People from another world would probably find it hard to imagine just how terrified soone could be of a tapod that was rely hardening itself.
Even Chen Mo—who had received professional training—found it difficult to suppress the smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
"Everyone, there's no need to worry about . tapod is a type of monster with virtually no offensive capabilities. If you don't believe , just take a closer look."
Sure enough.
The viewers soon realized that as the light surrounding tapod gradually faded, nothing else seed to happen at all.
[What just happened?]
[All bark and no bite. That scared the hell out of .]
[The strear's this confident… could this 'popularization' thing actually be real?]
"Since we're already here, just like I said at the start of the stream, I'll use this 'tapod' to give everyone a simple introduction to its species traits."
As one of the earliest, veteran Pokémon to appear in the ani, Chen Mo could easily talk about tapod even without using [Eye of Detection]. Still, since the skill he'd freeloaded from the system had no usage limit, he subconsciously activated it on the tapod anyway.
[Species: tapod]
Type: Bug
Ability: Shed Skin
Base Stats: 205
(HP: 50, Atk: 20, Def: 55, Sp. Atk: 25, Sp. Def: 25, Speed: 30)
Known Moves: Harden
Current Emotion: Wary, nervous
Physical Condition: Perfect
Affinity: 0 (It does not know you)
…
A flood of information poured into his mind. At this point, Chen Mo could say he had a thorough understanding of the tapod before him, as well as its entire evolutionary line.
After organizing the information slightly, Chen Mo spoke in a calm voice.
"It's actually pretty fascinating. The tapod species is a kind of monster that shares similarities with butterflies from our world."
"In their juvenile stage, they're a monster called Caterpie. In terms of appearance, they look a lot like butterfly larvae—caterpillars—but compared to ordinary caterpillars, Caterpie has one very distinctive feature: a red, Y-shaped antenna on its head."
"Caterpie usually feed on leaves. Once they've absorbed enough energy, they spin silk around themselves and enter a cocoon state, transforming into what you see now—this crescent-shaped, cocoon-like tapod—while they wait for the day they'll undergo a complete tamorphosis."
"In the monster ecosystem, Caterpie sits at the very bottom of the food chain and has almost no offensive power. And tapod, which evolves from Caterpie, is even more extre—it only has a single self-defense move called Harden, which is exactly that green-glowing move you just saw."
As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, the livestream exploded. Countless comnts flooded across the screen as the stream's popularity skyrocketed.
[?????]
[Holy crap, you actually know this stuff?!]
[The strear sounds so convincing, I almost believed it.]
[To be fair, it actually makes a lot of sense.]
[If it's like butterflies in our world, then after tapod breaks out of its cocoon, does it also turn into so kind of butterfly monster?]
"So of you guessed right," Chen Mo said with a slight smile. "After breaking out of the cocoon, tapod evolves into a monster called Butterfree. In terms of appearance, it does share many similarities with butterflies."
He paused briefly, smiling at the cara.
"Isn't that amazing?"
[I don't believe it. I won't believe it unless the strear finds a Butterfree and shows it to us.]
[A butterfly from another world? That actually sounds really interesting. Strear, can you talk more about it?]
[No way, no way—people aren't seriously believing this guy's nonsense, right?]
[Breaking out of the cocoon into a butterfly… that actually sounds reasonable!]
Although many viewers still scoffed at what Chen Mo was saying, when he checked the system, he found that his Knowledge Points had already climbed into the triple digits—his first breakthrough from zero.
And since Knowledge Points were only generated when the audience developed a certain level of trust in the information being presented, this ant that so viewers genuinely believed his explanation.
Of course, that also owed a lot to tapod's "contribution."
Chen Mo looked toward the tapod hiding in the grass, slowly inching away as if trying to sneak off.
Even without using [Eye of Detection], Chen Mo could sense through aura that tapod was extrely frightened at this mont.
From tapod's perspective, a human had suddenly barged into its territory, disturbed its life, and then stood there explaining things about it nonstop. Anyone in its place would be scared.
"Do-lang…"
Noticing Chen Mo's gaze, tapod clearly grew even more afraid, its wriggling escape becoming noticeably faster.
"Clearly, we've disturbed this little guy."
Chen Mo didn't stop tapod from leaving. He gently withdrew the hand that had parted the grass.
"tapod gets its na because its shell is as hard as steel. But compared to that shell, its body inside is actually extrely soft. That's why most of the ti, it stays perfectly still, choosing to endure external threats silently. We've already bothered this little one long enough, so we won't continue troubling it."
"By the way, I'll add one more thing. tapod evolves very quickly. From what I know, it's among the fastest-evolving monsters out there. Under normal circumstances, it only takes about a week for tapod to evolve into the beautiful Butterfree. So, if we ever run into that little guy again, it might already have taken on an entirely new and beautiful form."
It was just an offhand remark from Chen Mo, but sohow, the viewers found themselves looking forward to it—how tapod would evolve into Butterfree, and what that Butterfree would actually look like.
Of course, everyone also knew that the forest was vast. The chances of running into it again were slim, and even if they did, it might not be the sa one.
[Why don't you take that tapod ho and raise it, strear? It doesn't seem dangerous to humans at all compared to other monsters.]
[Yeah, yeah! Take it ho and livestream the whole evolution process!]
[So monsters aren't all harmful after all. The more I look at tapod, the cuter it seems.]
After this round of popularization, the livestream's attitude toward Pokémon seed to have shifted—if only slightly—at least when it ca to tapod's species.
It was an excellent start.
Chen Mo smiled sincerely.
"We won't be raising tapod. That one was already clearly terrified of . Forcibly taking it back wouldn't be appropriate."
"However, if you're not too repulsed by bug-type creatures, you could consider raising a Caterpie instead. Among monsters, it's probably one of the most beginner-friendly choices."
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