More than a week after Yujian left.
The research and archaeological teams, who had originally planned to leave after three or four days but ended up staying much longer, departed with meteorite samples, genetic data from Ancient Pokémon, and precious materials such as the Orb's energy wavelengths.
Honestly, if this information were made public, it could very well cause a storm in academic circles and society alike. After all, Cosmic Energy was still an unexplained new energy source that humanity had only just begun to explore.
Even Trainers understood the importance of energy.
And humanity's late discovery of Cosmic Energy was all thanks to Rayquaza, which loved eating meteorites. It had devoured the vast majority of meteorites that had fallen onto the planet in modern times and might have contained Cosmic Energy.
Only a small number of meteorites had escaped disaster.
The Grand Meteor Delta happened to be one of them.
But Heiduo believed these researchers were not so tactless. Just like how the Rayquaza Capture Plan had remained unknown to this day, some secrets were destined to be buried in human history.
Rather than being revealed for more people to know.
Unfortunately, this matter could not be hidden from the Association's other higher-ups.
Teng Jun did not have the final say within the Association. This operation had not been large, but it had still caught the attention of many interested parties. With so much valuable equipment suddenly "missing," who would believe it had merely been taken outside to sunbathe?
Of course, as long as Heiduo remained a Gym Leader and stayed within Millennium Town, those people would remain blind and deaf.
Once all the noisy humans had left.
Anomalous Magnet Mountain sank into silence once more.
Nothing changed in Bastiodon's life. They still ate, slept, trained their strength,