Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Huh? You knew?"

"Of course I know. Do you think I really can't tell it's a dragon? It just has the appearance of a fox."

“That’s actually the shape of a dog.”

"Anyway, do you want to go over to Lan Fang's place? Should we go together?"

Chapter 508 Investigation

Together with Gao Shiyu, who was full of energy, Shangluo walked towards the Lan Fang team.

"Speaking of which," Shangluo suddenly thought, "Captain Gao, did your eyes hurt after you took the golden elixir just now?"

He asked tentatively. Because the Creation Golden Pill can temporarily repair the body's damage, allowing the body to function normally despite severe injuries, high loads, and even in a vacuum environment.

If blindness is considered an injury, Gao Shiyu might actually be able to see things now.

"Ah, what a pity it hasn't recovered." Gao Shiyu shook his head and took off his eye patch, revealing a corner to Shangluo. His eyes were still the same as before, like blue glass balls. Although there were twinkling stars in them, there was no pupil.

"Actually, I know I can't recover. Because I'm naturally disabled, even a Jindan would probably think I'm just in a normal state. To put it another way, if this is considered an injury, I tried taking a lot of medicine when I was a kid, so it should have healed a long time ago."

"We can try it later. Maybe we can cure you before you become a celestial being."

"Then I won't be polite with you!" Gao Shiyu didn't intend to refuse at all. "You should know that I really want to see it. However, even if it can't be cured, I am mentally prepared."

"But think about it from another angle. If the golden elixir has no effect, doesn't it mean that you are special to some extent?"

"Then this is special for you, do you want it?"

"If I had the cultivation of a celestial being from the beginning, I might have taken it. You're only half a step away from becoming a Qigong practitioner, yet you can actually see spiritual energy. That's the treatment you'd get as a protagonist in a novel!"

"But if I had a choice, I still want to see the world. It doesn't matter if I don't have talent. I have my dad and my sister at home, so at least I won't starve to death. I'm not that ambitious. I'm working so hard now just because I want to be able to heal myself one day."

"What if you could become a celestial being and see this world one day?"

"Then I'll lie down and mess it up right away." Gao Shiyu answered without hesitation, "I'd rather lie down than stand. After all, my dad is raising me, so I feel at ease eating the rice at home."

"What about the water department?"

"Oh, that's different. That's just a hobby. Even if you let me do it for free, I'll do my best to be responsible. But I don't want to be involved in the team's affairs anymore. I want to have some peace and quiet and just surf the Internet every day."

Some people really work hard, while others give up. The ecosystem here is quite rich.

As he spoke, the Lan Fang team's lounge was right at the door. Inside, there was a clatter of activity.

Shangluo knocked on the door, but there was no response. From the noise inside, it seemed like everyone was busy with something, but no one came to open the door.

"Strange." Gao Shiyu wondered, "What are so many people doing in this room?"

"How many people are there?"

"Everyone's in there."

"Hey? How did you figure that out?"

"Because I poured a large bottle of torch at their door. Hehehe, they left footprints everywhere. I could tell how many people there were by looking at the number of pairs of feet."

"Good boy! This is much more convenient for you than for me!"

"Tsk, you're not the only one who can mark things, Shang Tianjun. Besides, didn't I tell you that this thing can be used for marking?"

"So what do we do now? How do we get in and take a look?"

"Let me think about it. First of all, we can't tear down the wall. It's against the rules. Master Lan will punish us."

"Nonsense, if Master Lan doesn't take care of it, the Imperial Guards will too."

"Then what should I do?" he asked Shang Luo. "I'm at my wit's end. Look at me, a blind man, weak and clueless, how can I possibly get in? I still have to rely on you, Lord Shang Tian."

"Tsk, alright." He looked around and opened his bag:

"Ahem! It's decided to be you!"

Ah Heng rolled forward and jumped out, letting out a silent "Awooo" and howling towards the sky.

"Wow, this little fox can call like that? Is that how foxes call?"

"So what do you think a fox should call?"

"Mimi mimi."

"Eh? Isn't it the Great Chu that will establish Chen Sheng as King?"

"Brother, it's not like I haven't seen foxes before. When my dad and I were climbing the Great Wall, a fox ran past us. But yours... yours can't be a wolf, right? Or a dog?"

Shangluo thought about it - it's hard to say whether it is a wolf or a dog.

A dog is a wolf, and a wolf is a dog. Biologically, this is perfectly fine. But from a symbolic perspective, wolves and dogs are clearly different. Yet, those in the lower realms, having never seen a real wolf or dog, clearly learned the meaning of stone lions, then fashioned them into the shape of Samoyeds and called them "earth wolves."

"Wait, let me ask him what he means."

He squatted down and shook Ah Heng's hand: "You are a dog, right? If so, nod your head."

“.” Ah Heng was stunned.

Ah Heng asks you if you did something wrong, and you want to scold him.

"What the hell did this kid learn from the internet? Who taught him?"

[You, you gave him the network card. The network card is still around his neck.]

The jade token was indeed still around Ah Heng's neck. They could go online and play at any time while sitting in the bag, so they were not bored at all.

"Forget it, Ah Heng's breed is Ah Heng, that's settled. Ah Heng, can you come in?"

Shangluo pointed inside the door.

Ah Heng leaned over the crack in the door and sniffed, then sat back down.

[It wants to know if there is a way to establish a sympathetic link, and if so, find a way.]

