Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

[There is something. She is actually wearing the clothes you once wore. ]

"The clothes that celestial beings wear cannot be called wearing, because I do not leave any trace on those clothes." Because celestial beings do not sweat and do not have any smell.

Since there are no traces left, it means that it has not been worn in a physical sense.

As for the meaning beyond the physical meaning, he couldn't say, because he had indeed just "worn" this piece of clothing.

[You don't need to put quotation marks around the word 'through', you just went through it. Tsk, our Princess is psychologically quite receptive.]

"I don't think it's a big deal. In Zhu Ling's work scene, she even has to collect panda feces."

[These are two different things. What is panda feces? And what are the clothes you have worn? They are completely different in nature. If you don't believe me, see if she wears clothes worn by others.]

"Well, it's okay. Everyone will have their own space suit later."

The space suits currently used are actually the phlogiston submarine suits supplied by the Romans. As for the Ming Dynasty, they are still under development - not because the Ming Dynasty's technology is lower, but because the Romans usually have to use these clothes to adapt to the outside world. On the Ming Dynasty side, those who can go into space do not actually need to use space suits to maintain their vital signs.

But this is a different time. In fact, until recently, neither side had a need to stay in space. This demand was proposed by Shangluo, and both sides used ready-made "shelf goods" to support him. For Rome, this kind of protective clothing is indeed a shelf product that can be used directly.

Shangluo actually prepared a set for everyone, and there were quite a few spares. But the carrier ships carrying these clothes were still waiting outside to enter the port. They had to wait until all the work for today was completed before the ships waiting outside could gradually dock from the berths made with mirage gas.

The suit that Shangluo is wearing now was the equipment provided to him by Rome for phlogiston stealth.

This kind of clothing can withstand the extreme environments of the spirit world. It can withstand the internal and external pressures of less than one atmosphere in the space environment, which is considered an excessive configuration.

Although mortals couldn't actually use this equipment for spacewalking, everyone on the space station was a Qigong practitioner, so they didn't care whether these things were useful to mortals. As long as Qigong practitioners could use them, they could send them up with their eyes closed.

[Will you give your set to Zhu Ling later? ]

"It's not impossible. Every set is the same anyway."

[Don't give it to him. It's going too fast. Beep, beep, I need to step on the brakes.]

"Huh? Aren't they just work clothes?"

[Even work clothes cannot be mixed, and it is even more impossible to give it to her. I refuse. Because you know, although Tianren does not have an ordinary smell, he still has the fragrance of Tianren. So when she gets your clothes, actually.]

"Okay, okay. Since you said so, I can just go get it back from her when the time comes."

[Oh no! She is also a goddess. After she wears it, it has her own flavor! Ah, should I take it back or not? I am so confused! ]

"Ah," Phaethon, who was standing nearby, covered his forehead with his hands. "Well, wait for Zhu Ling to come back and give me that dress. Then I'll find a new one for Shangluo, okay? I'll keep the original one as a backup."

[Ah, I feel better] Apollonia's mind was originally unable to allocate too much energy to such ethical conflicts. She almost blushed just now. Fortunately, with Phaethon's clever plan, she was able to find a balance between Shangluo's cleanliness and the ownership of the clothes.

After glancing out the window, Zhu Ling had already gone out. As soon as she went out, Wen Yuan and Han Xingzhi were so scared that they dared not move, fearing that Zhu Ling would be hit and Zhu Xianxin would come after them.

"Hey." Shangluo said to the two people on the communication channel, "It's okay. Zhu Ling is now a celestial being. Even if you throw bricks at her, she won't lose a hair."

“No, no, no, no, no!” The two immediately refused, “We dare not, we dare not.”

They are indeed very familiar with Shangluo, but they are not familiar with Zhu Xianxun at all.

