Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"But on the other hand, as long as they don't fight, can't the celestial beings do whatever they want?"

Xu Weizhong did not speak, but looked at the map with a serious expression. There was no need to answer this question, because the facts were there. This was the place with the most stringent air defense network on the entire earth, even more stringent than Yingtian. Because there were a large number of key research facilities built around Shuntian, such as the hypersonic wind tunnel that could create a Mach 30 shock wave, which was deployed in the Changping area.

If even this place cannot stop the infiltration of the heavenly beings, then the entire defense line will be like a sieve, which can only prove that "only the heavenly beings can defeat the heavenly beings."

"Tianjiang 4! This is Tianjiang 4! Tianjiang 4 reporting!" The pilot's voice was directly connected to the loudspeaker of the command post, "Found it! The target is here!"

"Where is the target!" Wan Xiangchun pulled the microphone to his mouth.

"He's here." Even considering the quality of the pilots selected by Master Wang, this scene was somewhat horrifying.

"Don't ask him. He's wearing an oxygen mask and it's inconvenient for him to talk. I'm outside his window." Fu Yuanshan's voice also came from the microphone -

At an altitude of 12000 meters, the rocket interceptor codenamed "Tianjiang IV" was flying normally, but there was an abnormal uninvited guest sitting on its wing. Through the spherical glass cover, he and the pilot inside stared at each other: "Hold the microphone closer, right, kid, then hold it closer, otherwise they can't hear me. Ahem."

Fu Yuanshan coughed and said, "I think it's a waste of time for you to keep looking. Why don't we just jump to the next step - let the White Star chase me? Of course, they have to beat me after catching up, which is another matter. You can use any level of weapons: I remind you that it doesn't matter even if you use spiritual weapons, you just need to ask Shangluo to stamp it."

Chapter 897 Feiyan

"So, let's move on to the next step. Upgrade the power level of the confrontation."

The thin atmosphere at high altitude, the turbulent airflow on the wings, and the extremely low temperature of -55℃ had no effect on him. Even though he had not yet reached the Golden Core Stage, his long-term practice had already made him look down upon the natural environment anywhere on the surface of the earth, enough to look down upon all living things as a "celestial being".

If there were no ritual, these celestial beings could easily occupy the territory of a large country and be crowned as immortal kings. Because the only threats to them were other celestial beings of the same realm and a few higher-level immortals and celestial masters who did not care about worldly affairs.

If the world returned to chaos, a man of his caliber could have become a regional king, ruling the lives and deaths of hundreds of millions of people.

——But none of this happened.

As a celestial being, Fu Yuanshan is still living the life of an "ordinary citizen": a bowl of beef noodles in the morning, a plate of egg fried rice at noon, and a duck to kill at night. However, after truly demonstrating his magical powers, although he was stating the facts, he still seemed to be "playing" with the mortals in front of him while sitting on the wing - although he really didn't mean to do so.

He spoke to the Yanshan Command through the cockpit glass, and also to the pilots in the cabin.

"You are too weak." He looked the pilot straight in the eye. He was simply stating the facts. It was not these juniors who should come to fight him, but someone with greater power.

"I won't admit defeat!" The pilot tore off his mask. "I know you're some big shot up there. But why do you think I came here to fly an interceptor?! I've been training year after year since I was 16, is it just for you to say 'too weak' here? Who do you think I am!"

"I'm not targeting you. I'm saying that all of you are too weak." He still looked the pilot in the eye. "Your plane is rocket-powered. It will run out of fuel soon. So, forget it. You can surrender."

"If you were one of us, you would know that Master Wang only sacrifices his life for the country and never heard of anyone surrendering!"

"Really? Then what are you going to do? Your superiors are planning to surrender."

Fu Yuanshan made it clear. If they continued to seek support from above, they would have to get approval from Shangluo. Although there was no smoke of gunpowder or war, it meant that the imperial court was helpless against the power of the celestial beings, and it also symbolized the heavenly court's [surrender] to the entire imperial court.

However, there was no sound in the channel. The Yanshan Command remained silent - they had not yet made the decision to "surrender".

Silence is the answer.

"Tianjiang Four, I understand!"

The rocket interceptor code-named "Tianjiang 4" rolled and distanced itself from Fu Yuanshan.

The pilot looked out the window and met Fu Yuanshan's gaze. Fu Yuanshan still maintained the same posture as before, sitting in the air - he had not been sitting on the wing from the beginning, but remained in the sitting posture and moved forward with the rocket interceptor.

"Interesting." Fu Yuanshan stretched and looked at the fighter planes in the distance.

Fu Yuanshan accurately transmitted the voice to the cockpit through the thin air: "Then I'll give you a chance. If you hit one, you win. I'll leave first."

