Lana Blogger's Traffic Boost

Early the next morning, Lin Mo was awakened by a flurry of urgent phone notifications.

Still groggy, he grabbed the phone beside his pillow. The screen was nearly overflowing with alerts—

There were notifications for new followers, likes and comments, as well as several traffic recommendation notices sent by the platform itself.

"What's going on?"

Lin Mo instantly woke up and quickly tapped into his account page.

The numbers before his eyes made him gasp—the video he had posted last night had already surpassed fifty thousand views, with over eight thousand likes. The comments section had exploded, accumulating more than three thousand messages.

And his follower count had shot up overnight from fewer than a hundred to more than five thousand!

"Did this... blow up?"

Lin Mo's heart pounded as he hurriedly opened the comments section to see what everyone was talking about.

"Front row! I heard this is the Shiny Feebas Lana mentioned?"

"Finally found it! The link from Teacher Lana is here—the Shiny Feebas!"

"Oh my god, this is Feebas, one of the 'ugliest Pokémon' listed in the Pokédex? It really does look peculiar, and it's Shiny too? That's so special!"

"I thought it was a new Pokémon at first. Didn't expect it to be Feebas... But this color is incredible. How can it be ugly and kind of cute at the same time?"

"Streamer, start the broadcast already! I want to see a high-definition close-up of Feebas!"

"Sister Lana said Feebas is already incredibly hard to catch, not to mention a Shiny Feebas. The streamer is seriously amazing!"

"Can someone explain? Can Feebas evolve? Does it evolve into Gyarados like Magikarp?"

Lana's name appeared repeatedly throughout the comments, and Lin Mo's thoughts stirred. He immediately searched for Lana's social media account.

As a Pokémon League-certified Water-type Pokémon researcher and a major fishing blogger, Lana had millions of followers. Her latest post had been published at ten last night, and it was precisely a repost of Lin Mo's video.

[Lana V: I just came across a very interesting video, and since I happen to have time, let me explain it to everyone. What this new streamer caught isn't a new Pokémon, but a very rare Shiny Feebas~

I've been fishing for so many years and have rarely caught a Feebas myself. Feebas is a very rare Water-type Pokémon. Because its appearance isn't especially appealing and no evolved form has been discovered so far, there are very few records of it in the Pokédex. Many Trainers have never even seen one, let alone a Shiny one.

If you're interested, go take a look at this little fellow. It's quite distinctive~ [Video Link]]

This post had already received over fifty thousand likes and more than ten thousand reposts. The comments below were even livelier.

"Lana personally confirmed it! It's a Shiny Feebas!"

"No wonder it looked familiar. So it was Feebas. I remember catching one when I was younger too. It scared me half to death at first—I thought it was a dead fish."

"A Shiny Feebas? Is the streamer really a beginner angler? Even Pokémon Lana says are hard to catch can be caught by him!"

"Already headed to the streamer's profile. Waiting for the broadcast!"

"I'm suddenly interested in Feebas. Can any experts explain this Pokémon?"

Only then did Lin Mo understand. His video had gone viral entirely because of Lana's repost and recommendation. With just one word from this beautiful fishing influencer, she had brought him unimaginable traffic.

Lin Mo clearly remembered that in the anime from his previous life, there had also been a beautiful fishing expert named Lana—someone who had even caught Kyogre. When he had seen that scene on screen, his jaw had nearly dropped.

But according to his current memories, Lana had never caught Kyogre yet. He had no idea whether that legendary feat would be repeated in the real Pokémon world.

"Thank you so much, Teacher Lana..."

Filled with gratitude, Lin Mo quickly liked Lana's post and left a comment beneath it:

"Thank you, Teacher Lana, for the explanation and recommendation! I was just lucky enough to catch this little fellow. I'll take good care of Feebas~"

After replying to Lana, Lin Mo looked at the Feebas in the basin. The little fellow seemed to have been awakened by the commotion outside. It swished its tail and gently Tackle-d the wall of the basin with its head, as though urging him to do something quickly.

