Pokémon: An Encounter with You

Chapter 469 Hot Spring Ruins

The risk is low, and it can allow trainers to gain certain growth and gains, but the traces of guidance are a little heavy.

"No one is here..."

This road is deep, quiet, and winding. If it weren't for the assistance and analysis of the highly intelligent elf Rotom System, Shi Qiu might not be able to find this semi-public relic.

"Loto is almost here!"

It was almost noon and the sun was already high in the sky.

The entrance to the ruins gradually appeared in front of Shi Qiu.

Although it is called a ruin, it is obviously much more humble than the ruins that blocked the Dark Mewtwo in the simulator's mountain secret realm. The whole thing is embedded in the mountain, and the entrance is built with uneven rocks, which are full of mottled marks of years of erosion.

"It's a bit stuffy. Is it summer in the French District now?"

Even though I was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, it was still uncomfortably hot.

A blue light flashed in Shi Qiu's eyes, and the icy mental power created a light protective film around his body, making him feel much refreshed.

"After calculating Lotom, the humidity and temperature here have exceeded the average values ​​of conventional tropical rainforests. It is suspected to be Lotom unique to this relic!" said the Rotom system.

"It's quite dark inside the ruins. We must be careful of Lotor!"

Manaphy patted his chest, stood on Shi Qiu's head and raised his head: "(It's okay, it's okay, I will protect you!)"

Shi Qiu nodded, and three golden rings suddenly appeared in his hand. They shrank automatically as if they had life and were worn on his wrist, looking like an ordinary, very exotic decoration.

After passing through a long and narrow passage, Shi Qiu, Manaphy, and the Rotom system soon entered a stone chamber hall.

On the surrounding walls, some murals began to appear, which were blurred due to wear and tear over time.

Shi Qiu stopped and watched for a while. It was probably just a simple story about a priest dancing to pray for good weather.

He couldn't figure out anything special about it, so he asked the Rotom system to take a picture and analyze it, then walked around this simple and boring stone chamber twice.

"...Nothing?"

Twenty minutes later, Shi Qiu looked at the ruins with a twitching mouth.

There was absolutely nothing in this room. Everything was flat. Not to mention the key and the door, there wasn't even a protrusion to be seen.

"After scanning, no abnormalities were found, Loto."

Shi Qiu did not give up and used his superpowers and wave energy to sense it again. After confirming that there was nothing special, he sighed and returned to the original place.

wasting time!

No wonder the Alliance was so careless as to just leave this thing here unattended!

It's just an empty shell. Not only is it hard to find, but because of the special environment, even wild elves are reluctant to live here.

They gained nothing but a battle of wits with the air; they had only wasted their time.

After returning to the Pokémon Center and lying on the rest table, Shi Qiu looked at the information that Kemi had transferred to the Rotom system database and had a bad feeling.

Could it be that these things are as useless as the ruins just now?

When he and his friends were adventuring with rings in the Valley of Creation, the ruins did not look like this.

When the young boy was lying on the table with a sad face, he was completely unaware that a small group consisting of three men and one woman not far away was looking at him from time to time.

They looked like they wanted to come over, but were hesitant.

After a while, one of the boys who looked more carefree came over alone.

"Sorry, elves don't exchange, no contact."

After feeling someone sitting down in front of him and staring at him for a long time with a seemingly real gaze, Shi Qiu said lazily.

He was not in a very good mood right now, so he didn't want to be too hypocritical with others.

The most rare thing about carefree people is that they are not embarrassed.

"Hello, my name is Xier, and I'm a coordinator." Xier smiled and greeted as if he hadn't heard what I just said. "Excuse me, are you a coordinator?"

Ah, that was a close call. He thought he was recognized.

Shi Qiu raised his head, looked at the boy in front of him who was about the same age as him, and nodded: "Hello."

Then, use your eyes to silently express your questions.

This boy doesn't look like the type to strike up a conversation casually, so... is he here to challenge me to a fight?

Seeing Shi Qiu's doubts, Xi'er did not keep him in suspense: "We saw you this morning... Um, the information projected by Rotom next to you, from the projected 3D map, it was the "hot spring ruins", right?"

Hot spring ruins?

He immediately thought of the barren and poor place.

"You want to go over?" Shi Qiu asked, sitting up straight.

You can't find the way, so you come here to ask for directions?

As if knowing what Shi Qiu was thinking, Xier shook his head: "We are not looking for you to lead the way, but we want to invite you to join us and explore there together."

"That 'hot spring ruins' doesn't look as simple as it seems."

He was hinting that he knew how to explore the ruins.

Shi Qiu thought quietly for a while, then nodded confidently: "Maybe, I need to get to know you guys?"

Seeing Shi Qiu nod, Xier smiled, and the smile on his face was much more sincere:

"Then let me introduce you to our team."

"Come here! Awu, Lianbi, Ivan!"

Hearing Xier calling them loudly, the three of them looked at each other and walked over.

"Hello."

Xier smiled and introduced the three people one by one: "Awu, the first gym in the French region, the next generation inheritor of the Origin Gym, and a top trainer. Lian Bi, a doctor at the Capital Pokémon Center. And Ivan, a top trainer who ranked 11th in the French region qualifying tournament."

Three boys and one girl, they all seem to be outstanding people.

"As you can see, we are traveling companions. Hmm... maybe it would be more appropriate to say that we are members of the same adventuring group?"

Adventure group?

It was the first time that Shi Qiu heard of this thing.

Looking at Xi'er in front of him, Shi Qiu almost didn't shout out the question "Bennett Adventure Group?"

"You guys want to explore that... 'hot spring ruins'?"

Wu nodded. "That ruins is not as empty as it seems. There is only an entrance there. We have found a way to enter the real 'hot spring ruins'."

Xier pulled the three of them to sit down: "Don't worry, I'll give you a brief introduction of our adventure group and some basic exclusive information about the "Hot Spring Ruins."

"I'm sure you'll be happy to join us."