Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

But since she had already invited him, she couldn’t stand him down like Shangluo did, so she had to bite the bullet and continue ordering dishes.

She turned to the last page first. "This. Wine produced in Sicily. Are there any wines from the Eastern Mediterranean, such as Greece? Are there any? Okay, that one."

"Have you invited other guests?" Zhu Ling was a little surprised.

"Oh, yes. You know him too. Tsk, this is a bit difficult."

Less than five minutes later, Phaethon walked in.

Yanqiu was of course not surprised at all, but as soon as she came in, she made eye contact with Zhu Ling.

"Aha." Zhu Ling covered her forehead with her hands. "She stood you up too, right? Otherwise, why would you come out to eat alone?"

"I'm so hungry, I want to eat more."

"Don't worry, you can eat as much as you want tonight. I ordered half a portion of each item from the seasonal menu. If you like it, you can order more. I just got my advertising fee, so you can eat more. You're welcome."

Chapter 961: Heavenly Body

After three rounds of drinks, half of the meat on the table had been eaten.

"Bang." Phaethon dropped the cup with a heavier sound than before. The glass was placed in front of her, and she poured herself another one.

Yanqiu and Zhu Ling beside her looked at her in a daze.

"Hey, is she drunk?" Zhu Ling sniffed her cup, "No, this is not right, is it possible to get drunk with this?"

"Where is the alcohol? Minors can't buy alcohol at all. This is a flavored alcoholic beverage mixed with grape juice." Yanqiu said in a low voice, "The alcohol content is the same as that of fermented rice wine. The rice wine we give to children during the Chinese New Year has a higher alcohol content than this."

"Wouldn't it be impolite if I got drunk too?" Zhu Ling showed high emotional intelligence when facing his friends, which he didn't show when facing Xiangrui.

"So what happened to her? She became like this after being out for just half a day."

"I don't know. I was playing with monkeys on the mountain the whole time, and then I heard 'boom! bang! bang!' in the distance, just like the Conferred God War. The sky was full of fireballs and lights. Then one day a white gust of wind suddenly rose into the sky, and then a large black mass of something fell from the sky, and a small sun lit up on the ground - and then it was over."

"Did Shangluo go to fight?" Yanqiu asked. Although she did not participate in the battle, she just acted out a drama with Shangluo.

After the drama ended, all parties involved in the war flew away directly, and she began to watch the whole process in the action team's Fetion group.

"No, Shangluo sat at home and didn't move at all. I heard that he was sitting in a phone booth and making a phone call. Others were busy. When he left, he left 200 Jinyiwei to sweep the floor."

"Hmm," Yan Qiu thought for a moment, "Since she was the one who hit him, was she hit by the Desolate Palm?"

"I've never heard of such a spell. Wait, I'll call General Fu and ask him."

"No need to fight." Phaethon raised his hand, "It's not because of the duel, it's because of me."

She twisted up a lock of her hair.

The ends of the black hair were a golden color like the sun. This golden color was completely different from the golden hair of the barbarians. It was a golden color with a very high saturation, and it even looked like it was glowing naturally.

"I'm still adjusting to my fall from demigod status. It's my hormones that are causing the problem. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine in a little while."

She covered her left eye, and the sun's rays were faintly escaping from between her fingers.

"Once this last bit subsides, I will probably be able to return to normal. I wanted Shangluo to accompany me. But he seemed very sleepy. Fortunately, you are here."

"Wow, I've seen that." Zhu Ling nodded. "Sometimes when I see my dad drunk, he'll be like this the next morning. Later he went into seclusion, and we might not see him once a year. He's like this too, always covering his forehead."

"Don't treat me like I have a hangover," Phaethon said, trying to defend himself, then he became depressed again, "Something seems wrong. Why can't the left eye fade away?"

"Huh?" Two people came over, "What's going on?"

"My left eye has been in a semi-divine state, and it won't fade away. It's fine when I close my eye. But as soon as I open it, the divine vision will hit my brain, and I will see many things I can't understand. It didn't matter when my whole body was divine, but now only my eyes are divine, and my brain can't seem to handle it."

"Ah!" Zhu Ling suddenly remembered, "Wait, I have something good for you. Let me ask you first, do you wear glasses? Do they have prescription glasses?"

"No."

"Okay, I'll have someone get you a plain one. Wait a minute."

Less than ten minutes later, heavy footsteps sounded in the corridor outside. The waiter at the door opened the door with a horrified look on his face, and appeared at the door with a bag on his back. He walked to Zhu Ling, threw down a pair of glasses, and went out again.

"What is this?" Phaethon looked at the glasses - the left eye was covered with a piece of gauze.

"This is the legendary - ordinary amblyopia correction glasses!"

"."