"Come on!" He pushed the throttle hard, and the nozzle at the tail of the interceptor burst into dazzling light, and the tail flame ejected a long series of Mach loops. The speed of the interceptor suddenly soared, and the huge thrust pressed him firmly against the back of the chair, and the breathing mask began to automatically pressurize and supply air -

Fu Yuanshan had already flown to the front. He folded his arms, faced backward, and looked at the pursuers behind him leisurely.

The gears of the ballistic computer began to turn, feeding information on attitude changes into the optical reflector and projecting a pre-aiming star on the head-up display.

The safety cover on the joystick revealed a red button, and he pressed a series of paddle switches on the right hand side.

"Safety released! Feiyan-4, launch!"

The air-to-air missile hanging on the left wing started its rocket engine and flew out at a speed faster than the interceptor itself. A golden wire was dragged at the tail of the missile, and the ballistic computer automatically guided the missile to the position of the crosshairs and then detonated it through the radio proximity fuse.

"it's useless."

Fu Yuanshan in front snapped his fingers, directly detonating the radio fuse of the Feiyan missile.

"Feiyan-4, second shot, launch!"

Without hesitation, he switched the Feiyan missile to manual detonation mode and launched the second air-to-air missile on the right side.

Feiyan dragged the red pillar of fire and began her one-way journey. The thin golden wire was flying behind the missile. In theory, it was used to intercept bombers. When launching, it should not make large-angle maneuvers, otherwise the wire would be easily cut.

But facing an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, he could no longer care about so much.

One man and one plane were flying at supersonic speed over the Bohai Sea, with the red missile chasing the target ahead, which had already exceeded the shooting index of the Feiyan missile itself.

Holding the joystick tightly, the pilot performed a large-angle maneuver to chase Fu Yuanshan, who was flying up and down in front of him. His vision jumped back and forth between red and black vision, and sometimes he was pressed hard on the seat, and sometimes he entered a state of weightlessness.

"Puff", with a silent sigh, Feiyan's fuel was exhausted.

The wires were automatically cut off, and the unbalanced Feiyan rolled away from the pursuit team and exploded in the air nearby.

"You've run out of missiles."

"I also have a machine gun!"

Pulling the trigger, the two 20mm machine guns fired a test round. The bullet flew past Fu Yuanshan's ear, which was already very close, but this small distance represented a world of difference in realm.

"It's useless. How can you control this heavier-than-air aerodynamic aircraft to hit me, a celestial being who doesn't follow reason at all?" Fu Yuanshan answered calmly. While dodging the chain of fire from the machine gun, he counselled the young man on the back plane.

The pilot remained silent. I don't know if he was gritting his teeth because he was overloaded, or if he just didn't intend to speak.

The bullet counters kept ticking down, and the 200 rounds of spare ammunition were almost used up in just a dozen or so bursts of shooting.

"A little closer. Just a little closer!" He was concentrating, his world was filled with only the sight and the target. Time and again, the preview circle determined by the trajectory computer was getting closer and closer to Fu Yuanshan.

Suddenly, the "celestial being" in front took out a jade token and put it to his ear, as if he was going to answer a call.

He started calling. What a chance!

Unprecedentedly, the preview circle finally showed a trend of trapping the opponent——

It’s getting closer and closer, it’s about to hit you!

However, as the crosshairs got closer, he also saw the expression of the celestial being. The other party seemed to be smiling.

"Pfft~~"

Just before the crosshairs hit the opponent, the plane trembled violently, and the push-back feeling suddenly disappeared. Only then did he notice that the fuel warning alarm had already sounded in the cockpit.

This rocket interceptor only has 20 minutes of fuel. The first 5 minutes are used to climb to the target speed, and the rest of the fuel is used to perform the mission. Just now, the fuel has been exhausted.

"Goodbye, kid."

Fu Yuanshan waved at him and watched him enter a state of unpowered gliding.

Chapter 898 White Wind

Like a falling feather, [Tianjiang IV] began to descend without power.

The rocket interceptor, which has run out of fuel and ammunition, is very light and has considerable gliding potential. However, considering its high-speed performance, the interceptor uses a delta wing layout and cannot obtain sufficient lift at high altitudes through gliding speed.

By trading high speed for speed, [Tianjiang IV] descended to an altitude of 2000 meters in a short period of time and gained sufficient maneuverability.

Above was the sky full of colorful clouds, below was the deep blue Bohai Sea, and there was no land in sight.

He made a rough calculation and concluded that he might not be able to return to land and could only land on the sea.

But it was not a big problem. After the fuel was released, the aircraft had sufficient "buoyancy reserve", so he just had to wait for someone to come and rescue him.

Manually lowering the generator, he began charging the battery, and prepared to send a distress signal according to the procedure.

A gliding plane does not require much maneuvering, so during the time he was waiting to charge, he had a rare moment of leisure.

