Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Huh? You can let someone get away?" Shangluo asked in surprise.

Given Phaethon's ability, this was unbelievable. Even if the other party was a celestial being like Fu Yuanshan, it would not be so easy for him to escape.

"It's not that we didn't catch up with her, it's that her signal suddenly disappeared. Damn it, how could a living person just evaporate?"

[Our Miss Teng is really very powerful.] Apollonia sighed, [Such a thing could happen right under our noses. Shang Tianjun, what are your plans?]

"Apollonia." Shangluo asked, "If I know the name, can I catch the person directly?"

"It's not a gourd with gold or silver horns."

After receiving a negative response from Apollonia, he asked Wen Yuan with a try-it-out attitude:

"Yes! Yes, yes." Wen Yuan next to him answered immediately.

"Is it true?!" Shang Luo asked in surprise, "Is there a gourd that can catch people by asking their name?"

"Yes, there are some in the Imperial Prison. But the principle is not to call her name, but to ask her to respond. Have you heard of 'calling souls'? It's the same principle."

"Does the Jinyiwei have such a weird magic weapon?"

"That's why I said that you can't just take it out and use it casually in the Imperial Prison. It's a magical weapon of an evil cultivator. But if it's you, you should be able to use it."

[Wait.] Apollonia asked, [How do you know the name? Isn't this a pseudonym?]

"Because this name is too outrageous. Fuji Sandu? I guess this name must be related to her real name. And if she is from Japan, I can probably guess what her name is."

[You even know this?! I only knew you could speak some weird Anglo-Saxon, but I didn't expect you could speak even weirder Japanese? Why don't you speak a few more words of Latin? That way I can tell you some Roman jokes.]

"I've already said that the situation is different." He looked at Wen Yuan and said, "Take me to that gourd now - is it not too late now?"

"Although it has a range of use, as long as we bring it to the spiritual network, it shouldn't be a problem. Then we can use the cloud to teleport her into the gourd."

"Is there such an ultimate method to call souls? Doesn't that mean that as long as the soul network is within its coverage, it can call out the names?" Shang Luo was shocked. This all-round murderous aura was actually within reach?

"So that thing is locked up in the Imperial Prison! It's really dangerous. Although it's useless against high-level Qigong practitioners, it's very lethal to ordinary people! If you use a loud speaker to shout "Wang Wei!" "Zhang Ming!" "Wang Fang!", you might be able to capture hundreds of thousands of people at once."

[I think if you shout Victoria in Rome, you can get thousands of people at once. Victoria is not a particularly rare name. The meaning of the goddess of victory is quite auspicious, and many families like to use it.]

Chapter 974 Gourd

The gourd was delivered quickly.

The Imperial College's university campus was not far from the Grand Palace. After the formalities were completed, the gourd was quickly shipped out of the warehouse, packed in Wen Yuan's suitcase, and then delivered to the telephone pole next to the back door of the garden in the Imperial College campus.

"Why don't you just shout with the gourd in the palace?" Shangluo asked.

It's not like he couldn't move it. Such an important thing should be used directly in the palace, and shouldn't be brought out in the first place.

"It's not that I have to bring it out. I tried it in Jianmu in the Imperial Palace. But it was very stuck. Too stuck."

"Stuck?" This word appeared in Shangluo's ears for the first time. Although the current network services are based on Lingwang, the daily applications are basically built by him.

The things he built started to get stuck, and it also affected the use of spiritual energy. He was quite concerned.

"So there's no jam here? Could it be that this is waiting?" Shangluo looked at the pole-shaped object in front of him - the electric pole, "So this electric pole is Jianmu?!"

"I just found out about it, too." Wen Yuan and Shang Luo, who were carrying a box, looked up at the same time. If it was a tree hidden beside the garden, it would be fine, but the thing in front of him was just a metal electric pole with many wires hanging on it and graffiti sprayed on it. If no one told him, Wen Yuan would not know.

"Is there any other place where Jianmu is hidden?"

"Hmm," Wen Yuan touched his chin, "I don't know the details. But it seems that in many places in this city, there are Jianmu trees disguised as various strange things. As long as it looks like a big pole, it could be Jianmu no matter where it is."

"Wait, there's a water tower next to my house. That one won't be the same."

"It might be Jianmu." Wen Yuan nodded.

"What about the TV tower?"

"Also a possibility."

"A traffic light is also a pole, it can't be made of Jianmu, right?"

"You're right! I know the traffic lights at Jinjikou. The big four-sided signal light on the roundabout in the middle of the road is Jianmu. Because there are too many cars there, the automatically set traffic lights can't handle it, so there are two traffic policemen sitting inside the lights to direct traffic, and then adjust it in real time according to the traffic flow."

"So you can't just act normal?"

