This elf world is a bit strange

Rows of bookshelves were lined up on both sides of the passage, filled with all kinds of books in elegant bindings, written in strange characters that even Filio couldn't understand. They were neither letters nor ideograms, but more like some special morphemes. Although he couldn't understand them, they had an inexplicable beauty.

Directly in front of where he was standing, at the far end, there was a stone platform with a thick hardcover book on it. Even though it was hundreds of meters away, it attracted the attention of the three people, as if it was a little magic trick in time and space.

"&￥@"

The unknown totem shook and made a sound, signaling the three to follow, and flew first towards the thick book that looked unusual at first glance.

No one knew where the rest of the unknown totems had gone, and they had not been seen since they had stepped into this place. Only this one, which looked the most friendly to humans, was left, responsible for guiding the three people through the "unknown trial" to continue moving forward.

"Let's go and take a look. We might as well make the best of it now that we are here."

Although he witnessed a series of events and existences that were completely beyond his cognition, the faint sense of crisis surrounding him completely disappeared with the fall and destruction of the giant, and Firion's tense heart also relaxed a little.

Whispering softly to his two companions who were silent due to shock, he stepped forward and followed behind the unknown totem.

I don’t know how long this walk will take.

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It looked like a distance of only a hundred meters, but when you actually stepped in, you found that there was no end in sight.

The bookshelf beside me has also become increasingly old from its original brand new state. The breath of time is reflected in the thick dust. Only the words on the spines of the books remain the same, without any change.

It's like a projection of time, all the way to the end of history.

From the initial curiosity and uneasiness, to the subsequent calmness, and then to boredom and tedium, the monotonous repetition of countless cycles made Nemo's mood begin to fluctuate even though she didn't feel tired.

"How long do we have to walk..." Nimo asked softly, poking Firion's waist imperceptibly, "It's the same things over and over again, I'm tired of seeing them..."

"Woo?"

The slight sound was instantly caught by the unknown totem with sharp ears flying in front. It stopped, turned its head, blinked its big eyes, and flashed a hint of human teasing.

The light flickered, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and the passage of time seemed to have pressed the "fast forward" button at this moment.

The old bookshelves began to decay, and the dusty books gradually withered and died, until they were weathered into fine sand and scattered under the bookshelves, then quietly disappeared and completely vanished into thin air.

Endless time passes rapidly in this unknown space, even condensing into a collapsed base point.

"!"

Witnessing all this with her own eyes, Nimo's eyes widened and her mouth slightly opened, wanting to sigh, but no sound came out.

“…This is, moving from the past to the present, the unknown totem.”

Firio, who understood something, walked to one side of the corridor, and lightly twisted his fingertips, which were stained with a little bit of book debris. In just a moment, it was gone with the wind.

For everything that happened in the past, he and everyone present could only observe and were unable to intervene.

"Woo!"

Nodding approvingly, the unknown totem's big eyes flashed with joy, and it floated high up, using itself as a guide, lighting up an unprecedented light.

The whole world instantly turned into a bright silver-white, except for the stone platform that seemed to be far away just now but now appeared in front of them.

After an unknown amount of time has passed, the hardcover book placed on it is still as bright and clean as new, as if it has transcended time and space.

"%&#"

The meaningless "woooo" sound disappeared, and was replaced by a language that Firio could not understand.

But this time, he clearly understood the other party's intention.

With seven parts of heroism and three parts of trust, he decisively stretched out his hand, pressed on the cover, and gently opened this magical ancient book.

"Shh-"

Just as his hand turned the pages of the book and touched the words on the title page, a dazzling white light lit up and merged with the silver-white world. Everything in it was completely obscured by the light and disappeared.

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In the chaos, Firio opened his eyes again.

Just now, an endless stream of information flowed into his brain, causing him to fall into a brief deep sleep even with the protection of his super powers. Now that he has woken up again, clear images have emerged before his eyes.

He finally learned the true information about this space, understood what it was, and also knew the origins of the unknown totems.

This is a journey through time spanning millions of years.

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Ever since Arceus, the god of creation, transformed most of his matter and energy into the universe, traces of life have never faded.

Countless parallel worlds may be different, but this commonality remains unchanged.

Time and space are just the most basic concepts. Everything is just a tiny passer-by in the long river of time. The birth and death of species and the change of civilizations are just inevitable consequences that will be repeated countless times.

But in this world, on this continent of Padia that carries the mysteries of time and space, some things seem to have changed a little bit.

This story begins with a legendary Pokémon that has the same attribute pattern as the God of Creation Arceus.

Tailebagos, the creator of Taijing and Paradise, the true patron saint of Padiya, is an existence shrouded by countless mysteries and rarely mentioned even in legends.

