Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

However, the impact did not come as expected.

The elevator's needle once again crossed a physical boundary as it moved upward.

"???" With clear self-understanding, Alexander almost immediately realized that a change was occurring. Only this time it wasn't down, but up, up, and up.

The elevator dial was spinning crazily like a fan, already exceeding the height of the Metropolis subway station and even the height of the Empire State Building. If this altitude was actually physically reflected, they would have taken off by now.

However, the completely enclosed elevator blocked the exchange of information between inside and outside, making him unable to see the outside. But even without looking, he knew that there was really a big problem with this elevator - at this moment, his knowledge was further ahead than Shangluo.

Below the ground are several levels of chess. Here, Alexander and Shangluo have the same understanding. But as the elevator gradually rose, Alexander realized that beyond all this, beyond the overall situation he thought he had control of, there was something waiting for him on the first, second, third, and even the atmosphere.

He turned back and asked the automaton girl operating the elevator: "Tell me, what is going on?"

No response. The automaton was the same as before, its white face made of ceramic looked at him like a doll, not intending to make any effective answer.

Alexander just faced her, trying to read more information from her eyes. But he couldn't read any trace of life from the eyes made of crystal beads. They were really just puppets.

However, his doubts did not stay long.

Soon, the elevator began to slow down.

Alexander straightened his tie. He also went behind him and asked for his own toga from Ptolemy. The toga was carried on Ptolemy's back in the form of a box. Fine silk fabrics produce a natural drape, and there are no creases even after folding.

He put his toga back on. No matter who was outside, he would face it directly.

Finally, after an unknown number of turns, the upward elevator finally stopped. The elevator stopped steadily, as if the change just now had not happened at all.

Chapter 827 Mirror

The elevator door opened with the bell, and the scene outside was projected in - the sunlight hit the marble floor, reflecting the shadow of the hall. It looks like the waiting hall of a metropolitan subway station, just like before. But the entire hall was deserted as if it was not open for business.

Could it be that the elevator's turntable just broke? Are metropolitan subway stations closed today? Or is it a combination of both? Or are these just shadows?

Everything was normal outside, but he had no intention of going out directly. He pressed the button to close the door and pressed the button for other floors. But the entire elevator seemed to be malfunctioning and motionless.

"Huh" he breathed out. The long-lost tension made him a little uneasy, but the elevator was obviously not prepared to accept him anymore. And with no one else around to count on, he could only rely on himself.

"Ptolemy, come out with me. Seleucus blocks the elevator door and doesn't let the elevator leave." He arranged the task and took steps.

Alexander stepped out of the elevator and felt the marble floor with his feet. Everything here is still quite normal and nothing has changed.

He called back: "Ptolemy, come out with me."

He heard no footsteps, so he shouted again, but there was still no movement inside.

Extreme uneasiness suddenly emerged - Ptolemy could not possibly refuse his order. He was the master of Ptolemy and the master of Seleucus. Although the two established their own empires, they were all Alexander's generals at the beginning. They had never betrayed Alexander throughout, and they shouldn't now. Ptolemy didn't follow, so there must be something big enough to affect everything.

He swallowed and turned back slowly. As if facing a trial, he wanted to see what it was that made Ptolemy resist his orders.

What he saw when he turned around was unexpected - Ptolemy was not looking at him, and neither was Seleucus. He could only see the backs of their heads. They were not looking at him outside, but at the inner wall opposite the elevator door. On the mirror-like inner wall is Alexander's mirror image. Ptolemy and Seleucid both looked at the image in the mirror, as if the scene was more real than Alexander's.

Now the mirror image was the same as Alexander's, wearing casual clothes underneath and a carrier robe outside, with a golden laurel branch and two horns on his head. This is a matter of course, the mirror image will naturally be the same as the original body.

Suddenly, the mirror moved.

The mirror image entered through the elevator door in the mirror and entered the elevator.

"???" Alexander was stunned, "What are you?"

The "mirror image" did not answer Alexander's words, as if his words were the wind in his ears or a distorted reflection in the water. Ptolemy and Seleucid both looked inside the elevator, not outside it.

Without any feedback or even a greeting, the elevator lady pressed the door button.

"???" Alexander noticed immediately. But when he rushed to the elevator door, the elevator door had already closed. The stainless steel elevator door blocked him out of the elevator and closed it ruthlessly.

The smooth stainless steel exterior doors of the elevator project all images of the outside world. The lobby, the columns, the marble, everything in the waiting room. However, Alexander, who was leaning in front of the elevator door, did not see his shadow on the stainless steel door.

"Father...Father?" Alexander's stunned voice was drowned in the empty hall and melted into the sunlight.

....

The elevator went up, and the elevator came back.

