Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1469 Father
"Okay, okay, I'll take you to see him!" Shangluo was backed into a corner. When Victoria asked others, her eyes looked very decisive, "But then again, your father clearly said not to interfere in my affairs, how come you are more intense than your father?"

"Because you have met my father, of course I want to meet your father too."

"Is this also an equal exchange?"

"Yeah." Victoria nodded, "Of course we have to exchange."

"Okay. Wait a minute."

Shangluo picked up the phone and dialed a number he had never called before - because the number on the other end had just started using mobile phones and they had previously used landlines to contact him.

He checked the time difference and it should be noon there, so he dialed the number. The two began a conversation like a data transmission protocol.

"Hello." Lao Shang answered the phone.

"it's me."

"Well, I know it's you."

After they confirmed each other's identities and that they were both still able to talk normally, Lao Shang asked Shang Luo:

"You want to see Victoria?"

"Meet your girlfriend."

Shangluo corrected him: "Female friends."

"Then a female friend. When will you bring her?"

"I didn't plan to bring it, but she insisted."

"Are you angry? If you're angry, change one."

"She is a person, not a piece of clothing. Besides, she and I were not subordinate to each other before, so how can we exchange them?"

"I heard that she is your superior. If you are angry, just change jobs."

"I am not angry."

"I'm not angry, but you can't do anything if she insists. Isn't that a girlfriend?"

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[Shangluo, I think I found your nemesis. ]

"That's right, there is always something that can defeat something else." Lao Shang replied on the other end of the phone.

[Ah! Uncle, how can you hear me? ]

"What do you think I'm using to talk to you guys? I can hear your voice better than his."

"Hehehe, your nemesis is here too. You like to mutter behind my back, right? This man in our family is not afraid of your muttering."

"So." Lao Shang paused, "You called me because she asked you to, right?"

[Yes, yes, yes! That’s what Victoria asked for!] Apollonia took every opportunity to tell tales.

"I knew it. You wouldn't call if no one called you."

"By the way, can I ask why?" Phaethon asked in a low voice.

"Because it's not necessary." Lao Shang replied, "When it's hot, take off your clothes, and when it's cold, put on more clothes. There's no need to ask about each other's well-being. We should use more efficient communication methods, such as reporting work progress regularly."

"Yes, yes, working condition." Shangluo agreed, "You just said the operation condition is good, and check if I have tripped the circuit breaker, right? Then do you need to issue a work ticket to feed me? Am I an electrical equipment? So, you all can see, this is how the relationship between us became rigid. When I called him, he said I was meddling, so I had no choice but to stop calling."

They were all silent. This level of relationship seemed not something they could interfere with, because they didn't understand it at all.

"Shangluo." Victoria lowered her head and said, "I apologize. I shouldn't have made a judgment without knowing you. Your family's situation is indeed special."

"It's not that special actually. I think you're right. As a son, I have an obligation to take the initiative to improve this relationship. It's the father's fault if he doesn't teach his child well. If the father has problems, I, as his son, have to educate him properly. So you're right. I have to go meet him."

"I'm busy lately." said Lao Shang.

"Then when do you have time?"

"next year."

"This month."

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The negotiations were at an impasse. As long as the two men had more than three rounds of dialogue, there would inevitably be disagreements and conflicts, because they rarely talked about personal matters, but only about business matters, and they all had their own opinions on business matters.

"So, it wasn't you who called and said you wanted to meet Victoria? It was only after a strong ideological struggle that I agreed to bring her here." "I didn't say I wanted to see her now, I didn't say I wanted to see her right away. I was just arranging my schedule in advance. Something is progressing to a critical project here, and it will be useful to you too - the closed beta version of the Lighthouse System 1.0 is in the final sprint stage, and now is not the time for me to be distracted. Once successful, the Lighthouse System can be officially launched and connect Cybertronia and the mortal world. At that time, you only need to walk into the territory of Cybertronia to complete the etherization."

"Yeah." Shangluo knew the plan.

The ultimate goal of the Lighthouse System is to open a door to Cybernia - in the past, entering Cybernia was often done through stealth gear to maintain one's own identity in the virtual world.

This will lead to a problem: people need to eat, and if they don’t eat, they will die.

Cybertronia does sell food, but that food is only useful for etheric life, and is just a ball of northwest wind for life with a physical body. No matter how good the northwest wind tastes, it is just northwest wind, and it cannot be used to fill the stomach.

Therefore, if the body is not phlogistonized, then everyone will have to go back and forth between the two worlds. On one hand, they will go offline to eat in the mortal world, and on the other hand, they will start their lives again in Cyberlania, which is filled with phlogiston. This may make sense for many people, because they can maintain a high quality of life at a very low cost.

But it was meaningless to the Romans. The Romans had already had enough fun in the mortal world, and the things that could be played in Cybernia were not impossible to play in the mortal world.

The Romans wanted to enter Cybele in order to avoid death. They were not afraid of having no place to play, but they were afraid that their limited life would not be enough to support their unlimited consumption.

Under these circumstances, only complete phlogistonization made sense to the Romans. Any compromise could not match their already extravagant lifestyle.

Shangluo did not criticize their "luxury". After all, the Romans' luxury was their own business. In order to protect their survival, they also asked for technical assistance and some military assistance from the Ming Dynasty and Zhendan, and paid the corresponding price for these assistance. From this perspective, the Romans' eating and taking more was not a problem in itself, because they still bought things from the east when they consumed anyway. The more they consumed, the better.