Who knows, Zhu Xianxun has no brothers and no offspring. Although it is hard to say who will inherit the throne, it is not impossible to discuss letting Zhu Ling inherit the throne - Wu Zetian discussed similar issues with Princess Taiping.

Although it was basically impossible, as the eldest princess of the empire, the two people really didn't dare to approach Zhu Ling within 5 meters. It made Zhu Ling look like she was trying to scam him.

"Ah." Phaethon sighed, "I'll go out too. Do you have any extra spray guns?"

"Yes, yes." Otohime, who had been waiting nearby, took out the fourth set of spray guns and stuffed the matching dragon balls into it. "Please use it. Just like before, spray the frame."

"That's it, see you at dinner time." She hurried back to the room and prepared to go out.

"Come to think of it." Shangluo thought for a moment, "Princess Yiji, you brought 5 sets, right? Is there one set left?"

"Shang Tianjun is really diligent. Do you want five people to work together on the construction?"

"Four people are enough. Let these two work on the dock, and let Phaethon and Zhu Ling work on the warship. If there is one left, do you have any tea sets or snacks? Bring me a plate?"

Chapter 1348 The Potential of Mirage

New plates and new tableware were placed in front of Shangluo.

According to Shangluo’s request, a plate of southeastern snack called “burnt grass jelly” was also placed on it.

To some extent, this burnt grass jelly is also the thing that is closest to the essence of mirage.

Shaoxiancao is made from jelly grass. After picking and washing the stems of jelly grass, add water and boil them to get the liquid medicine, add some tapioca flour or other starch, it can be condensed into gel.

Similarly, a clear white gel can be extracted from seaweed such as agar-agar.

This gel can be shaped into many shapes, its properties change with the container, and its taste changes with the seasoning. Its interior is mainly composed of water and a small amount of starch, of which more than 90% is water.

Although it is almost entirely water, with the help of extracts of jelly grass and agar-agar, something that is almost entirely water can be made into a snack. It has its own shape, its own color, and through different combinations, it can also have its own taste.

This is indeed the same thing as a mirage.

Perhaps because the principles are so similar, or perhaps because it was prepared by Otohime herself, the taste of this grass jelly is particularly good.

"Another bowl please."

"Okay." Otohime bent down slightly and sprayed out another plate of grass jelly with a bowl from the spray paint.

“Actually, you don’t need a bowl.”

"The blueprint sets this grass jelly to come with a bowl. Maybe it's to reduce the judgment. You can use this bowl to do other things after you finish eating."

"I don't dare eat from a mirage bowl! It's okay to eat snacks like this. What if I pour a cup of hot tea in it one day?"

"Oh, actually this bowl is very obvious." Otohime held the bowl and showed it to him, "Look, there is a fighting cock on this bowl. Just don't bring the same bowl with you."

"Okay." Shangluo shook his head. "But isn't it redundant to make an empty bowl every time? Look, there are so many people here."

"Are you going to let everyone eat food made by Mirage?"

"I think there's nothing wrong with it." Shangluo replied, "Look, if you add the chef's steamed buns, the mirage dishes can just balance out the real steamed buns - steamed buns can provide daily needs, but they are too monotonous for the appetite. The mirage has no effect at all, it's almost the same as eating agar, but the taste can be extreme. Add the two together, and you can just dip the steamed buns in the mirage and eat it."

“That’s not impossible.”

"In fact, I have discussed this with your father. He has always been supportive of our promotion of the use of mirage gas. He even wants to pull a pipeline ashore to directly transport mirage gas to the land, and then use it widely in various industries."

"Ah, I knew it was him. He really has been trying his best to sell the things from the Dragon Palace. But supplying mirage is not cheap."

"Using mirage gas can reduce our logistics pressure," Shangluo replied. "Right now, the price of the goods themselves isn't a big deal; it's the shipping capacity that's become the huge bottleneck. If everyone here relied on transport ships to provide meals, it would actually create a lot of waste. Food has irregular shapes and needs to be packaged separately. It's much more convenient to just send a large can of mirage gas."