The elevator was waiting at its original location, because the Alexander just now was not the person it was waiting for. After it sent Shangluo down, it had to send Shangluo back. They are pretty nice people.

"You said there is a problem with the elevator?" Phaethon received the message from Shangluo, "Is there anyone else who wants to target you? Even the deepest Alexander is gone."

"It's just intuition, I feel this way intuitively. And now that I'm finally 'clean', it makes me think back to the previous situation - I think there must be something wrong with the elevator. Didn't you notice? Every time we go deep here The situation is all about taking the elevator, and there is no exception. If other possibilities are eliminated, isn't it very likely that there is something wrong with the elevator? "

"That makes sense," Phaethon replied, "but I just saw Alexander going up in the elevator, and there didn't seem to be anything unusual. However, we can't see what he looked like after going up here, and we can't rule out any circumstances."

"But if we want to go up, we still have to take the elevator."

"This is true. Not only us, but also senior Fu Yuanshan and the others came down in the elevator. If the problem is the elevator, and the elevator is no longer safe, it means that we have to find a new way."

"What do you think?" Shangluo asked, "How about waiting for me to come out?"

"What if Wen Yuan and the others also have to take the elevator down?"

"Huh? They're not in New Antioch."

"Who knows where they will come from. Anyway, I'd better go test it out. Anyway, I won't get on the elevator." Suddenly, she was silent for a moment.

"what happened?"

"The elevator is back! No one pressed the elevator button at all, but the elevator door opened. The elevator lady was looking at me. She seemed to be telling us to take the elevator?"

"Then who dares to sit here! Move back!"

"Well" Phaethon nodded, "I'll go meet Karin first. Apollonia, just keep an eye on her here."

【ah? Why am I not moving here? 】

"Didn't you notice that the delay got bigger as you got further and further away from Shangluo?! Didn't you notice that your movements became slower and slower? Hurry, stand here and don't move. What if your signal is lost halfway? I don't know what to do. How can I bring you back?"

[Okay, then I'll stand here. I'm afraid of life, so you have to go early and come back early. ] Apollonia waved Phaethon away.

"Ah, I feel a little relieved now that I can't do anything." Losing his body and being unable to perceive the outside world relieved Shangluo of his responsibilities, making him feel much more relaxed.

【Wow! ! ! ! who! ] Apollonia was suddenly startled.

"What are you doing? Scaring me?"

"Good guy!" Fu Yuanshan next to him also jumped back violently, and both of them noticed something.

"What's going on?" Shangluo asked in the channel. But then he also saw something that surprised them in his field of vision - an automaton standing at the door holding a tray.

"Shangluo, are all the things here wandering spirits? It scared me! They appeared without any movement at all!"

"Huh? As for that?"

"Shangluo, you are also a heavenly being. If something that you can't feel suddenly appears in your senses, wouldn't you feel shocked?"

Suddenly, the automaton standing at the door spoke:

"Would anyone like to eat alkaline water balls?"

Everyone in the room was silent.

"Everyone, why don't you come and eat some alkaline water balls?"

"Do you know him?" Fu Yuanshan asked.

"I think I know him. This seems to be the chef? But that's wrong. He shouldn't be here. He should be up there - how did he get down?"

"Your Majesty the King of Rome?" The chef looked inside, "Would you like some alkaline water balls? They were just baked. The taste is different from the previous ones. The ingredients here are much more complete! I added delicious chocolate. I want to try it. Taste it?”

Chapter 828 Heart

"What a hell. This clockwork head can see you, this wolf spirit can see you, but I can't see you. Why on earth?"

This situation made Fu Yuanshan feel even more weird. Everyone present could talk to Shangluo, except him and the Jin Yiwei he brought with him. It sounded like it was not Shangluo who became a wandering spirit, but them.

"Do you want an alkaline water ball?" The chef didn't quite understand what he meant, and the chef didn't realize what happened here before. He had been in the kitchen just now, making the lye water balls before he came out.

He was wearing a baker's apron and smelled of baking.

"Is this edible?" Fu Yuanshan asked Shangluo, "Have you ever eaten it?"

"Do you want to eat?" Shangluo said in surprise, "No. Regardless of whether you can eat it or not, I say, Senior Fu, there is no need for you to enjoy this meal."

"I happen to be hungry. How can you fight when you're hungry?"

"Well, I've eaten it before. I know this automaton."

"That's good." Fu Yuanshan waved to the chef: "Come on, give me something to eat."

"Guest, do you want the original flavor or the chocolate flavor?"

"I tasted everything - well, the taste of this alkaline water is really good. It's similar to the fried dough sticks I brought last time in Shangluo."

"Good guys, do you still remember those fried dough sticks? Have you all eaten them?"

