Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Wow, you are a little..." He was about to persuade Apollonia, who suddenly shouted:

[Blood pressure! Victoria's blood pressure is dropping! Her heart has stopped! How come one of you has a high blood pressure, while the other has a low blood pressure! Is this some kind of patient exchange meeting?!]

As she spoke, Victoria, whose heart had stopped beating, covered her chest and collapsed on her seat before she could remember what to say.

Shangluo hurriedly supported her.

"Hey, hey, hey, what should we do now? Do you want CPR?! Do you want to notify Ms. Agatha immediately?"

[Her heart is made of stone, it doesn't beat at all, pressing it is useless, there is no such plot here. If Ms. Agatha knew about this, she would not be able to come out by herself later.]

"What should I do?"

[It's okay. She's fine for now. Her stone heart can easily fail, but it won't fail completely. Her heart function is now above the basic limit to support her vital signs, so she'll be fine for a while. But her flesh and blood still have a strong reaction to the cardiac arrest. She's under stress.]

Chapter 997 "Beer"

"Why is he like a little deer? What should we do now?"

[You need to inhale a saturated dose of phlogiston urgently. You can take down the small bag on her waist, it should be inside. ]

"Bag? Let me see on the other side? Excuse me, I have to turn you over."

"Ms. Agatha, this is the purchase list. We probably need to purchase a number of things in Yujing, a total of 82 items. Because boat No. 2 has temporarily lost contact, the supplies on boat No. 3 need to be re-purchased. Boats No. 4 and are all normal. According to the requirements of Aurora, these cargo boats will not enter the walls of Yujing, but will only stay at Pukou Military Port. We need to pick up the goods."

"Well," Agatha, wearing glasses, sat at the dining table of Shangluo's house, managing the administrative work for Victoria, "then we need to arrange a car. We don't have much Aurora currency with us, so don't waste it. Can you drive?"

"Yes. But Ms. Agatha, I only drive right-hand drive cars, but all Aurora cars are left-hand drive, so I can't get an Aurora driver's license."

"Call Titus over later. I remember he has an Aurora driver's license, which he took a special test for some time ago. Don't hire a driver from Aurora. The labor costs at Aurora are very expensive."

"I see. Oh, by the way, is His Majesty out? She told me to pick some everlasting flowers and put them in Shangluo's vase for him. But I haven't had time to ask if they should be cured. Because if they are taken out of the painting, they will probably fade tomorrow."

"She went out to eat. Our Emperor is really busy with official duties. She is almost busier than the Emperor of Aurora."

"She went out? But I saw her emergency kit was still on the table."

"???" Agatha stood up, "Then what was that bag she was carrying when she went out?"

"Potato chips?" Shang Luo grabbed a bag of nitrogen-filled potato chips and looked at the ingredient list on the back. "Why is it all in Latin? I don't understand. It looks like a picture of chili peppers. Is this an emergency phlogiston supplement?"

[No, that's not right. The one you saw last time looked like a respirator. There was a small bottle connected to the mask.]

"But this bag is full of potato chips!" Victoria was turned over and lay on his legs, unable to move. The waist bag on her back was now facing upwards, and Shangluo could see everything in the bag at a glance.

In addition to wet wipes for wiping hands, there are all kinds of potato chips in the bag, medium, large and extra large. The extra large bag of potato chips has potato-colored packaging, which Shangluo recognizes, and should be the original flavor.

[Wow, there's Ghanaian red pepper flavor, seems to be popular recently. No, why are there only potato chips? Where's her stuff? ]

"Forget it, forget it. Call Miss Agatha immediately."

[Wait! Don't call her, calling her will make us look incompetent. Actually, there is another trick! Actually, you are sitting on a high concentration of phlogiston source! ]

"Huh? Wait, you're not going to..."

[Wait, wait, Grani, pull over! ]

"So, are you sure?"

Victoria was lying on her back in the back seat of the Grani. Shangluo was squatting at the fuel tank filling port outside the car door, holding a hose in one hand and a thermos cup in the other. The fuel tank's fuel was pouring into the thermos cup.

As a demon god, Grani was filled with high concentrations of phlogiston even when he was bound, and he also fed on phlogiston. After being imprisoned in the frame of this car model, he also had the functions and structure of a car, including the fuel tank.

Whether the original demon god had such an organ or not is not the point, but Grani, as a car, did have one. This fuel tank could not only store phlogiston, but also pour it out, and it was all powerful phlogiston that was enough to drive the demon god.

"I don't remember refueling the Grani. I remember when Master Sa gave me the car, he said there was no need to refuel. Could it be that it can charge itself?"

"How could a demon be so inconvenient? A restrained demon is practically a perpetual motion machine in terms of energy used in everyday life. This fuel tank was created to accommodate the car's functions, so it should be able to refill automatically."

"Is that how it works? Are you sure this is a six-legged warhorse demon, not a cow demon? And it can even squeeze out phlogiston?"

