a large piece of rock.

If part of the outside of the cave had not collapsed, expanding the entrance, he would have had no chance of pushing the big rock out.

"That's really a lot of strength."

The clay doll is standardly 1 meter tall and weighs less than 200 kilograms. The rock he roughly shaved off is at least 4 meters high and even wider by comparison.

It is definitely impossible to move it. It is already amazing that the clay doll can push such a large rock.

The rocks were pushed out of the cave, causing the hillside to shake violently, and all the vegetation was like stir-fried vegetables in an iron pan, rolling and overturning in all directions.

Chapter 460: Trying to Give Life

The breathtaking golden and red energy in the sky kept exploding, and could blast a big hole when it touched the ground.

What will happen to him and the big rock that he holds so deeply in his heart?

The clay doll had no time to think about it. The cave behind him collapsed, and the rubble on the hillside rolled down, carrying with it a large amount of sand, soil, plants and other debris.

The current landslide is considered the worst, the one in the distance is a landslide.

The small figure could not hold the huge rock steady, and the rock with the fossilized pterosaur claws rolled downwards.

The clay doll quickened its pace and tried to hold on to the rock, but was rolled down the mountain by the huge force and inertia. The armor on its body kept breaking and the rock kept breaking as well.

Shen Qi thought of the name of the script, "Stone Bones and Longing"

During the long process of guarding, the clay doll went from being loyal to being curious, and finally seemed to fall in love with the piece of fossil bone, and then fell in love with the entire fossil that it had never seen before.

"Damn it... I'm a player, how can I make him love me?"

Complaints aside, Shen Qi still hasn't figured out which Pokémon this script is about.

The fossil pterosaur has not been resurrected yet. Until it disappeared from the Dark Gray Science Museum, it was still judged to have complex energy factors and could not be resurrected.

As for the clay doll...will he really not die if he continues rolling like this?

If it was just a clay doll, he would most likely be dead.

but!

At this moment, his beloved fossils are by his side. He cannot die here, otherwise the fossils will be beyond saving!

The clay doll actually has no concept of "love". Love is a primitive, instinctive and pure emotion. It just wants to protect itself and the stone.

Regardless of whether the other party is alive or can respond, he just wants to protect the things that he cares most about in his soul!

Brown energy surged, interweaving with deep purple attribute energy.

These are the two categories that the clay doll itself possesses, ground + ghost.

Judging from the unusual energy and changes in shape, it is obvious that the clay doll's obsession with protecting his beloved things has caused him to evolve at this time.

Evolved into a clay giant.

The size, strength, and energy utilization level increased simultaneously. The clay giant suddenly picked up the huge rock and then... took off!

Really, it’s flying!!!

The Ground + Ghost-type Pokémon didn't float but soared into the sky and flew!

Who else can't fly?

Actually...the clay giant can really fly.

Existing research and information from the elf encyclopedia indicate that the flying speed of the clay giant can even approach the speed of sound.

"Flying" is actually on their list of skills that can be learned.

Mastering "flying" requires learning. The current clay giants have no conditions to learn, and can only rely on their own energy and strength to carry the rocks into the air, which seems very clumsy and laborious.

Even so, he and the rocks still managed to escape from the area of ​​landslides and earthquakes, fleeing to the outskirts of the disaster area and towards a better future!

You can imagine the pressure of the already heavy body lifting an even heavier and larger rock into the air. If they couldn't hold on, they would fall down and be smashed to pieces together.

It was just a crayon-style painting, but it made Shen Qi's blood boil.

Clay giants have long lives, and the bones in fossils have no relationship with life or death.

They fled to a secluded place where no one knew, and perhaps they could live happily forever.

If that were the case...there would be no script for today!

Just as Shen Qi realized what was about to happen and fled to the edge of the disaster area under the clay giant, flames suddenly burst out from the center of a cracked mountain.

The distant shock caused a chain reaction, and the surface lithosphere was slightly cracked here.

For the planet, it is like squeezing a pimple, but standing in front of the forest is like the sudden eruption of a volcano.

Lava spurted out and poured all over the clay giant and the rocks.

His flight path plummeted downwards and he never came up again.

The scene changes, and at the edge of a devastated forest, a clay giant with broken armor wakes up.

He had lost both his legs and was supported by only one broken arm.

In front of him, the fossil, which was originally only a small piece exposed, miraculously revealed its true appearance.

A fossilized pterosaur skeleton with wings folded and its head slightly raised.

After guarding for countless years, the former clay doll turned into a clay giant. Before it was shattered and its energy body continued to dissipate, he finally saw the true face of his beloved thing.

The scene turned to a distant view and froze.

The clay giant used the remaining tattered arm to tear off a piece of what looked like a large piece of tape on his chest.

According to research and illustrations, the thing on the chest of the clay giant is called a "seal". If it is lost, the energy in the body will be lost uncontrollably and disorderly.

In fact, it is the parts of this type of Pokémon that are formed during the evolution process to help stabilize their souls and energy bodies. The real key is not the large patch, but the position under the patch, which is similar to the suture.

The clay giant was in a very bad condition. After the desolate disaster, he was dying a slow death, and tearing his chest open would accelerate his death.