Please abide by the Basic Law

Chapter 226 What "Grandpa" Says

Horse-drawn carriages can only be distinguished from good or bad by riding them. No matter how many functions have been improved and how much special value has been added, the basic function of a carriage is to ride.The magic carriage has achieved the ultimate in this point, and there is almost no room for improvement. It is an ordinary carriage, and the wooden tires are already very bumpy. Once it is replaced with metal, it is simply a "applause of love". The feeling is much worse than the "applause of love", especially when men are riding.

"Do you dare to sit down!" The fat boss, who beat others to death, his own nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his back was burned by a large fireball technique, shouted proudly, "Our carriage is not what it used to be!"

The onlookers were a little curious, and one of the men with braids stood up and said, "I'll come, I'll come, I want to try the difference. I've never been in a normal carriage before!"

Many of the roads in Luoxie City are magic avenues, which are flat and clean. Some high-level roads have constant temperature, so they are not afraid of snow. Most of them are built by Luoxie himself. common practice.

Either way, a carriage with rubber tires is like a tiger with wings.

The braided man climbed into the carriage and found that the carriage was more spacious than expected. There were two chairs facing each other. There was a small square table fixed to the ground in the middle of the carriage. There was a strange short branch on the top of his head. It was unclear what it was for.

"The square table can be folded into the floor, and it is illuminated by light bulbs." The staff of the ordinary carriage enthusiastically explained, "All the car cushions are filled with cotton, and the cushions are made of silk. Please try it!"

The braided man sat down, showing a satisfied expression: "This is no different from a magic carriage."

The employees of the Magic Carriage Firm all looked disgruntled, and someone shouted: "How can non-magic things compare to us!"

"But it feels really good." The braided man didn't want to give any face, and said with a smile, "If you don't believe me, come up and try."

The employees of the Magic Carriage Firm really didn't believe in evil, they went to sit down opposite the braided man with a cold face, and then fell silent.The staff of the ordinary carriage didn’t seem to see it, and they still didn’t forget to introduce loudly when closing the door: “The all-steel body is not afraid of rust, sea wind and shock waves, and can protect against level 5 magic. Cough, although it’s not all magic, please think about our price! It’s almost the same as The ones picked up for nothing are the same! Look at the weight! Look at the hinges, there is no sound when the door is closed!"

Only those who engage in industry know how much technology these small changes contain. Anti-rust oil, stainless steel, aluminum, bearing balls, lubricating oil, etc., outsiders just feel disdainful when they hear it: they are just made of metal. What's so great about opening a door?

"Let's go, running is the key to testing!" The magic carriage employee sitting in the car shouted, "What's the point of talking here?"

The staff of the ordinary carriage smiled slightly, climbed up to the driver's seat deftly, pulled up a carved golden whip and slapped it in the air, and said loudly: "Let's go—"

The black horse without a trace of variegation snorted and began to trot. There are no horseshoes in this world, and horses live on their natural hooves.After Cecil came, of course the horses in Yuecheng had horseshoes on them, and they knocked on the concrete floor very crisply. The sound attracted the attention of many people, including people other than the "crowd" sent by Alexander.

One street, two streets, three streets, the driver still wanted to go forward, but the man with braids who took the test ride said: "Let's go here..."

"How can that be possible!" The coachman ran up excitedly and refused, "How can such a small road reflect the superiority of our Middle Kingdom's civilization and technology! Let's go!"

"Oh? Don't..." The braided man's words behind him were interrupted by the feeling of pushing his back when the horse turned on the runaway state. He fell down on the wall of the carriage and stared dumbfounded at the scene outside the window. Only then did he realize Seeing the difference of this ordinary carriage, "So fast! So steady!"

Compared with the stability of the high-speed rail, it is obviously far worse, but compared with the ordinary horse-drawn carriage whose riding experience is like "applause of love", the riding experience brought by rubber tires is more than twice as good.

The reason why the coachman was so excited was because he saw through the window that the employee of the magic carriage had a livid face, with a painful expression of "how is this possible", and he was so happy that he stood up on the coachman's seat and skillfully held it with his knees. Balance sang loudly, and the singing was still a mouth-watering song, with a very strong rhythm, which made the carriage shine like a comet on the street, attracting everyone's attention.

After wandering around like this for three or four times, earning enough attention, the coachman satisfactorily drove the car back to the entrance of the Magic Carriage Firm. After opening the door, the braided man looked surprised, and the staff of the Magic Carriage had a gloomy expression. Facing Caesar’s The question was silent.