The Romans had high standards for their own immortality, and they were willing to pay the price for such high standards - they simply left the earthly remnants of the Roman Empire to Shangluo.

To some extent, this is what Shangluo had heard before, "making a wish that cannot be paid for". Rome itself knows that this eternal life in a nutshell is an extremely grand wish, and there is no item in the world that can offset this part of the value. So the only thing they can do is to offer the whole of Rome as a sacrifice to Zhendan. In this way, both Zhendan and Rome can maximize the benefits from this process.

The Romans were guaranteed safety and could go wherever they wanted. And Zhendan finally gained permanent tranquility and peace, because Shangluo could now personally go to the scene to arrange the work of the Night Shift Bureau. Under the maintenance of absolute force, there is of course absolute peace.

This pleasant environment was the result of an exchange with the Romans.

Given that the Romans had already paid for the services—and more importantly, given that the Romans did not intend to monopolize Cybele but to open it to everyone as a public space—then this help to Rome was not just money but an advance investment.

Therefore, Shangluo also knew that this matter must be handled properly.

When the Lighthouse Project enters the next phase, the most critical part of the project will begin: a large number of Romans will be able to enter the data-based Cybernetics by actively etherizing themselves. This can be considered as a kind of ascension to some extent, as they are about to transform from weak flesh-men into immortal etheric beings. If the definition of human beings remains unchanged, then this state should be called "etheric humans."

The future world situation will be the ultimate order where the Celestial Race and the Ether Race rule the Yin and Yang worlds. And the other half of the ultimate order, the ladder to Cybernetics, will soon be completed in Alexandria.

"Yeah," Shangluo nodded, "Okay. Since the mission is so critical, I'll go later. But is there anything I can help you with?"

"Agathocles should have made arrangements. I am not responsible for the testing process. If you want to help, they should have a test version that you can try online. Well, that's it."

The call was hung up. Just as abruptly as when he answered the call, Lao Shang left a group of people here in the cold.

"Shangluo." Phaethon whispered, "How did you develop such a personality? I think your personality is too normal. You are too human."

"Maybe I'm a quiet person, so it's easier for me to form my own worldview. But what do you mean by 'like a human'? Are you saying that my father is not like a human?"

"That's not the case. I just don't quite understand the way you two get along with each other."

"That's right. I don't understand either. If you ask who knows best, it's probably him. One day, he'll confront me. He can't go on like this. He's really busy recently, but when the lighthouse project is completed, he won't be able to keep busy any longer."

The world's ascension has entered the second half. For Rome, the ladder that will carry them to ascension is about to be completed. For Ming, new barbarians have just appeared on the horizon. As long as they conquer this earth and establish a new order, they can complete their ascension by adjusting the territory on a large scale and refining the core territory within the capital.

If the plan goes well, the ascension of both sides should be completed at the same time, thus thoroughly confirming the complete development and control of the earth, and expelling all the barbarians who failed to catch the last train to the paradise of the new world - in the new world, even the barbarians can live a life where they can afford an egg every day.

When Rome ceded the world's power, the Heavenly Court had already made its choice. The Heavenly Court chose to bring prosperity to the world, and let everyone - whether they were Celestials, Etherians, or uncivilized mortals - share in the world's prosperity. The decision of the Heavenly Court was the final decision, and the Heavenly Court had prepared the most suitable path for all mortals. The rest, perhaps some mortals would try to break free from their gratifying fate, but their futile struggles would eventually collapse under the roar of relativistic kinetic weapons.

Eventually, time will eliminate all differences. When Earth civilization officially enters the next stage, these old conflicts will seem completely unnecessary - by then, it will be the Moon and even Mars that are too far away that will pose a greater threat to the already unified Earth.

What Ming Dynasty and Rome are doing now is this unprecedented great feat.

"We are honored to be able to participate in the early test." Shangluo thought for a moment, "After all, this is a good thing for future generations. Before everyone uses it, they need to go in and test it in advance."

【Now, the key to the problem seems to be in Europe. 】

That was the base camp of the elves, and it was the place that needed to be annihilated. Because those barbarians who refused to submit would challenge the peace of the world. Only after Rome, Europe was completely suppressed and the crazy world controlled by the elves was driven out of the human realm, and the glory of heaven could be extended to every corner of the earth. Rome itself also needed peace in Europe to protect its own future.

[By the way, when you say 'expel', you mean that they will be given a reserved area? ]

"No. What I mean is that we will beat them until they no longer need our care. All the elves will be driven out of this world without a single one left. Not a single one will be left."

[Does it mean to kill them all? ]

"A weird thing that has never lived naturally has no need to continue to exist. I don't need some elves to serve as bonsai, some magic beasts are enough. After all, the hunting ground can be used for training. But I haven't heard that Shanglinyuan has arranged barbarians to provide hunting targets. When the time comes, only heroes like Karin will stay. The rest will all be treated as combustible garbage."

[You don't seem to treat them as monsters? ]

"Yes, but I don't regard them as ordinary monsters. I regard them as an organized monster country like the Lion Country. It's not impossible for ordinary monsters to cultivate immortality and ascend to heaven. But if they are united in a gang and commit crimes, they must be suppressed. Tomorrow, I will report to the emperor - the situation in Europe seems to be worse than expected. After deploying relativistic kinetic weapons in orbit, we need to officially start military operations under the cover of relativistic kinetic weapons."

The good days of sweeping the fields and sweeping the caves are coming back. And this time, the king's division has brought bigger cannons.

(End of this chapter)