Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1455 Start of Construction

"There's a response from Syracuse." Victoria received the information immediately. "They said there's no problem. But..."

"but what?"

"But they want Rome to be torn down."

"What's the point of this?"

"Archimedes hated the Romans. He was a very individualistic person, and I guess he wanted to take this opportunity to remove the status of the city of Rome."

"Wait a minute. If we remove it again, how much of the Roman Empire will be left?"

"There aren't many left." Victoria pressed her forehead. "The first to explode was New Antioch, and the Automaton Kingdom popped out of it. Rome exploded soon after, and maybe a Night Service Bureau will pop out. I think Syracuse wants to go to heaven, most likely it also wants to break away from the empire."

[After all, they didn't approve of the Cybertronian Project from the beginning. It's normal for them to choose another way out.]

Although half of Rome opposed the Cybernia plan, things went smoothly because the voting weights among the six Romes were not completely equal, but depended on their influence in the Senate.

Constantinople itself certainly has the greatest influence on the agenda of the entire empire, rivaled only by Rome, but several other branches also participate in the Senate's planning of national policy through expert committees.

However, the final decision still has to be made in the Senate. For each specific matter, it still depends on whether the decision itself is persuasive enough. Because in Rome, everything will be opposed by half of the people, and the Senate can only find the greatest common divisor in many cases, rather than not doing it because half of the people oppose it.

The Cybertronian Accords were passed with some reluctance - because this resolution caused disagreements even among the elders, and the explosion of New Antioch was one of the consequences.

"So how did you finally pass?" Shangluo asked, "Actually, even for me now, this idea is a bit outrageous, right? After all, entering the cyber world is a choice from which there is no turning back."

"Do you want to know?" Victoria raised her head slightly, "This is... a curse."

"curse?"

[Yes. Because of a prophecy from the oracle.]

“So that’s how it is”

Shangluo knew the predictions of the oracle - sometimes they were really accurate, but they were also top-notch riddlers. For example, the wooden wall that Shangluo had heard of before.

After the Persian army broke through 300 Spartans and entered Thermopylae, Athens was directly exposed to the Persian army. The oracle had already predicted this situation:

Wooden wall! Wooden wall! Wooden wall!

The Greeks were confused. What did the wooden wall mean? Did it refer to the walls of Athens, or did it mean that the Greeks were required to build a field fortification with wooden walls? In the end, the Athenians believed that the wooden wall meant a formation of warships in a row. So the Athenians chose to evacuate the entire city and wait for the Persians to penetrate deep into Greek territory to decide the outcome with a naval battle.

This prophecy eventually evolved to a bizarre degree. After the victory in the war, when the Persian army had not yet been completely contained, the whole of Greece began to worship the oracle with unprecedented enthusiasm, and the fate of Greece came to a critical juncture. This time, the city-states did not need to ask questions. The oracle itself began to ask questions to the gods, and the result was: pray to the wind.
So the people of the oracle went up to the altar to perform rituals, and the whole of Greece began to pray to the wind. As a result, a storm sank one-third of the Persian fleet's warships, reducing the Persian fleet's advantage over Greece to two to one. In the end, the Athenian navy destroyed the Persian fleet in a decisive naval battle.

Is this really true? Although these things were recorded by Herodotus in "History", Herodotus himself emphasized at the beginning: what is published here is not historical facts, but "the research results of Herodotus in Halicarnassus". Herodotus emphasized that this is a personal opinion, rather than claiming that he is the true recorder of history.

However, now that the power of the Oracle has been proven, the Oracle's predictions must be taken seriously.

"By the way," Shangluo asked, "what exactly is the oracle's prophecy?"

【The thread will break.】Apollonia said.

"this one?"

"Yes, that's it." Victoria confirmed. "That's it."

"Then how do you explain it?"

"This sentence is just as inexplicable as 'Wooden wall! Wooden wall!' - the first explanation is that spinning represents the textile industry, and it predicts that Rome will face an economic crisis caused by the textile industry; the second explanation is that the oracle has a [loom of fate], and the function of that machine is to weave fate. Shangluo, you know that the Roman Guard will try to cut a silk thread to determine their own fate, because only the fate of the dead will be ended - so this explanation believes that the fate of Rome will also end."

"Did anyone ask you to cut one off?"

"My father went to cut it." Victoria raised her head. "Then, he chose to start the Cyberlania Project and abdicated, leaving me to inherit the throne."

"What about the content? What does he say about the fate he tailored for Rome?"

"I don't know. He said it had to be kept secret and he wouldn't even tell me. It had nothing to do with the level of confidentiality. It was that no one except me was qualified to ask him, and he refused to tell me after I asked. So, no one except him knew what was on it. We only know that after he left the loom of fate, he was filled with despair about the fate of Rome as a whole."

"So that's how it is." Shangluo pondered for a moment, "In other words, this sentence still has no answer?"

"Yes, there is no answer. Although we know the content of the oracle, no one knows what it is specifically. But cutting the thread is an ominous sign no matter how you think about it. Coupled with my father's decision, the Senate passed the Cybertronian Plan by a narrow margin amid fierce debate."

"So, do I have to find out what that is?"

"Well," Victoria remained silent.

She didn't know whether her father would tell her, but when she asked herself, she didn't get any answer.

But maybe, Shangluo's question would be useful?
"In short," she asked Shangluo, "do you agree to Syracuse's terms?"

"They have the freedom not to join Cybernia, and I can respect their opinion. But the arrangements for Rome will have to start after I go to Rome. Please help me arrange it. I'm going to Rome, and I'll go back to the Golden Bough to check the situation. As for the prophecy, I'll ask Emperor Agathocles."

(End of this chapter)