Chapter 186: Comprehending Unown
Lu Li didn’t know much about Mega Stones. Although he knew which Pokémon could Mega Evolve, he wasn’t familiar with all Mega Stones.
Because when he played the game, he hadn’t encountered the Mega Evolutions of all Pokémon either.
But even so, Lu Li could still recognize one or two.
Like Metagross’s Evolution Stone and Aggron’s Evolution Stone.
Both of these Pokémon were popular Steel-type Pokémon, so it was normal for Lu Li to know them.
“I recognize Aggron and Metagross’s Evolution Stones. What are the other two?” Lu Li looked curiously at the Mega Stones in front of him.
“This one is Mawile’s Evolution Stone, this one is Camerupt’s Evolution Stone, and the remaining one is the Key Stone. You must recognize it, right?” Ekaterina, who was well-informed, asked.
Lu Li nodded.
Of course he knew what the Key Stone was, but Mawile and Camerupt were relatively obscure Pokémon, and he really didn’t know them at first.
“How should we divide this?” Ekaterina asked with a smile.
“I’ll pass. I’m just here to make up the numbers,” Yao Yifei refused first.
“Don’t say that. People who don’t know might think I’m excluding you. Here, this is for you.” Ekaterina stuffed Mawile’s Evolution Stone to Yao Yifei.
Ekaterina said in an unquestionable tone, “As a Gym Leader of the Alliance, you should have exchange privileges, right? You can use this to exchange for a Mega Stone that’s useful to you.”
Yao Yifei didn’t speak, but looked at Lu Li beside her.
Lu Li nodded, indicating that this distribution method was fine.
“I’ll take this one then. Anyway, none of these are useful to me.” Ekaterina picked up Camerupt’s Evolution Stone.
Seeing this scene, Lu Li almost laughed out loud.
“The rest goes to me?” Lu Li asked in disbelief.
The most valuable item here was definitely the Key Stone, but Ekaterina and Yao Yifei already had one.
Next was Metagross’s Evolution Stone. As the Evolution Stone of a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, its value far exceeded the other Evolution Stones.
As for the remaining Aggron’s Evolution Stone, Lu Li also put it away.
He thought of Yu Zhonggang.
If he gave Aggron’s Mega Stone to Yu Zhonggang, the favor between them should be completely settled.
Thinking of this, Lu Li made a decision in his heart.
Seeing this scene, Ekaterina’s mouth curved up slightly.
She did it on purpose.
The longer Lu Li owed the favor, the more valuable it became.
The reason was simple: the stronger Lu Li became, the more valuable his favor naturally would be.
Ekaterina just hoped that Lu Li would cut off favor ties with Yu Zhonggang sooner.
Especially that Yu Lili.
What was Yu Lili? How dare she compare to me with the same stick?
Ekaterina’s pride was never shown on the surface but hidden deep in her bones.
Yao Yifei barely qualified, but only barely, and that was because Yao Yifei’s qualification was good enough.
Of course, Lu Li didn’t know Ekaterina’s scheme. Right now, his mind was all on the Key Stone in his hand.
He would go back and study it carefully. If he could figure out the mystery between the Key Stone and Mega Evolution, maybe he could make those Pokémon that couldn’t Mega Evolve do so.
Thinking of this, Lu Li carefully put it into his Space Backpack.
Only one secret room left.
The second-to-last secret room was already so precious, so what about the last one?
With immense expectation, everyone entered the last secret room.
The layout of the last secret room was very simple. Inside was a book, a huge book forged from gold.
Four ancient characters were engraved on the huge Book of Divine Forging—Book of Divine Forging.
Although the Book of Divine Forging looked very large, all its pages added up to less than a hundred, each page forged from gold with clearly visible engraved text.
And precisely because it was forged from gold, the text on it could be seen by them after countless epochs.
Lu Li curiously opened the thick book, which depicted the laws of the Divine Forging Empire.
Flipping a few more pages back, Lu Li finally saw some other things.
It recorded a Pokémon Item called Universal Umbrella, whose effect was that the Pokémon carrying it would not be affected by Sunny Day or rain?
