Chapter 271 Shadow of Chang'an

Just after he exclaimed, Li Qi felt a force strangling his vocal cords.

"No, speak." The Great Wizard repeated.

Li Qi nodded.

But he really couldn't be blamed just now.

He felt the breath of the dragon vein!

The clear feedback from the real Yun gave him the same feeling as the terminal, that is, the huge, magnificent road that runs through the world and is almost indescribable in words!

He suppressed his emotions and followed the Great Wizard silently.

On the way, the Great Wizard began to explain to him.

"Aren't you curious about what the dragon vein is? It happens that I'm going to come here tonight, so I'll take you to see where one of the equipment closest to the dragon vein is, the second-grade peak magic weapon of humanity."

Li Qi naturally remembered the request not to speak, so he shut up and followed honestly.

Then, soon, in this hollow, Li Qi saw the "machine".

It's real, a machine.

It's not the kind of ancient architectural style commonly seen in the Tang Kingdom, nor has it ever integrated the magic weapon and the line into an integrated terminal magic weapon or something like that.

Instead, it is pure machinery, with countless rotating gears meshing with each other, complex mechanical structures vibrating, and perfect escapement mechanisms and balance spring systems arranged together on the rotating frame of the bearing.

Deep underground, under Chang'an, there is another Chang'an!

Under the ground of Chang'an, there is a mechanical city!

This is not the hidden cave that Li Qi had guessed before, but a city!

Under the neat and orderly streets of Chang'an, there is a shadow-like mechanical city!

All these machines are mutually matched structures, arranged steadily underground, and can be rotated, disassembled, and reorganized at will. Through a specific center, the three mutually perpendicular coordinate axes around can be rotated at will.

Just like clocks and single-toothed positioners, the transmission between mana and exquisite mechanical structures transmits commands from level to level.

These machines are made of an alloy that Li Qi does not recognize, and are made by extremely good processing technology. Some servo lines composed of optical cables are surrounded by many hydraulic pistons in the center, and there is a set of protective folding plates on the outside.

Impeccable and flawless, no matter from which aspect, this is a sophisticated machine with self-consistent logic and seamless cycle, which can run for 100,000 years without stopping.

When watching the city running, people can't help but have a sense of order.

It is so complicated and so exquisite, trillions of parts make this great thing, so that Li Qi felt his brain twitching just by looking at it.

He had to put away his true knowledge and no longer carefully investigate, but only use his eyes to analyze.

If he continued to expand his true knowledge, he was worried that his brain would be boiled. The things here are too complicated, and his body, which is used to the flow of information, feels unbearable!

The witch took Li Qi to walk in it.

As he walked, he explained to Li Qi: "This is the owner of all terminals and all public facilities and magic weapons of the entire human world. The foundation for the smooth operation of the entire Chang'an."

The ground, houses, and various infrastructures of Chang'an are all magic weapons.

Just like the human cities on Earth are all industrial products, no one will use thatch to build houses in the city, and even the ground is made of cement and asphalt, Chang'an is the same.

It's just that industrial products have been turned into magic weapons.

The great witch walked steadily, as if he was not surprised. As he walked, he explained to the shocked Li Qi: "This is the magic weapon closest to the dragon vein."

"The peak of the second grade, the ultimate product of the joint efforts of the Way of Reason and the Way of Humanity, the 'Cardinal of All Realms', the origin of all terminals, the core of the endless network of the Tang Kingdom."

"The energy source of the Cardinal of All Realms is the Dragon Vein of Humanity. You can directly communicate with the Dragon Vein of Humanity here, but you just feel it. Don't look at it, you will die."

As he said, the great witch passed through this endless mechanical structure and took Li Qi to a huge pipeline.

It was really huge. Li Qi even thought he was standing on flat ground. The ground around him was extremely flat and slippery. The whole body was made of some metal he didn't recognize and did not emit any energy fluctuations.

If he hadn't looked far away, he would have thought it was a road.

And that 'far away' was really far away. Li Qi conservatively estimated that it was about a few thousand miles away.

The reason why he could see the prototype interface from such a distance was not only because Li Qi had good eyesight, but also because the interface was really too big.

As long as it was big enough, it could be seen. Even if the distance between the earth and the sun was that far, you could still see the sun from the earth.

