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"We might need to do some testing, or it would be great if we could find a way to extract and store the Speed ​​Force energy from your running for research."

"Like a treadmill?" Barry suggested.

“That’s right, just like a treadmill, you’re very smart.” Shen You smiled.

He hadn't had much contact with time manipulation back in the Land of Light, but understanding the laws governing time was quite important for him in DC. Because of the existence of the Speedsters, DC's time manipulation antics were far more outrageous than those in Marvel's studio.

Understanding how these rules work is not only an essential skill, but also a means of self-preservation during those dazzling time crises later on.

And in the entire DC universe, the person who can help him master this knowledge more quickly is definitely Barry in front of him.

The device called the "Cosmic Treadmill" is an indispensable artifact in this world. It is specially designed for The Flash and can store, amplify, and release the Speed ​​Force. It can even be manually set to travel to a specific timeline, a specific point in time, or lock onto a specific parallel universe, allowing The Flash to run to any dimension and any spacetime at a sufficiently high speed.

During the major event of the Justice League versus the Avengers, the third Flash even successfully used the Cosmic Treadmill to run through the Origin Wall, the blockade of the DC Universe, and to the Marvel Universe.

As they were talking, Shen You had already added the device to his to-do list.

The list is already quite long.

“But there’s one thing you need to know,” Shen You said solemnly. “Even if you successfully master this technique, it’s a move that you absolutely cannot use casually.”

Time travel is an extremely dangerous undertaking. Disrupting the laws of time can cause a series of problems; even the slightest alteration to the past could have devastating consequences.

"The butterfly effect, I understand that." Barry nodded repeatedly.

"It's not just that," Shen You said. "It might cause a series of other troubles, but I'll tell you about them during the research process."

The most famous event caused by The Flash, "Flashpoint," nearly destroyed the world. Even though he later reversed the changes to the past and tried his best to keep history unchanged, it still resulted in a complete reshuffling and reboot of the main universe's setting.

Many heroes died because of this, many never even existed, and many origin stories were changed as a result.

Not to mention that time travel is also dangerous for the speedsters themselves. There's a chance that time travel will attract the attention of the "Time Wraith," a spirit that dwells in the Speed ​​Field and specifically targets speedsters who mess with time. Theoretically, once targeted, no speedster can outrun the Time Wraith.

"Oh, sorry, just a moment, I need to take this call."

Shen You gestured to Barry and answered the phone.

It was Kara who called.

"what happened?"

“Well, I think you might want to come back and visit.” Kara sounded a little embarrassed. “There’s been a bit of a plant issue here at our place.”

Chapter 155 The Mad Plants

An hour ago.

"Sleep a little longer, just a little while longer."

Kara mumbled incoherently and turned over in her sleep.

puff.

It fell to the floor.

Of course, the fall damage was nothing to the Kryptonian girl's high defense, but the weightless fall still woke her up.

Kara sat up, groggily opened her eyes, and took a closer look.

What comes into view are plants?

A faint light filtered into the room through the tangled plants, the tall, sprawling ivy twisting and turning around the edges. A huge cactus had cracked Kara's bed; she had just rolled off it.

The girl blinked and thought for a moment.

No, I must be still half asleep.

So he closed his eyes and lay back down. After a moment, he suddenly sat up again and rubbed his eyes.

The room was still filled with plants.

What's happening here?

When I got up and went outside, I realized it wasn't an isolated incident. It seemed that all of Gotham had suddenly changed.

Plants, all of them plants. Enormous, abnormally large plants, like monsters, infested every block of the city. Huge, resilient thorns forced their way through buildings, tearing walls and structures beyond recognition. Dense foliage covered the entire sky, blocking out the sunlight. Giant thorny vines sprouted from cracks in the ground, spreading rampantly, their branches swaying like tentacles, like ravenous demons hunting.

Cars on the street were punctured, and sidewalks were broken. People walked onto the streets in panic and confusion; chaos reigned outside.

"Uh, what's going on?" Kara came into the kitchen and looked at a forsythia flower that was squeezing out from a corner of the ceiling with a strange expression.

All the plants seemed to be on hormones, growing to an astonishing size, and they were growing against the season and the environment, with all sorts of plants constantly sprouting from unexpected corners.

"Small matter, stay calm."

The old wizard was still flipping through the recipes, completely oblivious to the chaos behind him.

"It's no big deal," he said without looking up.

Kara glanced silently behind him. Titano the little monkey was swinging back and forth like Tarzan among the branches and vines that sprouted from the kitchen, squealing happily and seemingly having a great time.

So this is considered normal?

"Hey, young people these days are so impatient. They make a big fuss over the smallest things. It's just a few blades of grass."

