Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

【No! I just ordered pizza and nothing else. 】

"If I open the door and find you ordering something again, I will put you in solitary confinement for a week."

[Tch, if you don’t believe me, I’ll throw you away. 】

Shangluo walked to the door, the doorbell rang again, and someone outside the door shouted:

"Excuse me, does Miss Apollonia live here?"

"Ha! What did I say!"

【I said it wasn’t me! It's really not me! Oh, that’s not right! How do people say my name outside? I always use your name to order food. 】

"?" Hearing this, Shangluo looked out of the peephole. Standing outside was a man in black robes, nearly 1.8 meters tall. His whole body was wrapped in a black robe. He lowered his head and couldn't even see his face clearly. He could only vaguely see the strange fluorescence coming from the hood.

"Excuse me," someone shouted from outside the door, "Does Miss Phaethon live here?"

Phaethon, who was eating over there, was also stunned: "Is this...? What is this sound? No way!"

"Do you know him?" Shangluo at the door turned around and asked.

"It's Victoria's voice! Victoria is at the door!"

"You call this Victoria?" Next to the cat's eye, Shangluo stepped out of the way and let Phaethon look out of the cat's eye. "Is this 1.8 meter Victoria? Where is she on stilts?"

"Wait a minute." Phaethon touched his forehead, "Call back and ask. I'll call and let Jin Yiwei transfer the call-"

After 30 seconds, Phaethon hung up the phone in shock.

"They say Victoria is in her room and has never come out."

"Huh? What's that thing at the door?" Shangluo took out the phone to report the situation, but as soon as he took out the phone, there was a caller ID on it - it was a call from Victoria herself.

"Hello?" Shangluo answered the call carefully.

"Shangluo? Is your home here? Come out of Qingliangmendong subway station and walk towards Mount Wutai."

"Wait a minute." Shangluo interrupted her, "Where are you now?"

"I'm at your door."

"I called your palace and they clearly said you were in the room."

"Well, the situation is a bit complicated. But when this call comes, you should know that this is me, because your phone calls are absolutely safe, right. Where are you?"

"I was behind the door, and I looked out through the peephole. Is that you outside?"

"Ah, so you are looking at me! Wait a minute."

The 1.8-meter man in black outside took off his hood - revealing a square head. Directly in front of his head was a fluorescent screen, and Victoria's face appeared on the screen, waving to Shangluo:

"BONUM VESPERUM (Good evening)!" When Victoria raised her hands, her 1.8-meter-long iron body also raised her hands together with her in the picture.

Victoria, standing 5 feet 4 inches tall, sat at the dining table, looking down at everyone. The chair, strained by her weight, creaked and gave a warning. The mechanical body, shrouded in a black robe, emitted a faint, grinding sound of gears. It was simple and harmonious, but the sound had occasional peaks and troughs, like a heartbeat.

"Ah, you guys had pizza for dinner, it looks delicious."

The huge mechanical body made a girl's gesture, and the iron palm waving in mid-air brought out a blast of wind.

"I said, Miss Victoria, what on earth are you doing?"

"I didn't say I came to see you. I'm not here."

"You are asking knowingly. What do you mean by this outfit?"

"Ah~~I was just waiting for you to ask this question."

Victoria stood up and turned around, making the wooden floor creak:

"This is the highest achievement of Roman technology! 'Homonculus'! That is, the alchemist!"

"Is this thing a human being?"

"It's a human! In other words, this is a new human! It is driven by an Epsilon-level Vulcan core, which is an energy level of 20. Although it is not as good as the Omega-level 24, it is still very powerful! And powerful. But that's not the most important thing. Although it looks like a machine, it uses alchemy to simulate all the structures of the human body. It will also be judged as a 'human' in mysticism! This is the highest level of alchemy. Achievement!"

"Ah so, what is this?"