"What the hell are you talking about!" Caesar shouted angrily.

"Very good." The braided man said, "Although there are some small vibrations, it's much better than before. It's really enjoyable to drive. I didn't expect ordinary carriages to have such quality."

Caesar closed his mouth and said after a long time: "Impossible?"

"It's true." The employee of the magic carriage lowered his head and said in an extremely weak voice, and then raised his voice, "But it's still not as good as the magic carriage. You can feel the vibration, and the interior space is not spacious enough, and... ..."

"Our car can light up at night." The driver suddenly said, "It's not an oil lamp, it's an electric light. Have you heard of it? It's the electric light that appeared at the Expo of Everything! Emphasize that it's not magic!"

This is a modified version of the hand-cranked generator, which can be regarded as waste utilization. It generates electricity through the rotation of the wheels, and lights up a small light bulb in the compartment, similar to the pedaling of many bicycles to generate electricity.Because there is no vacuum glass cover and no tungsten wire as the core, the service life of the bulb is still very low, and it will be very hot in summer. Even so, the "light" installed on the carriage is still a shocking innovation.

"Impossible!" Caesar yelled in disbelief, "Without magic...it's impossible! How can ordinary people grasp the light!"

"Hey? If you don't believe me, let's verify it at night. What are you afraid of?" the coachman said triumphantly.

Caesar stood there stunned, unable to hear the voices of the people around him at all, his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't even stand still.

The people in the Middle Kingdom cheered happily, and continued to promote the advantages of ordinary carriages to the people around them, until someone from the "crowd" came out and said: "Okay, okay, I know you won, so it's time to go? "

A group of people from the Middle Kingdom who were wearing colorful clothes were stunned, and they looked at each other for a few seconds, feeling that something was wrong.

This is gone?Just leave without getting anything?What are we here for?

"What are you still doing standing here?" Another "crowd" came out and said, with a sarcasm in his tone, "Could it be possible that he wants to kill all the people in the Magic Carriage Company? You're so ridiculous, look at his expression Are you really going to do this? Are you going to start a war? Besides, the Magic Carriage Firm is full of serious mages, how many of you can kill them? Don’t be counter-killed!"

"I'm not, I'm just... Even so, we can exchange ten for one!" The coachman finally couldn't continue after choking out a harsh sentence.

The team's goal is the battle of the gods - the battle of the gods only in Sanjiejie - what can they do?Really kill all the employees of the magic carriage firm?

"Don't mess around! I'm resigning!" The staff of the magic carriage, who was trying to ride, felt bad when the driver looked over, and said loudly, "I'm resigning! I'm leaving!" Not necessarily, but after riding in an ordinary carriage, he knows best what the future of the magic carriage will be like, so it is the right thing to do to find another place as soon as possible.

With a leader, the voice of "I resign" sounded for a while, and the decline of the magic carriage firm has not been a day or two. Many senior mages either resigned voluntarily or were fired because of poor business. The remaining employees I naturally have an account in my heart.

"Look, the employees have all resigned, have you had enough trouble?" Some "crowds" said in a dissatisfied tone, "Don't stay stuck here!"

"That's right, isn't it just a carriage? Got it, should we go?" Another person echoed.

Obviously we won, why do we feel like a lost dog?This sentence hovered in the hearts of the people in the Middle Kingdom, and they just felt aggrieved, as if they had lost.

Go to war?

His Majesty emphasized not to expand the flames of war. The Middle Kingdom does not want to start a war now. They are ready to sacrifice, but they have no right to drag others into the water.

"Who are you guys?" The fat boss finally noticed something was wrong.

The "crowds" who have been around to eat melons are too suspicious. Not only do they not go to work in broad daylight, but they follow wherever they go, whispering from time to time, and the people who are attracted by the driver to drive to other places all go almost the same way. Yes, occasionally newcomers will come to take a look. This is the normal melon-eating crowd. How come there are so many idlers.

"Don't worry about who we are. In short, His Majesty said that you should leave as soon as the trouble is over!" A person stood up and said.

This remark drew snickers, and someone shouted: "What kind of battle? It's just a fight, and no one died. Civilization is just for children to play house!"

"That's right, look at the war of our mages. How can anyone swing a stick to knock people up, laughing to death, and then kill people? A few spells will be cold, and there is no chance to see clearly."

"Now it seems that the god of civilization is nothing more than that. Only magic is the right way."

