Chapter 699 The Abyss that Scares All Living Things, the Graveyard of Giant Gods

Gopher hole Gopher hole.

Of course it was dug out by gophers.

But there are two types of gophers in the Pokémon world. One is a brown-furred creature that looks like an enlarged thumb, with a bald head and a big nose that makes it unclear what the lower body is.

The other type is a large mole with black fur and blue stripes with sharp claws.

The difference between them is that the former has a relatively peaceful personality, while the latter... is hard to say.

at this time.

There are few spacious "lots" in the cave.

The person standing in front and staring at Li Xiang was the second type of person, and from the increasingly unfriendly eyes of the other party, he knew that he might have offended it.

It is taboo to rashly introduce wild elves into the territory.

"What, do you want to eat?"

He smiled ingratiatingly and showed the fragrant energy cube in his hand.

However.

"Sigh!"

The screw gopher suddenly screamed, as if ignited by his behavior, and rushed forward waving its shining silver claws!

【Metal Claw】!

But before approaching Li Xiang, two long black-purple shadow claws flew out first, swaying left and right in the narrow cave, and pinned him to the ground at an extremely terrifying speed!

Bang!

Amidst the muffled sound, smoke and dust flew up.

Li Xiang touched the gas mask on his face, and heard the cry of a meow from behind.

"Meow~"

"I'm fine. I may have met the owner of this cave."

He touched its head, and the Shield Sword Monster underneath him dragged the unconscious Screw Gopher over with his silk hands.

It can be seen from the instant kill of the Shadow Claw that this guy's energy level is definitely not high, so he probably can't break through the protection of the protective suit.

"Wake up, brother? Sister? The sun will rise in a while."

He patted the screw gopher on the face. The latter froze for a few seconds before opening his eyes blankly.

"Caw? Caw!"

The screw gopher's eyes widened, and he jumped up suddenly as if he was greatly stimulated. He raised his paws and tried to scratch his face!

Unfortunately, as soon as it jumped up, the latter grabbed its head and pinched it in the air like a basketball.

The sharp claw also fell on his arm.

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The sharp claws grazed the protective suit, making a harsh sound of metal friction, and even sparks flew.

The two sides froze in place, watching each other fall into a brief silence.

Then, the screw gopher was the first to start to panic, and his small body began to struggle, trying to escape from someone's grasp.

But I didn't expect that the opponent's hand was so strong that it couldn't break free at all.

Is this really human?

The screw gopher recalled what he had seen and heard in the past, and found that the human beings in his impression were not equivalent to the guy in front of him who could not see his appearance clearly.

At least the attack can't be useless.

Just when it was in panic, Li Xiang took off the gas mask on his face and showed a "kind" smile.

"It seems like there's nothing you can do against me. In that case, can I ask you to be a tour guide?"

"This irritable screw-gopher classmate?"

The screw gopher was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded tremblingly.

Someone nodded with satisfaction.

"It would be great if you could understand. Don't worry, I will pay you."

Fifteen minutes later.

Under the leadership of this "local" mole, Li Xiang was finally no longer like a headless fly who couldn't even tell the difference between up, down, left and right, and could head deeper into the ground at a faster speed.

Many collapsed places could be easily dug up.

On the way, he did not forget to ask him about the recent events in the Titan Palace in order to get more information.

Emperor Yan's side only has the previous contents of the Titan Palace, which is not enough to support the current actions.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

Through Luo's translator, he learned that Screwtape was not a wild Pokémon in this area. It got lost while traveling here with its trainer, and had nowhere to go, so it had to live in this place that made it feel... A place of fear.

I look forward to the day when its trainer can pick it up.

That's right.

The Screw Gopher thinks this mountain is scary, and even gets scarier the further down it goes. It never goes very deep, and basically only walks around the mountain.

There are very few wild Pokémon in the mountains, so it always lives alone.

Let's talk about what happened in the Titan Palace recently...

Based on its knowledge, it should have heard it from the Pokémon of the staff. They dug down another layer and discovered many interesting things, so the recent underground palace was very busy.

"Two groups of strangers came one after another?"

Li Xiang pricked up his ears.

"Yes, it said that the previous group of strangers left with a lot of things, and the new group just arrived this morning. They walked around underground and then went up."