The old wizard continued to hold the recipe in his left hand, while his right hand casually turned on the tap and poured water into his new pot.

"When you live long enough and see enough, you'll realize that nothing is a big deal. The important thing is a peaceful and calm mindset."

As he spoke, a string of lush green vines had already sprouted from the faucet and wrapped around his pot.

The old wizard turned his head and caught a glimpse, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately threw down the recipe, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to cast a spell.

"You foolish weed, how dare you touch 'that wizard's' pot! You're finished!"

He then uttered a string of incantations, and a burst of black flames instantly burned the pile of vines to a crisp.

Still seemingly unsatisfied after finishing, he continued casting spells while shouting, "Die! Die! Die!"

He frantically whipped the already charred vines, leaving them a trail of corpses.

Kara watched the old man's retreating figure from behind, walked away silently without saying a word, and took out her phone to dial Shen You's number.

It seems the vines were burned, but the old wizard's new pot is probably ruined again.

A moment later, Shen You returned to Gotham, a place overrun by plants.

"what's the situation?"

"I don't know," Kara said blankly. "It just turned out like this when I woke up."

As they were talking, a patch of green stealthily emerged from a crack in the wall and quickly and silently grew into a carnivorous flower in the shadows.

The upright columnar stems rise up, and the towering stems are covered with uneven green leaves that are as sharp as blades and exude a strong bright red color.

After observing in the shadows for a moment, and feeling that the time was almost right, the carnivorous plant locked onto its target, quickly charged forward, and opened its huge, blood-red mouth!

The sharp, triangular teeth, with their inner surfaces as red as flesh, resemble a long-starved beast pouncing on its prey!

Kara, who was talking to Shen You, tilted her head slightly, her fiery heat vision shooting out. The ferocious man-eating flower was instantly roasted into charcoal, turning into black dust that fell down in a flurry.

They didn't even stop talking.

"The wizard initially said it was no big deal, but now he's yelling about how his sacred kitchen has been invaded and that he's going to fight these flowers and plants to the death," Kara said helplessly.

Other carnivorous plants grew in the surrounding shadows, all of which were eager to leap out, drooling over the flesh and blood. However, upon seeing the gruesome death of their first ally, they froze, frozen in the darkness, too afraid to move.

Although plants amplified by supernatural power may not be highly intelligent, they still possess animalistic instincts.

For example, it allows you to discern when to be brave and when to be timid.

Wait, the people in this room seem a bit different from those in other places.

Just then, a Kryptonian orange cat, having just woken up, carried its food bowl and ignored the plants swaying around it and the old wizard battling the plants amidst lightning and flames in the kitchen. It nonchalantly walked by, intending to find its own food.

As I passed by a corner, I was immediately spotted by the carnivorous plants hiding there, their mouths watering.

If we can't bully two-legged creatures, can't we at least bully you?

Food delivered to your door!

One of the plants reacted extremely quickly, and suddenly two vines shot out towards the orange cat like tentacles.

Then the orange cat lazily tilted its head, a flash of red light in its eyes.

call out.

The row of plants in the corner had all been burned to ashes.

The remaining plants: (OO)

The group of plants immediately became obedient. Their roots stopped sprouting outwards, and their vines stopped waving around. They stood there motionless, as if standing at attention.

Even when Stryker flew to the cabinet with the basin in its mouth, the plants peeking out from the ceiling stretched out their vines to help it open the cabinet door.

It's a bit strange, but even though it clearly looks like a flower, there's a hint of fawning in its blooming appearance.

They watched as Stryker leisurely poured out a bowl of cat food, then flew back to the ground and began to eat with relish. Meanwhile, the carnivorous plants could only stand at attention in the back, starving.

Don't dare to move, don't dare to move at all.

At the same time, I felt only humiliation.

Honestly, today is a botanical extravaganza in all of Gotham. Everyone else's plants are living the high life, so why is it that only these plants have invaded this place and the atmosphere is so different?

Shen You had actually seen this scene and felt a little strange.

"These things... they not only grow abnormally, but they also seem to have developed self-awareness?"

Shen You activated the scanner and scanned the plants that had sprouted from various places.

“It seems so, sir,” Pal said. “They have some unusual features, which may have been stimulated by external forces, or perhaps evolution would be a more accurate description.”

At that moment, the old wizard, who had just finished the great battle, appeared from the kitchen and interjected.

"It is the green of all things."

Chapter 156 God of the Swamp

"The green of all things?"

Indeed, in DC, almost every event involving plants inevitably revolves around the concept of "greenery." This thing has a high level of sophistication, connecting with all plants in the universe; it's a conceptual, abstract existence.

However, since this is Gotham, the plant-based faction would naturally prioritize Poison Ivy. She is also one of the representatives of the Greenery.