It's early summer in San Francisco and the sun is shining brightly. The beautiful pyramids are reflected on the sea surface, and the cool wind of 37° north latitude blows in the face.
Beautiful, this is a beautiful season, everything is beautiful...
"Tsk, it's so beautiful. Humans are no longer the only intelligent life on earth. Don't you think so, Miss Apollonia? The good days of human civilization may be coming to an end."
Putting the music box in his pocket, Shangluo locked the door and walked to the Acropolis not far away.
[Your good days will never end, at least I think so. Civilization without humans is meaningless, it will just be a sandbox. But you should know that human civilization is more fragile than you expect]
"I've already guessed it." Walking on the street, the sunshine in San Francisco is still as gentle as before. But the lingering coldness lingered in the back of his mind. His own existence is proof that this world is "fragile" in avoiding obstacles, or the Meng Po soup here is not too fresh.
But compared to time travel or Meng Po Tang, the issue he pays more attention to now is:
"Ji Establishment Pill, I'm not the only one who has asked this question. Have you asked about similar things before?"
[This is why I was surprised to find it so quickly. Someone has asked about it before and the recipe is on the shelf. Because we iterated very accurately, I took it out easily. 】
"What about the foundation-building monks? Since they match my description completely, the foundation-building monks should be flying all over the sky already?"
[Similarly, this is why I treat this 'Foundation Building Pill' cautiously. I think there must be some reason for this... Of course, now I am asking you for help. This knowledge was retrieved with the help of you. The Akashic Records are only accessible to humans, I am just helping you input them. Therefore, the results of the query belong to you personally, and I will not give them to the second person. 】
"Then what if I give the foundation-building pill I made to someone else?"
[You have to think clearly, the Foundation Establishment Pill is not a boiled egg. Judging from the formula, the Foundation Establishment Pill is not difficult to make. I suggest that you also treat the Foundation Establishment Pill you concocted with caution - of course, if you want to give it to someone else, that's your own decision. 】
"I won't give it to anyone else."
Although he hasn't verified it yet, Shangluo can basically conclude that this is true. He just wanted to get some insurance at the end.
The Acropolis is not too far from the clock shop. He planned to walk this distance with his own feet.
What if after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, one can fly directly out of the earth's gravity? Walking heavily like this might be the last time. He wanted to experience it more.
The sun is shining brightly in early summer, and the weather today is not bad. The scene in San Francisco is the same as usual, with layers of signs and banners hanging from the shops along the street - Jiangning Bank, Yongantang Pharmacy, Lanxin Cinema, and branches of Liubiju Pickles that can be seen everywhere.
Although it is an outer city, the development of San Francisco is far better than the wild. The streets spread out in a circle along the Acropolis, extending beyond the outer walls, into the endless wheat fields, and finally disappeared on the horizon.
San Francisco is the standard template for a real-life metropolitan area. The ancient righteous wars left many fortresses like San Francisco around the world, each of which was a solid fortress built in the waves of wheat.
There are also things that are not so easy to see elsewhere, such as escort agencies. Pennants were hung in layers above their heads, and these escort agencies all used the escort flags as emblems. As usual, there are armed escorts standing at the door of the escort agency. They all wear black coats that can hide submachine guns, and most of them have vigilante badges hanging on their waists. But the weather was too warm, and the escort on the roadside was leaning there with his gun in his arms.
Seeing the escort means that this place is not far from the gate of the Acropolis. Because the escort will pick up the work at the city gate and be responsible for escorting the supplies to other places. Many escort agencies have signs that lead directly to "Las Vegas".
Las Vegas is just east of San Francisco, in the desert. It was a wasteland that no one wanted, a neutral zone that neither the Ming Dynasty nor Rome had jurisdiction over. Las Vegas is built there.
[By the way, speaking of Las Vegas, it’s a good place to make money. If you're short of money, do like those stupid Britons and go to Las Vegas. For wealthy couples, wealth is the most important thing. 】
"Wait, they took you to Las Vegas?"
[Please, you don’t think that those English people will do nothing if they get a divine machine that can be used for divination, right? Of course they went to Las Vegas to make a fortune first. The energy-saving closed-loop detection tarot card was developed at that time. I was really annoyed and couldn't bear it, so I made that thing for them. They divine through tarot cards and the Akashic Records give them a symbolic answer. Even if they are wrong, they will blame themselves for their poor interpretation and not me. As for what happened before, don’t ask, that is personal privacy. 】
"So that's it..."
Shangluo was still wondering where such a group of people came from. Although the public security here in San Francisco is not good, it is not comparable to that in Kinai. But I have never heard of any group of terrorists kidnapping people in the city. After all, this is the residence of Yangzhou Governor's Mansion. Airships and battleships are moored in Kinmen Harbor, and tanks and armored vehicles are parked in the acropolis.
It's really tiring to come here to cause trouble. Those who were raided last night are an example of this. Heavy firearms can be driven to their doorsteps in less than half a day.
"So all their activities are funded by winnings?"
【Of course. Otherwise, where do you think they got the money to decorate the cave? How did they hire real English people from their hometown in Britain? It's a pity that now they have all been cleared away by Li Ting. That was a lot of money. I remember there was a huge pile of Roman banknotes. 】
"Then if I also go to Las Vegas to make a fortune, does this count as after-sales service?"
[Forget it, but I don’t recommend you do it, because I don’t guarantee winning. They can win on the whole because their capital is large, and your capital can easily be reduced to zero by small fluctuations. And cheating is a bad behavior. I can’t say whether gambling counts as fighting fire with fire, but cheating will accumulate karma. I don’t want to be hunted down either. 】
"Okay. Anyway, if there really is a Foundation Establishment Pill, I don't really care about the money in Las Vegas."
[You want to sell the Foundation Establishment Pill? 】
"Wealth Couple's Land, I have to sell it at a good price. After all, the elixir recipe can be used repeatedly, and it would be too wasteful to use it only once. If I can sell it at a good price, maybe it will allow me to go directly to the golden elixir stage or even higher. But I still have I haven’t thought about who to sell it to, but it would be good to sell it to the imperial court. If you give it to the imperial court, you don’t have to pay in cash. It would also be good to use it in exchange for credit. The imperial court is very generous, and those who want to spend money must pay according to the truth. "
[Good guy, I can’t even imagine what would happen if any Roman senator got the Foundation Establishment Pill. He might be driven out and killed by the others. Your ideas are indeed completely different from Rome's. 】
"Then, you are about to see the crystallization of the 'Utopia'. The Acropolis of San Francisco is just around the corner."