There is no doubt that the fluctuations of time and space are always closely related to Him, but people cannot find the reason - at least, the ancient civilization millions of years ago knew nothing about it until the day when their civilization came to an end.

But compared to the confusion of contemporary people, they are at least certain that the drastic changes in Padia started from that time, and the source is in the creation of this drastic change - the Padia Pit.

Since then, unknown time and space have been closely connected with this fertile world.

After suffering losses from the disaster, the powerful ancient civilization still had enough strength to completely blockade this place, and stationed a powerful military force to guard against the threat from the other world.

But as time went on, they gradually discovered that there were no terrible enemies in the two unknown time and space connecting the other side. In fact, because the connection was extremely weak, no life form could cross it.

Over time, vigilance has lost its meaning. This world, which emerged due to disaster, regained vitality with the gentle comfort of time, and even re-evolved a unique ecological structure, has become a testing ground for this ancient civilization.

These unknown totems that have survived for countless years and have no lifespan are the partners of this ancient civilization that has created countless glories. From the very beginning, they have helped them block the path of time and space, and naturally became the masters of the trial field.

Over countless days and months, they witnessed the emergence of endless talented challengers, some of whom were even more powerful than Firion and the other two, but they eventually came to the end of their lives and civilization.

Compared with many civilizations that have destroyed in history, the lifespan of this civilization can be said to be extremely long, lasting for tens of thousands of years, even longer than most species, but it also eventually faced inevitable decline and extinction.

During the long vacuum period, the past history was buried here, and finally only the name "Padia Crater" was left, which then became the symbol of this region and this continent, and has been passed down to this day as the swan song of civilization.

The only ones who can remember and protect all of this are the unknown totems with infinite lifespans and the servants tailor-made for them by that friendly ancient civilization.

To this day, these ancient survivors who kept their promises are still doing their best to maintain the balance of time and space, and to suppress the fluctuations and shocks between the several worlds to the minimum possible.

But time is fluctuating and trembling, and everything is very different from what it was millions of years ago.

The tranquility of the past is long gone, and cracks have appeared in the unbreakable seal. After millions of years of waiting, they are ultimately powerless.

This is due to both objective laws and human factors.

Although they spent their days in deep sleep in the endless time corridor, they had basically exhausted the enormous resources left for them by the ancient civilization. They had no choice but to consume the Taijing energy crystals that contained the power of the gods.

But crystallization itself is an indispensable energy for maintaining the stability of space and time. Therefore, over time, the fluctuations of space and time cycle between calming and intensifying, and the solid barriers gradually become fragile.

Today, this periodic outbreak of space-time energy shocks is the result of the power limitations of the unknown totems.

However, these objective reasons are not the main causes of today's results. What really caused great harm was the great exploration initiated by the Parthian Empire, which had developed its national strength to its peak in the past two thousand years.

Over the past thousand years, a steady stream of explorers formed huge teams and went deep into this place in search of the colorful treasures that the emperor desired, exploiting resources in a predatory manner and destroying everything in the giant pit in a crazy manner.

Neither blood nor death could stop them, and the shock of time and space gradually intensified with each invasion, until a huge shock destroyed the empire's dream with the lives of all explorers, leaving this place sealed away once again.

But the destruction is irreversible. When the expedition team three hundred years ago, which was completely different from their predecessors and pursued the dream of exploring the unknown, once again went deep into this place, the powerful life from outside the world had become a part of this "paradise" independent of the Padia continent.

The records in "The Book of Vermilion" and "The Book of Purple" are not fictitious fantasies, but exaggerated descriptions based on reality and running wild in the dreamer's imaginary world, nothing more.

This exaggeration won the favor of the gods and summoned Tailebagos, who had been playing in the human world in Padia for countless years.

But even God does not have the ability to create out of nothing.

All of this is a product derived from reality. Even the great gods who have exhausted their own energy can only add fuel to the flames, using human emotions and desires as nourishment to bring about all this, and have fallen into a long sleep for this.

This sleep may have continued until today, or even into the future, at least in the eyes of these unknown totems who are unable to participate but can witness everything.

The peaceful days are long but short, especially for human beings who have opened Pandora's box nearly two thousand years ago.

With the establishment of the Padia Alliance, the chaotic continent was unified again, and the exploration of the Padia Pit was put back on the agenda. However, this time, they chose to use the new name proposed by the dreamers for this place: Zone Zero.

After decades of arduous exploration, although this secret trial ground has not been discovered, and the balance of time and space has not been further disrupted, the trend of collapse has already formed. Even if the unknown totems try their best, they cannot reverse this irreversible trend.

