Chapter 3598

With a "bang," champagne foam sprayed from the bottle mouth, and ribbons fell along with it. Everyone cheered one after another.

Schiller, standing in the center, clapped along with everyone, reached out to remove the ribbons from his hair, and then said: "Thank you all for your help, the second phase of the renovation project for Arkham Asylum is complete!"

Another burst of warm applause followed. All the doctors, nursing staff, patients, and Schiller's friends cheered.

"Thank you, thank you very much!" Schiller shook hands with them one by one, weaving through the crowd, and then greeted those further away with a smile.

When it was Stark's turn, he was winking and making faces on the side. Schiller walked over, and Stark snorted again, saying: "I've called your office for the past few days and no one ever answered; I thought you had already thrown little Morgan's birthday party to the back of your mind."

"How could that be!" Schiller said, "I specifically marked the key points on various calendar software; it's absolutely impossible to forget. Aren't you going to visit the asylum's new renovation style?"

"Forget it, what's there to see in an asylum. Me looking for you is a small matter, but Stephen ran to the clinic twice and couldn't find you; he seems to have some urgent matter. You'd better go ask him."

"Alright, I hope it's not something wrong with the magic defense network again."

Schiller glanced at the lawn outside. Strange was holding a wine glass and talking to Peter.

The sun in New York today was very good, and the lawn was lush and soft. When the wind blew, the ground that had just been laid not long ago emitted bursts of the fresh scent of soil.

The renovation work of Arkham Asylum had ended. Most places had been redecorated, but the overall structure had not changed much; only the interior hard and soft furnishings had adjusted their style, correcting some of the flaws from the previous design.

In recent years, naturalism had become popular in the architectural decoration industry. Compared to the modernist style when the asylum was first built, more natural elements were used, such as more flower beds, plant walls, hanging potted plants, and wooden decorative panels, vine patterns, and fabric crafts were also added.

To regulate the patients' moods, the public activity room was specifically changed to a red clay wall surface, combined with wooden furniture and a large number of plants, creating a natural and relaxing atmosphere.

The layout of Schiller's office had not changed either, still two floors. However, the hard decoration materials used before were marble and metal; now the first floor was covered with wooden floors, and bookshelves and furniture were also changed to wood. Although there were still many metal decorations on the second floor, they had been changed from relatively modern geometric shapes to curved and soft curvilinear patterns.

In addition, most of the outdoor stone ground had been changed to lawn. A fountain had been added to the small square in the atrium, and a children's swimming pool had been added to the spa center in the back, all changed to a tropical decoration style.

Now the asylum was more like a resort than a hospital, which was more in line with the initial positioning, but it couldn't be said that it had no medical efficacy. Besides providing the placebo of the immortality factor, most emotional problems could be alleviated by changing to a good environment.

Now the main guests of Arkham Asylum were actually the children of the first batch of guests. As the years passed, the children of most of the guests who had already started families and careers had also entered their teenage years.

Adolescence was a high-incidence period for emotional problems, even if they all came from wealthy families. Academic pressure, interpersonal communication, and relationships with parents would all cause them to have various emotional problems.

Schiller was an expert in treating such problems. When communicating with patients, he could often talk eloquently about family relationships and adolescent psychology. Guests were also very willing to let him help mediate family relationships.

Now the teenagers received by Arkham Asylum all had relatively severe symptoms, such as those who suffered from depression because they were ostracized by classmates at school, those who suffered from anxiety because their parents' requirements were too high and academic pressure was too heavy, and even those who had attempted suicide.

After staying here for a period of time, their conditions had all improved somewhat. In addition to Schiller's scheduled treatment, the asylum's isolated environment was also an indispensable condition for recovery.

The style of the newly renovated asylum was also determined by this. The modernist mansion style at the beginning was mainly to sell the placebo of the immortality factor, but since it had now become a real asylum, it would be better to be closer to nature. The natural style could effectively reduce people's psychological pressure and was also more appealing to teenagers. The renovated asylum was unanimously praised by all guests.

Actually, it was mainly Schiller who was praised by most of the teenage patients here. The asylum's fees were very expensive, and most parents who sent their children here had paid enough money. This made Schiller very easy to talk to.

Not to mention installing game consoles, buying comic books, modifying cars, or listening to punk bands in their rooms, Schiller would even cook for them and help them write papers.

When their parents questioned whether these behaviors were necessary, Schiller could also use his professional psychological knowledge to convince them. Seeing that the children were indeed recovering relatively quickly, the customer satisfaction rate was also very high.

After Schiller finished exchanging pleasantries with the people in the room, he walked toward the door. Peter saw him coming first and raised his glass to him. Schiller walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"How have you been lately? I heard from Gwen that you went to the Andromeda Galaxy again."

"Yes, went over there to take a look." Peter smiled and said, "Mainly wanted to see that super-sized brainwave amplifier."

