In the anime, the reason why Daigo and Alain wasted nearly a month in Meteor Village was probably because Daigo's Metagross was not so good at psychic powers, so a lot of time was spent in other places.
After finally finding the right place, they didn't let the Pokémon dig violently because of the importance of the ruins, so so much time was wasted. However, Gongsun Yan didn't have so many concerns and directly let all the Pokémon work together, not even letting Groudon go. When this foodie heard that there was an object emitting a lot of natural energy underneath, he dug harder than anyone else.
"Although I had a premonition, I didn't expect this altar to be so spectacular. It's hard to believe that it was built by people so long ago." Xue said with emotion.
In front of them were four towering stone pillars with ancient patterns engraved on them. Moss-covered stone steps led to a circular platform. On both sides of the stone steps, vines grew and wild flowers of various colors swayed in the breeze, creating a desolate and solemn altar.
"Don't forget, you are now very close to this very distant era." Although Gongsun Yan was teasing the other party, his eyes looking up at the tip of the stone pillar where the sunlight was gathered into a ray were very solemn, and an inexplicable fear and awe arose in his heart.
This is not something to be ashamed of. Feeling fear in the face of huge objects, great forces, and unknown existences is a natural protective measure of the human body, but retreating because of this is the real shame.
"Huh, the Hoenn region has been a disaster-prone area since ancient times. Ancient humans and Pokémon have dealt with various disasters together and rebuilt their homes countless times. Some people choose to regard the earth as a totem, some choose the ocean as a totem, and the rest choose the sky."
Gongsun Yan looked at the magnificent altar in front of him, and a sense of historical weight rose from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't help but begin to explain the history he knew.
"What appears before us now is the ruins built by the people who believe in the sky, the people of the meteors, and the altar dedicated to the Dragon God Leikongza!"
This altar seemed to be in harmony with Gongsun Yan. As Gongsun Yan finished speaking, rays of light lit up from the standing stone pillars, illuminating the way to the altar for Gongsun Yan and Xue.
"Let's go. This altar is inviting us to go up." Gongsun Yan chuckled and walked up the stairs. He turned back and called out to the stunned Xue.
"Ah! Oh, here it comes." Xue was obviously shocked by the grandeur of the altar. She finally reacted after Gongsun Yan called her several times and followed Gongsun Yan up.
Although Xue was also a person who had seen and eaten a lot, and had also seen the temple on the top of Tianguan Mountain, the ruins she had seen were all real ruins, just like the Meteor Village on the ground, which was full of broken walls and ruins. It was completely different from the altar in front of her that had gone through the baptism of time but had no smell of decay at all.
No matter how long a road is, it has an end. There is no road that can extend forever. As Gongsun Yan and Xue continued walking, they finally climbed up to the towering central platform on top.
"Um, I don't seem to have the keystone to open this altar." Xue looked at the wide round platform in front of her, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to not have the important props to open this altar, which was a bit embarrassing.
"Take it!" Just when Xue was at a loss, Gongsun Yan's words made her subconsciously look at the other party, and she found a black shadow rushing towards her.
Who is Xue? She can compete with the king-level Pokémon in the wild. For her, catching the flying prop thrown by Gongsun Yan is naturally a simple matter. She casually raised her hand and caught it.
A crystal clear bead was lying quietly in her hand. It was the key stone needed to open the altar. This key stone was the one that Gongsun Yan had found in the cellar before.
"I happen to have an extra one here. Don't be too touched. Just give me a few more black stones and peat blocks." Gongsun Yan said as he took off the bracelet on his left hand and put it into the groove on the right.
"Tsk, then I'll accept it. I'll give you the black stone and peat block for free later." Xue smiled and put the key stone in her hand into the groove on the left. She naturally understood Gongsun Yan's good intentions. Compared with the key stone, the black stone and peat block were nothing.
"By the way, if we summon Rayquaza now, how do we deal with the huge meteorite prophesied by the Meteor People?" Just when Xue was about to let go, she suddenly thought of something and retracted her hand.
"......So that's what you're worried about. This world is different from the anime world you know. Not to mention that Satoshi is about to become the Rainbow Hero, I still have Rayquaza's scales in my hand, which can be used to summon the opponent to fight for me. Don't worry, if you give the meteorite to the opponent as soon as possible, I can feel more at ease and avoid any trouble from Team Flare."
Gongsun Yan explained to Xue with a helpless look on his face, and showed her the scales of Rayquaza placed on his chest. Only after Gongsun Yan made it clear that there would be no big problem by doing so did Xue feel at ease and put the key stone into the groove.
