Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 723 Apples go down, stars go up

"My King, there is more than just the earth in this world." He pointed to the sky. "The falling of apples and the movement of stars follow the same laws. There is nothing in this world that humans cannot touch. So, friends of Cathay, We don’t want to sink with those Greeks. We believe that the Elysian Land must exist in the vast sky, and there must be some way to survive the tiny consciousness in the infinite universe. So let’s go up together, not down. .”

[It turns out they are waiting here! 】

"Don't you even know?"

[How do I know what these Latin people are thinking! After working on it for a long time, it turned out that they wanted to take this road! No wonder they started building rockets. I thought they were building rockets to bomb Constantinople with intercontinental missiles. However, to say that it is impossible to guess is not entirely true. You can still vaguely guess some. After all, this is Newton’s great fourth law]

"So what does Newton's fourth law mean? He just said that 'the falling of apples and the movement of stars follow the same laws'."

[Ah, it seems it’s time to talk to you. After all, you have to work. What does the Triple Great Art mean? Have you heard of it before? 】

"Is it alchemy, supernaturalism and astrology?"

This is the "triple greatness" that Shangluo refers to. This is not knowledge unique to this world. For him, the memory of the threefold greatness also existed in the "European history" of that world, perpetuated by the occult studies of the ages.

Among them, alchemy is the most well-known. The ultimate goal of alchemy is to smelt gold—and the elixir that makes people immortal like gold. Alchemy has also experienced a similar transformation from "outer elixir" to "inner elixir", from smelting actual elixirs to "refining the human body", hoping to refine human essence into gold.

Astrology seeks to establish a connection between the movement of the stars and the destiny of mankind. Astrologers believe that all invisible knowledge of the past, present, and future is reflected in the starry sky.

[Symbols and the combination of symbols, the study of the combination and difference of symbols, is alchemy; the combination of symbols and the world, the study of meaning and cognition itself, is magical; the combination of symbols and people, the study of the correspondence between symbols and people , that is astrology. The above three are knowledge in the invisible field.

The art of magical power can also be said to be the art of communicating with gods. The "Seventy Pillars of Solomon" known to the world belong to the category of magical powers. Through supernatural powers, you can sign a contract with the devil. For example, the first demon god is Baal, the Lord of Thunder and Lightning who rules the east, and has the ability to make people invisible. The true face of the Seventh Pillar Demon God "The Hermit" Amon has never been seen by anyone. He has the power to see through all secrets and cover up all truths.

[So the great thing about Newton’s fourth law is that it provides a path: up is down, and down is up. This also means that truly great skills can also exist in the world without symbols and in the tangible realm. Because 'the fall of apples and the movement of stars follow the same laws'. Study the movement of the stars - what goes up is what goes down. Study the fall of an apple—what goes down is what goes up. Cuiyulu ends with this: 'The world is created in this way, and miracles can be achieved in this way. This is what I call great skills. 】

[In addition to the invisible, there are also three combinations - the knowledge of the world and the interaction of rules and rules. This is physics, which generally refers to natural science; the study of knowledge between people and the study of people's clusters is sociology. , generally refers to the humanities; the study of knowledge about people and the world is practice.

[But the triple greatness is actually not these three. The true threefold greatness refers to: symbols, people, and the world, knowledge in three fields. By interacting in pairs in the three fields, all the knowledge in this world can be divided into six parts:

Saying that, Apollonia paused:
[So you should also realize: Theurgy corresponds to Constantinople, alchemy corresponds to Alexandria, and astrology belongs to Delphi. In the tangible realm, there is Syracuse for physics, Rome proper for sociology, and the ideal city that brings together all 'practices': Neo-Antioch in Colombia beneath our feet. 】

"So that's it, so the double-headed eagle on the Roman flag refers to the two realms, the tangible and the intangible?"

[And the two heads are facing in two directions. So we don’t know what Neo Antioch is doing, and they don’t know what we are doing. Because when the apple goes down, the stars go up. The apples that go down will go up to the sky, and the stars that go up will dive down again. Come to think of it, this is fate. Cuiyulu has predicted it a long time ago, what goes up is down, and what goes down is up. ] "Ah, if you think about it that way." He looked at little Pompeo next to him. The other person was still polite and looked at him politely.

"I think I can't answer your question for the time being." Shangluo replied, "If you want to reach cooperation, you can first propose some specific scenarios."

"For example, as I said before, we will inform Cathay one month before the rocket is launched?"

"I don't think the problem is big. After all, this is your unilateral information disclosure. However, this may require contact and communication between New Antioch and Yujing. I think you can try to contact them directly."

"This doesn't seem possible." He shook his head. "Victoria and the Senate do not allow us to cross Constantinople to communicate with the outside world. It's not that we are afraid of Constantinople, but I don't think Cathay is willing to cross. Constantinople contacted us.”

"That's true."

"So what I'm talking about is a unilateral notification. And..." He looked at Shangluo, "I can make a promise: before Sinian successfully launches a manned spacecraft, all Columbia's space launch activities will be on standby or frozen."

[Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is the fault of not learning Sinian well. Student Shangluo, you can immediately tell that this is retreating, right? Choosing to act later does not necessarily mean giving in; it may also mean that you want to strike later. 】

"Of course I know what you mean, and I definitely believe you instead of him. But do you have any emotions towards Latin people?"

[I said it straightforwardly. It's not good to do politics with these Latin bugs who don't respect etiquette. 】

"My king. It is because those few are not here that I am telling you this." Pompeo said in a low voice: "It is not good to do politics with those nagging Greeks."

"This...this" Shangluo pressed his forehead, "Anyway, I will inform the relevant departments. Please wait for good news."

"Waiting for good news means..." Little Pompeo got stuck again.

"Just please wait."

"Ah, I understand when you say 'please'. We will definitely, we will patiently 'wait for good news'."

"I'm more interested in one thing than this - Newton, where did you know about it?"

(End of this chapter)