Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Ah, that's good. I feel more at ease with you here. After all, you won't die, right?"

"Don't think that we won't die, just use us as human shields. Although we won't die, it will hurt a lot, but you probably took this into consideration when you asked us to be bodyguards. In short, you can feel free to be yourselves for a while. As long as we protect Karin, she will be fine, but she may not be able to help you then."

"It doesn't matter, just protect Karin - then, Karin." He stood in front of Karin, "Have you found the location of the library?"

"I have a map here. Wait a minute. Ah, it says that you can walk along the lighted street lamps."

A lit street lamp?

Shangluo looked around - this instruction was indeed obvious, and it seemed to be obviously excessive. Because instead of lighting one lamp at a time, all the lamps on a path are lit. What’s surprising is that almost every street lamp on this street is different. There are oil street lights, gas street lights, and electric lights. The electric lamps were fully powered, the gas lamps were burning brightly, and every oil lamp was lit.

Chapter 752 Apple on the Ground

[How many side missions has our sister Karin done? How afraid is she of little Karin getting lost? 】

"I was shocked," Phaethon lamented. "No one has ever been so kind to me, not even my father."

[It is relatively rare to be as ruthless as your father. But this is not like a sister at all, but more like what a mother would do. She seemed to be trying hard to let Karin 'complete the task' without wanting Karin to know of her existence. 】

"Alas." Shangluo sighed, "Then it's better if we don't expose it."

He looked at Karin: "Hey, Karin, look, the street lights over there have been lit. Let's go quickly."

"Yeah. The map says you can get there by walking. It's not very far."

"Are there any specific markers?"

"Um, I didn't say it." Karin took another look to confirm, "Yes, it did not say it. But the map said that there was a moon angel standing at the door, which couldn't be more obvious. The book also said that as long as you show the key, the moon angel will The angels can let us in."

"Oh" Shangluo thought for a while, "So, isn't the library very safe?"

"Very safe. After all, there is Moon Angel Zahariel personally guarding it. There is no safer place than there - why do you ask?"

"Because I have a friend who is lost here. What is certain is that he must be in the safest place - unless that place is inaccessible to him. He will definitely stay in the safest place within his capabilities ”

"Is your friend very powerful? How powerful?"

"Theoretically, it should be similar to me." Shangluo replied.

Longlong is an innate spiritual beast. According to Zhu Xianxian, Longlong had taken the Foundation Establishment Pill and reached the state of innate return to the original state, which was consistent with the cultivation level of heavenly beings. There may be some differences in the specific direction, but Longlong has been building foundations for many years and should be much more skilled than the newcomer Shangluo.

"If you think about it that way, he might be better than me."

"Well" Karin thought for a moment, "I think people without a key should not be able to get in. After all, there is a seal of the Muses Palace there - if he is not there, do you still have to look for him?"

"Yes." Shangluo nodded, "We will help you open the door on the way, and then we can start our own actions."

Shangluo already knows exactly how to act.

【Do you know? Where are you going? 】

"Have you seen those rats? A place where even rats can live in groups shows that at least it is an environment where organic creatures can survive in an orderly manner. Although this is not easy to confirm, after all, it depends on the safety of the living environment. "There is no comparison between humans and mice. What do you think?"

"Let's go find the Empire State Building."

"Huh?" Shangluo was stunned for a moment, "Why the Empire State Building?"

[Yes, I also want to ask why. 】

"Because little Pompey lived there! There are many ambitious people who want to conquer the world, but I've never seen anyone commit suicide before going to war. There's a Metropolitan subway station up there, and there's one down there too. Similarly, if there's the Empire State Building up there, there must be one down there too. The stars in the sky and the apples on the earth follow the same principle, so the Empire State Building must be the center of governance both above and below. If you ask where is the safest place, it must be the Empire State Building."

[I see! I understand! Clap, clap, clap!] Apollonia began clapping.

"Indeed." Shangluo also made an applause expression, "The captain is right."

The purpose is determined. After helping Karin, they went to the Empire State Building to find out which floor the "safest place" was.