So, several years ago, a space-time shock of a huge scale occurred without warning, centered on the Zone Zero Research Institute and the Fourth Observation Point. The casualties, destruction of the observation points, and the complete fusion of the Zone Zero Research Institute and the Tai Crystal Energy were all beyond the cognition and acceptance of the Padya Alliance.

Since then, human exploration has become few and far between, and the scope has been limited to the upper level that is almost beyond the perception of the unknown totems, until today, until they once again saw the arrival of outstanding young people worthy of opening the trial field and fulfilling the promise made to the ancient civilization.

All compatriots woke up from a long sleep to reduce energy consumption, opened the channel of time and space rift that could only be opened by young people with pure hearts, and guided them to the trial field.

What followed was what the three had experienced, a battle that was very different from all the trials.

It wasn't about how long he lasted, but... he completely destroyed the powerful and intelligent Rock Commander, who theoretically could not be defeated by such a person or Pokémon.

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"...In other words, logically speaking, as successful people who have passed the test, we should be rewarded. But because you have exhausted your reserves, not only can you not reward us, but you need us to help provide resources?"

Pulling himself out of the long river of history and returning to a slightly dim cave, Firio looked at the unknown totem with a bit of embarrassment, shame and expectation on his face, and grinned slightly, looking at his two companions who had regained consciousness early and had been waiting for him patiently.

He roughly understood why the other unknown totems chose to disappear at this time.

This is indeed not a glorious thing, especially for these "living fossils" that have lived exceptionally long lives.

Thinking of this, he casually took out a ghost gem from his pocket that he had prepared as a "snack" for the little dream demon and handed it to the unknown totem.

“Woo! Woo!!!”

Feeling the long-lost pure energy, the unknown totem nodded repeatedly and rushed forward without any hesitation. Like Kuafu drinking water, it absorbed all the energy in the gem in an instant.

After a long drought, the unknown totem, which had used up almost all of its energy to open the trial space, showed a satisfied expression and lay softly in Firio's hands.

But this is far from enough. Firio can feel that the energy in its body is still thin, and an attribute gem is just an appetizer.

Not only that, dozens or even hundreds of unknown totems reappeared from the void, their eyes filled with the same expectation.

"…Isn't this a bit too much?"

Looking at the unknown totem that was looking at him eagerly, Firio's mouth twitched slightly and his expression was embarrassed.

He himself was just a young trainer who had just escaped poverty and might even be in debt again at any time. Such a burden was a bit too heavy for his thin shoulders.

"Why are you panicking? Leave it to me!"

At the critical moment, a strong person with real money power is needed to take action. Nemo raised her head proudly, waved her hand, and the large backpack she brought from Rotom Company fell to the ground.

"bang"

The dull sound indicated the weight of the backpack.

"Zi La"

With a smug smile on her face, Nimo unzipped her pants, and suddenly a precious light shone out, even a little dazzling.

Firio and Caidou took a closer look and saw that the densely packed attribute gems filled up half of the bag. No wonder Nemo's stamina had always been poor. Even if the space backpack had the function of reducing the weight, this was definitely a heavy weight.

"woo woo woo woo!!!"

Seeing the boss being so generous, the unknown totems that had just surrounded Philio immediately changed direction and rushed towards Nemo, surrounding her tightly, and cheered in surprise.

It doesn't matter what the attributes are, they are not picky about food at all. In no time, a full bag of high-quality gems was absorbed.

With such efficiency, even if a legendary Pokémon came, it would certainly be far from being able to catch up.

With the replenishment of energy, these unknown totems that originally looked somewhat honest and silent also regained some vitality, and even the dim cave seemed to be a little brighter.

But it is just a small point. Compared with the huge deficit accumulated over millions of years, dozens of attribute gems are just a drop in the bucket and can only provide them with emergency relief.

After all, this is a major event that even the ancient civilizations had to deal with specifically, and it is definitely not something that can be solved by one or two people.

But Nimo not only didn't feel distressed, she wasn't even the slightest bit panicked. She patted her chest lightly and said confidently, "Don't worry, I'll go find our chief champion after I get back. She's the president of the alliance. We'll let the alliance pay for it, and we'll definitely be able to 'feed' you. Just rest assured!"

"Woo!——"

As soon as these words were spoken, warm cheers resounded throughout the cave. Although these unknown totems could not speak human language, they had a unique language translation mechanism and could easily understand Nimo's words.

After a million years of waiting, they finally welcomed a new partner, and the great joy made them cheer loudly.

Firion looked at the colorful beans and nodded imperceptibly.

This is also the best way. For the wealthy Padia region, as long as the cause of the incident is found, providing money and materials is never a big problem.

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