Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1381 Bone Hidden Group
[The closest thing to this is that in mythology, the father of Romulus and his brothers was the god of war, Mars. Although they were not born from the ground, they were the children of a virgin priestess who got pregnant before marriage. As the offspring of the god of the land, they have the characteristics of being "native" like the earth-born people, and are an enhanced version of the earth-born people. As for why they are also twins, and they formed a founding team with 10 other brothers, and they also used the name of a person as the name of the country. This is hard to say. ]

"Is that why the second half of Plato's passage was torn out? Was it a reference to Rome?"

【Plato himself could not travel through time and space to allude to Rome. Although Plato himself lived in the same era as Rome, Rome at that time had not yet emerged and was still fighting to the death in Italy with other Greek and Pan-Greek city-states around it. However, Plato's imagination was actually "what would it be like if we Greeks established a centralized empire and began to indulge in luxury." This is not a coincidence. Rome is what it would be like after "Greek culture established a centralized empire." After getting rich, they built baths and arenas, which is actually the Greek version of the emperor's golden hoe, because the Athenians also felt that they had to build public baths after they became rich. 】

"Oh my goodness, so that's what's going on. So Atlantis is actually Rome?"

[Yes. You found it. ]

This is what Agathocles did not say, but what is written in the document -

Of course, there is no Atlantis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In the history of human existence, this continent has never existed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantis is actually a metaphor for Rome.

"Wait, what does Poseidon mean by 5 pairs of twins?"

【It means the inside and outside of Rome. For example, Constantinople and Rome are twins, the Palace of the Muses of Alexandria and Syracuse are twins, and the exploded New Antioch is the twin of the Oracle of Delphi. In particular, in the story of Romulus and his brothers, Romulus actually killed his own brothers. The same is true for Constantinople and Rome. There is only one Senate in the two cities, and everything in Rome has been transferred to Constantinople. 】

"So, the fortress of Atlantis refers to..."

【It refers to the hidden part of ourselves. Of course, this covenant is real. Atlantis really existed, and he was a demigod like Phaethon. But we ourselves don’t know how many years Atlantis lived. We also don’t know whether Atlantis has changed people. 】

Apollonia told Shangluo what she knew——

There was no such thing as an "ancient underwater civilization". Atlantis, like the Oracle, was just a manifestation of Rome. It was just that this manifestation was completely submerged under the water and was taboo even to the highest levels of Rome.

[To some extent, this is not surprising. In fact, the level of confidentiality of the bone storage group in Rhodes Island is comparable to that of Atlantis.]

"That's true." Phaethon nodded. "Although it is a funeral organization that has existed since ancient times, the Bone Collection Group is at the forefront of the pursuit of immortality. But that was my past. After I started my vacation, the affairs of Rhodes Island had nothing to do with me anymore."

"It suddenly occurred to me that I haven't asked you much about your previous life - what was the Rhodes Island Bone Collection Group doing?"

"I run a business selling cemeteries, and deal with after-sales issues from time to time."

"Have you ever done such business before?" [She is very busy] Apollonia replied, [especially in recent years, when Cybernia gradually began to be used, she became busier and busier. ]

"Then is it really okay for you to do nothing here?"

"Well," Phaethon thought for a moment, "at first, I did think family matters were important. But later I realized that the world would continue to turn around without anyone. It's not like the Bone Collection Group would not be able to operate without me. After all, my life has only been less than 20 years so far, and the Bone Collection Group was operating normally 20 years ago, right? I let it go after staying with you for a while."

"By the way, what business are you mainly responsible for?" Shangluo asked.

"It's quite critical - sometimes our clients don't necessarily die in the right way. So sometimes we have to use the sympathetic stealth network to rush to the scene and perform the correct funeral before it's too late. There are also some tasks that I don't participate in, but other parts of the Bone Collection Group are always doing: for example, if you can't afford to freeze the body, you can just freeze the head."

"???" Shangluo had never expected that Phaethon would handle such specific business in the past. He thought Phaethon had always been wandering around like the centaur in mythology.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm not a wandering centaur. I have a job. The Romans were very afraid of death. In this age of magic, everyone has to rely on their consciousness no matter what. And now it has begun to thaw gradually. The crew members you saw had to hold a ceremony immediately before entering Cybertronia. The ceremony for frozen remains is slightly more complicated, and it is even more complicated when only the heads are left. As for those clients from hundreds of years ago who are only left with tombstones, I don't know when I can get them back."

"Then Atlantis is also responsible for a part of the business like you?"

"They work longer. If you count them this way, they are actually Rome's defense contractors, but they decide what counts as defense. The Bone Corps and Rome don't have such an alliance, it's just a commercial contract."

"Did they do their job smoothly?"

"Rome is still alive now, thanks to them. But now it will die sooner or later. I want to know what Atlantis thinks. Another name for Atlantis is Atlas, the god who holds up the sky. I wonder if he can hold up the sky with his hands."

"I want to ask you this: I said that I could summon him by blowing the horn. Will he really come?"

"I am sure of this: he will come back. But whether he wants to talk to the people on the shore depends on his own will. Normally he doesn't talk, just like he didn't explain what he said to Master Agathocles just now. This is actually a bit like 'another me in a different time and space'. It's better for the two groups not to meet each other."

【That means two dragons will never meet.】Apollonia added.

"Well, but now, they have to meet even if they don't want to. Who would have thought that they would expand their business scope to the moon? Is there any defense to be contracted on the moon? Who are they going to defend? They can't be defending me, right?"

(End of this chapter)