From Gotham to Night City, my infamy is known to all.

"What are you going to do!?"

Harleen, who was still an ordinary person, panicked. If she wasn't worried that he would suddenly attack and hurt someone, she really wanted to scream loudly to attract the guards in.

Leo gently patted her head... well, it was completely subconscious. He only realized after he patted her that the action was somewhat abrupt to a stranger of the opposite sex.

"Don't be nervous, Ms. Harleen. We are respectable people. We informed Dean Sharp before we came."

"It's definitely fake! Let me go, I'm going to call the guards... Ugh!"

Leo covered her mouth and reassured her again, "I'm telling the truth, we... oh right! Wayne Group is our partner, so now you should believe we're a legitimate company, right?"

Harleen stopped struggling and blinked at him quickly.

Leo knew this meant he had something to say, so he kindly let go of her hand.

But she actually repaid kindness with enmity!

"Ivy!"

Harleen surprisingly chose to ask Poison Ivy for help, her voice filled with anxiety and a hint of a sob from fright.

To Leo's surprise, after Poison Ivy's expression changed rapidly several times, she actually stepped forward, pointing her right index finger menacingly at him: "Let her go! Or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Leo was shocked.

Isn't this a bit odd? Why is Poison Ivy siding with Harleen?

On the contrary, it made him seem like a bad person.

At this point in time, these two best friends shouldn't have gotten involved yet...

"Poison Ivy... how can you, a prisoner, side with the guards who imprisoned you!"

“I’m not on the same side as the prison guards, but I’m not on the same side as you either.” Poison Ivy glanced at the old man beside her, beginning to consider whether to take a hostage first. “Who exactly are you? And what is your purpose in coming to me?”

Leo was taken aback.

The story didn't go quite as he had imagined, but it eventually returned to the trajectory he had envisioned.

Then proceed to step two!

"It was my oversight; I should have checked the secret code first."

While keeping Harlin under control, Leo read his prepared remarks with great enthusiasm.

"Long live the green of all things! Long live the Tree Council! Everything is for the sake of spreading 'green' across the earth!!"

Poison Ivy was stunned for a moment.

Harleen is the same.

Even Ah Fu, who is used to seeing all kinds of things, lost control of his facial expressions.

"What!?"×2

The two ladies made identical statements, but their tones were very different.

Poison Ivy's voice carried an undisguised daze, and a hint of ecstasy that she herself might not have realized.

Harleen was more direct; her tone was full of despair.

God damn…

It turns out that Poison Ivy's accomplices have infiltrated; they've come to rescue her...

In that case, Ivy, who is on good terms with her, probably won't side with her anymore...

Is this the end of my life?

Harlin trembled.

Poison Ivy was both surprised and delighted, and for a moment she dared not completely trust the other party, fearing that this was another scam.

Out of caution, she asked, "You are also...?"

Leo shook his head: "No, I am not one of you yet, but I agree with the path of green for all things and hope that green can flourish on this increasingly barren planet."

He released Harlin's grip and said to the 'hostage,' "Ms. Harlin, this is my last reiteration: we are a legitimate company, and our employment is legal. You can verify this with the dean or anyone you trust, but please do not interfere with our work."

After he finished speaking, he generously let go of the psychologist and walked back to the table.

Reactivating the computer from standby, Leo gestured for Poison Ivy to come and check: "Come and see what those damned humans have done to this beautiful planet. I've gathered intelligence on water contamination in a nuclear leak area and data on the remaining aquatic plants. The poor plants are heading towards mutation and extinction!"

"What!?"

Poison Ivy instinctively moved closer to check, but as soon as she got close to Leo, a look of inner turmoil crept onto her face.

"Um...you, step back a little. I feel uncomfortable when I'm near humans."

After thinking for a moment, Leo generously stepped back a few meters, leaving her the desk and computer.

Poison Ivy breathed a sigh of relief and quickly manipulated the computer to examine the densely packed folders on the desktop.

Night City Water Pollution Intelligence

Data on Aquatic Plants Around Night City

She had never heard of this city, and the document did not provide any location information.

Judging simply from the nuclear leak, it's either Japan or Russia...

As time went by, Poison Ivy's brows furrowed more and more, and in an instant, her face was filled with rage.

"Damn humans! How dare they—!"

"If we don't do something about it... if we don't do something about it, the ecosystem will go extinct!" Poison Ivy roared in fury. "Where is this? What country is this? They deserve to die! Destroy them! Destroy them now!!"

"You're here to help me escape from prison? Then let's hurry up and go destroy that shameless human kingdom!"

Seeing that Poison Ivy was about to go berserk, Leo quickly calmed her down: "Don't get agitated, Ivy. Why don't you listen to my plan first?"

"Say it!"

Poison Ivy couldn't sit still any longer at the thought that somewhere in the world, plants were suffering annihilation, and she paced restlessly in the counseling room.

Rising to Fame: Chapter 237 "Poison Ivy, you seem to have been a little unfaithful to the Green of All Things!"

“Don’t be impulsive, Ivy. I feel just as angry as you do, and I’ve thought about conquering that country by force to make them stop harming nature. But I… can’t do it.”

Leo positioned himself as an extreme environmentalist, displaying both indignation and helplessness.

"Humans are too evil. They build military bases everywhere and stockpile nuclear weapons in warehouses. If we force reforms, they will use those evil weapons to completely destroy the ecosystem. We cannot take that risk."

"...Then what should we do?"

Poison Ivy put herself in his shoes and thought about it for a moment, and found that it was indeed true.

The threat posed by human-made nuclear weapons to the ecosystem is devastating and cannot be ignored.

Leo continued his speech—

"I drew inspiration from the reproductive patterns of zombie ants and cordyceps. As one of the earliest inhabitants of the earth, if fungi can do it, plants certainly can too!"

