Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Not only are they killed, the land will be lost, and I'm afraid not even ashes will be left. The war has begun, and no one can stay out of it. According to Victoria's previous authorization, I am qualified to expropriate the lives and property of all Romans in the operation area. I have the right to do this, even if it means taking their lives. This is such a cruel thing, and I don't want to face such a thing, but I can do it legally and factually - because I am. God, if God wants to kill them, they will die; but if I really do this, it would be unkind. God also gives pandas minions, but pandas’ staple food is bamboo, and they only catch bamboo rats according to the time of day - pandas are benevolent and righteous. The beast, precisely because of this.”

"." Zheng Shijie no longer knew how to reply.

"So you may be thinking, saving lives is what I want, and justice in the world is also what I want. Which one should I choose between the two, right?"

"I" Zheng Shijie replied hesitantly, "I don't know. I really don't know how to choose. This is the trolley problem."

"My answer is, I don't choose. Because we are already in another stage - life and righteousness. In the past, both were incompatible. But now, things have changed. God The flowers are exposed and the mysterious wind is strong. We can kill people and make people alive. Even if I kill all the people in New Antioch, I can revive all of them. This is the power of the world in our time! People, I will definitely resurrect them. This is what I mean by responsibility. I will be responsible to the end, and no one will be permanently harmed today."

"I" Zheng Shijie was shocked. Zhu Xianfen said that he could do this from the perspective of legal principles and the operation of rights, but these did not frighten him. Because he is also such a person. Zhu Xianfen can decide the affairs of the world, and he can decide the affairs of Nanyang. As a man in power, he knew that sometimes killing was necessary.

But what really shocked him was not the killings, but the living people! Live as a verb.

The gathering of three flowers at the top is an illusion, and the clouds flying under your feet are not real either. All kings throughout the ages can kill people, but no king can kill people.

It's here now.

You can kill them all, or you can resurrect them all. This is the master of society and the land of this era, and this is the king of the world in this era.

No one is permanently harmed and all deaths are temporary. All ethical issues of war have been solved!

However, this did not make Zheng Shijie feel at ease, but instead made him feel fear - fear came from the unknown. The huge unknown lay before him.

Killing and living are all at the whim of the emperor. All the metaphors that used to be more exaggerated than reality are now coming true.

Even turning one's hands for luck and turning one's hands for rain is no longer empty talk. After all, a Dragon King was just born from the Taiye Pool.

"Are you scared?"

"I am sincerely frightened." Zheng Shijie's fear made him forget to use the title "Chen", but subconsciously used "I".

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid of the future."

"Same, I'm scared too. We are not ready to face this yet. But we will have to face it sooner or later."

"I feel that the rules of our entire society, and even the ethics that have maintained relationships between people throughout the ages, will be destroyed by this bomb. The power of heaven will be truly demonstrated to everyone in the world. Even if those technological barbarians occasionally create These interesting tricks and tricks are just the light of rotten grass in front of the power of the world that governs the two realms of yin and yang. My understanding of heaven has never been so profound. "

Zheng Shijie now understood why Zhu Xianxun had explained this to him so seriously. After this bomb was dropped, all things, both tangible and intangible, belonging to the imperial court would disappear from the world. The Heavenly Court would reveal its true face.

“It feels like the sun is smiling, the moon is singing, and the stars are dancing.”

"Heaven naturally controls the laws of nature. It will not be difficult to make the stars dance in the future."

"So... can we do it right away?"

"In a short period of time, I will be able to provide proof of resurrection. You don't have to worry about this. Even if it is only an incomplete resurrection, it will at least be revealed as evidence of the power of heaven. And I don't want to give it all at once. Responsible for so many lives, it is not cost-effective from all perspectives. I will evacuate most people, and only a very small number of people will be affected because they cannot leave. Many of them will not even have the right to share eternal life. The mystery.”

"Then they are okay, why don't they thank us?"

"I don't think this is something that should be thanked." Zhu Xianfen replied, "After all, we haven't asked them for his opinion - but no matter what, what I want is that you can rest assured, and all of you can rest assured. When doing things for the imperial court, I won’t let you take the blame. You just have to carry out the tasks.”

"My lord, I understand." Zheng Shijie replied solemnly, "It is a great honor to be born in Shaoping's world."

"Did you just think so at the beginning?"

"Honestly, yes."

"Tsk, then you don't know me as well as Shangluo. Shangluo knows that all of this can be entrusted to me, but you are still a little behind."

"I, after all, am not carefree enough. There is still too little fairy energy in my body. This may be why I have never been able to encounter fairy fate. I thought that the dragon ball would at least be useful to me, but I didn't expect it to be useless in the end. That's right. Shangluo enlightened me last time and gave me some hope. "

"So you would have helped him, right?"

