Sinnoh Region, Eterna City.
Li Wei, Cynthia, and the others were still exploring the ruins associated with Hisui Goodra.
But unlike the Ursaluna sacrificial ruins from before,
This time, they had made a major discovery in the ruins associated with Hisui Goodra.
Reviving the fossils required twenty-four hours,
and during that time, they made an even more important discovery.
Li Wei, Cynthia, and the others did not spend those twenty-four hours waiting idly for the Pokémon Eggs to be revived.
Li Wei also joined the research into the artifacts unearthed from the ruins.
In the laboratory at Eterna City's History Museum,
the lights stayed on through the night.
After cross-referencing the unearthed artifacts, the composition of the mural pigments, the geological strata, and carbon-14 dating results,
a startling conclusion gradually emerged.
Before the fossilized Pokémon Eggs hatched,
Doctor Lin'en projected the test report onto a screen.
"It's confirmed. The murals depicting Kubfu and Urshifu in the ruins were created long before Hisui Goodra lived here."
Doctor Lin'en switched slides, displaying a complex chronological chart. "The style of the murals,
the mineral pigments used, and the rock strata containing them all point to a much older era.
The humans of that time may have worshipped Kubfu's evolved form as a symbol of martial arts or nature."
This was the conclusion Li Wei and Professor Carolina had reached after interpreting the murals' writing and imagery.
Li Wei's older cousin Vera added, "Meanwhile, the traces of Hisui Goodra activity here,
including the nests they dug and the Armor Fossils they left behind, date to a much later period."
"Only later did a population of Hisui Goodra choose these ruins as a temporary habitat, modifying them for their use.
They were merely later arrivals. The creation of the murals had nothing to do with