The moment Xue let go, a strong wind suddenly blew up in the entire ruins, and the patterns engraved in the grooves began to flash with light.
"Boom!"
At this moment, a roar of a giant dragon suddenly came from above their heads. The entire ruins began to shake continuously, and the rock wall on the top began to collapse. The ruins that had been buried deep underground for many years were finally exposed to the sun again.
Chapter 353: The colorful meteorite and the reappearance of the Rayquaza!
Rumble!
The rock wall above Gongsun Yan and Xue's heads had completely collapsed, and the altar under their feet also began to shake, gradually rising up and finally appearing above the ground.
However, Gongsun Yan and Xue's attention was not on the rising and falling of the altar, nor on the pale green dragon shadow hovering in the sea of clouds. Instead, their attention was on the circular platform on the altar that had been opened at some point, where a stone platform was slowly rising.
A platform alone is nothing special, but the thing placed on the round platform made the two people unable to take their eyes off it, that was an extremely dazzling and colorful meteorite.
This is the giant stone in the legends of Hoenn and Kalos regions, the source of mega evolution in the Pokémon world, the colorful meteorite!
At the moment when the colorful meteorite appeared, the pale green dragon shadow that was originally hovering in the clouds swooped down towards the altar, and with it came an alluring aura that made the two men feel a little breathless.
However, an inanimate object like the colorful meteorite would naturally not react to any pressure. As the Rayquaza approached rapidly, the light it emitted became even more dazzling, and the tremendous energy in its body began to pour out. The energy that should have been invisible actually revealed a specific shape, which showed how strong the energy contained in it was.
Under the impact of this energy, several Poké Balls on Gongsun Yan's waist opened up automatically, and Swampert, Dragonite, Bankiras, Gardevoir, and Groudon appeared around Gongsun Yan one after another. As soon as the first few Pokémon appeared, a strong white light appeared on their bodies and they entered the state of evolution; the latter opened their mouths wide and swallowed the energy in the air.
After the light faded, several Pokémon in mega state appeared in front of Gongsun Yan, and familiar light patterns began to appear on Groudon's body. If Groudon hadn't been deliberately restraining himself, he would have entered the primitive regression state long ago.
This situation not only occurred on Gongsun Yan's side, but also on Xue's side. Her Gardevoir also jumped out of the Poké Ball on its own initiative, and successfully evolved into Mega Gardevoir in a beam of white light. Combined with the height of her lord Pokémon, the sense of oppression suddenly became a lot heavier.
The mega evolved Pokémon subconsciously looked at their respective owners. Gongsun Yan's Pokémon was fine, as he had seen the mega evolved Swampert and knew it was a mega evolution. He just didn't understand why he could suddenly mega evolve when he clearly hadn't gotten his own mega evolution stone yet.
Snow's Gardevoir was different. She had no idea what mega evolution was. After discovering what happened to her, her entire Pokémon world was in a mess. She didn't do anything when facing the approaching Rayquaza.
The energy emitted by the colorful meteorite has exceeded the limits of key stones and mega stones. It can directly allow Pokémon to complete mega evolution without any additional conditions, even Pokémon sleeping in Poké Balls are no exception.
With such a powerful force, it is normal for it to attract Kyogre and Groudon to fight for it, let alone Rayquaza, which feeds on meteorites. After all, this energy can be completely converted into natural energy for their use.
However, although Groudon and Kyogre, who now possessed two gems, also sensed the appearance of the colorful meteorite, they were both complete otakus and homebodies. They went out to fight purely for the burst of natural energy. Now that they no longer have to worry about the source of energy, they just turned over in the magma or sea water and then continued to fall into a deep sleep.
Gongsun Yan shifted his gaze away from his Pokémon and looked up into the sky, where a giant green dragon was rapidly descending. Its scarlet eyes frightened Gongsun Yan. The green dragon horns on its head and the gorgeous golden patterns on its tail still had a great impact on Gongsun Yan even though it was not the first time he had seen them.
This is the legendary Pokémon that descended on the Hoenn region not long ago and suppressed two super ancient Pokémon with its own strength, the overlord of the sky, Rayquaza!
"Roar!"
After falling for a period of time, Rayquaza finally landed in Meteor Village, just above the colorful meteorite. The first thing the god did when he came to the world was to announce his arrival to the world. The huge roar was like thunder, spreading from Meteor Village to the entire Hoenn region.
All the dragon-type Pokémon that heard the roar, or Pokémon with dragon blood, bowed their heads in the direction of Meteor Village. The gods in their hearts were descending there at this moment, even the Pokémon in battle. Their opponents did not take the opportunity to attack, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the gods.
