I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

After the department head left, Lijia indeed took Chen Mu to see Sakura and Qinglian.

Chen Mu originally thought that it was just an excuse that Lijia made up to help him.

Afterwards, they had a meal together. During the meal, Sakura kept thanking Chen Mu for his care and guidance along the way, which made him a little embarrassed.

He only learned before they parted that after returning to town, Qinglian took her Nidoran for a medical check-up and had her aptitude tested, and the results were very encouraging.

Although it takes time, training, and a bit of luck to truly convert talent into strength, this is still exciting news nonetheless.

Later, when Sakura heard Qinglian say that the taming of this Nidoran was entirely thanks to Chen Mu's guidance, she immediately decided that she must thank him in person.

That's how this invitation came about.

After the meal, Sakura insisted on giving Chen Mu a gift to express her gratitude.

Chen Mu wanted to refuse, but then he saw that Sakura had sent him carefully prepared Pokémon nutritional supplements.

One set is specifically designed for Pokémon with Psychic and Fairy attributes; the other is very helpful for the development and growth of baby Beast-type Pokémon.

His tone of refusal suddenly became less forceful.

One can only marvel at how thoughtful a virtuous wife is even in giving gifts; it's truly hard to refuse.

After returning home, Chen Mu used the materials and the cooking skills he had learned from Misaka Joy to make two nutritionally balanced energy cubes.

"Here, this is for you, Ralts, coconut milk flavor."

This is for you, Little Eevee. It has a refreshing, fruity flavor. After you finish this, I'll add a chicken and mushroom soup for you—a balanced meal."

Little Ralts looked at the bouncy energy cube in front of her and was a little conflicted.

She tilted her head back, her large, watery eyes fixed on Chen Mu.

"Nalu~nalu!"

Energy cubes are delicious, but I still want to drink Moo Moo milk!

"You can drink a little, but only after you finish eating the cubes. You can no longer use Moo Moo milk as your main food. You are almost one year old!"

Come on, show the new Eevee sister what to do!

Chen Mu wasn't particularly strict with his own son.

As long as you eat your meals on time, you can still drink a little milk.

Ralts raised her hands high and immediately cheered happily.

"Naru~"

Little Eevee looked over, puzzled and confused, its erect ears drooping in disappointment.

She didn't understand why Ralts was happy, nor did she know what Moo Moo Milk was.

At that moment, she felt a sense of being excluded.

The next moment, before she could even utter a sound, Ralts pounced on her and hugged her neck.

"Naruru~ Naruru~ Ru!"

After dinner, let's drink Moo Moo Milk together~ It's really delicious~ Trust me!

Even though it was her favorite MooMoo Milk, which her trainer had restricted the amount she could consume, Ralts was still willing to share it with her good friend without hesitation.

"Naruru~ Nana~ru!"

While eating Energy Cubes, Ralts enthusiastically explained the charm of Moo Moo Milk to Eevee.

Fresh, large-jar milk, paired with honey from three bees, gently heated until a thin layer of milk skin forms on the surface—it tastes absolutely delicious!

Little Eevee listened with rapt attention, wagging its tail happily. Its ears, which had been drooping slightly, immediately perked up and twitched nimbly.

The gloom vanished in an instant, replaced by bright sunshine and a cheerful mood.

After feeding the two little ones, Chen Mu left them to play in the living room while he returned to his room, opened a remote video call, and spent time providing another round of remote thesis guidance to the research group led by Saki.

Now, his motivation for guiding students in writing papers is no longer for his own promotion or departmental evaluation, but purely to produce better content and help students achieve better graduation grades.

Even though he plans to accept Lijia's invitation to switch jobs to Yuhong University, Chen Mu still intends to first earnestly and responsibly help these students complete their graduation theses.

He didn't want his students to fail to graduate because of his own reasons, while others had studied hard for many years.

Several more days passed in this uneventful daily routine and the students' painful revision of their papers.

In the blink of an eye, the first quarter of this year's highland hunting season is coming to an end.

In the days following the end of the hunting season, the starting town will host a series of celebratory events.

Lijia invited Chen Mu to participate again.

After arriving at the appointment that morning, Chen Mu first went to an open-air square, sat in the front row, and prepared to wait for the leader's speech.

At this moment, he couldn't help but complain to himself: I didn't expect that even after being transported to another world, there would still be speeches from leaders at the opening and closing ceremonies of large-scale events.

The speaker was the Vice-Governor of the Quartz Union and Governor of the Kanto region, essentially the top administrative official of the entire Kanto region, which surprised Chen Mu.

He was wondering why such a high-profile figure could be invited to this event, when he heard the person on stage say something.

First of all, let's congratulate Quartz Plateau on the successful conclusion of its hunting season in the first quarter of this year!

This spring's hunting season revenue hit a new record! This once again demonstrates the substantial profits from the construction and maintenance of protected areas!

The necessity and correctness of actively promoting ecological protection have once again been powerfully demonstrated!

Unfortunately, before that, something else happened in the forests of the southern plateau, which showed us the shortcomings and mistakes that the alliance had made in its early work in this area.

Fortunately, a month ago, a non-governmental scholar took the initiative to go deep into the forest and helped us uncover the real reason for the forest ecological crisis!

Meanwhile, they also uncovered a criminal organization's conspiracy in the forest, saving the alliance from economic losses of over 100 million yuan!

The Eevee tribe he saved has now successfully settled in the Indigo Plateau Ecological Reserve and has become one of the Pokémon that has received the most attention from netizens during this year's hunting season!

Let us give a warm round of applause to this courageous, learned, witty, and selfless scholar!

At this moment, Chen Mu, who was simply there to browse the exhibition, was sitting in the audience, looking completely bewildered.

What...what's going on?

I'm just here to participate in a festival event.

In his moment of confusion, he caught a glimpse of the curator, Rika, in the crowd, who was grinning mischievously.

He suddenly realized.

Good heavens, this gleeful person is definitely doing this on purpose!

Lijia had known this would happen all along, but deliberately didn't tell Chen Mu in advance, only saying that she invited him to participate in the subsequent celebration activities.

After making eye contact, the other person mouthed to him, "Surprised?"

"Oh!"

Only after he officially went on stage did he understand the meaning of Lika's lip reading.

The governor of Guandu waved his hand, and immediately a secretary brought over a tray with a delicate medal placed on an exquisite cushion.

"On behalf of the Quartz Alliance, I hereby solemnly award scholar Chen Mu the Alliance Third-Class Medal of Contribution in recognition of his outstanding contributions to saving the natural ecology of the Viridian Forest!"

The next moment, the applause from the audience was thunderous!

In the corner, the department head, who had spent the last half of his life chasing fame and fortune, stared wide-eyed at the scene on the stage, his teeth practically grinding with jealousy!