Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

There is no emotion on the divine face. But if Amon Zeus wanted to express his emotions at this moment, he would definitely want to pull out the little Pompey who organized all this and strike him with thunder. This stone statue body is no match for the bronze colossus.

Talos's surging power will not stop here. The first punch was followed by a second punch, which also hit Amon Zeus in the chest. The chest, which was already full of cracks, would definitely be shattered by this blow.

The wise Ammon Zeus foresaw this. He didn't block, but instead raised his right hand to summon thunder. However, Talos was far quicker, anticipating Ammon Zeus's prediction. As Ammon Zeus raised his hand, Talos reached out and grabbed Zeus's thunder-calling hand.

When metal and stone collided, a long roar echoed between heaven and earth due to the collision of the giants.

Under the heavy dunk, Zeus's thunder was sent flying. The directionless lightning followed the laws of nature and struck directly at the tallest building around - No. 1 of the World Trade Center was struck by lightning. It completely lost its last support and fell to the ground.

After only two moves between the giants, a building became a victim of their fight.

Click. Shangluo took another photo.

The situation was excellent. Helios's sentry suppressed the incarnation of Amon Zeus as soon as he took action. It was really that the mountains were higher than the other. The old Sun God is just better than this outdated old thing.

"Tsk tsk." Shangluo shook his head, "So wouldn't it be better to summon Talos from the beginning? Why bother?"

"Hey!" Like a weathervane of fortune, Fu Yuanshan next to him suddenly noticed something unusual - but it was too late.

Amenzeus, whose right hand was grasped, raised the eagle staff in his left hand and stabbed Talos's knee with lightning speed. Talos's body was covered in flawless bronze, but only his knees had an imperceptible, patch-like golden copper button.

The copper button was pierced by Zeus' eagle staff, and golden divine blood poured out like a torrent. Talos, who was originally so powerful, lost his vitality in an instant after being shot in the knee. He didn't even have time to react, and he still maintained the same position as when he was hit.

"." Shangluo stared at it dumbfounded. The situation took a sudden turn for the worse in an instant, catching him off guard.

"I told you to stop talking! Now you speak as you please, and the only bad thing about you is that you have a crow's mouth!"

"Senior Fu can't be blamed for this," Phaethon explained. "His question is very reasonable. Why didn't I summon Talos at the beginning - because Talos is defective. The place where Talos is filled with divine blood is his knee. In the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Jason pierced Talos’s knee, causing Talos to lose his power, and Amon Zeus must have known about this flaw.”

"Then why did you call him here?" Fu Yuanshan couldn't understand now.

"Because the missing divine blood can now be replenished by Shangluo - I called it over to let Shangluo drive it. Shangluo, have you seen its bow and arrow? If you want to launch the dragon ball into the sky, you should use it The great bow used by the giant."

"Ah! So that's it!" Shangluo slapped his forehead, "Let me just say, this way the story is more reasonable. Summoning the Giant of Light all at once and knocking the bad guys away, this is too deus ex machina. We have to give light to The giant provides vitality and turns us all into light, so it is only reasonable to win."

"It's not us, it's you." Phaethon reminded again, "Only you can turn into light. Because Talos needs to be filled with divine blood to function, only you among us can pour it in. None of us have divine blood. "

"Ah, yes, yes, I will come. This is very reasonable. The way to save all this is for me to become light! This is so reasonable, so reasonable!"

Chapter 854 Divine Body and Divine Blood

"I can come, but your Roman stuff is as unreliable as ever!"

"So as I said, I'm not summoning helpers, I'm summoning vehicles for you! Don't you really like watching superheroes fight bad guys? Then fight it yourself! This is the body of the bronze giant Talos. Tokushima's janitor lends it to you, please don't break it."

"Well," Fu Yuanshan added, "Generally when the phrase 'lend it to you' appears, I think Shangluo might give the thing to Mao."

"This is the only thing you don't want to take advantage of! This is the front door of my house! It's the defense tower at the door. If you demolish the defense tower, Rhode Island will enter its most vulnerable state in history."

"It's mine after I use it. Your father didn't come back to help me collect debts. The Spear of the Sun was the door bolt last time, right? So give me the door panel this time. Giant of Light, I want this!"

"Hey, Apollonia, please persuade him!"

[You have to take it out yourself, forget it, he is still a child. 】

"Why is he a child? Isn't he just a few months younger than me?"

