Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 4 Fork in the Road
[New here, you say yes. 】

"Indeed." Shang Luo followed subconsciously.

【.】

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Shangluo froze in place, as if something was wrong.It seemed that something was talking just now?

An inexplicable feeling came up, but it was like an illusion.It's even completely different from feeling those dynamos before - this time it's not slurred flashbacks, but clear and unmistakable voices.And he can be sure that it's not his own voice.

"Who are you?" He subconsciously asked.

【.】

A gasp could be heard vaguely, but there was no response.

"Mr. Xiaoshang? What are you talking about?" asked Jefferson next to him.

"Ah, it's okay, I heard wrong."

[No no no no no!You heard that right!It turns out that you can really hear it!I thought it was my illusion! 】

Like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw, the voice suddenly popped out, for fear that Shang Luo would not be able to hear her.Before Shang Luo could reply, she immediately went on to say:

【Help!I'm fed up with this bunch of nonsense guys who only accept what they want, and when it doesn't work out, they go back and forth on divination.I'm getting annoyed by them!You can hear me, can't you? !can you hear me?Do me a favor!I beg you!Just recite silently, no need to speak. 】

"Why should I help you? Are you a monster?" Shang Luo said silently in his heart.

【In front of you is the infinite magic machine "Apolonia".The creator of destiny, the pioneer of the future, the god of light and prophecy, the wisest of all gods, the most eternal of all wise.]

"My house can't accommodate so many people."

【Okay!I am Apollonia, and Apollonia is me.A wretch who needs help, and you're the only one who can hear me.I need your help. 】

"Wait a minute, you haven't explained why I want to help you."

[As you can see, those tricks of tossing coins just now came from my strength.It's just that these idiots only know how to do magician tricks, they don't know what a real miracle is - like, now I can help you escape.Believe it or not, they don't actually intend to let you go away alive at all, it's full of killers out there now.If you don't believe me, you can find an excuse and say you want to go out.Otherwise——Shangluo, use urine escape! 】

There was an inexplicable familiarity to this line, which made him feel a little strange.But Shang Luo decided to give it a try, because he really couldn't trust these barbarians.

He raised his head and asked, "Excuse me, where is the toilet?"

Jefferson still had a smile on his face: "Oh, Mr. Xiaoshang, things here will be over soon. How about I teach you how to use miracles now? Or let me divination your fate?"

"But I really want to go to the toilet now"

"Please be sure to wait. It will be over in a short while." Jefferson stood up with a displeased expression on his face.

【What did I say just now!He doesn't want you out of this room at all!Do you believe it now? 】

"What should I do now?" he asked for advice from a mysterious voice calling himself "Apolonia."

[Let’s do a divination first.Divination can determine your fate through observation, and then we will determine the path. 】

"it is good."

The cards were in front of him, and Shang Luo drew two.

Two clowns are smiling at him.One is the king and the other is the little king.

"What does it mean to draw a big and small king?"

[What else can it mean?Wang Zha!There is no taboo, just rush out! 】

"Is there any king bomb in the Tarot card???"

[I said if there is, there is no taboo!Nothing is taboo!Just punch and you're done.Or are you going to sit here and die?The twenty or so gunmen outside were genuine. 】

"Okay. Shall I go straight ahead, or do I have to do some preparations?" Shang Luo hasn't lived enough yet, so he doesn't want to die here.

[He has a pistol in the first drawer on the left hand side of his desk.Maybe carrying that gun will give you some peace of mind.There is a music box with the pistol, and that is my body.Take these two things and rush out immediately. 】

"Mr. Xiao Shang?" Jefferson asked again, "Why are you standing still? Quickly check what's wrong. Stop! Why are you walking in!"

Shang Luo walked towards the desk without saying a word, then stretched out his hand towards the first drawer on the left——

"Hey, what are you doing!" Jefferson knew better than anyone what was there, and rushed forward to intercept it.But Shangluo was closer to the table. He opened the drawer, and there was indeed a pistol inside.

A silver pistol.

0.50 mm self-defense pistol "Gradius", the standard equipment of the Roman Army.But unlike other Roman weapons that were printed with regimental emblems, this pistol has no markings that can prove the identity of the user.

The safety has been unlocked, and the pistol is ready to fire, just to take it out and shoot at any time.But when Shangluo's hand touched the gun, the gun itself seemed to provide more information.
A box-shaped white music box also lay quietly beside the pistol.

"You said, nothing is taboo, right? I will not die no matter what?" Shang Luo made the final confirmation.

[Yes, once the fate is observed, it is determined, just like being able to guess correctly 15 times in a row before.Now you have no restrictions.Eh!what are you doing!Where are you pointing? 】

When he touched the gun, he already knew the condition of the gun.But the one in front of him didn't know.

"Hmm... nothing is taboo, right?"

Facing Jefferson, Shang Luo looked at him with a half-smile.

"What are you going to do?"

Shang Luo raised his pistol, aimed it at his temple, and pulled the trigger.

With a "click", he heard the sound of the hammer hitting.This kind of mechanical movement is often directly covered by the sound of gunpowder deflagration.But now he could hear it clearly.

Jefferson heard it too.He was stunned.

"Just now, you drew the big king and the little king... Then you said 'no taboo'." Jefferson's voice began to tremble, "Can you have a conversation with the angel? Could it be that the angel is providing you with protection!"

"That's right, that's right." Shang Luo walked over step by step - he reached out and picked up the deck of playing cards.

"Borrow your deck of cards."

Shang Luo walked out of the door, and Jefferson, who stayed where he was talking to himself, didn't stop him.

