I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

At this moment, Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh: the bright red Pikachu is truly a treasure chest, it has everything.

He was also a little puzzled, "Why didn't Pikachu teach you any attack skills?"

Kirlia blushed slightly again and turned her head away, her voice becoming much softer.

Fortunately, Chen Mu still managed to understand the information from the fragmented language.

Kirlia's gist is probably: Pikachu taught her, but those things were too difficult, and she hasn't learned them yet.

Chen Mu thought about it and agreed. Pikachu's best move is definitely "Thunderbolt", but "Thunderbolt" is a very high-level move, and it's not Kirlia's STAB move, so learning it across types must be very difficult.

But there were actually a few more muttered "ru~ru~" sounds that Chen Mu didn't understand.

Previously, Pikachu had jokingly said on the way that Electric-type moves are the easiest to learn; just shock your own trainer whenever you feel like it, and you'll quickly become proficient.

This startled the little Ralts at the time, and as a result, it became somewhat resistant to the attack moves taught by Pikachu.

Pikachu was completely unintentional at the time, and considering Red's True Human constitution, it's very likely that the pair genuinely thought it was a pretty practical training technique.

Fortunately, Kirlia didn't believe Pikachu.

After confirming that Kirlia had mastered the new move, Chen Mu excitedly picked her up and lifted her high, praising her, "You worked so hard, Kirlia, you're amazing!"

Kirullian, embarrassed and annoyed, quickly slapped Chen Mu's hand, signaling him to put her down.

But once she was put back on the ground, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but keep turning up.

Then, Chen Mu, together with Kirlia, clasped their hands together and bowed to the forest to express their gratitude for the gifts bestowed upon them by Viridian Forest.

"Bu-i~ Bu-i~"

Little Ibrahimovic also wants to learn, but he can't stand up straight yet and can't do that pose.

So Chen Mu picked her up and supported her waist with both hands.

This allows the little Eevee to levitate, clasp its tiny paws together, and adorably sway up and down towards the forest in front of it.

It looks just like an adorable lucky cat.

A breeze swept through the forest, as if the forest itself was responding to their gratitude.

Before leaving, Chen Mu made sure to collect some more samples from the forest.

Before leaving, he met Jubei one more time in Tokiwa City.

Chen Mu learned from Jubei that the Evergreen Gym had unfortunately lost control of the Evergreen Forest development project, but they still intended to invest.

Furthermore, the development of the forest itself can boost the tourism industry and related industries in Viridian City, and the city and gym will still benefit.

Therefore, he conveyed the gratitude of the dojo's management to Chen Mu and hinted that he hoped to continue the cooperation if there was an opportunity in the future.

Chen Mu naturally smiled and nodded, indicating that he was flattered.

As for the other party's implied meaning, he pretended to be stupid and didn't understand.

He then left Tokiwa City and took a train back to Tsuchiki Academy in Konoha City.

This was, in fact, the first time he had returned to the academy where he worked since he transmigrated.

As soon as he returned and entered the campus gate, some students passing by noticed him and exclaimed in surprise.

"Is that Professor Chen? It really is! It really is Professor Chen!"

Good morning, Professor Chen!

"Professor Chen, can we hold little Ibuki?"

The students' sudden enthusiasm made Chen Mu once again directly feel the change in his current popularity.

He had never received such treatment when he returned to school before.

Ecology and Environment is a new major and department that Chuimu Academy has only established in recent years. It is a small major with little influence. In the past, when Chen Mu first entered the school, students often did not recognize him and mistakenly thought that he was just there to listen to lectures.

Their circumstances are now worlds apart!

After greeting the enthusiastic students, he first went to the school's sample testing laboratory building.

The various environmental and biological samples they had collected in the Viridian Forest had already been sent back to the school via express delivery when the group arrived at the Quartz Plateau with Red.

After that, the test data continued to be produced, and Sakura and her colleagues used a lot of it when writing their papers.

Some data is just taking longer to come out, and we're constantly testing it.

Only today did the last few data points come out, and Chen Mu came here to collect them.

Upon arriving at the lab, I was greeted by a Chansey egg carrying a tray, bouncing past me with a mask on its face.

In this world, Pokémon are involved in every field of human civilization, and scientific research is no exception.

Then a person followed Jili Egg over, and when he saw Chen Mu, his eyes lit up and he rushed over excitedly.

"Chen Mu, you're finally here! The results for your batch of samples are in! Great news, fantastic news!"

The visitor was a good friend of Chen Mu's from school, named Xiao Wenyu.

Unlike the department head who had ulterior motives, Xiao Wenyu was genuinely happy for Chen Mu's current achievements.

"I feel like you really have a chance to win the award this time! The last few energy test results of the sample you submitted are very encouraging!"

The soil in Viridian Forest contains 0.71% lunar energy, exceeding the critical value of 0.63%, meaning that this forest can support the evolution of Nidorino, Nidorina, and Skitty!

Furthermore, the energy content of leaves in the plant samples also exceeded the critical value, meaning that the forest can still support Eevee to evolve into Leafeon, Bellsprout to evolve into Victreebel, and Gloom to evolve into Vileplume!

It feels like your scientific expedition is really going to be featured in the journal *Natural Science*!

Upon hearing this news, Chen Mu felt a surge of genuine joy.

The evolutions that Xiao Wenyu mentioned all had one thing in common in Chen Mu's previous life's game: they all required evolution stones to assist them.

Nidorino needs a Moon Stone to evolve into Nidoking; Eevee needs a Leaf Stone to evolve into Leafeon.

In reality, however, a complete evolution stone is extremely rare. Even in the human world, only a small number of wealthy trainers can afford to use evolution stones.

Most of the time, wild Pokémon in a region accumulate the resources they need for evolution by collecting raw ores, crystals, and special fruits rich in corresponding energy from the environment.

Many social Pokémon collect evolution resources together as a group and then supply them to the leader to ensure that at least one strong individual in the group can evolve stably.

The Nido tribe that Chen Mu encountered on the Quartz Plateau was like this.

Therefore, these Pokémon have an absolute requirement for their living environment—the concentration of the corresponding energy in the environment must exceed a critical value so that they can at least collect useful evolutionary resources.

With data to support it now, the ecological value of Evergreen Forest is poised to be greatly enhanced!

As the first person to discover this, Chen Mu's academic standing will naturally rise once the paper is published.

Xiao Wenyu was genuinely happy for his friend.

After congratulating him, Xiao Wenyu leaned closer, looked around mysteriously, and then told Chen Mu a little inside tidbit.

"However, I'd also like to remind you to publish your papers as soon as possible, and it's best to get your professional title reviewed quickly as well. I feel like the director is targeting you a bit lately."

Why do you say that?

"Ha! Now everyone in the department can see that he's jealous of you."

Just two days ago, he came up with a bizarre rule that all professors and associate professors would have to have a Pokémon battle test score added to their evaluations.

Isn't that ridiculous? Why do we ecological researchers have to be experts in Pokémon battles?

"Isn't it just because he participated in battle tournaments back in his student days, while you only have an unevolved Ralts?"

At that moment, Xiao Wenyu was filled with righteous indignation, as if he was about to reveal a resolute look in his eyes.

But Chen Mu couldn't help but want to laugh.