Live Treasure Appraisal: Your Pokémon Can't Breed!

As the chat continued to explode with excitement, Ye Yinchuan chuckled and addressed the skepticism head-on.

"It's not that I've stumbled upon a den of mutated Pokémon. It's just that many Pokémon have hidden potential that goes unnoticed. In fact, this Caterpie, while special, doesn't even count as a mutation."

[Understood. The streamer is like the Pokémon world's great talent scout! Hidden gems are everywhere, but true talent-spotters are rare!]

[I've unfollowed all the other Pokémon appraisal streamers. From now on, I only trust Kabir's Appraisal!]

[Bro, I checked your following list—it's all black stockings and long legs. Compared to that, the streamer is like a pure breath of fresh air!]

[Is nobody going to question why a Bug-type Pokémon can use Electroweb? How does that even make sense?!]

Watching the reactions in the chat, Ye Yinchuan had basically confirmed that in this Pokémon world, a Caterpie knowing Electroweb was incredibly rare.

However, a few viewers seemed to have some prior knowledge.

One user, "I Love Bug Pokémon," shared an interesting comment:

[I just asked my classmate's dad's friend's cousin's professor at the university—a Pokémon researcher specializing in Bug-types. He said that under extreme conditions, it's theoretically possible for Caterpie to learn Electroweb. But it's incredibly rare. Their lab has only documented two or three cases.]

A flood of responses followed:

[Whoa, that's some crazy connections right there!]

[Is this reliable? I've been shocking my Caterpie for three days straight, and it still won't learn Electroweb!]

[Come on, how would you even contact someone that far down the family tree?]

Curious, Ye Yinchuan quickly searched for information about Caterpie learning Electroweb.

The results were scarce, and many of them were in foreign research papers that he couldn't fully understand.

This led him to a realization—

With so many Pokémon in this world, and no visible stat screens for most people, knowledge about Pokémon was likely fragmented, or even still being discovered.

And that was a great thing for him.

Because knowledge is relative—the less people knew about Pokémon, the more valuable his appraisal skills became.

This also meant that his streaming content would remain engaging and fresh.

If just a single Caterpie could bring this much attention, imagine what he could do with rarer Pokémon!

"Everyone, let's not get ahead of ourselves. If this Caterpie really knows Electroweb, we can easily test it. Lippi, follow my instructions."

"Yes, Kabir Bro!"

At this point, Lippi's admiration for Ye Yinchuan was borderline fanatical. Whatever he said, Lippi would obey without question.

"This Caterpie, because it can use Electroweb, must consume a lot more energy than usual. That means it needs to eat way more than other Caterpie. But since the amount of Mulberry Leaves you feed them daily is limited, it must have been competing with others for food."

[Wait a second, then why are the other Caterpie still so plump?]

[According to what the streamer said, shouldn't the other Caterpie be starving? Or at least skinnier than it?]

Some sharp viewers caught a contradiction in his statement.

But Ye Yinchuan remained calm and continued.

"Lippi, grab some Mulberry Leaves and drop them here. Everyone will understand soon."

Ye Yinchuan's gaze swept over the Caterpie surrounding the Electroweb Caterpie.

He had noticed something interesting earlier.

Many of the nearby Caterpie had a status effect labeled [Fearful].

Fearful?

What could they possibly be afraid of?

The answer was simple—

They were afraid of the dominant one. And the dominant one was the Electroweb Caterpie!

Lippi quickly fetched some fresh Mulberry Leaves. What happened next shocked everyone in the stream.

As soon as Lippi dumped the leaves in front of the Electroweb Caterpie, every other Caterpie was drawn to the food, inching forward.

Some of them even stretched their heads out, ready to grab a bite.

"Chrrrr—"

The skinny Caterpie suddenly wriggled its body and let out a sharp, warning cry.

To everyone's astonishment, the other Caterpie immediately froze in place.

Not a single one dared to snatch its food.

Instead, the skinny Caterpie calmly clung to a leaf and began eating, completely unbothered.

[Hah, is this a Caterpie King?!]

[Even the big ones are scared of it?]

"Keep feeding them like you normally do, all over the place."

Lippi followed the instructions and scattered more food around the enclosure.

As soon as the other Caterpie saw food elsewhere, they immediately rushed toward it—but not toward the Electroweb Caterpie's food.

In fact, some larger Caterpie even drove away others who got too close to it.

It was as if…

They were protecting the skinny Caterpie.

[Wait, this is getting weird!]

[This Caterpie is seriously that powerful?!]

[It eats crazy fast too!]

At this point, everyone also noticed that the Electroweb Caterpie was eating at twice the speed of the others.

Then suddenly, a new challenger appeared—

A huge, muscular Caterpie.

Ye Yinchuan immediately focused on it.

This Caterpie had A-rank individual values and a Brave nature.

The bulky Caterpie approached aggressively, heading straight for the skinny one.

The Electroweb Caterpie sensed the threat, stopped eating, and let out another warning cry.

But this time, the bulky Caterpie ignored it and kept advancing!

[Here we go! A Caterpie battle!]

[This is a Caterpie King showdown!]

[Bro, the skinny one is gonna get wrecked. It's not even close in size!]

[Have you forgotten about Electroweb?!]

Just as everyone anticipated, the Electroweb Caterpie finally used its hidden weapon—

Electroweb!

The skinny Caterpie arched its body, as if charging up energy.

Then, in an instant, a web of electrified silk shot out from its mouth at incredible speed.

Unlike String Shot, this web was already pre-woven into a massive, expanding net.

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

The bulky Caterpie was immediately trapped in the electrified threads.

The chat exploded.

[HOLY SH*T! IT REALLY WORKS!]

[LOOK AT THE ELECTRICITY SPARKING FROM THE WEB!]

The bulky Caterpie thrashed violently, trying to escape.

But the electrical currents made its movements sluggish.

Within seconds, it collapsed onto the ground, twitching.

A moment later, it stopped moving completely.

In Pokémon battle terms—

It had fainted.

"…It got one-shotted?"

Even Ye Yinchuan hadn't expected Electroweb to be this powerful.

But thinking about it, electric shocks could immobilize even humans.

And in real battles, Pokémon weren't bound by turn-based mechanics.

Real fights were like duels—one good hit could decide the match instantly.

Having decisively defeated the larger Caterpie, the Electroweb Caterpie calmly returned to eating, completely ignoring its fallen challenger.

The surrounding Caterpie looked at the unconscious one with pity, as if they had all experienced the same fate before.

Now, everyone understood—

This Caterpie wasn't just skinny—

It was a tyrant that had conquered the entire enclosure through sheer strength.

[Electroweb! This move is insane!]

[Damn, is this really the Caterpie the streamer picked?!]

[No wonder it's so skinny—it's burning through energy like crazy!]

[I'll pay ten times the market price for this Caterpie!]

[Hah! You wish! No one's selling a Caterpie like this!]