Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Then why are you being so cool?"

"Damn, (Quanzhou Yayan) forgot that I can't beat you."

"What does 'Lin Bei' mean?"

"Nothing, I just wasn't calm."

"So, are you calm now?"

Lin Chengyang nodded in mid-air.

"See you later. Remember to send me the contact information of the psychiatrist. Next time I'm in Pontianak, I'll go to his shop. It's quite fun."

An inch longer, an inch stronger. Shangluo, the chief swordsman of the Imperial Palace, withdrew his 40-meter-long lightsaber, while Lin Chengyang also withdrew his troops. The two men returned to their respective vehicles.

"Having a big fist is really useful. I thought you were going to fight him for 300 rounds while time was stopped."

"The basic strength is different. Even if he uses Taiyi Jinhua, he still can't touch me. The celestial being is not promoted for nothing. But his dragon-man state is quite interesting. Well, next time I go to Pontianak, I'll see if I can get the Thunder Department to use it."

He turned his attention back to the track. He was about to leave the track surrounding Xuanwu Lake and leave the "free casting" area.

However, before he could finish his words, a flash of light suddenly appeared beside him.

"Good fellow, you don't learn your lesson, do you? Then I'll wake you up!" Hearing the noise, it was Lin Chengyang behind him who rushed out again. However, it wasn't him.

"Woohoo!" Gao Shiyu gripped the joystick firmly. "Those guys never thought we could warp over here! Haha! Torch Warp, you old fogies!"

"Don't whine, speed up as fast as you can. This time, make it all the way to the bottom."

"Understood! Speed up to full power!"

Gao Qingyu, who was sitting next to me, was stunned for a moment. "Have you opened it yet?"

"It's open."

"Then why don't you speed up? And this feels a little familiar."

The two of them slowly turned back.

"Yo~~" Shangluo waved at the two of them from inside. His expression was half-smile, because he hadn't expected to run into an old friend here.

"Shangluo!!!" Gao Shiyu exclaimed, "Aren't you still behind? You were still behind just a second ago! How did you get here?"

"Just a second ago you were climbing up the wall! How did you get here?!"

"Ahhh!" Gao Shiyu banged his head against the glass in anger. "I calculated the position you couldn't see and warped here, because it's the only place I can cast spells. How come I'm still ahead of you! Can I call you Big Brother like Xiao Han does?! Please let me go! Can you please let me go physically! You're going to eat up all the afterburner! You've eaten it twice!"

"Tsk, guess?"

The Xuantan Tiger accelerated at full speed, with Shangluo hanging behind it.

The two cars sped across the straight track at a speed of over 300 kilometers, and then the light of the Xuantan Tiger slowly dimmed.

"Thanks so much~~ You've pulled me over twice. I'll treat you to dinner later." He stepped on the accelerator and passed again. The Xuantan Tiger was extremely heavy without afterburner, and its speed was actually much slower than the Tiandao Shadow Puppet. He could only watch helplessly as he passed.

Zheng Shijie, who witnessed all this, was shocked.

"Good boy! Isn't that cheating? For a celestial being like him to participate in this kind of competition is cheating! He just casually blocks all the other people's trump cards with one move after another."

"Yeah, but he's old enough." Zhu Xianxun held up his teacup. "There's no rule that forbids celestial beings from participating in the competition. Oh~~ very good, very good. Let them feel the difference in strength, so they can practice hard after returning."

Not far from the end of the second lap, Zhu Xianxun could already hear the loud engine sound from afar.

"My national surname~~" Zhu Xianxun shook his head. "When are you going to pay me the 20,000 sets of equipment you owe me?"

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Chapter 516

Until Shangluo crossed the finish line, no car caught up with him.

"Woohoo!" Zhu Xianxun waved to him from the stands, "Come on! Run faster! Run faster!"

He wasn't just cheering Shangluo on; he was also excited because 20,000 sets of equipment were about to arrive. He hadn't figured out how it worked, but if they were all assembled, this year's autumn review and drills would be the most realistic ever. They could simulate real-world environments and battlefields.

There were chariot races between training schools across the country, similar to Formula One racing. But after all, it was just a simulated battle using paint bags, more like a game than a real fight. Because there were people from the directorate in the middle of the battlefield, and they did occasionally get their faces covered in paint bags. So even if the paint bags were harmless, they couldn't be fired with gunpowder. The chariots used in the races all used compressed air cannons, and the power was just barely enough -

After all, the compressed air can't be turned up too high. The output is adjusted based on the director's protective gear. Hitting through the protective gear won't hurt anyone, so this is a necessary adjustment.

As you can imagine, the trajectory is far inferior to that of real tank guns. There's no scent of gunpowder on the battlefield, only the smell of fuel and the rumbling of engines to provide atmosphere. Even if the director occasionally explodes a bomb package like a movie set, it's still relatively passable.

At least for Zhu Xianxun, it was relatively passable. This game routine had been played this way since before he was born, and it still was. The fact that it had remained unchanged for so long indicated that this practice had reached a bottleneck and needed improvement.

