Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Well, I feel much more comfortable now." He transferred the management fee from Doudou directly to Gao Shiyu, "Huh?"

Shangluo suddenly remembered something was wrong.

[Kickback. That guy took the kickback. He pays the money and you give him the 'rebate', and he gets the rebate. 】

"This kid has earned something. But who was hurt in this incident?"

[It’s his dad’s monthly pocket money that’s only 50 yuan, which is equivalent to 10 months’ worth of pocket money all at once. 】

"Ah, then it's none of my business. Compared to this, I just remembered, does Doudou himself have money? Because he hasn't received his salary yet."

[Yes, you might as well look at the information I just transferred to you. 】

"Let me take a look." After taking a look, Shangluo was stunned, "Tiandi Bank? God tm Tiandi Bank!!! Is there still this bank?"

[Yes, Doudou’s own account is at Tiandi Bank, Doudou Bank. But the currency is no problem, the currency is still Daming Tongbao. It's using the standard financial message channel of the Imperial Telecommunications and Finance Association, and I've checked it. 】

"Doudou's own society is quite complete. Why do I feel like they are like invisible elephants in the room? Doudou's world is so complete?"

[Tianyi Guiren is an important part of the world of Qi practitioners. Basically all the immortal weapons you see have Tianyi Nobles running inside them. You can think of them as tool spirits, but they are tool spirits who can leave at any time if they want, and will only work if they want to. 】

Chapter 590 Hegemonic Technology

【It’s easy for Doudou to make mistakes in calculations.】

"It's like this even if you make mistakes in calculations. What's the point of calculating everything correctly? I think I have a better say in this aspect - maybe you in Rome also have it. People in this world have been soaking in honey pots for too long. There is no real understanding of the sudden 'big change'. I saw Gao Shiyu knitting, he may have expected a rear. But from my perspective, there is no front or rear in a nuclear war, everyone The place could be blown up to the sky at any time. Even if it digs 300 feet into the ground, there is still an earth-penetrating nuclear bomb that penetrates 300 feet into the ground."

[Is your place so scary? ! Wouldn’t that mean everyone is in panic all day long? 】

"No. On the contrary, the deterrence of super weapons has created a new order. Here at our place, we have to ensure two points. The first is the 'non-proliferation of super weapons'. Super intelligent hegemony like Tianyi Guiren must not spread to anyone." . The Roman legacy must also be handed over smoothly, and the extraordinary power cannot be overflowed in the process. Secondly - we are now testing in various aspects, Phaethon's place, Gao Shiyu's place. And... I still have to look back. Find out where Doudou comes from."

[Well, I think you did the right thing. So will the real promotion come after this? 】

"I will ensure efficiency. After all, it is said to be a promotion, but in fact the only people who can really use it are Qi practitioners and their families, a total of several thousand people. This itself is also a test for larger-scale promotion - in other words , what Gao Shiyu is doing is a test of tests. So what Phaethon is doing is a test of tests. Every detail about the 'hegemonic technology' must be carefully investigated and grasped carefully. This is what I Views. You can never be too cautious in this matter.”

[Hegemonic technology, right?] Apollonia pondered for a while, [I believe in your judgment. After all, it was the Taoist ancestors who believed in you. This is the premise. Secondly, based on my personal judgment and some irrational emotional decisions, I also choose to believe you. You are quite reliable. 】

"Oh~~Are you praising me? What are the details of your praise? You think I am reliable, but in what way am I reliable?"

