Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1398 The Channel of Atlantis
The decorative copper panels on the dome of the Temple of Poseidon glowed cobalt blue in the midday sun. The Temple of Poseidon was right in front of Shangluo.

It is more appropriate to call it a tourist attraction rather than a temple.

This place is basically a tourist resort, with the Temple of Poseidon as the center, the Aegean Sea beach below, and resort hotels and camping sites stretching far away.

In the core of the entire scenic area, which is the Temple of Poseidon, not only is the copper roof decorated with colors, but the homemade cheese of the Tsarist Russia is also painted a beautiful sky blue, which looks like it was just painted last week.

On the lintel, the relief painted with gold foil faces the sun and can be clearly seen from anywhere in the scenic area. The huge statue of Poseidon overlooks all living things from the temple, facing the waves of the Aegean Sea.

But like many other places in Rome, the places that look like tourist spots often hide a lot of strange and deep darkness. And the strange-looking places are so dark that they can rust through the basement.

For example, this temple is particularly exquisite in some places. At the entrance supported by twelve Ionic columns, smoke mixed with myrrh and frankincense wafts out, mixed with the salty sea breeze to form a unique scent. Although Shangluo does not know whether such spices were used in ancient Greece, these are indeed very Mediterranean.

But at this time, the temple, which was carefully prepared for tourists, was empty because the Roman army was on duty.

The sound of tracks rolling over gravel came from behind the temple. The cannons that Shangluo wanted had already been deployed there. The Athenian archon had quickly dispatched artillery from the nearby garrison. It was an ordinary, tracked self-propelled artillery brigade composed of mortals, with about 80 artillery pieces of various types.

Eighty 155mm self-propelled howitzers were deployed along the coastline, their dark green barrels pointed uniformly toward the Aegean Sea. Soldiers from the Athens garrison were building artillery positions, and brass shells made crisp sounds in the back of the ammunition truck.

They didn't know what the upcoming mission was. But according to Shangluo's order, they all aimed their guns at the wide waters in front of the temple, preparing to give the Atlantis that would appear in a while a little surprise.

The Archon of Athens himself was also rushing here. After all, Shangluo was already a "high-ranking official" that he had never met before.

"I've told you not to come. I can do it alone. Too many people will only get in the way. Does the Archon of Athens know nothing?"

[He really didn't understand that the Athenian archons were specially selected Roman citizens who knew nothing about the local supernatural affairs. Because the home port of the Athenian navy was in Athens, if the archons were too knowledgeable, it would be difficult for them to go out when carrying out covert operations.]

"That's true. It's easier to fool people who don't understand. So what specific organization do you have to manage the Temple of Poseidon?"

[No. I just happen to know that the Temple of Poseidon is managed by the Oracle - there is indeed no management organization on the mysterious side.]

"What if the time comes to blow the horn to contact Atlantis?"

【At least there was no contact during my time in office. 】

"How old are you?"

[Not to mention the past few years, there was no such thing in the past few decades - mainly because it was completely unnecessary. They wouldn't say anything when they came up, and they were mainly called here to perform the ritual.]

"Ritual? Like what?"

[For example, after blowing the trumpet to summon them, Atlantis would bring the fleet up to perform the annual water show in honor of Poseidon.]

"They come just by blowing the horn? And they're performing? Are they some kind of sea lions working in the scenic area?"

[Yes. This is what you said, the deep darkness looks like a tourist attraction. We are holding a ceremony, and Atlantis is also holding a ceremony. The ceremony only needs to show the appearance of a ceremony, and the core of it does not matter at all.]

"Okay. So how do we make sure the King of Atlantis will come too?"

[Look at the logo. The ships that come here with the circle logo are him. Because the circle is the symbol of Atlantis, and the city is a circle within a circle in the legend.]

"It turns out they even came to perform in person. They are quite dedicated."

As the master of the sea, he personally performed on stage. Somehow, Shangluo remembered the previous conversation with Director Huang about the dragon lantern. Director Huang was very active in organizing him to participate in large-scale events, because it is not every day to see the landlord perform.

She had no choice. Because the area where Shangluo's family lived, the houses were not sold to the public, and almost all the residents around were from the garrison. If Director Huang didn't want to take more than 10 buses to go to work every morning, he could only find some unused houses to rent - after all, although the land belonged to the garrison, the house was his own. If he rented out his house, the garrison had no control over it.

The situation here is very similar to that at home. As the ruler of the ocean, Atlantis is actively participating in the activities they should participate in, including many performance-based activities.

This at least shows that they considered Rome to be part of the world order and took it seriously.

"Hmm," Shangluo asked, "I'm actually very curious. After your ship went to Atlantis, didn't it have any contact with the locals?"

[In fact, the specific situation is like this - according to the description of the crew members who served and returned, Atlantis mainly has 5 areas, one in the inner ring in the middle, and 4 in the outer ring, which are the areas of the five pairs of twins mentioned earlier. The place where the Roman army went was a fixed area in each outer ring. In principle, it was not allowed to go ashore, so few people have seen people from Atlantis so far. ]

"You can't just not see me, can you?"

[In fact, it is really possible not to meet. You actually have similar examples here. For example, when the Ryukyu Kingdom accepted shipwreck refugees in ancient times, it designated a special area. After all, it is an island, so it is quite convenient to manage. And from the absolute number point of view, the number of people we go to help each year is actually very small, and there are only a few hundred people at the same time. Atlantis can still manage this number of people. ]

"There is a lack of coordination between us." Shangluo emphasized, "I don't think there is anything that cannot be coordinated. We can coordinate smoothly with Dragon Palace, so there is no reason why we can't coordinate with Atlantis."