"Container." Viglia replied, "This is the container we will use to interfere with the outside world after we enter the Nutshell World in the future. Because we always have things to do outside, including the Black Stone itself, which also needs maintenance. So we use this alchemy machine The container comes to intervene in this world. Because it is judged as a human, magic related to humans can continue to be used with the help of it. How about it, it is very powerful~" She turned around again.

"Stop spinning around! The house is going to collapse. Why are you so excited!"

"Sorry, I just bought a new toy and wanted to show it off." She sat back and took a sip of tea. When drinking tea, the alchemist's body also moved with her, grabbing the non-existent tea with his iron palm and bringing it to his mouth.

"It's not perfect yet, because after fully outputting my movements, it seems that some unnecessary movements will occur."

"Uh" Shangluo pressed his forehead, "When do you plan to leave?"

"I came all the way here, you ask me when I'm leaving?"

"You obviously didn't come over. You were teasing me in your room through the screen."

"No." Victoria replied, "I have a different view of what a person is than you. From now on, this body will be my body, and I will have a stronger body. So this is who I am, and here I am .”

"It's better to wait until you all dive in before saying this. Now I just feel... well... I feel like you are playing a game."

"Actually, testing Zhongguo is also part of this operation. Well, it is also very important. The things between you and me are also very important. But..."

She smiled: "First of all, let's see how this body looks like!"

"Strong, indeed strong."

"Then where do you think it would be better for me to sleep tonight?"

"Go home and sleep! You are obviously in the room, why are you sleeping here?"

"As I said, this is a human being! This is my body."

"I'm not a occultist. Why should I judge this iron shell as a human being?"

"Ah, but I just want to get used to it. I said, if it is a diplomatic request, can you accept it?"

"We can't accommodate such a big person here."

"It doesn't matter!" As she said that, she stretched out her hands and took off the head. "This body can be placed outside and the head can be placed. How about putting me next to the bed? Then use my head. , put it on the bedside table. We can play games at night, and I can tell you stories and wake you up."

Chapter 665 The Alchemist

"Oh, it turns out that the living room of the Cathay people's homes is like this, so where will you sleep?"

"Over there." Shangluo lowered his head and scrolled through his cell phone, replying repeatedly and pointing in the direction of his bedroom.

"Eh? That's your bedroom? Isn't that part of the dining room? That's across from the well."

"The other side is the wall."

"Shangluo, do you usually live in such a big place? Where is Phaethon, are you used to it? This is not as big as your bathroom, right?"

"got used to"

Shangluo looked across the street: "So you had a place to live before?"

"I used to be in charge of the Bone Collection Group and had a house on Rhode Island. It's really not a big place - but we don't have many people there, and the land itself is not valuable."

"By the way, how many people are there in your place?"

"Well" Phaethon and Victoria looked at each other, and finally Phaethon spoke, "You really asked me, because how do you define 'person' in this relationship? The total number of Roman and Greek nobles who continued from the classical era is about There are about 10 million people. Occultism relies on bloodlines to identify them. We believe that these people are 'complete people' in the sense of occultism. Expanding further, there are citizens, free men, barbarians, slaves, etc., those in occultism Neither is defined as a complete human being.”

"Hey, what about us?" Shangluo asked.

"You don't need confirmation from mystical science. It's Victoria, the iron shell." Phaethon knocked on his arm and made a few thumps. "Although this thing has an iron shell, it can be judged to be complete. People. This is what we have been working hard on, and I didn’t expect Victoria to bring the finished product out for fun."

【Uh, ah, ah! ! ! I also want! I want this too! I also want to go out for a walk! 】

There was a sudden roar, and Shangluo was almost frightened by the volume.

"Is Apollonia talking?" Victoria looked at him. You can read it from the expression.

"Yeah. She really wants it."

"Hey, why are you in a hurry? I brought it here just for you. Otherwise, why would I have come to deliver it myself? Please connect me to the channel. I don't have your communication equipment."

Shangluo's face suddenly showed a painful expression.

"what happened to you?"

"She's singing! What is she singing? The magic sound is ringing in my ears! Okay, okay, stop singing, I know you are very excited. Please keep it down, or I will press the mute button!"