Translator Luo paused and asked, "Is there something wrong with these people?"

"possible."

He rubbed his brows and said, "Otherwise, there is no reason for such a coincidence. They just came to Yandi in the morning and they felt something strange down there? I don't know where these people come from."

"Dark matter puppet?"

"Not necessarily. Emperor Yan also said before that it may have nothing to do with dark matter. It may be sent by normal members within the North American Association."

Just like Xiaozhi triggers the mechanisms of some ancient ruins, the reaction to mysterious forces may not be all caused by dark matter. Is it unusual for people to develop ancient ruins normally and come into contact with mysterious powers?

Moreover, if they are internal members of the North American Association, they should not be infiltrated by dark matter. The previous lesson should have caused them to undergo an internal purge.

He tried to think of things in a positive light, but he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart.

But no matter what, you will understand if you see it with your own eyes, no matter what kind of monsters they are.

soon.

Screw Gopher followed his instructions and found an underground secret room that had not yet been discovered.

It is said that due to geological subsidence and the non-main palace, we gave up the effort to continue the excavation.

Perhaps it would be more valuable for researchers to first find out how deep the Titan's Palace is.

There is no need to waste manpower on such a common little temple.

According to what Screw Gopher said, there are not many members of the North American Association stationed here, not even a hundred.

As for the depth and location, it can only be said that it is not far from the surface. The screw gophers have a really poor sense of space and cannot clearly express their location at all.

"The ancient palace... This is my first time in such a place."

Li Xiang got out of the narrow hole and took a long breath, feeling that his body and mind were liberated.

After stretching his sore muscles, he put back the knocked-out wall tiles and glanced around.

There was no doubt that it was pitch black all around, and night vision goggles were needed to see things roughly.

To the east... It should be the east side. There is a deep arched door that should lead to other places.

There is a way out.

There were many bottles, cans and ironware on the ground, which looked dirty.

Artifacts from ten thousand years ago should be quite collectible, right? Give two pieces back to grandpa?

Li Xiang vaguely remembered that the old man had such hobbies, but they were mostly street vendors. Let’s wait until we get back. Besides, it’s not easy to get these bottles and cans.

He looked at the ceiling, trying to find the wild Pokémon living here, such as Sonic Bat or Rolling Bat.

But it doesn't exist here.

There are no disgusting spider webs or traces of Pokémon activity on it, just dust and poisonous gas filling every corner.

If he didn't have a gas mask, he would probably have jumped into the street after staying here for five minutes.

Relatively speaking, steel-type Pokémon don't care much about these poisonous gases for humans, so they can do whatever they want.

"I can't even see what's on the wall."

He frowned, gave up deciphering the words on the wall, and released both Entei and Vulcan Moth from the elf ball.

After the big lion landed, it habitually shook its long, silky hair.

"Is it okay?" 』

The first thing it asked was about Li Xiang's state. It seemed that someone's mood had changed while drilling the hole.

The latter said that he had no problem, praised the cat leader and took it back, and the one who released it again was Lucario.

certainly.

I didn’t forget the promised reward.

"Sigu?"

The screw gopher looked at the energy cube that Li Xiang gave it, with a slightly confused expression.

This guy has obviously never eaten this stuff.

"food."

Li Xiang pinched a little, opened its mouth and stuffed it in. "It tastes pretty good. I hope you can eat it smoothly. I can only give you these."

"Sigh."

The screw gopher smacked his lips, feeling the taste in his mouth, and his eyes shone slightly.

Then he couldn't wait to stuff all the energy cubes into his mouth.

It seems that its ability to absorb food is not strong.

He hesitated and asked the Screw Gopher to stay here and wait for his return if there was nothing else.

It's okay if he didn't meet him, but he really couldn't ignore it when he met a Pokémon that had separated from its trainer and was thinking about him.

Maybe it’s because Ms. Yin’s blood is flowing on her body?

"Sigu?"

Screw Gopher didn't quite understand what Li wanted to do, but since he was still willing to give him food, he agreed.

aside.

Emperor Yan, who had seen everything, silently withdrew his gaze.

Get down to business.

The light of the Vulcan Moth's wings illuminated the surroundings, allowing Li Xiang to see the surrounding scene clearly.