"That's right. If the launch order of the Water Dragon is not given today, then I will prepare to help him myself - okay, okay, everything is going to be done by the emperor, I feel at ease."

"You have to convey these words to Zhang Xuanling. After all, if you press a button here, he has to press it above. You are responsible for letting him understand."

"Yes." Zheng Shijie replied, "At this point, just leave it to me. But Zhang Xuanling applied to speak to his sister. It's Zhang Baoling, the girl who led the team to compete last time."

"I thought he was going to call his parents."

"At this time, I can't say anything to my parents, but I have something to say to my sister."

"Then pick up the phone for him. This reminds me that I should go and say something to my sister - what if I accidentally turn into a dragon? I know life and death. I really have no choice but to look at Shangluo himself."

Chapter 846 Calibrating the Clock

"Hello? Third brother, it's me. What's the matter?" Zhang Baoling picked up the phone in the phone booth downstairs of the dormitory. She had no idea what had happened today or what was happening now.

"When will you return the flash card you borrowed from me last time? It's the one from Lin Chong, the one from Liangshan on a snowy night."

"Huh? It's been two or three years, why do you still remember it? Why did you call me from the Academic Affairs Office? Do you know that you are abusing your power? It's amazing to fly a rocket."

"Why are all the sisters in the world the same? Okay, okay, I'm hanging up. I'll ask you for it later."

Zhang Baoling hung up the phone, and Zhu Xianen, who was hanging on the line next to him, answered:

"So soon? It only takes two sentences. I thought it was going to last forever. You should talk to your family more."

"It's not like I won't come back."

What he meant was that just a few sentences would be enough. He just wanted to calm himself down. Like many others, Zhang Xuanling has great enthusiasm and full confidence in his work.

After all, as Qi practitioners, they have the ability and energy to understand the entire process of their work and learn it thoroughly in every detail. Their destiny is completely in their own hands, so they appear to be at ease and humorous. This is probably what Zihua has in his heart - in short, he is not afraid of it at all.

There is really no need to be afraid. Because the rocket exploded not once or twice, but Zhang Xuanling came back on his own every time. Although he still has no way to cross the void, there is still no problem in breaking into the atmosphere alone.

His current cultivation level is in the Qi training stage. As far as "solo entry into the atmosphere" is concerned, he only needs to ensure that his parachute bag can open. His own physical condition can fully withstand the short-term low temperature and low pressure at high altitudes, and maintain his consciousness. When the altitude has almost dropped, he can just open the umbrella.

When it comes to the foundation building stage, he can just jump down, and even Rocket's escape tower can be cancelled. Although you can't cross the void in the foundation building stage, basic wind control is not difficult, and it is enough to buffer your falling speed - it doesn't matter if you land quickly, you won't fall to death anyway.

Further up to the Golden Core stage, rockets are no longer the only way to reach the sky. People can come and go freely in the sky and on the earth, but they are still limited by the operation of the golden elixir - the speed and method of the golden elixir's operation are extremely important, which is why everyone repeatedly emphasized to Shangluo that they must not transform into a dragon unless absolutely necessary. Although Dragon Ball is also an inner elixir, it is fundamentally different from Xuanmen's inner elixir. If the path goes astray, it will be quite troublesome.

"Sure enough, we are all professionals, so there is no need to explain some personal safety issues." Zhu Xianxian nodded, "However, just in case, I still ask, has your parachute bag been checked? "

"Oh - Your Majesty, you don't know, but we don't use the parachute bag now. I personally think that the parachute bag is still not very safe. If the rocket explodes, I personally won't have any serious problems, but the parachute bag can easily be damaged. Something went wrong."

"Then what do you use now?"

"A wing suit is a glider worn on the body. There are wing membranes woven with cutting-edge materials between the ribs and legs, which allows me to fall in a semi-gliding posture. Although this speed would definitely kill me head-on on a mortal. It’s on the ground, but it’s not a big problem for me, it’s just a scalp injury.”

"Oh, that's true. Our technology has indeed reached this point, and we can solve problems in a way unique to monks, not ordinary people."

Although jumping from the edge of the atmosphere with a parachute is not very "mortal" in itself, falling with a wing suit is completely beyond the reach of ordinary people. Shangluo knew about it. Red Bull had also done skydiving from the stratosphere at 39,000 meters. But flying in a wingsuit and hitting the ground is completely beyond human physiological limits. Because no matter how much humans practice wingsuit flying, they still have to use a parachute to land. As for hitting the ground with your head directly, you won't be able to practice this even if you hit the person a thousand times - not to mention, if you hit the person once, he will be gone.

