Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Is that so?" Phaethon nodded, "I remember that there were indeed these requirements. Victoria should have told him at that time that she would occasionally come to participate in some ceremonies or something. That's not a big problem. Although Shangluo is very busy now, she can't find the time. It’s okay to come out and open the door with you.”

"Ah! Is it really possible?"

"Really, you can." Phaethon smiled, "Relax, I'm not here to blame you. There's nothing wrong with what you do."

"Eh?" Karin raised her head in surprise, "What did I do?"

"You're very grateful to Shangluo, right? But you think you haven't been able to repay him yet? So you want to stay with him for a while longer?"

"Ah huh."

【Tsk. This face is really hard to resist. But should I tell her now? 】

"Alas." Phaethon sighed and asked Apollonia, "Are you really willing to listen to my arrangements?"

[I agreed before going out that this operation will be under your command, and of course it will be the same this time. No matter what, I will cooperate with you. 】

"Then I maintain my opinion: don't interfere for the time being. I suggest you trust Shangluo more and he will handle it himself."

[Are you really sure you want to believe him? 】

"If you think it should be my decision, then trust me."

[Okay. Actually, I also want to believe him. Well, I'm going to check out first. I haven't paid for it myself yet. I want to experience it. 】

Phaethon put the money for the drink into Apollonia's hand and asked her to go aside - but it could be heard anywhere, no matter where she sat.

"Well, Miss Karin, let me check the schedule." Phaethon looked at the notebook, "Well, how about having lunch with Shangluo today at noon? He will go to investigate the case in the morning. If nothing happens, we will have lunch at noon. You have time. Can you first tell me where the library you are going to is? I'll see if he is free to go with you now."

"Wait a minute." Karin also took out her notebook and flipped through the notes to the page she needed: "Here it is, we are going here: Level -1 of the Metropolitan Hub Subway Station. It says there needs to be an inner ring The door can only be opened if a member is present. Sorry for your trouble!"

Chapter 730 Golden Kingdom

Pompelius Memorial Zoo, Panda House, New Antioch.

Shangluo arrived here with little Pompey in the morning. The panda house has been cordoned off on all sides by Roman police, and now it is completely empty. According to Shangluo's request, little Pompeo stood outside and waited. He went in alone - if something happened, the other people here might not be strong enough to serve as human shields.

After all, he has the noble Tian Yi on him to help him with over-control, and it is very easy to dodge a bullet. If necessary, he can also take out that set of divine chrome armor to achieve true indestructibility.

"This panda house is really big..."

[Yes, this panda is really big. Baibai is fat. 】

"You're at Karin's side but not here. And I'm talking about the panda house, not the pandas. Tsk, you got in. I'm talking about the panda house, what are you talking about?"

[It’s not like you haven’t seen what I’m talking about. Hey, the panda house is big, right? I can't see it now, I'm buying coffee. How big is it? 】

"It's bigger than the Imperial Palace. No joke, this place is indeed bigger than Changchun Palace. Our Majesty the Holy Emperor... He seems to live worse than a panda."

In front of you is the magnificent palace. The Romans did not use yellow glazed tiles, which would have offended the emperor, but instead used gleaming copper tiles. There is not a trace of patina on the copper tiles, and the floor in the courtyard is plated with a layer of gold foil under the tempered glass. The whole house is as glittering as the legendary El Dorado.

Shangluo clicked and took a photo.

"Take it back and show it to him."

[I'll take a look too... By the way, this glittering bandit upstart has an aura like Hideyoshi Hideyoshi's Osaka Castle. He wouldn't even let your senior brother live there. 】

"How dare you assume his aesthetic taste? He might actually like this style."

[How about you send it back to him and ask him? 】

"There's a time difference, let me check. New York time and North... No, New Antioch time and Yujing time are. Oh, it's ten o'clock at night over there."

[Fafafafa, he must not have slept. 】

"Forget it, don't delay my courtesy. I really have a throne to inherit."

【Um. 】

"..." Shangluo paused, "I thought that when you mentioned this, you had to mention Karin by the way. 'Babai, fat, fat'... such a weird reference. I'm embarrassed to say it."

[I’m thinking that this child Karin is really pitiful. But she was also lucky. She was lucky to meet us, otherwise she would have been eliminated like an elf. 】

"If the elves were in the Silver Age... wouldn't they be in a more advanced state?"

[No, this is actually a siege. The people of the Silver Age have been taken away, and the life of elves is not worthy of envy. Otherwise, the Romans would have become elves long ago - haven't you seen it before? Do you think the life of the spring elves is enviable? It seems you are interested in being a statue next to the spring. 】

"This...is true."

