Devon Corporation, twenty-fourth-floor conference room.
Steven finally finished his call.
"Sorry."
Lance smiled. "No problem. Let's get started."
Although the meeting concerned the Super-Gigantic Meteorite that could destroy the world, the atmosphere was not particularly grim.
The reason was that Steven had already earned the recognition of the Rayquaza at Sky Pillar.
Whenever necessary, Steven could use the Rainbow Meteorite to summon Rayquaza and shatter the meteorite.
Even without the Rayquaza at Sky Pillar, Li Wei could call upon Black Rayquaza at any time using the Power of Overcoming.
They had two layers of insurance.
And even in the absolute worst case,
Li Wei could speak to Arceus's avatar,
and it would not stand idly by.
The first thing to establish was this:
Shattering a meteorite in space was different from shattering it close to the surface, both in difficulty and in the energy released by the explosion.
Shattering a meteorite in space
was like using one billiard ball to strike a cluster of others on an open playing field. The balls would scatter in all directions.
Shattering a meteorite within the atmosphere, especially close to the ground, would also cause an airburst.
Thus, whether they considered the physical challenge of overcoming the atmosphere and the shock-wave shield,
or the risk of worsening the damage from an airburst,
shattering the meteorite close to the surface was far more difficult and unwise than doing so in space.
That was also why Arceus's avatar had suffered such severe injuries when it used its own body to intercept a meteorite close to the surface.
Had it noticed the meteorite earlier, Arceus would not have suffered such injuries even if it had intercepted it with its body in space.
Perhaps the story of Michina would never have happened then.
Michina might have spent a