For Cynthia, what was more important was that she clearly knew everything she had just been thinking about was based on what was in the game.
So, in the real world, if a Pokémon like Dracovish existed, what would the manifestation of this ability be like?
Would it simply need to have faster action speed than the opponent?
Or would it be necessary to attack first and hit the opponent in order to activate this ability's double power effect?
Of course, all this discussion was built on a huge premise—that such a fossil Pokémon really existed in the real world.
Having experienced all those previous events—everything about Mega Evolution—Cynthia suddenly felt uncertain about this point. So she took screenshots of Dracovish's appearance and information in her team, preparing to contact Professor Oak to ask about the possibility of such a Pokémon existing in the present world.
After all, when it came to information about fossil Pokémon, Professor Oak definitely knew much more than she did.
But just as Cynthia was about to leave the livestream window to find Professor Oak, Professor Oak unexpectedly sent her a message first.
"Cynthia, during this recent period, I've made some new discoveries that I think are quite valuable, so I came to share them with you."
"In the Granite Cave in Dewford Town that you mentioned before, there are still two more fossils of the type you described. One is just like the one you found, while the other is on the second floor in a corner position, behind a huge rock. I currently don't know how to move this rock, but I saw it and confirmed it's definitely a fossil."
"Additionally, near Regirock's position, there are two black dots on the walls. Using the interact button on them can get you two Dusk Stones that look to be of good quality. They should be useful whether for Pokémon evolution or as altar offerings for Regirock."
"Besides that, pressing the interact button on the big tree branch on the far left of Dewford Town can get you a Leaf Stone. Going through this big tree, there's a small island isolated from Dewford Town behind it. At the very center of the island is an Everstone. I'm currently continuing to explore this small island and estimate there might be more discoveries."
Reading Professor Oak's series of messages, Cynthia couldn't help but feel genuinely surprised. It had been less than an hour and a half since they had finalized this plan, yet Professor Oak had already made so many discoveries.
Truly worthy of being a professor—such high efficiency!
Moreover, besides those stones that could be used as offerings, Professor Oak had actually discovered another fossil.
After experiencing the Dracovish incident just now, Cynthia could be said to be very interested in fossil Pokémon.
The previous Archen and Lileep, plus this Dracovish, had repeatedly proven to her the extraordinary nature of these fossil Pokémon.
No trainer could refuse to learn about and encounter some powerful and interesting Pokémon, and she was naturally no exception.
A new fossil meant there was a high probability of reviving a new fossil Pokémon!
At this point, Cynthia wasn't sure yet whether the fossil Professor Oak had currently discovered was an active fossil or not.
With this thought, she also opened the chat box and began typing.
[No, the rock blocking that fossil you mentioned requires Strength, which can only be mastered after a certain gym, to push it away. The acquisition method is to go to the tunnel and use Rock Smash.]
After explaining to Professor Oak the conditions for obtaining and using Strength, she talked about her two new discoveries in the game.
One was successfully reviving Dracovish's fossil through Bill, and the other was naturally the Mega Evolution of Sceptile and Kangaskhan.
When Professor Oak finished listening, he quickly replied with a message.
"A Pokémon can actually complete an additional evolution on top of its original foundation—this sounds truly too incredible."
Even through the screen, Cynthia could feel Professor Oak's disbelief.
Such a reaction from him was quite normal. After all, the scientific field had long discovered that Pokémon evolution was something with quite complex conditions. How many times a Pokémon could evolve and what its final evolutionary form would be seemed to be innate limitations already inscribed in their genetic sequences.
According to the experimental reports searched and seized by the League during cleanup activities, even those villainous organizations that had conducted illegal experiments had not managed to give a Pokémon additional evolutionary forms, even when destroying and altering their genes.
This seemed to be a natural law and iron rule belonging to Pokémon, which the scientific community had also accepted.
But now this Mega Evolution had suddenly appeared, completely breaking this iron rule.
The fact that Pokémon could even revert to their original forms after Mega Evolution was even more incredible.
Regarding the "Mega Evolution" that Cynthia had demonstrated, Professor Oak's final view seemed similar to hers.
"Cynthia, regarding all those previous Pokémon, including legendary Pokémon, I think this game is quite faithful, but the evolution you mentioned probably isn't very realistic."
"However, looking at it currently, most things in this game are real, which is already enough."
"Being able to experience some things in the game that don't exist in reality is quite interesting, isn't it?"