Even at the Qi Training stage, they've already reached this point—for example, the parachute design, based on mortals, seems overly conservative; adding a wing membrane would be just fine. For example, using 12.7mm for individual firearms is too conservative; 20mm is just right. A single-soldier armor consisting solely of a bulletproof chest plate is also too conservative; at least the entire body should be able to defend against large-caliber machine guns, and reinforced areas like shoulder armor should be able to withstand machine guns. These are all "slightly" superior to mortals, just a finger-thick piece of iron, just the recoil of a gunshot wound. But even these "slightest" things, beyond the reach of mortals, add up to superhuman combat power.

After the deployment of the doomsday weapons, the world behind the veil will gradually reveal itself to the mortal world. The miracles must be constantly consolidated so that the barbarians dare not look up at the heavenly soldiers—or rather, the angels of the Emperor.

"Then, I wish you good luck. Anyway, your round trip will only take two hours, so I won't say anything more. In the extra time in between, you can just wait above New Antioch."

"Ah" Zhang Xuanling was suddenly stunned for a moment. He didn't know whether he should ask the emperor, "I said, Your Majesty, I may not be able to stay above New Antioch all the time. After our rocket enters space, it can pass every 95 minutes. Once over New Antioch, that means the attack window is only once every 95 minutes.”

"Is that so? Then you can't drive faster?"

"This really doesn't work. Things on the track are different from those on the ground. If I increase the speed on it, it will only change the height of the track, not the speed of the circle."

"You just turn the engine up a little, isn't that okay?"

"It really doesn't work. After I increase the output of the engine, it will only make the apogee of the other end continue to rise. This may be counter-intuitive, but it does happen. Every other line is like a mountain. Your Majesty, you don't know that this is very normal."

"Ah, this." Zhu Xianfen thought for a while, "It is indeed like a mountain. I usually pride myself on being knowledgeable, but I didn't expect it to be said like this. Then, go ahead and do your work. I need to hurry up with such important information. Tell Shangluo."

"Ah?" Shangluo said in surprise, "I know, it's a high school physics question."

"Did your high school physics question cover orbital dynamics?" Zhu Xianxian was shocked. "I always say that Zhongguo's skills are so terrifying, but this is too scary! Is this what high school students should learn?"

"No, no, no, it's not orbital dynamics. The knowledge required to answer this situation only involves the calculation of a few basic physical quantities. I learned it in the first year of high school - senior brother, you don't know because 'we' don't have this type of question." , The knowledge in the aerospace field has not entered the general scope like we have. Increasing the engine output will only change the orbit, and the attack window will tend to narrow when the orbit is raised, so there is no need to worry. "

"Ah, I'm starting to worry about myself now. After the arrival of Heaven, I have to improve myself. The retreat mentioned before seems to be inevitable. If you can ascend to the golden elixir stage this time, I will be even more not worried."

"I'll try my best - oh, by the way, how long is the attack window? I'll calculate it."

"Once every 95 minutes. But the first time should come within 40 minutes, because the first time it comes to you, it only goes half way around the world, not a full circle."

"Forty minutes, right?" He called up the screen. "The clock has been calibrated."

Chapter 847 Water Dragon

In the command tower of the Victory, Zheng Shijie looked at the horizon from the ship's optical rangefinder——

The Suzuki was already fully fueled, and most of the 18000-ton rocket was submerged in water, with only the tip of the 500-ton "warhead" exposed above the water. The building-like escape tower stood on the distant horizon, and the liquid oxygen in the rocket naturally evaporated and condensed, forming a white cloud around the tower.

This clandestine engineering marvel is completely hidden from public view. Because the resources it uses are not as amazing as they appear from the outside.

Everyone familiar with the matter, including Shangluo, knows that there is not even a pump-type component in the Shuilong, and it is even difficult to find a rotating shaft. The sophistication of its structure is not even as good as that of cutting-edge high-speed locomotives.

But it's big. The height of 150 meters allows it to compete with skyscrapers. The dead weight of 18000 tons is more suitable to be described as "displacement" because it is indeed manufactured in the shipyard according to submarine standards. There are no complex fuel pumps in the rocket body, only pipelines and huge primary methane storage tanks and secondary hydrogen and oxygen storage tanks. The supply of fuel completely relies on the natural extrusion of high-pressure gas. The second-stage rocket does not even have a nozzle, but uses half of the fuel tank as a nozzle.

The hydrogen fuel required for the rocket itself also comes entirely from on-site electrolysis water preparation - Lanfang's entire fleet is here to refuel this rocket. Because hydrogen cannot be transported over long distances, it can only be protected by fleets. The two aircraft carriers took turns using their onboard main engines to generate electricity, while other warships stood guard. Until shortly before the launch, another aircraft carrier in the fleet, the Chengsheng, was connected to the rocket with its "umbilical cord."

Now, after receiving the emperor's order, all the launch procedures have been completed, and only two buttons are waiting to be pressed.

