Ye Li felt like a tightly wound machine, without even a moment to catch his breath.
He dragged his heavy steps back to his office and plunged into a sea of information about Moltres.
Unlike the accounts of Articuno at the Seafoam Islands and Zapdos at the Abandoned Power Plant, the Plate's record of Moltres was far more vague.
It mentioned only one key phrase.
-"The undying flame dwells in the heart of the earth."
It was a description steeped in myth, without any actual geographical coordinates.
"The heart of the earth... That's far too broad."
Ye Li rubbed his throbbing temples, unsure where to begin.
He could only turn to the Strategic Development Department's technical team for help.
"Lin Feng, pull up every ancient legend and geological record in the Kanto Region related to volcanoes, geothermal heat, and flames. Cross-reference and filter all the data."
"Dr. Anya, analyze our existing biological samples and see whether any Fire-type Pokémon have gene sequences with characteristics similar to the Moltres of ancient legends."
The entire Strategic Development Department, the efficient machine Ye Li had built with his own hands, began running at full speed once again toward a new goal.
Vast amounts of data flooded into Lin Feng's supercomputer like a tide.
After several hours of high-speed filtering and fuzzy matching, one place name appeared at the very top of the results with an extremely high weighting.
-Cinnabar Island.
An active volcanic island in the southern Kanto Region.
Lin Feng pulled up detailed information on Cinnabar Island.
"According to ancient texts, Cinnabar Island's volcano was called Mt. Ember. Legend has it that it was the source of the flames in the earth's veins throughout the Kanto Region, and its flames never went out."
"More importantly," Lin Feng said, a hint of excitement