This trainer’s Pokémon is too out-of-the-box.

Chapter 149 The evolution and degeneration of Pokémon

Although he looks very unsmiling, when you really get to know Dr. Yamanashi, you will find that Dr. Yamanashi is actually just an ordinary old man who loves sweets.

The other party's peaceful coexistence and harmony with Xiaoxian Nai's light speed greatly saved Zhou You from the disastrous impression left by his unreliable Erwuzi ancestor.

After releasing Eden, Arthur, Leftover, and Fairy Milk from the Poké Balls and letting them roam freely in the research institute, Zhou You spent some time learning about Dr. Yamanashi's research.

"Evolution" is a mysterious phenomenon that may occur in many Pokémon as they grow, changing into another creature under certain conditions.

After this phenomenon occurs, not only the physical changes will occur, but also the knowable moves, racial abilities, and even attributes may undergo earth-shaking changes.

From a modern scientific perspective, Pokémon's "evolution" may actually be closer to a kind of "metamorphosis."

According to Dr. Yamanashi's research and concepts, more than 90% of Pokémon in the world are related to evolution, so he speculates that "evolution" may be a form of Pokémon maturing.

Having said that, in fact, not all elves with an evolution chain can necessarily evolve into their final form.

Take the Magikarp, which widely exists in major lakes and water bodies, as an example. On the contrary, it is usually difficult for elves in nature to evolve stably. Predation, self-defense, and territory management already occupy the vast majority of them. time.

Only elves that live together with humans and can meet all conditions will be more likely to evolve.

"Evolution often starts with a strong bond with a human or a Pokémon's own desire to become stronger."

↑From the second episode of the DP Collection, it is also the main point of view of today's scholars.

However, the evolution of Pokémon has always been a phenomenon that humans have not yet been able to explain, and even many of the evolutionary conditions summarized by people still contain many inaccurate speculations.

For example:

As we all know, elves like Geng Gui evolved from Ghost Stone's communication exchange.

However, in fact, people have occasionally discovered that there are actually a certain number of wild Gengars in the wild. They are not beings that were evolved by trainers and then released, but are truly the products of natural evolution.

Another example is that Menas has two ways of evolution in human concepts, namely using energy cubes to increase charm and carrying beautiful scales to communicate and evolve. However, there are things in nature that are both insulated from energy cubes and impossible to exchange. Wild Menas.

Or although the data shows that Eevee can only evolve into Leaf Eevee and Ice Eevee when it grows near moss rocks and ice and snow rocks in some areas, in fact, there are trainers who use Leaf Stone and Ice Eevee under extremely rare circumstances. Shi succeeded in evolving their Eevee.

In addition, wild Picoxi, Wind Speed ​​Dog, Elledor, Snow Witch and other elves that need evolution stones to evolve are also occasionally sighted.

Although some of them are the result of accidentally obtaining the evolution stone, some are the evolution obtained through self-cultivation after a long life...

Perhaps, in the eyes of humans, evolution stones and other evolutionary props are actually just things similar to "catalysts".

The more he studies the mysterious phenomenon of evolution, the more Dr. Yamanashi laments the magic of life like Pokémon.

Evolution, which is logically irreversible in the eyes of humans, has even been witnessed to be reversed under very special circumstances - that is, degeneration.

In the distant past, there was a legend that a Pipi evolved into Picoxi and then degenerated back into Pipi.

※"Happy Festival"

In the remote Alola region, it is said that there is a young trainer who has a special rock dog that can repeatedly advance/degenerate and transform between different forms of rock-maned werewolves.

※"horizon"

Even in the legends of Pokémon themselves, there is a legendary item called a "bonding scarf" that can temporarily evolve them into their final form for a short period of time.

※"Super Mysterious Maze"

Evolution and degeneration, this miraculous phenomenon surrounding Pokémon has fascinated people since ancient times, and countless people have devoted themselves to this problem that cannot be completely solved.

Dr. Yamanashi is one of them.

In the past few decades, he has researched more than a dozen new evolutions of elves that were originally considered impossible to evolve.

In recent years, Dr. Yamanashi has begun to turn his attention to those legendary Pokémon - do legendary Pokémon also have an evolutionary chain?

If "evolution" means incomplete, then is there no possibility of new evolution for the legendary Pokémon that are already close to perfection, and then do they have an intermediate stage before evolution?

No one can answer Dr. Yamanashi. The reason why legendary Pokémon are called "legendary" is because they have almost never been tamed by humans.

Without samples or only isolated evidence, there is no value in talking about "legendary Pokémon".

However, Zhou You's arrival has brought new light to Dr. Yamanashi's research.

"Hmm, so the truth is, as Dr. Oki said, you conquered the Frozen Bird not long ago?" When mentioning the research on the legendary Pokémon, Dr. Yamanashi suddenly changed the subject, "Can you release it and let it go?" Shall I take a look?"

"Of course that's no problem, but..."

My frozen bird was killed by a giant sting wasp not long ago, and it is suffering from depression.

Zhou You sighed, although the Phoenix Flame could easily cure all injuries and diseases, it could not control the spirits and psychology of the elves.

But he still released Frozen Bird from the Poké Ball.

As always, the latter slumped gracefully on the ground as soon as he came out, refusing to move at all.

I can only say that he is worthy of being a frozen bird, even Ge Youpara is so beautiful.

"It turns out that the legendary Pokémon, like ordinary elves, suffers from depression due to low self-esteem." Dr. Yamanashi was amazed. "Can I touch it? It shouldn't attack humans casually, right?"

"Don't worry, it won't. It's too lazy to move." Zhou You explained.

Although the Frozen Bird would attack humans frantically (such as Xiaozhi) before this, but now it is self-defeating and begins to rot.

"Hmm... This mental state is not conducive to its health and communication. Qiaoqiao, have you thought about how to treat this frozen bird's depression?"

"I plan to let it fight with weak elves with restraint attributes more often, and slowly develop its confidence."

Zhou You thought for a while, and replied: "Then gradually let it fight with slightly stronger elves, and build up the confidence of Frozen Bird. After all, it has a strong power in itself, and the reason why it was defeated miserably is just luck." It's not good, and a little more time will always heal its psychological wounds."

After hearing Zhou Yu's idea, Dr. Yamanashi suggested: "In that case, why not try to put the Frozen Bird in the research institute and let a team of professional psychological counselors for elves cure it?"