Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 979 Interrogation
Ding, the elevator has arrived. The door opened.

Lu Huaiyang stood at the elevator door with his hands behind his back.

"Yes, you are very ambitious."

"???" Wen Yuan turned around suddenly, "Master?! Why are you here?"

"I could hear you guys talking in the elevator from two floors away."

"So where did you start listening?"

"I heard you say that you are half a level lower than someone else. Tsk tsk, it's good to be young. You have a promising future."

"Ah! Master, it's not that you have to listen to my explanation, I just want to make progress too much."

"Come out." He ignored Wen Yuan and signaled him with his eyes not to block the way. "I'm not looking for you. Shangluo, I have something to talk to you about."

"Ah?" Shang Luo was stunned for a moment, "Looking for me? What's the matter?"

Lu Huaiyang walked in directly. The other Jinyiwei in the door got off the elevator tactfully, leaving only Lu Huaiyang and Shangluo here - the elevator door was about to close, Lu Huaiyang glanced outside, and Wen Yuan immediately rolled in.

After the elevator pressed the 12th floor underground and started to go down again, Lu Huaiyang continued:
"I have something for you to take care of. I was planning to come to you with the information after you finished touring the school. You are in court right? It's a good opportunity to merge the courts, and I have another matter for you to take care of."

"Is it a big deal?"

"Ha." Lu Huaiyang smiled. "It's a big deal. A very big deal. If it's done well, someone else's contribution will surpass mine. Then I can count on him to write a recommendation for me for the merit exam. Right? Master Wen, I'm a thief in the army. I'll count on your support when the time comes."

"Master, I was wrong! I won't dare to do it again! Once a teacher, always a teacher."

"How many times have I told you to use your job title when you're working? Are the Jinyiwei members of the underworld? What master-apprentice relationship? You're eating the emperor's food!"

"It's Qianhu, I was wrong"

"Stand nearby. Listen carefully to what the big deal is that Shang Tianjun and I are talking about. Listen carefully."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Wen Yuan nodded vigorously.

Lu Huaiyang left him aside, took out the jade token and sent a FeiXin message to Shangluo in person: "Look."

Shangluo glanced at——

"Oh?! Have you captured an automaton from New Antioch?"

"After you arranged it last time, we went to capture it. Although we encountered a lot of problems in the middle, and you even went out to fight with General Fu, the Jinyiwei has been doing what you ordered. Although the movements in New Antioch have temporarily stabilized, we still need to find out what those automatons are doing - so, according to your request, we captured an automaton and brought it back. But... there is a problem. Otherwise, we would not have waited for you to come for retrial."

"Won't it tell?"

"No. If it really keeps silent, it doesn't matter. We can pry open even a clockwork head. But this automaton seems crazy and can't answer a single useful question. We thought that letting you ask might open a breakthrough."

As we were talking, the elevator had already passed the ninth floor. We could vaguely hear people talking on the ninth floor, because the interrogation of the unconscious prisoner in cell 9672 was being prepared. Although the prisoner was still unconscious, the large memory recovery technique was already being set up.

A human voice flashed by, and the elevator continued to go down to the 12th floor, and the surroundings returned to silence again.

The elevator reached the target floor, and the inner and outer doors opened. It could be seen that the layout here was similar to that of the ninth floor.

Just like the ninth floor, there were usually not many people here, but there were many more people here. The people up there were mainly alchemy practitioners, while here were Xuan practitioners.

"Are they coming?" Han Wu was standing against the wall with his arms folded, waiting for Shangluo to arrive.

"Brother Han Wu, why are you here?"

"The emperor is not in Yuxi Palace, so I don't need to stand over there - Daozu can't be missing me to watch the door. So I've been staying at the headquarters recently. It just so happens that a weird clockwork-head came here, so I came here to lend a hand. Tsk, nothing came of it all morning, it seems you have to do it again." Shangluo blinked and looked inside - there were many familiar faces inside, all professionals seen in Jinyiwei. Some stood in the aisle, some carried briefcases and documents in and out, and everyone's face was full of confusion.

[Wow, so many people have no solution, do you have any solution? ]

"I still don't know what the situation is." Shangluo had no idea. He had a way to punish the person who committed a crime above. He had a way to punish this one.
"Anyway, let's take a look first?" Shangluo asked, "So what's going on?"

"Come with me, stand at the door over there and you'll see."

Han Wu led Shangluo to the front of cell No. 12281, and a roar was heard from inside -

"Who are you?" asked the Jinyiwei.

"Little Pompey? They are all dead! All dead! You are to be centurions, and be my thousand and ten thousand! Make bread! Make bread!"

"What a mess?" Shangluo was stunned.

"It's just such a mess. One question is answered by ten people, and the sentences don't make sense. The only thing they keep repeating is making bread. I can't get any other questions out of them. So, I have no choice but to come to you. Do you have any ideas?"

Shangluo shook his head: "I can only go in and take a look. Maybe he will recognize me."

Shangluo opened the door and followed Han Wu in. There were seven or eight Jinyiwei standing inside, surrounding the interrogation chair in the middle, which was connected to various instruments. Some were outputting fluctuations on the oscilloscope, and some were printing paper tapes, but it was all a mess.

The machine is like any other automaton, with a clockwork head and clockwork body. Its face is covered by a piece of white porcelain mask-like material1, with real human eyes. When the Romans designed it, they completely imitated the appearance of a human, with all the functions that a human should have, and even the voice is very human-like.

The roar of the machine still echoed in the room - but as soon as Shangluo entered the room, the sound stopped immediately.

"Ding——" The degrees of all the machines suddenly became a straight line, and then began to jump regularly.

Didi, didi, didi

The automaton tied to the chair slowly turned its head and stared straight at Shangluo.

"You, recognize me?" He looked at the automaton, "Who am I?"

"Oh my god!!!" The automaton suddenly looked up at the ceiling.

"The sky?" Shang Luo also looked up, "If it's not the sky, who is under the sky?"

"It's the White Emperor Sword Immortal!"

“???” Everyone present was stunned—everyone looked at Shangluo.

"Wait a minute." Shang Luo touched his forehead. "Let's not talk about how you know this name. What are you doing in New Antioch?"

Shangluo asked the question that he was most concerned about.

"Making bread! I made so much bread! I can't eat it all! I can't eat it all!"

"You just mentioned the Pompey family, but what about the chef?"

"The chef is dead. He died 500 years ago."

"It seems to be somewhat organized. Although a little strange, at least there are questions and answers, and there is a back and forth." While Han Wu was taking notes, he lowered his head and whispered a few words to Shang Luo. He had a question that he needed Shang Luo to ask.

"I see." Shang Luo nodded and asked, "After all this talk, who are you?"

"I am the Columbian Automaton Nation."

(End of this chapter)