amaotonovel Chapter 2638 Mayfly World (38)
Chapter 2638 Mayfly World (38)
Chapter 2638 Mayfly World (Thirty-Eight)
It was not until they sat down at the dining table that Schiller realized that the news Matt wanted to tell him was related to the Sandman.
Previously, they suspected that the Sand Man had been kidnapped, and they also found a strange invisible man. They initially suspected that the Sand Man and the kidnapper might have a cooperative relationship. Schiller designed a plan to lure the snake out of its hole.
It is also very simple to execute. It is known that the person who got the mysterious invisibility cloak is an ignorant teenager. He went from being penniless to suddenly gaining such powerful power. What he wants most, besides satisfying his vanity, is more powerful power.
Or perhaps the two are the same thing, and only by gaining greater power can one satisfy one's infinitely expanding vanity.
Although the invisibility cloak allows him to commit some petty thefts, he certainly can't accomplish anything big with just the ability to be invisible. Otherwise, he wouldn't just go to the women's bathhouse to peek or steal things. If possible, who wouldn't want to sit under Kingpin's butt?
Taking advantage of his greed for power, Schiller made up a series of stories and laid many baits, just to lure him to a designated location and find out what was going on.
Schiller didn't know where the invisibility cloak came from, because this character was too marginal, a very small figure, and there was no need to remember his origin story so clearly.
But this did not prevent Schiller from making up a reasonable origin story for the cloak. After all, the Sorcerer Supreme also has a cloak. If you say that they are brothers, no one can refute it, except the cloak itself.
Fortunately, the Sorcerer Supreme's cloak cannot speak, and no one knows what an outrageous origin story Schiller has made up for it. Anyway, one day many years ago, a god bestowed two cloaks. One was left in the mysterious magic holy land of Kamar-Taj, and the other fell into the hands of the people and disappeared.
Both cloaks have extremely powerful powers. If the two can be combined into one, they will have even more god-like power.
Anyway, it’s still the same old story of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber being invincible. The story is a bit old, but young people really believe it.
According to Matt's investigation, there have been no signs of mysterious invisible men in Manhattan for at least half a month, but at the same time, some abnormalities have occurred in the temple in New York.
About a week ago, the mages of the New York Temple discovered some unusual energy fluctuations. They seemed familiar, but because they were too inconspicuous, they were regarded as the remains of the mages' experiments and no one paid attention to them.
But just one day after the energy was discovered, the New York Temple was robbed. However, no important magical items were lost. Instead, the library was turned into a mess and several geographical atlases were taken away.
The stolen books were basically all about Kamar-Taj, and they contained some relatively secret stories. The great wizards immediately felt a sense of crisis, thinking that someone might be plotting against Kamar-Taj, so they immediately reported to Kamar-Taj.
The one who received the report was the Butler King, but there are about a dozen such reports every year. Basically, all the monsters and demons in the world are eyeing Kamar-Taj, but so far no one has been able to break into the headquarters.
Strange has been busy with the village's poverty alleviation work recently, and Wang didn't want to disturb him with such things, so he just routinely strengthened the patrols around Kamar-Taj and didn't care about it anymore.
Schiller calculated the time and thought that the guy had taken the bait. He believed that it would not be long before there would be good news from Kamar-Taj.
Unexpectedly, Schiller was called back by Strange before he had even finished his meal. When he returned, he found that not only Strange was there, but also the village chief of the village below and the county magistrate whom he had met twice before were also there.
After chatting for a while, Schiller learned that there were no more mysterious cases in Brooklyn. Instead, a mysterious invisible man suddenly committed crimes in the Sherpa town at the foot of the mountain, which has resulted in more than a dozen thefts.
At first, Schiller didn't understand whether this invisible man was coming for Kamar-Taj. He stole so much atlas information, so he shouldn't be unable to find the way, right?
Then suddenly Schiller remembered something that is often overlooked by most people, and which he himself had overlooked before, that is, altitude sickness.
Everyone living in the Himalayas acted as if nothing had happened, which made this matter too easy to be overlooked. It was very likely that the guy was not unable to find the way, but simply could not climb up.
The Sherpa town at the foot of the mountain is located at an altitude of about 4,000 meters. Although it sounds very high, it is only the starting point of the plateau. As long as you do not fly into Tibet, but take the train and slowly adapt yourself, generally there will not be any big problems.
But given the lack of common sense among American teenagers, Schiller felt that this kid most likely came here by plane, and probably lay down as soon as he arrived.
From 500 meters onwards, every 200 meters is a threshold. Even after meters, every meters is like a chasm. As for going above that, it is no longer a matter of physical fitness, but more or less of talent.
As for the villagers living at six or seven kilometers, they have been here since birth and have basically never left in their entire lives, so they are naturally very adaptable. Not to mention the mages, without this willpower, they simply cannot become mages.