[Seriously speaking, there are two aspects. On the one hand, you have a whole lot more information than we do. Sometimes, whether it is me or others such as your brother Tianzi, our understanding of that world is relatively one-sided. It is even difficult for us to distinguish which are literary and artistic works and which are real. Because we would rather believe that you have super robots, but we don’t quite believe that you can have an Internet that has spread to the entire population, as well as terrifyingly high computing power and ubiquitous smart devices. If nuclear bombs and the like are conceivable, then "all people are Qi practitioners" is probably unimaginable at all. 】

"Well, after all, this is what happened after the information revolution. For people before the first industrial revolution, it might be difficult for people at that time to believe that just lighting a fire in the stove would suddenly speed up the operation of society. "

【really. You have seen darkness. Perhaps only you can save us from falling into the ultimate darkness - we don't want to be swallowed up by the barbarians. I don't want to see some people after Rome's death, peeling off Rome's skin and wearing it on their bodies, pretending they are Romans. Rome needs a decent funeral. This decent funeral only requires the presence of the most trusted friends. There is no need for wild dogs walking around the streets who don't know who the owner is to smell the smell. so.】

She paused for a moment: [Promise me that we will protect the 'hegemony technology' on both sides. 】

"of course."

[Well, that’s the other side. Apart from the information, you are a pretty good person, although not a good person. Good and bad. 】

"Are they good guys or bad guys?"

[If so, come from the same family as a good person. 】

"I'll just take it as a compliment."

[Hmm, such a compliment. 】

"You learn so fast"

[I am also very reliable, I can help you more than enough. Now that I have decided to protect these hegemonic technologies, I will contact Victoria in the near future. But in the end, if you want her to agree, you have to ask. 】

"By the way, does Victoria's words work?"

"It could work," Apollonia replied. "Power is a dynamic equilibrium. After handling several major incidents, Victoria's power is far greater than it once was. Especially when it comes to deep cooperation with Aurora, you'll only recognize her, right? If someone else comes, we'll have to start all over again. So, for any issues in this area, she's the right person to turn to."

"It's just that I'm not entirely sure about the details myself." Shangluo shook his head. "I don't know if these 'hegemonic technologies' are truly controllable."

[Initial understanding, you will know it when Phaethon comes out, right? It'll be soon. You'll find out when you get back. 】

When Shangluo returned to Leibu's lounge, Phaethon was already sitting on the sofa. Her breathing had not yet calmed down, and there was tea she had just made for herself on the table.

"Eh?" Shangluo glanced at the time, "Don't you have to stay for another hour? I'm going to work on your behalf."

"Still. Please help me go there. I need to take a rest."

His face turned away. Shangluo saw Phaethon's face - her face was a little pale.

"Are you okay?"

"It's nothing serious. It's just that I still vomited in the toilet for 10 minutes while the Fortune Pill was taking effect."

"Good guy! If someone else had been dead for ten minutes, right? Is the impact really that big?"

"It was extremely scary. I thought I could control the situation, but after I really noticed the problem, I realized that I had been deeply involved in it. So I withdrew immediately. Wait a moment, wait until I finish drinking this cup of tea. Tell you."

Putting down the tea cup, Phaethon first looked up at Shangluo: "This is what happened. I was doing homework at the time, and when I finished writing the exercises in one book and switched to another, I saw the name Phaethon. I was stunned at that time.”

"why?"

"Because I, for a moment, wondered who Eton was!"

"???"

"I panicked. When I thought about my name, the name Phaethon actually made me feel strange. Even..." She covered her forehead, "I even thought my name should be Phaethon. Ethon is shorter. Yes, I feel like my name is shorter than Phaethon."

"what???"

"I ran out. When I thought back to what happened just now, I felt a huge sense of physical and psychological discomfort, which could even be said to be a feeling of suffocation or drowning. I vomited for ten minutes, and I still have lingering fears. This cup of hot Drinking the tea made me feel more relaxed."

"Hmm" Shangluo touched his chin, "Does it even cause problems with self-awareness?" And he doesn't know where the boundary is? "

"So," she emphasized, "Absolutely, absolutely don't stay for more than 21 days. I don't know where that boundary is. So, definitely don't go beyond that boundary, and don't even test that boundary. Those who drown are all good at water. .The feeling of almost drowning, I don’t want to experience it again.”

