Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1123: The Fiction of Mirage

The giant statue approached the coast, and the dark clouds had already arrived. The sky above Kagoshima was already covered by dark clouds. Shangluo stood on the shoulders of the giant spirit and looked forward. Although the mirage was inconvenient to synchronize with the main body due to its huge size, the empty space created by the mirage did exist.

"Speaking of which, this mirage is really an interesting thing." Shangluo stepped down with his foot. The bronze giant Talos was now wearing a tailor-made decorative armor that looked like a door god. After being enlarged to a size similar to that of "the law of heaven and earth" by the mirage, the touch of this set of armor did not change.

Interestingly, this proportional enlargement is actually quite smart. It only enlarges the volume, not the "texture". The floral silk used to decorate the armor actually maintains the structure of normal fabric, and the silk thread itself does not enlarge along with the volume, allowing the decorative fabric on the armor to still maintain its original exquisite shape.

Unfortunately, apart from being big, it has no other uses.

If you observe from the bottom of the sea at this time, you will easily find that the footprints left by the "giant spirit" are very shallow. Because although the volume is enlarged, the extra part is just blank volume and does not produce corresponding weight, resulting in the overall density becoming lighter.

Fortunately, the original bronze giant Carlos was quite heavy, which prevented the giant spirit in the "Law of Heaven and Earth" state from floating in the sea.

[Actually, I calculated that only my lower legs are in the water, so I can hold on. If I lie in the water, I will float.]

"Don't make it sound like there's a big gold chain floating in the bathhouse! Why is Otohime's so heavy?"

[The Dragon King said that it was mainly because there were not enough mirage girls, so he could not allocate enough mirage energy for the time being, so he could only simulate the volume first - besides, isn't this what you asked for? As long as it is big enough, it will be fine. The attribute of the giant spirit is 'big'.]

"That's fine. Tell Talos to try to match his movements with the model. I guess the bigger the difference, the more mirage energy will be consumed."

Shangluo looked around - it looked like he was riding on clouds and mist, with five-colored auspicious light and mist. But that was not created by Shangluo on purpose, but the result of the mirage that could not be restrained by the huge body escaping on its own.

“Why do I feel like I’m actually standing on a balloon?”

[Thanks to the good foundation of Roman inventions, otherwise the balloon wouldn't be able to be blown up so big. It's good to have a balloon, at least it's big enough. ]

"This mirage is really a dangerous thing."

Shangluo probably figured it out. Although the various creations of the Dragon Palace were similar to magic tricks, the source of their power, the mirage, had interesting potential.

Everyone in this world can be a makeshift team, and everyone is pretending to be what they want to be. Even the officials in the court have a Zhuge Liang in their hearts. Compared with Zhuge Kongming, everyone seems like a makeshift team.

But the straw platform is the straw platform, and the world just works like this. Because although human society faces various problems, the distribution of problems is not uniform. As long as it does not touch sharp objects, a balloon can be blown into a huge one in a place where no one can see.

Although this giant made of mirage is fake, as long as no one dares to come up and expose it, there is no difference between him and a real giant.

Now, no one dared to attack. Kagoshima was not without city defenses. There were obviously coastal artillery on the shore. Although Taros could easily resist the coastal artillery, those coastal artillery did not even have the courage to fire. After all, not everyone in the world dared to poke a giant with a toothpick. Even if this was a balloon that would burst with a poke, no one dared to really test how thick the skin of the balloon was. Not to mention, the skin was indeed quite thick. Although it was indeed "burst with a poke", at least a strong needle was needed.

However, Shangluo could also see that it was not just here that would be frightened by the mirage. Even if this giant suddenly appeared along the coast of Jinei, it would probably scare a lot of people.

[But the mirage itself is not heat-resistant, so this is okay. 】

"Do you know how heat-resistant this 'heat-resistant' is?"

[I don’t know. He didn’t say.]

"Hmm," Shangluo shook his head, "It seems that this thing really needs to be watched. Moreover, even if it is fake, as long as it stays in the Dragon Palace, even if it is fake, it can become real."

[To some extent, if you live in fiction all your life, then there is no need to investigate whether the real 'reality' exists. After all, although matter can be virtual, life is not fake. This is another possibility for human beings - very close to the route of Rome.]

"If the Romans were allowed to choose, would they choose Dragon Palace?"

【Cybernia is essentially a kind of 'Dragon Palace'. It's just that the Dragon Palace has a fixed location, while Cybernia can be further expanded. The Romans found a place where the sun could not reach, and built a reality that belonged only to them. But the route of the Dragon Palace was not a bad idea for the Romans. After all, most Romans - I mean Roman nobles, they rarely left the gates of Constantinople in their entire lives. So what if the world outside Constantinople is fake to them?】

“Because matter can be fictional, but life and stories are real.”

[After all, the human spirit is not in the material realm. What constitutes your personality is not the physical things like food, clothing, housing, and transportation, but what you see and hear, your stories, your consciousness, and your life. Even if it is false data, it can still create and maintain your life.]

"I will continue to supervise the affairs of the Dragon Palace - but for now, just use it as a weapon and give them a big dream. Tsk, if you think about it carefully, I am really kind."

[You think that killing is unnecessary, right? If you can find a little necessity, you will do it? ]

"You make it sound like I'm a demon who kills without blinking an eye. I just think that no one should stand in the way of the Heavenly Court. Of course, I don't deny that I do lack patience with certain ethnic groups, which makes my threshold for taking action more sensitive. But in principle, I still don't want to be a demon king."

He pointed in front of him: "So you see, I just launched a mental attack. Look at them running around on the shore, they are having so much fun~~"

[Oh my, that's true - so, the call you arranged is ready. Tsk, you just want to show this happy scene to Mr. Shimazu, right?]

(End of this chapter)