Fang Yuan lingered in front of the Beedrill Mega-stone for quite a while, much longer than he had in front of any other stone.
This was, of course, intentional on Fang Yuan's part. He had a good grasp of the psychology of others. Seeing Fang Yuan's action, Lei Bian said, "Doctor Fang Yuan, are you very interested in this stone?"
Lei looked at the Super Stone, and Jiang Li also looked at the Super Stone.
Neither of them knew the purpose of this stone, just like the previous "Awakening of Light"; Lei collected this stone purely because it was special and unique.
"I have researched a similar stone before and believe its secrets have not been fully uncovered by past researchers. It's just a pity that similar ores are too scarce," Fang Yuan lamented.
"I see... Why don't I just give this stone to Doctor Fang Yuan for research?" Lei Pemba said, "It would be my honor if it could contribute to the field of mineral research."
Compared to other rare gemstones, the value of this stone was not that important in Lei Pemba's eyes. Giving it to Fang Yuan for research was the most acceptable to him.
"Eh!" Jiang Li didn't quite understand. Among so many gemstones in the collection, was Fang Yuan only interested in this stone of unknown purpose?
Moreover, it was for research. It should be noted that other rare stones even Jiang Li was somewhat tempted by, as they were top resources that could directly enhance the strength of a Pokémon.
No wonder, with such a research spirit, it was no surprise that Fang Yuan became a top researcher; Jiang Li had an epiphany!
Fang Yuan: ≖‿≖✧
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In a collection filled with countless rare stones, Fang Yuan was only interested in one Super Stone, which made Lei Pemba feel somewhat uneasy.
He didn't mind Fang Yuan taking more, as long as Fang Yuan wasn't too shameless to ask for the most precious few stones, Lei would find it acceptably.
What troubled Lei Pemba was that Fang Yuan took so few—a Super Stone, plus a bunch of Brilliant Stones and Evolution Miracle Stones. It always made Lei Pemba feel he wasn't giving enough, preventing him from getting full support from both Fang Yuan and the Fossil Restoration Institute.
It must be said that the thoughts of the wealthy are hard to comprehend.
After the visit to the collection, Fang Yuan and Lei Pemba confirmed the itinerary. Fang Yuan would stay in America for a while to visit nearby Fossil Museums.
And Lei Pemba also expressed that he would continue to collect some Brilliant Stones and Evolution Miracle Stones or ores similar to the one in the collection for Fang Yuan.
"Big brother Jiang Li, we need to stay a few more days."
"There are some special fossils in the nearby Fossil Museums that I am very concerned about..." once it was only Fang Yuan and Jiang Li, Fang Yuan said.
"Oh, I see," Jiang Li said.
Fang Yuan had recently been collecting information about the Fossil Museums in America; he had discovered that there were several special fossils in the museum under Lei Pemba's name.
He had to reconfirm them.
If it was as Fang Yuan thought, then he would have to get those fossils at all costs.
Deep in thought, Fang Yuan and his group returned to the villa first.
"I really want to drop a spoiler..." At this moment, Fang Yuan really wanted to write a paper and spoil some history from the Secret location.
However, considering the consequences, Fang Yuan gave up the idea.
In the Pokémon World, the eras can be broadly divided into modern times, the Middle Age which is a few thousand years before modern times, the ancient era spanning from hundreds of millions to tens of thousands of years ago, and the Mythical Era.
The Middle Age and modern times are naturally the eras when the concepts of Trainers and technological power gradually formed, and social systems began to develop.
Whereas the Mythical Era was the time when Arceus created legends, and Legendary Pokémon such as Kyogre and Groudon were born.
The Fossils that Fang Yuan will search for next are related to the ancient era; in fact, the majority of the Fossils from secret locations today come from that ancient time.
About 300 million years before the modern era of the Pokémon World or even earlier, the number of Dream gradually diminished, while the population of other Pokémon began to increase.
A hundred million years ago, the Touching Hand Lily went extinct, Rampardos, Bastiodon, and Tirtouga appeared, the Weird Jaw Dragon reigned supreme, Avalugg was encapsulated in ice, and Relicanth has maintained its form to this day.
And if Fang Yuan's judgment was not wrong, the original owners of those Fossils he discovered lived even before the era when Regigigas moved the continents with Tablets to form various regions, over two hundred million years ago!
"Genesect!"
Also called the Destructive Bug.
Fang Yuan believed that the Fossils speculated by scholars to likely be of Bug Property Pokémon ancestry were the prototypes of Genesect.
Although he couldn't be 100% sure, they definitely were not from the family of Ancient Armoured One.
The reason why Fang Yuan valued them so much was because if we don't count Ultra Beasts, Genesect, up until now, is the only Bug Property Legendary Pokémon, meaning, if those Fossils still retained ancient memories, their value might not necessarily be as precious as the Dream Fossil with life energy that Chen Shengcong obtained, but still exceptionally high, definitely above 99% of other Fossils.
However, Fang Yuan was troubled by one point: Although Genesect was the only Bug Property Legendary Pokémon, that was after it was revived.
Genesect was awakened by the villainous organization Plasma Team from its Fossil and technologically modified to become a battle-specialized Strongest Pokémon, a concept similar to Mewtwo, but whether Genesect truly had such abilities in history is unknown.
"Never mind," Fang Yuan finally decided to trust that even though it was technologically modified, since it had the potential of a Legendary-level Pokémon, the species Genesect belonged to before death was definitely strong.
Regardless, he felt that it was more prudent to first bring back the Fossil of such a Pokémon with tremendous potential to Hua Nation, whether for research purposes or otherwise.
In the following days, Fang Yuan personally visited several Fossil Museums, with Jiang Li naturally continuing as his bodyguard. Along the way, Fang Yuan identified four Fossils suspected to be of Genesect.
With the promise from Lei Pemba, Fang Yuan naturally started to firmly request those four Fossils.
On the other side, although Lei Pemba was puzzled about why Fang Yuan chose those four Fossils, he still delivered them all to Fang Yuan as he had previously promised.
"Although I don't know if these Fossils are indeed Genesect's or if they contain ancient memories, if Lei knew he had carelessly given away four Fossils that might possess Legendary-level potential, he would definitely be in tears," Fang Yuan thought with a smile.
He had said before that he would not hold back, and now, having taken the shards of the Brilliant God's body, the Beedrill Mega-stone, and the Genesect Fossil, he indeed didn't hold back at all—Lei Pemba's other collectibles combined might not even amount to the value of these items...
At the side, Jiang Li could tell from Fang Yuan's cheerful mood over the past few days that he must have taken a great advantage...
Outside the Hawaii Fossil Museum, just as Fang Yuan and Jiang Li were leaving, a voice reached them, speaking in English.
"Are you folks from Asia? Want to have an awesome Pokémon battle?"