In addition, it recorded an item called Ability Guard, whose effect was that the Pokémon carrying it would not have its Ability changed by the enemy.
Ekaterina beside him said, “These are all very obscure items, or rather, items that have been lost.”
The second part of the Book of Divine Forging obviously recorded the making methods of various items, but most of them were ancient items that had been phased out.
At the very end, Lu Li frowned at the content on the Book of Divine Forging.
It recorded the making method of an item called Steel Heart.
This item had only one effect: to be offered to the God of Steel. Steel Heart was a kind of food, a food exclusive to Meltan.
Lu Li always felt that this thing was Meltan’s Candy, or rather, the precursor to Meltan’s Candy.
“What an unexpected joy.” Lu Li’s mouth curved up slightly, his eyes full of indescribable joy.
Steel Heart might not have the effect of evolving Meltan, but at least it proved one thing: this world could produce things like Meltan’s Candy.
“Meltan is indeed a Divine Beast that can have a tribe. This is a huge win.” Lu Li whispered in his heart.
In the Pokémon World, Divine Beasts were roughly divided into two types.
The first type were Divine Beasts that mastered the Origin of Laws, the true deities.
The second type were ordinary Divine Beasts, who were innately favored by the laws. They had almost no bottlenecks when reaching their potential limit, and it was easier for them to resonate with the laws, making their skill power far exceed ordinary Pokémon.
Of course, these were just Lu Li’s guesses based on a cultivator’s mindset. The specifics would require actually encountering those Divine Beasts.
“This thing only has archaeological value, and the item knowledge on it only has archaeological value. If you like it, you can take it. We won’t split it.” Ekaterina said beside him.
In this Book of Divine Forging, she was only interested in the Universal Umbrella and Ability Guard. As for that Steel Heart, Ekaterina wasn’t interested.
An item that could be used as food for a Divine Beast was useless for other Pokémon. What was the point?
Those high-and-mighty deities wouldn’t sign a contract with you just because you could cook well.
“Then I won’t hold back.”
Lu Li happily put away the Book of Divine Forging.
This thing might be useless to others, but to him, its value far exceeded the Key Stone.
With the knowledge in this Book of Divine Forging, he would make astonishing progress in localizing Artifact Refining.
In this vast mausoleum, aside from those golden artifacts, the most valuable things were those Mega Stones. There was nothing else.
More importantly, Queen Leona’s mausoleum wasn’t large, at least not comparable to that Steel God Temple.
“Should we open the sarcophagus? Normally, the good stuff in a tomb should be in that sarcophagus.” Ekaterina suggested.
Yao Yifei was also eager to try.
Although doing so was a bit immoral, it made money!
Lu Li gently shook his head: “Forget it. There’s nothing valuable in that sarcophagus.”
Under the scan of Spiritual Sense, the sarcophagus only contained an Iron Man, or more accurately, a person completely wrapped in iron skin.
It was worth mentioning that the human inside was still lifelike, not like someone who had been dead for a long time, but rather like they were sleeping.
If this were in the original world, it would absolutely be an archaeological miracle that shocked the world.
But this was the Pokémon World. Here, preserving a body from decay wasn’t advanced technology, especially since Divine Forging had once been protected by deities.
“However…”
Lu Li looked deeply at the sarcophagus.
The body inside did have issues, or rather, something was off. 40% of the body had been metallized.
Lu Li suspected that thing might be a virus, which was why he stopped Ekaterina and the others from opening the sarcophagus.
“Are you sure there’s nothing good in there?” Ekaterina asked.
Lu Li nodded very confidently.
Of course Ekaterina trusted Lu Li. “Then forget it.”
Giving up on opening the coffin, Ekaterina asked again, “What about the Unown? Didn’t you say there were Unown in this tomb?”
Lu Li said helplessly, “They seem quite shy and don’t want to come out.”
Those Unown were all very weak, only Normal Level, and there were only three Unown here.
Yao Yifei also asked, “So what do we do next?”
“You don’t need to do anything. Leave the rest to me.” After saying that, Lu Li sat cross-legged on the ground.