The engine had been shut down long ago, leaving only the faint sound of the wind, the hum of the fan-driven generator, and his own breathing. In the world, only he was left.

For some reason, although he failed to hit the master who called himself "Heavenly Man" from beginning to end, he had already let it go 95% - he had tried his best and he did not surrender.

But there was still 5% of the fire smoldering in his heart - he lost after all. The other party was one of his own, so it was impossible for him to kill him from the beginning. He also understood that what the other party said at the beginning was all true, and it was really not targeting him.

But he couldn't win. He was still angry until the machine stopped working due to splashing water.

He unfastened his breathing mask, opened the cockpit cover, and took a breath of the salty sea breeze.

"It turns out that there really are immortals in this world. Their strength cannot be surpassed by human power."

"I'm not an immortal yet, just a celestial being." A familiar voice came from behind, and it sounded a lot more real than when it was high in the sky.

Without even looking, he pulled out his self-defense pistol and fired a shot into his back. A breeze moved in front of him, holding the bullet between his two fingers. The hot bullet was still spinning between his two fingers, but it couldn't break his skin at all.

"Who are you?" He still didn't put down his gun.

"Your little cannon can't even penetrate my eyelids. Besides, guns are not meant to be pointed at your own people."

"Show your identity first!"

"Tsk, the young people nowadays." Fu Yuanshan reached into his arms and took out a yellowed officer's ID card. "I haven't updated it for a long time. It's probably an officer's ID card from the last era. Take a look for yourself?"

With one hand holding the gun, he took the ID handed over by Fu Yuanshan with the other hand - he knew the gun was useless. But before confirming the other party's identity, he would keep holding the gun, which was an attitude.

"Fu Yuanshan, Jinyiwei? Are you a captain of Jinyiwei?" He handed his ID back and put his self-defense pistol back into the holster.

"I used to be a captain. But after I became a captain, I no longer have an officer certificate, and I have never been given one. As a result, I have to buy a full ticket when I take the subway. Tsk, I might as well ask Shangluo to issue me another one some other day."

"I heard that the Jinyiwei is full of experts. I didn't expect there is such an expert who can fly into the sky and hide in the ground?"

"There aren't many people who can fly like me."

"Then how did you do it?"

"Wind control, the simplest wind control. If you practice for eighty-eight years, you will be able to do this."

"Eighty-eight years?! How old are you?"

"Ninety-two or ninety-three, probably. Age doesn't mean anything to me anymore. But controlling the wind is also a childhood skill for me. I've been practicing it since I was a child. I'm always the first one to arrive when dinner is served."

"Then you." He wanted to ask more.

Fu Yuanshan raised his hand to stop him, then looked down at his watch, smiled, and signaled him to continue.

"Why did the base want to arrest you?"

"It's a long story. Where should I start? I'll start from the time I broke through the floor of Las Vegas and pulled Shangluo out of the basement."

"So I made an agreement with him that as long as he caught me, he would win." 45 minutes later, after talking about the different flavors of West Lake vinegar fish he had eaten in 59 restaurants across the country and dividing them into four grades from high to low, Fu Yuanshan talked about recent events.

"Ah! I see! Then what about you..."

"Why else do you want to know? You can ask anything." Fu Yuanshan smiled, "How long do you want to keep me here?"

"what?"

"Don't pretend, kid. You're holding the transmitter in your left hand, right? You've been sending a message, reporting your position here."

Before he finished speaking, the unique roar of a rocket was heard from the sky.

It was a swarm of rocket interceptors, coming from the horizon, passing overhead—and then flying away.

"Hello! Hello!" He waved to the sky in vain, but he got no response.

Fu Yuanshan shook his head: "What a pity! Even if they have clairvoyance, they can't see where you and I are. Because air is a fluid that can be easily compressed and distorted. Air full of water vapor has an even more amazing effect. As long as the direction of the wind is slightly changed, the water vapor can be used to distort the light."

As he spoke, Fu Yuanshan stretched out his right hand and reached upwards - his right hand really penetrated an invisible barrier and disappeared.

"You..." He looked at the powerful being in front of him in disbelief and opened his mouth.

"Here." Suddenly, Fu Yuanshan took out a piece of paper and stuffed it into his mouth. He took it down and took a look. It was a blank business card.

"I think there is still some good fortune between us that has not been resolved. Take it and go to Yingtian to find Shangluo."

"So who is Shangluo? You only mentioned him at the beginning and the end. Who is he?"

"Go look for him during your holidays, and don't tell anyone where you are. As for who he is, you'll know when you find him."

"???"

"I called for backup for you." Fu Yuanshan patted him on the shoulder three times. "Whether we can meet again in the future depends on whether you have enough luck. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, Fu Yuanshan stepped on the white storm and rose into the sky again, creating a deafening sonic boom.

—In less than an hour, a Navy search and rescue helicopter arrived at his location.