"Okay." Otohime thought for a moment, "You're absolutely right."

Otohime is actually much more conservative than her father. Using mirage as a consumer product is absolutely unacceptable in the past culture of Ryugu. After all, mirage is a symbol of the mystery of Ryugu. If even mirage is sold directly as a consumer product, the secrets of Ryugu may be cracked. This may destroy the future of Ryugu.

However, in her competition with her father, Ao Zang was undoubtedly the winner. At that time, helping Shangluo was to be loyal to the court, and being loyal to the court was the right thing to do. Although this does not mean that Yi Ji did something wrong, Ao Zang directly used the court to imprison Yi Ji and physically eliminated many of his enemies.

For example, Guiji is still being held in Shangluo and has not been released yet.

After solving all these problems, Ao Zang completely gained control of the Dragon Palace. After that, selling the mirage became a natural thing.

As the loser, Otohime had no right to be picky. She had no choice but to obey.

Besides, this was indeed helpful to Shangluo. She didn't think of Shangluo as "the same species". If anything, Shangluo was more like an alien in her eyes, and so was she to Shangluo. It was just that they had the same body.

Although she knew that Ao Zang's behavior would bring danger to the Dragon Palace, the specific situation could also be analyzed specifically. Shangluo was obviously the type who could be dealt with.

"Okay." Otohime nodded, "I will sell the mirage gas to you. And it is true that transporting gas tanks is much more convenient than transporting entities. But then again, there are some issues that need to be explained, such as this bowl. I can't do anything about it."

“You can’t modify it?”

"Yes. Because this is actually the power of Princess Mirage. You also know that among the many clans in the Dragon Palace, the Mirage Clan is the one that controls the Mirage Qi, otherwise it would not be called Mirage Qi. Including these dragon balls carrying the blueprint - they are called dragon balls, but they are actually Mirage Pearls, and they are also made by the Mirage Clan."

If there is no way to modify the blueprint, then you can only use the existing blueprint. For example, if you eat a roasted grass jelly, an extra bowl will appear.

"So why do you have to add a bowl?"

"In fact, it is out of comprehensive considerations. Because if you don't add a bowl, you need to measure the shape, position, and state of the grass jelly. Instead of designing it so complicated, it is better to encapsulate the whole thing in a bowl. You can see that many other things are designed in this way."

"It seems that I still have to invite Mirage Princess up to achieve Mirage Air Freedom, right? Have you caught Mirage Princess?"

"As of the time I came up, Mirage Princess was still on the run."

"Then change one! You don't only have one reserve, do you?"

"You want to change Mirage Princess??? Ah this. Ah this this this this this this" Otohime was suddenly stunned.

"What's wrong? Did I ask anything wrong?"

"Because according to the tradition of the Dragon Palace, princesses like us must have a human form when we are selected. But I can't say what this human form is. I can't say. But if you are willing, you can discuss it with the Dragon Palace later. It's okay, you won't lose weight. I will probably ask for a seal of approval from you and make some formal confirmation."

Chapter 1349 Zong Ji

"Why me again?" Shangluo covered his forehead, "Have I ever offended your dragon clan? One by one, you all want to find me."

After hearing that the solution required him to solve it "personally", Shangluo was shaken.

It's not that he is incapable of sacrificing himself, but the situation of the previous Mirage Princess has already shown that the ethical values ​​of aquatic creatures are probably different from those on land.

It's not just slightly different, it's quite different. Because the marriage of the Shui people seems to be still at the clan stage, and the clan is a true tribe with the clan princess as the leader and blood relationship as the bond.

To sacrifice oneself here is to pay tribute to Chief Ayi Tubie.

"It's not what you think. It's just confirmation during the ceremony."

"I don't agree." Shang Luo still shook his head and said, "I have a mental obsession with cleanliness. I won't sacrifice myself. I ask you to find another plan."