[Hey, I already gave it away, why do you still care about this? He might give it back to you when he gets tired of playing with it. 】

"Are you tired of seeing him play with the Spear of the Sun after using it for so long? There's no way he can give it back to me! And it's too reasonable. After signing the contract, I can't help him get justice. Last time it was the door bolt, this time It’s the door panel. Sooner or later I will pay him the Palace of the Sun in Rhode Island!”

【It's your choice. Forget it, forget it this time. 】

She failed to convince Phaethon, and Phaethon had no way to convince Shangluo.

Now Talos has lost its power, and the divine blood stored in it has been drained. After Shangluo was re-infused into it, Talos completely became Shangluo's property. Whether he wants it or not is still his business.

"Then where do you put it? Do you have room at home to put it?"

"Put it wherever I like. It's mine anyway."

"You are not allowed to put it in the cave. I only have one request. This is a wonder of the world after all. Don't hide it in the small world. At least, you have to find a place to show it. Is this okay?" Phaethon took a step back. .

"Okay, okay." Shangluo readily agreed, "Then later, I'll find a place to put it up. Just think of it as me showing everyone my big toy - so how do I drive it?"

"Just climb up to your neck and pour your divine blood into it. Talos is essentially a vehicle, and its control and power all depend on divine blood. This is the rule of many Greek mythological creations, and even the myth itself. Blood shapes divinity. , the blood overflows with divinity.”

"Well, you have to climb up, right?"

Shangluo looked at the sea.

On the sea, Talos, the giant of light who had lost his power, was being trampled by Amon Zeus - but Talos had his feet rooted to the ground and stopped there with a random movement, all of which were classic Greek wrestling postures. Even if he left it alone and let Amon Zeus attack, he would not be able to shake Talos in the slightest.

There was a stark difference between the stone statue and the divinely crafted bronze colossus. The body of Ammon Zeus was, after all, merely the work of Pompey the Younger and his men, whose secret construction prevented full implementation. The bronze colossus, Talos, emanated from mythology and was a truly divine creation. While the stone statue held the divinity of Ammon Zeus, it was only for a short time. Ammon Zeus, untimely, was unable to imbue the stone statue with his own divinity.

In reality, punching, kicking, and throwing lightning bolts wasn't a particularly divine display. Shangluo had noticed this, but now he knew he had to keep his words to a minimum.

Amon Zeus is not really born now. How much of his divinity comes into play here is still unknown. The only thing that is certain is that he came to overturn Alexander's bet. Alexander compensated Thebes, but Amon Zeus was obviously not as generous as Helios - Helios would only find ways to redeem things after he compensated them. And this guy put his hand on the plate, which was not decent at all.

This is probably one of the reasons why Helios sent his "door panels" to clean up the mess. This insane Amon Zeus was below his standards, and it would only be embarrassing to leave him here. He had to find a way to get this Amon Zeus back.

As for the "door panel" thing, he hasn't said a word until now, and Shangluo just takes it as his acquiescence.

It's just that the door panel is really durable.

Amon Zeus demonstrated a complete set of "god's attacks", from fists and kicks to weapons, to various levels of thunder, which shook the entire New Antioch and destroyed several small buildings around the World Trade Center, but the bronze The colossus is still intact, and even the patina on the surface has been polished.

Although the Colossus will not be destroyed for a while, time waits for no one. In less than 20 minutes, the Water Dragon will arrive. It was impossible for the Suiryu to drop the bomb when it reached the top of its head. The bomb would be dropped a few minutes earlier than the arrival time.

There are not many windows left for Shangluo. If we fail to catch up this time and let the water dragon enter orbit, the next attack window will be 95 minutes later.

Shangluo didn't want to bet that Amon Zeus could realize anything else during this time. At least he saw just now that he had learned some fighting skills after being pinned to the ground and beaten by Alexander. Now he is also using the bronze man as a stake to drive, maybe he will realize something after 95 minutes of driving.

"You guys wait here, I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Would you like a helping hand?" Fu Yuanshan asked.

"No need. Senior Fu, you are not wearing armor. If you are hit by Amon Zeus' lightning, I'm not sure you can block it. Others, please stay away. Wear protective equipment under dangerous operating conditions. , don’t come with me if you’re not wearing anything.”

[Let me try to call for you. Maybe I can wake up Amon Zeus. 】

"Amon Zeus, what kind of god is he?"

[According to the setting, He should be reclusive and mysterious, rather than punching and kicking like a war machine. In the final analysis, it was Alexander's fault. If he had not trapped himself, he would not have pulled Amon Zeus out in advance. Amon Zeus should not be our enemy. He can be our help. 】

"Okay, you try it first. However, I won't hold back on this stone statue. It doesn't matter if it's broken, right?"

