Chapter 4129: When the Pumpkins Ripen (Part 22)

"You said you found a box under the tree roots, can you show it to me?" Greed asked.

Pamela handed the box over and said, "Be careful, this thing is radioactive. Although it may not necessarily cause you harm, the flowers and plants in the courtyard..."

As soon as Greed took it, he showed a shocked expression. Pamela immediately became nervous and said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this thing?"

"This is a Mother Box, the kind on Cyborg in other universes. How could it be here?"

Pamela was also stunned. Of course she knew who Cyborg was, and also knew that he was a very powerful Justice League member, but she didn't know the specific situation. So she asked, "Is this thing very powerful?"

"Of course. New Genesis and Apokolips are both looking for this thing. It should have been left on Earth during the last war. But how could it be buried under a big tree by someone? Brainiac, Brainiac!"

"First of all, I want to ask, how do you know this thing is a Mother Box?" Brainiac asked.

"I have been in contact with Cyborgs from other universes. I mean, Gray Mist has been in contact, so of course he can recognize it. If I remember correctly, you came to Earth just to find this thing, right?"

"Yes and no," Brainiac said, "I want to find this thing because I want to change my life form and make a breakthrough from the electronic life form. Because there is origin energy on it, which might be the radiation you are talking about."

"Then can it do it?"

"I originally thought it could, but if you say this box is a Mother Box, I'm a bit uncertain."

"Why?"

"Because this energy is actually nothing special. I didn't feel any change. It's also possible that the way we use it is wrong, or it hasn't really been activated at all."

"So you can't do anything with this thing either?"

"Origin energy is a type of energy I don't understand. If I had a way, I wouldn't need it to help me break through."

Greed sighed and said, "I also feel that this thing has no effect. It can help you become stronger, but changing life forms is not that easy. However, I still suggest you find someone to study it."

"Fine, I'll go find Batman," Brainiac said, "The main universe Batman should have more experience with this thing. But what I'm more concerned about now is why it appeared under the big tree in your neighbor's courtyard. And if the tree is deeply affected, it means this thing was buried years ago. What the hell is going on?"

"Does the FBI have any results from their investigation?"

"This morning, Jason and Barry went to the East District. I am waiting for their investigation results," Brainiac replied.

Then he went silent, seemingly diverting his energy to do something else. Considering that the Mother Box was indeed a big discovery, and in order to break through the limitations of his own life form, Brainiac would inevitably conduct a comprehensive study of it; relying on the main universe Batman alone wouldn't work, he might have to gather a global scientific research team.

But Greed knew very well that this thing was one of the treasures of New Genesis. Even for New Genesis, which had very advanced technology, it was not easy to build this thing. With the current technological level of humans, I'm afraid it will be a long way off to crack it.

"Do you think there is such a possibility?" Pamela looked at Greed and said, "The other party actually doesn't know what this thing is at all, nor do they know how important it is. They just mastered some of its properties."

"You mean origin energy?"

"Yes. Plants that leave the radiation of origin energy show obvious abnormalities. And if they also saw plants showing such abnormalities when they dug this thing out at the time, they might have thought that this box has the effect of making plants go crazy, so they used it like this."

"It's not impossible," Greed said, "However, we suspected at the time that this group of people might be Darkseid's subordinates. Didn't they think about studying it?"

"They are said to be Darkseid's subordinates, but it's impossible for them to have actually seen Darkseid, and it's impossible for Darkseid to pay attention to them," Pamela shook her head and said, "I guess it's just layer-by-layer outsourcing, and then it was done by interns."

Ending the discussion about the box, the two began to clean up the courtyard. Fortunately, with Pamela there, the cleaning work was completed very quickly. The front yard soon became as clean as new. The two big trees stood on the left and right, like guards protecting the house. Fallen leaves would occasionally drift down, shrouding the house in a piece of gold.

"Bad news," Pride walked out of the house and said, "The ingredients needed for the menu we drafted cannot be bought at the community store, and the nearest store where we can buy ingredients is in the East District."

"It seems we have to go there," Greed said, "I have a premonition that Jason's investigation won't go very smoothly either."

Several people quickly packed their things and got into the car. After closing the car door, Pamela sighed and said, "Sorry, Mr. Large Wild Beast. I really didn't expect that transplanting a tree would cause such a mess."

"Before you call me a large wild beast, I don't have any intention of blaming you, ma'am."

Pamela laughed, but still said, "Brainiac's classification method is unique but accurate. If this city doesn't have a nature reserve that belongs to you, then so-called urban safety is out of the question."

"Sounds like you also want a nature reserve of your own."

"Of course. I would love to build a forest and live in it myself. But unfortunately, it's impossible. Even if I launch a natural disaster in the city, it's just adding some vegetables to the tables of Gothamites."

"Poison Ivy from other universes all use poison, don't you?" Greed asked.