Chapter 591 Pulling away

[Well, I confirmed the impact in detail.] Apollonia returned the inspection report 30 minutes later, [Phaethon, you have lost 3% of your soul. The situation is serious. 】

"really."

"Is 3% a serious loss?" Shangluo asked. Because literally, the number is not very big.

[3% is already very serious. To put it exaggeratedly, I randomly take away 3% of your body, and then give you one hundred thousand taels of silver. Do you want to do it? 】

"Then I definitely won't do it. By the way, is it this level of loss? I thought it was just a 3% blood draw."

[Actually, it is between randomly sampling 3% of the physical tissue and drawing blood - the soul is lost from the outside inward, just like an onion, and will be lost layer by layer. From the outside to the inside there are the superego, the ego and the id. The superego is an acquired reflection layer that relies on external stimulation. Its symbol is ‘name’. If I call you, you will answer. She felt unfamiliar with her name because her outermost super self began to drain away. 】

"Then what if we continue to stay?"

[After the superego is lost, the next step is the ego. The entire person's mental state will gradually return to before the age of 3, and he will begin to lose awareness of the real environment. The performance is not amnesia, but it is close to amnesia. You will forget what you know about cars, food, and shoes. Forgetting that cars can get in, forgetting that food can be eaten, forgetting that shoes need to be on your feet. When the self is completely lost, then the person's basic physiological functions begin to be lost, and then he is finished and has become a vegetative state. 】

"Wait a minute, so her loss of 3% means that the loss of her outermost part has already accounted for 3% of the total?"

[Yes, that’s it. And the ratio of the three is not completely even. This 3%, the outermost part may exceed 10%. 】

"Good guy, can you still make up for this?"

[It’s no problem to make up for it. So I said before that the impact is between drawing blood and directly drawing tissue cells. Just like drawing blood, the damage to the soul can heal itself and will be filled layer by layer from the inside out. The ‘hematopoietic machinery’ of the super-ego is provided by the ego at the next level. She's mostly intact, so the 3% loss won't take long to recover from - maybe two or three days. If you want her to recover faster, stimulate her more and call her name more. 】

"Phaethon? Do you dare to agree if I call you?"

"It's me - thank you, please remind me more in the next two days. If you see me in a daze, remember to remind me immediately. I need to consolidate the connection with my name. In addition, I also have to recall the time at that time. Feel."

"How about waiting for two days?" Shangluo suggested, "Since it makes you very uncomfortable, I suggest you wait until later."

"I'll forget about it later. After you wake up from the dream, won't you also forget the plot of the dream? You can only remember it after you wake up for a while. While I still remember it, let me tell you this A feeling.”

"Okay." Shangluo sighed, "Thank you very much. After all, since we know this is harmful, we can't just send people in to experience it on the spot in the future. So, let me ask - will I lose my self-awareness?"

Shangluo considered using the 18th level of hell as a prison in the future. At this time, we need to consider the impact of this prison on people.

"First of all, we need to define what self-awareness is." Phaethon replied. "If we talk about the recognition of names, it will indeed be dissipated. But if we are talking about whether self-awareness can continue to exist, then the lowest level must be dissipated. Only one layer is enough.”

"In other words, I'm still myself, but it feels like something that should be there is constantly slipping away?"

"Yes," Phaethon nodded. "You can feel it slipping away, and it's very painful. Have you ever had that feeling where you're ready to sneeze, but it doesn't come? Or that feeling of remembering something, but forgetting it the moment you turn your head—that empty feeling of loss. You'll forget your name, but you'll know you've forgotten it. You'll try incredibly hard to recall your name, but you won't be able to."

"Did you ever experience this feeling for a moment?"

"Well, so I didn't hesitate. I came out immediately. Although I was conducting the test responsibly, according to our agreement, I would not test at the expense of my body. When I knew there was a problem, I immediately It will come out.”

