Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"His name is Lele. He used to respond when I called him, but now he doesn't respond at all."

"Let me try"

He closed the lid and knocked on the door:

"Lele?"

No reaction, not at all.

"Let me try." Apollonia cast a spell, but there was still no response. "He's probably completely lost his mind. I suggest you find a way to observe him."

"Wait, he can't observe it, right? As soon as you look at him, he stops moving. But if you don't look at him, how do you know his condition?"

【Just observe it indirectly, find a monitor. 】

"Wait a minute, it seems like there is."

He picked up Lele's cabin and carried it to the cabin of Tiandao Yingkui. He pulled out a light silver thread from his mobile phone and connected him to the screen of Tiandao Yingkui like a hanging thread for pulse diagnosis.

"Okay, call him again."

[Cough land land, come out! 】

Lele's image was forcibly dragged onto the screen:

Broad beans appeared. But they weren't just the usual broad beans, but a rainbow of red, yellow, blue, green, and white. The colorful Lele, with his eyes split, was spinning around in a whirlwind dance. Joining him was the boy with glasses, who joined him in twirling circles on the screen.

【Ah, he. They don't seem to have any major problems. 】

"Lele! Lele!" Team Rocket hugged the car's bulkhead. "Lele! How did you become like this? How did you turn into all colors?"

"He seems drunk." Shangluo touched his head. "He seems fine and seems very happy. Wait a minute, I'll make a phone call."

He walked to the side and called the Jinyiwei switchboard to ask.

"Okay, no problem."

After hanging up the phone, he tore off a piece of note and wrote down two strings of numbers.

"Go to the state-owned store outside and mail Lele to the address marked with these numbers. He might not be able to recover within a day, though, so you probably won't need him in the race."

"It's okay, we have other things. We just want to ask, is Lele okay?"

"It's okay, it's fine." Shangluo glanced at the screen. The colorful broad beans were twisting and turning as if it was New Year's Day, and they looked extremely happy.

"If you're really worried, call this number. But don't call too often."

Shangluo gave me a temporary number for calling the Jinyiwei switchboard, which was provided by the exchange. They would deactivate the number after Lele recovered.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!"

Shangluo ran out holding Lele in his arms. He sighed, "Our boy with glasses seems to be very happy too."

"His name is Aman." Han Xingzhi reminded.

"Then let's go eat and think of a solution. I just checked, and with so many people in a hurry, why not go to the McDonald's near the door?"

"Hello, how many are you?"

Phaethon, who was wearing a uniform, raised his head and made eye contact with Shangluo.

"Why are you here?" Shangluo was stunned.

"Because this is the second closest McDonald's to my home. I said I'd work part-time. Yanqiu is also on holiday today, so I'm working at McDonald's. So how about you guys?"

"18 pieces, and I want a takeaway. Would you like to eat some?" he asked Phaethon.

"That's probably enough for nineteen people, right? Never mind. I don't need it. I'm busy right now. You want the usual?"

"Well, just like I always eat, order nineteen."

"Ah, that's a bit too much." Phaethon rubbed his head, "The store isn't staffed enough. You guys find a place to sit, I have to go to the kitchen to help."

She pointed to a row of seats by the window, put the mop aside, walked through the employee passage to the counter and started making orders for the kitchen.

"Hello, do you know him?" Qi Yuan asked in a low voice after sitting down.

"You haven't seen her? It seems you haven't. She's my, uh... distant cousin. Um, cousin. She's temporarily staying at my house. Putting her aside, I'm thinking about that question and what the intention of the person who wrote it was. First of all, we need to confirm whether he completely forbids us from using Tianyi Guiren."

"I don't think so." Qi Yuan shook his head. "It's possible that even the simplest application of Tianyi Guiren could lead to a performance leap. You can see that the Rockets simply gave Lele a button, and he can control the entire fuel system. But this configuration is obviously not flexible enough, because Tianyi Guiren requires training to achieve its goals efficiently, which obviously contradicts the competition's emphasis on 'problem-solving.' So."

