Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 987 Secret
"Does she communicate with you?"

Victoria covered her forehead and answered with a smile: "She thought I was a Byzantine barbarian. Because when he lived there, Constantinople, which is now the Byzantine region, was in a very marginal position. So he was not very willing to talk to me, and was only willing to communicate with me through the sages of the Palace of Muses."

"It turns out that he is also a regional black."

"No way, he is an old-school Greek. Although a little too old-school, he lived in the Pan-Hellenic era after the end of Alexander's expedition. Greek culture spread almost everywhere in the known world. Even ancient countries like Egypt and Persia entered the Hellenistic era under the rule of successor warlords like Ptolemy and Seleucus. Although Rome had already risen when Archimedes was born, as an old-school Greek, he still only recognized those Greek city-states with mature civil societies - this can't be blamed on him. The Romans at that time felt that they were country people compared to the Greek world, and they were proud to hire a Greek tutor."

"Then there should be no problem with his relationship with other sages, right?" Shang Luo thought, it would be great if the after-sales problems could be solved by the Muse Palace, "and what does he think of us?"

"He has a very good relationship with the Palace of Muses. This may be because he was born in Syracuse. At that time, Syracuse was a cultural bastion of the Greek world, and its legal system came from the colonists of the city-state of Corinth. In the end, Syracuse sided with Carthage in the Second Punic War and was destroyed by the Romans. However, despite this, Syracuse was still an important part of the Greek system before. He can travel around the entire Greek world as a Greek citizen. Alexandria's academic center can be regarded as his alma mater. He learned all his knowledge from Alexandria. As for you..."

Victoria thought for a moment and said, "He probably has no impression of you, so he won't include you in his cognitive system of the 'Greek world' - and to be honest, he is not that stubborn. As long as the Palace of Muses agrees, he will generally not refuse your request. Only Rome, only Rome, he will refuse it anyway. Because a Roman soldier stepped on his drawing."

"I don't understand why. I can understand his thoughts."

"Would you like me to ask for your help about the origin of this Vulcan core?"

"Oh, sure, can you transfer it to me?"

"Wait a moment, I'll help you arrange it. Oh, by the way, while you're waiting, let me tell you something important - the name of the Vulcan Core must not be mentioned!"

"why?"

[Because Vulcan is the name of the Roman god of fire] Apollonia joined the call, [The Greek god of fire and casting is Hephaestus, and Vulcan is a knockoff of Hephaestus. Of course, if we are not in a special occasion, we generally do not make a detailed distinction. Zeus and Jupiter can be used interchangeably, and Aphrodite and Venus can also be used interchangeably - but this is a special occasion. The sage Archimedes absolutely cannot tolerate someone naming his technological achievements after a knockoff Roman god. ]

"Ah, I understand this very well. Just like if someone made strawberry mapo tofu in front of me, or stuffed chocolate into dumplings, I would be very angry too."

"You are really well-informed." Victoria's voice suddenly paused, "What? How could this happen?"

"What's going on?" Shangluo asked.

"Sage Archimedes happened to be free, so we asked him over the phone - he said he didn't know."

"Don't know? Then what?"

"Nothing happened. He said he didn't know, and then he continued drawing. He couldn't be disturbed when drawing, because he might be drawing something very important. But the answer 'I don't know' can explain a lot of things. Because it means that the problem should be with me."

[Ah, yes.] Apollonia responded, [That's right. Shangluo, let me explain to you: If you can't find the answer to a question anywhere in Rome, it can only mean one thing - it's a secret. This secret has been encrypted. And Archimedes is a very high-level sage. If even he doesn't know, then the secret should be kept in Victoria's hands.]

"Yes. So, the answer to the question seems to be here with me."

"Eh? Don't you know 'you don't know'?"

"Ah?!" Victoria was speechless for a moment, and even blushed. "Well, I've had a fever recently, so my memory is not very good."

Agatha, the head maid who had been watching this scene, turned her head away. This was almost the first time she saw Victoria make such an expression.

She didn't know whether this was Victoria's "special" state or the result of her illness. Judging from her fluency in handling official business, it was most likely the former. "Ahem." Agatha, the head maid, coughed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want me to get you the relevant information?"

"Yeah, please."

"Aeonia. Is that so?"

Ten minutes later, Shangluo hung up the phone, muttering the top-secret name.

——《Ionia Project》

"So that's how it is." Shangluo looked at the ceiling, "So it's such a good thing."

"What do you mean?" Fu Yuanshan asked, "Is this thing dangerous?"

"This thing is really dangerous to the Romans. If it is activated, it means Rome is almost finished. But now is the right time to use it. Senior Fu, leave it to me."

"Yeah." Fu Yuanshan looked back and signaled the other Jinyiwei to disperse first. The alarm can be lifted temporarily, there is no need to keep so many people here.

After everyone dispersed, Shangluo said to the elf blacksmith: "Please unzip it. Unzip it here."

After receiving the order from his employer, Trisandres took out the core, then covered it in his robe and performed some secret operations.

When he took it out again, the core golden sphere had turned into a ball of twisted metal that was constantly changing. Every part of the sphere was not wasted, and it kept folding and unfolding until it became a -

A golden, four-legged robotic "dog".

It is called a dog, but it actually has no head, only four legs and a round body. The small robot dog is only the size of a palm, slightly larger than before the transformation, and looks like a children's toy.

"What is this?" Fu Yuanshan asked.

"This is the prototype of the quadrupedal machine. According to the top-secret Ionia Plan, the Romans secretly handed it over to us as a 'state gift'. No one except the emperor at the time knew this secret - because it was the last line of defense against automaton rebellion. Once a two-legged automaton or a three-legged automaton gets out of control, this four-legged automaton, which symbolizes domination, can take over the situation."

"Then why put it here with us?"

"As always, the Romans don't trust themselves, so they'd rather trust us. It's safer with us than anywhere else. You see, it's been forgotten in the warehouse for more than a decade, and no one cares about it. He didn't tell us, but that's understandable. Because this thing doesn't pose any threat to us, and it's useless except for controlling the automata. They're planning to take the hidden quadrupeds back from us if Rome's defenses collapse. Use it as a 'vaccine' to deal with the crisis."

"I don't know what to say, this is really their usual style. But." Fu Yuanshan blinked, "Although there is no threat, it is reasonable to bury the treasure in our backyard. It is reasonable to pay some storage fees, right? This treasure."

"Victoria said she didn't want it anymore and gave it to me. Anyway, the automata have rebelled, so let me handle it."

"Ah, that's fine, just ignore what I said."

"But there is a small problem right now - the quadruped is used to control the tripod, and the tripod can control the two-legged machine. So we only got half of the key."

(End of this chapter)