This is the legendary Pokémon, the patriarch of the Rayquaza clan, the god of the sky who has guarded the skies of the Hoenn region for countless years.
Although Xue had seen big scenes like Palkia, the God of Space, and Dialga, the God of Time, but the domineering arrival of a Pokémon like Rayquaza really opened her eyes. If it weren't for her identity as a time traveler and the confidence given by Palkia on her waist, she might have sat down on the ground.
When Gongsun Yan saw that it was the familiar Rayquaza that had descended, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then, under the gaze of Rayquaza, he stepped onto the circular platform and reached out to touch the huge colorful meteorite.
[Important item detected, colorful meteorite, whether to store it in the system space. 】
"Collect." Gongsun Yan chuckled and put the colorful meteorite in front of him into the system space.
Then the colorful meteorite disappeared in full view of everyone. Rayquaza, which was suspended in the air, was still intact, but Xue's eyes widened. She suddenly felt that she couldn't leave Hoenn today.
However, Gongsun Yan released the colorful meteorite right after he put it into the system space. He did this just to abolish the ability of the colorful meteorite to jump through space, so that Rayquaza could take it away, and prevent the colorful meteorite from running to other places and causing chaos.
Although the God of Space is now on Xue's waist, based on the God of Space's "great achievements", Gongsun Yan really doesn't dare to put all his hopes on him, so he just does it himself.
Chapter 354: Let’s start dividing the spoils!
After taking back and releasing the colorful meteorite, Gongsun Yan also took two steps back, watching the colorful meteorite gradually float up and move towards the Rayquaza in mid-air.
Faced with the colorful meteorite floating in front of him with no intention of leaving through space jump, Rayquaza's heart was filled with waves of fear, but with the precedent of Gongsun Yan's previous "transformation" of the two gems, Rayquaza showed no emotion on the surface and just opened his mouth calmly.
"Buzz!"
As Rayquaza opened its mouth, the colorful meteorites suddenly made a roar, causing Gongsun Yan and Xue present to feel extremely painful. Although the Pokémon following them also looked painful, they still forced themselves to stand in front of the two of them, using their bodies to protect the trainers behind them.
Rayquaza couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. Although his mouth was open and no one could see it, he did smile. Perhaps it was because he was old, and he felt very happy when he saw things that reflected the bond between humans and Pokémon.
However, Rayquaza's attention was mainly on Gongsun Yan. Although Xue was also very outstanding, the aura of Arceus on the other party was too strong. He could not find the other party if he wanted to poach him. The corner was too solid and he could not dig it.
He also felt Palkia, the god of space, who was living on Snow. After a mental communication, Rayquaza knew the reason why Snow and Palkia appeared here. However, even if Palkia did not explain the reason to Rayquaza, Rayquaza would still know what happened.
Don't forget that the Chaicui region is the ancient Sinnoh region. What happened there is the present and the future for Yuki, but to Rayquaza it is the past. At that time, He was already guarding the sky of the Hoenn region1, and he also knew about what happened in the Chaicui region.
"It seems that the time is almost ripe for that matter." Rayquaza made up his mind, and then began to breathe deeply towards the colorful meteorite in front of him.
As Rayquaza moved, the colorful meteorite suddenly shattered. Large pieces of fragments turned into streams of intense energy, which were sucked into Rayquaza's mouth. Only some residues were left floating in the air, and the huge colorful meteorite disappeared without a trace.
Instead, there appeared Rayquaza, who exuded a terrifying aura. The patterns on his body became brighter and brighter, and something seemed to be emerging from the corners of his mouth. There were also dragon whiskers extending from the ends of the two pale green dragon horns on his head.
"Roar!"
After discovering the abnormality in his body, Rayquaza roared towards the sky. Under Rayquaza's deliberate control, Gongsun Yan and Xue below were not injured by the sudden roar. Relying on their extraordinary physiques, the two of them also broke free from the previous pain.
As Rayquaza roared loudly, the shadow of Mega Rayquaza that appeared faintly on its body gradually shrank back, and the lit pattern dimmed again, which meant that Rayquaza had perfectly stored the huge amount of energy contained in the colorful meteorite, and there was no danger of leakage.
"Human, we meet again. Thank you for giving me the colorful meteorite." Rayquaza was staring at Gongsun Yan in mid-air, and a majestic voice sounded in Gongsun Yan's heart.
"Respected God of Sky, you don't need to thank me. I will be loyal to the people who entrusted me with the task." Gongsun Yan said very modestly.