"I want to use plants to tame and enslave humans, making them puppets of the plants and actively helping them seize as much land as possible!"

"The initial plan consists of two steps, and it's in the third folder from the top left!"

Poison Ivy excitedly opened the folder and saw two sub-files inside: number 1 was "Water Purification Plants" and number 2 was "High Sugar Crops".

The order of priority is easily seen from the numbers, so she prioritizes checking the water-purifying plants.

Project Name: Water Purification Plants

[Summary: Using gene editing technology, a plant capable of purifying water sources will be created. Algae are the optimal choice. As the 'eldest child' of the plant family, algae's vitality, adaptability, and super reproductive capacity are sufficient to undertake the heavy responsibility of water purification, making them the best gene source.]

This document is short; it simply proposes a hypothesis and briefly describes the functions that water-purifying plants should possess.

Poison Ivy, a former high-achieving student majoring in botany, easily understood his needs, but she didn't understand...

"This kind of water-purifying plant is indeed very helpful in restoring the natural environment, but wouldn't that just benefit humans for nothing?"

They wantonly destroy nature, and we end up using these plants to clean up their mess? What a ridiculous situation! Besides, purifying pollution and absorbing toxic substances is a burden on plants too. Sacrificing the well-being of plants for the sake of humanity is unfair!

"Indeed, this is unfair to the plants."

Leo first agreed with her point of view, and then painstakingly refuted it.

"But don't forget, Ivy, water is the source of life, and toxic water is indiscriminately poisoning all plants. The emergence of water-purifying plants is not to save humanity, but to save the plants themselves!"

Furthermore, our initial goal was to make humans puppets of plants. The first step was to numb their senses, making them see only the benefits of plants and ignore the threats they pose. In this way, they would actively spread plant seeds, allowing water-purifying plants to spread throughout the world where there are water sources.

With the resilient nature of algae, as long as they can reach that area, humans will never be able to completely eradicate them. The ultimate result will be—a return of green to a barren world!

Poison Ivy listened with rapt attention, finding his words quite reasonable.

Such harmless water-purifying plants would undoubtedly be widely adopted by humans once they are obtained. They can purify water sources while also increasing green coverage; if only we could go even further and turn the oceans green too…

After careful consideration, she mentally agreed to the first step of the plan.

Next, let's take a look at this so-called "high-sugar crop".

[Project Name: High Sugar Crops]

[Synopsis: A research institute accidentally cultivates a type of wheat with an extremely high sugar content. The economic value of this crop far exceeds expectations; it can not only be eaten but also used to produce biofuels. The institute is conducting further experiments, intending to use this wheat to build a new energy industry chain.]

We managed to obtain seed samples, and now we hope to use gene editing technology to transfer high-sugar genes to higher-yielding crops, thus gaining a competitive edge in the market.

Poison Ivy understood, but the same question remained: she couldn't figure it out...

If water-purifying plants are meant to save the plants themselves, then this kind of cash crop is clearly driven by profit. What does this have to do with the domestication and enslavement of humans?

She raised her question.

Leo responded with lines he had prepared beforehand:

"You're too short-sighted, Ivy. But it's not your fault; you've been framed and imprisoned before you even left the ivory tower, so you don't know how treacherous people can be in society."

It's important to understand that humanity's greed for money is essentially a greed for the resources needed for survival. If we can use this plant to control the human financial system, 'green' can become a weapon in our hands to teach a lesson to all those who refuse to heed our advice.

"Think about it, the Brazilian government destroys rainforests, so we won't give them seeds for this crop. Indonesia is committing illegal logging, so we can impose the same sanctions. There are other countries like Mexico and Australia that are very harmful to plants."

If we can bring this crop to the world stage, it can become humanity's future energy lifeline. Then, we can legally and legitimately take land from humans and plant it all!

He spoke at length, leaving Poison Ivy completely bewildered.

In a daze, she felt that what he said made sense, but something still felt off...

A closer reading of the document reveals little further information from the brief text.

Perhaps she should slow down, think things through carefully, and then make a decision.

Poison Ivy's hesitation was written all over her face, and Leo could see it, of course.

What he lacks most right now is time, and he can't let her have wild ideas and disrupt his path to dominating Night City.

It's time to give her a harsh lesson!

“Ivy, you are the spokesperson for the green of all things. You can contact the Tree Council and hear how our ancestors evaluated this plan. I believe that as long as we can make green flourish again and take over the earth, they will definitely give their full support!”

Poison Ivy was even more conflicted, her mind buzzing and unable to calm down and think.

Leo's voice suddenly grew louder: "Ivy, this world is on the verge of collapse! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a chance for all things to be green again and great!"

What are you hesitating about? Do you really want to be locked up in a mental hospital, wasting your time and spending every day with lunatics and perverts?

Such a great plan, I don't know what you're still worried about. But if I may be so bold as to say this—Ivy, you seem to be a little disloyal to Greenery!

"I...I didn't! I didn't!!"

Poison Ivy hurriedly explained, her face turning green...and then even greener.

"My mind is a bit muddled... You suddenly came to me and told me about so many big plans that I've never even thought of before, you have to give me some time to think about them!"

Rising to Fame: Chapter 238 Poison Ivy: "There are good people among the masses!"

"Ivy... There are 70 billion people in this world, and they are destroying nature every day, every minute, every second. We don't have any extra time to waste."

We must produce results and win intellectual property rights before any other research institute. Only in this way can we hold the lifeline of humanity in our own hands and drive it to serve the greening of all things.

Leo adjusted his facial expression, looking at Poison Ivy with pity.

"And most importantly, it concerns you..."

He paused deliberately, giving Poison Ivy time to think.