Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

Chapter 780 Random Relics

Hao lowered his head and had to follow Yang Ming to Suiyi Town.

"Brother, I want to go too!"

When he heard that Yang Ming was going to adventure in the Suiyi Ruins, Kebin, the new brother who had just been fooled by him, volunteered to go with him. At this time, he was wearing tattered clothes full of patches, and he was completely different from the noble young man he dressed when he first came to Shenhe Town.

Yang Ming looked at Kebin, who was dressed like a beggar, and was speechless for a moment.

"I'm imitating the poor guy and absorbing his essence!" Kebin said confidently, "After fighting with you, big brother, I realized that my identity as a member of the Temple Clan is useless. The poor guy is still the most powerful!"

"Okay, do whatever you want..." Yang Ming had nothing to say. He didn't expect that his words could fool him like this.

Early the next morning, the group set out for Suiyi Town. Suiyi Town is located in the central part of the Sinnoh region, adjacent to the big city of Jiayuan City. It is a small town that is relatively easy to be overlooked.

But when Yang Ming and his group arrived there, they found a large group of people gathered in the middle of the road.

Yang Ming frowned and signaled Hao to go forward to gather information.

After a while, Hao returned from the crowd.

"Teacher, I've asked the townspeople. There seems to be a disappearance problem here lately. Villagers and Pokémon often disappear for no apparent reason. They said this is the 47th victim this month."

Yang Ming's face darkened. It was not a good sign to encounter such a thing just after arriving here.

"Teacher, do you want us to help investigate?" asked Hao.

"That's the job of the local police, we have our own things to do."

Having said that, Yang Ming still kept this matter in mind. He always felt that the disappearances here were probably not a coincidence.

The Black Gold Gym Leader, Piaotai, had been waiting at the entrance of the Suiyi Ruins for a long time, and with him came a big man with a full beard.

"This is Mr. Taro, the mountain trail expert," Hyota introduced. "He's an expert in excavating underground worlds, and he's also our guide for this operation."

Taro nodded to everyone and said in a muffled voice, "This random ruin has a complex terrain and many traps. Everyone, follow closely."

"Mr. Taro, you seem very familiar with the environment here," Yang Ming began to subtly ask him questions shortly after entering the ruins. "It seems you are more familiar with this place than the locals in Suiyi Town."

"No, no," Taro said with a simple smile. "Actually, I was digging a tunnel outside of Veil City. I wanted to dig a new passage to the underground world, but I ended up digging through the same road between Veil City and Suiyi Town. I stumbled upon the Suiyi Ruins, so I decided to focus on digging at the Suiyi Ruins to uncover its secrets."

"From Veil City to Suiyi Town? It's really a very long tunnel." Yang Ming knew how big the project was, and at the same time he became more and more curious about the Suiyi ruins.

The group continued to go deeper and did not encounter any wild Pokémon along the way.

"This is unusual," Kobin said, a little surprised. "Normally, a remote ruin like this should be home to many wild Pokémon."

Piao Tai and Hao Wu also thought it made sense, but only Yang Ming knew the reason behind it.

Because this is a ruin occupied by an unknown totem, just like the Alufu ruins in the Johto region, there will be no other wild Pokémon here.

After walking for a while, they came to a fork in the road. In front of them stood three stone chambers.

"Sure enough, the structure here is the same as the Alufu Ruins."

Yang Ming had once been to the Alufu ruins in the Johto area and knew that the owner of the ruins would set up various mechanisms here to test intruders.

"There are three doors here, and only one of them leads to the next floor. Let's go in and take a look separately." Hao suggested.

At this moment, Cattleya, who had been silent all the way, suddenly pulled Yang Ming to her side.

"I walked through this door with him."

Before anyone could react, Cattleya pulled Yang Ming and opened one of the doors.

"What are you doing?" Yang Ming was about to question her, but found himself in a narrow secret room with nothing around him.

"Tsk, did you choose the wrong door?"

"I didn't make the wrong choice," Cattleya suddenly said, "Before coming in, I used my supernatural powers to sense that there might be something extraordinary here."

"Something extraordinary?" Yang Ming's face changed, and he immediately used his Changpan power to explore the surroundings.

Although the Viridian Power couldn't find treasures, it had the ability to detect where Pokémon lived. Soon, he made a significant discovery.

In this small room, there are countless unknown totems densely packed together. They are all embedded in the mezzanine, with weak breath, and seem to be dormant.

"As long as I trigger the mechanism, these guys should all wake up." Yang Ming thought to himself.

At the same time as he discovered this secret, Cattleya, with her own super powers, gradually found the possible location of the treasure.

"This is it!" Just as Cattleya was about to trigger the mechanism and take out the treasure buried in the secret compartment, she was stopped by Yang Ming.

"Don't act too hastily," Yang Ming said solemnly. "I've encountered similar ruins in Johto. As soon as you remove the 'treasure,' the wild Pokémon hiding in the ruins will be awakened and launch a relentless siege on us."

After hearing this, Cattleya immediately stopped what she was doing and asked, "Then what should we do now?"

"Based on my past experience, the power of the unknown totem should be very limited. However, the problem is that this space is filled with various traps and mechanisms. If we clash with the location totem, I'm afraid the ruins will collapse immediately," Yang Ming analyzed. "So, let's not act rashly now. Let's search the entire ruins before making a decision."

Cattleya nodded, indicating that she would listen to Yang Ming in everything.

So Yang Ming secretly made a mark and left the room with Cattleya.

Outside, the other two groups of people had already been waiting there.

Hyota and Hao's group also found nothing. The room they entered was empty and they found nothing. However, Taro and Kebin found the passage to the next floor.

"let's go!"

And when they reached the next floor, what came into view was another fork in the road.

Faced with the three doors in front of him, Yang Ming decided not to act separately.

"Let's go in together and search each door one by one. This way we shouldn't miss anything."