However, although Gongsun Yan appeared very calm on the surface, he was constantly criticizing in his heart. He felt that his inner defense was too weak. How could a Pokémon speak to him?
"No, the colorful meteorite should have jumped out of here through space, which is why I didn't absorb it. Although I don't know what you did, the colorful meteorite didn't escape in the end. It's all thanks to you." Rayquaza looked at the round table where the colorful meteorite was placed, and there was a hint of surprise in his words.
"I'm leaving the remains of these colorful meteorites to you. If I remember correctly, these residues should be what you humans call mega evolution stones." Rayquaza took a look at the remains of the colorful meteorites floating in front of him and sent them to Gongsun Yan and Xue.
Gongsun Yan and Xue were looking at the colorful and sparkling mega stones floating in front of them, and their drools were about to flow. Gongsun Yan had seen mega stones before, but he had never seen so many mega stones gathered together, let alone a complete set of mega stones.
"Human, no, Gongsun Yan, you can come to the Sky Pillar to find me later. The time has come for me to do something I want to ask of you. Remember to come here before you leave Hoenn."
After saying this, Rayquaza opened his mouth wide and roared casually, which gave Gongsun Yan the feeling that he was yawning. And that was indeed the case. After yawning, Rayquaza's body circled in the air for a while and then flew towards the direction of the Sky Tower, a famous building in the Hoenn region.
The huge body of Rayquaza continued to break through the air obstacles during the flight, leaving behind huge air explosion sounds and flying clouds. In less than two minutes, it disappeared in front of Gongsun Yan and Xue, leaving only the immortal deterrence and the glowing mega stone.
"Ahem, it looks like the matter is over. Let's start dividing the spoils!" Gongsun Yan's ears were still ringing with the thunderous roar left by Rayquaza when it flew away, but these details could not hinder him from dividing the spoils.
"Great!ヽ(??▽?)ノ" Xue happily sat down cross-legged with Gongsun Yan, with the light of money flashing in her eyes, staring fiercely at the mega stones in front of them.
Because neither of them had memorized all the mega stone illustrations, Gongsun Yan took out his own Pokémon illustration, which contained the data of various mega stones collected by Devin Company in recent days. Gongsun Yan picked up a mega evolution stone and began to match it with the picture in the illustration.
"Well, this is the Mega Stone of Ice Demon, it's useless to me; this is the Mega Stone of Gardevoir, it's useful to both of us; this is the Mega Stone of Heracross, uh, let's see if Xiaozhi wants it; this is another Mega Stone of Gardevoir, it seems that we don't have to fight for it; this is the Key Stone, no need to look at it..."
Chapter 355: The Origin Form That Is Hard to Describe
"Okay, the classification is complete. I won't talk about the ones with one mega stone in them, as they are originally complete sets. The ones with two mega stones are Gyarados, Gardevoir, Garchomp, and Lucario. Why do I feel like these mega stones are customized? We gave two mega stones to all the Pokémon we duplicated. As for the key stones, there are a total of five."
After counting the numerous mega stones in front of them, Gongsun Yan and Xue's faces turned a little strange. It was not their fault. After all, it all seemed too coincidental. The two suddenly had no disagreements and could get all the mega stones they needed.
"...Forget it, never mind. These mega stones are in our hands anyway. I will jump in even if there is a pit in front of me." Xue was very open-minded. Looking at the mega stones in front of her, the little stars in her eyes were about to fly out.
"Hehe, you choose first. I don't have any particular mega stones that I need, so you pick the ones you need first!" Gongsun Yan chuckled, gave up his seat, exposed all the mega stones, and let Xue choose.
"Oh, how embarrassing!... Ahem, I won't be polite then!" Xue had been planning to be reserved, but when she saw Gongsun Yan was about to take the mega stone, she jumped over and started picking and choosing as if she was visiting a street stall.
Gongsun Yan didn't say anything when he saw this. He just stood aside with a smile on his face, watching the people picking out mega stones. Although these mega stones were very precious to him, he could still buy them on the market. But it was not the same for Xue. Once she returned to the ancient Xicui area, it would be difficult to find mega stones.
Even now, mega stones are only seen more frequently in the Kalos and Hoenn regions, because these two continents were once connected and mega evolution also originated from these two regions. It is normal that there are more corresponding items. You can see that Daigo in the later period could give novice sets of mega stones and key stones to new trainers he recognized, highlighting his generosity.
"Okay, I'll just take these mega stones. As for the key stones, I'll just take three. The rest are left to you." After picking and choosing in the pile of mega stones for a while, Xue stood up contentedly and gave her seat to Gongsun Yan.
