Live Stream Appraisal: You Can't Breed That Pokémon!
Chapter 26

Bug King Showdown? Instantly KO'd the Moment It Popped Its Head Out! This Is the Caterpie Selected by the Streamer! (Please Follow)

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Bug King Showdown? Instantly KO'd the Moment It Popped Its Head Out! This Is the Caterpie Selected by the Streamer! (Please Follow)

"It's not that I stumbled into a nest of Mutated Pokémon. It's just that many Pokémon have talents that aren't obvious, so they end up being overlooked. Besides, while this Caterpie is special, it doesn't qualify as mutated."

Facing the Bullet Comments' questions, Ye Yinchuan explained with a smile.

Got it. The Streamer is the Bole of the Pokémon World! Fine steeds are common, but a Bole is hard to find!

I've already unfollowed every other Pokémon appraisal streamer. For Pokémon appraisal, Snorlax Appraisal is the only one I recognize!

Bro upstairs, everyone you follow is either Black Silk or legs. Having the Streamer in that list makes him look like such a breath of fresh air!

Does no one think it's unscientific for a Bug-Type Pokémon to use Electric Web?

Watching the Bullet Comments' reactions, Ye Yinchuan had basically confirmed his suspicions.

In this Pokémon World, a Caterpie capable of using Electric Web was an extremely rare thing.

But a very small number of people seemed to possess the relevant knowledge.

For example, a User named "I Love Bug Pokémon" posted a comment:

I just asked my classmate's dad's friend's distant cousin's nephew's university professor, a Bug-Type Pokémon Research Doctor. He said that under harsh conditions, Caterpie can possibly learn Electric Web. But it's extremely rare. Their lab only has two or three of them.

A crowd of Bullet Comments followed:

Whoa, your social connections are really complicated!

Is that information reliable? I shocked my Caterpie for three days, and it still refuses to learn Electric Web. What should I do?

You made that up, right? With a relationship that distant, how could you even ask?

Ye Yinchuan searched for the keywords "Caterpie" and "Electric Web."

He found that there were not many results, and some of them were foreign papers that he could not understand at all.

He had every reason to suspect something.

There were so many Pokémon in this world, yet no one could see their status panels.

Some knowledge about Pokémon was likely held only by a select few, or perhaps was still being researched and explored.

That was a good thing for him.

After all, the abundance of knowledge had always been relative.

The more blind spots people in this world had regarding Pokémon, the more valuable his Appraisal Eye became.

Accordingly, the Live Stream Chat's content would have more lasting appeal.

The fact that a single Caterpie could produce such a livestream effect was the most vivid example.

"Everyone, please stay calm. Whether this Caterpie can use Electric Web or not, we'll know after one test. Li Pi, listen to my instructions next."

"Got it, Brother Snorlax!"

Li Pi's respect and admiration for Ye Yinchuan had now reached the point where saying he followed Ye Yinchuan's lead in everything would not be an exaggeration.

"Because this Caterpie has mastered Electric Web, it expends more energy than other Caterpie, so it also eats more. But the Green Mulberry Leaves you feed them every day are limited. Therefore, it will definitely compete with the other Caterpie for food."

That doesn't seem right. Why are all the Caterpie around it so plump, then?

According to the Streamer, the surrounding Caterpie should be losing weight because they can't get food. They should even be thinner than it!

The Bullet Comments seemed to have spotted a blind spot.

But Ye Yinchuan continued unhurriedly:

"Go get some Green Mulberry Leaves and feed them in this area. Then everyone will understand what's going on."

Ye Yinchuan's gaze swept back and forth across the Caterpie surrounding the Electric Web Weedle.

He had noticed something interesting earlier.

That was, the status bars of the Caterpie beside it all basically carried the same condition: fear.

Fear? Fear of what?

Naturally, fear of the stronger party—and that Electric Web Weedle was the stronger one!

Li Pi quickly brought over the mulberry leaves. What happened next verified Ye Yinchuan's guess and explanation.