[Mare's milk is also milk, right? Yes, it is. Hey, it seems to be almost full. ]

Although a lot of phlogiston flowed out, the accumulation speed seemed to be slower than it looked. Because the overflowing phlogiston seemed to produce a loose structure like "foam", just like pouring beer. A lot of the poured part turned into foam floating on the surface, and the liquid level did not rise for a long time. It was not until the foam was pushed to the mouth of the cup little by little and overflowed from Shangluo's fingertips that the liquid level seemed to be full.

Hiding in a corner by the road, Shangluo stood up slowly with a glass of golden beer in his hand. As the liquid in the glass swayed, golden drops fell down, completely decomposing into foam before hitting the ground, and then disappeared in the light.

"Wow, this thing is so special."

[Because the compression is too high, it will boil and decompose once it comes into contact with the natural environment. So this will happen when it is poured out.] Apollonia hesitated.

"Beer? I just felt like beer."

[Don't you think it looks a bit like horse urine? This is a horse. 】

"Beer!" Shangluo said seriously.

[Huh?] Apollonia was stunned for a moment, then reacted, [Oh, yes, yes, beer. She insisted that it was beer. Look at this beer, the foam is so rich!]

"I keep talking about beer, you know? Even though it does sound a bit like that. And even if you don't talk about horse urine, drinking car fuel is outrageous enough."

【Hmmmm.】Apollonia answered repeatedly.

Shangluo returned to the car with the cup in his hand. Although the rear seat of the car was large, it was still too small for a person lying down. Shangluo had no choice but to let him lean on his legs, hold her back with his hands, let her mouth open slightly, and handed her the thermos cup.

"Hmm?!" Victoria suddenly opened her eyes.

A stream of clear water flowed from the tip of her tongue and went straight to her lungs. It was the familiar taste of phlogiston, but this time it had dense foam and a pleasant drinking experience. A lot of phlogiston decomposed into gas in her throat and then went straight into her nasal cavity, directly activating her senses, just like eating mustard when her nose was blocked.

Victoria, who had seemed lifeless just now, immediately became full of energy. She reached out and grabbed the cup, looking up and chewing.

I drank the whole cup in one breath.

"Ah! So delicious! What was that just now?"

[Beer! You just drank beer! ]

"This is so delicious!" She looked up and saw Shangluo. He asked in a low voice: "Can I have another cup?"

"Of course I do. But Miss Victoria, could you please sit up first? I can't help you pour the drink if I keep holding you like this." He looked at the cup. "Is this stuff really that delicious? It looks like it tastes really good."

There was still some on the wall of the cup, so he poured the rest into his mouth.

"Hmm? It seems to taste really good."

[Really? Let me smell it. Eh? This smell. This smell is so familiar! Victoria! Doesn’t this smell like that?]

"Torpedo Drink!" Victoria thought of it immediately. "It's exactly the same as the special drink on the submarine! It's the secret of the Athenian Navy. It has an interesting name, Torpedo Drink. It has thick foam and a smooth taste. It can be paired with a variety of fruit juices. You can actually come up with the same base! That's amazing!"

Chapter 998 Torpedo Special Adjustment

"So someone has already been drinking torpedoes as drinks?"

"Yeah, so you didn't know." Victoria asked in confusion, "I was going to ask how you made it. The Navy said it was a secret, and even I couldn't buy the formula. What's more amazing is that the torpedo drink is not only for humans, but even automata can have an overclocking effect after drinking it. It's just like fuel."

"No, I mean the torpedo." Shangluo emphasized again, "Since I drank it, I'll tell you the truth. This thing is..."

Outside the car, Victoria stood by and watched as Shangluo poured him another glass.

When she saw this stuff pouring out of the car's gas tank, she completely gave up.

“So it really is fuel.” Victoria covered her eyes.

“How many times have you drunk?”

"Every time. Because it's really delicious. Add yogurt, juice, etc., it will have a different flavor. The base of [Torpedo Special] is versatile - no wonder it is a 'secret'. It turns out that they disassembled the torpedoes, released the pressure and then sold them for money! When I go back, none of them will be able to escape."

Victoria was angry. It was the first time Shangluo saw Victoria so angry. The angrier she got, the calmer her tone became, and even the tone at the end of her sentence did not rise. Because she could punish those who offended her without shouting.

"By the way, is this so serious? Should it be counted as reselling military supplies?"

【It's much more serious than that. This matter can only be described as outrageous. Because Shangluo, you have seen it. The sympathetic torpedoes of the Athenian Navy are actually the most expensive consumable weapons in the entire empire. The cost of one torpedo is comparable to that of a destroyer. Because each torpedo consumes a weapon-grade Vulcan core. And their act of "deflating" the torpedoes will actually cause the Vulcan core to fail irreversibly - probably like this. I don't know how much air is needed to make the torpedo a dud, but this air cannot be injected from the outside. It was already infused when it was cast. 】

"Huh?" Shangluo held a glass of "special drink" that was still bubbling, and the foam was still bubbling out. Just by looking at it, you can understand that a huge force is flowing out of it. As long as the supernatural force comes into contact with the natural environment, it will decompose, vaporize, and then boil.

So it also creates a dense and smooth taste.