"I don't think it will work. If we really plant Jianmu like a tree, when it sprouts and branches, people will find something wrong. I saw a little bit of it last time, when the Wuying Palace was collapsed by Jianmu. The branches and leaves of Jianmu were different from any plants I knew. You have never seen a glowing tree, right?"

"Well, forget it. But can you give me the coordinate map? This thing shouldn't be kept secret, right?"

"What do you want?"

"I was thinking, if it's closer to my house, could I run a cable to my house so I can get wired internet access."

"???" Wen Yuan was stunned for a moment, "Is there such a method?"

"It's strange that you all use wireless internet. Right now, there are so few devices, so these Jianmu are enough. But when more users come, the frequency band will be full. That's why I said before that we need to deploy more signal base stations, and we can also divert some data to wired connections."

[It's no secret that the internet has been noticeably slower these past couple of days. Many non-qi practitioners, who previously could only use basic functions, are now busy browsing forums, playing games, and sending messages. I feel like the forum page refresh response time has slowed by at least 50%. For example, your squad leader, Ms. Qi Yuan, used to make three phone calls a week, but now she's checking the forum three times a minute.]

"Wait, if we do this, Daozu won't be angry, right? Now the speed of using the spiritual network has slowed down."

[Well, I can’t say. But if he doesn’t say it, then he’s not angry.]

"It's also possible that he's not telling you because he's waiting for you to correct your mistakes." Phaethon added, "By the time he comes to remind you personally, maybe things will have gotten serious. He's not telling you now because he doesn't want to put too much pressure on you, right?"

[In short, we have to think of a way to migrate some functions out of the spiritual network. ]

"In fact, we have already deployed servers locally." Shangluo shook his head. "I thought that since we were only using the spiritual network to exchange data, it wouldn't take up too much data. But the number of users suddenly increased by such a large amount, which was beyond my expectation."

Unlike other programs running in the spiritual network, all other "programs" are deployed in the cloud. To be precise, they are all running in the spiritual network composed of Jianmu.

Currently, only the forum previously deployed by Shangluo is not running virtually in Jianmu, but is supported by a tower in the cave.

When Shangluo pushed out a lot of games before, he thought that Daozu would be angry. In the end, he found no problems, which made him not pay attention to the capacity of the spiritual network.

Now it seems that the operation of the spiritual network is not the same as he expected - running games itself does not seem to bring a big burden to the spiritual network. However, as long as the number of users increases a lot, even if they are just communicating by text, the spiritual network will run into a red temperature state.

Here, the number of "participants" will have a greater impact than the meticulousness of the operation.

"It seems we have to find a way to build our own computer room. The spiritual network is getting slow now, and we can't run to the site every time we need a magic weapon."

He looked up at the electric pole - although it was impossible to tell it was Jianmu when it was not connected.

"How to use it?" Shangluo asked him.

"It could have been used directly. But now if we want to use the program broadcast, we need to add a wired connection."

As she spoke, Wen Yuan opened her suitcase - what came out from inside was not a gourd, but a square wooden box, about the same size as the box that held the imperial seal.

“Isn’t this a gourd?”

"The gourd has already been sealed and wired for use. We are not like the Romans, who would build some unreliable giant engineering to restrain such a mysterious object. This gourd can be operated by just connecting the wires, and there is no need to take it out to use."

“It’s really convenient.”

[Ah, it's really convenient to have Tianyi Guiren.] Apollonia sighed, [Many of Rome's problems are that they can't find people to go deep into the ideal world to manage the mysterious objects. The final solution is for the Romans to go down themselves, which is the best. But if Tianyi Guiren had been there 100 years earlier, there would be no need to make such a big fuss to seal those mysterious objects, at least they wouldn't have to be kept secret from the public. They could just put them all in boxes and stack them up. But.]

Chapter 975 Banning

She thought about it again: [It may not be that simple. It should not be as simple as "stuffing the bean inside and leaving it alone." ]

Apollonia was very curious, but it was impossible to open the box and see what was inside.

"There might be another box inside the box." Shangluo said to her, "So, don't think too much. Why don't you experience the feeling of 'Do you dare to answer my call?'"

[To be honest, I didn’t believe in this magical little box before I saw it. Wait a moment.]

She connected to Phaethon: [Are you ready? ]

"Yes." Phaethon replied, "I'm at the commanding height of the school, at the observatory. The signal was travelling very slowly before, it just disappeared in a very strange way. Now if her name can be called, it will be easy to catch her. So, I'll be the second line of defense here. If she can be caught, I'll withdraw my team. If she's just called, I'll go down and catch her myself."

"Well, get ready." Shangluo also connected to the communication, "I'm going to start shouting."

Wen Yuan was ready beside him. Han Xingzhi, a Xuan cultivator, was also busy, wearing headphones and debugging the "small box".

