Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1431 (Updated) Night Duty Bureau
"So, you need someone to protect humanity on your behalf, right?" Phaethon asked.

"Heaven also needs some guards." Shangluo replied.

After all, heaven is heaven, and heaven must be in the sky.

Shangluo cannot solve all the problems in the world at any time, and he does not have the free time to do so.

So as a substitute, mortals have to solve their own problems, and at most heaven will occasionally send people to help.

As for how mortals solve it, that is another question.

On this issue, mortals are not alone, and the Heavenly Court will not do nothing. Here, the Heavenly Court should be committed to reducing the occurrence of problems at the source and improving the bottom line of security in this world. Above the bottom line, these problems should be solved by mortals themselves.

In the office of the director of the Bureau of Secrets, Shangluo sat at the back, waiting for the Bureau of Secrets to do his work. The work had already begun, for the benefit of mankind and their own salaries, the Bureau of Secrets had already begun to work for Shangluo.

"So, what we should improve is the bottom line." He discussed with Phaethon opposite him, "We have an obligation to control the tasks within the scope that this mortal organization can understand and solve. So, what problems can they solve?"

"You've asked the right person."

Phaethon often dealt with them and knew their affairs very well.

"These people actually master magic to some extent."

"Really? How did they do that?"

"For example, using garlic to shoot vampires, using silver bullets to shoot werewolves, and so on. This is like empirical medicine. They don't know the principles, but they know that certain herbs can treat certain diseases. The main weapon of the Secret Service is the silver bullet, which can help them deal with most extraordinary enemies."

"Including you?"

"I can't. I'm not part of the majority. I'm classified as an angelic enemy in their category, and what they use to shoot me is black bullets - a black weapon forged from volcanoes, mainly in Iceland."

"Does this thing really work for you?"

"It is effective against magicians. These black bullets have a shielding effect against magic."

"What about dealing with the elves?"

"The elves won't actually attack them - remember I said before that the elves have different courts, right? There are elves in the city too. The ones you encountered before are the Spring Elves, they are from the Long Summer Court. The court that covers them belongs to the Winter Court, that is, the Crucible Elves."

"What it is?"

"In fact, according to your understanding, those are actually dwarves. These silver bullets, black bullets, and their other weapons are all made by dwarves. They are using dwarven weapons to fight us."

"So that's it?"

"And these furnace elves have craftsmanship and knowledge, so under their drive, these people used magic called 'Industrial Revolution' to resist threats. So this part of the barbarians will have the nature of 'technology'. Their most famous weapon is not these various bullets, but magnetic coils. By the way, you haven't seen it yet? The tower in the center of Berlin."

"Where? Let me see."

After entering the coordinates, Lianshan sent images from the universe - including the center of Berlin, all city centers have a metal tower. The top of the tower often has a huge copper coil ring.

"what is that?"

"That's the 'Magic Tower of the Industrial Revolution', their own lighthouse. The tower symbolizes the field, representing that this field is 'covered' by science. Within this range, they can use wirelessly powered electronic devices. For example, if you look closely at the radio in the room, you will find that it does not have a power cord or anything like that. That's because it uses wireless power transmission."

“Is wireless power transmission really useful?”

"It is useful, at least in principle. They are indeed providing energy under the wireless transmission tower, and the energy produced is indeed equal to the energy obtained. It is completely reasonable."

"That doesn't make sense? What does this have to do with magic?"

"Energy conservation itself is a kind of magic. When you throw a fireball, is energy conserved? Of course it is conserved. The thrown fireball, like the second type of perpetual motion machine, draws energy from the surrounding environment. So every time a spell is activated, it consumes a lot of environmental energy, causing the surrounding temperature to drop sharply - but as long as conservation is achieved, the spell will be successful. This is magic."

"It seems like they still have some tricks up their sleeves?"

"There are some tricks, but not many," Phaethon replied. "They are protected by the Crucible Elves - by the Dwarves. Unlike those people in Romania who are protected by the Spring Elves, their main weapon is science."

"By the way, you guys don't actually pose any threat to them, right?"

Judging from what happened just now, the actions of the bone storage group here are regular and predictable: they are just here to collect corpses. Phaethon doesn't even kill people because there is no need. Those people didn't buy insurance after their death.

"They don't buy insurance, so being killed by me is actually a benefit." Phaethon said helplessly.

"Will this happen?"

"Well, the souls of those who died on the battlefield are also protected, although the degree of protection is different. But as long as they died on the battlefield, according to Roman law, they can still be buried. If I kill someone, it would be like giving away the most basic afterlife insurance service for free, and I won't do that."

"So, you don't have the heart to kill people, right?"

Phaethon looked up at the sky: "This is part of the reason. Everyone has a family. They are actually good people. They work hard with a meager salary to protect their families and more people. I admire and appreciate their work, even if they are barbarians. There is no shortage of brave people who stand up to protect others anywhere in this world. Some of them are not that brave. But once the responsibility falls on their shoulders, they will do it. So, I never kill them. Even..." She said in a deep voice: "In fact, we will also recruit team members from these technological barbarians. Hiring Germanic mercenaries is a Roman tradition. But I usually don't recruit them directly into the action team, but only as informants. The Mithraic shrine that Senior Fu and his team used to travel this time was provided by the informant."

The route that Fu Yuanshan and Han Xingzhi used to reach Berlin was the same as the one Shangluo used to reach Lake Nemi, both of which relied on the transmission network of the Mithraic shrine. The Mithraic shrine can be expressed in various forms, as long as one element is gathered: it must be a crypt.

