With Mew, the local expert, leading the way, Gary and his group entered the Tree of Beginning without any mishaps.
"Wow!" Even on the lowest level, the magnificent sights inside the World Tree were enough to amaze everyone.
There were ancient, unfamiliar forests and waterfalls cascading down from above. Altaria and Aerodactyl flew through the sky, while Omastar and Armaldo lived in the streams.
At the very center, an enormous crystal glittered with emerald light.
"It's practically a giant botanical garden from an ancient civilization," Shauntal marveled.
"Regi..." The remaining two pillars, the Steel Pillar Registeel and the Ice Pillar Regice, floated over, only for Mew to wave them away with a little hand.
Although Jessie and James were behaving themselves, they were practically drooling.
"There are rare Pokémon everywhere!" James stared greedily.
"Speaking of which, this blue crystal looks really valuable!" Jessie had absolutely no resistance to shiny things.
The instant Jessie reached out, something suddenly changed. The blue crystal turned into red, magma-like liquid and lunged at her.
Young Master Mao launched a kick, knocking Jessie out of the way and saving her from disaster.
"That was terrifying!" Sitting on the ground, Jessie patted her chest in lingering fear.
"I already told you not to touch anything in the World Tree! Are your ears stuffed with donkey hair?" Young Master Mao snapped.
"I'll say it again. The World Tree is a rock-based life-form created by nature. It's alive.
"These blue crystals are like white blood cells that kill germs.
"If they decide you're an enemy, they'll devour you at any cost!
"When that happens, you can look forward to becoming fertilizer for the World Tree!"
"Got it, got it!" Jessie and James nodded frantically.
Although those two were greedy, they were also terrified of dying, so Gary wasn't