"Compared to the evolution you mentioned, I'd be more interested in the fossil Pokémon revival you just mentioned."
"But honestly, this point also makes me feel it's a bit unlikely."
"Fossils can actually be successfully revived into Pokémon..."
"Speaking of which, this Pokémon called Dracovish has such a huge head—how does the body structure of its lower half support such weight?"
Looking at Professor Oak's reply, Cynthia didn't hesitate and directly began typing.
[Professor, if you're interested, you can take the fossil you found in Granite Cave to someone called Bill near Autumn Leaf Town for revival.]
While typing, she keenly noticed something from what Professor Oak had just said.
Regarding everything in this game, Professor Oak, like her just now, seemed to have had a slight change in attitude.
Starting from the recent Mega Evolution, to the matter of fossils being revivable.
If everything before had still been within their cognitive range—things that could be traced and had corresponding patterns in the real world, verifiable existences.
Then this fossil revival matter and this special evolution were truly hard to believe.
However, regarding this issue, Cynthia had already thought about it. Whether things in the game were real or fake was something they needed to judge for themselves.
Making good use of all the information in this game that corresponded to the real world, and enjoying the special content that this game uniquely created that didn't exist in reality—this was what they, as players, should do.
However, for some reason, Cynthia found that her heart still held a faint expectation: what if all of this was actually real?
If that were truly the case... that would be quite something.
With this thought, Cynthia slightly shook her head and sent the message telling Professor Oak how to revive fossils.
At the same time, she had a new question and added another message: [Do you know Bill?]
Cynthia really wanted to know whether this researcher who could develop top-tier technology like fossil revival in the game actually existed in the real world.
Although the real him might not have such outrageous achievements and technology as fossil revival, he should still be a very capable researcher, right?
Professor Oak paused for a moment before his reply message came:
"Bill? Huh, I seem to have an impression of such a person, but I don't quite remember the specific situation. I'll go check my contact directory in a bit..."
"I'll get back to you on this matter later. Right now, I want to use the body structure of that Pokémon you revived in the game to see if there are any corresponding genes in the fossil database."
"While reviving fossils is quite unlikely, this kind of Pokémon might have actually existed in reality."
Getting such a response, Cynthia could only wait for the results.
At this time, she suddenly remembered a very important matter—an idea she had previously conceived: establishing a website forum for players to discuss this "Emerald" game with each other, sharing experiences gained in the game, and various key information.
The original intention of establishing this forum was not only to obtain more information about Ultra Wormholes, but also to allow her to acquire more information and be the first to complete this game.
At the same time, even from the perspective of ordinary players, having such a platform and organization to search for and share game guides would naturally be much more convenient.
Whether for herself or others, this would be a good thing.
The only problem now was that establishing a website wasn't easy. She had never had any understanding in this area before, so she definitely couldn't do it herself.
Logically speaking, with her status, she only needed to pay some money through the League to find someone to handle it.
Or she could have that previous computer genius, Emma, spend some time, and it should also be doable.
But while chatting just now, she suddenly remembered that Professor Oak seemed to have an abandoned website that could be used perfectly, so she decided to just bring it up directly.
Actually, the most crucial point was that although the League's control over websites wasn't particularly strict, there were many complex and demanding procedures.
Even if she had Emma or found professionals to handle a new website, the entire process would probably take most of a month.
But if she used Professor Oak's ready-made website, it would be much more convenient—if done quickly, it could even be completed today.
At this moment, after listening to Cynthia's explanation, Professor Oak immediately gave a positive response.
"Hey, that's quite a good idea! Just like in our research field, knowledge and information should be used for exchange and sharing. Only this way can everyone avoid taking detours that predecessors have already traveled."
"And you remember correctly—I do have an abandoned website on hand. It was originally for academic research exchanges, but was shelved later due to some reasons. It's perfect for you to use now."
"I'll have my people handle it right now. The website forum should be established within half an hour. But what name do you plan to use?"
Cynthia thought for a moment and replied: "Let's call it 'Pokémon Emerald Forum'—simple and obvious."
"Pokémon" seemed to be this game's term for Pokémon. Anyone who had played this game could immediately see what this forum was for.
"Good name. In half an hour, my people should send you the website link. You can operate however you want with administrator privileges. But there's still one problem—how will this website be promoted?"
"Thank you, Professor. You don't need to worry about this problem—leave it to me!"