Pamela shook her head and said, "What kind of plant power I can use depends on what I think plants are. Those Poison Ivys who can use plant toxins think they should use the power of plants to protect plants, so they will have many more aggressive means. And I hope that plants can protect themselves, instead of standing stupidly in place waiting for others to persecute them, or counting on a savior. Humans don't have a savior, let alone plants."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," Greed said.

"Exactly. So I will create many man-hitting plants, letting plants move themselves to protect themselves. However, after Brainiac came, I think we can improve plant welfare by promoting environmental protection regulations for plant protection. And the premise for Brainiac to pass these regulations is that I work for him."

Greed nodded. Brainiac could be called an all-around ruler. He had a way to turn environmental protection regulations into real environmental protection regulations, rather than pockets for corruption, or blades for de-industrialization, and then push these regulations forward to ensure that everyone could comply.

In this case, having him protect plants would be faster and more effective than Pamela alone. Brainiac would also be happy to do so, because it is undeniable that plants are the cornerstone of life on Earth. Any species living on this planet cannot do without their green partners. So even without Pamela, Brainiac would protect plants.

And if Pamela could provide more value, such as researching larger and better food, then accordingly, even if it was just to let Pamela work better, Brainiac would more actively promote environmental protection regulations to ensure that plants were well protected and didn't need Pamela to worry.

"Is that chestnut tree okay?" Pride asked.

"It's fine. I said it's very healthy, just affected by some energy and became a bit chaotic. I can guarantee you that such a thing will absolutely not happen again today."

"That would be best," Greed said.

The car stopped in the dock area. The East District port was Cat Getan's largest logistics distribution center. To be precise, it was the logistics center for the entire East Coast. After Brainiac came to Earth, this place became a fully automated logistics port.

And in order to solve the employment problem of the original dock workers, Brainiac opened a lot of warehouse supermarkets here, which meant that some of the goods transported here would directly enter the warehouse supermarkets for retail. Basically, you could buy all kinds of items from all over the United States and even the world here. It had also replaced the city center and become the place with the largest flow of people in Cat Getan.

In addition to locals supplementing daily necessities, there were also various purchasing agents from small cities, tourists who treated this place as a scenic spot, and other outsiders.

Most daily necessities still required the use of points, but for some cash commodities that were not restricted for purchase, this place was the cheapest, basically 20% cheaper than community stores.

And what Pride and Greed were looking for was the largest Chinese warehouse supermarket here, which had all kinds of ingredients and seasonings.

Entering the port area, the first thing was a huge parking lot. The concrete ground was so vast that it seemed endless; if it weren't for the fact that a lot of trees were planted in the middle, just walking from here to the supermarket area would have been enough to bake a person to death.

However, it was obvious that this parking lot was built with great foresight, because it was only the first day of the Halloween holiday, and the parking spaces outside were already full. Pride drove around inside for several laps before finding a decent parking space.

"Gasoline and carbon emission control make sense," Pamela said, "If there were no controls, this parking lot wouldn't be able to hold them even if it were twice as big."

"Many people have been saving gasoline, just waiting to use it during the holidays," Pride said, "I heard that this parking lot also has a second basement level, but it's usually not open."

"Because it's very cold underneath," Pamela said, "Although Brainiac and Victor have started to clear the ice underground, they are also considering the impact on climate and environmental issues, and the progress doesn't seem to be great; it may take several years to slowly clear it out."

Then Pamela said with a suppressed smile, "Before, Brainiac also investigated why there was so much ice under Cat Getan, and then he found Victor Fries, and immediately designated the area where he lived as a nature reserve."

Pride laughed and said, "Frigid nature reserve, right?"

"Yes. Bruce told me that Brainiac's log marked that place as 'Arctic', and Victor's code name is 'Yeti'."

"Does every large wild beast have a code name?"

"Of course. Brainiac is very good at giving others code names."

"I don't, it's just that the system log needs a label," Brainiac's voice sounded from Pamela's phone, "I think you would definitely oppose pure numerical labels, because you would feel that it is objectifying you. So I specifically gave names based on your characteristics. In human social culture, this is a manifestation of respect."

"So you are also a large wild beast?" Greed looked at Pamela.

"Yes. My code name is 'Man-eating Flower'," Pamela was not only not angry, but also very excited, "My territory is called 'Tropical Rainforest'. Then I think this is a stereotype; although there are indeed rich animals and plants in the tropical rainforest, in fact, the temperate ecosystem is the healthiest..."

"Then what about me, what am I called?" Greed asked.

"Didn't you just come? And do you plan to live here permanently?"

"I'm talking about Pride."

"'Ouroboros', his territory is called 'Loch Ness'."

"What the hell?" Pride said, "Loch Ness is a real place name, and it's much bigger than the lake at my door. Also, why is it Ouroboros?"

"Because 'infinity'. It seems that there is only one Schiller there, but who knows how many there really are?" Pamela pointed at Greed and said, "Isn't this one proliferated?" ===== CHAPTER 4130 =====