[It is the privilege of the living to be able to live in the world without ingesting phlogiston. Others, let alone silver elves, are nothing to envy even if they become golden angels - Archangel Gabriel was sealed there with just one sentence. Immortality is not difficult, even a lobster can live forever if someone helps. The hard part is how to maintain your sense of self and your current lifestyle while living forever. If it were just the immortality of the lobster, its only purpose would be to keep the meat delicious at all times. It would be white and fat just waiting for people to eat it. 】

"Why are you white and fat again? You can't get over this, right?"

[I'm talking about lobster, what are you talking about? 】

"Okay, okay, lobsters are white and plump. So Karin is also white and plump and immortal?"

[You are the one who said Bai Bai Pang Pang, not me.]

"." Shangluo slapped himself on the head, "I'm going to be made funny by you! Are you so weird when you're angry?"

[I'll use the mute button to block your mouth. I'll see if you're angry or not. Besides, I just said one thing! I'm very restrained. It's you who is making trouble for yourself. It seems that you really have a deep identification with this word. It's because Phaethon doesn't look fat enough, which makes you very disappointed. 】

"Hey, hey, hey." Phaethon shouted in the channel, "Although I can't be alone, can you two try not to involve me in your fight? Also, Shangluo, she is notoriously difficult to deal with. , this guy has been like this since she was a child. Now this is a release of her nature, probably because she has a body of her own, which makes her very happy now - or in other words, excited."

"She's quite spirited." This is not a bad thing. Apollonia is becoming more and more like a human being now.

[Before co-writing, you thought I was not a human being? 】

"Know that you are an adult, so don't always listen to what others are thinking. Don't you have your own ears?"

[Okay. You are right. But I thought you would hold me back and not let me live alone. 】

"Of course I will respect your choice. It is indeed convenient for you to be my little assistant all the time, but you always want to grow up."

[Yes, yes, I also want to become white and fat. Tsk, so you are a person who can't help but radiate kindness, so you can...ah..." She sighed, "Anyway, let's get down to business. Karin wants to see you. 】

"Is this serious business?"

"It's indeed business." Phaethon added, "I judge that she needs your help. So as the commander of this operation, I think we should all help her."

"Ah, okay, I just obey orders. But why? Didn't she just go to the library to get information?"

"If you just go to the library, then of course you don't need us. But if the library is in a metropolis - then the situation is completely different."

"Little Mr. Pompey?"

"Yes, do you need assistance so soon? Of course, of course, I will be happy to investigate with you."

"I wanted to ask something else - is there a library in the Metropolis?"

"???" Little Pompeo's pupils were shaken in a physical sense, "Why do you ask this?"

"I think."

"No, no, you don't want to. That thing has absolutely nothing to do with pandas, and I really don't recommend you go there."

"Is it dangerous over there?"

"It's not a question of whether it's dangerous or not. First of all, we don't recommend anyone to enter the Metropolis. Secondly, what is stored in the [Mithra Library] of the Metropolis is not a book - the spiritual world is a world of symbols, and the stars in the sky are there. Operate according to the rules of falling apples. The door there may represent some unexpected path, and the thing touched there that looks like a book may be some kind of idea, some idea, or something else that can be encapsulated and stored. , a concept waiting to be consulted. For example."

"for example?"

Little Pompeo composed himself: "For example, there is an integer between 3 and 4."

"???"

Chapter 731 [Mithra Library]

"Yes, it's there. Trust me, you don't want to go see him. Every book in [Mithras Library] is written by the sun god Mithras Helios himself. Once the encapsulation is released, only the Great Wall can stop it. So, have you contacted the Muse Palace?"

Shangluo nodded.

"Sure enough, those Greeks who couldn't bear to find a Roman king, they used you as a fire brigade everywhere. The [Mithra Library] was used to store secrets that could not be stored in the world before the establishment of Alexander's Pure Land. . The moon angel Zahariel, who was exiled by the Sun God, personally guards the place. She does not know the King of Rome, she only recognizes the emblem of the Sun God."

"Isn't it okay for Phaethon to be here?"

"No. Unless you have the Spear of the Sun."

"You mean this?" Shangluo took out the Spear of the Sun God.

"??????"

Little Pompeo was shocked.

"Is this true? Spear of the Sun?"

"Have you not seen Phaethon before?"

"Lord Phaethon is not the owner of the Apollo Spear, she can only use it. She does not bring the Apollo Spear every time she appears - so why is it in your hands?"

"Don't worry about this. So can I go?"

"Ah." He paused, "If you have the Spear of the Sun, those threats are a different matter. But even if you can enter the [Mithra Library], you probably won't be able to move the books. Those Books are very dangerous to humans. Generally speaking, only elves can read them, because they have been taken away from this world long ago. Only for elves, those books are ordinary books that can be read. Even if you know between 3 and 4 There’s a round number and it won’t have any impact on them.”

