Pokémon Devil King

Chapter 370 Meteorite Fragments

A female researcher in her early thirties stepped off the ship, her eyes dark and swollen, clutching a cup of coffee that had long since gone cold.

She looked at Jiuji, her gaze lingering for a moment on his overly youthful appearance.

Then, her gaze swept over Pichu on Jiuji's shoulder, the dazed-looking Daidai beside her, and the Ugly Fish quietly gazing at the sea.

"This way, please. I'm Flora."

Researcher Flora turned to the side, her tone revealing the anxiety of long hours spent working late into the night.

"The collection point is located 15 degrees east of the tidal vortex, with a water depth of about 62 meters."

"At low tide, the top of the reef will be exposed above the water, but the place where the energy is most concentrated is in a rock crevice 58 meters underwater."

As she said this, she took a big gulp of cold coffee.

“Last week, we sent two teams of divers.”

"The first group was swept away by the abnormal water flow, but fortunately they cut their safety rope in time and were saved."

"The second group took two goldfish kings down, but the goldfish kings refused to approach the target rock crevice."

"The Goldfish King refused?" Jiuji grasped the key point.

"Yes."

Researcher Flora pressed her lips into a straight line.

"The King Goldfish is well-trained and will never disobey orders unless it senses a clear danger that could be fatal."

"We speculate that there may be something deep inside that crevice that all Water-type Pokémon instinctively reject, or perhaps the situation is too complicated."

Her gaze finally settled on the dazed creature at Jiuji's feet.

"Your..."

"Dumbshell Beast".

Jiuji answered calmly.

Researcher Flora opened her mouth, the question "Would Slowbro even work?" rolled on her tongue, but she swallowed it back down.

He simply brought up the control panel of the diving equipment and quickly swiped through a few confirmation commands.

"Safety first."

"If even your Pokémon cannot get close, please retreat immediately."

Jiuji extended his right hand, on which was a state-of-the-art wristwatch capable of rapidly receiving any data.

"Leave it to me. Where is the crevice?"

Flora paused for a moment, then quickly operated the terminal to send the map over.

A blue light appeared on the Jiuji watch.

The marker point is less than 800 meters away from the coastline, but it is located right in the heart of the most turbulent undercurrent at the edge of the whirlpool.

"Coordinates have been synchronized."

"The diving equipment is in the aft cabin of the shuttle boat, and the oxygen reserve is enough for three hours."

“Okay.” Jiuji walked towards the rear cabin.

Pichon leaped lightly off her left shoulder and landed on the railing.

Underwater, it can accidentally injure teammates, so even if you can swim, you can only stay on the boat.

6:17.

The tide level dropped to its lowest point of the day.

The sharp points of the reefs pierce the sea surface, revealing their jagged edges that have been polished by the waves for thousands of years.

The surface is covered with dark brown barnacles and dead coral skeletons.

Jiuji stood in knee-deep water.

The wetsuit clung tightly to the body's contours, with the mask pushed up to the top of the forehead.

My gaze fell on the dangerous waters ahead, marked by navigation lights.

"stay."

A warm sensation came from my feet.

Daidai had somehow moved from the boat into the water.

"Let's go." Jiuji put his hand on Daidai's shoulder.

He blinked blankly.

Use your mental power to firmly fix a person to your back.

The world was divided in two.

The sounds of the wind on the shore and Pichola's faint calls were all swallowed by the sea.

All that remained was the rhythmic sound of breathing.

Visibility was extremely poor.

The beam of the helmet-mounted spotlight was broken into countless weak fragments by suspended particles at a depth of five meters underwater.

As the 9th astronaut slowed his descent, the numbers on his wristwatch screen ticked steadily: 8m, 12m, 17m...

Suddenly, the undercurrent on the left became turbulent.

She turned her head.

The ugly fish had somehow swum up to her side.

It turned its head and glanced back at Jiuji out of the corner of its eye.

Then, the ugly fish gently swam its tail and swam to a position half a body length in front of the silly fish.

It began to lead the way.

The light in the deep sea is growing increasingly faint.

The watch shows a water depth of 34 meters.

The crevice in the rock, which the Goldfish King supposedly refused to approach, was still twenty-four meters away.

The water flow loses its unified direction here, with tributaries and undercurrents attacking from different angles.

Thirty-eight meters.

Forty-two meters.

The numbers on the wristwatch jumped silently in the dim light.

Jiuji could feel the tearing sensation of the surrounding water growing stronger.

The dazed psychic power steadily protected her, but outside that pale purple light membrane, the water was twisting and spinning at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming countless tiny eddies.

The ugly fish is still swimming in the lead.

The long-term training has paid off.

Each flick of its tail fin precisely cuts into the turbulent oncoming current, and its body turns slightly to the side, just enough to slip through the gap between the two undercurrents.

Forty-seven meters.

The darkness ahead suddenly became even thicker.

The ugly fish suddenly stopped.

It turned its head and looked at Jiuji with its black bean-like eyes.

Then, gently exhale a string of bubbles towards a certain point in the distance.

The bubbles did not rise.

They were swept along by a horizontal undercurrent and drifted towards the rock wall on the left.

The moment it touched the rock wall, the bubble suddenly dissipated and disappeared into the darkness.

Jiuji saw the “huge thing” clearly.

It is a crevice in the rock.

It is wide enough for two people to walk side by side, but extremely low in height.

It splits horizontally from the cliff of the underwater mountain range, with pale coral skeletons attached to the edges of the crevice.

This is the target location.

The watch shows: water depth 53 meters.

There are still five meters to go before the bottom of the crevice.

Ugly Fish did not hesitate.

It swam towards the entrance of the rock crevice, flicking its tail fin.

Daidai slowly sank down, carrying Jiuji to the top of the rock crevice.

The spotlight beam pierced deep into the crevice, revealing only densely packed reef protrusions and sediment, and the occasional fleeting, tiny phosphorescent glow.

The energy stone collection point is located at the deepest part of the rock crevice.

The ugly fish first poked its head into the crack, remained still for a few seconds, and seemed to be sensing something.

Then it retracted its head and gently swayed its tail fin.

It moved into the depths little by little, clinging to the bottom of the rock crevice at an extremely slow pace.

Jiuji narrowed his eyes slightly.

They tried to find something in the darkness, but clearly, there were no other Pokémon here.

[Dumb, protect the Ugly Fish.]

【it is good. 】

The ugly fish paused for a moment deep in the crevice of the rock.

Then it suddenly accelerated, its tail fin thrashing continuously, and quickly retreated from the crack.

It swam up to Jiuji and opened its mouth.

A tiny pebble, about the size of a fingernail and gleaming with a faint blue light, was gently spat out of its mouth.

The pebbles slowly fell into Jiuji's outstretched palm.

Meteorite fragments.

This is the first piece.

After confirming that Jiuji had collected the rubble, Ugly Fish turned around and swam back towards the entrance of the crevice.

This time, it was even faster.

Nine Eras did not stop it.

She watched silently as the figure disappeared into the darkness of the crack, the numbers on her wristwatch ticking steadily: 15 seconds, 22 seconds, 31 seconds—