[You can try it. I really don’t know how to take refuge in divinity after destroying the carrier of divinity. But I don't recommend you do this, because this is your interior after all. If you release a ray of divinity here at will, I'm afraid something like the target will happen. 】

"That means I can just beat him up, right? It's better to wake him up?"

【You can understand it this way. But if there is nothing we can do, we will just destroy him here - it's up to you. The large bow is on Talos' back and can be used to fire dragon balls. After your divine blood soaks in and merges with the Giant of Light, you can use your divine blood to demonstrate the power of your divine body. 】

Chapter 855 Solve the Dilemma

"Then, I'm going to fly a Gundam, no, I'm going to become light!" Although the task ahead is very important, this does not stop him from solving it with a "refreshing" mentality.

"Oh, wait." Fu Yuanshan suddenly pressed down his earphones and listened to his team call——

"Huh? Is that so?" Fu Yuanshan was a little surprised for a moment, but he still replied, "Okay, I got it, I'll tell Shangluo."

He raised his head and said to Shangluo: "The Empire State Building above has collapsed."

"Huh???" Shangluo showed the same "surprised" expression as him, "Good guy, why did it collapse?"

"It's exactly the same as the building below. Our operator said that he only saw a bolt from the blue above, and then the whole building suddenly collapsed. Including the location of the 'World Trade Center' you just pointed out, it was also struck by lightning. It seems that it was struck by lightning. What we do below will be fed back to the top in real time.”

"Are our people okay?"

"That's okay. It's just that the building collapsed, so it's not a big problem. After all, they are Qi practitioners. They won't die even if they are hit from the sky while wearing a wingsuit, let alone the building. They just fainted for a while and felt a little pain. Now After he regained his composure, he started to contact me. There are a few other people who were suppressed. Just go back and dig them out."

"Ah, are they hungry or thirsty or something?"

"No. If ordinary people are buried, they have a golden rescue time of 72 hours. Our people can live without food, and there will be no problem in ten days and a half. So you don't need to worry about them."

"Qi practitioner, it's really convenient. It's just worse than Jackie Chan."

"Jackie Chan? Is he a master from your side? It's okay to jump from a collapsed building? I remember that you only have external skills. After practicing external skills, Zhong Guo is really terrifying. But in that building The other people don’t have the same physical fitness as the Qi Practitioners, and it is estimated that they are all gone.”

The atmosphere suddenly became heavier.

"So this Amon Zeus is really ruthless." Fu Yuanshan shook his head and said, "I originally thought that the court's heart was already very hard, but I didn't expect that this Amon Zeus would have such a heart of stone. In those collapsed buildings, but Not only were there non-Romans whom they regarded as trivial, but there were also real Romans.”

"." Shangluo didn't know what to say for a while.

"Don't worry. I've already asked the Emperor for instructions - the Emperor's original words were: 'No one will die here today! I said so!'. Heaven's grace is boundless, regardless of whether it is related to us or not, today we Help people to the end and send Buddha to the West. If no one is left behind, Heaven will take them all!"

"Good guy, then I have to stop him quickly. Otherwise the bill will keep getting bigger and bigger!"

Shangluo thought that the ruthless heaven would show its power tonight, and there would be no way to clear out the entire city in a short time. But compared with the "clearance" that Heaven had begun before, compared with Amon Zeus's killing spree, it was simply evacuation and accumulation of virtue.

"Fortunately, we started 'evacuating' long in advance." Fu Yuanshan replied, "Otherwise, the number of casualties from the few blows Amon Zeus just made would have been tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands."

"I understand." Shangluo covered his forehead, "The imperial court has a bad intention, but it has been implemented, right?"

"We often encounter situations like this, where things that were originally immoral can be transformed into good deeds—unlike Rome, where the chain fell one link after another. This is what we call 'when the time comes, heaven and earth will work together,' and it's also true to say 'the righteous will have many supporters.' The court is virtuous."

"Indeed. Compared to Ammon Zeus, even the ruthless Heavenly Dao seems virtuous. The people of this world are truly miserable. Only the imperial court cares about the well-being of all beings. The imperial court, virtuous indeed."

"How much has the bill rolled up to now? How many people have been recognized by the court and have to queue up for reincarnation?"

Fu Yuanshan showed Shangluo the bill-that is, the list of deaths caused by Amon Zeus.

