As written in the books on historical sites and scenic spots in various places that I have read before, the population of Shenhe Town is not large. However, since entering the town, Qingliu feels as if he is walking on an illusory and blurry road just walking on the main road of the town. The feeling of the years.
Not only are some of the buildings full of quaint atmosphere, but also the residents of the town, some of whom wear very ancient clothes, and some even have impressions of Qingliu.
That was the scene carved on the mural of the ruins that I had seen during the week I wandered around the ruins.
Dorasena noticed Aoyagi's eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, and asked with a smile: "Do you have a special feeling?"
"Yes."
"It's like going back to ancient times." Du next to him was also looking at the surrounding scene.
Hearing the answer, Dorasena's face filled with a brighter smile and said: "I had the same feeling as you when I first saw these scenes. According to the residents of the town, God and the town are The oldest town in the Sinnoh region has existed since the birth of the land of Sinnoh."
Upon hearing this, Watari's pupils could not help but dilate slightly, and he looked at Dora Sena again with a questioning look. He took a deep breath after seeing her nod again.
It has existed since the birth of the continent. Doesn't that mean that it is countless times older than the history of the dragon cave of the Dragon Master clan?
Coupled with the significance of the other party's behavior of specifically waiting for Aoyagi and then calling him out, the "identification and message" for Aoyagi had little to do with him and the meeting, which was not cold at all, became slightly interested. .
From the previous conversations along the way, he had learned that this was not only the hometown of Miss Sirona and Dora Sena, but also the current Sinnoh champion Long Granny also spent some time in retreat here.
Considering the historical background of Shenhe Town, does it mean that there is any special significance here?
Compared to Du's shock, Qingliu was not too surprised.
At this moment, his eyes were looking at some ancient stone buildings in the open space not far from the roadside.
[Detected the existence of ancient traces and started exploring... currently exploring...]
[The target has been locked...]
[Shenhe Temple detected...exploring...]
[Exploration progress: 0%...1%...4%...4%...]
Then he turned around and looked straight ahead, at a very ancient-looking ancestral hall in the center of the town.
[The existence of ancient traces has been detected, and the target has been locked...]
[Shenhe Ancestral Hall detected...exploring...]
[Exploration progress: 0%...10%...20%...40%...40%...40%...]
"really……"
Seeing that the exploration progress of the panel almost stopped at one part, Qingliu sighed helplessly.
It is indeed ancient, but unfortunately it is too broken. There is no ancient relic or item that can be called "complete", let alone the number of summons.
It was at this time that a somewhat old but extremely powerful voice suddenly sounded.
"Little guy, you seem to be sighing? Why, are you disappointed with the history of Shenhe Town?"
Hearing this, Qingliu turned his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound.
An old man wearing a white research coat, slightly short in stature, almost a quarter shorter than Dora Sena, and about the same age as Dr. Yamanashi, walked over slowly from a distance with his hands in his pockets.
"Dr. Mustard."
Dorasena noticed the visitor, greeted them with great respect, then introduced each other's identities to Aoyagi and Watari, and was about to introduce Aoyagi and Watari.
Jie Zilan waved her hands, her eyes fell on Aoliu, and asked: "I know everyone, Yulongdu in the Kanto region, and you are Aoliu, right? My granddaughter asked me to help the little girl with ancient and strange Pokémon. Guy?"
Qingliu nodded and said sincerely: "Yes, it's me. I'm very grateful to Miss Sirona and Dr. Jie Zilan for their help at that time."
"There is no need to say these things. I only helped you because my precious granddaughter finally asked me for help."
Having said this, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Jie Zilan's originally serious face. She came to Qingliu, gently touched Qingliu's stomach with her elbow, and said in a very light voice.
"I can make my granddaughter, who has been independent since childhood, ask me for help. Tell me honestly, where are you two now? Holding hands? Or hugging?"
Qingliu was slightly surprised by the sudden change of topic and the personality of the other party that was not in line with the conventional elderly, and said: "Dr. Jie Zilan, you misunderstood, Miss Sirona and I..."
"Not holding hands?"
"no……"
"So you hugged me?"
"No, it's not what you think at all."
"I see."
Jie Zilan pinched her chin and said thoughtfully and a little heavily: "I didn't expect that you guys would reach that point so quickly. Alas... but it's normal. After all, she is already a grownup."
Hearing this, Dorasena kept her smiling expression, but Watari, who was standing next to Qingliu, couldn't help but be a little shocked again.
Unexpectedly, the other party was not only stronger than me in the training of dragon-type Pokémon, but also far ahead in this aspect, and she was also Ms. Sirona who was being specially trained by Granny Long.
In response, Qingliu chose not to speak anymore.
The character of the person in front of her was "much livelier" than what she remembered, and she could completely misinterpret any words she said to mean something else.
Compared to this kind of joke, Aoyagi was more curious about the other party's purpose of coming to him - Dora Sena had said something important before.
What important things do you want to tell someone like yourself who you have never met before?
Just when he was about to ask, Jie Zilan quickly raised his hand to interrupt Qingliu's opening of his mouth: "I know what you want to say, but before that, you should answer my original question first, right? What is sighing? mean?"
Hearing this, Qing Liu slightly looked down at Jie Zilan who was standing opposite.
At this moment, Jie Zilan's face had completely lost the heaviness it had before, and was replaced by full seriousness.
Combined with the other party's inquiry that sounded like an elder and a lively atmosphere, Qingliu said after a moment of silence: "The theoretical history of Shenhe Town is indeed very long, but in fact, the things that can support research were developed thousands of years ago. It has been dated, and all that remains now are some incomplete information from that time.”
The expressions of Dora Sena next to him and Watari, who had just heard about the long history, suddenly changed, especially Dora Sena, who turned directly to look at Jie Zilan.
