I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

Chen Mu's first appearance after resuming his broadcast shocked netizens.

But he wasn't deliberately exaggerating to attract traffic; rather, after two days of observation and contact, he genuinely discovered some problems.

"We mentioned in our live stream a few days ago that Eevee is a Pokémon that prefers cool temperatures and dislikes heat. And after observing them these past few days, we've found that many young Eevee in the forest are indeed not well-adapted to the hot and humid environment of the forest."

As he spoke, he tried to lure Little Eevee over with some dry food.

This little Eevee is very intelligent. She clearly knew that Chen Mu meant no harm, so she trotted over on her own. Instead of biting the dry food, she buried her head in Chen Mu's hand and rubbed against him obediently.

This scene once again brought tears of envy to the eyes of many viewers in the live stream.

"Is this really a wild elf? It looks even more docile than my pet cat!"

"Looking at my unfilial son, I was speechless for a moment."

"How can it be so well-behaved? I can't accept it!"

But when Chen Mu brushed aside the downy hair on the back of Little Ibu's neck, netizens were speechless with heartache.

"Look here, everyone. The little one has developed some rashes on the back of her neck. This is the result of the treatment we've given her over the past few days."

There are also several younger Eevee cubs in the forest who, because they are afraid of the heat, bite off their own fur, which has caused their skin to become inflamed.

Chen Mu patted Little Eevee's back tenderly, and seeing that she wouldn't eat dry food, he fed her some cold water before continuing his explanation.

"Here, some viewers might ask, if Eevee isn't adapted to the climate of Viridian Forest, then why are they here?"

After observing for the past two days, I believe the truth is more likely this: it's not Eevee that truly loves the forest environment, but rather certain specific evolutions of Eevee, such as Umbreon and Leafeon.

As he spoke, he gestured for the camera to turn around again.

The camera panned and focused on a clump of bushes between two large trees.

At first, viewers watching from behind their screens were puzzled—there clearly wasn't anything there.

But the very next second, several bright yellow halos lit up in the shadows of the bushes.

Then, a handsome Pokémon, entirely black except for dazzling golden halos around its ears, forehead, and body, slowly emerged from the darkness.

This caused a stir of exclamations in the live chat.

"Wow, Umbreon is so cool!"

"This ability to disguise and hide is just too good! Is this the charm of the wild?"

"I showed it to my Umbreon, and he said it was a special skill."

Wild Umbreons are very good at hiding in the dark. Even during the day, they can cleverly use the environment to conceal themselves, like darlings of the shadows.

However, it's hard to say about domesticated animals. Many of them have long been accustomed to being fed by humans, and their hiding and hunting skills have severely deteriorated.

This difference is precisely what makes wild Pokémon so appealing, and it's why many trainers prefer to capture them in the wild.

However, Chen Mu's focus today is not on this.

"This Umbreon should be the father of the little Eevee next to me. He is the one who is truly adapted to the environment of Viridian Forest."

Based on our speculation, he and his mate should have crossed the Silver Mountains last spring during the breeding season to return to their homeland on the Quartz Plateau, but now they are trapped in the forest.

As they spoke, Umbreon stepped out of the shadows and slowly walked up to Eevee, sticking out its tongue to lick its little one's ear.

Little Eevee affectionately snuggled up to its father's neck, then playfully stretched out one of its front paws and kept tugging at Umbreon's ears.

Until Umbreon was pushed around helplessly, it lowered its head and lit up the halos on its forehead and ears again.

Only then did Little Eevee stop and happily wag its tail at the bright circle.

During a break in the heartwarming parent-child interaction between the two Eevee dogs, Chen Mu took the time to share some knowledge with the viewers in the live chat.

"Because Pokémon evolution can drastically change their form and even their attributes, many Pokémon do not have the same preference for the environment before and after evolution, which has led to the migration and migration of Pokémon."

The most typical example of this phenomenon is Milotic, a Water-type Pokémon.

For many years, humans have been unable to figure out what kind of Pokémon Milotic evolved from, because their ecological habits before and after evolution were so different.

In the wild, Milotic is a very powerful Pokémon with a high ecological niche. They prefer open and clean waters and mainly live in the deep ocean and large lakes with abundant food, occupying a large area of ​​water as their territory.

Surprisingly, their original form, the pufferfish, had completely opposite preferences.

Uglyfish are generally sensitive and timid, afraid of open water, and prefer to hide in the silt, seaweed and coral reefs at the bottom of rivers and near the sea. They prefer small and dark environments.

For centuries, people have never been able to find the original form of Milotic near its wild habitat, which has led to many outlandish speculations.

For example, at the beginning of the last century, some people speculated that Milotic was a special regional form of Hakkarosaurus, while others speculated that they were another evolutionary branch of the terrestrial Snivy.

It wasn't until 1932 that an ecologist in Sinnoh tracked a wild Milotic for several years and observed their migration for the first time.

It turns out that when planning to reproduce, female Milotic will return to their birthplace with their mates and lay their eggs in narrow river channels or near-shore coral reefs.

Afterwards, they will only rest in their homeland for a few days, and before the ugly fish hatches, they will leave and return to their territory in open water.

Today, Ha Long Bay north of Amethyst City in the Hoenn region and Mindar Reef near Ruri City are both famous Minas Gerais migration points.

It was only after the Minas migration phenomenon was observed in 1932 that these two places became world-class tourist hotspots.

This habit of migrating for the purpose of reproduction is not unique to aquatic Pokémon.

This phenomenon may also exist in land-based Pokémon.

Scholars have long proposed the hypothesis that Eevee also exhibits migratory behavior.

Because Eevee has many evolutionary forms with different attributes, the preferred living environments for different evolutionary forms should be very different.

However, this hypothesis has never been proven in the past.

One reason is that Ibrahimovic places more emphasis on parental care than Milotic.

Unlike Milotic, which only gives birth but doesn't raise its offspring, wild Eevee will pair up and take care of their offspring together for three to four years.

Therefore, in order to accommodate Eevee's survival habits, most evolved Eevee will never stray too far from their homeland throughout their lives.

In the Kanto region, most evolved wild Eevee still live in the Quartz Plateau area, with only a few solitary evolved Eevee leaving their homeland to find a more suitable environment.

That's why I suspect that it might have been a mistake for this little Eevee to have been born in Viridian Forest; she should have been brought back to her home planet, Indigo Plateau, by her parents.

At this point, Chen Mu had finally finished explaining the long backstory.

By this point, even if he didn't say anything, many viewers, based on the incidents that had occurred during the previous live streams, had already guessed the reason for the mistake!