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Chapter 269 Wei Xin: Cynthia, let's go tomb raiding together!

Chapter 269 Wei Xin: Cynthia, let's go tomb raiding together!

"Be good, listen to me, don't move around."

Inside the villa in Shanghai, Wei Xin settled Tie Wuzhe in the living room, patted her head, and gave her earnest instructions.

After the Dusknoir incident, Gladion and Master Chen chose to go to Yunnan to deal with the Dynamax issue, but left the Ancient Ball with him, saying that it would still be useful.

In order to qualify for the Eastern Tournament, Marie and Bea plan to travel to Fujian to challenge the local Water-type Gym Leader.

Wei Xin then arranged for Ke Erni to accompany Mary and Cai Dou on their trip.

Korne initially refused, saying that she had received great kindness from her master and had not been able to repay it, so how could she leave? The most important thing was that Marie and Bea had gone on a trip, and Lillie was on Jirachi Island. Her master was alone in the empty room and was bound to be lonely. Wasn't this a great opportunity for her to climb the ranks?

But Wei Xin firmly refused.

You traitor, are you even trying to climb the ranks? I don't even dare to call you out on it.

"Don't talk about repaying my kindness. If you cause trouble in Donghuang in the future, just don't expose your master."

Ultimately, Wei Xin ignored Korrina's pleas and returned to Shanghai with his Pokémon and Nihilego.

"Beep beep!" The Iron Warrior's electronic eyes flashed, holding a tablet with a single word displayed on it.

Ah!

Incredibly well-behaved.

I placed the tablet on my lap, turned it off, and sat quietly in the living room, like a piece of metal decoration in my home.

The Pokémon in the house were very curious about this new family member, but dared not approach her. Despite being covered in hard metal, the numerous scars on her body made her seem like a fragile piece of porcelain, as if she would shatter with the slightest push.

Wei Xin was holding a piece of sheet metal, crescent-shaped, which was the skirt of the Iron Warrior. The entire Iron Warrior was made of this special alloy. Wei Xin planned to take it to the research center and give it to a professor to ask someone to study it and see if it could be reproduced. He also had the design drawings of the internal structure of the Iron Warrior, which needed to be disassembled and analyzed.

But these are all things that can be resolved with time; the most critical issue lies in the Iron Warrior's energy core.

The Lac element is definitely unusable and must be replaced with other energy sources.

Wei Xin searched for a lot of information online and quickly came up with an idea.

Claydol is a special Pokémon created by ancient people to protect Pokémon and humans. It possesses a nearly inexhaustible amount of powerful energy, making it a suitable alternative to Iron Warrior's energy source.

But then an even more serious problem arose: "The core of the clay giant—unfortunately, it can't be replicated without modern technology. If only we had the data."

"I know a place where they might be," Zigeld said, jumping onto the table.

"The First Emperor's Mausoleum?" Wei Xin asked, turning his head to the side.

"Hey, you actually answered first? Then you should know what I'm talking about."

"The Terracotta Army, of course."

Wei Xin pulled up the information he had searched. On the computer screen, countless bloated rock giants stood in the pit. The number of giants in just one pit exceeded the total number of clay giants in other regions.

It's an ancient legion.

Some have even used this to argue that Claydol is a Pokémon created by the ancient Eastern Huang people.

"Does the First Emperor's Mausoleum really contain information on creating energy cores?" Wei Xin wondered.

The burning of books and burying of scholars by Qin Shi Huang is a major event recorded in history books. Later, when Xiang Yu entered Guanzhong, he burned some of the materials, resulting in almost no related materials remaining in later generations.

Some experts even argue that Qin Shi Huang burned books and buried scholars alive because he believed that Confucian scholars were prone to producing fools, or even clever fools, while Xiang Yu burned books simply because he was a pure fool.

"Very likely," Kidd said.