In front of the residents of a place that has a long history and is proud of it, publicly saying that the other party's history has been eradicated, and what is left now is just the tatters of the time. This is undoubtedly a very contradictory statement.
But unexpectedly, Dorasena found that Mustard Lan didn't have any angry expression after hearing this, and even...
She also saw a hint of happiness inside.
? ? ?
What's going on?
This can't help but make Dora Sena a little worried. Is Dr. Jie Zilan mad?
"Dr. Jie Zilan..."
Dorasena opened her mouth tentatively, but before she could finish speaking, Mustard Lan interrupted her directly.
"Don't talk."
After that, he looked straight at Qingliu: "Go on and tell me everything you know. No matter what it is, I will directly guarantee to the Sinnoh Alliance in my name that you have no fault in this incident." question."
Since the other party has already mentioned this, Qingliu has nothing to hesitate about. As a scholar of Sinnoh mythology and history, the other party must naturally know many things that ordinary people do not know.
Asking questions like this now is like a test for yourself.
If you just guarantee yourself that "I have no problem with this incident", then it will be clear who has the problem...
Qingliu glanced at Du.
Then he continued: "The history of Shenhe Town is indeed very long, but since the Xicui period thousands of years ago, Shenhe Town has ceased to exist, so let alone the beginning of the birth of the mainland, Shenhe Town has It is possible for the town to exist.
"But this does not mean that the residents of the town and Ms. Dora Sena are lying. According to the information I know, Shenhe Town is most likely to be the inheritance of the town with the same sound as "Shenhe". It is based on the disappeared "Shenhe" rebuilt on.
"For those who study ancient culture and history, this is not a big difference, but strictly speaking, this small difference may mean that something important is missing..."
Before Qingliu could finish speaking, Jie Zilan had already taken over and said, "I just sighed when I saw those dilapidated ruins when I was passing by. I knew they were ancient ruins but couldn't place them completely and couldn't study them in depth, right? "
Dorasena, who was on the side, looked at Jie Zilan, whose face was full of excitement at this moment, with an expression full of disbelief.
Even though Dr. Jie Zilan is a bit off-kilter at times, judging from the period of contact with her, she is very serious and solemn when it comes to matters related to ancient history. This is the first time I have seen such a completely different her.
And this change started when Qingliu said the two words "wash green".
"What is Xicui...?"
Hearing this title again, Jie Zilan woke up from her excitement and said, "That is the name of the Sinnoh continent for thousands of years."
After saying that, Jie Zilan looked at Qingliu, with great excitement in her vicissitudes of voice: "You actually know about washing green grass! I thought that only my granddaughter and I knew about this thing, but I didn't expect...
"By the way, could you please tell me where you learned about Xicui and Shenhe Town? This will be very helpful for studying history and mythology."
If Qingliu learned the information from some special ruins, or ancient stone tablets and remnants, then there might be more things nearby, which would be of great significance to mythologists and the excavation of ancient history. .
"Just tell me and I can guarantee that I will do my best to meet all your requirements in the Sinnoh region!"
Such a promise is undoubtedly very tempting.
But once you get deeper, it will involve your own time travel and the panel, which will go back to the original accounts of Agumon and Greymon and the problem of keeping them from being exposed.
Feeling the burning gaze of Mustard Seed Orchid, Qingliu was silent for a moment, and replied without changing his expression: "These are all what Miss Sirona told me..."
"..."
Mustard Lan's facial expression solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a long time before her expression slowly recovered.
"In that case, forget it."
Having lived for such a long time, she naturally knew that Qingliu's answer must be an excuse, but since the other party was unwilling to say it, she could not continue to question and force him, especially when there were other people present.
Wait until you have free time to have a good talk with him, and if that doesn't work, let your granddaughter take over.
As for now, since it has been determined that the other party knows a lot, the matter can begin directly...
"Come with me."
Jie Zilan turned around, put her hands in her pockets again and walked forward.
Aoyagi, Dorasena and Watari immediately followed.
The town is not big, and it took almost only a few minutes to reach the destination.
"This is my research institute."
Jie Zilan led the way while introducing everything around her.
"There is a museum outside, which usually displays some excavated fossils or ancient objects..."
The three of them followed the introduction and looked around, while Qingliu opened the panel directly.
Although many of the things here are broken, or imitations for display, there are also a few that have been excavated and preserved that are very complete, and these things basically meet the requirements of the panels.
[Detected the existence of ancient traces and started exploring... currently exploring...]
[The target has been locked...]
[Fossil helmet fossil detected...exploring...]
[Exploration progress: 0%...10%...50%...100%...]
[The exploration is completed and can be summoned.]
[Summon object——random]
【Save/Summon】
…
Qingliu then turned his gaze to the other side.
[Detected the existence of ancient traces and started exploring... currently exploring]
[The target has been locked...]
[cradle lily fossil detected...exploring...]
[Exploration progress: 0%...5%...48%...75%...100%...]
[The exploration is completed and can be summoned.]
[Summon object——random]
【Save/Summon】
…
[Detected...exploration not completed...]
[Detected...exploration not completed...]
[Detected... Exploration completed...]
Seeing the lines of small blue characters flashing in front of his eyes, Qingliu couldn't help but raise a smile, and his eyes were full of light.
Even though there are a lot of unfinished things, it is unimaginable to get three summons just by looking around.
"I didn't expect that I would be able to do the next summons right after I summoned him."
However, what Qingliu didn't expect even more was what Dr. Jie Zilan said next.
"Okay, we've come to the end, and now comes the real purpose of calling you here. It comes from thousands of years ago, before the Sinnoh region was called Xicui... super ancient ruins!"
