Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

In less than 10 seconds, the Jinyiwei who had just delivered the phone came back, which made him more certain of his judgment.

"Let me ask you, have you felt anything different in the past two days?"

"No." The Jinyiwei thought for a moment, "Eat well, sleep well. There is everything in the palace, and it is very convenient to do anything."

"Then let me ask you, have you noticed something?" He pointed to the ice:

"Didn't you realize that this ice surface is actually just a layer of ice shell?"

"Huh?" He lowered his head and touched the ice with his toes - crack, and the ice collapsed and formed a big hole.

"Wow!!! Your Majesty, let's run!"

Before he finished speaking, the crack in the sea ice had already extended to under Zhu Xianxun's chair. However, the chair did not move at all, just standing on the sea surface.

"Eh? Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"I've already told you that I'm in seclusion." Zhu Xianxi shook his head. "Do you really think I'm just slacking off? You don't have to worry about me. I'm surprised by your situation. The thickness of this ice block shouldn't be able to bear the weight of a person. How did you get up here?"

"Eh???" This situation scared even himself.

He tried to test the water with the soles of his feet. The water still touched his boots, so he was not unable to sink.

"Don't try. It's not like you're really floating on the water. You can still jump down by yourself - so what's your cultivation level? As far as I remember, you're not among the cultivators in the Qi training stage."

"Could it be that I, ahaha! Your Majesty! I did it! I did it! Could it be that I have reached the Qi training stage?"

"Congratulations, but have you done anything yourself?"

"No, I didn't seem to do anything. I didn't feel anything."

"Hmm," Zhu Xianxi pondered for a moment, "Go to the palace and test yourself to see if you have really reached the Qi training stage. Then look at the others and calculate the ratio."

"Yes, report it immediately!"

"Don't report to me. I've said it many times." Zhu Xianxi shook his head and said, "Report everything to Shangluo. I'm in seclusion. Don't disturb me during my seclusion. Let the Heavenly Sovereign handle the affairs of the Heavenly Court, and the court officials handle the affairs of the court. I, here, I don't care about anything."

"Really? Is that so? I understand." After hanging up the phone, Lu Huaiyang walked to Shangluo who was nearby.

The statue was still under construction, and there were still clanging sounds inside, making quite a lot of noise. Almost everyone who could come came. Even if there was nothing else, many people wanted to stand on the front line and witness the birth of a miracle.

"Lord Shang Tian." Lu Huaiyang approached Shang Luo and called out.

"Ah? Captain Lu, what's up?" He used his job title when he was working. Lu Huaiyang called him Tianjun, and he also used his job title to respond.

"Just now, the Beiji Palace called back and said that they found a large number of new cultivators. 3% of those who were originally stuck at the border of the Qi training stage have stabilized in the Qi training stage. We are still counting the exact number of people, but if we follow this ratio, the total number of cultivators in the Jinyiwei will expand from the current 297 to thousands."

"There are so many people???" He was stunned for a moment, "What about the imperial guards?"

"The average cultivation level of the Imperial Guards is much lower than that of the Royal Guards. And according to the rules, the Imperial Guards only promote and popularize external skills, and do not include internal skills or even immortal skills. Before, only Imperial Guards who clearly showed potential would be absorbed into the Imperial Palace, and we would also recommend suitable talents to other sects such as Wudang to become apprentices. But if we follow this ratio, there are probably quite a few people in the Imperial Guards who have improved their cultivation level - so, Lord Tian, ​​do you have any idea?"

"Ah! Actually, I seem to have seen it before. Several imperial guards showed the strength of the Qi training stage after wearing the round light. Did the round light enhance them?"

"How can there be such a powerful magic weapon? If there is a magic weapon that can increase one's realm in an instant, then I can reach the foundation-building stage now. That circle of light is just a ring for gathering qi. They must be able to gather qi first before they can be strengthened by the ring. If they can't contain true qi, then gathering qi is useless."

"Ah," Shangluo thought, "So you tried it on Lu Liang?"

Lu Huaiyang nodded.

Chapter 906 Round Light

"but."

Although. Although he had Lu Liang wear the halo, although it did not show any useful characteristics at that time.

However, the situation at that time was completely different from what it is now. There were no clouds in the sky at that time.

He and Shangluo looked at each other——

"Where is Lu Liang now?"

"She's still in school. Tsk." He shook his head. "Anyway, thank you very much, Shangluo. You actually thought of this at the first moment, faster than I, as a father."

"She is my friend. That's how I treat my friends."

"But I'm used to not having expectations." Lu Huaiyang still sighed, "I can't give her hope of becoming an immortal over and over again, and then crush that hope with my own hands. I still don't know if she is really that person."

"Why don't you go back and try? By the way, how did you find the North Pole Palace?"

Lu Huaiyang recounted what had happened before next to Zhu Xianxin's shaved ice.

"So the people who get promoted don't feel anything?"

Lu Huaiyang nodded: "Indeed. There was no feeling, no reaction. They themselves did not realize that their cultivation had undergone a key breakthrough. It seemed that everything was natural and logical, just like the surrounding environment."

