Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Can you please stop attacking him? He seems to be very shocked. There's no need to be like this, it's just a small matter."

"This matter can be big or small." Shang Luo looked up and said, "Although Senior Fu didn't mean that. But if we really start a fight, if he really starts slaughtering important officials of the court, the court will collapse within a few hours."

"But he hasn't done that yet."

"Yes, he did not. But power is not a dinner invitation, and we are not some grassland tribe. We cannot rely solely on personal connections and alliances to replace the foundation of power. The essence of the world of immortal cultivation is that the strong is king. Only if I am strong enough can I prevent all this from being exposed to everyone."

"Then you have a big responsibility."

"If we really go back, it would be pure regression, the collapse of rituals and music. Humans should control power, not be twisted into animals by it. If we see food, we will grab it by any means necessary. If we see anything else we want, we will also grab it by any means necessary. If someone stands in our way, we will tear it apart with our hands. What's the difference between us and the monkeys in Mount Emei? After all, humans, as primates, have evolved a civilized society from nature. We have come all the way to today, not to go back to being among the monkeys in Mount Emei."

"Then you have even greater responsibilities!"

"Fortunately, I have the strength. I don't want to look back on the past and regret my wrong decisions. I have to do something - even if my opponent is Senior Fu, I have to be serious. After all, he has also been serious. I have the ancestors since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors above me, and my senior brothers below me. They handed the country to me, and I can't let the foundation of civilization be destroyed like this. But in order to do this, I have to be stronger. I'm not strong enough yet."

A simple calculation shows that if Senior Fu hadn't come to pick up your little brother for wontons this morning, but had instead taken direct action, he could have destroyed the entire imperial court in 42 minutes. That's the exact calculation.

Phaethon looked at him. "What are you going to do? Are you going to do it yourself?"

"If I take action myself, it will be a Monkey King Contest, which is the worst option. Whoever wins will be the Monkey King. Then there are those at the Golden Core Stage, the Nascent Soul Stage, and the Dao Ancestors above the Nascent Soul Stage. What about them? The situation is not that bad now - and I already know. Whether we can suppress the celestial being by order rather than individual force depends on the set of battle armor we are going to build. When everyone has one set, that means there will be 200 half-step celestial beings. It will be easy to deal with one celestial being."

"Ah, that's good." Phaethon drank a sip of Coke with confidence. "I feel relieved that you know what's going on. Following you really saves me some time. In the past, I always had to think and take responsibility on my own. Now that I'm working for you, I feel like I've become lazy."

"But there is a problem - I was planning to slowly study where the armor I refined went. Logically, I should slowly comprehend it. But now time waits for no one, I have to use a faster method."

Da Nei, Taiye Lake

Shangluo stood on the surface of Taiye Lake with her hands behind her back, and next to her stood the newly crowned Dragon King of Taiye Lake. She had no name, and those who knew her called her Xiaohong for the time being.

"Speaking of which, Lord Shang Tian, ​​are we familiar with each other?" Xiao Hong said helplessly, "You seem to particularly like using my territory here."

"This is obviously the territory of the Imperial Palace, how come it is yours?"

"Go ask grandma - ask the Empress Dowager. This is approved by the Empress Dowager herself. Taiye Lake is my territory."

"Okay, okay. Then Your Majesty, Dragon King, can I borrow your Taiye Lake now?"

"Sure." Xiao Hong nodded, "And if it's you, you can come fishing too."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Shang Luo was about to cast a spell, but was confused by His Majesty the Dragon King's words, "If this Taiye Lake is yours, then aren't the aquatic creatures here also yours? I'm here to fish, not to kill your subjects."

“You can’t catch it anyway.”

"Huh??? Are you serious? Why are you all challenging me?"

"I'm not used to joking." Xiao Hong replied calmly, "I've been practicing in Taiye Lake for decades, and I've seen many people come here to fish. They always feed the fish with bait, and it's the same every time. Few people can bring fish home."

"What if I really bring it home?"

"The fish will bite the hook on its own and you will catch it. It's the fish's own fault. My grandmother gave me this Taiye Lake, and I have only one set of rules: I eat as much as I catch. I must eat everything I catch. Don't waste it."

Chapter 924 Physical Examination

"Isn't this simple? Just eat a fish."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." She shook her head. "The aquatic creatures in my Taiye Pond are no longer ordinary fish. You'll know when you come fishing next time. So I said, if you are the one, you can fish. The Emperor can probably do it. Only you can eat them."

After she said that, Shangluo looked down at the pond. Compared with the past, the water was now so transparent that it seemed fake, and it was difficult to distinguish the boundary between water and air. Under the moonlight, there were swift fish shadows leaping in the light and shadow, but the specific appearance could not be seen clearly.

"It seems to be really different. What exactly is different?"

