The Key Stone contained immense life energy.
Meanwhile, the Mega Stone contained the genetic code required for the corresponding Pokémon's Mega Evolution.
He was one step closer to Mega Evolution.
"Come out, Lucario."
Holding the Mega Stone, Roy impatiently summoned his Pokémon and handed the stone over. "What do you think? Do you feel anything special about this stone?"
At his words, Lucario stared intently at the Mega Stone, trying to sense something from it.
After a while, it shook its head.
No. I can't feel anything.
"Is that so..." Roy fell into thought.
That made sense. If Pokémon had some special resonance with their own Mega Stones, Mega Evolution would have been discovered by humans on Earth long ago. Roy would never have had the chance to become its pioneer.
Placing a fragment of genetic code that a species had lost long ago before a Pokémon was like putting an ancestor's blood in front of a person. How could there be any special reaction?
Just as Roy was still toying with the Mega Stone, Lucario suddenly issued a warning.
Someone was coming.
Roy's Aura gave him the same warning. His hand instinctively moved to the Poké Ball at his waist as he turned toward the newcomer.
The other party was also an Asian young man, several years older than him by the look of it. He was watching Roy with a smile.
"You are...?" Seeing that the man did not seem hostile, Roy asked.
"Hello, my name is Ma Zhang. I'm a Professional-level Trainer."
The young man calling himself Ma Zhang smiled. "Excellent vigilance! As a Trainer traveling alone, you must possess this awareness of danger... To have reached this level at such a young age, you truly deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Lin Xingchen