Li Qi couldn't estimate how big the circular interface was, which was beyond his observation ability.

The witch walked on the pipeline and took a casual step: "The pipeline under our feet is a tributary of the dragon vein. Remember, don't look at it casually, or you will die, and I can't save you then."

He repeated this twice.

Li Qi originally wanted to use his true knowledge to look at the pipeline under his feet, but he stopped immediately after hearing this.

Your life is important, your life is important.

"Then, is tonight's destination, which is also my destination. Once you get there, you can go back." The Great Witch took Li Qi from the pipeline to another path.

In this place, there are countless paths that shuttle through various facilities. These paths are twisting and twisted, and extremely secretive. If Li Qi is left alone, he will probably get lost as soon as he leaves.

But without these paths, I'm afraid no one would be able to travel through the interior of this huge machine.

Follow the big witch and leave the pipeline.

Then, Li Qi saw a house.

The houses in this place…

So weird.

The great witch quickened his pace and quickly walked to the house.

Li Qi followed closely behind.

Inside the house, Li Qi saw the existence of people in this underground mechanical Chang'an for the first time.

Standing inside were two officials who seemed to be from Chang'an.

One of them stood up and said: "Mr. Mixin, the two of us are responsible for the visit to the 'seismograph' agreed upon this time. Who is this behind you?"

"It's one of my younger students who came to see it with me. Don't worry about him. Just let him see the outside. Don't let him in inside."

The two looked at each other awkwardly, and then one of them said: "...I may need to ask for permission. The original agreement was only for the gentleman."

"Well, if it doesn't work, forget it." Da Wu didn't hesitate too much and agreed readily.

Li Qi remembered his previous warning not to speak, and stood still without speaking.

However, he heard a term.

Seismograph...

Is it the seismometer that I understand?

Li Qi had some doubts in his heart.

Soon, the request for instructions was completed.

The two of them saluted: "Please come in, but you must stay on the outside as you said."

"Of course, although there is competition, this credit is always there." Da Wu said.

It seemed that they really trusted each other's character, so Li Qi entered what seemed to be a confidential agency in such a grand manner.

As soon as he came in, Li Qi understood why the great witch brought him here.

Here, ordinary people may not feel anything, except for a little dizziness, almost nothing.

However, for Li Qi, who really knows Yun, this place... is simply...

Simply...

No, he couldn't describe it.

Because, he saw countless things that were similar to Zhenzhiyun.

No, this is not Daoyun, this is a avenue!

The natural force between heaven and earth ripples at extremely fast frequencies, forming invisible strings one after another.

I don’t know where these strings are connected to, but an endless number of strings spread outward. Every second, every string seems to be transmitting at extremely high frequencies, surging with ripples, and then spreading itself out. The fluctuations are transmitted internally.

What's inside?

Although Li Qi had not seen it with his own eyes, the great witch just said that there was a 'seismograph' inside.

A machine called a seismometer is responsible for receiving the information from all these strings and then gathering it together.

Countless densely packed strings spread from the seismometer to different places and continued to extend. Li Qi could not imagine how much this thing could detect.

The ‘strings’ here are all strands of Taoist rhyme.

However, a simple one seems to be much worse than a true rhyme.

But there are countless strings here.

This is not a ‘dao rhyme’, but a complete avenue!

Daoyun is just some fragments of the Great Dao. Take one out of it and call it Dao Yun. But these countless roots are combined to form a Dao. Its personality and performance are countless times that of true knowledge!

The great witch seemed to be able to feel the existence of the avenue around him.

He sighed: "The seismic instrument formed by the combination of reason and humanity is embedded in the cardinals of all realms. Its strings are endless, covering the world. Nine tribes from all directions, between the mountains, rivers, the land, the cave, the heaven and the blessed land, the five insects and five immortals are all aware of good and evil. , Listen to the virtuous and foolish, and see it with your own eyes today, it is indeed worthy of its reputation. "

"Young Master Qi, just stay here. Don't move around. Otherwise, you will die here. I will go in first. You stay here... for an hour. Someone will pick you up after an hour."

"Keep your mouth shut from now on, just pretend you haven't been here and just do what you normally do."

Upon hearing this, Li Qi immediately bowed and saluted, but still did not speak.

