Time Machine Doctor's Legacy

By this point, Lu Li had more or less figured out what had happened to the notebook's owner.

If he had been capable of developing a Time Machine, then calling this doctor merely capable would have been a massive understatement.

Just to see Pokémon from the past and future, a card-collecting fanatic had forcibly invented a Time Machine. Unfortunately, whether in the anime world or this world, breaking common sense always came at a price.

And the notebook's owner had paid that price, dying of old age alone in this Secret Realm. Just thinking about it was enough to make one despair.

"So the owner of this notebook was your Trainer?" Lu Li asked, looking up at Annihilape.

A trace of sorrow flashed through Annihilape's blood-red eyes, and then it nodded.

"Rage..."

Seeing that, Lu Li lowered his head and continued reading the notebook.

I recorded all the knowledge from my life's research in this notebook. I hope you can take it out of here, then improve upon my research and allow more people to see Pokémon from the future and the past.

Finally, there are some things I left for you in the box. I hope they will still be usable by the time you arrive.

"Am I inheriting an estate?"

Lu Li's eyes lit up when he read this.

The Time Machine had nothing to do with a rookie Trainer like him for the time being. After all, the Hundred Immortal Cultivation Arts had no profession corresponding to a scientist. There were some fields that barely overlapped, but clearly not enough for him to recreate a Time Machine.

What interested Lu Li more now was the legacy this doctor had left behind.

"This senior said he left some things for me. Do you remember where that box is?" Lu Li hurriedly asked.

Upon hearing that, Annihilape pointed beneath the table.

Lu Li lowered his head curiously and saw a rectangular box about twenty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide sitting there.

Judging from the dust covering it, the box had been there for quite some time.

"I hope the things inside still work."

After silently praying, Lu Li curiously took out the box.

The wooden box was not locked, so Lu Li opened it directly.

There were not many items inside. Apart from a shriveled seed, there were four gems and something that looked a little like a phone.

After activating the Spirit Sight Technique, Lu Li could clearly see that aside from the seed, which no longer had any elemental energy response, the other four gems all contained elemental energy.

One of them had an extremely faint elemental energy response. Two of the gems were continuously gathering elemental energy, while the last one was constantly pouring energy outward.

As mentioned before, things capable of releasing elemental energy into the outside world were either Secret Realms or objects related to Divine Beasts.

The seed appeared yellow. It was probably a withered Electric Seed. Its energy had already been completely spent, so it no longer had any value.

Of the remaining three gems, the pale-blue diamond-shaped Orb should have been the legendary Water Z-Crystal.

In this world, Z-Moves had been discovered and researched by the North American Alliance, one of the Five Great Leagues.

Unfortunately, there was no Z-Ring in the box, so this item was useless to him.

The remaining two gems were a Grass Z-Crystal and an Electric Z-Crystal. The only strange thing was that there was no Z-Ring in the box.

The doctor's origins were now obvious. He possessed three Z-Crystals, so he was very likely some top-ranking doctor from the North American Alliance.

"But why isn't there a Z-Ring? Don't tell me it was buried with that doctor?"

"That can't be right. He even left behind the Z-Crystals, so why wouldn't he leave behind the Z-Ring too?" Lu Li thought in confusion.

Lu Li had never seen the last gem before. It was neither a Z-Crystal nor a Mega Stone, and it continuously emitted colorless, transparent energy.

Among the eighteen types of elemental energy, this colorless transparent energy represented Normal-type energy. In other words, this gem came from some Normal-type Divine Beast.

Which Normal-type Divine Beasts were there?

Regigigas, known as the God of Strength and Colossal Pillars.

Then there was Arceus. The Creation God Arceus was Normal-type in its usual state.

Then there was Meloetta, the one called the Song and Dance God. Among Normal-type gods, it was probably the least impressive.

The last was Terapagos. There were no records of this god in this world, and Lu Li knew nothing of its Divine Position or abilities.

However, one thing was certain. Its status should have been roughly on the same level as Regigigas, a level 0.5 existence among Deities. Tier 0 was the Creation God Arceus.

"So which god did this gem come from?" Lu Li stared at the gem in his hand thoughtfully.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Li decided to keep it with him.

Even if he could not determine its purpose, it was still a priceless treasure to him.

First, carrying it around for a long time might improve his cultivation aptitude. After all, it was a Divine Item. In the Cultivation World, it would be an immortal item, something Cultivators pursued their entire lives.

Second, this thing constantly released energy into the outside world. It was equivalent to carrying a cheat device around with him.

Lu Li decided that after returning, he would turn it into a necklace and wear it around his neck. It was too large to make into a ring, and it would also be far too conspicuous.

After putting away all four gems, Lu Li finally turned his curious gaze toward the phone-like object that had run out of power.

If he was not mistaken, this thing should have been called a Pokédex, but he truly did not dare take it out of the Secret Realm.

First of all, Pokédexes like this usually had Tracking Systems. More importantly, this was a doctor's Pokédex. Lu Li felt that the moment he took it out of the Secret Realm, a Heavenly King or Champion from the North American Alliance might come knocking.

Even if this doctor had been a card-collecting fanatic and this Pokédex might contain the most complete Pokémon Compendium in the world, none of that seemed worth mentioning compared to peace and stability.

"Wait!"

A flash of inspiration crossed Lu Li's mind, and he glanced at Annihilape beside him without giving anything away.

"Could all of this have been your scheme, Unknown Doctor?" Lu Li seemed to have understood that doctor's purpose.

The notebook was bait, and the four gems were bait as well. The true killing move was this Pokédex.

If he greedily took the Pokédex away, the North American Alliance would definitely discover him. Perhaps the Pokédex even contained the manufacturing technology for the Time Machine.

When that time came...

Lu Li never minded judging others with the greatest malice. If people from the North American Alliance truly came for him, then in order to keep things secret...

The best at keeping secrets were often the dead.

After shaking his head, Lu Li calmly placed the Pokédex back into the box.

"Ahem, I already understand Senior's final wish. I will fulfill it," Lu Li said solemnly.

Annihilape nodded in satisfaction.

Ever since it had evolved into Annihilape a hundred years ago, it had forgotten many things. Its only memory of its Trainer was of him carefully rubbing the notebook in the hands of the person before it.