These words are going to blow up the team in the Middle Kingdom. However, what can a few of them do? Even if they loudly publicize the benefits and functions of horse-drawn carriages, they cannot give laymen an intuitive understanding of the far-reaching impact of traffic changes. The impact is even more unknown.

When a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain it.

"You... old man!" The fat boss suddenly threw the machete, rolled on the ground and splashed, "Old man, someone is bullying your grandchildren! Look at this magic carriage firm, it's too much bullying, find a bunch of idlers Gossip, old man!"

People in the Middle Kingdom like to call the God of Civilization "Old Man" or "Grandpa". This is because Cecil is often called "Sun Zai" by the God of Civilization. A more affectionate title.

The fat boss yelled in Chinese, and the mages onlookers understood them, but without No. [-]'s update of the translation database, many words became "machine-translated".

Someone shouted: "You are such a big man, you still call your grandpa to help you? Is your grandpa dead? Are you not human?"

As soon as the voice fell, a dull voice exploded above everyone's heads: "Mortal, hum!"

The old man played hard enough, the fat boss praised him in his heart, he stopped crying and stopped making trouble, he got up and pointed to the crowd around him and said, "Old man, we won! Our carriage won! Our ordinary four-wheeled carriage won!" Look at these people, they don’t take us seriously! This is the victory of our Middle Kingdom, we must have enough decency! What is mage? What is magic? Look down on us? Let me show you what today Call God War!"

At this moment, many people in the Middle Kingdom remembered the fear of being dominated by mages in the past. Maybe they would not live like slaves, but those ubiquitous contemptuous eyes, the mocking voices when whispering, and the superficially magnanimous , but actually treat them as garbage tone - just like that!

The originally warm sun suddenly became extremely hot. Many people squinted their eyes unconsciously. Before they had time to speak, another cold hum sounded in the sky. This time it was closer and more obvious, like a dull thunder that made everyone unconscious Cover your ears.

"Who..." The braided man raised his head, and all the voices were choked back into his throat. The huge translucent human figure floated in the air, and it looked like a mountain peak from his perspective. The close distance increased the sense of oppression. It forced him to take a step back involuntarily.

"Even if a mortal has mastered thunder and lightning, it's nothing more than that." Emerson was wearing a three-piece suit and a black top hat. The umbrella he held in his hand poked lightly at the ground, and the white smoke billowed up, and then spread rapidly, forming a A gust of wind swept through the streets and alleys of the city, covering everything with a layer of white.

The braided man wanted to speak, but for some reason he couldn't open his mouth, and couldn't move his body, staying in place like a sculpture.

"Do you look down on me?"

Emerson walked slowly in the city, walking slowly in the city. He crossed several streets in one step, and the shiny leather shoes fell on the houses like crushing eggshells, creating a broken and unexpected scene. Yes, even if there are people in the house who are not injured, they will be pulled out of the house by an inexplicable force, and they will look blankly at the shoes several stories high in front of them.

Luoxie has not seen the God of Civilization for a long time. In the eyes of the mages, the God of Civilization is just a bunch of "false gods". They have seen too many things like the God of Yak. The prejudice against the God of Civilization cannot be changed overnight. The few people like Joe's colleagues who have witnessed the battle of the Gods of the Moon City have a correct understanding of the God of Civilization. Therefore, when the "crowds" began to despise the people of the Middle Kingdom, he slapped his ass and slipped away quietly. Take away a cloud.

Qiao was scolding his mother in his heart at this time, after all, he couldn't open his mouth. When he found out that his colleague disappeared at some time, he immediately understood that the guy did it on purpose. Obviously, the colleague had expected the development behind it, but he just didn't tell him.

"Do you think God Wars is just playing house? All right."

Emerson felt the change in the direction of the palace. The mana was so thick that it condensed into blue-purple lightning in the air. The mana was quickly absorbed by the mages in the city, but a large amount of mana disappeared in a short period of time in the direction of the palace. , it should be that the magic coin was smashed and filled into the magic device,

"We have been away from this world for too long." Emerson said the lines that he had discussed with other Chinese gods. They would claim to have left this world a long time ago. The ancient gods are always kinder than the foreign gods , However, kindness does not mean shameless, someone needs a little warning, "It's been so long that you mages are getting more and more ignorant. Three streets? Ha, yes, I always want to give Sun...to my believers face, three There are only three streets."

At this time, in Moon City, thousands of miles away, Cecil raised his head from the file table and stared in Losier's direction thoughtfully, and said, "I always feel that the restriction of three streets in Alexandria is a bit strange."