One is in the hands of Zheng Shijie, and the other is in the hands of Zhang Xuanling as the driver. The former is used for ignition and the latter is the throttle. Because the launch process of this rocket is not automatic, everything from speed change to orbit change must be completed manually by the rocket pilot.

In fact, if this rocket is left to operate naturally, it will not explode even if it burns out the fuel. Its reliability has long been verified. The main "cause" of the previous explosions was the driver, and Zhang Xuanling was one of them. Of course, the driver is not entirely to blame. Because this rocket does not consider reliability at all technically, it originally requires monks to "suppress" it before it can operate normally. It didn't even have an operation manual. The driver only had a trajectory change map in his hand, which stated that the rocket should manually perform a programmed turn 24 seconds after takeoff and go straight to New Antioch.

The rocket itself cannot be piloted by a mortal. Before taking off, Zhang Xuanling tightened his grip on the control stick. Jade is a good conductor of spiritual energy, allowing him to control the "torch element" fuel in the fuel tank. All the fuels used today are additionally filled with fuel, so that their operating conditions can be directly monitored and influenced by inspiration. This is a cutting-edge technology that was only added to this launch.

"Longxiang, this is Huyi." Zheng Shijie started a tactical call through the walkie-talkie, "I have sent you the channel code of Shangluo, and opened a separate channel for you. You can contact me directly. The lock on my side is about to be unlocked, and the channel It’s also cleared, you can prepare.”

"Long Xiang understands."

The next series of operations require his full concentration, so he will contact Shangluo after he breaks out of the atmosphere. Because the subsequent process was different from the rocket launch in Shangluo's impression.

With a crisp click, the hydraulic mechanism that bound the Water Dragon to the ballast water tank slowly unlocked. The yellow marquee light in the cockpit starts to take off and finally stops on green, indicating that the unlocking is completed.

Picking up the manual, he quickly went through the takeoff process himself - without counting down, he pressed the ignition button on his own.

The launch process of Suiryu is aircraft-based. None of the important and complicated launch procedures in Shangluo's impression are needed here, only the pilot and the "tower" need to confirm each other. So there is no need for a countdown to synchronize each other's workflows, just take off without a word.

The black arrow body lifted into the sky in the clouds and mist. The jet of fire pushed away the waves and clouds, making it brighter than the sun. It took more than a minute for the roar of the rocket's engine to reach the Victory, which was watching in the distance. The water mist vaporized by the engine gradually dispersed after the rocket disappeared from sight.

"Next batch, get ready." Zheng Shijie grabbed the walkie-talkie, "Ninghe will take off from their respective airports from the 4th to the 9th, preparing to deliver the Iron Man Army."

In the distance, a strange call came into the Shangluo channel.

"Changjiang Changjiang, this is Longxiong. Is your attack window open?"

"Huh? Who are you?"

"Didn't anyone tell you? I am projecting the [Great Harmony of Heaven and Earth] towards you."

"Ah! It's Senior Zhang, right? I'm glad to meet you. But what do you mean by calling me Long Xiang?"

"Radio call sign."

"But shouldn't the counterpart to Long Xiang be Tiger Wing?"

"In this temporarily established special channel, your code name is Yangtze River. I don't know who booked you - maybe someone thinks that you are familiar with this code name?"

"That's true." He almost said "Yellow River" just now.

"I said, I actually don't know how to call for air support. Can I communicate directly through spoken language?"

He remembered that Wen Yuan used it at that time. But he is not Wenyuan, he did not graduate from a military academy, and no one has taught him the calling method.

"No problem. After all, I only give you a courier, so you can come as convenient as you like - how about it, can you make a call this time?"

"Wait a moment, I'll get back to you in a few minutes. Is everything normal over there?" The other party's voice was very clear, and it didn't seem like they were talking to someone on earth.

"Everything went well. I've entered space. It's so dark that I can't see anything. Below me is the blue earth. It feels like I'm driving a ship on the sea."

"Wow, this is something memorable, right? Is it the first time?"

"This is the first time that we have entered space mechanically rather than magically. Logically speaking, this can become big news. But compared with the big bomb we are going to drop next, the significance of this news is not that big. Just now I was thinking that the first successful space mission was to drop a bomb. I can feel it here. However, the emperor said on the phone just now that all the murders this time are included. It’s on his head, and he will also be responsible for eliminating karma in the future.”

Chapter 848 Elf

"Can he still care about this?" Shangluo was shocked. He was too busy before and actually hadn't thought about it. But suddenly he remembered that an unprecedented big explosion was about to happen. What would the others do? Before he could take time out of his busy schedule to think clearly, Zhu Xianfen had already thought about it all for him.

After a while, Shangluo, who understood the situation, conveyed the news to Apollonia.

[Wow, so everything that is going to happen here will have to be shouldered by the emperor? That's a really big karma. 】