"Ah" Shangluo nodded.

"Wait, so it's the elf who came to you for help?"

Shangluo nodded again.

"The Muses Palace is really thoughtful." Little Pompeo had nothing to say. "If that's the case, then please do it yourself. It's best to take those terrible things as far away as possible, don't Put it next to me. Although it is very powerful and I dislike Greeks very much, no matter how much I hate Greeks, I will not open a book like "There is an Integer Between 3 and 4" in the sun. . But let me explain it first: "

He added: "I only know this information as a manager. Like many people in the empire who are responsible for keeping secrets, I do not know the full extent of the secrets. For example, I only know that people with the Spear of the Sun can enter, but I don’t know exactly how to use it.”

Phaethon joined in: "You don't have to ask him, I know this. Just leave it to me. As soon as I saw Karin take out the address, I knew what the old men in the Muses Palace wanted to do. Because the Sun God The spear is in your hand, so they just asked Karin to move the books. Indeed, as he said, those books were terrible memetic disasters for the people of the Heroic Age, but they were just enough for the elves to withstand."

"Good guy Karin, is it okay to tell me after seeing it?"

"The mystery inside it cannot be independently verified, nor can it be communicated rationally. In short, it cannot be explained. She saw it and understood it, but she could only describe it, but could not directly express its meaning. .So Karin plus you is the safest and most convenient transportation method, and you don’t even have to pay for the freight. Because there is a submarine in your hands."

"Well, those sages are really thoughtful."

"Wise men always find the right time to be wise. Those old men are really bad. If you think it's okay, you can take it over."

"Yes." Shangluo nodded. "Then, Your Excellency, Governor, I think it's fine."

"So, when are you going?"

Phaethon said: "The moon phase needs to be calibrated at night, so we can't go during the day. I have to calculate the specific time at night and ask him to give you the time after sunset."

Shangluo relayed Phaethon's words.

"I understand." Pompey the Younger gave a military salute, "The will of the King of Rome will surely be carried out."

"Then, please."

"No, no, no, you don't need to treat me like furniture to thank me. This is my job - tsk, compared to this, your panda seems to have to take a break."

"Well, I don't think so." Shangluo replied, "Banned books are certainly important, but pandas are equally important. But since I'm quite busy now, just show me the key points."

"Understood." Little Pompeo accepted the order again, "Also, if you have time, could you accept my father's invitation to have dinner with him tonight. I originally wanted to talk about it later, but it seems that you are very busy tonight."

"No matter how busy you are, there is always time for a meal. When I am a guest at your home, I have to visit the host's house. I will go there in the evening."

"Well, please come this way. We have found traces of pandas being stolen in this direction before."

Inside the Panda House. Sure enough, the inside was as luxurious as the outside, and it did look much more spacious than Zhu Xianfen's home.

The panda's activity area is the largest area of ​​​​the venue. It is surrounded by a glass dome like a greenhouse, with the Golden Kingdom outside and the Crystal Palace inside. There is an air conditioner installed in the glass dome, which is adjusted to a temperature suitable for pandas, not humans, throughout the year, so it will be a little cold.

The glass dome also isolates dust from the outside world. The entire activity venue was completely spotless, even the mud looked clean.

In the center of the panda playground is a three-story flowing water fountain. A clear spring emerges from the top, and then surrounds it layer by layer like flowing water, and converges along the man-made stream into the pool at the edge of the venue.

"The design of the venue follows our impression of Cathay." Pompeo said, "In ancient times, we thought Cathay was a distant and grand Golden Kingdom, and people in Cathay drank from the Fountain of Youth and the like. Outside The golden roof is decorated in the style of the Golden Kingdom, and the theme of the crystal dome inside is the Fountain of Youth. The spring water is flowing water, and pandas like to drink such fresh water and can also take a shower in the flowing water."

"Taking a shower in the water? Don't pandas take a bath?"

Little Pompeo covered his forehead: "Originally, the design was to allow pandas to take a bath in the pool. But these people who live here seem to prefer to defecate in the pool, and there will be green dumplings floating on the pool. Panda They love to be clean, and they will never drink water from the place where they defecate. Some new breeders don’t understand the rules and throw fruits into the pool, and they will never eat them. Ah, talking about this, it seems like It’s like they’re still here.”

"So, how did the panda get stolen?"

"There." Little Pompeo pointed to a huge plastic ball near the edge of the field. "We found the panda's footprints on the plastic ball. This is the last trace and can never be found anywhere else. The door outside is locked. It’s open, so someone must have opened the door and stolen the panda—it can’t be that the panda opened the door and went out by himself.”

Chapter 732 If you fish, you will be caught, and if caught, you will be beheaded.