After saying that, Shangluo handed the phone directly to Victoria:

"You talk through the TV speaker into the mobile phone microphone. It's very abstract. Just say what you want."

Apollonia's voice came from the receiver: "Wow, Victoria, I didn't know you could help me so much!"

"Ah, it's okay, it's not my decision. Lord Helios asked me to send it here. It wasn't necessarily me who came originally, but I just wanted to come and talk about things. I'll keep this set for you when I leave. You use."

"Ah? Then why are you leaving? Tonight?"

Victoria was stunned for a moment: "Don't you change your attitude too quickly? I have to stay for two more days and I want to visit."

"What are you visiting? Let's go quickly. Don't you have anything to do there?"

"There's nothing wrong with me. It's not like you don't know."

"Ah, this is my territory! Go back quickly!"

"What do you mean by your territory? Is your name on the house plate? Besides, I asked, and this is clearly public land."

Shangluo glanced back inexplicably: "What are the two of them talking about? I don't understand Latin."

"They are discussing how to distinguish the property rights of the house from the property rights of the land. They are now discussing whether pineapple can be added to the pizza."

"WTF?"

Before Shangluo could figure it out, the phone hung up with a bang. It was Apollonia who hung up on her own initiative.

"What are you two arguing about?" Shangluo asked directly.

"She asked me to give up my position quickly and give her the alchemist. I said I came here on business, but she just didn't listen."

Shangluo pressed his forehead and said to Apollonia: "Let her go. Can't you use mine?"

[But you said if you order randomly again, you will eat all the pizza and not leave any for me. I wanted to sneak out on my own. 】

"Are you thinking about this? But that alchemist can't eat."

"Yes." Victoria on the side replied, "This alchemist has a sense of taste, and anything he eats can be processed into energy in a decomposition furnace. So I say he is a complete person."

"Do you have a mouth?"

"Yes, it's on the belly. In fact, this head is only used to carry the monitor. You see, I can remove it and put it back on again."

[Ah] Apollonia was immediately discouraged, [Eating with my stomach. I am so unwilling to do so. I don’t want to talk to her now, help me ask her when will the second generation product be available? 】

Shangluo relayed Apollonia's question.

"Why does she have so many demands? Ah, I've made her confused. I'm not here for a trip. I'm here to talk to you about something important."

"So... it really does exist?"

"I'm not Apollonia. How can I just run out and hang out when I don't agree with you? There are actually three things, equally important. First, I personally have to adapt to the body of an alchemist, so I want to do something that uses myself. The body can also do things; secondly, this alchemist is going to be given to Apollonia for use. We all know that she is in a hurry, so isn’t this the first time to give it to her? And thirdly, for a meeting , there is an important meeting.”

"So." Shangluo asked, "Can it be opened here?"

"No. There must be secretaries, diplomats, and senators present during the meeting. I can't have diplomatic talks with you alone. We have many rules over there, and there is nothing we can do about it. If I say it in private, it will trigger Sympathetic inhibition.”

"Are you being watched?"

"That's not the case. It's more like sonar than radar detection, and it's passive. It won't be triggered when I don't mention it, and it will only be discovered when I mention it."

"Ah" Shangluo touched his forehead, "It turns out that the Feitian Yaksha who cannot be named will be filmed next year for this reason."

"It's not the reason. Flying Yaksha does exist. But that was a matter of the previous generation. We contributed real materials to make the movie, and the plots in the film are adapted from real events."

"You are in so much trouble over there. If you can't say a word now, when are you going to say it?"

"We have to wait until the envoys officially come to Yujing to congratulate the New Year before we can gather the people needed for the meeting, because we need people of the corresponding level to be present at different meetings to say words with the corresponding confidentiality level. Before that, I will Stay here for a while?”

Chapter 666 Stasis

"Let me confirm first." Shangluo looked at her, "Can you log off? I mean, aren't you in the room? The machine eating does not mean you eat."