"My goodness, could it be that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth has become more abundant?"

"I'm afraid not." Lu Huaiyang shook his head and said, "Even if there is, the change may be minimal, because I, a cultivator in the Qi training stage, didn't notice anything unusual at all. The specific changes in the environment need further investigation. The result we have found so far is that the people who were originally capable of cultivation seem to have broken through some boundaries in an instant. I even think..."

He touched his head and said, "I have a guess. It seems that it is not their cultivation that has improved, but the 'standard line' has been lowered. It seems that the threshold for using spiritual energy to stimulate the response of the Emperor of Heaven is lower than before."

"Huh?" Shang Luo pondered for a moment, "Is this possible?"

"At least this phenomenon has indeed appeared now. I can't say what it is specifically. But it seems to be a good thing?"

"It's not entirely a good thing that there are so many more people in the Heavenly Palace all of a sudden. Let's investigate first. Let's test everyone first. Yuanguang, let everyone carry it on their backs and try it out."

Construction and investigation began to proceed simultaneously, and not long after:

[Wow, wow, wow!] Apollonia shouted, [Hey, hey, something happened in the forum.]

"What's wrong? I'll go take a look."

[Someone discovered that they could fly after wearing the halo. They were from the Jinyiwei. They started the test with the Jinyiwei, and several people flew at the beginning of the test. After wearing the halo, they floated up like balloons.]

"Have the earth's bonds loosened? Or have the earthly bonds loosened a little?"

"Shangluo." Phaethon sent a message, "This doesn't seem to be entirely a good thing. The loosening of the mortal world may lead to many changes. Things that shouldn't have come out before are probably going to come out now."

"What kind of status is this for the Romans?"

"I'm afraid this means the return of the mythological age. This isn't a good thing, at least not for the Romans. Rome can't withstand such changes—if changes really come. I think you need to inform Victoria of what's happening here. Because it's okay here, but if Rome is forced to take the initiative to lift the curtain, what will happen next may be a landslide. A complete landslide."

"Yeah," Shangluo nodded. He took a look at the giant statue and raised his hand to take a photo.

"Shangluo? Good morning. Have you started work on that? Wow. It's so big. No wonder you had to temporarily transfer some people from my place over there. It turns out that Talos can also have such a 'cool' appearance. It looks like it will be completed soon, right?"

"Well, it was only for a short while. But Victoria, there's something you noticed. Is there an aurora above you?"

"Aurora?" The other side was stunned for a moment, "No. There is no Aurora here. Wait, let me ask."

Within 10 seconds, a reply came from the other side.

"My Zeus! Am I so out of touch with the news? If I don't ask, no one will tell me. The sky outside Constantinople is already full of auroras."

"You don't have it there, right?"

"No. Constantinople is in an eternal dream, and everything here is frozen under the moonlight. So changes in the outside world have no impact here. You can think of this place as a huge submarine. The environment behind the Theodosian Walls is like this. Just like before, I can't leave this environment for too long now, because only here will I not consume too much phlogiston."

"So."

"Thank you for your notice. I think I understand what you mean." Not wanting to embarrass Shangluo, Victoria explained herself, "The result of last time really surprised me. Instead of saving Rome, it might have accelerated its demise. Rome simply can't withstand such a big change."

She and Phaethon sighed in unison. Rome, this rickety building, seemed like it would collapse if it were kicked again.

"Do you need my help?" Shangluo asked.

"For now, not really. We also need to investigate. But if things start to get worse, we will have to start issuing extermination orders ahead of time."

"Extermination order?"

"That's right. Bombs like the one in Aotearoa should be detonated when they should be. We don't want to cause trouble for Zhendan. We have to deal with not only the mysteries, but also the technological barbarians. We also have the means to exterminate the technological barbarians. Have you seen the winter elves? Those little craftsmen who come out of the little houses to work for you."

"Are they, in a state of extinction?"

"You can think so, but the situation is a little different. But we don't plan to leave all this to Aurora, so don't worry, we will clean the house before inviting you over."

"Hey, wait a minute." Shangluo asked her to stop for a moment, "If you need anything, tell me, okay?"

"."

[Tsk, you hit her hard. ]

"what?"

Victoria was silent for a while. "Thank you. Really, thank you. I will ask for your help."

[Wow, she actually won and asked you for help. You really hit her hard. Even before, she just wanted to cooperate with you. I have never seen her ask others for help. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. I don't want to see Victoria cry again. ]

Chapter 907 Retreat

Although Zhu Xianxi did not ask Jinai to give him feedback as soon as possible, he could already guess the answer.

There must be quite a few people who have broken through the realm through the last big explosion. This new world filled with aurora is very different from the past.

In the ice and snow of the Arctic, at the edge of the known world, Zhu Xianxun was looking up at the aurora above his head in the middle of a piece of sea ice as fragile as a sugar shell.

"I didn't expect that I would encounter so many things during my retreat. This is really - awesome." He took a deep breath, and the cold Arctic air made him feel much more comfortable.

