Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1507 Microwave Invaders

"What do you mean? Are you saying that some weird thing will crawl out of our microwave?"

"It's possible. I mean it's possible."

"." Shangluo looked at Victoria's face, "We have known each other for a long time, right?"

“It seems like a long time.”

"So what did you find? We actually get along pretty well."

"Ah? Is that so?"

"So if you're thinking about something, I can tell from your expression. What are you hiding from me?"

"Well," Victoria covered her forehead, "I'm telling you the truth, don't be angry. After all, it was me who asked to install the microwave."

That thing is actually a home editor, which was installed last month. It is a simplified version of the editor used on submarines. As long as you need to enter the code according to the time in the catalog, and then turn the knob, you can [edit] thousands of small gadgets according to the template.

Although it is a square machine, it is not simplified compared with the dinner plate with knobs on the submarine. But in fact, the editing system on the submarine is integrated with the shipboard equipment. The dinner plate itself is the terminal, and it can only be used in the meal. It cannot be used outside.

This household compiler integrates the entire phlogiston compiler system into the size of a microwave oven. This is the latest product of Roman technology. As for how such a sophisticated instrument was made, Shangluo didn't understand it either, because it didn't seem like the Romans were into making such a sophisticated machine.

The Romans were more rugged in their ways, building larger, more powerful machines, and such a small appliance was not Roman at all.

In addition to food, the editor can also make some small gadgets that are inconvenient to go out to buy, such as toothbrushes, batteries, glasses, etc. Whether it is organic or inorganic, as long as there is a template, it can be edited.

But this thing is really useful. Although a container as big as a microwave oven can only load templates that are not larger than the size of a microwave oven, it cannot be used if it is larger than that - but this is also an advantage. Anyway, no matter how big it is, it will not be a problem. After all, if it is only the size of a microwave oven, even if some elves really run out, it will not be difficult to deal with it at that time. Shangluo really thinks so.

However, judging from what Victoria said, there seemed to be some minor problems with this thing.

"So, what kind of Pokémon is out there? Even if it's a giant Guangdong Pokémon, I'm... Wait, you're not really going to make one, are you? I'm actually a little afraid of that kind of Pokémon."

"No." Victoria shook her head.

"So what problem did you get into?"

"The Wild Hunt cavalryman just now came out of a microwave oven."

"????" Shangluo jumped up from the bed. When he walked into the living room, Hans had just crawled back into the microwave.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Shangluo waved to him to stop, but Hans, who was quick, had already closed the door and left.

"Wow!" Shangluo also witnessed Hans' departure with his own eyes, and only then did he realize that this microwave oven could actually be used as a portal.

"What's wrong with your microwave? Don't you say you can only draw things that are the size of a microwave?"

"That's right. But it seems that if you put someone in there, as long as the head can get through, the body can also get through - this thing can keep drawing as long as the door is opened. It scared me just now. I was a little hungry in the middle of the night and was about to get up to eat some ice cream. As a result, I was about to draw the recipe when it suddenly came out of the microwave. Then, I woke you up."

[I just tested it. This editor really has this ability. It can make more than just small things. In fact, as long as it keeps running, it can print things that are larger than its own volume, just like steamed buns made with dough.]

"What on earth is going on with you guys?" Shang Luo asked in surprise, "Why is it like this? So what's the principle behind this thing?"

"In principle, it's an editor," Victoria replied. "I told you before. It uses phlogiston to encode objects - phlogiston is information, and the editor can turn information into matter."

"Then let me ask you this: How did you make this editor?"

Shangluo actually felt that something was wrong with this thing from the beginning. The style of this thing was not like the Romans' habits.

“In fact, it was compiled using a larger compiler.”

"Wait!" Shang Luo noticed something. "You mean this thing can not only make all sorts of things, but it can also replicate itself? Aren't you afraid of creating another automaton thing?"

"You see, this is different. There are limits to what an editor can make. It can only make things smaller than itself - so a large editor can only make small editors, and a small editor can make even smaller ones. This home size is just right for use in a home power supply environment."

"But now this thing can even make things as big as a person, right?"

"Well, this seems to have entered a technical blind spot. But I have a rough idea. The principle is probably like this - first of all, Shangluo, you can rest assured that nothing too powerful can be produced in a home environment. Because the size of the editor itself is limited: it must maintain the concentration of phlogiston to be able to draw objects. The larger the volume, the more difficult it is to maintain the concentration. So such a small one is better for daily use. And. The copying between different automata is just proportional copying. So the functions of these home models are too complete. You can rest assured that it is difficult to add fewer functions, but it is still easy to cut off more functions."

"I'm asking, why can it draw something larger than itself? And it can even operate in reverse? This thing has unlimited potential! If it were the size of a real person, wouldn't it be able to be used as a portal?"

"That won't happen. First of all, it's impossible for ordinary people to use it to move long distances. The compiler itself cannot transmit any matter or energy, it can only transmit information. In other words, it can only transmit memes. Only memetic life can pass through it. For example, the Wild Hunt is a kind of memetic life, and they can be used. But living people can't. If ordinary people go in, they will just be decomposed into elementary particles and will not appear on the other side. But..." "I know there is a but. But what?"