"Ah, unknown totem."

At the top of the wall, he saw many huge black letters with eyes.

Although it seems to be just a pattern, the existence of the unknown totem is too weird, and no one can tell whether it is a living thing.

By the way, has anyone in this world figured out the secret of the unknown totem?

Most likely not.

The crowds of unknown totems in the animation background are very impressive. The Emperor of the Crystal Tower even constructed an absurdly powerful Emperor Yan, as well as a colorful world.

"What's written on it?"

Li Xiang turned around and asked Yan Emperor that he couldn't understand the meaning of the letters above.

After all, there isn't even a sentence break, so I don't know where to start.

Emperor Yan raised his head slightly, and after staring for a long time, he said helplessly: "I can't understand." 』

"You don't understand either?"

"I'm not Yukoshi, so how can I know all the knowledge in the world?" 』

It responded quite confidently.

But what he said was indeed true. It was not easy for Yan Emperor, a big lion who said very little at first sight and was aloof, to talk so much to him.

Li Xiang silently took pictures of these patterns and left here with Emperor Yan.

According to the Screw Gopher, this place is very close to the ground, so it must be going downwards.

"Is there a trap here?"

Before he stepped out of the arched door, he turned his head and asked.

Emperor Yan asked, "Why do you think there is a trap?" 』

"To keep out intruders, of course."

"...The little clay dolls and giant clay dolls were originally designed to be used as laborers, and guards were also responsible for their duties. 』

"That's it."

Li Xiang felt relieved and crossed the arched door to a long tunnel.

He looked around and could see that there were many similar rooms in the same row, which made him guess whether he was in the guard's dormitory.

"Where to go?"

"I don't know. 』

"..."

"..."

Li Xiang and Emperor Yan stared at each other.

You don’t even know how to go!

"Can't you... use your mental power to sweep it? Like Mewtwo did?"

"I don't have that kind of ability. I find that you seem to think that I am a little too omnipotent. There are many things that I cannot do. Unless it's blasted all the way. 』

ah.

There is such a thing.

He looked at Vulcan Moth, with a somewhat unknown meaning in his eyes, as if he was questioning whether the other party knew that Big Brother was so "useless".

The big moth was irritated by this look, and flew over to bite the few bangs that Li wanted to expose.

"Eh? Eh? Where did you learn that? Stop! Stop! Stop talking!"

He shouted repeatedly, but was finally spared by the helpless Emperor Yan's words, and the Vulcan Moth bit him not too hard.

Really are.

Why are these Pokémon so interested in his hair? One or two.

"Gouzi, help me."

Li Xiang waved his hand, lifted his hat and rubbed his sore scalp.

Lucario whined and stepped forward. At first he thought he wanted to rub it for him, but then he realized it was a [Waveguide Map].

Not too many beeps, it closed its eyes, hairballs like earrings flew up, and the invisible fluctuations suddenly dispersed.

But not long after they dispersed, it frowned.

I don't know why the power of the waveguide is limited here, and both the range and accuracy are greatly weakened.

But luckily I can find a way.

"Ouch~"

It barked softly and ran in a certain direction.

Li Xiang and Emperor Yan nodded to each other and followed quickly.

As a former city, the Titan Palace naturally has stairs leading to the underground, but they are a bit dilapidated and look like they will break if stepped on.

To be honest, he and Emperor Yan had already stepped on a lot of floor tiles just now. After all, they didn't expect them to be so brittle.

They are all precious history left by human civilization!

Guilty sin.

So facing the steps that were likely to collapse, Li Xiang chose to let Emperor Yan use his ability to step into the air to guide him.

"……also. 』

Emperor Yan agreed, even though as an immortal species it did not understand the concept of cultural inheritance.

Straight down.

The second floor still had a row of arched doors, which made Li Xiang feel more and more like they had dug into the workers' dormitories.

Neither the giant clay doll nor the little clay doll was seen, and I don’t know why.

Down again.

After going down four floors, there was no way. It seemed that the dormitory building was only 40% high, and the rest of the building was blocked by mud.

There is nowhere to go.

"what to do?"

Li Xiang looked at Emperor Yan, and Emperor Yan also looked at him, "Dig, there's no need to ask." 』

dig?

