Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1207 Formation
The Ming Dynasty's engineering machinery demonstrated remarkable efficiency. The rail transit loop line that Edo Castle had spent a huge amount of money to build was demolished in two hours. All the sleepers were cut one by one by the steel plow.

Shangluo had seen the black smoke before he heard the roar of the high-power diesel engine from a distance. The front of the car was almost rectangular, and the diesel engine drove the generator, which in turn drove the high-power DC motor through the electric transmission system.

The huge torque of the electric motor drove the locomotive forward, and the sound of wood cracking mixed with the roar of the engine. As it drove forward, the broken wood and gravel behind it were shoveled all over the sky.

When a whole row of locomotives drove past Shangluo, the last section of the rails was also scraped away. The noose that cut off the Seven Star Formation was also loosened at this moment.

Shangluo looked at the temple, and there was no reaction there - but then, the ground began to shake.

[It’s coming. There’s an earthquake! It’s a magnitude 7 earthquake! ]

"As expected, the local elves are the best at chanting magic on the earth veins." Phaethon stood on the ground. "If we want to use external forces to detonate the earth veins, I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be consumed. But as long as we use the appropriate method to set up the formation, we can directly trigger the long-accumulated power in the earth veins for his use. Although we don't know how the power is transmitted, I haven't seen such classic magic for a long time."

"Is this also 'classic' from a Roman perspective?"

"I think so. This giant magic array that uses the land to cast spells can be compared to the arrays around Constantinople - the number of arrays here is just smaller. From a macro perspective, the scale is similar. Being able to use such a large array to achieve specific goals is indeed a powerful ancient magic."

"So what do you think about how this power works?"

Phaethon thought about it.
"Victoria, what do you think? You are the most useful person with the highest confidentiality level here - Shangluo has the same confidentiality level as you, but he knows nothing."

"So I'm useless, right? Forget it. Victoria, have you thought about it?"

"Ah? No, I'm socially phobic."

"Don't you like meetings very much?"

"That's different. I like meetings, that is, I like occasions where I am the main person. There are strangers here, I am not used to it, I have social anxiety, so I, forget it, I will come out. You open your pockets a little."

Although there were people all around her, the socially anxious Victoria still walked out of her familiar, spiritual environment.

The aftershocks had not yet subsided, and Victoria almost lost her balance. Shangluo quickly supported her from behind, while Phaethon directly held her arm.

"What's happened? Why are you so weak?" Phaethon asked in surprise.

"The leylines here are quite messy. My heart is beating wildly." She turned around and went back inside. No one around even noticed her. "I understand now. It's very clear now. There's no need to stay outside."

"So, what's the situation now?" Shangluo asked Victoria for her opinion. Her opinion was very valuable for reference, because in today's world where alchemy has declined, alchemy, which is "not far from the ancient times", is closer to the realm of alchemy.

"Xu Fu's arrangement here is very simple - he activated the earth veins by angering and imprisoning the earth gods here, and then channeled the overflowing earth vein power into his own factory."

"Is there such a way to fight? How can the virtual earth veins become real objects?"

"I think Xu Fu used some kind of material as a medium - in Rome, this choice is usually magic metals such as gold, or directly using fairy wine to drive it. Generally speaking, these substances can capture spiritual power like a sail and make it work. And here, did you notice that Xu Fu used a medium similar to that of the Dragon Palace? He even knew the tactics of the Dragon Palace very well." "You mean, mirage?"

"Or you could call it a demonic energy, depending on how you look at it. Making invisible things take shape seems to be the power of a demon. To be able to move a city, it must be a powerful demon."

"Yeah," Shangluo nodded. "Anyway, this is something that happened in the Dragon Palace. I guess this monster is probably related to the Dragon Palace. We don't need to worry about how the power is transformed over there. All we need to do here is cut off the pipeline."

The earthquake gradually subsided, like the surging sound of an engine just activated. This was the "retaliatory" expansion of the cut-off ley lines after they resumed normal operation.

"It's over. Another unexpected earthquake." The earthquake waves also spread far away. Lu Huaiyang complained in the communication channel, "Now it's even harder to tell when the next earthquake will hit Shangluo. In this case, will the man named Taira Masakado come out? The ground veins have indeed been repaired. However, the energy supply does not seem to be interrupted. So, why is this?"

He looked ahead - after the earthquake, there was still no movement in the shrine.

"It seems that Xu Fu has more than one layer of defense."

"But how do we do this?" Lu Huaiyang asked in surprise, "Do you know magic?"

"Don't worry, Captain Lu, I know what's going on here. I don't know any magic, but I do know one thing. There's no end to fighting those old guys. This is the truth I learned in Rome. Because those old guys, whose minds are full of magic, have traps one after another. Only by making them bleed can we solve the problem."

"Huh? What do you mean? You mean, we have to find someone to possess Taira Masakado before it comes out?"

"Of course we can, but we can use modern technology to skip the step of finding someone - at times like this, we can use convenient tools."

[Do you want to activate the lighthouse? I can help you call it. ]

"Not yet. Don't you just need something to rely on? Simple."

He searched in the package and found something that was everywhere - an automatic machine.

This is a two-legged automaton. Although it is exquisitely made, Shangluo has seen many of them now, but many of them have also been dismantled.

This is a blank, unactivated automaton, perfect as a puppet to house the "God of the Earth" of this place.

[Oh~~ You are quite smart. Summon the local earth god like this, and confine him inside, and then you can talk to him directly. But, how do you plan to do it specifically? ]

"It doesn't have to be that troublesome." Shang Luo drew his sword and cut off the automaton's head with one stroke. "If it was Taira Masakado, with the level of this vengeful spirit, he should know what to do."

Sure enough. Not far away, a human head flew over. This was the only body of Taira no Masakado buried here. Legend has it that he was beheaded in the west, but the resentment that surged into the sky caused his head to fly all the way to the east and fell here. The head flew around, this was Taira no Masakado's characteristic.

(End of this chapter)