"Alright, alright. I'll get your breakfast ready, then start streaming for everyone."

Lin Mo smiled and got up. He scooped a small spoonful of the Pokémon Food he had bought yesterday and sprinkled it into the water.

Feebas immediately swam over happily and gulped it down, its tail splashing tiny droplets across the surface.

Watching it eat, Lin Mo suddenly felt that Feebas's so-called "ugliness" was merely a fixed description in the Pokédex. In his eyes, this purple Feebas that belonged to him possessed a one-of-a-kind charm.

Lin Mo quickly washed up, changed into clean clothes, and adjusted his streaming equipment.

As he watched the constantly rising number of viewers on the screen—even before the stream officially began, more than two thousand people were already waiting, while comments rolled by without pause.

"Is the streamer finally going live? We've been waiting forever!"

"Hurry up and show us the Shiny Feebas! I've never seen a Shiny Pokémon before!"

"Lana said no evolved form has been discovered? That's such a shame, even if it's Shiny!"

Lin Mo took a deep breath and pressed the start broadcast button.

"Good morning, everyone." His voice carried the crisp clarity of dawn as it entered the livestream. "Sorry for keeping you waiting. Today, I'll give everyone a proper look at our little star—Feebas."

As he spoke, he aimed the camera at the Feebas in the basin.

The little fellow seemed very interested in the camera. It swam to the edge of the basin, stared into the lens with its protruding eyes, and opened its mouth slightly, as though greeting everyone.

Sunlight streamed through the window and fell across its purple body. Though its scales were still far from neat, they reflected a soft luster in the light. Its unusual color made it especially eye-catching.

Lin Mo gently tapped the rim of the basin with one finger. Feebas immediately swam over excitedly, rubbing its head against his fingertip as its tail sent ripples spreading across the water.

That affectionate gesture instantly made the livestream comments even more lively.

"Ahhh, it's so well-behaved! It actually rubs against people on its own!"

"How is it as ugly as the Pokédex says? It looks pretty okay to me!"

"It's still a little strange, but it really isn't as ugly as the Pokédex says. It's actually kind of adorable!"

"Go look at the original yellowish-brown ones, then you'll understand why it's rated one of the ugliest Pokémon!"

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"Hahaha, now that you mention it, this purple one really is much cuter! It's practically the beauty of all Feebas!"

Lin Mo smiled faintly as he watched the comments discussing Feebas's appearance.

As a transmigrator, he naturally knew that Feebas evolved into Milotic—the Pokémon known as the "most beautiful Water-type Pokémon."

Its streamlined body was covered in silky scales, and when it swam, it resembled Moonlight blooming beneath the water. The contrast between it and Feebas was as vast as heaven and earth.

But Lin Mo could not say it.

The research community in the Hoenn Region had yet to connect Milotic with Feebas. Wallace's and Gym Leader Juan's Milotic were always veiled in mystery, and they had never revealed a single piece of information about their pre-evolved form. There was not even the slightest related record in the Pokémon League's authoritative Pokédex.

More importantly, revealing Feebas's evolution would bring him nothing but disadvantages.

If he were to claim now that "Feebas can evolve into Milotic," he would only invite a screen full of doubts and ridicule.

Given the vastly different appearances of Feebas and Milotic alone, no one would believe they were related;

Just like how Magikarp evolved into Gyarados in the past, before seeing it with their own eyes, any explanation would seem feeble.

Lin Mo knew very well that unlike Magikarp, Feebas had special evolution requirements. Only after reaching a certain level of strength would it have a chance to evolve with the help of a Prism Scale.

For now, he only needed to use the system's popularity to raise Feebas properly. Once it had become strong enough with the system's rewards, it could evolve into Milotic through a "fortunate coincidence." That was the best choice.

And when the time came, Milotic's popularity would definitely draw the most followers to his account, and those followers could in turn help his system grow.