But asking an ordinary person with only the ability of invisibility to climb to such a high place and adapt to the strong altitude sickness during the climbing process is somewhat too much to ask.
Parker Robbins, the target that Schiller has locked on, has no experience in plateau operations and has never received any military training. He is just an ordinary Brooklyn street thug. I am afraid that even if he gets the map to Kamar-Taj, he will not be able to climb up.
Where else could he go if he couldn't climb up? Of course he could go back the same way, but the altitude of about 4,000 meters was not comfortable. If he came here by plane and lay down as soon as he landed, he would have to rest for at least a week, during which time he probably couldn't go anywhere.
Schiller believed that it was very likely that Robbins was unwilling to give up, and thought that he could climb higher after taking a break, and maybe he could reach Kamar-Taj by just lying there, so he stayed in the town below and relied on his invisibility to commit crimes everywhere.
And because this town is relatively close to Kamar-Taj, most of the mysterious events are mistakenly believed to be related to Kamar-Taj, so the village chief and the county chief came over to ask if anything had slipped out recently.
Strange told them righteously that it was absolutely impossible for students to do it, and it was impossible for students of Kamar-Taj to steal things.
The village chief and the county chief did not suspect that the things were stolen by the students. They just wanted to ask if it was possible that some spiritual beasts had escaped, and whether it would have any impact if they asked someone to catch them.
Now not only they want to catch him, Strange also wants to go. He wants to see who dares to touch him.
Schiller remained silent and pretended not to know. After all, he never thought that Robbins was so unlucky that he couldn't even survive a simple altitude sickness. He did catch the fish, but ended up drowning himself.
Schiller originally wanted to go over to see what was going on, but Pamela stopped him and wanted to tell him about the progress of the experiment, so Schiller followed her and no longer cared about arresting people.
Pamela actually wanted to talk about the cultivation of magical herbs. Holding a pile of information, she said to Schiller, "Now we can basically confirm that the principle is correct. We can indeed transform the properties of plant cells by injecting weak magical energy into them, thereby achieving the purpose of extending lifespan and improving magical affinity."
"There are two main problems now. First, we cannot use manual methods to infuse energy. This has been mentioned before because the output is too low. The current research direction is the radiation machine that Stark has developed."
"The second problem, which is also a new one we just discovered, is that the soil is not good." Pamela snapped her fingers and said, "We need to inject energy into the plants as they grow, but if the plants are still planted on ordinary soil, the energy will dissipate very quickly."
"Don't you mean to use continuous radiation to infuse it? Isn't it enough to just keep infusing it?" Schiller asked.
"That's such a waste." Pamela said helplessly, "Although the magic energy in this universe is still sufficient, we can't waste it like this. Isn't this the same as throwing money away?"
“Can’t it be recycled?”
"This is a research direction, but we have no clue so far. It is a bit troublesome to recycle it in natural soil. We are studying how to use radiation to make the soil retain energy and provide it for plants to absorb."
"That's a good idea," Schiller said. "Plants need soil, water and sunlight to grow. It would be much better to think of ways to manipulate these three things than to force energy into the plants."
"That's the problem. We've tried it. Water doesn't work. Although it can bring energy into the plant, the conversion efficiency is too low and it's uncontrollable. Sunlight doesn't work either. Magical light will cause the plant to mutate, which is good for my research on the cabbage 5.0."
Pamela stroked her chin and thought, "We are analyzing different types of soil to see which type of soil has a stronger affinity with magic. I think soil that is originally more fertile and suitable for planting should also perform well in this regard..."
"Does it have to be planted in the soil?" Schiller said, "If there are other things with strong magical affinity, can't the plants be planted there?"
"Theoretically, it's not possible. You can't just take a piece of magic metal and force plants to grow from it, right? It's not scientific. Er, I mean, not magical."
Pamela waved her hand impatiently and said, "It is precisely because of the stability of plants that they can become carriers of magic and be eaten and absorbed by humans without causing poisoning or cell infection."
"If you want to engineer a plant that can grow on metal, first of all, its stability will be destroyed. What grows may not necessarily be a plant, and it is hard to say what the consequences will be if someone eats it."
"Metal is still a bit exaggerated." Schiller said, "Can't we compromise? For example, some things may grow plants, which are not usually used for plant cultivation..."
Pamela looked at Schiller and asked tentatively, "Do you have any ideas?"
"Yes, there is, but it can't be known to others. You have to keep it a secret for me." Schiller said mysteriously.
Pamela curled her lips and said, "Have I not kept enough secrets for you?"
Schiller stared at her, then said, "Are those fertilizers any good?"
Pamela suddenly realized what he was talking about. She took a breath and said, "You don't want to plant plants on people, do you?