"Yes, yes, you are right." Shangluo also breathed a sigh of relief, "You have a good attitude, this will last long."

"It's convenient to continue being a guinea pig, right?"

"This is called a 'vanguard', how can it be called a guinea pig. The guinea pig can only be manipulated by the research institute. As a vanguard exploring unknown areas, you can decide by yourself when you want to stop the action. The guinea pig barks twice to test. Will it stop? Impossible. But if you find that it is dangerous to continue walking, then you should stop the action immediately, or call for reinforcements, or directly call me to come with you."

"Ah, I understand. I'll just ask you to come with me next time? Maybe it's possible. The two of us call each other's names, maybe we can walk in together."

"Pull it down. It's going to be a prison. Why should I go exploring inside the prison when I have nothing to do? However, will I feel lost if I stay here? But will my self-awareness not be lost? I'm thinking if I throw people into What will happen next?"

"If you can make him lose his knowledge of his name while still maintaining himself, that would be the worst torture in the world. He will be immersed in huge mental pressure all day long, and I'm afraid it won't be long before he Crazy. Because this is..." Phaethon paused and said two words:

"Lingchi."

"Lingchi, right?" Shangluo repeated this heavy word.

Ling Chi. The canon says, "A mountain of hundreds of feet can be climbed with a carriage, but why? The mausoleum is late." The original meaning is "the hills and mountains gradually slow down", and its meaning is extended to punishment, which is the punishment of Lingchi. To a certain extent, it can also be understood as the torture of "gradually flattening and destroying the mountains with one knife after another."

"This seems to be quite painful in the death penalty. But there is no blood and after death due to mental breakdown, because the sentence has not yet ended, according to the law, he should be treated and then continue to serve his sentence."

"Good guy." Phaethon sighed, "Why do I think this is also a kind of mental torture for the supervisors? This is too tragic."

"Being an executioner must have a psychological defense as strong as a city wall, otherwise the human body would have collapsed long ago when he saw the bloody body."

"How much crime must one commit to be sent to a place like this?"

Chapter 592: Ecstasy

"It's hard to say." Shangluo shook his head and said, "After all, this is not a single shooting, but a shooting of 6,500 years. It is not calculated by the number of times, but by the time. I also think how much crime must be committed to be sent here. Come on. Wait, I’ll call and ask.”

"The answer is, I don't know either." Zhu Xianxen gave the answer, "For an analogy, it is similar to Lingchi's punishment, where people were imprisoned and shot for 6,500 years or something. It can be compared to the current Lingchi. This is the ultimate punishment. But in fact, even Ling Chi has not carried it out for a hundred or two hundred years: because it is simply unnecessary. From the current perspective, I am afraid that there is only one person I know who is worthy of such a punishment. Punished.”

"Which one?" Shangluo asked on the phone.

"The Flying Yaksha. He is the only one. The Flying Yaksha in the movie, he is indeed worthy of this kind of torture. You have to know that even Sun Wukong just pressed down at the foot of the mountain and refused to move. When heaven wants to punish prisoners, it usually Just find a place to imprison him, or send him to another place like the Six Paths. Or, like Sha Monk, he will be pierced through the heart with flying swords and tortured corporally every day. However, Sha Monk did not stay together for long. This will delay the person's death for 6570 years. Even in mythology, this is an unimaginable horrific punishment. I don’t know who else to punish except the anti-human Feitian Yaksha.”

"So this is the ultimate punishment, right?"

"Actually, it's still a little bit worse, because there is a more straightforward 'destruction of the soul'." Zhu Xianxen thought for a while, "Comparatively speaking, this kind of Ling Chi, which will last for 6570 years, I think is more suitable as an additional punishment—— The knife must be struck in the end. But just like Ling Chi, this kind of felon should use his own pain to pay for his heinous crime, and then take his life. Well, this is only reasonable. Otherwise, I would not know the torture is coming. If he is released in years, what kind of magical skills will this person master?"

