Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 639 Key

"Take it." The ordinary key is exactly the same as the small key on the market for winding up gadgets such as the tin frog, the tin car, and the tin Monkey King.

"That's it? Is this the key to Vulcan's core?"

"Yes, that's it. So I lost it and couldn't find it at all. It looked too ordinary."

Shangluo took the key and looked inside the keyhole.

"It's weird. It's flat inside? There are only two slopes that catch the tongue and groove? Then can you just match one?"

"I have tried it a long time ago. I have put the exact same key in it to turn the clockwork. But the Romans are very evil. It is obviously the same key, but it does not move at all when inserted. Obviously there is something hidden in the key. There are many sects. They are different from what they are on the outside, and they are called evil sects here."

[Ah, the principle of this thing does seem a bit evil. 】

"What do you say?" Shangluo asked.

[This involves one point - the power demons of Taoism all have a source of creation such as heaven and earth. Regardless of right and wrong, good and evil, these forces can all be traced back to Tao. But the principle of this key is the 'Law of Contact' which has no origin. Its principle is that the key and the lock cylinder themselves are homologous objects. The magic discovers the connection and maintains the key and the lock cylinder even after they are separated. This power does not come from Tao, but from the object itself. If you want to follow what is said here.]

Apollonia thought for a while: [This is like making the door a talking, conscious door for the purpose of guarding the door. I know the court doesn't like this. If the court wanted to do this, it would probably find a noble person from Tianyi to work, or maybe find a group of people to work in shifts. Just like the mountain gods and the land all work in their own places. Roman enlightens you casually, and it becomes a spirit. 】

"Good guy" Shangluo looked at the key in his hand. From a mystical perspective, this seemingly ordinary key has entered the supernatural world after being cast.

He conveyed it to Zhu Xianxian immediately.

"I said, Miss Apollonia, what does your Muse Palace think about this? I remember that your views on technological ethics are also relatively conservative."

[This is already very conservative, Your Majesty. ] Apollonia sent a message, [The key itself is the last line of defense. Because the thing that will really explode is the Vulcan core itself. Compared with the Vulcan core, this key to becoming a spirit is already very conservative. 】

"Okay. Why do you do this?"

【Because I don’t want to die. No one wants to die. This reason should have been conveyed to you on many occasions. The Romans were eager to introduce supernatural powers, hoping that at least one of them would lead everyone to immortality - there was no logic in this. However, this is just like alchemists who can't wait to use gold to make gold. They feel that the immortality of gold can eventually be transformed into the immortality of humans.

[Even in modern times, their pursuits have not changed. But after countless attempts at immortal gold failed, Rome's technological focus shifted from the pursuit of 'immortality' to the pursuit of 'infinity'. Vulkan Core is one of the results. But to be honest, the original intention of this technology is actually no different from refining gold. It just wants to transform the infinity of things into the infinity of people. so. 】

She paused: [Vulcan Core, an attempt at 'infinity'. The Romans experimented with many kinds of infinity, including the universe in the nutshell of a wireless matryoshka doll that they are currently using. On such a small scale, it is indeed easier to achieve the infinity of consciousness. Vulcan Core is more ambitious in comparison. It is an attempt to use perpetual motion to shake reality. 】 "What would it look like under ideal circumstances?" Zhu Xianfen asked.

[In an ideal situation, a Roman warship equipped with a perpetual motion machine would use unlimited power to cruise on the sea while discharging ice cubes. Shangluo should know. 】

"Ah, I remember you were talking about automata?"

[Yes, the relationship between these two concepts is this - the automaton is a vision of 'practical perpetual motion machine'. Because the concept of perpetual motion itself is too big, its corresponding concept is 'prime mover'. Prime movers generally refer to all machines that use energy to generate source power, and perpetual motion machines, on the contrary, generally refer to all machines that can generate source power without using energy. 】

Zhu Xianxian nodded: "So the automaton you are talking about specifically corresponds to concepts such as car engines and ship engines. But where is the bottleneck of this technology?"

[Our vision is to use unconditional perpetual motion machines of the first kind. However, due to limited conditions, we can only use the second type of perpetual motion machine. I said before that when using the second type of perpetual motion machine, you need to move forward while discharging ice cubes. Because its principle is to infinitely absorb energy from a single external heat source in a state of reverse entropy, which will cause the temperature to drop sharply, requiring a thermal insulator to maintain the operation of the machine itself. Because water is a free thermal insulator, there is as much water as you need in the sea. as well as.】

She paused for a moment: [What I want to say now is a secret. You two, the most important technology of Vulcan's core is to maintain the anti-entropy state. Only in the reverse entropy state can the machine operate in the second type of perpetual motion machine. But do you know how to maintain a state of reverse entropy? 】

The two looked at each other and shook their heads.

[The answer is, life. Life is counter-entropic. All things in nature tend to change from order to disorder, and all tend to increase in entropy. Only life will spontaneously resist the increase in entropy and create a state of counter-entropy. Human beings and even human society operate on this basis. There are some beings with powerful potential sealed in Vulcan's core. They live there and they are fighting against the increase of entropy, so the anti-entropy state is realized. 】

"Good guy" Zhu Xianfen couldn't help it anymore, "This is so evil!"

[Even from a Roman perspective, this was very evil. Because the Vulcan core acts as a perpetual motion machine, although it does not consume any energy, it does consume the potential of life contained in it. 】

"Tsk." Zhu Xianfen pressed his forehead, "I can't even judge whether this is reasonable from an ethical point of view. Because there is no life that exists in front of you, it just might exist, right?"

[His Majesty the Emperor of Japan’s summary is very insightful. 】

"So the path of evil cultivation is actually quite tempting." Zhu Xianfen shook his head, "In the final analysis, Tao has two sides, yin and yang. The righteous way is Tao, and the evil way is also Tao. No one says that evil ways cannot ascend, and no one says It is said that the righteous path of accumulating merit will definitely lead to ascension. After all, even if it is the righteous path, who can dispatch generals without restraint?"

(End of this chapter)