"By the way." Phaethon stretched out his hand, "Lend me the Spear of the Sun for a moment. I will open the lock later. Then I will count the number of people."

She got the Spear of the Sun, walked to the front and "paused" on the ground - sunlight, the sun's rays radiated from the tip of the spear. The surrounding dark ground was reflected in color.

This color is not just a scene in the dark that is illuminated by light. It's more like the originally colorless nothingness was given its own color by the Spear of the Sun.

Wherever the light shines, there is a gentle breeze carrying the smell of gasoline in the city. Time seems to flow with the wind.

Phaethon raised the Spear of the Sun higher: "Come on, everyone, line up and count. Shangluo is here, the alchemist is here. Karin?"

"I'm here." Karin raised her hand.

"Next comes the unimportant people."

"What do you mean by an unimportant person?" Titus muttered, "That's too much."

"Anyway, you are just like the Marines on the submarine. It doesn't matter if you die. Just go back and read the note. Oh, by the way, where is Marcus? Why didn't he come?"

"Oh, they're upstairs." Titus looked behind him, "They'll probably be there soon. Because the elevator is too small, we can only take them off in batches - oh, they're here."

Their movements were already there before the people arrived.

All marines appear. All wore phlogiston stealth suits, available in heavy-duty and environmental pressure versions. Everyone, especially the heavy diving suit, carried a phlogiston lamp as bright as a torch. Not only do they have a searchlight shining out from their chests, but the light of phlogiston also escapes from their helmets. The light shrouded around their heads, like the halos of gods and angels on the murals.

"The most complete outfit, go to the front!" Phaethon ordered.

Bang, bang, bang, the footsteps of the heavy diving suit hit the ground. Following Phaethon's instructions, Marcus, who seemed to have the most complete "attire" on the surface, walked at the front, and the searchlight on his chest kept shining on the road.

"Hey." As he was walking, he suddenly turned around and said to Shangluo, "Sir, something doesn't seem right here. There are traces of a battle. There are sword marks around. There is a street lamp in front that was cut off by a big sword, and then it was perfunctory. It was fixed back with tape. There are traces of fighting on the walls, pavement tiles, and in the passing alleys. In theory, there should be some spiritual beings, but there are none."

"Well" Shangluo shook his head, "It's really pitiful for parents in the world. Sure enough, having a sister makes people feel safe. Don't worry about it, let's just move forward."

"Yeah." Marcus continued walking in front, "But... it seems that after he cleaned up, something else came over. It's in front. It's coming. It's about to appear in front. It's the messenger of the wilderness."

"Messenger of the wilderness?" Shangluo looked over - under the illumination of the phlogiston light, a huge black shadow slowly walked out of the alley. The shadow had fangs, sharp claws, ears raised high, and a tail that was taut in alertness.

"Werewolf." After seeing the shadow, Phaethon left the team, "Give me 2 minutes, go and come back."

Chapter 753 Wilderness

"Wolf, what? Werewolf?" Before Shangluo could ask clearly what it was, Captain Phaethon was already dispatched.

[This guy is really competitive. After knowing that our warrior Karin can cover a group of people, she also wants to cover us. Let her be. 】

The others also stopped where they were and did not move forward. Because they all chose to respect Phaethon's opinion.

"So what exactly are werewolves?" Shangluo asked, "Will there be any vampires if there are werewolves?"

【ha. 】

"What are you talking about?"

[If there are vampires, you have to ask the werewolves. As for what a werewolf is, you have to ask the elf - or you can ask Mr. Titus next to you, he is more professional. 】

"Are you a werewolf?" There was already a firefight in the box in front, and Titus also stood in front of everyone, standing next to Shangluo.

"If you ask what a werewolf is, you have to ask the elves." Titus gave the same answer as Apollonia, "Because for us, werewolves are incomprehensible, pure spirits of the wilderness."

"Uh what do you mean?"

"This is a relative concept. For example, to us, elves are the forerunners of the Silver Age who controlled the wilderness. They controlled the essence of magic, were the natives of the spirit world, and competed with humans for control of phlogiston in the spirit world - however Even the elves are understandable. They are the order in magic, weaving the intricate magic into scrolls that can be learned by humans; but just like the elves are derived from the barbarians in the countryside, the werewolves are derived from the elves. Derived from "

"Huh? So they are the enemies of the elves?"

