Before Stark even entered Schiller's office at Arkham Sanitarium, he saw a girl with long red hair and a white sweater busy at the desk.
Hearing the footsteps, the girl said without looking back: "Doctor Schiller, I have to say that your gardening skills are as bad as the other you and his housekeeper. I don't even know how you managed to keep the cactus alive."
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She turned her head, and Stark determined that this was probably a college student who stayed up late to catch up on his progress, and was also their target today, because other women who were eligible to enter this sanatorium generally did not dress this way.
"Oh, you are... you are..." the girl stammered for a long time, and finally walked up and shook hands and said: "Hello, I am Pamela Eisley, you are the Iron Man, right?
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"I remember we met at a music festival."
"I'm sorry, I stayed up for three nights in a row and my memory has declined severely." Pamela scratched her head until a corner of her thick hair was scratched.
Schiller walked up to her and smoothed her hair and said: "Are you serious? You haven't slept for three nights?"
Pamela looked at him with resentful eyes and said, "Who do you think it is because of my staying up for three nights? I was busy collecting debts from the company with Hallie, and you still insist on announcing urgent work."
"There is no way, there is no economic crisis in our universe, don't you want the reward?"
"It's just because I want to be paid that I'm so tired." Pamela sighed and took out a pot of plants from under the table.
"Isn't this saffron?" Stark squinted his eyes and looked at the plant that was obviously not mature. It had not bloomed yet, and the upper part of the main body of the plant was a small bud.
"After my research over the past few days, the biggest problem in your failure to cultivate this magical plant is that you have not considered the biggest difference between the growth environment of wild plants and the growth environment of greenhouse plants."
"What is it?"
"Oxygen content." Pamela said angrily, banging the flowerpot on the table and saying: "The wild plant samples you gave me grew on a plateau above four thousand meters above sea level, but the greenhouse plants
The samples do not reflect the characteristics of plateau growth at all.”
"But the greenhouse is built on a plateau."
"I also want to know what's going on." Pamela said: "Who on earth would be idle and add oxygen to the greenhouse?"
Schiller thought for a while and then said: "I guess they may think that high oxygen content will be good for the growth of plants. They can grow so well under low oxygen content, so wouldn't it be better if the oxygen content is high?"
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Pamela shook her head like a wavy drum and said: "That means your researchers here don't have any understanding of botany. Many plants have special nutrients to cope with extremely harsh environments."
"Similar to the fact that more sugar accumulates when the temperature difference between day and night is large?" Stark asked. He didn't know much about botany. In fact, he wasn't particularly good at biology, but he was basically familiar with the scientific system.
"It's not the same thing, but the reason is similar." Pamela said: "If your researchers here choose to provide all plants with an environment that is most conducive to plant growth, they may indeed make them grow vigorously.
But what we want is not ornamental plants. The bigger the plants grow, the more active ingredients they will have."
Schiller understood Strange's misunderstanding. To put it bluntly, this guy is a surgeon, and surgeons never understand scientific research.
According to the common sense of normal people, in order for something to grow well, of course it must have good weather and provide it with as much nutrients as possible. However, most people only have some common sense about growing flowers. Of course, flowers must be carefully cared for, but
This won't work on medicinal plants.
In other words, most practical plants cannot use large amounts of water and fertilizer. It does not mean that the milder the climate conditions and the more fertilizers are given, the better they will grow. It must depend on the nature of the plant, its original growth environment and other types of conditions.
growth conditions in the environment.
"Isn't Halle here?" Schiller asked. He was surprised that Halle didn't come to join in the fun. She usually kept mumbling in Schiller's ears that she wanted to come here to play. How could she really be invited?
Why don't you come back later?
Pamela rolled her eyes slightly again and said, "Who is the reason why she can't come? You have caused a lot of trouble for her, and the house hasn't been sold yet."
Schiller smiled, sat on the chair, turned around in the chair and said: "Don't the arrogant old antiques like buildings like manors the most? He is actually willing to sell them."
"Whether it will sell or not is still a matter of debate." Pamela thought for a while and then said: "Although you want Harley and Robin to come over, judging from my professional experience, it is completely impossible to bring so many people over.
It’s just adding to the chaos.”
"Then who do you think would be better to send over?"
"Just forget it, Robins. They have their own business." Pamela also walked to sit on the single sofa next to her and said, "Dick is busy falling in love, Tim is busy competing, and Jason
He has to make money to support his former friends."
"Harry has to sell the house, and her store's operating efficiency is not very good. She has to go over and keep an eye on it, Xiao Zha is busy running a moving company, and Constantine has to keep an eye on the bookstore..." Pamela counted on her fingers.
After counting, there are not many people left.
"You mean no one but you can come?"
"That's not true. Do you still remember that boy who ran very fast?"
"Barry Allen?"
"Yes, he is in junior high school. He is not very busy with schoolwork. His parents have stable jobs and there is no financial pressure. He will be a good helper."
Schiller thought for a while and felt it made sense. He then asked: "What else?"