"Huh? Why do you only take so little? You should take half of it!" Gongsun Yan looked at the mega stones on the ground and found that although the mega stones had decreased, it was only a small part. There were still a large number of mega stones on the ground.
"No need. It's good enough for me to have these mega stones. Don't forget that in my era, the Xicui region had not yet had regular exchanges with other continents, and there were not many kinds of Pokémon. Their mega stones would be useless to me. I'd better give them to you!" Xue said nonchalantly.
Gongsun Yan thought about it and felt that it was right. Although there were many special Pokémon on the other side, there were also a large number of Pokémon living in other areas. Even if she had the mega stone, she would not be able to find those Pokémon. No matter how free Palkia was, he would not take Xue to capture Pokémon.
"Then I will accept them without hesitation. I will entrust them to qualified trainers. Although there are only two key stones left, it is not difficult to collect them."
"But don't you really want these mega stones?" Gongsun Yan held five mega stones in his hand and showed them in front of Xue.
These five mega stones are not ordinary stuff, they correspond to Mewtwo X and Mewtwo Y, the two siblings Latias and Latios, and the princess of the Diamond Mining Country, Diancie!
"What do you think? These Pokémon have anything to do with the Xi Cui region. What use are they to me other than taking up space? Just take them!" She gave Gongsun Yan a white look and said in a domineering manner.
"..." Gongsun Yan was also frightened by Xue's sudden queen-like behavior, but he still accepted it and obediently put the mega stones into his backpack.
"Hmm? Looks like it's about time. Nice to meet you. If you ever go to the Sinnoh region, remember to come and see me at my tomb ruins!"
Just after the two of them divided the loot, the space-time of the entire Meteor Village suddenly shook, and time-space distortion would appear soon. Palkia on Xue's waist was also reminding her that the teleportation was about to begin. Xue stood up calmly and began to say goodbye to Gongsun Yan.
"Then you must leave a strong mark in the history of the Sinnoh region. Don't forget to leave your story in the tomb ruins. It would be even better if you can engrave it with an unknown totem." Gongsun Yan also said goodbye to Xue with a smile, and did not forget to tease the other party in his words.
"Hmph, what do you think? There must be a large number of unknown totems placed in my tomb to make sure that those who dare to disturb my peace will never return. I have now collected all the unknown totems. It's just a matter of collecting a few more sets and sprinkling some water." Xue said nonchalantly.
"Here!"
The space-time oscillations in Meteor Village became more and more violent, and the space-time distortion phenomenon began to manifest itself continuously. This was the first time that Gongsun Yan had watched such a scene up close. It seemed as if one bizarre picture after another flashed before his eyes, and mythical beasts such as Groudon bathing in magma and Lugia that could call the wind and rain kept appearing among them.
"Goodbye!" With Xue's final farewell, the Poké Ball on her waist suddenly exploded, and a huge lavender Pokémon appeared in front of Gongsun Yan.
As soon as Palkia appeared, he roared, and a white light covered his body. Then the Pokémon appeared, crawling on all fours, shaped like a centaur. The human part was exactly like Palkia, but he had lost his arms like the Venus de Milo. His whole body was filled with the breath of space.
Gongsun Yan was dumbfounded watching from the side, not because of anything else, but mainly because Palkia's current condition was really hard to describe. Gongsun Yan always felt that Palkia's stylist was found from Toei, and they were all geniuses in the industry.
However, after seeing Dialga's origin form appear in mid-air, Gongsun Yan suddenly felt that Palkia's appearance was much more acceptable.
Chapter 356: Tianguan Mountain, unknown ruins.
"Boom!"
As soon as Palkia and Dialga appeared, they directly used their ultimate skills on each other. The Sub-Space Slash and Time Roar intertwined in mid-air. The aftermath of the moves stimulated the time and space distortion phenomenon to the extreme, which was enough to travel through time and space.
"Hey, I'm giving this Pokémon egg to you. It's the offspring of my Smelly. Let him see this Pokémon world that I've longed for for a long time on my behalf!" Xue took out a lavender Pokémon egg from her waist bag and handed it to Gongsun Yan beside her.
"I understand. I can't tell you about the Hoenn region, but I will lead him to win the Quartz Tournament championship in the Kanto region." Gongsun Yan solemnly took the Pokémon egg from Xue's hand and vowed to train the other party well.
"Then I feel relieved. Let's say goodbye for the last time. Ciao~" Xue said goodbye to Gongsun Yan very casually and walked towards the passage that Palkia had held up for her.
