Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

The meeting ended in a warm and friendly atmosphere. When the communication channel was closed, both of them looked like they had met too late and were still not satisfied.

"I feel like Archimedes is suffocating here in Rome."

"Because no one in Rome understands technology." Victoria shook her head. "I mean the funding. Unlike the experiments in the Palace of Muses, the laboratories of the Syracuse Academy need to be carried out in the physical world, because they study how to apply technology in the normal state of the physical universe. Rome is losing ground in the physical universe, and it is actually difficult to provide the experimental conditions that Archimedes needs - but Lan Fang, maybe it can be done."

[I have seen their financial reports. In fact, if Lan Fang only takes a little bit of its aerospace funding and invests it in Syracuse, Syracuse will be able to start operating at full speed around aerospace projects.]

"I think this empire is going to end." Victoria raised her head and shook her head. "Why do I feel that every part of the empire is smoother when cooperating with Zhendan than when cooperating with me?"

[Because they think each other is a bug, and only together with Zhendan can they build a good world. Because now only Zhendan has the world empire they want. ]

"Ah, everyone is happy, everyone is happy." Shangluo clapped his hands, "It seems that I am a very competent middleman. I established a connection between the two groups of people who need help the most, so that their supply and demand can be met. I am really a virtuous person."

He took a sip of the tea on the table: "Then next, I have to consider my own affairs."

Xu Fu's problem was both solved and not solved.

The problem was solved because Xu Fu actually had no power to resist. But it was obvious that Shangluo just packed up Xu Fu and his palace and took them home, leaving them with nothing to lose.

But after I packed it up and took it home, I found that the packaging of this thing was like all takeout bags, tied tightly and could not be opened at all.

If it is just take-out packaging, the ultimate solution is to tear open the plastic bag directly.

But how can one tear open this golden elixir?

"Have you ever smashed it?" Victoria asked.

[The consequences of this incident are also recorded in Tom and Jerry.]

"I have. If you use ordinary weapons to hit it, have you ever seen Tom and Jerry? After hitting it, there will be a row of marks on it - the same as that one."

"What about the divine weapons? Don't you have a lot of them? We have given you quite a few just here."

In fact, it was not just the Roman institutions. Even the Roman magicians felt that it was smoother to cooperate with Shangluo. In several operations, Shangluo had stolen a lot of treasures from Rome.

Although those babies don't have mouths, they will run away when they feel uncomfortable, just like they ran to Shangluo - on the other hand, they are not running away now, but are waiting in line in the pocket to go to work. This shows that they are really comfortable here in Shangluo.

"I've used all those treasures. The first thing you'd think of is a skinning knife, right? But it's useless. There doesn't seem to be any skin that can be peeled off conceptually. I tried that at the beginning. I've also tried smashing and all kinds of destructive props."

In addition to going directly to Daozu, Shangluo had tried all the methods he knew. He actually took out the small hammer that had beaten Apollonia, but the golden elixir remained unmoved.

"Isn't there Caesar's ultimate solution? The Death of Yellow."

"This is the only thing that is not necessary. If it dies, what can I eat? If the things in it are 'dead' or lose their vitality, then the power will also be gone."

"Ah" Victoria was also stumped. She took the teacup from Ms. Agatha and thought about it.

After taking a sip, she suddenly remembered the secret she had heard before. She raised her teacup and turned back to shout, "Thank you, auntie!"

"No need, no need. Just call me as before. That Greek is more talkative than I expected."

"Aunt, don't you want to recognize me?"

"No." Agatha shook her head. "Only determined teachers can train qualified students. If you treat me as your aunt and I treat you as my niece, then there is no teacher-student relationship between us. Many teachers will send their own children to their colleagues to take care of them, right? After all, it is difficult to manage their own children - so I will treat you as someone else's child."

"So this way you can hit me, right?"

"Correct answer." Agatha also poured herself a cup. "Well, the tea from Aurora is indeed the best. Tea is indeed the best in the place where it is produced."

Chapter 1273 Solution to the Golden Elixir

Agatha also poured a cup for Shangluo and replaced the cup he had drunk from before.

"Ah, thanks."

Shangluo is different from Victoria. He deserves thanks in every sense.

Victoria's words made him think for a while - has he really used up all the means?

[As a last resort, I will go find Daozu. ]

"I can, but I still want to solve it myself. I don't think I've reached the end of my rope yet. I can still try."

[Yeah, that makes sense. If you always go to Daozu, Daozu will also have to bear the consequences, right? Maybe the consequences will be fed back to you? I don't quite understand the principle. But if you can solve it yourself, it seems better to do it yourself. Do it yourself, and you will have enough food and clothing.]

Shangluo took a sip of tea and continued to sort out the agenda of the meeting.

"Hmm?" Shangluo suddenly remembered something.

