Surely there was a way to keep the disinterred metal root balls sprouting in the lab, coaxing their fruit to full succulent ripeness as the noblest of metals — lead into silver, copper to gold?

真的有方法可以让这些挖掘出来的金属根茎球在实验室里继续生长，就像成熟多汁的果实一样变成贵金属 -- 从铅变成银，从铜变成金？

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Surely there was a way to keep the disinterred metal root balls sprouting in the lab, coaxing their fruit to full succulent ripeness as the noblest of metals — lead into silver, copper to gold?

真的有方法可以让这些挖掘出来的金属根茎球在实验室里继续生长，就像成熟多汁的果实一样变成贵金属 -- 从铅变成银，从铜变成金？

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