"Hey, does it still work as the Spear of the Apollo?"

[This is limited to the contact principle. In other words, it requires physical contact between the two sides to locate the object. It's similar to how a real dog locates objects based on smell.]

"That's easy." Shangluo pulled Gao Shiyu over. "Smell him. He's marked it inside."

Ah Heng circled around Gao Shiyu, barked twice, and then flew out.

"Wow, young man, you have great skills." Gao Shiyu exclaimed, "Such a small thing can run so fast."

Before he could finish his words, Ah Heng ran back from the other side.

"He didn't run around the world!"

Shangluo rolled his eyes at him. "The Earth isn't the only thing that's round. This racetrack is round too. He ran back from the other side. How's it going?"

"Wang Wang."

[It said he could get in through the ventilation duct. But the ventilation duct was guarded by Jinyiwei, so he couldn't get in.]

"That's easy. Little blind man, it's time for you to take action."

"what?"

Bang, bang, bang, bang. Gao Shiyu walked along the corridor on the second floor while using his blind stick. When he reached the Jinyiwei, he turned around and turned back.

"Excuse me, where is this place?" he asked the Jinyiwei.

"Captain Gao, what are you doing? Are you going to perform a drama?" Wen Yuan asked him with her head tilted.

Chapter 509 Intelligence

"Damn it." Gao Shiyu flicked his blind stick aside. "Are you the only Jinyiwei here? Why do I always run into a fellow like you who looks like a wandering soul?"

"You can't see me and you blame me! Blame yourself for being blind! And what are you doing here? Walking around with a blind stick? Are you blind?"

"Nonsense, look into my eyes before you speak?"

"You run around all day long, faster than me. Who would remember that you are blind?"

"Forget it, I won't look for you anymore."

"Wait." Wen Yuan stepped forward and stood on the road. "What are you doing here? Are you planning to kill the king?"

"You're starting to fabricate charges now, aren't you? Then arrest me! Throw me into the Imperial Prison. What the hell are you doing?"

"Because I don't like you! I really don't like people calling me a soldier!"

"When did I call you a soldier? I just don't have you in my eyes."

"This is even more excessive!"

"What are you two arguing about at the door?" The door on the side opened and Zhu Xianxun stood at the door.

"Ah, Your Majesty, there is someone here with ill intentions."

"Alright, alright, you don't even know which way the Imperial Prison gate opens. Look, he's not scared at all by you, right Gao Shiyu? Come in."

"Yes, Your Majesty? What's the matter?"

"Your dad is here." He pointed inside - Gao Shiyu's father, Gao Jinlun was also in this viewing box.

"What are you doing here? Go back now. What's so interesting here? There's nothing here."

"Ahhhh! I get it! Right now! I'll go back right away!"

He turned around and ran back without stopping.

"Tsk, interesting." Zhu Xianxun closed the door and slowly walked back. "I reminded them to be careful of Wudang before, and it seems they've noticed it too—and it's not just Wudang they should be careful of. Guoxing, he still has a trick up his sleeve."

"Hahahaha~~" Outside the terrace, Zheng Shijie walked back slowly, holding a water cup in one hand and one hand behind his back. "Do you two also think our Lan Fang's car is amazing? Director Gao, what do you think? Aren't you going to say a few more words to your son?"

"He already knows what I'm going to say."

"Huh?" Zheng Shijie asked, "Did you guess our trick?"

"I guessed it. Isn't the answer nothing?"

"Guessed it right."

"Oh~~" Zhu Xianxi clapped three times. "Director Gao has good eyesight. It took me a long time to figure it out."

"But Director Gao," Zheng Shijie asked, "telling your son this isn't against the rules, right?"

"I'm their team's instructor, so of course I don't count. I haven't been exposed to any information I shouldn't have been. If I did miss anything, it was just you, Guoxing, who revealed it to me when we were chatting just now. Besides, I'm afraid I'm not the only one who wants to know." He pointed behind him, "A little fox just slipped away quietly. But you guys are really amazing. I'm very interested in how Lan Fang did it. Let's talk later?"

"Why don't we communicate now?"

"please."

"please."

"Oh, right." Zhu Xianxi nodded. "I called you all here so that you can discuss this with each other. Director Gao, and you, let's think about this together."

"Damn it, I figured it out!" Shangluo came to greet Gao Shiyu as soon as he came back.

"I figured it out too! My dad reminded me!"

"Your father?"

"Yes, my dad is upstairs. He seemed to have asked Guoxing himself about it, and I understood it immediately. What about you? Just to confirm, has Ah Heng gone in?"

"No problem. After Wen Yuan was attracted by you, I asked Ah Heng to sneak in. Oh my goodness! That's what happened."

"Wait. Let's write it on each other's palms and see if our guesses match?"

"Come on, let me borrow your pen."

"Everyone, the results are out."

Qi Yuan walked in from outside. "This is the ranking. Let me explain—first place goes to Xuantan Tiger, well-deserved. They're ridiculously fast, and their engine works whether they're in the 'casting zone' or not, because their technology is closest to application. Next is Bawang Jiao, and their lap time is also very fast. And then there's Neptune 4. What's interesting is..."

Qi Yuan pointed at the results and said, "Can you believe it? The difference between these two cars is only 0.01 seconds."

"I believe it."

"How do you believe it?"

"Because I know what happened. Where are the other cars?"