"So it's not unusable?"

"Yes. It's not that we can't use it, and we're encouraged to use it, but we can't use it so easily. And this also gives 'Spiritless Racing' more opportunities. As for us, once Wen Yuan brings the Torch, we'll probably know if it works."

Chapter 329 The lightning rush

"Sizzle, sizzle." Sitting in the lounge, Shangluo drank his unfinished Coke. Coke at McDonald's was refillable, so he'd gotten one before leaving. He still hadn't finished his Coke until Wen Yuan returned with a schoolbag.

"Here you go." Shangluo handed over the paper bag and took Wen Yuan's schoolbag - the bag was so heavy that he almost couldn't hold it.

“So heavy”

"I brought all the Chinese homework I could find. Is that enough for the samples?"

"Ah! Thank you so much! Eat some more burgers to replenish your energy!"

"Tsk, I just figured out on the way why you had to use my homework for practice—because you've never done Chinese homework yourself, right? You barely even write a few words in your daily life."

【He actually discovered it! 】

"It's normal to be discovered. If I had been a serious student before, I wouldn't have had so many small problems that have been left unresolved until now."

It's not like Shangluo had never written before. But his handwriting, long ago, was different from his current style. He didn't make a sudden change, but made changes as he came up with them. The entire assignment was a chaotic mess, randomly switching between simplified and traditional Chinese. This was a disaster for the former young player, who couldn't read at all. To them, two different ways of writing a single word looked like two completely different characters.

But now everything was different. He had seen, perhaps even "appreciated," Wen Yuan's handwriting; it was as polished as if he'd practiced for decades. While it lacked some artistry as calligraphy, it was perfect for copying and writing homework. The neater the handwriting for exams, the better, the easier it was to read, the better, ensuring a perfect score.

"There may be some words that need your help later. For example, if some words are not clear, you may need to help enter them."

"No problem. And here's the most important thing." He took out a small purse from his arms and took out a small test tube from the purse.

In the test tube, the golden liquid was shining under the light.

"This is Ju Su?"

"Yes. Last time we went to play Golden Bough, I only used one scale. I still have three scales left. Let's try adding one scale first. If it goes well, we can use it until the end of the game tomorrow."

"What does it feel like to use this thing?"

"It feels like I'm a celestial warrior. The fuel impregnated with torches obeys my command like an arm, enabling weapons and machines to achieve conditions that would be impossible under normal circumstances. And it's incredibly simple to use; even a clumsy kid with glasses can figure it out."

“He has a name, his name is”

"Okay!" Shangluo stood up, "Let's try it now."

【Woohoo! It's like lightning!】

This time, it was truly a swift and furious ride. The bespectacled man sat atop the control panel, his back to Shangluo, feeling the invisible wind. He had never felt so at ease. The ethanol added to the fuel was indeed a high-performance fuel with an octane rating exceeding 100. Although the primary purpose of its development was environmental protection, it had already enabled the Tiandao Shadow Puppet to achieve unprecedented lap times.

"Two minutes and fifteen seconds!" Qi Yuan checked his stopwatch nearby and jumped for joy. The hurricane swirling behind the car carried the scent of alcohol, and white dots of light were visible to the naked eye. The multicolored lights resembled a rainbow against the rising sun. This was only the first lap; the Tiandao Shadow Puppet could continuously optimize its route, each lap more perfect than the last.

"Huh?" Gao Shiyu in the stands was stunned for a moment, and he put the duck blood vermicelli soup in his hand aside.

Light. A dazzling and familiar light flashed before his eyes.

"Hmm? Captain, is it too hot? Or is it not tasty?"

"It's okay. It's quite delicious. Especially the duck liver and duck intestines. Let's go to the store tonight, right? The takeaway soup is a little cold."

"You want us to go at noon?"

"Noon?" He shook his head. "I probably don't have time. I've already called and I have to go there at noon. So, let's eat in the evening. Let my sister treat!"