He looked up at the sky, seeing the dancing green aurora in the sky. The aurora here was not the "new aurora" like the colorful haze, but the aurora that should exist in the Arctic region.

"Coming here to observe the initial appearance of the aurora may be the most correct decision I have made since I embarked on the path of cultivating immortals. My luck is actually not bad."

There was not only shaved ice on the table next to it, but also a flyer for Arctic travel.

In front of the wooden house, beside the bonfire, under the aurora, two people holding hands - this is what the flyer says. Cold weather always makes people cherish warm places and brings people closer together.

One day five years ago, he picked this up by chance in a subway station. At that time, he had just graduated from college and had just gotten married. He really planned to use this place as the destination for his honeymoon trip. Although it is not a honeymoon trip now, the mood is the same. This flyer has been pressed under the lamp on his bedside table for many years, and he can see it every morning when he wakes up.

This is the place he has been looking forward to for a long time and it is also the place he expected to travel to.

However, what he didn't expect was that the travel destination he had always longed for could actually give him unexpected insights -

The Aurora may be the key indicator of "great changes in the world". Whether it is the so-called spiritual revival or the lowering of the starting line, the phenomenon it shows is the Aurora all over the world.

The aurora in the polar regions is the most authentic.

“Perhaps, I can discover the ultimate secret of spiritual energy here.” The dancing aurora danced in his pupils, “This is my Dao Ji.”

Suddenly, when all the conditions were met, the most basic association made him feel like something suddenly popped up in his mind. Just like Archimedes shouting Eureka in the bathtub, he looked at the aurora and blinked.

Without letting his inspiration slip away for a moment, he picked up the phone in his pocket. This phone can only dial one number, because Zhu Xianxun doesn't want to be disturbed by anyone other than that person. Daozu can't, Shangluo can't, and Zhu Ling can't. Now he just wants to answer the call from that one person.

"Yang Jing, come and pick me up." In private, he was still used to calling people by their names.

"Wait a minute, I'm still figuring out how to light the charcoal fire in the barbecue. Strange, do I need to add some gasoline? Okay, I poured some gasoline in. What's the matter? Aren't you going to be in seclusion for 12 hours today?"

"I understand! I understand! I'm going to go back and take notes!"

"What did you realize? Wait a minute, someone will come pick you up right away."

In the distance, soldiers in colorful vests began operations atop an "iceberg." Imperial Guard soldiers in green vests ascended from the iceberg's deck via a lift alongside a helicopter. Once the dispatch vehicle on the deck towed the helicopter to its takeoff position, he waved his light stick and gave the order for takeoff.

The helicopter flew low over the sea and took Zhu Xianxun away with a rope ladder.

As it ascended into the air, the full view of the "iceberg" could be seen - the largest ship in human history: a giant man-made ship-shaped iceberg [White Sea] with a length of 700 meters and a displacement of up to 250 million metric tons. The length was enough to support the direct takeoff and landing of large aircraft such as the White Star, and the base expedition team brought by Zhu Xianxin also docked their equipment on the deck.

The "Baihai Palace" where Zhu Xianxun currently lives is also directly arranged in a corner of the deck, together with the main bridge. "Baihai Palace" is actually a homophonic pun of "Beihai Palace", because Bai and Bei both pronounce the same "entering sound Qimo" in Jinling Yayin.

Unlike other palaces that are laid out in a flat pattern, the White Sea Palace is arranged vertically on the side, just like the Hanging Temple. Because there is really no living quality in this 250 million ton ice block, except for a few layers of hangars and fuel depots, it is mostly solid ice. Inside the ice block, there are only pipes and metal frames.

The golden dragon head rafters of the frame stretched out from the side. Like other main buildings on the warship, the White Sea Palace was attached to the strongest part of the ship's side on both sides and connected to the main frame. Cooling circulating water spewed out from the mouth of the golden dragon, falling straight into the frozen ocean, splashing heavy water mist and seven-color rainbows, like a heavenly palace.

The White Sea itself was named after the flagship of Emperor Taizu Gao during the Battle of Poyang Lake, and it was indeed a ship. However, this 250 million tonne block of ice was too heavy even for the Half-Step Heavenly Court.

It's not that it can't be pushed, but if a large engine is really placed inside, the ice will melt.

Therefore, the auxiliary power of the White Sea is 30 electric propellers arranged below the waterline on both sides, powered by the engine in the island on the deck. This can provide a speed of about 5 kilometers per hour, mainly used to assist steering.

The main power source of the White Sea is outside the ship. There is a beast head on the bow, which is similar to the ancient large-scale tower ships, but it is not a decoration. In the mouth of the beast head is a huge iron ring, which is connected to the tugboat with an iron chain.

Six tugboats were arranged in the shape of "the emperor driving six", three in front and three in the back. Because the emperor was staying here, the entire White Sea was at rest at this time.

The helicopter landed on the circular apron. After the rotors stopped, Yang Jing walked up wearing a scarlet cape.

After wrapping her arms around his shoulders and putting the cloak on him, Yang Jing asked:

"What did you realize?"