Although a natural cave is a crypt, a basement can also be a crypt.

The place where they appeared was a basement below the ground, facing the street.

However, due to its high frequency of use, this place has been noticed by the Bureau of Secrets, so Fu Yuanshan captured a Bureau of Secrets agent every time he went out.

“So where does the danger of their work come from?”

"Werewolves," Phaethon answered. "In my heart, I still regard them as human beings. They are just a little weaker. But werewolves are different. They do not regard them as their own kind. Because werewolves are naturally born spiritual creatures, they will never show mercy when they need to kill. According to my understanding, the main problem they face is the crimes committed by werewolves."

"Werewolf? Crime?"

"Yes, it's Krupp's werewolf, the one you saw, the one who is on duty on the submarine. There are also factions of werewolves living in cities, and Krupp is one of them. Because today, urban landscapes have become a part of the earth, so naturally there will be werewolves adapted to city life. These werewolves usually live in society like normal people, but they will erupt at certain times - the Secret Service mainly deals with this part of the enemy."

"So they're pretty busy?"

"It can be said that the workload is very heavy. Because not only do they have to identify and solve the case, clean up the scene and disguise it, but they also have to hunt down the werewolves who committed the crime. This job is very dangerous, for everyone. You have seen the fighting power of werewolves. Without the help of extraordinary powers, it is difficult for humans to defeat these natural warriors with their physical fitness - especially when they themselves have sophisticated equipment."

Shangluo had seen the Krupp werewolf. They were dressed like special forces soldiers, covered in military gear, even with daggers hidden behind their boots. Their marksmanship was superb, and they had a strong sense of anti-detection. If they were determined to confront the Secret Service, the Secret Service would have to pay a huge price to kill a werewolf.

"Doesn't Krupp care about the werewolves under his command?"

"Wolves are creatures that will expel individuals from the population," Phaethon replied. "Most of those werewolves who committed crimes actually went crazy because they were expelled. The most common reason was layoffs. If they hadn't been laid off, many of them would probably never have transformed in their entire lives. As for the madness after being laid off, that's part of modern civilization and a natural law."

"It's true." Shangluo shook his head, "This place is really dangerous."

"So, you want to help them lower their base crime rate, right? How are you going to do that?"

"Werewolves must be eradicated. We have to eradicate them. But it seems that they are doing a good job so far?"

"At least from the perspective of dealing with werewolves, their work can be said to be very effective. The order of the entire society is under control, and there have been no large-scale leaks, nor has the entire city been shrouded in panic. The daily life of mankind can be maintained, which is a good thing for the time being."

"Well." Shang Luo thought for a moment, "But now, we have to disrupt their lives to a certain extent. We can't let them remain isolated. They need to recognize the existence of the Heavenly Court and accept the Heavenly Court as their lord and benefactor. I will select some of the bravest warriors to join our work."

These secret service agents are like the heroic warriors (Enheria) in Norse mythology, but they are not immortal, nor do they have endless mead and barbecue. They only have meager salaries and mortal bodies. They do need to get some due rewards, at least some gifts that mortals do not have, such as extended life.

"If that's the case," Phaethon thought for a moment, "they actually have a biggest enemy - the Wild Hunt."

"what is that?"

"In terms of the spirit world's standards, it's a world war in the spirit world, usually a war between royal courts. This place is protected by the Crucible Elves, but every elf has the potential to launch a Wild Hunt, even the Crucible Elves. Once a conflict occurs between elves, the countries they protect will also break out in war. The Wild Hunt will take place in two dimensions, the mortal world and the spirit world, and members of the Secret Service will have to enter the war. I think as long as you can maintain the world order in the spirit world, then at least a world war will not break out."

"Ah," Shangluo nodded, "Indeed."

If it was just a werewolf problem, it would generally be a public security issue, and he didn't think it was necessary to spend time managing it.

But if a world war caused by the Wild Hunt breaks out, it must be intervened and stopped.

And judging from the work data of the Secret Service, their work has been increasing with the continuous rise of spiritual energy, and it has become more and more dangerous. This is not a good sign.

The growth of spiritual energy is an opportunity for this world, but also a danger. If the Secret Service only maintains the current structure, then even if they are not defeated by the Wild Hunt in the future, they will probably be destroyed by public security issues.

"It seems that the Secret Service should be strengthened." He looked at the clock in front of him. The members of the Secret Service had been out for a while, and they also brought the people he wanted to see according to Shangluo's request.

The king, the king here.

The king in military uniform walked in quickly and bowed to Shangluo: "Your Excellency the Angel."

"You guys think I'm an angel?"

"They say you are."

"So think of it that way, it's not a bad thing. Listen, you're in trouble now."

The spiritual energy of this world is constantly recovering, and the heaven is about to descend. While recovering all conventional weapons, a new multinational organization must be established to solve the disaster of this world.

"In order to deal with your troubles, I have decided to take the Secret Service out of your structure and reorganize it into the 'Night Service'. You need to appoint a Night Service Minister to manage this matter and be responsible for local anti-mystery affairs. The personnel and equipment of the Night Service will be managed by us, and you only need to coordinate your work through the Night Service Minister. Your lives will be guaranteed and your lives will be maintained. As long as you follow my advice, nothing will happen. The sun will rise as usual and the moon will set as usual. If you don't do this."

He pointed to the screen behind him and said, "I think you may not have seen what happened just now. Do you need me to demonstrate it to you again? Or should I just find an open space to try it out?"

(End of this chapter)