Viewed from above, the Mt. Coronet Range was the Sinnoh Region's most striking landmark.
The range stretched across the center of the Sinnoh Continent, dividing it into eastern and western halves. With the mountains standing between them, the two sides had completely different climates and landscapes.
In northern Sinnoh, beyond the mountains, snow lay year-round and the roads ran through snowfields. The south had a mild climate and dense forests.
Even some Pokémon on the eastern and western sides looked different because of the climate. Gastrodon, for instance, was green and blue in the East Sea, but brown and pink in the West Sea.
From Gastrodon's colors alone, Ye Lan and the others could easily tell where they were.
Ye Lan was looking at a detailed map of the Sinnoh Region that Professor Oak had sent to his phone, along with a contact method.
Compared with the official travel map provided to trainers in Sinnoh, Professor Oak's map was far more detailed.
It clearly showed the locations of the three great lakes—Lake Verity, Lake Valor, and Lake Acuity. Tapping a landmark also brought up years of recorded legends and research by many prominent scholars.
It even marked the exact location of Spear Pillar at the summit of Mt. Coronet, which the Sinnoh Pokémon League had kept hidden. That place held great significance for Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, though even this map said nothing about why. Only Ye Lan knew.
"This isn't a map. It's practically an encyclopedia of the Sinnoh Region!"
When Qin Chuan and Jenny Li saw that Ye Lan had saved the sender as "Super Pallet Old Man" on SuperChat, they were impressed despite not knowing who he was. They began guessing at the mysterious old man's identity.
Who could have obtained such firsthand information? Was he a