"Find another plan? But this is the tradition of the Dragon Palace. Someone needs to marry the mirage before..."

"So it's not a person, but a clam shell, right?"

"To be precise, it is more similar to the giant clam. The main body of the clam is the giant clam."

"Then how did you become Dragon Princess?"

"Me?" Otohime shook her head. "We dragons can change at will, so it's not that troublesome. Turtle Princess is not that troublesome either, but Mirage Princess can't. Because the life form of Mirage is too different from human form, they can only change into human in the meme state."

[That is, this ritual may be to let you eat mushrooms - or hold a pufferfish and take a sip, and then meet the successor of the mirage princess in your dream and acknowledge her as a human being.]

"I refuse." Shangluo refused firmly, "I will not sacrifice myself. I can't be the one to suffer in the future, right? Well, I have a plan - I can award the seal at most. With the court's certification, it should be enough."

"But...but this." Yiji covered her forehead, "But Zongji inherits the throne through blood, so you must give birth to a child."

"My God, Jinling Yayan wants to have a child! This is too outrageous!"

"Because if you don't integrate your blood into the Dragon Palace, the new Mirage Princess will not be recognized. If you rely on power instead of bloodline, it will cause chaos. This is what my father is doing."

"Okay!" Shang Luo raised his hand. "This is not okay, and that is not okay, right? Then I have decided! This Heavenly Lord orders that from now on, the succession of these princesses of the Dragon Clan will not be based on bloodline or granting. All of you must take the test!"

"Huh???" Otohime was stunned, "Exam? What kind of exam?"

"It's a competition for the position. The court implements the imperial examination republic system, so we ask that the Dragon Palace implement tutelage and let the Dragon Palace also change its political system to the imperial examination republic system. This is also okay, right? Since it is an imperial examination republic system, then such an important position as Zong Ji must be decided by examination - whoever blows bubbles well, whoever blows bubbles most scientifically, efficiently, solidly, and usefully, will succeed the position of Shen Ji."

"no no no"

"Farewell, it is happily decided. This order of the Heavenly Lord takes effect immediately."

He has already taken care of Columbia, so there is no reason for him to leave Dragon Palace alone.

Since automata can be tamed, Ryugu should also be tamed.

Shangluo had long been unhappy with the Dragon Palace. They could keep their own secrets, but they couldn't keep everything secret. These princesses and uncles who inherited their power by blood were all doing their own thing. Because from the birth to the transfer of their power, they didn't need to be responsible to the court.

But now times have changed. Shangluo has decided that everyone can compete for jobs in the future.

"Let me ask first, how are the males and females in the Dragon Palace identified?"

"This is very different!" Yiji replied, "Others are fine, but the Mirage Princess must be a woman. Because the Mirage Tribe only has women, no men."

"How do the Ena Mirage Tribe reproduce?"

"Meet in a dream." Yiji replied, "So I told you before that you should meet Mirage in your dream."

[So, the Mirage Tribe seems to be a half-entity, half-memetic creature. Although they do have a body, their self-identity is completed by the spiritual world. What a wonderful social form.]

"How about Shangluo, you consider it?" Yiji made a final suggestion, "In fact, you can customize your face. Really, Shenji can be customized one by one. Anyway, the appearance is just virtual, and their souls are real."

"It is because the soul is the most real, so the recognition of the soul is more precious, isn't it? I refuse to be matched by a man. I refuse political marriages, starting with me. I have made up my mind, and from now on, the Mirage Princess will be determined by exams. Please hold a bubble blowing exam immediately, and select the strongest Mirage Clan to assist me in the construction of the space station."

"Then why don't you talk to them directly?"

"Are they here yet?"

"Actually, these two next to me are." Otohime pointed at the two new operators behind her.

Shangluo knew that the two of them were from the Dragon Palace. However, they didn't seem to have anything to do with Mirage.