"I went to Tianzi's to eat some, and that day I felt like I had something good to eat." Fu Yuanshan replied, "I have to say, it's very delicious for the price. As a person who evaluates food, I have to look at it. The price is right, you can get what you pay for. The fried dough sticks are very affordable, and the flavor is quite unique. Well, the alkaline water balls also have a very interesting taste. "

He picked up two or three with his fingers and then motioned to the chef to give some to everyone.

"You love food so much? That's great. Are you the guests of the King of Rome? My master is not here, and the King of Rome is my superior. The guests of the King of Rome are also the guests of the Empire State Building. Why are you all crowded in the small room? In the room? There are seats outside."

The chef greets the guests like a waiter. This job was not meant for a senior employee like him, but he didn't mind. His passion as a chef makes him enjoy doing these things of entertaining guests.

"Eh?" Shangluo said in surprise, "By the way, why are you here?"

Shangluo remembered that when they parted before, the two sides acted separately. The chef insisted on confronting little Pompeo, and Shangluo didn't know the outcome of the confrontation at that time.

"Before? Don't you remember? I am the baker [chef] here. I serve the little Pompey family. I also entertained you."

"No, no. Think about it carefully. You were indeed the baker of Pompey's family, but the time when you were the baker and the time when you met me are two different things. And the title of [chef] is mine. I gave you the title of [Baking Assistant III] in Little Pompeo’s house.”

pat.

The chef dropped the plate in his hand. He looked at Shangluo in disbelief, the past events flashing through his mind.

"Me, me? Me!!!" Suddenly, he covered his chest and shouted, then fell to the ground with his head raised.

"Huh???" Fu Yuanshan was stunned for a moment. He hadn't finished the alkaline water ball in his mouth. "Is the clockwork out of power? I remember that these Roman gadgets need to be wound up. Who of you will check it? Next? I'm busy."

He was eating alkaline water balls. Fu Yuanshan doesn't like to do anything else while eating.

"I'll do it." Schneider, the werewolf standing nearby, squatted down. He reached out and touched the chef's neck, frowned, and realized something was strange.

He removed the chef's hand that was covering his chest and lifted up his apron, revealing the mechanical body underneath - there was a hole in the chest.

"It's empty." Schneider replied, "This automaton has no core from the beginning. I don't know how it moved, but your words, King of Rome, seemed to make him realize that he had no heart, so he immediately If you didn't say anything, he would probably be able to run for a while."

"Huh?" Shangluo said in surprise, "Where is his heart? Where has it gone?"

Fu Yuanshan smacked the taste of alkaline water balls in his mouth and murmured: "You can live without food, and you can die without heart in Shangluo. There are more and more allusions to our big business. It's not auspicious."

"There's nothing I can do about it. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't even have mentioned it."

"But he seems to agree with you." Fu Yuanshan reviewed what Shangluo said to the chef just now: "You just said that the real name of this clockwork man is actually [Baking Assistant III], not [Chef]. This [Big Chef] It is indeed you who named him Chef. It means that his recognition of you is not low, at least not lower than that of his master."

"It's not like that." Shangluo replied, "He still misses his master very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't keep talking about making alkaline water balls."

"That is - the opportunity for him to become a human was from you. So after he lost his heart, all he had left was the 'mouth seal' you gave him, so his self-perception is that of [chef] instead of [Baking Assistant III]. When he suddenly realized that his heart was gone, he naturally lost his energy. "

"Is my mouth seal so powerful?"

"Of course there is. Didn't the little white dragon in "Journey to the West" say that when it sprinkles dragon urine, the weeds can turn into fairy mushrooms. You are Qilinzi, the number one auspicious person in the sky. And you are already a heavenly being, just like me. For heavenly beings like us, just speaking has great power. But in the final analysis, something has changed in him."

"Do you mean?"

"I have always felt that the clockwork mechanism of the Romans was harmful to heaven and earth. It was obviously to imprison the elves in heaven and earth. You seemed to have awakened him before and made him enlightened - enlightened, but enlightenment Not much. So after your mouth seal failed, he returned to his previous state. So, are you going to save him?"

"Can this be saved?"

"Based on my limited understanding, this cannot be saved originally. Because the clockwork hearts of these clockworkers are themselves cages. The metal cage outside is just a prison outside the cage. But now they have lost their hearts. He can still control Clockwork's body, which means that at least part of Clockwork's cage that he has broken through has naturally spread to the outer layer. Although the outer metal body is itself a cage, just breaking through this layer is enough. It’s already quite rare. Given time, I might actually be able to cultivate a human body.”

Chapter 829 Passage

"Then can he be saved?"

"If you want to save him, I think you still have to get your heart back. After all, although he is enlightened, he doesn't understand much, otherwise he wouldn't fall to the ground because of 'Cai Wuxin'. If you want to get the complete heart He still has three souls and seven souls to retrieve, but since he has some souls, he can use them."

"Oh?"