“Could the Hoenn region possibly be cursed? Everyone already knows the prediction results. The impact point of this meteorite should be somewhere on the Hoenn mainland. Judging by the size of this meteorite, once it falls, the entire Hoenn mainland will immediately cease to exist! For the Hoenn region, the threat posed by this meteorite is even greater than those two Super-ancient Pokémon from before!”
In Ever Grande City, at Hoenn League headquarters, inside a massive round-table conference room, eighteen representatives representing the various major factions, along with the four Elite Four and one Champion, formed the decision-making body for this meeting. As for the subject of the meeting, it was to decide on a plan that could effectively deal with this disaster.
“The Hoenn region has only just gone through the incident of Groudon and Kyogre going berserk, and now it has to bear the brunt of another disaster like this. This really is…”
This meteorite’s fall would not affect only the Hoenn region. Civilization across the entire planet would be impacted. However, judging from the meteorite’s trajectory, the Hoenn region was likely to be the primary victim. Therefore, compared to the other Leagues, the Hoenn League had to take this incident even more seriously.
“The information on the taboo weapons that can be deployed by the Indigo League, Hoenn League, Sinnoh League, Unova League, Kalos League… and the other major Leagues has all been listed.”
“Please take a look. How should we decide?”
Launching taboo weapons into space to shatter the enormous meteorite and forcibly alter its trajectory or size was currently the only option.
“Setting aside the question of how to successfully launch a taboo weapon to such an altitude, even if we altered the meteorite’s trajectory, the fragments produced by their collision would still be enough to destroy several mainlands,” said a highly respected Professor, a leading authority in academic circles. “Moreover, whether taboo weapons would even function in space is another question.”
“Then what other option do we have besides this?!”
There were many types of taboo weapons, with different levels of power and different effects. Among them were weapons capable of destroying this meteorite, but they were not under the League’s control. In other words, where the taboo weapons would cause the meteorite fragments to fall would be completely random, and that was hardly a good thing for the planet as a whole.
So far, none of the major Leagues had mastered a controllable taboo weapon. Taboo weapons were still a double-edged sword.
“Actually…”
Just as everyone was endlessly arguing over the various options, Hoenn League Champion Steven slowly spoke.
“I have a proposal that isn’t among the listed options.”
Steven’s words instantly drew everyone’s attention. Faced with a meteorite six miles in diameter, the representatives chose to disregard the power of Trainers. Even the “Moonfall Plan,” the most destructive feat ever caused by a Trainer within the Hoenn League, would hardly make a dent against such a meteorite.
Steven’s statement after a long period of contemplation represented the attitude of the Devon faction. Rather than entrust their fate to others, they would rather resolve the disaster themselves.
Besides being the Champion, Steven was also the heir to Devon Corporation, and Devon’s technological capabilities were likewise among the most advanced in the world.
The next moment, at Steven’s signal, a complete proposal appeared on the special displays in front of each representative.
“At present, Devon has already developed a mature spatial teleportation technology, with Infinity Energy as its core power source. As long as everything is configured properly, we can open a spatial wormhole large enough to teleport this meteorite and send it somewhere far away from this planet.”
“The only technical difficulty is determining exactly how far away we should teleport it.”
Holy crap… what kind of technology was this?
Although he had already learned a little about it, hearing Steven explain it all again still gave Terrance a headache.
He sat off to the side, so uninvolved that he could hardly get a word in. He had already read Devon’s proposal. His presence here now was only for the final voting stage. Something like this could not be decided by the stance of just one or two people. Even if Devon had a complete plan, it could only be carried out after obtaining the approval of the majority.
Looking at the clearly laid-out proposal, the various representatives exchanged glances.
Using a special device to open a spatial passage and teleport the meteorite somewhere else was indeed theoretically the simplest solution. It would have almost no impact on the planet at all. It was just that even the representatives present had never heard of such cutting-edge technology.
Had Devon’s technological capabilities… already become this powerful?
“I agree with this proposal.”
“I agree as well.”
After Steven finished speaking, everyone carefully read through the detailed proposal and nodded one after another. Half of them had already been approached by Devon in advance. Now that Devon held an extraordinary position within the Hoenn League and controlled much of the decision-making power, and since there truly was no better alternative, the Hoenn League directly approved Devon’s plan.
However, this was only Hoenn’s unilateral approval. As for whether it could actually be implemented, Devon still needed to submit a more detailed execution plan to the various major Leagues for a second round of approval, ensuring that nothing could go wrong with the operation.
Besides, a proposal was ultimately only a proposal. The results of simulating the operation with a supercomputer would be the main factor determining whether the plan could ultimately be carried out.
In Rustboro City, at the headquarters building of Devon Corporation, Terrance had come at Steven’s invitation to take a look around. There, he unexpectedly ran into someone he knew.
“Professor Cozmo?”
“Elite Four Terrance, long time no see.”
Inside the laboratory, Professor Cozmo wiped his glasses and smiled at Terrance.
“There are two absolutely crucial conditions for opening a wormhole. Of course, there are other indispensable requirements as well. One of them is that when opening the wormhole, we need meteorite fragments containing special energy to act as a medium,” Steven said.
“So Professor Cozmo is involved too?” Terrance asked, to which Professor Cozmo nodded, feeling honored.
Terrance was still somewhat puzzled. “Can Infinity Energy really fuse with the human energy transmitted through a Key Stone?”
Although the spatial teleportation device used Infinity Energy as its core power source, there was one final, crucial step: the Infinity Energy had to fuse with the human energy transmitted through a Key Stone.
“It can, and in fact the two energies must be perfectly fused before there is any chance of opening a wormhole. At present, only Devon has mastered this technology. Don’t worry, we’ve already conducted many trials. As long as we have sufficient energy, theoretically speaking, we should be able to resolve this incident properly,” Steven said.
To secure enough energy, Devon had already hired countless people to collect meteorites and meteorite fragments from places like Meteor Falls and Mt. Moon. They had even begun openly purchasing such stones, and the prices Devon offered were naturally enough to tempt most people.
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