After all, the human neck has not evolved much in just a few decades, and the neck is a weak point in design. No matter how or what paint bags are used, they must consider whether they will break the director's neck.

Zhu Xianxi had previously considered switching to optoelectronic countermeasures, perhaps using electrical or optical signals as triggers. However, since this deviated somewhat from the current tech tree, he only had some preliminary ideas and was still a long way from actually using optoelectronic signals for training exercises.

But now, we can finally achieve this in one step, and directly use the virtual battlefield to fight. This way, we don’t have to worry about breaking our necks, because the virtual director team members don’t have necks.

There's no need for paint kits. The Overlord Banana's performance proves that this technology can perfectly replicate every detail of the real thing. If such a complex racing car can be used, then mass-produced tanks can certainly be used as well. All confrontations can be fully simulated in real-world conditions, making an exercise the same as an actual battle. This allows the Royal Army to practice over and over again in conditions incredibly close to actual combat, and even incorporate these realistic exercises into regular training. This allows every new recruit to become a veteran in combat skills and tactics.

Originally, the Royal Army had no equal in this world, and after Rome sank, none of them were left. Now, this advantage gained from the virtual environment allows the Royal Army to further achieve a leap, which will still be useful after it becomes a celestial army in the future.

This is indeed still useful. Otherwise, we would have to use the "Tianren Dye Pack" because Tianren also has a neck. At that time, flying objects on the battlefield would still be restricted to the extent of not being able to break the neck, but in war, it is impossible to break even the neck.

Furthermore, this seems to be helpful for the Pure Land as well.

"Ah~~ I say, my Lord, you..."

"No, no, no! Don't call my country Master. You are the Master! You are my grandfather!"

"Then why are you so shy?"

"Because every time you call me that, it's never good! The game isn't even over yet, don't start drinking wine at halftime."

"Then take a look at it yourself. How can we lose? How can we lose?" He pointed down.

Shangluo had already entered the final lap, having just crossed the finish line for the second time. He was now circling the track, and would enter the final third lap once he left the track.

The closest car was the Xuantan Tiger, whose propellant had just been drained by Shangluo. Although it was showing signs of catching up,

"Huh?" Zhu Xianxun was stunned for a moment.

"Why, what did you see?"

"Very fast." Zhu Xianxun raised the telescope. "Didn't they run out of fuel? How could it be so fast? Could this be... Ah! So that's it! So that's what it means!"

In the cockpit, Shangluo steered right, exiting the racetrack and rejoining the highway. By then, quite a few people were already standing on both sides of the road. The road closure had been abrupt this morning, so those who had wanted to see it hadn't been able to. However, those who had heard the news had already piled up on both sides of the road, nearly piling up layer upon layer.

Although no one could see inside from the outside, Shangluo still took the time to wave to his fellow villagers through the glass.

[Oh, Ah Huang. Ah Huang seems listless.]

Apollonia also recognized the police dog that often wandered around the next street. There were also police officers standing next to it.

Once the competition was over, they could all return home to rest. This competition had come and gone quickly. It seemed not only a test for the participants, but also a cold start test for the mobilization system. Although small in scale, this mission hadn't gone awry so far.

"It's a nice day today." Shangluo looked up at the sky—and then, a familiar buzzing sound came from behind him. It was the sound of the Xuantan Tiger's engine propelling at high speed.

"Ha, you come again, you never learn your lesson, do you? I think Xiao Gao is a good guy, maybe he was in a hurry to fill up the gas and come give me a ride? Then I have to come and thank him properly."

[Wait. Something seems wrong.]

"What happened? Did he use his ultimate move?"

[No, it doesn't look right. Xuantan tigers are black, but this one is... is it white?]

"Do they have a second car? Changing cars is within the rules."

[No. Aaaaah! This silhouette is wrong. It's not the silhouette of their car.]

"What's that like?"

Apollonia projected the image directly onto the screen in front of Shangluo.

Above the screen, where the rearview mirror should be, a simulation of looking through the rear of the car is displayed.

A pure white racing car was speeding towards them, spraying the same torch particles as the Xuantan Tiger from behind. The car's shape was completely different from the Xuantan Tiger, and it looked like a standard construction vehicle.

“Hey, this isn’t it.”

Before he could finish his words, a huge suction force pressed him down onto the chair. The suction came from behind.

Chapter 517 Taiyi Jinhua

"Holy crap! What the hell is this!" The suction grew stronger, and he felt like he wasn't being pulled into the chair, but being slammed into it. The acceleration was comparable to the White Star's rush to the edge of the atmosphere. He couldn't even feel the gravity pulling him down, because the force pulling him back was far greater than gravity itself.

The speed was decreasing, but the white racing car behind was getting faster and faster.

"What the hell is that?" Even for a celestial being, this acceleration was a bit stressful. But maintaining control was no problem.

[Malacca! We're sucked in!]

"Sucked? What do you mean?"