Outside the door, the door opened with a "squeak".Shangluo walked out slowly.

Sure enough, there were 24 gunmen outside, no more, no less.They all squatted in the corner, leaving a path in the middle.

Shang Luo walked out the door, then turned around and gently closed the door.

"Thank you." He nodded to the crowd, then swaggered through the middle, as if he was working here.

Among the more than 20 people, several people returned the salute, and most of them held their guns against the wall and did not move.But no one reached out to stop them, and no one even watched Shangluo leave their sight. After all, Senator Jefferson didn't give an order.

After taking two steps, I came to the T-junction of the tunnel, and there was a left and right fork in front of me.

"Well, men are on the left and women are on the right, so let's go to the left."

He turned to the left and ran into Franklin, who had sent him in, head-on.

Franklin was carrying an orange cardboard box across the corridor.He was shocked when he saw Shangluo, because Shangluo obviously shouldn't be here at this time:
"Why did you come out? Hey, I was talking to you, why did you come out! Come back!" He tilted his head and yelled out from behind the cardboard box, but Shang Luo walked forward regardless.With playing cards in the left pocket and a music box in the right pocket, he moved slowly in the corridor like walking.

"Hey, hello!" After yelling twice, Franklin threw the orange cardboard box on the ground.He walked to the door of the senator's office in three or two steps: "Come on! Catch him! Catch him back!"

The 24 gunmen glanced at him, but remained unmoved, just stood there holding their guns quietly.

"Hey! Do you know that you let go of the most important person! You don't want to live!"

"Stop shouting." Jefferson opened the door from the inside and stood at the door. "They can't understand your official language. These soldiers recruited from London are different from you. They can only speak English."

"Senator, he's gone! Get these people to catch him!"

"You can't stop him." Jefferson shook his head, "Angels are protecting him, if you can't stop him, let him go and save ourselves some dignity."

"Your Excellency, Senator, we took great pains to invite him. Don't you just watch him leave like this? This is too ridiculous!"

"Okay." Jefferson sighed, "It's come to this point, after all, I still can't accept my fate. Human beings are always struggling in vain."

He cleared his throat and gave the pursuit order in English.

【You scared him just now. 】Apolonia made a sound, but there was no echo in the narrow corridor.

Shangluo can be sure that this sound may not exist physically.

"But it didn't scare me. I'm not going to risk my life. The gun told me it was jammed. I just scared him. I can't believe what you say unconditionally."

【No wonder you can talk to me You can feel simple consciousness on simple machinery.So with me, you should be able to feel 'infinity'. 】

"Infinity? What's that?"

[It's nothing, you can escape quickly first, someone is chasing you from behind. ] Apollonia reminded.

The sound of dense footsteps sounded from behind.This underground stronghold is actually not that big, and finding him is only a matter of time.

"Is there no taboo you just said? There is a fork in the road ahead, so I can go wherever I want?"

[You can indeed be more casual, but fate may have a different view of "No Taboo" from you.After all, nothing is taboo can keep you alive, but whether the body can be intact...]

"It's strange. I can't feel if you're lying to me. It's obvious that other machines can perceive emotions very well. So are you really sure that there are no taboos if you get Wang Bo?"

[First of all, I am not a machine, please clarify this first.I am the creator of destiny, the pioneer of the future...]

"I said stop, you are so powerful, these guys actually only use you to guess coins? Shouldn't they ask how to release the fireball technique? Or how to ascend?"

[How do you know that no one asked? 】

"Um???"

Her answer made Shang Luo stagger.But now there is no time to care about others, and he is more important.

Turned to the left—on the left was a corridor, and at the end of the corridor was an iron gate.According to the requirements of the fire code, the iron door is marked with a green escape exit sign.

"Sure enough, you are quite reliable. Can you walk to the entrance?"

When he got to the door, he stretched out his hand and was about to open it—the door didn't budge.It's not locked, but the whole thing is rusted.

"Hey! There's a stale smell to this door, it hasn't been opened in at least 5 years! Are you sure this is the right way?"

[Don't worry, it's absolutely reliable. 】

The footsteps behind were getting closer, and there was even the sound of a bullet being loaded.

"Hey, hey, Miss Apollonia, if you have a way, tell me quickly, or I will have to explain it here today."

[Fate is doomed once it is observed.If I'm not wrong. 5, 4, 3]

Shang Luo vaguely sensed something, took a stride to hide in the corner, and crouched on the spot with his head in his arms.

With a "boom", the door-breaking bomb blew away the lock of the iron door and the entire iron door.

A whole team of soldiers in matte scale armor rushed in, each holding a compact Taihe 12-year 0.9mm submachine gun.

The submachine gun does not have a silencer, but a horn - only by keeping the sound of the gun being fired, you can know that it is Jin Yiwei who raided the house.

An officer not wearing armor but wearing a flying fish suit strode in from the soldiers.He was so strong that he stretched out his loose flying fish suit, and there was an embroidered spring knife pinned to his belt.This is the standard Jinyiwei appearance. According to relevant regulations, a military academy wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife must be present before the Jinyiwei can handle the case.

This is a deliberately preserved and exaggerated tradition.Because only in this way can you know that it was Jin Yiwei who raided the house.

The military academy in the flying fish suit shouted into the corridor with a larger handheld loudspeaker:
"Jin Yiwei handles the case! The idlers are waiting to disperse! Hand over the hostages, or the whole body will not be left! Repeat, hand over the hostages, or the whole body will not be left!"

(End of this chapter)