The long string of numbers made Shangluo frightened, and he was still doing somersaults upwards.

"Considering that senior brother is going to retreat soon, I need to handle this bill, right?"

"Yes." Fu Yuanshan nodded, "This is actually a matter of Heavenly Court. However, after the emperor acknowledges it, he does not have to take it from Heavenly Court's account. Instead, he should let the court acknowledge the account, but you will be in charge of the affairs. By the way In this matter, the transition between the imperial court and the heaven will be carried out gradually, and you can exert some influence on the imperial court - so the emperor wants to guarantee the lives of all innocent people, and he also means to open the door for you. "

"Then it's better for me to be respectful than obey your orders." This is simply a good thing that involves both reform and relief, resolving the dilemma. It would be rude of him not to take advantage of this opportunity. Let the integration of the imperial court and heaven begin now. This is an unprecedented opportunity.

"Wait a moment." Fu Yuanshan put his jade plaque on the ground and pointed the camera at Shangluo. "The emperor asked me to start a live broadcast and transmit the video signal here in real time. The cabinet is watching in real time. Take a photo first. Shots of action.”

"Then, I'm going to take action!" He clenched his fists - through the divine chrome gold body armor, the grip had never felt so real, as if the hands were covered with dragon scales. He knew that he didn't have much time left for himself. This feeling has gradually spread to his whole body, and he has almost no sense of strangeness in this set of armor.

It's dangerous, but it's also an opportunity. With the addition of Shen Chromium, this body now not only has the perception of the golden elixir stage, but also has the indestructibility of a vajra and the physical strength of the golden elixir stage. Before the transformation of "Denglong" was officially completed, this was the peak period of his personal combat power that he had never experienced before.

Thinking back to the trump card in his hand, the only one that couldn't be taken out was because the pocket was closed. The "flying sword given by Lu Zu" had such destructive power.

And the flexibility of this body is even better than that of a flying sword, because it is completely under Shangluo's own control.

With just a slight step on his feet, without the help of Shuchi or the eight-nine mysterious skills, he leaped out like a cannonball. The concrete forest of New Antioch flew by around him, and he took advantage of the top of each building to launch himself out again and again.

Approaching Hudson Bay, he jumped into the sky for the last time and had a panoramic view of the battle on the seaside. Amon Zeus's attack was almost crazy, but Talos, who was bleeding, was rooted to the ground and motionless.

"Shangluo." While flying in the air, information came in. It was Victoria's voice.

"what's up?"

"Pompey and his son are dead. Pompey and Pompey the Younger."

Chapter 856 Giant of Light

Victoria's low voice conveys her complex emotions - uneasiness, pity, regret, anger, all at once. Although they did many bad things, they even tried to start a civil war in Rome. They were supposed to be tried and then guillotined. But before they could pay the price for their actions, they died in a foreign land.

"Are you sure?"

"Confirmed from two aspects. The first is that Constantinople has just broadcast a message - in the golden book, the names belonging to the Pompey Magnus family were reduced to ashes, which means that their entire family line has perished. The second thing is that the 'New Antioch' collapsed around me."

"collapsed?"

"I can't describe the current state because we are submersed. In the submersible state, we have no way to observe the outside. We can only see the display of the instrument. Just now, the phlogiston concentration around the submarine dropped to 0 points. It means that the surrounding natural environment has completely disappeared, and we are in a void that no one can touch.”

"Huh?? Are you okay then?"

"It's okay. Me, Lin, and Longlong are all next to us. The crew is also safe and sound. This submarine is designed for situations like this. Entering the void is like returning home, which is the safest."

[Longlong is really right! ] Apollonia exclaimed, [The place where he is has really become the safest place. 】

"." Shangluo was speechless for a moment - Longlong's prediction came true. The sky was about to collapse outside, and he was worried about whether Victoria would be affected. But now it seems that his worries were completely misplaced.

"You tell Longlong, I'm convinced. I'll split some bamboo and treat him to it later, and I'll treat it as money to buy fortune-telling."

"By the way, can you tell me? It's the Pompeii family. How did they die?" Victoria asked in a low voice.

Although little Pompey had already made a big mistake, as a Roman senator, he could not die in such an unexplained way. Even if he was a corpse, he still had to interrogate the body - but if Shangluo had done it, she would ask what the cause of death was. There was some questioning, and she didn't want to distance herself from Shangluo because of outsiders' affairs. Weighing the two concerns, she had no choice but to ask in a low voice.