Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1397 The Opposition That Should Be Opposed
“But I really want to go and see it.”

[No. You don't want to. Don't do it blindly.] Apollonia was ready to call Phaethon to the rescue.

"Now that you mention it, I want to see how angry Phaethon is. So, there are clouds in a place like this. Don't you really want to go and see them? You should know this, right?"

[No, I don't want to know. Most likely, the remains of an Aotearoa explosion - the White Cloud Village. That's what it looks like after it explodes.]

"It exploded here. Could it be an anti-aircraft missile?"

[Maybe, but after being covered by Aotearoa, the world will completely forget it over time. There must be something sealed there that shouldn't see the sun - don't tell me the more I say this, the more you want to see it. ]

"Forget it then." Shangluo had seen this thing before. He shouldn't have rushed into it in the first place in the submarine, otherwise Tiandi Datong wouldn't have had to come to the rescue.

But this place is already above the Aegean Sea. Anything that could explode here must be something very strange.

"Wait." Shangluo suddenly thought, "At this altitude and location, could it be that you guys blew up Olympus as well?"

[Who knows? After the explosion, the world will forget about it, just as those trapped inside will forget about the world.]

"Well, I'd better control my curiosity." However, it can be seen from this that the ice is not formed in a day. Rome has to use such a level of weapons at its doorstep, and it seems that it has not been a day or two for Rome to lose control of the world.

But this also played the original role of Aotearoa - just like the human body dealing with foreign objects that invaded the body. There is no need to completely decompose it, that is too difficult. Just wrap it up so that it does not react further with the human body, and the rest will be left to time.

Aotearoa is home to a cyst that has encased a foreign body. If you are not prepared to have surgery to remove it, it is best not to look at it out of curiosity.

"Wait a minute." Shangluo wanted to go around, but the scene in front of him made him feel more shocked. Because the white cloud was not just one cloud, but a bunch of clouds densely packed together.

At the edge of the atmosphere, clouds gathered there. Each one was a white cloud, and each one looked harmless. But each one was a capsule left by the explosion of the doomsday weapon Aotearoa, a patch for the world.

"Hey, do you think these clouds are a little too close to each other?"

Although there are many clouds in the field of vision, it is not difficult for Shangluo to avoid them. You can travel between clouds and occasionally see particularly large clouds.

[Something is wrong.] Apollonia said in surprise, [The white clouds from the explosion in Aotearoa should all be the same size. Why are there some big and some small ones here?]

Another group of people squeezed into the cab.

Captain Lin looked around, as if this had nothing to do with the flight issue: "How about I leave?"

Except for Shangluo who gave him an apologetic smile and Zhu Ling who looked at him, the others did not look at him because they were all shocked by the white clouds outside the window. Especially the large cloud that Shangluo had just seen in front of him.

"Could it be that the white clouds have merged?" Phaethon felt something was wrong. "I say, Victoria, how long have you fought here?"

"How could you forget?"

"The purpose of this thing is to make people forget it! The fact that I forgot about it means it worked successfully!"

"But now all of your stuff has gathered into one big lump! What's going on? Who made this plan in the first place? Didn't they expect it to turn out like this when they made it?"

"How would I know? Maybe the developer has been executed in Aotearoa."

"There is such a method of execution?"

"Yes," Victoria replied. "The ostracism in recent years is carried out in this way. It is as oppressive as the ancient Egyptian punishment of excommunication and has a very good effect."

Shangluo and Phaethon looked at each other in silence.
Rome is simply a treasure trove. If you dig, there will always be something hidden there. It would be fine if it was previously registered, but now these things that the Romans themselves have to forget have become a greater disaster. Because these exiled things are inexplicably gathering together.

"So, what happens?" Shangluo asked. "What happens when the two Aotearoas come together?"

Victoria replied: "It's possible that some strange reaction would occur, like when you pour two random chemicals together. The contents should blend into each other. Yeah, that's probably it."

"Isn't this just alchemy? Will it really not explode?"

Shang Luo pressed his forehead and said, "This is not about refining the elixir, this is simply refining the Gu, and you don't even know when this started, right?"

Victoria shook her head. "I don't know, because I forgot. Besides, this is the edge of the atmosphere, and it's not a place you can see at any time."

"So there are a lot of weird little elves piled up in places you can't see at home, right?"

"Ah, now that you say that, it makes it seem like my house is very unclean."

"So what do you think? You both have a strange friend who lives opposite your house. You go out early and I come back late, so we have to visit neighbors, right?"

Shangluo thought Atlantis was already the elephant in the room, but he didn't expect there was such a big fire-breathing dragon in the garage.

"Hey, Shangluo, this is your home too." Victoria looked at him, "In every sense, it's your home."

"My home? That's true. I am an earthling. The earth is my home, and environmental protection depends on everyone." "That's not what I meant."

"What's that? I'm the King of Rome, so Rome is my home?"

"Hey, one step further."

"Ahem." Phaethon coughed, "There are people around."

"Ah?" Zhu Ling was holding the local records: "Don't mind me, I'm making an observation report."

"Are you observing the ecology of some rabbits?"

"Almost. After the last treatment, Victoria's condition has been improving, and she has become more and more confident in life. Although the root cause of the disease still needs to be treated, it is stable and improving in the long run. You guys continue, pretend I don't exist."

Phaethon took over the conversation: "If you ask me, Shangluo, the most important thing is that you are the king of Rome, and the land here is yours. The previous generations left behind inheritances and debts. Although you have assumed the office as a foreign monarch, this debt is a bit troublesome for you."

