Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1023 Interrogation
"I have a bad feeling. Will all the Japanese turn into orange juice?"

[What is orange juice? I'll search it. Wow, that's too bad. Although Beans can also enter this state, they can choose to enter and exit freely. If they are forced to enter, it would be too much.]

"Even from a Roman perspective, this is too much."

"You also think this is too tragic?"

"Whether it's tragic or not is secondary. This is essentially a kind of ascension - the essence of ascension is the extinction of species. They exterminated themselves so easily in such a brilliant and correct way. This is really too much."

[Yes, yes, this is too much. It doesn't matter whether it's tragic or not. How can the barbarians be exterminated in this way?]

“???” Shangluo felt that sometimes he could not keep up with the thought processes of these two Romans.

"Ah?" Phaethon noticed that Shangluo was stunned by what he heard, and then he realized something was wrong. "Ah, well, strictly speaking, it's indeed not very humane. After all, they didn't say whether they agreed or not, right? But from the perspective of Greek drama, this way of dying is a bit presumptuous. Hey, Apollonia, explain it, Shangluo doesn't quite understand my metaphor."

[Ah] Apollonia also felt that what she had said just now was a bit outrageous, so she racked her brains to find some excuse:
[Shangluo, look: Most of the barbarians in this world were killed by Xiali. And they were killed by Bentley! Don’t you think this is too much? Many people want to be killed by Bentley, but they don’t have this blessing. ]

"So that's what you think." Shang Luo pressed his forehead. "It's not hard to understand. Have I been infected by you two? I actually think it's worth it even if they die? This is obviously a big deal."

[They are not my neighbors.]

"Indeed." Phaethon nodded. "We are not familiar with Japan. It sounds like your neighbor died. But the death was so spectacular and fancy."

"Wait, wait, he's not dead yet." Shang Luo asked her to stop, "It's okay for you to just watch the fun after he really dies."

[I think it's a big deal. This one individual split into a large group, which means that there may be something wrong with the structure of the entire civilization. From the Roman point of view, this is probably equivalent to a Class IV leak.]

"What do you mean?"

Phaethon next to him thought for a moment and said, "We have deployed a demon god in Chernobyl, Ukraine, who can control nuclear fission without causing a nuclear explosion. If he fails, it will be classified as a Level IV leak here. It means a 'large-scale accident', which will cause trauma to the world, but it is still under control."

"What about the time before in New Antioch?"

"Level VI [Most Serious Accident] is the limit of the Roman Empire's control over disasters. Depending on the situation, it may rise to the highest level VII [Apocalyptic Level Natural Disaster], depending on whether we can later contact the Columbia Automata through language or through quadrupeds to curb the expansion of the Columbia Automata. Because if we can't control it, then the battle in heaven between humans and automata will begin."

[Of course, this is based on the level of the Roman Empire. From the perspective of the Roman Empire, if an automaton rebelled at this critical juncture, the entire Rome would not be able to leave with dignity - when this system was formulated, the strong intervention of Aurora was not taken into account.]

"Then according to this system, the current situation in Japan is quite serious?"

"Yes. Depending on the situation, it may be classified between [Large-Scale Incident] and [Severe Incident]. Although it sounds manageable, there are only a handful of such incidents in the entire history of Rome."

"Wait. That's a lot?!"

"Because it is still controllable, it can be repaired even if something goes wrong." Phaethon replied, "Judging from the current situation, if Miss Fuji's situation is an isolated phenomenon, then it should be just an accident. But if this is common among all Japanese people, then we should probably start intervening immediately - because the Japanese who have lost contact are trying to contact Columbia." "Then I'll try my best to help." Shangluo shook his head, "Without interfering with the overall plan, the problem in front of the door still needs to be solved. And this matter is related to Columbia. This is very important. We don't know how to communicate with Columbia now, but they seem to be able to."

[You seem to value those automata very much? ]

"Because if they can be used properly, they will become a huge help to our civilization. By then, it will not be impossible to move mountains and fill the sea, and transform the earth like opening an editor - of course, the premise is that they can be used. They have expressed their willingness to serve mankind before, and I think this is a good thing. If possible, I want to try to make things develop in a good direction. But."

【but? 】

"But if the current situation in Japan is caused by those automatons, I will look at them differently - you have to look at the owner first. Humans are human after all, and they cannot be touched by clockwork brains. They can do evil under our noses today, but who knows what will happen next."

[Don’t you sometimes not regard barbarians as human beings? 】

"This is divine authority. Divine authority can only be in our hands. If it was really done by Clockwork Brain, they have overstepped their authority. Overstepping authority is a serious crime, and there is no room for negotiation - I don't want them to do it. Moreover, the current evidence seems to be more favorable to them. After all, there is a time difference. The current situation in Japan should not have been a day or two, and the Columbia Automaton Country has just appeared on the scene."

[Not necessarily.] Apollonia reminded, [Although the Automaton Country was just born, automata have existed for a hundred years.]

"Then I can only hope that Japan is just hidden in the veil and nothing else happens - but someone has split into so many copies in front of me at once, it's hard for me to believe that nothing has happened. Anyway, let's capture them all first. Phaethon, can you do it?"

"No big deal." Through the shared vision, Phaethon saw the marked places, "Lend me the Spear of Apollo. I'll be done in an hour."

"Thank you." Shangluo handed over the Spear of the Sun God and said, "I'll wait for you in the Imperial Prison."

One hour later. At the gate of the Imperial Prison.

Shangluo called Lu Huaiyang and said, "Captain Lu, I have good news and bad news to tell you."

"." On the other end of the phone, although Lu Huaiyang had already prepared, he was still a little nervous, "Then tell me the good news first."

"The good news is that everything is normal. Nothing unusual has happened in Japan. Everything is the same as usual."

"Oh? That's great! Wait. What's the bad news?"

"Please check the inn where the Japanese envoys stayed to see if there are any signs of living people there."

"Wait, you mean"

"Everything in Japan is the same as usual, but something is wrong - they may not have been human from the beginning, not even the last time they came. And Miss Fuji down there, give her a chest X-ray. If the information provided by Phaethon is true, then the time when the changes in Japan occurred may have to be calculated in years. I will go to the post station first to verify the information. We will meet there later."

(End of this chapter)