"I forgot to remind them just now - if everything I saw from Xu Fu is true, then Xu Fu's real body should be in seclusion on the back of the moon. If you want to build any facilities on the back of the moon, I'm afraid you have to get past Xu Fu first."

[Hey! Wait!] Apollonia suddenly thought, [You can't split that golden elixir, right? It's indestructible! Could it be that...]

"Does that mean I have to physically raid Xu Fu's house and then break in from the inside? Does he live in a mirror, and this golden elixir is just his window to the outside world? Did he just lock himself in his house?"

[This is very possible! ]

"No wonder I couldn't break it down before. That's right, I don't need to open the door, I can just tear down the house! As long as I take down the roof, what's the point of him having a door frame?"

So, you want to go to the moon with them?

"It looks like a very promising plan. I plan to give it a try. If it doesn't work on earth, I plan to look for a solution in the sky. Success is just around the corner."

[Wait, what would you do if there really is a kingdom of moon rabbits on the back of the moon? ]

"There are already many monsters in the tributary state, so a few more rabbits won't be a big deal."

Rabbit Shangluo remembered that he saw many rabbits on the moon. Those rabbits seemed to have maintained a considerable degree of independence in front of Xu Fu, and they might just be employees he hired to maintain the moon.

Just as there is a Dragon Palace in the sea, it is not unacceptable to have a Moon Palace made up of rabbits on the moon.

But Shangluo also noticed that the existence of the Dragon Palace seemed to be unknown. From Ao Zang's words, we can also know that if the Dragon Palace is known to people, if "there is a dragon here" is invalid, it seems to have an impact on the existence of the Dragon Palace itself.

Will the Moon Palace be like this?

According to Shangluo's observation, it seems that this might really be the case, because the various properties exhibited by the Moon Palace are very similar to those of the Dragon Palace.

"Wait, at a time like this it would be nice to just call and ask."

It is now Ao Zang's working hours. He has been waiting for Shangluo's call since a while ago - because as a party that may be affected by the experiment, he had previously entrusted Shangluo to convey his demands and suggestions. Shangluo also said that he would give him a definite answer after the meeting.

"Shang Tianjun, is there any news?"

"Everything else is easy to discuss. Your matter has been properly discussed. But I have a question for you: What will happen to the Dragon Palace if it is really discovered?"

"It will evaporate." Ao Zang answered directly.

"And 'evaporation' in every sense?"

"I'll give you the example of Urashima Taro, and Lord Shang Tian will understand. That treacherous Japanese man sought his own death by opening the box of the Dragon Palace - he was doomed to die. If he had not opened the box and treated it as a dream, the Dragon Palace would still exist in his mind as a 'mirage'. But when he opened the box, he acknowledged the Dragon Palace in his heart. And everything in the Dragon Palace, once acknowledged and observed, would immediately collapse. Of course, the magic that prolonged his life would also become ineffective."

Although this matter eventually became an unsolved case because of the Mirage Princess, and it is still unresolved, it is still an internal affair of the Dragon Palace and has nothing to do with Shangluo.

"Ah," Shangluo nodded, "So as long as I observe, as long as I walk in, the Dragon Palace will shatter like a mirage?"

"Yes, this is what I have emphasized to you many times."

"So, what about the Moon Palace?"

Ao Zang was stunned for a moment: "Moon Palace? I don't know. But if the principle is the same, I'm afraid the Moon Palace will also be destroyed."

"Then is there any way for me to enter the Moon Palace? Or let me ask it another way, is there any way for me to enter the Dragon Palace?"

"Yes." Ao Zang replied, "As long as the people of the Dragon Palace send out the invitation and forget everything about the Dragon Palace after leaving, the Dragon Palace will not be affected. From this perspective, if you, Shang Tianjun, are invited by Yuetu and do not reveal the secrets of the Moon Palace after entering the Moon Palace, then perhaps nothing will be affected."

Ao Zang's words made Shangluo think carefully - but when he relayed these words, Victoria immediately reacted:

"Shangluo! This is a secret!"

"Eh?" Shang Luo also understood, "Many things in Rome are like this, right?"

"Yes. There are many secrets. If some of them are leaked, it will cause irreversible impact on the spiritual world. Because the meme spreads."

"The Moon Palace"

"If I'm not mistaken, what the Dragon King said is also in line with magic behavior. The invitation is sent to you within the meme, which can still maintain the self-locking within the meme. But under normal circumstances, they will not invite outsiders casually."

"Then how was Xu Fu invited? I saw that Xu Fu had many rabbits."

"Perhaps Xu Fu has something the rabbits need?"

"Oh, it's hard to say." Shangluo shook his head, "But if I go up and take a look myself, maybe I can understand."

[Are you really going? I'll have to think about it, I'm afraid of heights.]

"Do you want to go or not? You can decide for yourself. I'll give you three seconds."