"Okay!"

Before he finished speaking, the racetrack suddenly started to make "puff puff puff" sounds - the Tiandao Yingkui immediately stepped on the brakes, and then a tow truck began to enter the field.

"Oh, what a shame. Captain, they had an amazing lap time just now, it's a pity they couldn't keep it up."

"So that's how it is." After finishing the vermicelli and duck blood and offal, Gao Shiyu took another big sip of the soup:

"I'm going to the bathroom and will be right back. You don't have to accompany me, I can go there by myself."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gao Shiyu walked with his umbrella. Although he kept using the umbrella to avoid collisions in front of him, he walked very smoothly. If he hadn't been blindfolded, he would not have been able to tell that he couldn't see the road.

"Captain, do you have kidney deficiency? Why do you always have to run to the bathroom?"

"Well, it seems so. And lately I often see him taking out a small bottle and drinking a tonic with a medicinal smell. Tsk tsk tsk."

"But why does he have kidney deficiency?"

"You don't know, there are quite a lot of girls who like him."

"Is it true? Why?"

"Don't you like it? Even though half of the captain's face is blocked, the lower half is quite cute."

"I don't like people who look like they have kidney deficiency."

"Then I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else. The number of people who know about this is no more than a handful of melon seeds. Many people like him because," she lowered her voice, "some have seen the captain's eyes, so they all want to see them."

"Under the black cloth? I've never seen him take it off. What's under the black cloth?"

“It is said that the captain’s eyes have galaxies in them.

"What's going on?" In the garage on the first floor, Qi Yuan met Shang Luo who got out of the car. The Tiandao Yingkui was also following behind, letting the trailer slowly lower itself to the ground.

"What a shame." Shangluo took off his helmet and walked back with it under his arm. "The first lap was perfect. It was worthy of the power of Ju Su. But it's all gone. There was only enough for one and a half laps, which is not enough at all. When I realized it was gone, I immediately stepped on the brakes. At least I couldn't force the glasses kid to drink any more. If he drank another sip, I was afraid he would turn into a colorful dance."

"What if we use all of them?"

"I can only run five or six laps at most, but the race is 55 laps! I can only run a fraction of that. It's over, it's over, we have to find another way."

"Excuse me." A familiar voice suddenly appeared at the door of the lounge.

"Captain Gao, why are you here?" Qi Yuan looked at the door in surprise, because there was no one next to Gao Shiyu.

"I'm here to see Shangluo. Can I talk to him alone?"

"are you going?"

Shangluo nodded.

"Hold him on tight, don't let him fall. Remember to send him back."

"understood."

Chapter 330: Wind from the Tiger

In the corridor outside the lounge, Shangluo and Gao Shiyu stood on both sides of the corridor.

"What do you find me for?"

"Did you use torch?" he asked straight to the point.

"How did you know?"

"Because I saw a light trail. In my field of vision, it was as bright as a rainbow facing the sun. To cut a long story short, are you out of torches?"

"You know this as well?"

"The working conditions suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse, so of course they ran out of it."

"Wait." Shangluo was stunned for a moment, "Do you have a solution?"

"I can give you some. You can guess the amount by looking at the trail. 20 kilograms is enough, right? If it's not enough, you can ask me for more."

"Good boy, you have so many?"

"If it's not enough, tell me later. I can give you some more. But you have to come with me to get it. I can't carry it."

"Where?"

He looked up at the empty space to the north. It was the ceiling, but he kept looking there, as if he could see through the floors, see thousands of miles away. "We're almost there, just a few hundred kilometers away. Come with me."

Suddenly, Wen Yuan came out. "Shangluo, my master called and asked me to go to Daxiaochang Airport to pick him up. Master Lan is here again. He asked if you are free. If you are, go."

"." Shangluo looked at Gao Shiyu, "Is that all?"

"Yes, that's it. We'll be there in over an hour. By the way, who was talking just now?"