The great witch seemed satisfied with Li Qi's silence. Then, he turned and left, disappearing into the depths of the room with the two human beings.

They are probably going to see the true body of the 'seismometer'.

That was not a place Li Qi could look at.

However, just these peripheral fluctuations were enough for Li Qi to be surprised.

He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

He began to 'understand' these Taoist rhymes nearby.

Of course it's not the kind of illusory enlightenment. Sitting there and thinking about it, that's not called enlightenment, that's a waste of time.

The word "paralysis" here refers to the meaning of "exploration". How can you explore while sitting still and dreaming?

True enlightenment is to explore the nature of this avenue bit by bit, understand and record the parameters, so that you can better understand this avenue.

He began to collect information seriously, make statistical data, make analysis tables, and summarize the properties.

Expand the true rhyme and tentatively touch one of the strings.

Taken alone, true knowledge seems to be deeper and more sublime than this.

Therefore, this tentative contact was successful.

However, there was no reaction at all, and Li Qi could only vaguely feel some sounds.

It was noisy, the sound of countless people talking.

It was like the sound of countless people chattering on the streets of a busy city.

He changed a string and tried again.

This time, a sharp high-frequency sizzling sound came, similar to the sizzling sound of a radio.

He tried several strings in succession, and each time it made a different sound.

However, it was always very noisy and had no practical meaning, as if it was all noise.

Li Qi fell into deep thought.

He searched for records about the seismometer in his memory, and at the same time he was thinking about what these things represented.

"The Houfeng seismometer... The lid is raised, shaped like a wine jar, decorated with seal characters, mountains, turtles, birds and beasts, and covered with endless coverage. If there is an earthquake, the urn will shake the dragon, the machine will spit out balls, and the toad will hold them. The vibration sound is exciting, and the observer will be aware of it. Find the direction and know where the earthquake is." Li Qi silently recited this passage in his heart.

The meaning of this passage is to talk about the working principle of the seismometer.

"Is that so?"

Li Qi looked at the countless strings.

These things... are collecting sounds?

Then, countless vibration information was transmitted to the location of the seismometer through these strings, and then analyzed?

I couldn't understand those sounds, was it because the amount of information was too large or because it was encrypted?

But in any case, only the seismometer inside should be able to analyze it.

In this case...

What purpose did the Great Witch have for letting me in?

It can be guessed that it was not without cost that I came here. The Great Witch must have paid extra chips to humanity in exchange for me to stay here for an hour, so I have to make good use of it.

Collect data first and think about how to use it.

Thinking of this, Li Qi no longer delayed time.

Zhen Zhiyun was fully utilized, plus his own brain and senses, and began to "comprehend" the avenue of this place.

As a lot of data poured into his brain, Li Qi began his work.

However, one hour was too short.

Soon someone came to him and asked him to leave.

Li Qi had no choice but to get up and follow the other party out of here.

Before leaving, he took a deep look at this mechanical city.

Under the ground of Chang'an... there are such magnificent buildings.

These underground things are the reason why Chang'an is so bright and beautiful. All the modern institutions in Chang'an are built on these machines below.

Then... is it only in Chang'an?

Most of the cities in Tang Dynasty should be like this, right?

In other words, such a terrifying magic weapon is buried under every large city. It maintains the operation of people's livelihood in peacetime, and it is probably a killer in wartime.

And... can this match the peak of the second grade?

Li Qi doubted.

The so-called peak of the second grade magic weapon 'Cardinal of All Realms', this one under Chang'an is just a small part of it.

The main body of the Cardinal of All Realms is probably all the cities in the world of Tang Dynasty... Wait, more than that! It should be the automatic machinery under all the cities in the world of Tang Dynasty!

In this way, everything can be explained!

Why can the terminal connect to other terminals without delay, even if they are separated by 100,000 miles, or even many worlds, they can still be connected without delay.

The fundamental reason is that the terminal itself only needs to connect to a small part of the cardinal of the worlds under the city, and then all other things are done inside the cardinal of the worlds.

The main body of the cardinal of the worlds is probably not these machines, this is just its external manifestation. In fact, it runs through the heavens, and every small part of it appears under a Tang country city, providing the required automation services for these cities!

The more Li Qi thought about it, the more his scalp tingled.