Observing Unown wasn’t done with the eyes, but with Spiritual Sense perception.
The origins of Unown were very mysterious. If the Pokémon phenomenon was compared to a game, Unown might be the world’s underlying code.
This was one of Lu Li’s guesses.
Another guess was that Unown were the manifestations of the text on the Creation Stone Tablet, representing the world’s underlying rules and the embodiment of World Rules, just like Divine Beasts were the embodiment of world laws.
Lu Li had always been guessing what kind of existence Unown were.
Now he understood.
In Cultivation World terms, Unown were primal Runes, the origin of the Talisman path, the source of all Talismans!
Next, what he had to do was to compare the Runes with these Unown and determine the meaning of each Unown in this world.
Time passed quietly.
Ekaterina and Yao Yifei beside him boredly watched Lu Li, who seemed to be sleeping.
“What is he doing now?” Yao Yifei asked curiously.
Ekaterina replied, “Can’t you tell? He’s meditating!”
“Meditation without Psychic fluctuations?” Yao Yifei rolled her eyes at Ekaterina.
Did she really think she didn’t have Psychic Type Pokémon? Who would believe that?
Ekaterina brushed it off: “Anyway, just know that he’s fine right now.”
This topic couldn’t go on, or this woman would guess the truth.
But could Ideal Power be used like this?
Was this meditation? Or communicating with those Unown?
Ekaterina had always not known the purpose of Lu Li searching for the spatial layer. From the current situation, Lu Li clearly had no intention of capturing these Unown.
So what was Lu Li searching for Unown for? It couldn’t just be to chat with them, right?
“By the way, do you know why Lu Li is going to such lengths to find Unown?” Yao Yifei asked again.
“Why do you talk so much?” Ekaterina rolled her eyes at Yao Yifei.
You ask me, who do I ask?
“This woman doesn’t know Lu Li’s purpose either?” Thinking of this, Ekaterina felt a bit satisfied.
People don’t mind scarcity but inequality. She was afraid that Yao Yifei had treatment she didn’t. Now it seemed Lu Li was quite just, at least not favoring Yao Yifei, this “local.”
“Should we wake him up? I feel like breathing is getting harder here.” Yao Yifei asked.
Although both of their physical fitness was superhuman, they hadn’t fully transcended the human category. Being able to stay in this tomb for so long was all thanks to their physical fitness.
Ekaterina was also a bit troubled. They were both feeling uncomfortable now, and Lu Li, an Elite Level Trainer, would only be worse off.
Thinking of this, Ekaterina quickly pushed Lu Li: “Lu Li, wake up! We need to go!”
Awakened by the shaking, Lu Li slowly opened his eyes. Being interrupted while comprehending rules, he felt a bit annoyed.
This was comprehending the world’s origin rules! In the Cultivation World, even Tribulation Stage cultivators couldn’t have this treatment.
“Let’s leave first.” Lu Li nodded helplessly.
Even outside, his Spiritual Sense could cover the entire tomb, not affecting his continued comprehension of Rule Origin.
After returning to the surface, Lu Li eagerly entered the comprehension state again.
Seeing Lu Li so eager, a trace of worry flashed in Ekaterina’s eyes.
Lu Li’s state was a bit off, very much like an addict.
Burying her worry, Ekaterina and Yao Yifei began setting up a tent nearby. If nothing unexpected happened, they might have to spend the night on Queen Leona’s grave.
The next day.
While eating breakfast, the two women looked worriedly at Lu Li’s tent. Yao Yifei said, “What do we do? Lu Li is still like that.”
“It’s been a whole night. Will something go wrong?” Yao Yifei continued.
“Trust Lu Li.” Ekaterina said helplessly.
“Hm?”
Lu Li, still wanting more, exited the comprehension state.
Something extremely strange happened right under his nose.
Under the coverage of Spiritual Sense, those three Unown strangely disappeared.
It wasn’t that they hid themselves, but they vanished from that tomb, as if they had used Teleport to leave.
“What’s going on? Didn’t they say Unown only learn Hidden Power?” Lu Li muttered puzzledly.
He was certain that the Unown had just used a skill similar to Teleport.