"Although Ying Zheng had a fiery temper, he was still smart and had a long-term vision. I remember there was a time when he summoned civil officials to copy documents. Perhaps he anticipated that these documents would be destroyed in the war, so he put a backup of them in the safest place, which was his tomb."

"But how do we get in?"

Wei Xin was puzzled. Although the location of the First Emperor's Mausoleum had been discovered long ago, no one had ever successfully entered it, not even trainers of Psychic and Ghost-type Pokémon.

"It's very simple," Zygarde said, crawling into his backpack and sticking out the polyhedron. "If he really intended to leave something to his descendants, he would have to leave a key, and it would have to be a key that only someone of his status could obtain. After thinking it over, only the Imperial Seal of the State meets this condition."

"This is also why rulers throughout history have been so eager to find the Imperial Seal of the State, but I guess he himself never expected that the era he painstakingly built would only last until the second generation."

The thought of Qin Shi Huang establishing the Qin Dynasty and confidently proclaiming its eternal rule made Zygarde laugh out loud in a rather immoral way.

"It seems we have no choice but to visit our ancestor's grave."

However, digging up graves and robbing tombs is not safe to do alone, so Wei Xin plans to call a teammate.

Judging by the time, she should have finished class by now.

Wei Xin dialed the number, and a familiar voice came from the other end.

"Wei Xin, are you back from Shanxi?"

Cynthia's net play was clearly not very good.

"You're half right. I just got back from western Hunan," Wei Xin joked.

"Xiangxi?" Shirona's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone. "You were the one who caused the commotion in Xiangxi earlier?"

During this period, besides the troublesome Night Demon Spirit, the most startling news in western Hunan was the appearance of the Thunder Drum.

"Let's assume so."

Cynthia was slightly taken aback. Wei Xin was in Shanghai, where Hunter J attacked. He went to Shanxi and discovered the Taijing Mine. He went to Xiangxi and discovered the Thunder Drum and the Night Demon. He was also present when the Hoenn incident occurred.

They were practically chasing after the tail end of the incident.

"So you're planning to go out on errands again and want me to come along."

"Hmm, let's go do some archaeological research."

Wei Xin calls it archaeology, but it's more like tomb raiding in essence.

Because archaeological excavations in Donghuang require going through a lot of documents and procedures, ordinary tombs require at least two months to apply for, let alone places like the First Emperor's Mausoleum, which may take at least a year after all the twists and turns. Afterwards, you might have to bring a bunch of experts along, and conduct research in a very restrictive way.

Most importantly, the things we discover inside might have to be handed over. It would be fine if they were put in a museum, as that would be a contribution to the country. But I'm afraid that what we dig out will end up in someone else's glass case.

It would be better to take only what you need and leave the rest of the artifacts in the tomb.

Anyway, he had an archaeology degree and had done archaeological excavations with his professor for a period of time after graduation. Although he eventually changed careers, Cynthia was also an archaeology expert. Both of them had experience and ability, so they wouldn't hold each other back.

"Archaeology!" Cynthia exclaimed in surprise. After more than two months of school, she had had enough of school life and those students who didn't pay attention in class, didn't finish their homework, and just stared at her blankly.

"Are you interested in the First Emperor's Mausoleum?"

"The tomb of the first emperor of the ancient Eastern Empire? Do you have a way to get in?"

"I've got a clue. If we can't get in, how about I treat you to a date in Shaanxi?"

"Then it's settled," Cynthia readily agreed, since she couldn't lose either way, but she made one condition: "You have to wait a few days for me, um, until I arrange for the students to pass the midterm exams."

The rules of Donghuang stipulate that if people from other regions want to move freely in Donghuang for a long period of time, they must take part-time jobs, such as business consultants or teachers, and undergo assessments. This means that Shirona must complete at least one semester of teaching in order to obtain the relevant certification.

"Of course, why don't you come over to my place for dinner tonight?"

Wei Xin also needs enough time to prepare and needs to ask professors for help with many things.

For example, the eligibility to participate in the Donghuang Conference and one's own graduation exam.