I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

Chapter 97 A History Shining with the Light of Humanity

Upon hearing Du's words, the first thought that popped into Chen Mu's mind was: This Hua Lan Fishing Ground is truly plagued by disasters!

The underlying dynamics are quite complex.

In short: In this day and age, the number of ecological protection zones almost directly determines a league's Pokémon resource reserves and development potential!

This directly impacts the overall level of the next generation of trainers in a league!

Of course, this kind of relationship is not formed overnight. In this world, the relationship between humans and nature, and between humans and Pokémon, has undergone many shifts and has gone through a spiral upward process together.

When the alliance was first established, the ecological protection area was not as important as it is now.

Back then, the population of each league was not large, and the undeveloped areas in the wild were vast. Trainers were never worried about where to catch Pokémon, but rather how to train them to become proficient.

Later, with technological advancements and population explosion, urban expansion encroached on many habitats that originally belonged to wild Pokémon.

Later, the technology of artificial breeding houses made breakthrough progress. In the last century, people generally believed that Pokémon bred artificially in breeding houses were of higher quality.

During that period, the status of ecologists was at an all-time low, while scholars who studied Pokémon eggs, Pokémon genetic modification, Pokémon artificial breeding, and genetic advantages enjoyed unprecedented social status and influence!

The most popular trendsetting discipline in the last century was the artificial breeding of Pokémon.

At that time, the most popular Pokémon in the world was undoubtedly Ditto, and its price was once so high that it was hard to find even for millions of dollars. The reason for this was that Ditto could be artificially bred with almost any known Pokémon.

During that period, many Ditto in the breeding center were like those Ditto used as tools to farm 6IVs in Chen Mu's previous life's game.

They are nothing short of ruthless egg-laying machines and breeding laborers.

While this approach has resulted in many offspring Pokémon with controllable characteristics, skills, and ability biases, it has also caused many parent Pokémon to suffer extremely painful torment.

Until one day, a righteous person could not accept such a cruel truth and risked his life to sneak into a large breeding house, taking the initiative to expose the evil behind this ugly black industry!

Fortunately, most people in this world are kind.

Thus, the International Pokémon Protection Convention was officially signed at that time!

This convention explicitly prohibits all inhumane modifications and experiments on Pokémon, including forced breeding of Pokémon.

Research on egg laying and hybridization.

Since then, while man-made Pokémon breeding centers still exist, all the inhumane and utilitarian practices such as "forcing Gardevoir and Muk to breed just to pass on a good move" and "making a Ditto lay hundreds of different kinds of Pokémon eggs in a year" have been banned.

The idea of ​​protecting the mental health of Pokémon and respecting their free will is gradually gaining popularity.

And it was from that time that the world slowly began to get better and better.

So even though Chen Mu is about to face charges under the International Pokémon Protection Convention and will need to take Eevee for various tests and self-proof in order to comply with the convention, he still has the most basic goodwill towards the convention and has never complained about its existence.

That is the result of the previous generation of people in this world striving to uphold justice and ideals!

Many righteous people have paid the price, even with their lives, for this!

It was a history that was both moving and inspiring, a past that shone with the brilliance of humanity, and an epic poem that celebrated the sincere bond between humans and Pokémon. However, everything has two sides, and anything in excess is as bad as anything in moderation.

After the concept of respecting Pokémon's free will became deeply ingrained, it eventually gave rise to some extreme and excessive views.

The plasma cluster in the Unova region is a prime example of this!

Although Chen Mu had not specifically studied the differences between the development history of Team Plasma in this world and that of the original work in his previous life, he could easily imagine that, against such a magnificent historical backdrop, the influence of Team Plasma at its peak was definitely no less than that of the original work in his previous life!

Even outside of the United States, there are many extremist groups that are deeply influenced by Team Plasma's ideology, or whose ideas coincide with those of Team Plasma!

Therefore, in the last decade or so, all the major leagues have placed great emphasis on the construction and maintenance of natural ecological reserves within their borders. Wherever rare Pokémon exist, the protection work is carried out with utmost care.

This is compounded by a combination of factors, including intense international competition, intensifying competition among the five major leagues in multiple areas, a decline in the total global wild Pokémon resource, and an unexpected increase in the average quality of wild Pokémon in recent years.

This has made the originally joyous and simple event of the reopening of Hualan Fish Farm suddenly become highly anticipated and even confusing!

Chen Mu never expected that he had only planned to take advantage of the summer vacation to ride the wave of ecological trends, do some scientific research, make some videos, eat hot pot and sing songs, but suddenly he was being given high expectations!

"What exactly happened?" He swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

Watari then explained, "In response to the growing trend of nature conservation within the Alliance in recent years, the design of the Cerulean Fishing Grounds area, which reopened this year, is very different from that of the past."

We have specifically designed a large area near the coast as an ecological zone and a sightseeing and fishing area that is regularly open to tourists. Its operation is basically based on the existing Quartz Plateau and Mt. Tsukimi natural ecological zone, aiming to provide as much protection and survival resources as possible for the Pokémon in the area.

This part of the ecological zone is also an important buffer for people who advocate for the protection of elves to accept the opening of the fishing grounds.

We only designated fishing zones that allowed fishing boats to navigate 220 kilometers offshore.

But now, the biggest crisis has occurred in the near-shore ecological protection zone!

If problems arise in this area, coupled with the mismanagement of the League from over thirty years ago exposed by the Viridian Forest incident a few months ago, then...

We are very concerned about the possibility of serious protests and public opinion disturbances in the near future.

When Adu said this, Chen Mu could even feel the subtle fatigue emanating from him, a result of his exhaustion.

In this real world, the responsibilities of a league champion go far beyond simply going to play a Masters tournament regularly!

In the adult world, everyone has a tough time.

Especially a champion like Du, who is extremely responsible.

"So, what exactly is the crisis facing the nearshore protected areas right now?" Chen Mu then asked.

"It's Corsola, the most important cornerstone Pokémon on the nearshore seabed of the protected area: Corsola, which has recently shown a large-scale escape to the open sea."

(Sun Coral)