"It's no longer a problem." Shang Luo waved his hand. "Rather, I'm tired of all this trouble. I'm actually very interested in Rome's heritage, because I found that there are many places in Rome that were not well developed before. If we make good use of them this time, we should be able to restore what Rome should have looked like."

After all, Atlantis has deployed defense forces on the moon. Although that defense force cannot hinder Fu Yuanshan, who is a celestial being, and the little followers sent by Shangluo, it can still be of great help, after all, they have already gone to scout the place.

Shangluo wanted to make one thing clear - the entire interstellar space travel of the Earth-Moon system was under the observation of the space station, and Shangluo did not see anyone other than them going to the moon. However, the fleet deployed by Atlantis on the moon was already at the battle level, but it was a space transport capacity that even the Ming Dynasty could not provide.

How did such a large group of people get to the moon without anyone noticing? This time, he had to at least get this matter clear. If they could follow the same path, the development of the moon would probably be on the fast track immediately.

Because development requires both a return trip. Not only do we have to send people to the moon, but we also have to transport things back from the moon. Even with the help of the mirage metal, it would still cost a lot to transport goods across such a long distance between the earth and the moon.

But Atlantis's troop deployment did not seem to be limited by capacity at all, because Shangluo had never seen such a large fleet of submarines anywhere else on Earth.

However, such a mysterious method should not be so easy for him to know.
This is what Shangluo guessed.

The plane did not stay in the dangerous airspace for too long. After entering the Aegean Sea, the plane entered the landing state. Captain Lin was watching from behind the whole process. Because compared with flying, takeoff and landing are indeed the parts that need more attention.

However, Apollonia's driving skills are very stable, so Shangluo did not adjust its weight ratio - this is a very interesting setting in human-computer interaction.

Although both sides have the authority to operate the system, and the system will take an average value, both sides can control the weight. Among them, the minimum weight of humans cannot be less than 50%, that is, the minimum cannot be less than the human-machine balance. On this basis, the weight of human operation can be adjusted all the way up. If it is adjusted to 90%, then most decisions and operations will be controlled by humans, and the intelligent system on the other side will make 10% fine-tuning on top of the human operation, so that the entire action can actually fall in the correct direction as much as possible.

Shangluo originally wanted to do more of the work himself, but Apollonia's operation was quite reliable, so Shangluo let her solve half of the problem and he would handle the other part.

This working mode will be retained in the future, and it can also help the pilot reduce energy consumption during flight. Because although the next door only has half the authority, the aircraft does not need too much power to maintain stability during the level flight process that occupies most of the time during the flight. Within the authority of the intelligent system, the pilot can continue to control even if his hands are off.

Until the plane landed, the entire process went smoothly without any problems. The Temple of Poseidon they were going to was just a 2-hour drive from the airport.

However, before landing at the airport, Shangluo saw the cityscape of Athens.

“Well, it’s very touching.”

"What's the matter?" Phaethon asked.

“In our case, Athens was completely deserted at many points in history.”

"Yes, our place is also deserted." Phaethon replied, "After the end of the classical era, only the Acropolis was inhabited in Athens - Greece is not a suitable place for living. There are big rocks everywhere. No wonder the Titan gods in mythology always have to die. However, the direct event of Athens' decline was that the Macedonian Empire abolished Athens' autonomy. Since then, the classical republic of Athens has basically disappeared."

After Alexander's death came the wars of the successors, during which many Greek city-states took the opportunity to restore their autonomy and formed a confederation under the ancient name of the "Achaean League", the same name as the alliance of Greek states during the Trojan War.

However, the ally of the Achaean League came from Rome in the west - and like many other allies of Rome, the Romans soon abandoned their allies and, after eliminating their common enemy, turned to destroy the Achaean League. Rome carried out destructive looting of important cities throughout Greece just as it had done to Carthage, and as you can imagine, also sprinkled salt on them.

But it was mainly Corinth that was salted. Athens survived the war, but it was not the wind and frost that really destroyed the city of Athens, but the sun - after the establishment of Constantinople, the citizens of Athens all went to Constantinople to watch the car race, and few people were willing to stay in this remote place. Only the Acropolis, which served as a fortress and temple, was still occupied.

Today's Athens has already filled the size of Athens in the classical period, and is much larger - but it is indeed only a small or medium-sized city. After shutting down, the city was surprisingly quiet.

“It’s not deserted, but it doesn’t look very developed either.”

"That's how Athens is." Phaethon waved his hand. "There are two main industries here - one is tourism, and the other is the University of Athens. The University of Athens receives double subsidies from the Oracle and the Palace of Muses every year, and its funding is extremely rich. As for tourism, there are also many tourists coming to visit when the Archon Day draws every year. Now is the off-season for tourism, so it seems a lot quieter."

Even so, this was still the homeland of the Roman Empire, and although Rome seemed sluggish, bloated, and slow in many other places, it was well prepared here.

[Shangluo, the Archon of Athens wants to see you. He said he hopes you will attend a welcoming ceremony.]

"I'm busy now. Let's talk about it when I get back. Just ask him to send a car to take us to the Temple of Poseidon. Instead of having time to hold a ceremony, it would be better to send more people to me. Oh, by the way, Poseidon is the god of the sea, right? If he doesn't come, ask him to send me some cannons. Cannons are very useful when praying to the gods."

[Cannon? If you need a cannon later, you can call them to dispatch it. But Poseidon is not a fish.]

(End of this chapter)