Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1205 Tactics
Looking at the thunder rumbling across the Edo Bay across the sea, Shangluo shook his head: "It is said in Chapter 56 of the Tao Te Ching - Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know. Block its openings, close its doors; blunt its sharpness, resolve its conflicts, harmonize its light, and be one with its dust. This is called mysterious unity."

[Why did you start reciting the Tao Te Ching like Daozu? ]

"It's not that I want to read it. It's just that I'm trying to put myself in the thoughts of those old guys."

Shangluo was not going to be led by Xu Fu again. Dealing with this old alchemist, it seemed like he was winning, winning, winning, but he would probably lose everything in the end. Because he was really "blunting its sharpness, resolving its disputes, harmonizing its light, and making it one with its dust". It seemed like he had killed everything, but Xu Fu had been avoiding the core issue. Even if he caught someone who looked like Xu Fu, that was just a bait he threw out, and the ultimate goal was to lead Shangluo to his pre-set goal.

Although Shangluo was not frustrated, he always felt a little unhappy because he was suppressed by the old man in terms of information. He was always in the open, and the sinister Xu Fu might have been hiding somewhere watching.

Now, Shangluo decided to jump out of the circle he had set up and directly remove the firewood from the fire - the alchemist needed to take advantage of the situation before he could practice his magic. Instead of fighting his magic head-on, it would be better to solve his momentum first.

[So how do you know this is not Xu Fu's next goal?]

"Then what else can I think? If anything I do could be arranged by Xu Fu, then there is no way to avoid it. Since there is no way to avoid it, then I might as well just shave off all these worries - we start from the origin of the alchemist, go to his rescue, and resolve his situation. I want to see how far he can retreat."

Xu Fu did not control this land for long. After all, Xu Fu controlled the mountainous area of ​​Kumano, where there was a temple dedicated to Xu Fu. This was originally a secular territory, and Xu Fu did not intervene.

Shangluo had seen the territory that Xu Fu had been running for a long time. That place was indeed outrageous: the dogs were easy to defeat, the maze was easy to defeat, the process didn't look difficult, and the elixir could be obtained as long as the process was completed - but all of these were strung together and there was no way to solve it.

Shangluo had no way to complete the task and get the elixir Xu Fu mentioned without using weapons of mass destruction, following Xu Fu's instructions step by step, and protecting himself from being surrounded and killed by the Tengu - and the function of the elixir was even unknown. This series of troubles were linked together, and the difficulty of passing the level directly spiraled up.

Rather than compete with Xu Fu in patience, Shangluo decided to come here first to find a solution, because Xu Fu's business in Edo was still shallow.

Although it is relatively "shallow", fortunately, what Xu Fu did here and what layout he had can be seen in the end, unlike in Xiongye where there is no clue to solve the case. Here, Shangluo can clearly see the rail transit line planned by Xu Fu——

Because this route is clearly displayed on the sign at the tram station. As for the worship of the dead general, Shangluo also knew about it.

"Come to think of it." After listening to Shangluo's plan, Lu Huaiyang remembered something, "About 8 years ago, there was a strange thing here."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"There was an earthquake in Edo, a big earthquake." Lu Huaiyang replied, "The big earthquake in Edo at that time caused 57% of the area of ​​Edo city to be damaged. This seems to be an important opportunity for the later abandonment of Edo, which prompted Xu Fu to make the decision to completely abandon Edo and move the ruling center to Chiba City, which was already under construction at that time."

"Aren't earthquakes common in Japan?" "Earthquakes are common, but earthquakes that we can't predict are not common."

"So we can predict earthquakes?" Shangluo asked in confusion.

"It's not us. It's you." Lu Huaiyang shook his head. "The auspicious sign of Qilinzi is first manifested here - since you came, we can actually know the exact time when all earthquakes will occur. Because geological changes will not be affected by human intervention, earthquakes will occur when they are supposed to."

"Ah! I suddenly feel that my merits are increasing. So I evacuated people a few days before the earthquake?"

"No, not a short time before the earthquake - we directly cleared the places where the earthquake might occur. After all, if it is only a few days in advance, although lives can be saved, there will still be property losses. So our choice is not to clear it a few days in advance, but a few years in advance."

“Is this how it’s solved?!”

"Well, we will settle the accounts. If the investment income during this period exceeds the losses from the earthquake, then we will continue to invest. After all, the place is so big that construction is not the same as construction anywhere. After the safety of human lives is completely guaranteed, of course we will settle the accounts - but."

Lu Huaiyang looked in front of him:

"In fact, we also help the tributary states make predictions, mainly to report major earthquakes. Although the entire country of Japan is built on an earthquake belt, there are also earthquake belts in order. The two biggest threats to Japan are mainly the subduction zone of the Pacific plate just below Edo, and the other is the trough fault zone south of Shikoku Island. These two places will cause devastating damage to Edo and Osaka. In order to prevent them from collapsing and causing security problems for the court, we will report earthquakes that exceed a certain threshold."

"But are there any more earthquakes in Edo?"

"Yes." Lu Huaiyang nodded, "In the summer eight years ago, an unexpected earthquake occurred in Edo. This earthquake was not included in the information you brought, Shangluo, and it did not conform to the cyclical laws of geology itself. It was an occasional earthquake.

"We didn't pay much attention to it at first, but if we connect it with the 'Tai-Jiang-mon cult' you mentioned just now, it seems to point to a critical time point - the day of the earthquake was the day when the loop track was sealed. Because of the earthquake, it seems that the sealing project was delayed for 3 months, but it was finally completed."

"Speaking of which, this also brought unexpected effects." Fu Yuanshan added, "The work of predicting earthquakes through the information you brought to us, Shangluo, was no longer effective after that. After all, the movement of the earth's strata is originally a chaotic system, and it is easy for a single move to affect the entire system. That major earthquake completely disrupted the rules of earthquake prediction, causing all recorded earthquakes to occur at an unexpected time."

"Then I'm at a huge loss! I could have earned a lot of merit, right?"

(End of this chapter)