"But if you wear a phlogiston stealth suit, then it's fine - yes, this is essentially a phlogiston stealth, just miniaturized and civilianized. It does bring back some strange functions. For example, I just discovered that as long as the object is large enough to block the door, the phlogiston concentration can be maintained even if the door is open."

For example, just now, the size of a person was as big as the door, and when Hans came out, he blocked the door.

"How about this, I have a suggestion." Shangluo suggested, "The ratio you are using now is too easy to get stuck with the 'human form' bug. Either you make it smaller so that people's heads can't get through. Or you make it larger so that people can't get in."

"Oh, yes! Shangluo, you are a genius!"

"This is not a question of whether I am a genius or not. I guess you didn't expect that this thing would have such a bug at a certain size. But it seems..."

"what happened?"

"I've actually been using it for a while, right?"

To be fair, this thing is actually quite useful. He doesn't have to go out for the past few months. He can just open the microwave to make something, because the size of daily necessities is only this big.

During this drill in Lingbei, the items made with the editor were put to practical use - one could even say they were put into actual combat. The battle between the north and south was so intense that the sun and moon were dim, and it was with the help of the materials in the editor that the game was possible.

"I think after this, everyone may think this kind of 'editor' is very useful. Then the question is."

[The question is, where can I buy it? 】

"It's not a question of whether to buy it or not. Fix the bug first! I've been using it for several months, and I just found a bug. And it can directly show such a big bug. Are you sure there is no problem with this thing?"

"In fact, it may be that the test scale is too small. And our supervision of the phlogiston network is not enough. Otherwise, we can try to promote it?"

This coincides with what Shangluo is currently doing - on the road to ascension, there is still one last step left, which is to bring the real heaven to the earth. Although the external work has been progressing, the internal conditions also need to be prepared for the coming of the heaven.

The first thing is to make material things unlimited and abundant.

This was actually almost done. After all, the whole world was exhausted to support a country, and the people of Ming Dynasty had a very abundant life. However, the key to the problem was that the transportation efficiency of materials itself had a limit, and the richness of products was also limited.

This is Yingtian. Yingtian is located in a core position of light industrial production, so it can often respond quickly to the needs of the citizens here.

The Yingtian market has a wide variety of products. Except for a few flavors of salty soda that Shangluo likes, it has basically everything else you want. For example, cold drinks, there is a whole industrial network of cold drink manufacturing, cold drink processing machinery manufacturing, cold drink distribution, etc. Different levels are superimposed on each other, providing a lot of choices for first-line consumers.

However, if the distance is extended - all the way to Liaodong, the situation will be very different.

Yingtian can sell more than a dozen flavors of cola at the same time, but Liaodong is not a center of light industrial production. After the cola is moved there, only the classic vanilla flavor may be guaranteed to be in stock, while other flavors are not. Because the consumer end and the production end are too far apart, it is difficult for the production center in Nanzhili to directly respond to the needs of the retail market thousands of kilometers away. It can only specify consumption plans based on the feedback from the previous stage, but compared with the immediate feedback from the market, it is bound to lag behind.

In this case, the editor becomes a good choice because it directly opens up all channels from production to consumption, and it produces directly in "your kitchen". You can produce whatever you want and whatever flavor you want, without any waste.

In this way, the products can be enriched, consumers have more choices, and the price they pay will be lower - because although it is magic, the consumption of the editor is completely controllable, and it only needs electricity and networking. Electricity provides energy, and the network provides fuel.

"Come to think of it, I have actually seen this kind of production model before."

【Have you seen it? Where? 】

"Many science fiction novels from the 20th century, oh, I mean from my time, such as Star Trek, mentioned such universal machines."

[So what are we waiting for? I think it's pretty good. You think it's good to use it yourself, right? Besides, the society in science fiction movies is also a state of ascension, right? ]

"That's the problem - that's the state after ascension, but no one said what will happen during ascension. For example, if the production process is directly dragged to the consumer's kitchen, what will it be like? In fact, we not only eliminated the middlemen, but also the manufacturers! For example, the lack of supply of Coke mentioned earlier is not entirely a bad thing. Because in this case, it leaves room for the development of local light industrial production. Although Coke is a universal choice, locally made soda may be more in line with the tastes of local people - now I'm afraid they will all be eliminated by the editor."

[Ah, this seems to be a big problem.]

“It’s not just a big problem. Although this thing is very convenient, it will have a devastating impact on the existing market and economic structure. Maybe this is part of the ascension. But I think if I were a worker in a Coke factory, I probably wouldn’t want to let myself be ascension - this system was originally good, everyone is satisfied, and material is quite abundant. If we paralyze the entire economy in order to take another step forward, then I’m afraid the loss will outweigh the gain.”

【What should I do then?】

"Let's experiment. We need to do some controlled, small-scale experiments. This process must be studied, otherwise even if we ascend, we will still explode once."

This is also what Shangluo has been preparing for a long time. He wants to avoid the structural impact of the ascension process on the mortal world and make the transition smooth. However, now, even a newly emerging ascension technology can easily destroy the existing economic structure.

"Let me think about where we can do the experiment. I think it would be good to do it in the school cafeteria. If we can't do it well in such a simple place as the cafeteria, then there's no need to do it elsewhere."

(End of this chapter)