Chapter 263: Special Crystal

When everyone rushed to the excavation site, they saw a pit dug out by archaeologists on the stone wall below a cliff, and there was a shrine that looked like an altar in the pit.

Below the shrine is a small platform connected by steps, allowing people to walk up the platform from the ground and come to the shrine.

The structure of the shrine is also a bit special. It looks like a huge bronze bell. Ash looked at it, and always felt that the shape of this bronze bell seemed familiar.

"This is the shape of... Bronzong!" Brock saw at a glance that the shape of the bronze bell came from Bronzong, and he seemed a little surprised because the Kanto Region does not have a Pokémon like Bronzong.

In ancient times, 20,000 years ago, people living in the Kanto Region should have never seen Bronzong, but they built a bronze bell with the shape of Bronzong.

"That's right!" Eve glanced at Brock. He didn't expect this strange young man to be able to see the shape of the bronze bell at a glance.

"I told you before that the Pokémon civilization is very powerful." Although Eve was anxious to see what was dug out of the ruins, he still explained to Ash and others.

"They worship Pokémon and revere it as a supernatural energy, but at the same time, they are in awe of the power of Pokémon." Eve said as he walked towards the ruins.

"It's just that humans can't control the power of nature like Pokémon. In this case, if they want to gain stronger power, they naturally need to rely on Pokémon."

"But not everyone is qualified to become a Pokémon Trainer, which is what we call Trainers today.

"In this case, people artificially created several kinds of Pokémon by studying the laws of nature..." Eve stopped in front of the stairs, turning to the pedestrians and the surrounding archaeologists.

Everyone listened attentively to Eve's explanation. After all, this 20,000-year-old civilization hides too many unknown things, and everyone has curiosity.

"Pokémon that has been created... Could it be?!" Brock's understanding of Pokémon far exceeds that of other people present, and the half-month spent with Professor Oak was not in vain.

After being reminded, he reacted immediately, showing a look of surprise.

"Miss Eve, you mean, Bronzong is actually a Pokémon created by ancient civilizations?" Thinking of the clay puppet he saw in the tent just now, Brock asked hurriedly.

"That's right!" Eve nodded slightly, surprised by Brock's reaction speed, but he didn't stop explaining,

"Not only the Bronzong family, but also Pokémon such as the clay puppet and Claydol families were made by ancient civilizations!"

"Unbelievable..." Hearing these anecdotes, everyone in the room exclaimed in amazement. It is really unimaginable that ancient civilizations could actually create Pokémon.

After listening, Ash more or less remembered some information about this aspect. He is very passionate about the Pokémon world, so whether he is in the game or watching anime, he will try his best to understand some hidden things in it.

Claydol, a kind of Pokémon, was mutated from a clay puppet to a living Claydol just 20,000 years ago by a strange light, and the ancient civilization existed 20,000 years ago. In this way, there must be some kind of connection between them.

Perhaps Eve's statement is correct; ancient civilizations created the Claydol family.

"And this relic..." Eve looked again at the bronze bell on the platform above the stairs,

"It is an altar that gives life to objects, but unfortunately, it seems that it has not succeeded because it was interrupted by some irresistible force."

Eve walked up the stairs and came to the bronze bell. He gently stroked the bronze bell with his gloved right hand, as if he saw the time when people made Pokémon in ancient times.

"Huh?!"

Suddenly, Eve found a strange brown-yellow crystal on the copper bell.

The crystal was long and about ten centimeters long, with a triangular column-shaped structure at both ends and an eye-like part in the middle.

There are various irregular dark brown patterns on the whole crystal, which looks very weird.

"This is..." Eve took the strange, black crystal from the bronze bell, observed it carefully, and then, with a look of surprise and astonishment, said, "Could this be... the legendary artifact?"

"What?" Ash, Misty, Brock, the team leader, and several archaeologists boarded the platform. They saw the crystal in Eve's hand and, after hearing her talking to herself, asked curiously.

"This is very likely the device recorded in the literature of the ancient Pokémon civilization, used to capture and store Pokémon, similar to the Poké Balls we use today."

Although Eve was not entirely sure, she thought her guess was likely correct.

"An ancient Poké Ball?!" Everyone looked at the strange crystal, puzzled.

"Why is there such a Poké Ball here?" The leader adjusted his glasses and asked curiously.

"I don't know for sure, but there must be a reason..." Although Eve knew more about the ancient Pokémon civilization than most, it was impossible for her to know everything. Otherwise, there would be no need for archaeological expeditions.

"Let's take it back and study it first..." Eve was about to carry the artifact back to the tent for research, but at that moment, Togepi, in Misty's arms, suddenly jumped down and walked towards the bronze bell.

"Don't run around, Togepi!" Misty was startled and hurried over to pick up Togepi. But when she bent down, she found something made of the same material as the crystal under the bronze bell.

"Professor Eve, there's something else here!" Misty didn't touch the object but called Eve over.

"What?!" Eve was startled and immediately came to Misty's side. Following Misty's directions, she found the crystal hidden under the bronze bell.

When Eve took it out, everyone saw that the material of this crystal was the same as that of the ancient Poké Ball, but it was shaped like a spoon.

"Are these two things... a set?" Misty looked at the two crystals curiously.

"They might be... but we need to do some research to find out." Eve nodded slightly and then shook her head.

Although the material was the same, the two objects were not necessarily related.

"Continue digging; I'll go back and study these first!" After returning to the ground level, Eve instructed the archaeologists to continue their work.

She then returned to the tent with Ash and the others to begin researching the two artifacts.

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