Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1335: The Raid on Syracuse

Shangluo attacked the moon artillery base on the sacred mountain overnight.

In the night, the cannon has changed its appearance. The originally smooth barrel is now wrapped with layers of coils, red, blue, and yellow.

An additional floor was added to the base of the cannon, and a huge cabin was added to the middle of the cannon. The lights were on inside the cabin even in the middle of the night, and the noise of the machine could be heard faintly from inside.

"Hey, hey." Zheng Shijie panted all the way. He felt a little exhausted even if he came by plane. "So why did you come overnight? What do you want to check?"

"I already told you my surname, so you don't have to come."

"I won't come? What if you find out something?"

Shangluo was stunned for a moment: "Guo Xing, are you really hiding something here?"

"Are you kidding? Am I that kind of person?"

"Hmm." His eyes wandered up and down Zheng Shijie's body, unable to make a decision.

"Don't look at me like that. Little Imperial Envoy, if you want to investigate something, you should let me know, right? We're already downstairs now, are you afraid that I might make some arrangements?"

"Haven't I said all along the way that you have nothing to do with Guoxing? I'm not here to check you out. You're the sponsor of our project, and I can't wait to please you."

"Then why are you here?"

"Ahem, speak softly." He whispered to Zheng Shijie and explained to him that the Syracuse Academy of Sciences might want to completely collapse Roman magic by blowing up the moon.

"Good fellow!" Zheng Shijie suddenly realized, "I was wondering why they were so proactive and even sold me projects with extra money. If I didn't buy them, they would add extra money in the name of investment. So that's how it is!"

"Is this true?" Shang Luo asked in surprise. If this is true, then it can be basically confirmed that Syracuse really has this intention.

Because according to the original plan, the payload launched by the lunar cannon will be inspected, and what will be launched is planned by Shangluo.

The Vulcan devices were all approved by him and Victoria. Although they were weapon-grade, they were unlikely to "blow up the moon."

The only thing he was worried about was whether Syracuse would do something to make the entire Lianshan crash directly into the moon.

The impact force is not only related to speed, but also to mass. It is very difficult to accelerate a shell of only a few hundred kilograms to the point of blowing up the moon. However, it is much easier to accelerate a hundred thousand tons of steel to the point of breaking up the moon.

Moreover, to render the Roman magic ineffective, it is not necessary to break the entire moon apart, just to cover it with dust. Considering the gravity environment on the moon's surface, it would only take some minor modifications to hit the moon to that extent. This was unimaginable in the past. But now, if there is really such a man-made object of 100,000 tons floating in the universe and can be driven at will by humans, it is hard to guarantee that someone will not have any intentions with it.

The most motivated one was undoubtedly the Syracuse Academy, because they would be the biggest beneficiary of the moon's dust, which could help them directly gain control of the entire Rome in the chaos of Rome's demise, and make everyone bow down to the light of "science" - although this science itself was not very scientific.

"Wait a minute." Zheng Shijie asked in surprise, "Why would they do this? It is indeed good for them, but the disadvantages are greater! I would rather die than let my fellow Taoist die. Is it a consensus among them that we must first stabilize the country before we can resist foreign aggression?"

"Guoxing, you may have made a mistake. If you really want to resist foreign aggression, you must first stabilize the internal situation. But the purpose of those who said this was only to stabilize the internal situation, not to resist foreign aggression. Don't assume that Syracuse will resist foreign aggression. They may not resist foreign aggression at all."

"Then why is this?"

[It is to build a new world dominated by science. The Syracuse Academy may not care about the survival of the Roman Empire, but the status of science in the new world order. Outsiders may not realize that each of the six Romes is capable of establishing a world order, and there is no need for six Romes to exist at the same time. ]

Science is also a worldview.

"Science?" Zheng Shijie asked in surprise after Shangluo relayed Apollonia's words, "What is science?"

"Science can be summed up in two points: infinite progress and falsifiability. Anything that meets these two points can be regarded as a scientific spirit. For example, alchemy is completely unscientific because alchemy does not believe in "infinite progress". Alchemy believes that gold is the end of everything. There is no progress after gold. Gold is the end.

"For example, alchemy may be falsifiable, because alchemists can attack each other - but astrology is not falsifiable at all. Because astrology has many restrictions, such as having a stupid illiterate girl to convey the oracle, so that the oracle can be interpreted in a way that is beneficial to the oracle under any circumstances."

"But science sounds pretty good." Zheng Shijie thought for a moment, "Didn't we receive scientific education as well?"

"Yes, it is very good. But we don't support Rome just to make the world a better place. We want to make the world controllable. We should have the power to define the world, and we should promote scientism. It has nothing to do with him."

This is the root of the conflict. Although Shangluo himself accepted science, and most people in the Ming Dynasty grew up under the current scientific education, Shangluo would never let science itself jump out of the temple to hit people.

And once science is used as a weapon, there are many things they can define.

Science is and can only be a harmless idol. The right to define it can only be in our own hands, not controlled by a mysterious group of people in Syracuse who claim to be scientists but are actually alchemists or even magicians.

"I understand." Zheng Shijie nodded. "Wait, I think if you want to check, it would be best to check the compartment on the upper half of the gun barrel first."

"What's that for?"

"I heard that's where the Vulcan device is driven. But I didn't go in to see what's there. But the noise inside is very loud. The other Vulcan devices are silent. Only this one is making noises non-stop. I suggest that if you want to investigate, start from here. You'll definitely find the answer."

(End of this chapter)