I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

After Chen Mu's explanation, many viewers realized that the anchor was not broadcasting the wilderness adventure they had imagined.

They really look like they're conducting a scientific expedition!

"The anchor looks very professional."

"I don't understand it, but it sounds amazing."

But after all, this is the modern internet, and harmony is destined to be just a fleeting spark; debating is the mainstream voice.

Inevitably, some sharp voices will emerge to question it.

"The streamer is exaggerating. How could there possibly be so many Pokémon in Viridian Forest?"

"It's so well-made up, it looks like the real thing."

"There's a monkey monster in Viridian Forest? The streamer looks like one!"

Some people even sent a special gift and a brightly colored bullet screen message, just to harshly criticize Chen Mu.

Chen Mu read the comment aloud: "I've been to Viridian Forest five times in the last three years, and I can tell you with certainty that there are only Caterpie, Weedle, Rattata, Pidgey, and Spearow there."

Chen Mu wasn't angry after reading it aloud, because he had already guessed that many people wouldn't believe it.

"What this netizen said is correct. Evergreen Forest is indeed very barren now, but that doesn't mean that the environment here has no possibility of being revitalized. Our field investigation this time is precisely to prove the ecological potential here."

In a face-to-face conversation, his explanation would likely be enough to convince most people.

Unfortunately, he is now facing the internet.

In the short term, most of the comments were still unconvinced. Some questioned the streamer, some argued with each other, and a few instigated conflict, such as "Indigo League's environmental protection is not as good as Alola's," which led to various arguments and insults.

In short, the chaos at the time highlighted the reality.

Seeing this, Jubei stepped forward and stood outside the recording area, asking, "Professor Chen, do you need our help to use technical means to restrict the comments on the screen?"

Chen Mu was somewhat surprised: "We still have these conditions outdoors right now?"

Jubei explained, "Our dojo has people monitoring from the back, and they also have Porygon on hand, so they can handle it quickly."

The Porygon, also known as the 3D Dragon, is considered the best partner for hackers.

Don't let their pointed heads and seemingly dull appearance fool you; once connected to the electronic network, they become gods of the data world!

Upon hearing that Tokiwa Dojo had even prepared a Porygon for their trial livestream, Chen Mu couldn't help but admire the dog's innovative and unconventional thinking once again.

However, he still declined, saying, "No need, anyway, our main purpose for this trip wasn't to make money through live streaming."

He then added with a laugh, "Besides, isn't all this noise attracting more people?"

Sakura stuck out her tongue off-camera and said playfully, "Teacher Chen, you really know how to do live streaming."

Chen Mu thought to himself: If I really knew how to do live streaming, I would just pull you in front of the camera and make you dance, and I guarantee the viewership would go up another notch.

However, in the end he did not do that. Instead, he continued to carefully instruct the students to take photos, record data, and collect samples of soil, fallen leaves, and water from the forest at fixed locations and in fixed quantities every once in a while.

This part of their activity seemed somewhat monotonous and boring.

However, the increasingly heated laning phase in the live stream effectively compensated for this.

As a result, the live broadcast of this scientific expedition unexpectedly maintained a high level of popularity.

Incidentally, Chen Mu and his team also used tongs to pick up litter along the way, especially plastic products.

This is an activity that the official team recommends every team going on a forest adventure can easily undertake.

However, most teams executed the task perfunctorily, and only a few, like Chen Mu and his team, completed it meticulously.

Once the bag of trash is full, they simply place it in an open area in the woods and leave behind a makeshift signal transmitter.

After a while, a ranger's flying Pokémon will come following the signal, pick up the trash bag, and take it out of the forest.

During the process, Chen Mu also explained: "Human damage to the ecology is not only reflected in the direct killing of wild animals and Pokémon, but also in the various plastic products we produce, which are major culprits in destroying the local ecology."

Humans produced them, but have never found a good way to dispose of them.

As they were talking, Ralts, who had been lying on his backpack, suddenly straightened up, stood on Chen Mu's shoulder, raised its hand, and released its psychic power towards an open space not far in front of it.

The telekinetic energy transformed into a shockwave, blasting a deep crater in the ground.

The mouth of a plastic bottle is sticking out of the pit.

"Ralts, that's awesome~" Sakura said with a very girlish heart.

Chen Mu also gave the little guy an encouraging tap on the head, which made Ralts proudly hold Chen Mu's temples, puff out its chest, and make a childish voice.

"Na~ Na~"

A student stepped forward, dug out the plastic bottle, and quickly identified it.

"This depth was probably buried thirty to forty years ago, or even longer."

"That's terrifying; there's not a single sign of decomposition."

Before he could say anything more, Jubei stepped forward and, despite the risk of being in the shot, quickly took the plastic bottle from his hand and put it into an opaque black garbage bag.

"Huh? Aren't you going to take a picture to remember this?" the student wondered.

The next moment, Chen Mu subtly shook his head at him.

In that instant, although Jubei moved quickly, Chen Mu, aided by the revelation of his psionic power, still accurately captured the key information out of the corner of his eye—

There's a tiny Rocket Team R logo on that bottle.

So it seems that his two previous conjectures have now been confirmed: Viridian Forest did indeed suffer a large-scale invasion by Team Rocket more than 30 years ago;

And Jubei is not only a trainer at the Viridian Gym, but he is also connected to Team Rocket.

Some things are just meant to be seen through but not spoken of.

Chen Mu promptly changed the subject, continuing to explain to the camera: "Plastic products are extremely difficult to degrade in the natural environment. They will only break into plastic fragments and smaller particles, which are then eaten by small animals and Pokémon."

Even Pokémon with extraordinary abilities, such as breathing fire, water, and poison, cannot digest plastic. If the Pokémon is small and has a limited digestive capacity, the accumulation of plastic particles may eventually kill it.

Thus, we have found our first breakthrough in this research: to restore the Viridian Forest's ecosystem, I think the first step is to clean up as much plastic waste as possible in the forest.

Jubei, who was standing to the side, had already stepped back out of the frame, but upon hearing this, he instinctively opened his mouth as if he wanted to explain something, but ultimately fell silent.

Because this was indeed a mess created by their Rockets team, there's no way to refute it.

Back when Team Rocket first rose to prominence, it was a purely violent gang with members of varying quality. Moreover, they secretly entered the forest to poach Pokémon behind the League's back, so they didn't care about cleaning up the mess afterwards.

So for a moment he could only retreat silently to the side, feigning ignorance.

The two cameramen who came with him seemed to share the same sentiment.

One of them, probably unable to bear the unbearable atmosphere, handed the camera to the accompanying Magnemite and put on gloves himself, intending to help the students with the task of picking up trash.

Unexpectedly, just as the cameraman was about to push aside a clump of low bushes to see if there was any trash hidden inside, Chen Mu, who was not far away, suddenly raised his voice and said anxiously.

"Don't touch that clump of plants!"