It also opened the Live Stream Chat viewers' eyes.

Li Pi poured a small basket of Green Mulberry Leaves in front of the Electric Web Weedle.

Almost every Caterpie was drawn in by the food and moved closer.

The ones nearest even poked out their heads, ready to snatch a bite.

"Wuwu!"

The Caterpie that looked the frailest wriggled its body and let out a warning sound.

That alone made all the surrounding Caterpie stop trying to steal food.

Meanwhile, the frail Caterpie hugged a leaf and began chewing on it.

Hah, this is the Bug King?

The bigger ones around it were actually afraid of it?

"Keep putting them out. Put some elsewhere too. Feed them the way you normally do."

Seeing this, Ye Yinchuan had Li Pi strike while the iron was hot.

More Green Mulberry Leaves were scattered down, and the Weedle swarmed toward the food in a frenzy.

Then something incredible happened.

The surrounding Weedle did not compete for Skinny Weedle's food. Instead, they went for other Green Mulberry Leaves nearby and fought the other Weedle over them.

They even drove away any other Weedle that came close to this side.

It looked as though these Weedle were Skinny Weedle's guards!

Huh, that's strange!

This Weedle is seriously strong, isn't it?

It eats so fast!

At this point, the viewers also noticed that Skinny Weedle ate about twice as fast as the other Weedle.

Just then, a particularly plump Weedle appeared.

Ye Yinchuan noticed that this Weedle also had an A-grade Individual Value, with a Brave Nature.

The Plump Weedle charged straight at Skinny Weedle with an aggressive air.

Skinny Weedle sensed it, stopped eating, and let out a warning "woo woo."

But the other side ignored it completely and continued approaching Skinny Weedle!

It was here to challenge it!

Damn, a Bug King Competition?

I feel like the skinny one's going to get sent flying! They aren't even in the same weight class!

Electric Web! Did you all forget about Electric Web?

Just as everyone had hoped, faced with the threat of a powerful enemy, this Skinny Weedle finally unleashed its Finishing MoveElectric Web!

Its body arched slightly, as though it were charging power. The next moment, a huge amount of thread shot from its mouth at incredible speed.

It was different from the String Shot Move.

The moment the threads came out, they had already been woven into a spiderweb-like structure. The web kept expanding until it covered the Plump Weedle.

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

Clearly, visible electric arcs were wrapped around those threads.

The Plump Weedle, covered by the Electric Web, was instantly shocked to the ground. No matter how fiercely it struggled, it could not break free from the web. Before long, smoke rose from its body, and it lay motionless on the ground.

In Pokémon battle terms, this was called Unable to Rise Again!

"An instant kill?"

Even Ye Yinchuan had not expected Electric Web to be so powerful.

But thinking about it carefully, when humans got hit by electricity, they could not get back up for quite a while either—and it could even be fatal.

And the one facing the Electric Web was just a weak little Weedle. Wasn't this outcome perfectly reasonable?

After all, the Pokémon World was not turn-based, where you hit me once and I hit you once.

In a real battle, it could sometimes be like a duel between swordsmen or a cowboy gunfight—the winner could be decided in an instant!

After instantly defeating the Plump Weedle, Skinny Weedle did not spare it another glance. It simply continued eating like mad, its large eyes revealing the disdain of the strong!

As those "guards" looked at the Plump Weedle, their gazes somehow seemed almost sympathetic.

As if they were saying that they had gone through the same thing!

Everyone finally understood how this Weedle, despite being so skinny, had managed to subdue such a group of underlings!

It might be thin, but its strength was no joke!

Electric Web! So this is Electric Web! It's unbeatable in real combat!

Holy crap, is this the Weedle the Streamer picked out?

No wonder it got drained dry. One look and you can tell this burns a ton of energy!

I'm willing to pay ten times the market price to buy this Weedle!

Keep dreaming! You couldn't buy a Weedle like this with money!

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