"How was it? Was it cool?"

"To be honest, I couldn't really understand it. The design was indeed quite cool, felt about as big as the moon, the structure inside was very complex, I really don't know how Eric built it all by himself."

"The power of love is great." Schiller also said with a smile.

Then he turned to Strange and said: "Tony said you went to the clinic several times these past few days, is there something very important?"

"Actually, it's not that important." Strange sighed softly and said, "After the Battleworld opened, many people came to visit our universe, and most of them were most interested in the magic defense network. Many people want to learn this technology."

"Then let them learn, anyway, Earths in other universes having a magic defense network doesn't hinder us."

"It's not that easy." Strange rolled his eyes slightly and said, "What do you think the magic defense network is? Chocolate crisp balls? This is a mature magic system, the best and most technical thing that can be created. It's not something just anyone can imitate."

"Then what do you plan to do?" Schiller asked.

"In fact, there are two types of people who come to me, one type wants to learn, and the other type wants us to build it for them directly. But actually, these two are about the same, because later maintenance requires their local mages. But they don't have that many professional mages at all, I mean mages who can understand the defense network.

"Most universes... including the universe with Batman, are the same; their mages have all kinds of strange skills, but most of them can only cause destruction and have nothing to do with the magic defense network. The knowledge they learned has no effect on maintaining the defense network, and instead, it will hinder the learning of new knowledge."

"You mean..."

"If they want to have a magic defense network as easy to use as ours, they have to cultivate a batch of new mages from scratch. But their local mages don't even understand how magic works themselves, let alone large-scale talent cultivation."

Strange shook his head and said: "My idea is, we can let them send a batch of children over to learn magic, and after they finish their studies, they can naturally build a magic defense network for their hometowns."

"That's quite good, weren't we doing that before?" Schiller said, "You went to Cat Getan Magic Academy to be a professor for a while before, and there were people from there who came to study, I see the magic defense network there is running quite well."

"That's where the problem lies. There are quite a few people looking for me this time, just Batman alone has several. Maybe they saw the magic defense network in that universe and traced it back to us."

"In my opinion, that's also true; although the magic defense network there is well-maintained, when it comes to theoretical level and innovation level, of course, our place of origin is more powerful."

Schiller nodded; he agreed with Strange's point of view. Don't look at Cat Getan Magic Academy as already belonging to the most advanced magic education system over there, but if compared with Marvel, it's still a bit lacking.

Maybe the essence is also because DC's magic requirements are stricter, and the overall energy level is relatively low, and the development is late; even if there has been progress recently, it certainly can't compare with Kamar-Taj, which has been a cosmic black evil force for many years under the leadership of the Ancient One.

And when it comes to the control and innovation of the magic defense network, they can't compare with Strange either. If Constantine could still use magic, maybe he could catch up in theory, but now that he has changed careers, the magic defense network on the opposite side remains at the stage of being usable.

But Marvel's is different. Strange's control and utilization of the magic defense network have reached a state of perfection; besides being able to defend against various ill-intentioned existences inside and outside Earth, he can even further check all energy fluctuations inside Earth, even if it's the work of human technology, it can't escape his sharp eyes.

Very unsurprisingly, many people want to have this technology. Strange is not stingy about sharing, but it is really too difficult to truly reach this level.

Fortunately, it's not that you must have Strange's level to use it; as long as you put a shell on Earth, the safety factor will rise exponentially, which is especially suitable for all kinds of persecution delusion and suspicion patients, a typical representative being Batman.

Actually, it can't be said that they are worrying about nothing; after all, no matter which universe, Earth is full of disasters, they are purely scared by being harmed. They don't expect this shell to resist how big a disaster, but being able to block those small troubles outside is already a great help.

However, what makes Schiller a bit confused is that Kamar-Taj recruiting students from various multiverses is their own business; with Strange there, Schiller almost doesn't need to worry about magic world affairs. The two reached a tacit understanding long ago; Strange's belongs to Strange, and unless it's a very big change, Schiller won't care.

"My meaning is, Kamar-Taj cannot accept so many students." Strange touched his cheek softly and said, "We have used space expansion magic to the limit, but accommodating these students now is already a bit strenuous."

"Then can't you accept fewer?... Alright, I know, convincing Batman to give up is difficult. What do you plan to do?"

"I think we also have to establish a specialized magic school like Cat Getan." Strange said, "Don't go to the Himalayas, the altitude sickness is too severe. Just find a place in the United States and build a real magic academy that can accommodate students from the multiverse."

"That's a good idea." Schiller nodded and said, "You came to me, do you want me to help you choose a location?"

"I came to you, mainly to let you invest." Strange spread his hands and said, "Building such a large academy in the real world requires a lot of money. I'm here to pull sponsorship."

(End of chapter)