"Yeah." Titus nodded, "So we have never planned to destroy the barbarians - because destroying the barbarians will make the elves stronger. What if we try our best to destroy the elves? Then the werewolves will definitely fill the vacancies of the elves. After the werewolves What else, we simply don’t know, but there must be something waiting to collect the corpses of our opponents and replace them in places unknown to us. This is the fundamental reason for the eternal war that Rome faces, because as long as the wilderness remains, Snakes can’t be killed.”

"So, 'it' is unkillable?"

"???" Titus said in astonishment, "You are so right. Sure enough, this kind of problem would be better explained with a primitive high-level language like Sinian. Latin is a four-handed tool that is just not easy to use. . The snake is 'it' in the wilderness. It hides in the grass, hiding in places where humans cannot see it, so humans are afraid of it until we burn away all the weeds. threaten."

"Wow" Shangluo touched his forehead, "You guys are really working hard."

"We also hope to clear the wilderness within the Great Wall like Cathay. But Rome, after all, is only a civilization in this life. We are not Egypt, Assyria, or Babylon. In our era, even after the Greeks, history has left us so far It has only been two thousand years. We have no way to cleanse the world from eternity like Cathay, nor can we cut off the heads of barbarians and sacrifice them to the gods like Cathay - of course we would do that if we could. There is really not enough time, our time is over.”

He looked at the night sky of the metropolis. "Perhaps this is the tragedy of a secondary civilization. But think about Egypt. It wasn't such a loss. At least we experienced what it was like to be the world's hegemon. When the Egyptians were prosperous, there was no one around to rule them. They had nothing to do except pile up mountains of stone. Today, only the stone mountains and abandoned temples can prove that the Egyptians were here. But Rome has left the black smoke of the industrial age in the world's strata. Plastic bags and artificial glass, these industrial pollutants really will not degrade~~"

It's a complex emotion. While pollution does affect the Earth, does it truly matter? It's unclear. Yet, it's precisely these plastic bags and glass that leave lasting traces of human civilization in the Earth's strata.

"I don't quite understand it, but I seem to understand it somewhat."

"Yes." Titus nodded, "I agree that only Cathay can understand us. So according to His Majesty Victoria, we are not actually planning to cause trouble to Cathay."

"What do you mean?"

"In short, we plan to establish a line of defense in the spiritual world and form a 'Jedi Heavenly Power' to some extent. Since history is going to take us away, we will take magic away from this world together. Bring us and the elves, elves and The conflicts between werewolves, werewolves and other 'it's are all left in the spiritual world. In this way, the only ones Cathay has to solve are the technological barbarians who exist in the world."

"This is the best, this is the best." Shangluo nodded, "To be honest, I can still understand the elves - but when I first saw the werewolf, my claws went numb."

"Ma Claw? What do you mean? We have only learned academic Sinian, and this kind of spoken language is not very understandable."

"It means that my whole person was shocked by my concept, which caused me to feel numb."

"Yes, this kind of endless enemies coming from the wilderness really makes people want to say 'Malaka'. But as the spirit of the wilderness, werewolves are different from elves."

"Oh? What about, for example?"

"For example, although elves live in the wilderness behind the curtain, not all areas in that wilderness are meaningful. In the final analysis, elves still have to live in meaningful places. For example, the metropolis here, such as the Changxia Royal Court in Eastern Europe, Such as Britain and other elven territories in Northern Europe. The werewolves came from the real wilderness behind the curtain, which is not known to humans. The world that humans know only belongs to nature.”

"So, in terms of the concept of 'wilderness', werewolves are more pure than elves?"

"Yes, you can understand it that way. The elves are not wild enough, and the werewolves are the wildest. Ah, there are only aliens. If the earth itself has a consciousness of Gaia, then the sons of Gaia must be werewolves. Maybe in Somewhere around the world, werewolves are fighting against aliens as guardians of the world and guards of Gaia. After all, aliens are not even wilderness anymore, they come from pure nothingness.”