"Aren't you the person in charge of the project? You will be charged extra for being in charge of personnel work," Pamela said.
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"That still doesn't work. Let me think about it. Maybe that boy named Martin can come in handy. He's not busy recently. Aisha might be able to do it too, provided she doesn't go around chewing."
"Helen has recently returned to Earth." Stark said aloud, "I think she should be able to help."
"That's almost it." Schiller stood up and said, "After all, there are so many mages and students, and the villagers can also help. If it's not enough, we can transfer some people from Gotham Academy of Magic."
"Are we leaving?" Pamela picked up the pot of plants and said, "How to get there?"
"Of course, take the portal, follow me."
Schiller took them to the underground of the Arkham Sanitarium shuttle platform, where the teleportation gate was located. After activating the teleportation gate, the few of them were stunned by the scene in front of them as soon as they stepped out.
The scenery in Shambhala is very beautiful, with a verdant green that is completely different from the snowy plateau. In the thinner oxygen and more transparent air, everything seems full of vitality.
Schiller walked forward but did not hear the footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he found that Stark was pinching his neck and falling to the left, while Pamela rolled her eyes and fell to the right.
Wait a minute, did you laugh at Strange before for forgetting about altitude sickness?
"Come here! Come here!" Schiller shouted: "Someone fainted due to altitude sickness!!"
When Stark woke up again, he found himself lying in a dimly lit cabin, with Pamela lying on another bed next to him.
He took a deep breath and roared: "Schiller!!!"
Schiller walked in, picked his ears and said, "Why are you calling me? Didn't you remember it too?"
Stark choked back. He was silent for a moment and then said, "How high is the altitude here?"
"It is currently 5,500 meters. You are now in the lowest house in a village with the lowest altitude. The highest one can reach 7,000 meters."
Stark sighed, and then said: "Does Stephen know?"
"He has laughed at you twice with me, but he is busy with other things now and has no time to come over. Do you want me to call him over and laugh at you in front of you?"
"No need." Stark gritted his teeth and said, "What are these mages doing? With such powerful magic, can't they improve the living environment here?"
"Don't you understand the principle Xiaopa said? Not everything will grow well if it grows in a greenhouse. The mages regard this as a kind of practice."
"You're asking for trouble." Stark commented.
He sat up with a little effort and found that there was no longer that suffocating feeling. Schiller pointed to a magic light ball floating next to him and said: "This is the oxygenation technology used in the greenhouse. In the next few days,
You have to live with it for a long time."
"Stephen gave me the Mobile Weak Badge, right?" Stark said angrily: "I don't believe he didn't even have time to cast an invisibility spell."
"Look around, isn't there someone with you?" Schiller pointed to Pamela lying next to him.
Just as Stark was about to feel a little happier, a figure rushed over shouting, "Dad, look at the flowers I picked!"
Helen rushed in. She had reached the Asgardian growth stagnation period and would no longer continue to grow. This period would last for about 500 years, which would be used to accumulate divine power in her body and transform it into a stronger person.
physique.
The little girl was holding a bouquet of flowers, which looked like the kind of wild flowers that grow on the ground. They came in three colors: red, yellow and white. Elsa also jumped in after her, but the flowers were stuffed in her mouth.
inner.
Although Elsa was born earlier than Helen, she grew slower than Helen and was therefore much shorter than Helen. It looked like Helen was a sister.
"Aren't you two uncomfortable?" Stark knew he was being stupid as soon as he asked this question. How could these two ancient Godzillas be uncomfortable?
Helen was a little confused. She lowered her head and glanced at the flowers in her hand and said, "Do you feel uncomfortable? Why do you feel uncomfortable?... Oh, I understand, altitude sickness, right? I probably got rid of the adverse reactions in the second I came here, no.
Uncomfortable."
Elsa squeaked and tried to grab the flowers in Helen's hand. The two of them were fighting and quarreling, which woke up Pamela. After she opened her eyes, she took a deep breath, looked at the ball of light on her head and said a little irritably: "
Keep that bright thing away."
Just when Stark was about to laugh at her, he realized that Pamela didn't feel much uncomfortable without the ball of light, and her face returned to normal visibly.
"Can you adapt to altitude sickness?"
"I have the blessing power of plants. Don't forget, what plants are best at is adapting to the environment." Pamela is still a little weak, but she is much better. She said: "Although it is slower, I will be able to adapt one day.
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"It seems you are the only weakling." Schiller looked at Stark and said with a smile.
"Impossible, aren't there two more people coming?"
"They are already here." Schiller shouted into the air next to him: "Barry, don't run away, come here and say hello."
In an instant, a golden light flashed, and Barry appeared next to Stark.
"Come here, boy, tell me are you out of breath?"
"Not if I stop." Barry replied: "But as long as I run fast enough, the suffocation will not catch up with me."
"But aren't you standing in front of me now?"
"Of course not. What is standing in front of you is your visual residue. I am running around you at super-light speed, but I will stop at this place every second. You can see me standing there."