Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 254 Three-legged Golden Crow
Cathay and Rome, two ancient empires united in the distant past, ruled the world unstoppably.

This is where the nightmare begins.
Vesna was sitting on a hill in the Caucasus with a schoolbag on her back. The Caspian Sea breeze blew by, bringing the pungent smell of the Baku refinery.Vesna, who has lived here since she was born, is used to this, but the traveler next to her is not quite used to it.

Wearing a knitted hat, Lin hid her ears inside.By the way, she also covered her nose and mouth with a scarf and her eyes with goggles.But the pungent smell still made her exposed cheeks sting a little.She spent all her life in the royal court in the past, and she is not quite used to this bad air quality.

"By the way, let's not talk about Zhendan. Sister Lin, have you really been to Rome?"

"I've said it all, I'm a Roman."

"Oh Rome, so far away. It feels like I'm on the other side of the world."

"The straight-line distance from your place to Constantinople is less than 2000 kilometers. If you drive, you can get there in two or three days."

"So the city of Rome is so close? But it always feels so far away. Sister Lin, how long are you going to live here?"

"Stay for a while. If I can't find the person I'm looking for, I'll go to the next place."

"Oh, it seems that you are not the same as Master Olus."

"Who is that?"

"Master tax collector in this region. He is wearing a long, long robe, and the robe is shiny. He will only come when the tithe is collected, and he will carry a golden staff in his hand."

"Bringing a golden rod? What is it for?"

"He asked the people in the village to drive the sheep over one by one, and then count them. As long as the tenth cattle and sheep passed under the battle, no matter good or bad, they must be sacrificed to the city of Rome. You say, the Roman emperor is It's not very fat, why does he eat so many sheep?"

"Wesna." Lin turned her head, "Do you hate Rome?"

"Hate Rome? Ahh. What a strange question."

"Don't you hate it?"

"It's hard to say that I don't hate it." She grabbed the straps of her schoolbag, dangling her feet on the rocks, "How should I put it, it's like I don't hate the sun, the sea and the mountains. The sun rises on time, Rome People come and collect their taxes on time. That's how we've lived since my grandpa's grandpa, grandpa's grandpa's grandpa."

"Well" Lin nodded, she understands this kind of mentality: in the eyes of many people, Rome is a part of the world order, and it has dominated the entire world since ancient times beyond recognition, and people can't even tell which one came first The sun still comes first in Rome.As for the Zhendan on the other side of the world, it only exists in the legendary place.

"Hey~~ Sister Lin, have you heard of the immortals of Zhendan?"

"Not only have I heard of it, but I have also seen it."

"Ah! Can the immortals of Cathay really live hundreds of years? Can theirs really fly? Can they breathe fire?"

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Look, look, this is the newspaper from last night."

Vesna opened her schoolbag and took out a crumpled newspaper: On the front page, the Roman Emperor Victoria III was standing at the window announcing something to the public, and the Cathaan man with white hair, black clothes and ribbons was standing On the side, with a serious expression.The content is equally shocking: "The Empire Has Changed!"The Emperor has ordered the No.13 Legion "Twin Legion" to withdraw to Hadrian's Wall.The British Auxiliary is changing defenses. "

"The adults in the family said that the white-haired elder brother next to him is the Immortal of Zhendan. Oh, he is more beautiful than my sister. Can he breathe fire? If he can breathe fire, does he breathe fire from his mouth or nose? "

"Ah, he doesn't seem to have this attribute. But has he been promoted to heaven so quickly?"

"Eh? Sister Lin, do you know him?" For some reason, Vesna's intuition was extremely keen.Although she has not yet recognized that the girl in the newspaper is the emperor, she can capture a lot of subtle information in the conversation.

"Uh..." Lin didn't know how to answer for a while.She came to inquire about information, and she didn't want to hand over her information directly.

"By the way, Sister Lin, I have a fairy's treasure here. It fell from the sky."

"Treasure? What treasure?" Lin didn't come here for tourism, she was looking for the goal she had been tracking: the power of the wild hunt.If it is really a treasure.
"Look, this is it!" Vesna took out a piece of iron.There is a string of flowery code words on it, and it is not possible to see what kind of parts it is, it is probably just a fragment of the shell of something.The surrounding of the iron plate was polished and smooth, as if it was used as a knife.But it doesn't seem to have cut anything, it's just a toy knife.

"This is a treasure that fell from the sky. Every week, the God of Cathay will fly over our heads with a golden crow. It's definitely not an airplane. My grandpa said that only angels can fly It was so fast. But I knew it was not an angel, because once, I saw a golden crow sticking out three legs, so it must be the three-legged golden crow of the gods, and it must be used to pull the sun chariot! Then the treasure hit the mountain in front with a bang."

"But why a crow?"

"Because the sound is so loud, it must be a crow?"

Suddenly, Vesna stopped.She pointed to the western sky: "Golden crows! Golden crows! They used to come on Thursday and Friday, but they came so early this week!
Lin looked in the direction she pointed:

High in the dark blue sky, a bright point of light is streaking across the sky, at least as far as the upper atmosphere.For that altitude, the speed of this aircraft was unbelievably fast, and it flew directly above their heads in a few breaths.And there are already flying birds in the mountains in the distance.

Suddenly, without warning, a thunder "boomed" from the sky——

"At twice the speed of sound, continue to climb." Captain Lin kept his hand on the handle of the throttle valve.Although the speed of daily operation has been crossed, the Ninghe can continue to accelerate this time.

Shang Luo, who was sitting in the back, was looking down at the newspaper.This time he was much calmer than before, and he could stay normal without wearing a pressurized suit—but it was also because the shaking in the cabin was not as severe as before.

"Oh, that's right, Shangluo." Captain Lin said suddenly, "What are you going to transport this time?"

"It's a secret." Shang Luo didn't look up, "By the way, why didn't you shake this time?"

"It's a secret." Captain Lin imitated him.

"Don't imitate me, you who are dozens of years old... Well, let me be honest, it's not a secret anyway. This is after the Taoist ancestor asked me to come to Rome to talk about things. I think it is convenient for me to take this thing back to explain the situation. That is A black stone is a sacred object of the goddess Cybele. Since I can't take it back alone, I called you here. So why doesn't the Ninghe shake?"

"Because the Jusu fuel was changed, it can not shake. In the early experiments on the Shuilong, the Jusu fuel performed very well. So Guo Xing went to Shenyang in North Zhili to purchase some, let us try it. The effect It turned out to be very good, and the pulse detonation engine adapts very well to new fuels."

"Oh~~ Then it will be ready for passenger transportation soon?"

"The fuel cost is 9.4 times higher than before." Captain Lin replied.Even he, who doesn't need to pay, felt a little bit pained by these words.It was already burning money, but this time it was super doubled.

"...Forget it then. By the way, what time shall we arrive?"

"Five o'clock in the afternoon, it should be the time. Why, do you have arrangements?"

"Waiting for me to go back to the meeting over there. Well, if it goes well, Captain Lin, pay attention to the upgrade push of Fetion in the past two days. I made a fun function for everyone, called 'Forum'."

(End of this chapter)