[Okay, okay! I'll go! Anyway, we've already agreed, I won't go back on my word. But I have only one request! I refuse to ride the Vulcan device up there, I refuse to be 'jumped' out. If you want me to go to the moon, either you first investigate what the jump is. Otherwise, we can just take a rocket and fly up there.]

"OK, no problem."

"I want to go too!" Victoria raised her hand - but Agatha held it down halfway.

"Why? Why do you care about me? Isn't a teacher's job to watch students go further and further away?"

"I'm your aunt! You stay on Earth and don't go anywhere!"

The new book "Tang 40K: Warriors of the Great Tang Dynasty Reveal Their Shining Blades" has been uploaded (will be updated simultaneously with this book)

The new book "Tang 40K: Warriors of the Great Tang Dynasty Reveal Their Shining Blades" has been uploaded.

This book will adopt a completely opposite tone from "The Great Ming".

When I was writing "Da Ming", I was thinking about a question - if the world built by the envoys of the Qigong practitioners was not so "refined and refined", but was established against the background of the collapse of rituals and music, then what would the world of the Qigong practitioners become?

This reminds me of the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, when the fate of the nation was essentially controlled by a group of low-ranking warriors. These vassal soldiers were known to kill military governors until they were satisfied. They used force to coerce the governors into declaring war, and the governors would do anything to win over the people.

This scene of the collapse of rituals and music is very similar to what happens when qigong practitioners use force to dominate society.

But the stage of Earth is still too small for Qigong practitioners to play. But we don't want the plot to lose its connection with Earth's history.

What inspired me was the first line of Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" - The Emperor of Han was obsessed with beauty and wanted to conquer the country, but he could not get it after ruling the country for many years.

Yu Yu can also be interpreted as ruling the universe.

In ancient China, there was a concept called "fenye," where cities across China could be mapped to stars in the sky. For example, Changsha corresponds to Changsha Star. Yuzhang County, for example, is located at the intersection of the Yi and Zhen constellations, hence the saying "stars divided into Yi and Zhen." Details on the correspondence between fenye and prefectures and counties can be found in the "Book of Jin: Astronomy" by Magic (thanks to Magic Jinshu for the tip).

By matching the Han Emperor to the Emperor of the Milky Way, and the prefectures and counties on the Chinese land to the star officials in the sky, I got the Starry Tang Dynasty that defeated the separatist regimes in the sky.

Thus was born "Tang 40K: Warriors of the Great Tang Dynasty Revealed Their Shining Blades". I invite you, my fellow countrymen, to come and have a taste of this powerful game.

The two books will be updated synchronously (in fact, they have been updated synchronously for some time)

It is not available yet. According to Qidian's recommendation mechanism, please read it on Tuesday. Thank you.

Chapter 1274 The Imminent Plan

After convincing Victoria through physical means, an urgent plan was placed before Shangluo - he also wanted to go to heaven for urgent matters.

He called Zheng Shijie.

"Really? You want to fly a rocket? Are you saying you're willing to sit inside a cannonball to experiment?!"

Zheng Shijie was overjoyed. He had asked Shangluo many times before, but Shangluo had never agreed. But for some reason, Shangluo changed his mind this time and suddenly agreed to participate in the experiment - because apart from his own uncle, he really couldn't find anyone else who was willing to be stuffed into the shell and shot out.

And now, Shangluo finally agreed!

"Hey, hey, I haven't agreed to the cannonball thing yet. I just said I'm willing to participate in the space experiment."

"Then we were going to test the manned Vulcan device anyway. For example, after the first batch of feasibility tests are completed, we can immediately start the manned test."

"No. Apollonia said she absolutely does not want to be warped."

"Okay then, but if you want to participate in the experiment, do you have any special reason? I finally persuaded my uncle to participate in the experiment. I originally wanted to put him in the cannonball and shoot him out. If it's just an ordinary rocket, then it may not be necessary for him, a god, to participate."

[So filial.]

"Guoxing, I think we should be more conservative about this technology."

"Why? I saw that Mr. Archimedes said that this is completely feasible."

"You should understand that the last force that obeyed the Syracuse Academy was the exploded New Antioch. Now they have become the 'Columbian Automata' dominated by automata, and are planning to seize the power to feed the world from Rome through the 'Bread and Circuses' plan. Are you sure you want to believe everything he says? If you are really sure, it is not impossible."

“No, no, no,” Zheng Shijie came to his senses. “Thinking about it carefully, it’s indeed a little unreliable. But Mr. Archimedes’ words are so contagious! I always feel that there is no distance between him and me. Every word he says seems to touch my heart.”

"Guo Xing, shouldn't you be more cautious if it's the same? Think about those people who sell health products and those fortune tellers on the streets. They rely on 'making you think every word is from the heart' to trick you into opening your wallet."

"Oh my! If it weren't for you, I would have almost missed something important! So should I read Archimedes' words again?"