If a temporary hole is dug in the wrong place and collapses, will I be buried in it? It collapsed more than once just now, almost scaring him to death.

Moreover, he really didn't want to try the miserable feeling he had before, it was so narrow and dark, it was so nerve-wracking!

But just when he was about to say something, the cry of the screw gopher came from behind.

"Sigh!"

After all, this guy was not a peaceful Pokémon. He hadn't seen such an interesting existence like Li Xiang for a long time, so he couldn't help but follow him.

Faced with the current predicament, it volunteered to clear the way for him and expressed its willingness to dig down for him and provide him with food.

Being so proactive, it seemed inappropriate for Li Xiang to be pretentious, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement and said:

"Would it be too difficult for you alone? I'll ask the cat boss to help you -"

The words have not yet finished.

A bright blue light lit up on the screw gopher, and the dazzling fireflies wandered back and forth.

Li Xiang:"???"

How come it evolved? What a coincidence, right?

He turned his head to look at Emperor Yan, who didn't quite understand what he was looking at and tilted his head.

All right.

It's probably not this guy's fault.

After waiting for five seconds, the light of evolution dimmed, revealing a larger, handsome white-faced mole with a diamond on its head.

There were three scar-like marks on its chest.

"Duo Liu~"

The dragon-headed gopher looked at his body in surprise. He didn't seem to realize that he had just evolved. This made Li Xiang have to waste some time to explain to this guy what happened to him.

After listening to this, this guy nodded as if he understood, and then said that he would not think about that and would talk about it later.

Quite dedicated.

Then again, after the screw gopher evolved into the dragon head gopher, the efficiency of digging holes was indeed much higher.

Even though the hole he dug was still not big enough, he could still lie on top of the Shield Sword Monster and move forward.

The longer the cave is made, the more time it will take.

"I made a big sacrifice this time."

Li Xiang felt his heartbeat expanding again and sighed silently, thinking that it was really hard to be the savior.

Dig all the way down.

Not long after.

The dragon-headed gopher dug up something big, a giant clay doll made entirely of bronze with a dull body, about three meters in size.

"I heard that this thing needs to be activated to wake up. How to activate it? It can't be 'cultivated' without activation, right?"

Li Xiang patted the giant clay doll's body with great interest, and a dull clanking sound came from inside.

The clay giants unearthed from the ruins are divided into [activated] and [inactivated]. The activated clay giants are ordinary clay giants, and the inactive ones are like "dead" in front of you.

The inner energy has not yet become active and is not enough to support the activities of its huge body. The outside world has so far failed to find a reasonable activation method.

Nine times out of ten, it's just luck and has no reference value.

"I am not sure as well. But if you want to conquer, do it as soon as possible. But it’s not far from dawn. If we don’t get anything, we’ll go back early. 』

The elf ball shook slightly, and the voice of Emperor Yan came from inside.

"I have no interest in this kind of Pokémon. Not to mention that it takes time to activate it. Even if it is activated, there is no time to cultivate it..."

He retracted his hand regretfully. Although it would be awkward to pick it up or not, you have to be responsible for raising a Pokémon.

At present, he has no idea of ​​​​cultivating Pokémon like Goliath.

Catch it and give it to someone you know? If he doesn't care, there will always be people who care...

This is possible.

Li Xiang nodded and decided to follow Sanguang's idea and take out the elf ball to get it back.

Unexpectedly, before he could take action, the dragon-headed gopher dug up another one not far away.

Still not "activated".

"Another one? Is this an arsenal?"

He looked at the newly dug giant clay doll with some confusion and looked at the dragon-headed gopher.

This guy seemed to be excited about digging, and he was digging around. After a while, he dug out a bunch of giant clay dolls, and there were also little clay dolls with them.

It's just that they are all inactive existences without exception.

The scene suddenly became a little weird.

"Arsenal? Or...a graveyard of failed products of giant clay dolls and little clay dolls?"

Li Xiang looked at these sleeping giant clay dolls and suddenly realized that without exception, they all had some physical defects.

I didn't look carefully just now.

Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I can see that either their hands are of different lengths, or they have cracks on their bodies, or they have flaws on their faces.

Maybe I didn't pick up the leak, but saw the abandoned "soldier" recycling bin of ancient humans.

Hiss——