January 13.
The day after Li Wei returned to the Breeding Center, he was ready to set off again. It was not open for business yet anyway.
This time, their destination was Mirror Lake Island.
Li Wei would head onto the island with Cynthia to uncover more secrets of its ancient Cave Ruins.
They would also check whether the seal on Calamity, the Giant Scolipede, remained intact.
Of course, Li Wei and Cynthia were not the only ones going. Ancient Researchers from the Sinnoh Region were joining them as well.
They had already set off by boat.
Cynthia, meanwhile, had come to the Breeding Center first, intending to travel with Li Wei.
Steven, who was very interested in the Cave Ruins, was also taking part, though his interests lay elsewhere.
Cynthia and the other Ancient Researchers were interested in what the stone slabs and murals in the Cave Ruins recorded.
Steven was interested in the rocks there.
When they first entered the Cave Ruins,
Steven had taken out a few rocks he found unusual and sent them to the Mossdeep Space Center for analysis and research.
According to the analytical report, the rocks inside the Cave Ruins were indeed fascinating.
But to study them further,
Steven needed to conduct a field survey.
The island where Mirror Lake lay was still shrouded in a thin mist, but it no longer hindered visibility and navigation as it once had.
Tests showed that the magnetic field here had returned completely to normal.
During the Pokémon League's holiday break, Lance had organized two voyages specifically to test it, confirming that they would no longer lose their bearings.
The magnetic disturbance here had mainly been caused by the magnetic-field jammers Pokémon Hunters had placed around the island.
It had affected more than just ships that