"Don't ask so many questions, just catch some and eat them. How much you eat is up to you, and has nothing to do with me." Xiao Hong crossed her arms and replied, "But on the other hand, if you don't catch any, don't blame me."

"It seems that the fish in this pond have also turned into spirit fish?"

"Hmm." Xiao Hong nodded. "Since it's a fief, I'm a vassal. Since I'm a vassal, I have to pay tribute. How can you occupy a fief and do nothing? That's separatism. It's just that I don't use human principles to rule here. During the feudal Zhou Dynasty, the emperor granted Tang Shuyu the title of Xiaxu, and started with the Xia government and bordered with Rong Suo. He used the Xia Dynasty's politics to govern the country and the Rong people's system to divide the land. Here, I don't follow human laws, but the rules of nature. The strong prey on the weak, that's the rule. You are stronger, so you can come and fish to eat."

After she finished speaking, she paused and said, "So, Lord Shang Tian, ​​you came here for the sake of humanity, right?"

"I'm surprised you've read the book."

"The emperor likes to sit by the lake and read. I've heard him say that—oh, not the current one. The current one did nothing but poison and fish. I'm talking about the previous one."

"Well, you have a point, then. You have learned very well."

"What I learned is that the rules of humans are different from the rules of fish." She took a step back and said, "Well, please start. I've heard about what's going on outside. Now the rules of humans are in jeopardy, and you need to show your strength."

"If possible, please retreat outside the Taiye Lake." Shangluo looked at her, "Because I am going to activate some monitoring equipment, which may cause you unnecessary trouble - for example, you may know some of your own attributes, such as health points."

"Huh?" She was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "One good thing about us fish is that we are not that curious. If you want me to leave, then I will leave."

As she spoke, she walked along the waves until she reached the shore and stood with Phaethon. The two said nothing, but just stood in the same place.

[Okay, now it's my turn~] Apollonia said, [Get ready, I need a CT scan to see where you swallowed that armor~]

The mechanical sound of the bell mechanism resounded between heaven and earth, and the magnificent structure appeared in the reflection of Taiye Lake - the lighthouse system descended in the night sky reflected in Taiye Lake.

The world before my eyes shook, and there was some applause, but it immediately returned to normal.

[Alexander reported that everything is normal. It's just that the consumption is a bit high. Please check anything as soon as possible.]

"Wait a moment, it will be ready soon. I'll take a look at my equipment bar now."

Shangluo originally wanted to walk a small circle of heaven by himself, or go to the inner scene to explore. But since Fu Yuanshan took action directly, he just followed the trend and solved the problem in a faster way.

He looked up and saw the health bar above his head. Everything was the same as when he killed the Forest King. In this case, the Lighthouse System would overwrite and rewrite all rationale based on the rules of the Hero's Pilgrimage.

This means that Shangluo can directly adjust his "equipment bar".

"Let me take a look." The system interface appeared in front of him and he took a look.

"Wow, I can actually put on and take off clothes right here." He focused his eyes on his clothes, and the option of taking off clothes appeared. "You guys are really playing with this system."

【Won't you click? 】

"Ha, it's not like I haven't played games before. If I click on it, I'm afraid everything will be gone!"

[There are still underwear. Look, the underwear is in the equipment column next to it. Hey, it seems I can click it too. ]

"Have you had enough fun? Hurry up and look for the equipment slot where the armor is."

[Ah, I know, I know, but you have too much equipment. Wow, you actually have four weapon slots! Too strong. Why is there a meridian system next to it? I can charge the meridians to increase points. Why is the gameplay different from the Romans? ]

"It's good to be strong. Hidden professions should be stronger. I'll also look for the slot where the armor is."

[Ah! Ah this.] Apollonia exclaimed, [I think I found it.]

"Where is it? Help me take it off and put it in the storage room."

【Well, you can see for yourself.】

Apollonia moved the interface slightly and showed Shangluo the slot where the golden armor was located.

"Cloak?" Shang Luo was stunned for a moment. "Why is it a cloak equipment column? Wait, why is it a bound equipment? Why can't I take it off? Is the system broken?"

[You should understand that the Lighthouse System did not really rewrite the ideal, but just expressed it in a different way. So what this means is that you can't take it off now. This equipment is now in a special state and cannot be operated by the Lighthouse System - in other words, you have reached the limit of the Lighthouse System's ability to solve the problem.]

"The Romans' limits are so easy to break."

[This is just a medical examination device for you. If it were really so omnipotent, Rome wouldn't have been destroyed. What should I do now? ]

"Since it's a physical examination, I'll take a closer look. Let's see what the problem is. There must be a reason why you can't put on or take off this equipment."

"Hmm." Shangluo flipped through every column, just as if he was giving himself a physical examination.