"Huh? Is such a thing really possible?"

"It may not be impossible." Titus replied, "Perhaps we can live safely because there are werewolves protecting the world - although there is no direct evidence, there is indirect evidence. For example, we are actually Connected with werewolves."

Chapter 754 Werewolf

"You? Contact the werewolf?"

"It's to fight against elves. Werewolves usually ignore humans - there are even werewolves who have adapted to life in the city. To a certain extent, this is like the attitude of the earth towards humans. Humans are insignificant compared to the earth, and Humans objectively exist on the earth and are the orthodox residents of the earth, so the werewolves have adapted to us as the natural environment. But in their opinion, the elves seem to be filth that should have been taken away long ago and should not exist in the world. , should be metabolized. In fact, judging from the history of magic in ancient Egypt, the cooperation between werewolves and humans may have been around for a long time."

He added: "These are things I'm talking about here. Over there, the rules behind the Great Wall are completely different, so that's why we can't assume that werewolves are guarding the world - what about the other side? There are no werewolves on the other side, and Cathay has not shared these secrets with us. At least on our side, the werewolves we see all have one characteristic - "

He paused and looked in front of him: "Werewolves are all unprecedentedly powerful, unreasonably powerful. Even demigods like Phaethon can't easily kill an unknown werewolf. This situation only shows that they There is a powerful force outside our field of vision, but the full picture is not shown to us. Our cooperation with the werewolves is usually limited to this. After all, we do not even intend to destroy the elves, but the relationship between the technological barbarians and the werewolves is more serious. Closer, because after all, the elves directly interfered with the rule of the technological barbarians, not us. "

"Wait a minute, is the technology of the technological barbarians the werewolf technology?"

"It's hard to say. Our technology is recorded in the Akashic Records. It is a technology discovered by humans. But science and technology do not need to be discovered by humans and they already exist objectively in reality. So the werewolves will teach them the technology. It’s not surprising. We found no direct evidence, but werewolves are indeed more active there.” He paused.

"But is this werewolf too powerful? Why has Master Phaethon been unable to defeat him and it took too long. Usually, even in battles, werewolves will avoid direct conflicts with us. The encounters between us are usually It ended with the werewolf retreating. But with today’s action, Lord Phaethon failed to win, and the werewolf didn’t retreat. Why?”

"Because I also have my own actions!" The werewolf's voice came from the alley - the sound did not sound like it was using a throat, but using some kind of microphone.

"The werewolf spoke?!" Shangluo said in surprise, "He really spoke!"

He did not expect that the werewolf did not ignore their existence, but instead spoke.

"." Suddenly, the werewolf over there paused, "That one just now! I can smell you! Are you a Cathay man?"

"Ah yes, it's me."

"Then please ask the young lady in front of you to stop! We are not enemies!"

"The Spear of the Sun says that you are." Phaethon's voice also came from the alley, "The blood-red thread of the law of cause and effect is connected to you, and you are our enemy."

"I'm talking to your master, why are you interrupting?" the werewolf asked.

"Huh???" Phaethon's furious voice came from inside, "You say that again?"

"Strange request, it seems your hearing is not very good. I said, I am talking to your master, your smell cannot fool me!"

"I, I. I'm going to kill you!"

"Hey!" Shangluo shouted, "He seems to have something to say! Calm down!"

Shangluo followed. The alley the two of them turned into was already in a mess, and the five floors were marked with traces of wolf claws and spears.

Phaethon and the werewolf were still fighting, jumping back and forth on the walls on both sides, like two tops, causing sparks to fly——

"Which one of you will come with me to persuade him?" Shangluo turned around and asked, but everyone shook their heads violently.

Titus said: "We don't dare to offend Master Phaethon, so you should go ahead. We didn't hear anything, not even the 'master' or anything like that."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Everyone nodded.

[Ah, let Karin go.] Apollonia said, [You take Karin with you.]

"Karin? Oh yes, I almost forgot. Karin, let's go and persuade her."

"Eh? Me?" Karin said in surprise, "But me"