"Ah, that's true." Shangluo nodded, "It would be bad if it helped him speed up his practice."

"In addition, it is not necessary to be locked up for as long as 6750 years every time. Is this based on the 18 years of the human world? It would be better like this - first of all, I think that these 6750 years are too heavy, and there is nothing to use. Opportunities. For example, except for Feitian Yaksha, I can't find anyone who should be executed without delay. But the ordinary death penalty has no deterrent effect on heavenly beings, and after becoming a heavenly being, the criminal methods will immediately become more sophisticated. If it is just one death In short, the level of subdivision is not enough.”

"Ah" Shangluo nodded, "I understand, so this 18th level of hell can actually be used in sections? Even a few decades is enough."

"I'm not a law student, but I have a general understanding. According to the interpretation of the Yongqing Code, the five punishments of whipping, rod, punishment, exile, and death contained in the Ming Code are all converted into whipping, punishment, and death. Three types. The removed rod punishment and flogging were merged, and exile, as an additional punishment of imprisonment, was locked in Haozhou mainland. After the establishment of the new order, many old punishments will have to be switched again. I guess I will have to publish a new " "Shaoping Laws and Orders" is a concentrated interpretation of the laws of heaven and man. And the 18 levels of hell you set up are very important, because this is a place that can really scare heaven and man."

Then, he emphasized: "The punishment of the law can only be established if people fear it. The 18 levels of hell can not only be used for execution, but I think the five punishments of whipping, rod, disciple, exile, and death can be used."

"Speaking of which, are there any differences in principle between these? For example, flogging and staff. For example, apprentice and flow."

"There is a difference. In principle, that's the case." Zhu Xianxen explained, "The difference between flogging and cane is whether the original intention is to consider causing irreversible damage to the prisoner. Among them, flogging is generally limited to the skin and flesh. But when it comes to cane punishment, , that is, regardless of death or injury, irreversible damage will not be avoided. Therefore, in the early "Yongqing Law Order", we merged the rod punishment into the whipping punishment; as for the punishment of disciples and exiles, the difference lies in the time limit. Prison sentences generally have a time limit, and After being exiled, you have to be prepared to spend your whole life there. So, I have this opinion——"

Zhu Xianfen suggested: "We might as well calculate it according to 'tribulation'."

"Tribulation? In other words, according to the number of times?"

Shangluo was also very interested in this proposal. Moreover, the term "tribulation" is easy to understand.

For celestial beings, time itself is of little significance. As long as they avoid the Five Decays, they can live as long as they don't want to die. In this context, using time to restrict celestial beings holds a different meaning than conventional imprisonment. Imprisonment takes up precious human life, and celestial beings' time is clearly less valuable than that of mortals.

But if we count the number of times according to "劫".

"Calculated in terms of calamity, what we want to quantify is not time, but pain." Zhu Xianwen replied, "Time is no longer equal for mortals and heavenly beings, but pain is equal. Throwing yourself into the endless hell will make it Being in ecstasy is the most terrible pain. It is cutting off the past life one by one. Although it is painful, it can also take out the sinner's heart, lungs and intestines, wash them, dry them in the sun, and clean them up. Those who have committed serious sins, But people who are not completely destroyed physically and mentally are suitable to be dealt with in this way. In addition to the punishment of ecstasy, they will not be exterminated to death - this is the original intention of exile itself. "

"Then we are quite nice people."

"Yes, Heaven is really kind-hearted."

The two men smiled at each other.

"Then," Shangluo asked, "the truly heinous people will be made to go through countless calamities and then be destroyed. And some people who need to be punished will also be thrown into the 18 levels of hell to experience countless calamities and then be brought back. , right? So, does this news need to be made public? "

"This requires professional advice. I suggest you keep it secret for now - because, you know, right? There are many people who want Ultimate Punishment to disappear from this world. You should know who I am referring to."