"Well, it's common, but maybe it will be useful. I had amblyopia when I was a kid, and it seemed to be a problem with my diopter. The doctor recommended that I cover my eyes for six hours a day. My classmates said that it looked very handsome, as if a mysterious power was suppressed in my left eye! I felt like a magical princess from the fairy kingdom."

"If someone else did this, they would just be considered a one-eyed dragon." Yan Qiu shook her head, "Beautiful girls are different. And aren't you a princess?"

"I used my academic name when I was in school, which was Zhu Ling. No one knew who I was. As for my family name, I can't remember it clearly myself. Anyway, my magic princess is fake, and hers is real. I asked someone to put on a pair of plain glasses for makeup, and then wrapped it with a piece of gauze like when I was a child. Come on, Phaethon, what do you think?"

Phaethon put on the glasses hesitantly. Ordinary corrective glasses, with ordinary gauze covering her left eye, blocked out the visual information from the outside world.

The gauze covered the entire left eye tightly. After the stimulation disappeared, the discomfort from the extraordinary vision also disappeared.

"." She hesitated for a moment, "The effect is unexpectedly good. I don't even feel anything at all. I even wonder if you have experienced this before."

She glanced at Zhu Ling. This guy was just like her brother. Although he looked a bit out of tune and sometimes even looked like a "human", he was inexplicably obsessed with strange things, but he was always surprisingly reliable at critical moments.

"I've only played the role of a 'magic princess' when I was playing house. How about it? Do you have any other feelings?"

"Everything feels normal." She raised her fist and observed in front of her eyes for a while. "It's a bit awkward to use only one eye, which may bring some inconvenience to life. However, it seems that this can also bring me closer to reality. Maybe in time, I will not need the help of the Spear of the Sun God to ascend to the heavenly realm."

"Eh?" Yanqiu came over from the other side, "I say, you are a Daoji! It's a Daoji!"

"Really? This is Dao Ji? Isn't this traumatic?"

"Hmm," Yan Qiu thought for a moment, "From your perspective, the essence of Dao Ji is the opportunity to achieve enlightenment. There are many types, and it can be called a miracle. The essence of Dao Ji like yours is like a 'stigma'. How does that saying go? When God builds a wall in front of you, you can only see the scenery outside by opening a window. You have opened a big skylight in your head now! By the way, how do you say miracle in Latin?"

Chapter 962 Avatar

"MIRACULUM." Phaethon covered his forehead, "But I am not happy at all when you say that. Who would want to have a skylight in their head?"

"But? I don't think you seem that regretful."

"You really understand me. Anyway, as long as we can catch up with him, there will be no problem." She clenched the five fingers of her right hand, feeling the traces of strength left behind, "I'm not used to being a weak person."

"???" Yan Qiu was stunned for a moment, "So it's your competitive spirit that drives you? I thought today was a girls' tea party, but how come you two, a beast tamer and a gladiator, feel like you're having a script reading session."

"Yeah." Zhu Ling next to him thought about it and nodded.

Although Zhu Ling did not say it explicitly, she understood one thing very well - from a general rational point of view, Shangluo was indeed very attractive to girls. However, she was not attracted to Shangluo just by his face and figure. In her eyes, Shangluo was more of an auspicious sign.

Because no matter how good her face and figure are, they are not as good as Yanqiu in men's clothing. She is already very satisfied just looking at Yanqiu. But auspiciousness - only the attribute of auspiciousness is something that cannot be found even with a lantern.

"What about you?" she asked Phaethon, "You actually don't like Shangluo at all..."

"Not that I haven't. It's just that." Phaethon covered his forehead. After being promoted to a demigod and then regressed, she retained many of the thoughts she had when she was promoted. The short-term promotion also allowed her to think about problems without the influence of hormones.

After thinking it over again and again, she and Yanqiu answered: "I thought it very clearly before, but now I don't understand it so well. Perhaps this is the emotion of human beings. Generally speaking, it is obviously unrealistic to say that I have no 'opinion' about him at all. But the relationship between him and I is too complicated. Apart from the relationship between superiors and subordinates, nothing else is very pure. I think that only when I become completely stronger and can compete with him on the same field, can I look at my own mentality purely. After reaching the realm of heaven and man, I can put aside the influence of hormones and think about this problem from a purely emotional perspective."

"So what you're pursuing is mutual attraction in philosophy and thought? So you have to work hard to become stronger and then duel with him?" Although it was outrageous, Yanqiu did come up with this logic.

"Ah yes, that's exactly what it is."

"This is terrible! Am I the only one here who is a fan of Shangluo himself? Isn't there anyone who just wants to date him and have a cup of cocoa with him?"

"Is this necessary?" Zhu Ling tilted her head. "I just need to watch him eat. It's so interesting to watch him eat."

Phaethon also replied: "That's not necessary, I eat with him every day."