At present, it seems that it is indeed as Ao Zang said before, Atlantis is very close to Dragon Palace in many places. Both sides have huge sea territories that cannot be seen on land and only exist in the sea. Both sides maintain their existence in a secretive way.

The difference is that Ao Zang is very enthusiastic about participating in land affairs, and successfully recovered Xu Fu's boys and girls with the help of Shangluo, which is the greatest victory of the Dragon Palace in thousands of years. Although the court is still negotiating with the Dragon Palace on how to solve the problem in the future, it is a good start.

Atlantis, to some extent, is like a dragon palace lurking underwater, not having any direct communication with land people. This seems to be a common obsession of being an "underwater country". [Thinking of this, Ao Zang is very. Very unique. ]

"His daughter doesn't even support him. So when dealing with people like this, we have to seize the opportunity and let them establish a country."

The cooperation between Shangluo and Dragon Palace was very smooth. He helped Dragon Palace solve the geopolitical problems. Although he would not use forced means to transform everyone in the end, the scale of Dragon Palace would be greatly expanded this time.

In contrast, the Dragon Palace also provided technical assistance to the imperial court. The most critical technology, which was also the Dragon Palace's most powerful technology, was the mirage. With the help of the mirage, the aerospace industry of the Ming Dynasty expanded like a balloon.

Now, another untapped treasure chest is in front of Shangluo. No matter what, Shangluo will open his head to see what is underneath.

Because from now on, no matter where on this earth, he will no longer allow any pocket states that do not obey the court to exist - just because no one sees them, they can grow freely like anglerfish in the deep sea. All land under heaven belongs to the king, and not an inch of land on the entire earth will be an exception.

This war of unification must start with the purge of the so-called "allies". Because Shangluo does not want to encounter any form of instability in the real struggle that follows, the only way to be safe is to clear away every obstacle with lightning speed.

To do this, he must resolutely interfere with every human regime that he may encounter and that has not been noticed by the world. In this way, the entire earth will end its fragmented politics and become a completely explored homeland for mankind.

People can have some elves living in their homes, such as flies and mosquitoes in the summer, or other elves with twin ponytails, but that doesn't matter. The most important thing is that people shouldn't have a room in their home that the owner doesn't even know about. No matter how small it is, it's not okay.

[Well, I wonder if your sovereignty claim can be accepted by Atlantis. ]

"So what do you think? Will they be able to accept it?"

[I think it should be possible. Because even they should know the situation on the shore. Because although they don't send letters to the outside, they have been accepting our letters unilaterally. They should know your existence. ]

"I hope so." Shangluo nodded.

He had a hunch that the situation in Atlantis seemed to be more complicated than that in Dragon Palace.

After all, the successful transformation of the Dragon Palace requires cooperation from both inside and outside. If Atlantis itself does not cooperate, then Shangluo will have to prepare to launch an attack on the seabed.

He glanced at the time. It was not yet time.

"Oh, right." Shangluo picked up the phone, "Why not give Ao Zang a call and ask him?"

Speaking of which, Shangluo heard Ao Zang mention the technology of the West Sea when he heard about the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea.

According to Ao Zang's description, there are many differences between the West Sea and the East Sea. For example, the "flying saucer" used in the West Sea is a powerful and practical aircraft. Although the East Sea Dragon Palace later adopted the mirage version for reproduction, it still retains the original shape. These flying saucers look like this when they leave the factory in the West Sea - in this way, there seems to be some communication channels between the Dragon Palace, at least much smoother than the communication between the sea and the land.

“We do have exchanges with the West Sea,” Ao Zang replied, “but I have never been to the West Sea, and I don’t know the people there.

"So how do you communicate?"

"We communicate through water. By reading the smell and waves of the ocean currents, we are able to communicate with the Dragon Palace in the West Sea."

Communicating through water language is a feature of Dragon Palace. The water language thrown into the water is like a drifting bottle, which can be read by specific people. But there is nothing to learn, it is nothing more than a pheromone transmission based on extraordinary biology. What Shangluo really wants to obtain is the ability of Atlantis to carry out strategic delivery to the moon.

If Atlantis is easy to talk to and willing to communicate, Shangluo doesn't mind having a good talk with them. But if they are unwilling to communicate, that's another matter.

"Well, so? How did you complete the complex design?" Shangluo asked again. He was trying his best to get his answer by asking indirectly, because he didn't want to seem like an intruder.

"You're asking about the design, right? If you must, Mirage doesn't need design." Ao Zang replied, "Shang Tianjun, you've been using it for a long time, right? Just take one step and then keep fine-tuning the initial design, just like refining an elixir. But the difference is that the trial and error cost of Mirage is relatively low. If you find any errors in the middle, you just need to regenerate it - well, it's a problem of facility design."

"So this UFO did not have permission from Atlantis?"

"No, no." Ao Zang answered immediately, "No, in fact, they don't care about such overly specific details. After all, they have used a lot of our things. We have not been taken care of by Atlantis, let alone taking care of Atlantis."

In order to get himself out of it, he didn't even say "West Sea".

"Interesting..." Shang Luo nodded. "So, do I understand you to mean that I am not familiar with them?"

"It's like this." Ao Zang replied, "Shang Tianjun is free to do as he pleases. You can fight or kill them if you want, just go find them. It has nothing to do with me."

"That's fine." Since everyone said Atlantis was there, Shangluo didn't plan to be reserved anymore.

This is the biggest disadvantage of maintaining secrecy - because Atlantis does not have any relationship with anyone, it has no relationship with anyone. Now when Shangluo wants to open their tops, no one will come to help.

"Set up the cannons." Shangluo glanced at the sea. Although there was still no movement on the sea, relevant preparations could be started.

[Why do you look like you're about to start boiling water? Forget it. I'm not familiar with them. But it looks like you're about to get familiar with them.]

(End of this chapter)