After passing through another illusion of the Warring States Era, Cynthia followed Liu Qing onward into another illusory world. Ice and snow completely covered the ground beneath their feet, and four mountain ranges stood in the distance. Dark clouds churned overhead, with a steel flying-saucer-shaped structure flickering in and out of sight. Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos were battling Lugia. Everything was exactly the same as the first illusory world they had entered.
"This Lugia..." Cynthia seemed to sense something and looked at Liu Qing, uncertainty in her expression.
"Is real!" Liu Qing nodded and told Cynthia, "If I'm not mistaken, this illusion depicts an incident that happened not long after I began traveling in Johto! To capture Lugia, the crazed collector Lawrence III first captured Moltres, the god of fire on Fire Island in the Southern Islands, and then Zapdos, the god of thunder on Thunder Island!"
"While he was capturing Articuno, the god of ice on Ice Island, Ash and the others accidentally freed the Moltres and Zapdos he had already captured. The enraged Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno caused natural disasters throughout Kanto! At the critical moment, Lugia, the god of the sea, appeared and worked together with Ash to fight the three furious divine birds. After repeatedly facing despair and persevering through it, Lugia and Ash finally quelled their fury."
"But what's happening here is clearly different from what you described!" Cynthia frowned as she watched the battle overhead.
"After all, these Demons wove this illusion from past experiences. Of course they changed the parts where their original scheme failed." Liu Qing thought for a moment before continuing, "That means Ash doesn't exist in this world, so Lawrence III captured all three divine birds and controlled them to help him fight Lugia. Everything was arranged in Lawrence III's