Bang!
With a dull thud, Xia Mu's backside took a heavy hit.
"Woah~"
He suddenly opened his mouth wide, then closed it with difficulty.
At this moment, Xia Mu felt as if his backside was no longer his own.
After wriggling on the ground for a moment, clutching his backside, Xia Mu finally managed to raise his head and observe his surroundings.
"Here..."
Although there was some yellow sand covering it, Xia Mu immediately realized.
"Ruins?!"
From the light filtering in from above, Xia Mu could see clear artificial traces; regular stone bricks covered the surroundings, and many of them were engraved with regular spiral patterns.
Moreover, upon noticing Xia Mu's gaze, a Sandile immediately darted into the darkness.
Considering Sprigatito's earlier warning, Xia Mu immediately realized.
The pit he had fallen into was very likely formed by this Sandile.
"Speaking of which, where are Sprigatito and my phone?"
"Meow ha?"
Just then, Sprigatito, holding a phone in its mouth, appeared at the hole above Xia Mu's head. Its worried gaze instantly turned excited the moment it saw Xia Mu.
"Meow ha!"
Without any hesitation, Sprigatito leaped, directly pouncing into Xia Mu's embrace.
Rubbing its head against Xia Mu's chest, Sprigatito let out a 'purring' sound.
Patting Sprigatito's head, Xia Mu took the phone from its mouth and examined it closely.
"Hehe, no problem!"
Grinning, Xia Mu immediately held up his phone and looked around.
"Trainers, this is the meaning of traveling! You always encounter different scenery!"
"Originally, I was just chasing a shiny Pokémon, but I unexpectedly fell into ancient ruins!"
"The next segment is—Ruins Exploration!!"
After speaking, Xia Mu also called Snivy out from its Poké Ball.
Xia Mu knew.
Such unexplored ruins were bound to be full of dangers; besides the wild Pokémon inhabiting them, there might also be traps and mechanisms, so one could never be too careful.
However.
I remember that after discovering ruins, reporting them to the League could earn rewards.
"Hehehe..."
Xia Mu knew that at this point, the Joy Miao figurine was no longer an issue.
Moreover.
With the elements of chasing a shiny Pokémon, discovering ruins, and exploring ruins, the video was also trending towards a huge explosion.
I'm going to be famous!
Humming a little tune, Xia Mu took out a headlamp from his spatial backpack and put it on, then took out a trekking pole and looked at Sprigatito and Snivy.
"Next, we're going to explore the ruins, so we need to be extra careful~"
"Meow!"
"Mew!"
Upon hearing Xia Mu's words, the two little ones' expressions also turned serious.
In the cool environment, Xia Mu felt alive, and his mind was much clearer than before.
Therefore.
Looking at the two types of bricks on the ground, Xia Mu had a slight guess.
One was ordinary yellow bricks, and the other was stone bricks engraved with spiral patterns.
The stone bricks with spiral patterns were few in number and irregularly distributed.
"Snivy, try using Vine Whip to see if you can press down that patterned brick over there?"
"Mew!"
Snivy nodded.
A Vine Whip shot out suddenly and then retracted.
Under everyone's gaze, it was very clear to see.
The moment the Vine Whip touched the stone brick, the brick suddenly dropped, and at the same time, holes immediately appeared on both sides of the wall, from which many arrows shot out.
Clang clang clang!
As the sound of arrows colliding with the ground rang out.
Sprigatito's small mouth was slightly agape, and it immediately looked at Xia Mu with adoring eyes.
As for Snivy, for some reason, after seeing this scene, it first gave Xia Mu an approving look, then put its little hands on its hips, looking extremely proud.
It had a feeling of "This Trainer is mine, so I'm also very amazing."
Although he was a bit speechless at Snivy.
But looking at the scene before him, Xia Mu's expression also held some excitement.
"Very good, next, while avoiding these stone bricks, Snivy will be responsible for scouting the path with Vine Whip, and Sprigatito needs to pay attention to whether there are any wild Pokémon nearby!"
"Mew!"
Snivy nodded, its two Vine Whips extending from its calyx swaying in the air.
"Meow ha!"
Sprigatito stood on Xia Mu's head, its pupils vertical, its ears twitching slightly, looking extremely serious.
After nodding in satisfaction, Xia Mu raised his phone.
"Go go go, let's go!"
...
While avoiding the traps, Xia Mu always felt a strange familiarity with the patterns on those stone bricks.
Considering this was the Pokémon world.
Xia Mu's first reaction was to look for characteristics on Pokémon.
"It feels a bit similar to the pattern on Poliwag's belly, but the strokes feel like straight lines and right angles, and there aren't as many circles..."
After thinking for a moment, Xia Mu, who had not studied ancient history, had no ideas and turned his attention to his surroundings.
"Speaking of which, it feels very calm~"
Turning the Poké Ball in his hand, Xia Mu felt both relieved and a little disappointed.
He had originally thought that when encountering a Pokémon attack, he could show off his agility by hitting them with a Poké Ball, which would then capture them.
But.
He had made so many preparations.
Yet, let alone a monster every three steps, even now, he hadn't even seen the footprints of that Sandile from before.
All he could hear was the whooshing sound of the Vine Whip and the clanging sound as it struck the stone bricks.