Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 573: Round and flatten
  After coming out from Zhu Ling's side, Shangluo felt relaxed.

"Ah, it's really good to have so many reliable friends around me. They can help me share a lot of troubles at once. I'm a little worried about whether little Qiuqiu will have separation anxiety. Alas, after all, I am the most important person in his life. people."

【you sure? Do you want me to take a photo to show you? Wait, I'll let Ahem take a photo. 】

The photo was sent immediately, and the perspective was from above Ahem's collar. Qiuqiu is drinking Coke, his face is full of happiness, and there is no anxiety at all - even the look of "happiness" itself can be read from the two beady eyes. It is hard to imagine that that face can express it. Such an obvious expression.

"Tsk. Like the new and hate the old."

[I think it’s because you’ve been rounding him up and flattening him. 】

"When did I round him up and flatten him?"

[Didn’t you just physically round him up and flatten him? He was this big a moment ago and now he's only this small. 】

"Tsk. I'm educating him. This kid has been fighting with me since he came here. He needs to be educated well before he knows who is the boss. You see how well-behaved I have taught him. He will do whatever I ask him to do."

[Hmm] Apollonia thought about it and said, [Actually, your kind of education is better. 】

"You are quite discerning. But how can you tell?"

[You don’t even know why it’s good, right? You just feel it feels good and you just want to touch him. In fact, it is better for you to do this because: you are treating Qiuqiu as an independent individual and cultivating him as a 'person'. Zhu Ling just kept him as a cute pet. 】

"That's for sure, he is very powerful. He can also be very powerful. I have seen those large cloud whales. If this door is wide enough, one day I can bring out the cloud whale and roar. This will be unprecedented. It’s a ‘Super Yue Soldier’, no one else can mobilize such a large army.”

[The problem is here, Cloud Whale needs experience to become powerful. You have to treat him as a human being so that he can grow up to be a 'human being' and have the consciousness to communicate with human beings. The cloud whale's wisdom will eventually fade away as the body ages, turning into a stone-like semi-elemental life form with only a meager consciousness. At this time, the strong emotions left behind in their past experiences are the driving force that supports their existence in the world. 】

"Just like... Daozu also has his own anchor point?"

[Perhaps this is the fate of the dragon. The dragon will eventually have to face this step. Although you are bullying Qiuqiu now, this close relationship is established through such exchanges and interactions. Even if he holds a grudge, this is a good thing and will help him live longer in the future. The longer the Cloud Whale lives, the more powerful it becomes. The more it can maintain its self-awareness in elementalization, the closer it is to transcendence and the way of heaven. If he can transcend the way of heaven while still maintaining self-awareness, then he will...]

"Ascended?"

【Yes. This is probably the path to ascension for monks from the lower world. Therefore, Zhu Ling's current way of 'raising' is actually not suitable for laying the foundation for Qiuqiu's future. Of course, this is actually not a bad thing now, because it is supplemented by your upbringing, achieving a balance of leniency and severity. Comparing the two sides, Qiuqiu's childhood will leave a more profound mark on him. 】

"That means I have to bully him a little more, right? Do you want to use him to shoot?"

[It’s almost too much, and he will really explode. Flexible education, do you understand flexible education? 】

"Well, it seems that those two dogs are better educated."

[Earth wolves are much less emotionally dependent. In other words, they are wolves, not dogs. Don't really think of them as dogs, they will become more and more like dogs. Maybe it will wag its tail by then. 】

"Really?"    【Look at the two of them, they still look quite aloof. If you keep thinking of them as dogs, although they are not like balls that can be rounded or flattened at will, they might really turn into dogs. 】

"Tsk, then it seems that it is right to let them stay with the wolves for a while. I hope it will be useful to them - by the way, our old Zhu family is really full of talents. Some of them work in the zoo and some are skiing in the front. Are there any stock traders?"

[When people are idle to a certain extent, they often become very good in some strange aspects. This kind of thing may not happen, but the rate of it happening to their Lao Zhu family seems to be quite high. But so far I don’t seem to see them being very talented or efficient in their work.】

"What's the matter?"

[For example, as the emperor, he should criticize the bad things, right? 】

"Rather, it's just right now."

[If it were a Roman emperor, such as Victoria, she would never let go of any opportunity to seize power. If there are folds for her to approve, she will definitely approve each one personally, and then make her own judgment on each one. 】

"I'm afraid it's the other way around on our side. In the final analysis, the emperor is the emperor, and there are no imperial guards to coup him. But if he keeps interfering, he will conflict with the entire system. So his strategy is not to interfere unless necessary. Interfere only on important ethical issues.”

【What is this called? 】

"Xujing governs the world. It is not written in the textbooks, and it is not written anywhere, because it is impossible to write it down, because writing it out itself is not 'xujing'. Xujing is the default rule."

[But he seems to enjoy it, so he has time to do his own things. In fact, I found that it seems that he is not the only one doing this? It seems like your other elders also have their own things to do? 】

"Because academic research is their profession, and this is our long-standing tradition."

[I looked through your records. It seems that this is indeed the case. All the elders of the past generations seem to have made academic achievements. For example, Qian Qianyi, the elder Qiange, is a leader in epigraphy research. Another example is wow, all of these are amazing. 】

"You are right to think that they are 'very powerful'. Academic research is a key factor in establishing their prestige. Their political activities and academic research are complementary to each other."

[It’s really hard to understand things that are not written on paper. I don’t understand what Xu Jing governs the world is all about. 】

"So, you have to keep observing and learning like Qiuqiu, right?"

[I am a human being, so I don’t need to learn anything about ‘human nature’. Just think of a way to get me a body. 】

"Why does it sound like a white-bone spirit?"

[Elder Tang~~Would you like to have a vegetarian meal~~]

"The secret is revealed. How did you know it was Elder Tang?"

(End of this chapter)