"Think about what you've been doing along the way! Think about what you've done. This is exactly the same thing you did. Ahhhh! This suction seems to be stronger than a peach torpedo! Ahhhhh! Look!"

"Huh??" As the racing car approached, Shangluo also saw the details of it - its four wheels were off the ground! It was less than a foot above the ground, just barely off the ground, and like the Overlord Banana, there was an electric light maintaining the connection between the road surface and the car body.

Yet none of these features were visible on the white race car. It had no room for an engine, no peach torpedoes, and no banana-like deformation.

It's just like a construction vehicle, except for some .

"Hmm?" As Shangluo got closer, he could see more clearly. That car wasn't just empty, it had everything! It seemed to have a nozzle on its back, and a small, peach-shaped torpedo-like seeker on its forehead. He could see electric light around the wheels, but the color was more like gold. As he got closer, Shangluo could even see:

The car's shell was fluid. All the exterior components attached to the construction vehicle seemed composed of a white, flexible, almost liquid metal. This metal was also found in Shangluo—light silver. The entire car's shell was made of light silver.

"(Quanzhou Yayan)!" Zheng Shijie was completely stunned. "What the hell is that?! Why does it have everyone's ultimate move?"

"That's the Taishang Juechen."

"Did they report any special technology?"

"They reported it," Zhu Xianxun nodded. "They reported Taiyi Jinhua."

"Which one?"

"It's a Taiyi Jinhua that I don't understand, but Master Lan gave me permission, so I can participate. Its name is: [Taiyi Jinhua·Demon Transformation]"

"Shang Tianjun. Okay."

As they pulled alongside, Zhang Baoling waved a greeting. The white race car had reached a level with the Tiandao Shadow Puppet, its various unobtrusive mimicry devices, which had nothing to do with their actual functions, still fully operational.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"[Taiyi Jinhua: Heavenly Demon Transformation]. We are the last ones to come." Zhang Baoling replied, "We can't use our Taoist magic right from the start. We have to wait until you have used it before we can use it. Heavenly Demon Transformation is to become stronger when facing a stronger opponent, and stick closely to them."

“Like Tai Chi Push Hands?

"Yes, it's like Tai Chi Push Hands. The more spells you used before, the more I used them. I was actually wondering if it was too late—but then Captain Gao 'jumped' away in front of me. Aha! He's such a good man! I must treat him to a meal. Although I don't know how he jumped over, I immediately neutralized his 'jump'. The look on his face when he saw me appear in front of him was not good."

"Oh, what do you mean, you think you're going to win?"

"Well, not necessarily." Zhang Baoling shook his head. "You're number one now, aren't you? There's no one faster than you. I've 'absorbed' all the tactics of everyone before me, but it only brought me to the same level as you. This final step depends on what tricks you can use. Because you have to use them first, then I can 'absorb' them. But no matter what, I can only get close to you, I can't surpass you."

She pointed behind her. "So many people piled up, but they couldn't surpass you, right? Even if I could counter their moves, I might not be able to surpass you. I also countered your moves, Shang Tianjun, but you... your car was sucking in the air from behind. Now that we're neck and neck with you, I have nothing to absorb. Do you have any other tactics? Please try them out."

"You were waiting for me here?"

"Oh, don't you want to try it? Give it a try! Give it a try!" Zhang Baoling looked forward to it. "I'm not that strong, so I can only experience these powers. But even if it's just an experience, the gains are huge."

"And if I try, you can learn from me?"

"How will you know if you don't try? Or maybe this will work." She looked ahead. "Let's just drive like this until the end. This is a pure test of driving skills. I'm quite confident in my driving skills."

As he spoke, the lightning under the Taishang Juechen disappeared, and the entire vehicle fell to the ground and continued to move forward on its wheels.

Maintaining the same speed as Shangluo. Speaking of engines, Shangluo's engine was of excellent quality. It was also the most complex part of the original Xiandao Shadow Puppet. Even in a competition like this, among a multitude of monsters, this engine's basic qualities were still very capable.

"Why don't you speed up?"

"Because it's finished. They only used such a long distance. I can only get as close as possible, but it's impossible to surpass them. So I can remind you, how many times you sucked people before, I can suck you back as many times. How many times Xuantan Tiger ejaculated, I can ejaculate the same number of times now."

"What a wicked car you are!"

"Ah, this is the interdependence of fortune and misfortune, the rotation of yin and yang, and so on. You should ask my master for the specific principles. He has also been concerned about this car. He knows that he will have to compete with you sooner or later, so he also wants to see how you have learned recently. He wants to see if you can defeat an opponent who is infinitely close to you. So, it's up to you, Shang Tianjun."

Zhang Baoling added, "I'm only responsible for bringing it here. This is a little surprise from Heavenly Master Zhang Sanfeng, sort of. Because you're so powerful as a celestial being, I gave you a wooden dummy to make things a little more difficult. You can learn this when you go to Wudang. Have you figured out how to break it? I haven't either. How about we just drive to the finish line? I can let you cross the finish line first. After all, we don't want to cause you any trouble and delay important matters."