Cynthia confidently gave her response.
Professor Oak's question was indeed quite crucial. As a guide exchange website, a large player base was naturally the most important thing. If the entire forum only had a few people coming and going, it naturally couldn't operate.
However, this problem was obviously not troublesome for Cynthia.
After all, her livestream currently had hundreds of thousands of people watching.
And among these people, quite a few had bought "Pokémon: Emerald" because of her livestream.
It's just that due to this game's difficulty, more people preferred watching her livestream rather than playing themselves, though there were also some who had the game running while watching her livestream.
"Alright, then I'll continue looking for stones. Remember to notify me if there's any new information."
After Professor Oak finished speaking, his avatar dimmed. Obviously, he went to play the game.
Cynthia also opened the livestream and announced that she was about to establish a guide platform. Everyone's reaction was naturally quite positive.
[A forum built by Cynthia? I'm in!]
[Livestream promotion squad mobilizing! We must let every "Emerald" player know about this forum's existence!]
[Cynthia's number one die-hard fan is ready, prepared to spread the website link anytime!]
Professor Oak's people worked quite fast. After 15 minutes, Cynthia received a link.
Clicking into it, she found this was a completely blank forum website, with only a "Pokémon Forum" title hanging high at the top.
She could see that Professor Oak's people were quite thoughtful—this title was exactly the same color as the title in the "Emerald" game.
Looking at the scene before her, Cynthia thought for a moment, registered an account, and quickly obtained moderator status in the backend.
She consecutively posted two threads in this forum.
The first was a pinned post encouraging players to come to this forum and speak freely about information and guides within the game.
The second post was a thread about known information on fossil Pokémon.
This was also the most in-depth and valuable information she had explored in the game so far.
After posting this thread, Cynthia thought briefly and added another post: a [Seeking Information About Ultra Wormholes] thread.
Although, according to most players' current progress in the game, Cynthia didn't think many players had reached the Ultra Wormhole plot location yet.
But as time passed, she believed the number of replies under this thread would also increase.
After doing all this, Cynthia exited the forum, switched back to the game, and began controlling her character to continue the game's progression.
Her next target was Verdanturf Town to the right of Mauville City.
But before that, Cynthia wanted to do one more thing—go to the Fiery Path cave on the left side of the cable car that she'd visited before, use Strength to push away that rock, and explore what lay beyond.
The previous experience at the Old Chateau had taught her something: those obstacles that required HM moves to push away often hid special plots, Pokémon, or even reward items behind them. From a long-term game completion perspective, they couldn't be missed!
What Cynthia didn't know was that just as she embarked on her journey, in the distant livestream, Iono had already completed her challenge of the Fire-type gym.
This gym battle could be said to be the most satisfying and smooth one in her entire gaming career.
After Electric Terrain was activated, Iono had her Pokémon take turns using "Thunderbolt," successfully steamrolling through.
Don't ask—it's the power of stats!
Iono finally managed to hold her head high for once, but logically, she should have been very happy. However, after the gym battle, she didn't show much joy.
Because even at this moment, that yellow figure she had just seen emerging from the Ultra Wormhole still floated in her mind.
That robust body, yellow fur, and lightning-like speed lingered in her mind for a long time, almost like a Pokémon she was destined to meet, one that could only be seen in dreams!
As a trainer specializing in Electric-types, she had once set a goal for herself in her heart.
That was to witness the strongest and most charismatic Electric-type Pokémon in this world.
And that figure just now seemed to finally allow her to complete this goal!
But even so, she had only caught a fleeting glimpse of that Pokémon and had no way to capture its figure again, nor did she know its whereabouts.
At this moment, the more Iono thought about it, the sadder she felt.
Even the joy of winning the gym battle was somewhat dampened.
After much thought, an idea suddenly popped into her mind.
Right, this is a game!
Where there are games, there should be guides.
Now that this game had quite a few players, might there be players online who had also seen that yellow mysterious Pokémon and had some understanding of it?
Deciding to act immediately, Iono opened her browser and began searching.
However, after inputting several keywords, she didn't get the results she wanted.
At this point, having calmed down, she realized that this made sense—given current player progress, Ultra Wormholes were relatively late-game content.
Most players were probably still stuck in earlier parts.
Just as she was somewhat disappointedly about to close the browser, a website caught her attention.
"Emerald Forum?"
She unconsciously clicked into it.
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