"Okay, then I will guide you in how to use it." Han Xingsi stood in front of Shangluo, "This box was sealed using social engineering, so you have to follow certain rules to operate it. I will handle the professional knowledge part. Wait until I unseal it. You just need to speak according to the rules. So are you ready? If you are ready, go to the last step."

"Yeah." Shangluo nodded.

Han Xingsi responded and started to unlock the box: she grabbed the box and twisted it quickly like a Rubik's Cube. The box looked perfectly closed, and it could actually be rotated like a Rubik's Cube. But each side looked similar, and the subtle differences and the ways to twist the Rubik's Cube were all known by Han Xingsi among the people present.

"Okay!" As she shouted, a faint light began to leak out from all four sides of the box. "It has been unsealed. You just need to speak according to the rules."

"What are the rules?"

"I call you, do you dare to answer me?" Han Xingsi shouted with emotion, demonstrating to Shangluo, "Just shout like me. Shout clearly, loudly, and with emotion. The name is at the end, and the command 'I call you, do you dare to answer me' is at the front. No matter if the name is right or not, as long as she answers, it can be taken back. Even an 'ah' will do."

"I see." Shangluo stretched out his hand, "Then, how should I shout?"

"Use a microphone." Wen Yuan pulled out a wired microphone from her suitcase. "It's all integrated. But be careful, shouting it out is equivalent to broadcasting, so as long as someone is sensed by this name, it will be taken back. So you can't shout it out by mistake. If it causes any unnecessary mental damage, it will cause trouble for you."

"Don't worry, I know it."

Lei Lu was also standing nearby. He was the one who came up with the name "Tengshatang".

He didn't even know if this was her real name, but Shangluo was sure that he knew her name.

[It's rare to see you showing off your knowledge from another world]

"I don't like to point fingers, because each family has its own affairs, and I don't like others to point fingers at my family's affairs. But this is an exception, because today it is really useful."

[What is her name? Is it a pseudonym?]

"Strictly speaking, this is her real name." Shangluo answered, "According to Japanese tradition, the surname Fuji is an elegant name for a series of surnames such as Endo, Kondo, Ando, ​​and Sato. These surnames basically come from branches of the Fujiwara clan. So her real surname must be one of the many 'Fuji' surnames. And among so many Fuji surnames, there is one that is pronounced the same as 'sugar'. However, it cannot be pronounced in Chinese. I happen to know that Fuji is homophonic with satou (sugar). You want to catch her off guard, right? Then I'm going to show off my experience as an old second-dimensional person."

[Huh? What the hell? What's the second dimension?]

"Will you dare to answer me if I call you? Sato!!!"

A beam of white light flew out from the nearby garden, screaming as it flew, and flew directly into the small opening on the square box. Wen Yuan, who had been waiting there for a long time, grabbed the square box - sealing the box was much easier than unsealing it, as long as he was quick.

Grabbing the box, Wen Yuan twisted her hands up and down 15 times in an instant. The light from the box was completely twisted away and it didn't move at all.

"Good fellow!" Han Xingsi was stunned for a moment. "With your hand speed, it would be a pity if you don't apply for the Department of Social Engineering."

Wen Yuan blinked - he was embarrassed to continue: If this job is to solve a Rubik's Cube, it doesn't seem to be a pity.

"Is this all right?" he asked, holding the twisted box.

Han Xingsi moved closer and checked it from top to bottom.

"No problem, take it back. Judging from the previous situation, it's best for you to take it to a safe place and then unlock it. Shangluo, are you going to continue to visit the school? Or are you busy with them?"

"Let's continue the tour next time when we have time." Shangluo shook his head. "If something like this happens in front of me, I have to deal with it."

Then he asked Wen Yuan, "Who will be responsible for the subsequent interrogation?"

"You can interrogate yourself. You don't need to ask anyone else."

"Then take him back for trial now. This matter should be handled quickly rather than slowly."

The imperial prison is inside the heavenly prison.

"I really am not a spy." The woman handcuffed to the stool had messy hair. "I really was just greedy."

However, the Jinyiwei next to her didn't care what she said at all and just watched her connect various equipment.

Soon, a report was delivered to Shangluo.

"Your Majesty, please have a look." The doctor from the Royal Guards handed over the report.

"Qi training stage???"

"Yes." The doctor nodded. "After testing, she has reached the Qi training stage. It may be because of drinking that bottle of spiritual energy."

"Well, wait a minute, the nature of the matter is different. The other party is now a Qigong practitioner."

Shangluo entered the interrogation room from outside.

"It was you! You called my name?!" The other party saw Shangluo at a glance, "I know you are a very powerful person. But I really didn't mean it."

"I just want to ask you one thing." Shang Luo looked into her eyes, "Are you a Qigong practitioner now?"

"I think I am."

"Untie her." Shang Luo looked at the Jinyiwei next to him and signaled them to untie her.