"What?" Langdon put down the new product pen in his hand, and asked casually. With the rubber, the ink storage bag of the pen finally has a suitable material.

"I can't tell." Cecil frowned, "It just feels... how should I put it, it feels very awkward. Alexander agreed with us to carry out the battle of gods, and then limited the scale of the battle of gods to Sansiaojie. What are you trying to do? ? I mean what good is he doing?"

The corner of Langdon's mouth twitched, and he said, "No, he just wanted to repay your proposal."

"Your explanation is even more absurd." Cecil glanced at Langdon and complained, "Do you think I'm stupid or do you think I don't understand you?"

"What do you think?" Langdon looked down at the document again, with a smile on his face, "Do you think you're stupid?"

"Let's get back together, call the police if you want to slander me." Cecil glared at the big cat, and then thought about it again, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, "Why do I feel that Alexander has malicious intentions..."

"Well, he probably wants the world to think that the God of Civilization is not worth mentioning. Similarly, the Middle Kingdom known as the God of Civilization is nothing." Langdon smiled crookedly, looking a bit cunning Taste, "It's all negotiated anyway, right? Just leave it alone and read your documents."

Cecil thought for a while, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with Langdon's explanation. Besides, he couldn't do anything when everyone was gone. He could only relax and devote himself to the paperwork. I have to say that the paperwork really consumes enthusiasm The big killer, even the time to go to the research center to inspect it is actually reduced.

What Cecil didn't know was that at this moment, the capital of Los Angeles was bathed in a ray of light, and the mages who had been living day and night suddenly discovered that there was a higher existence in this world, and the god of civilization was not a clown, nor "The jugglers who only frighten and frighten ordinary people," these gods were born in human civilization and possessed power far beyond mortals and even mages.

The braided man was struggling desperately, wanting to move and cast a spell. However, in fact, he seemed to be standing there with a peaceful expression, and so were the people around him.

What is Your Majesty doing?Everyone else is calling!What about the palace's counterattack device! ?The braided man yelled inwardly.

Luoxie's air power is not in the capital, because Alexander doesn't like things hanging over his head, the mages can't expect air support, they can only look forward to the magic weapons arranged in the palace.

"Do you want to go to war? The monarch of Luoxie." Emerson had noticed it a long time ago, and raised his voice, "I have abided by the agreement with each other. Three streets, look, it is not exceeded at all."

Seen from the air, the area Emerson destroyed really did not exceed three streets, but only the area of ​​three streets horizontally and vertically. Strictly speaking, it is indeed not a breach of the agreement.

"A monarch must keep his word, don't you think so?" Emerson still had the strength to speak to the palace with a smile, "Next, I have to correct a little concept of the Luoxie people, for example, what is the war of gods? ?”

There was a rapid vibration on the ground, and people couldn't stand and fell to the ground. Even so, their bodies couldn't move, like a log, and some people even supported their legs against gravity unnaturally, which looked very strange.

The slight vibration stopped suddenly, and all the things on the ground quietly shattered one piece from the highest point, and then another piece, one piece after another, floating up, not only the buildings but also various mage towers and even people's clothes, the only one that was safe and sound It is life, animals, people, and insects are all unharmed, as still as a painting.

"The battle of gods is the collision between civilizations, the cruelest and most benevolent battle at the same time. We affect the course of life and the entire planet. Second, what is the god of civilization?"

All the disintegrated objects changed from large fragments to small fragments, and then turned into dust from small fragments, and finally merged into the bright sunlight and disappeared. All man-made objects within the three streets were disappearing, just like salt entering water.

"We are the crystallization of the wisdom of creatures, the conquest of nature, the praise of laws, and the exploration of this universe." Emerson pulled his gloves pretendingly, "No matter what you think, magic is also a part of civilization, you kill it Being a god of magic doesn't mean it's not civilized anymore, there's no future in deceiving yourself and others, grandsons."

When there was almost nothing left on the three streets, Emerson stamped the tip of his umbrella on the ground three times, and the bright sunlight suddenly fell from the sky to the ground. upper eye.

Not long after, the extremely dazzling light faded even with his eyes closed, and when the braided man opened his eyes, he saw only a piece of earth—nothing, he was lying naked on the dirt, and his naked companion was in front of him, The surroundings are full of people in the same state, and there is no magic carriage company left, and there is no one left. Only the people from the Middle Kingdom are still neatly dressed, and they are looking over with a smile.

"Look down on civilization?" Emerson's mocking voice came from the sky, "Okay, let's go back to the original, it's quite suitable for you!"