Although it is called the Tree of Beginning, it is not actually a plant.
It is composed of rock strata shaped like a tree, a crystal lifeform that relies on light to replenish its energy.
Moreover, it shares a symbiotic relationship with the Mew living here, and it is also considered the origin place of most Fossil Pokémon. Any species that invades this region will be driven away by the Pokémon living within it as well as the eternal Pokémon that guard the Tree of Beginning.
If the intruders break through those defenses, the Tree of Beginning’s self-protection system will activate, creating countless golden fluid-like Pokémon to counterattack.
“What dense life energy… no, besides life energy, the natural energy here is also extremely rich, Roto.”
Inside the Tree of Beginning, Mew was equivalent to having “administrator” authority. It could decide whether outsiders were viruses and whether they needed to be expelled. Without Mew leading the way, it would have been very difficult for Terrance and the others to reach this place.
At some point, Rotom Pokédex had flown out from Terrance’s backpack. After sensing the environment here, it immediately became astonished.
Although the natural aura here was not as concentrated as the special environment created by the guardian deity Tapu Bulu in Alola, the scale of the two simply could not be compared. The Tree of Beginning covered a far larger area than that temporarily created region, and besides, this place seemed to have existed for countless ages, making it even more precious.
“Mew seems very happy…”
After entering this place, Ash and the others had already released all of their Pokémon, with Mew leading them off to play, while Terrance and the others stood to the side, curiously observing the surroundings.
Seeing how friendly Ash and Mew were with each other, Albus felt deeply envious… what kind of person was this? His luck was practically even more heaven-defying than his own.
“Hey, isn’t this what you call ‘fortune favors fools?” Albus nudged the dazed Terrance with his elbow and whispered softly, afraid Ash might hear.
“Hm?” Terrance was startled by him and casually brushed him off with a reply, his mind still occupied with other thoughts.
From the very first moment he saw this Mew, Terrance had realized that this Mew was not the one from New Island.
That also proved that Mew had not truly gone extinct hundreds of millions of years ago. There were still several of them existing around the world.
According to legend, Mew had no fixed habitat and wandered across the world all year round, though ordinary people almost never saw it. Yet according to Queen Ilene and Ash’s descriptions, this Mew seemed unable to stray too far from the Tree of Beginning and had remained active here the whole time.
Although he did not know how this Mew had become a symbiotic lifeform of the Tree of Beginning, Terrance suddenly felt the little fellow was somewhat pitiful. Mew should be a Pokémon full of curiosity and childlike innocence, right? If it could only live within a fixed area, wouldn’t that be unbearably boring?
As if sensing Terrance’s emotional fluctuations, Mew, which had been playing around with Pikachu and the others, curiously flew over.
“Mew~~” it cried softly, then began circling around Terrance, causing him to freeze slightly.
“You mean I carry the aura of your kind?” Hearing Mew’s question, Terrance suddenly understood and immediately released Gardevoir.
“You’re probably talking about it.”
As soon as Gardevoir appeared, the Mew of the Tree of Beginning quickly flew up and sniffed around her. Then, as though it had confirmed something, it instantly revealed a delighted expression and pulled Gardevoir toward where Pikachu and the others were.
“It’s fine, go play to your heart’s content.”
Faced with Mew’s invitation, Gardevoir first glanced at Terrance. Only after Terrance nodded did Gardevoir expressionlessly follow along.
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“Did you discover anything?”
After Rotom Pokédex finished wandering around and returned, Terrance asked.
“A large number of Time Flowers are growing here, and more than 50% of the Time Flowers have companion rocks beside them, Roto,” Rotom Pokédex said.
But that was not the main point. Having finally arrived at the Tree of Beginning as it had wished, Rotom Pokédex had taken many photos as souvenirs. During this process, under the system’s automatic analysis, Rotom Pokédex discovered an extremely important piece of information.
The main crystal body of the Tree of Beginning could absorb light energy, store light energy, purify light energy, and convert it into life energy for its own activities!
This information immediately shocked Terrance, and he repeatedly confirmed it several times with Rotom Pokédex.
Wasn’t this description precisely the perfect Source of Stamina theory Terrance had dreamed of?
It did not appear in a plant, but in a gigantic rock formation. Combined with its legendary status, this enormous crystal lifeform stirred Terrance’s heart even more intensely, making him feel burning excitement inside.
Beautifly had now regained its totem aura. Terrance planned to wait until the major threat of Team Magma had been resolved before challenging the other three Elite Four of the Hoenn region. At that time, Terrance hoped Beautifly could enter the arena as a Totem Pokémon.
Because the totem aura had a time limit, Beautifly could not continue serving as Terrance’s main Pokemon forever in the years to come, so Terrance wanted to give it as many chances to shine as possible.
But if the time limit of the totem aura could be resolved, then Beautifly would still possess much more untapped potential.
Over in Alola, although Faba had received the ideas provided by Terrance and suddenly gained inspiration to redesign the Ultra Wormhole opening plan, according to Faba, the project had encountered several unforeseen technical difficulties during progress. He asked Terrance to patiently wait a while longer and promised to notify him immediately once a breakthrough was made.
There was no certainty regarding that timeline, so Terrance could not rely on it completely.
Now, after hearing Rotom Pokédex’s report, other thoughts began to emerge in his mind.
“Maybe… I can ask this Mew! After all, it’s one with the Tree of Beginning.”
Rotom Pokédex had discovered information of critical importance to both Terrance and Beautifly, leaving Terrance pleasantly surprised. He had not expected that aside from their original objective, this trip here with Albus would bring additional gains.
Meanwhile, Mew was currently sitting together with Pikachu and the others, looking extremely conflicted…
Not because of anything else, but because Mew and the others had been playing with Gardevoir for a long time and still had not managed to make Gardevoir smile even once, which greatly troubled Mew.
Gradually, the situation evolved into Mew taking the lead while numerous Pokémon worked together to try to amuse Gardevoir. Even so, Mew and the others still had not achieved any results up to now.
Watching Mew and the others’ efforts, Terrance gazed at them helplessly for a while. He did not go disturb Mew immediately, but instead brought Rotom Pokédex to a place relatively close to the main crystal body of the Tree of Beginning, called out Beautifly, and together they began observing this crystal lifeform.
However, just as Beautifly was examining a blue crystal growing on the main crystal body, a sudden change occurred. The blue crystal instantly transformed into a golden fluid-like form and began to stir restlessly.
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