"Shangluo, do you know what's the most annoying thing?"

"Ah, what is it?"

“It’s only 100 dinars a cup!”

[100 Imperial Dinars is equivalent to 5 coins of Ming Tongbao. It is about the same as a can of Coke.]

"???" Shangluo understood. This was the most outrageous part of the whole thing. This powerful weapon, which was used up one round at a time and even Apollonia would feel sorry for, was disassembled and resold. Surprisingly, it couldn't even be sold at a high price!

Only five bucks!

"Even if they sold it at this price, I wouldn't be so angry. It means they are just bad people. Selling it for this little money means they are not only bad, but also stupid! Even if they smuggled it to the technological barbarians, I would still look up to them. Now what is this matter?"

"When you're angry, you don't look that angry?"

"It doesn't matter. If I get angry, it means someone is going to be in trouble. After all, it's good to go out incognito occasionally. You can see many things that you can't see in the palace."

"You came to the other side of the world and you can still find out about your own domestic problems. Your questions are quite international."

"That's what happens when you're stupid enough to get sucked through the center of the earth." Victoria shook her head. "I'm sorry to embarrass myself in front of you."

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm very happy."

"Really? Since it makes you happy, then they are pretty cute in their stupidity. I can reduce their crime by one level."

"Ah, is that necessary?"

【Roman law is like this. It says that no one is above the law, but in fact, when senators and slaves conflict, Roman law mediates, and slaves are gone. When senators conflict, if Roman law mediates, Roman law will be gone. Do you think she is like your senior brother, who spends two years thinking about sentencing and making a decision? Rome is not a country ruled by law. She can decide whether to kill or cut someone up with just one word.】

"I'm such a Victoria, but I really, really like you." Victoria hugged Shangluo's waist from behind and pressed her face against his back, "Oh, you smell so good."

"Hey, be careful, I have a glass of water in my hand."

“Hehe, then don’t move~~” While Shang Luo was holding the water cup and couldn’t turn around, she hugged him.

[Why do I feel like this scene is a little bit off. This kind of 'taking advantage of someone's misfortune' situation seems to be more appropriate in reverse. ]

"Hey, hey, hey, Apollonia, something seems...something seems a little wrong? Hand! Whoa! Victoria, don't put your hand here!"

【Click.】Apollonia shouted.

Victoria's movements suddenly stopped and her hands also stopped.

【Hold her, don't let her fall. 】

Shangluo took the opportunity when she let go and quickly put the cup of water on the roof of the car, then turned around and hugged the exhausted Victoria.

"What's wrong with her?"

[Same as before. Recently, her course of illness has gradually become clearer - as the duration of a single activity gradually increases, her thinking will become more and more out of the constraints of rules, and will only continue the last second and thoughts, and her own likes and dislikes. The longer the single activity lasts, the more her thinking tends to collapse. She really likes you, and her love for you is almost a physiological instinct. Usually, she is bound by etiquette and will not show it. When her thinking tends to collapse, she can no longer hide her love for you. ]

"Is this still her?"

[It is undoubtedly her. Because her consciousness has never been interrupted. When she wakes up, she will still remember what happened just now. So her state is actually closer to being drunk. Although she may not remember one or two words, she will definitely remember the continuous actions.]

"What about her." Shangluo is still holding Victoria. "She is in danger! If I don't watch her, who knows if she will eat up a whole bag of potato chips in one breath."

[Is this a potato chip problem? But don't worry, the reliable Ms. Agatha has already discussed this with me beforehand. So before her behavior really broke down, I used a keyword to stop her actions. That's why she trusted Victoria to come out with us. She and you trust me, but most importantly, she trusts you. She believes in Victoria's vision. ]

Chapter 999 Smile

"Ah, she didn't seem to be like this last time she came."

【It wasn't that dangerous before. She had been undergoing adaptive training for some time, and this situation could be suppressed in her own bedroom. Because Rome had used some symbolic magic, she could always stabilize her sense of order as a social person. In fact, even if she left her bedroom, she wouldn't collapse so quickly. It would take at least ten hours for her to become uncontrollable. You see, she was just talking more lively before, such as "Phaethon is coming to marry me". But just now.】

"What happened just now?"

[This cup of high-concentration phlogiston seemed to be too strong, and it overclocked her. She went through a dozen hours of collapse in a few minutes, and she couldn't hold it anymore. This thing was really like alcohol to her. ]

Suddenly, Shangluo fell silent.

【what's on your mind? 】

"Apollonia, you are amazing. You lost your body, but you still maintained a continuous mind, and it didn't even collapse? Victoria's disease is only in the early stages, and she has become like this. You..."

[Ha, now you know how powerful I am. I am the Apollo of our time. My wisdom is like the sun, perfect and flawless, and will not easily collapse with the passage of time.]

"I also suddenly realized that if Rome continued like this, it would be very dangerous."

[Oh, don't you think Victoria is cute like this? This is the cute part! You can see Victoria's car speed gradually increase throughout the day, and it is a continuously variable transmission! There are different experiences in the morning and evening, and it's all her! ]