[Sure enough, the problem lies here - your profession. ]

As far as the character column is concerned, there are many things that the Romans don't have, except for the Qigong training mechanism. One of them is particularly strange -

The profession column now does not show Warrior, Mage, or Qi Refiner, but only shows:

【(Job transfer)】

"So what does job transfer mean?"

[I don't know, but maybe that's why the armor can't be taken off. The armor seems to have played an important role in your "job change" process as a cloak. It may not be taken off until your job change is completed.]

"Then find another way. I didn't expect this thing to solve all the problems. Turn it off."

[Wait, I noticed another difference compared to this - your title column says: White Emperor Sword Immortal (job transfer task in progress) So what is White Emperor Sword Immortal? Have you received any tasks? Did this physical examination reveal anything extraordinary? ]

Chapter 925

"So what does this mean?" The physical examination results came out, but Shangluo still felt confused.

[In addition to the 'special gameplay' of the Qigong practitioner, there are two things that are certain - first, the armor cannot be taken off now. Second, you seem to be doing a job transfer task related to 'White Emperor Sword Immortal'. But whether there is a connection between these two points is still unknown. ]

"Hmm," Shangluo nodded. "Then let me confirm again, does this system itself just convey information? Or can it convey something else?"

【Not only that. According to legend, the king of Khwarezm would kill messengers who brought bad news and reward messengers who brought good news. In this story, the king of Khwarezm was a fool, because your manipulation of information cannot change the facts. However, here, the lighthouse system presents not only information, but also the refined "idea". Complex facts are condensed in data, making them understandable. To put it another way:

[If the lighthouse system can be expanded to the scale of a galaxy, and include the ideal form of stars, then on that dazzling star map, as long as you crush the light point of a star, you can make that star explode in reality.]

"Forget it, Rome is finished." Shangluo waved his hand, "Don't talk about the brilliant star map. The Romans are lucky to be able to save their lives now."

[So you can make the Brilliant Star Map. And, you have used it before. Just like when you destroyed the health of the Forest King, the ideal representing the chance of survival is abstracted as 'health'. So as long as you destroy the health bar, you can destroy the unkillable Forest King.]

"Well if this reveals something, let me try it."

He opened the status bar and took another look - indeed, there was the title of "World Holder" below Baidi Sword Immortal, but it was not activated now.

"I have a rough idea, but I still need to let someone else come in and take a look."

As he said this, he shouted to the shore:

"Miss Hong! Oh no. Your Excellency Dragon King, how about you go to the pool and take a look?"

Xiaohong stood there, motionless.

"Your Excellency the Dragon King?"

"Shang Tianjun, what on earth did you summon? Why do I feel like my whole body can be seen through whenever I stand on the water?"

[Tsk, her intuition is as accurate as a panda's. She knows that as long as she stands up, she will be given a full body check.]

"Then Phaethon?" He looked at the other person on the shore, "How about you give it a try?"

"Okay." Phaethon opened his waist bag, took out a pill from it and swallowed it, then walked over on the water waves like Shangluo.

She had nothing to be afraid of. It was not the first time that she had been hit by the lighthouse system.

Walking to Shangluo's side, she called up her status bar: "What do you want to see?"

"Take a look. I want to know, I have a 'title' here, what is in your title column?"

The two of them, along with Apollonia, looked at the status bar - the next second, they saw an unfamiliar term:

[Title: Controller (Main quest in progress)]

"?"

"?"

【? 】

The word "controller" left the three of them puzzled, until a bell rang like thunder across the shimmering lake, and the image of the lighthouse in the lake was shattered like a mirage.

[The connection was forcibly cut off! It seems that the old man is angry! ]

The message from Master Sa Tianshi also came immediately:

"Shangluo, the old men are discussing something. Don't look at what you shouldn't look at."

[Sure enough, this is what the old men are talking about in a meeting!]

"So I have a role to play as well!" Phaethon was stunned for a moment, "So what is a Tutor?"

Shangluo shook his head: "I don't know."

This is news that even Shangluo has never heard of.

Okhee Palace, inner chamber

The old men were all here. Including the Jade Pure Inner Prime Minister Chunyang Great Celestial Venerable, the Pure Void Mysterious Celestial Venerable, the Changchun Yandao Celestial Venerable, and the Mysterious Wind Yongzhen Celestial Venerable. Their shadows were reflected on the screen along with the candles. In the middle of the five shadows, under the protection of two golden figures, a vague figure sat in the abode.

Among the four Heavenly Lords, Xuanfeng Yongzhen Heavenly Lord Sa Shoujian slowly put down his hand - the sound of the bell just now came from the copper bell in his sleeve.

"So, what do you think? It's time to have a result." Sa Shoujian looked at everyone.

"It's time." Lu Chunyang spread out his sleeves, and two swords, one white and one red, appeared from behind the screen, floating in front of the temple: "If none of you have any meaning, I will give the White Emperor Sword to Shangluo."