"Ah," Yanqiu covered her forehead, "I thought we could hold a 'Shangluo Enthusiasts Club' here today, but I didn't expect you all to be like this."

"Ms. Yanqiu, you are the one who is not normal, aren't you?" Zhu Ling tilted her head. "He is a living person right in front of you. You can obviously talk to him directly. Why do you want to chase him as an idol?"

"Because it's more fun this way. It would be great if I really caught up with him, but once we're together, the relationship will easily change. As long as he's in the photos and videos, I can always see his eyes~~"

"???"

"So, Your Highness," Yanqiu requested, "You have more opportunities to see Shangluo, right? Can you get a photo for me?"

"Why don't you go and take the photo yourself? You just met him!"

"It's more exciting if it's handed over by someone else. I like that kind of perspective that's not shown specifically for me."

"I refuse." Zhu Ling shook his head. "If you change into men's clothes again and take a photo with me, I can consider it."

"Ah, that's not impossible. Wait, let me ask." She asked Phaethon, "Miss Phaethon, what about you?"

"I'm wondering why you didn't ask me from the beginning. Obviously, I live with him and have the most opportunities to see him."

"Because you have so many opportunities to see him! The everyday photos you take will make him look very boyfriend-like. That's too exciting! It doesn't feel good. Taking pictures of him sleeping is not a good idea, right?"

"First of all, let me emphasize that you can't take a picture of him sleeping," Phaethon replied, "because he maintains his celestial body and can maintain basic awareness of the outside world even when he's asleep. When he sees me enter his room with a camera, he'll wake up immediately, and then you'll see him staring at me."

"Ah, this is a bit out of place. It's really a pity."

"Eh? Wait a minute." Phaethon suddenly thought, "Now, we can actually take a picture now. He must be sleeping very deeply now. Senior Fu gave him a 'weight', and now he can sleep simply like a normal person."

"Ah!!!" Yanqiu clasped his hands together, "It's so exciting! Although it's a little... a little not so good, but can you take a picture of him for me? I want to use it as my phone wallpaper. Oh, no need to take it secretly, just tell him first. I respect his portrait rights. If you can take a picture for me, I..."

She reached out and grasped Phaethon’s hand, reaching up to Phaethon’s sleeve and making secret signs on her wrist and palm.

"Wow! Isn't this Aurora's digital sign language?"

"After all, I have worked in the theater industry with Master Sa for many years. Although I have never negotiated the price, I have seen it."

"You are quite rich with this amount, right?"

"Although I don't get the advertising money, my parents are quite generous in giving me pocket money."

"She is richer than me." Zhu Ling replied while eating. "I can't control my money. But she is different. As long as she asks, she can buy whatever she wants within a reasonable limit."

"Is it a deal then?" Even Phaethon would be tempted by the price.

"Okay!" Yanqiu immediately held Phaethon's hands in her sleeves, indicating that the contract was established. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"

In the morning, Shangluo was brushing his teeth. After temporarily suppressing his divine body, he slept more deeply, but he had to be more careful when brushing his teeth.

While brushing his teeth, he suddenly saw Phaethon standing at the door holding a cell phone:

"What? So early in the morning."

"Someone wants to buy your head."

"Puff——" Shangluo spurted out a mouthful of foam, "What the hell?"

"Someone wants to buy your headshot. Do you agree?"

"Who wants it?"

"Yanqiu. She wants your avatar as her phone wallpaper."

"Then why didn't she ask me for it herself?"

"This is her way of liking you. You agreed? It seems that you are easily attracted to her. Then continue brushing your teeth. She wants something more lifelike and boyfriend-like. Eh? What are you doing?!"

"This posture will make you feel more like a boyfriend."

Chapter 963

[Ah~~~Good morning, you slept so well last night. Hey, why are you blushing? ]

"Ah? Is that so?" Shangluo touched his face.

[Yes. When I woke up, I saw that your face was very red, especially the left side. Did you press on it while sleeping? ]

"Ah, probably."

[It wasn't like this before. It turns out that after suppressing the celestial body, even the physiological state has recovered. I feel that my blood pressure and body temperature are a little higher than usual, and the corners of my mouth are constantly rising. Do you have a fever? ]

"No, no, I'm fine."

[Oh, by the way, where is this? I am so sleepy. ]

There were many people around, and Apollonia was a little confused. In the distance, there was the wind pressure of the train entering the station, the crackling sparks between the pantograph and the contact network, and the high-frequency whistle of the motor.

"The subway station. I'm going to school."

[Ah! I haven’t brushed my teeth yet! Are you already going out? ]

"Brush your teeth? I have brushed my teeth."

[I mean, if I don't watch you brush your teeth, I always feel like you haven't brushed your teeth. Ah, it's so uncomfortable. Can't you rinse your mouth with mouthwash? Otherwise, I will feel uncomfortable psychologically. ]