Opening the door, the cold sea breeze blew through, carrying the salty smell of sea water. It was already dawn in Alexandria, but what lit up the night sky was not the sun or the moon, but another sky.
Mechanical gears, levers, cycloidal wheels, oscillators, the magnificent golden structure occupies the entire sky, replacing the sun, moon and all the stars. The huge gears rotate quietly like the laws of nature themselves, with a faint natural sound. Everything was just as he had seen it in the sacred grove of Lake Nemi.
However, what lights up all this is not the light of the giant structure itself, but the Lighthouse of Alexandria. The light of the lighthouse points directly to the sky, pointing to the crystal in the center of the magnificent structure, illuminating it into gold and illuminating the entire world.
Mechanical gears, levers, cycloidal wheels, oscillators, and brass bells occupy the entire sky. In the center of the zenith, a crystal shines brilliantly like the sun. Unlike Apollonia's red crystal, that crystal was golden.
The clockwork started and the gears began to rotate. First it was the small gears distributed on the edge of the bell structure, and then the large gears began to rotate visible to the naked eye. The gears mesh with each other, driving the levers, cycloidal wheels and oscillators to converge into a low roar.
"Give way! Give way!" Shangluo had not stood at the door for three seconds when a whole team of internal guards ran out of the tower. They did not stop at Shangluo, but ran straight along the seawall towards the city.
"Huh?" Shangluo was stunned for a moment, and he saw the health bar. Everyone has a blood bar on their head:
[Roman inner guard-Hydra Crow Warrior (LV6)]
[Roman inner guard-Hydra Lion Warrior (LV7)]
There were a bunch of names above their heads, and there were even health bars. Their names are all green at this time. There is also a line of small words attached under the name of the inner guard: [Faction: Oracle]
If you look carefully, there are many such famous brands around. There are a lot of names just around the lighthouse, some of them are very long."
[Senior Lighthouse Operator—Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (civilian)]
[Faction: Palace of Muses]
Unlike those Roman guards, this lighthouse operator is not shown because he is not a combatant, but only white civilians are shown. There are also some people whose names are not displayed above their heads, only their job titles, which seems to be optional.
In addition to the operators whose camp is [Muse Palace], other people from [Oracle] and [Senate] can also be seen, either wandering around the lighthouse or gathering on top of the lighthouse. Compared with the last time, this place is obviously much more lively.
"Could it be..." He looked up at the top of his head.
【Shangluo (LV:???)】
[Faction: Ming]
"Why do I even have a health bar?"
He reached out and touched it. His health bar and name tag are all hanging above. When he reached out and touched those characters, golden light overflowed from them, and the pixels of the characters were disrupted due to disturbance. When he took his hand back, the name tag returned to normal.
"Good guy, let's be serious"
[It seems that the lighthouse system has been fully activated]
"What exactly is the lighthouse system?"
【have no idea. The current lighthouse system is completely different from what I have seen. Do you know what that one is in the sky? 】
"Is it Helios?"
【Yes. Look at the beam of light at the top of the lighthouse: Although the crystal to which the beam of light leads is glowing, the crystal itself has dimmed. For that is the heart of Helios in your hand. Sure enough, Shen Wuxin will not die, everything here seems to be going on as usual. I'll try to adjust the access rights.]
Waited for two or three seconds.
[No, I have been denied access. The lighthouse system is closed to me, they didn't write my permissions into it. Tsk, come to think of it, after all, I didn't sign any contract with them. 】
"Is this still Alexandria?"
[Look at the sea. 】
——The sea is the source of the sound Shangluo heard just now. Rows of landing ships carrying troops were parked on the shore, all with the double-headed eagle flag of the Roman Empire hanging on them. Legionnaires forming a square formation were lining up. Although the armor has been replaced by military green for easier concealment in battle, he still carries the iconic shield and one-handed sword of the Romans, but the main weapon is replaced by a rifle.
Square as chocolate. Legionnaires from different landing ships were disembarking in an orderly manner, with dense character names displayed above their heads, but they were too far away to see clearly what was written. It seemed that these legionnaires were experiencing this kind of scene for the first time. They were a little surprised by the blood bars on their heads, but they quickly regained their discipline.
[They are citizen soldiers. 】
"Are they all. Ordinary Roman citizens?"
[Yes, there are not that many nobles in the golden book. Emperor Victoria has already begun to mobilize citizen soldiers to Alexandria, so a larger transfer may be coming later.】
"What is this going to do?"
【Move the capital. Just like when the capital was moved from Rome to Constantinople, Emperor Victoria might also be moving the capital. Perhaps the Palace of Muses chose to side with the emperor and the Senate, and the inner guards of the Oracle were also here. Fortunately, at least half of them do agree with each other. 】
"Well, I said before that Emperor Victoria will wait for me here. Are you familiar with her?"
[Although we have met, I was still young at that time and don’t remember anything. I just remember that when I was a child, although I looked cute, I was also very serious. It feels completely different from your Tianzi over there. She always looks nervous. It seems that because national conditions are different, education is also different. She is an emperor born in crisis, and her sense of crisis is very strong. 】
"Well, if that's the case, you can ask him straight to the point. But why is no one picking me up?"
Just as he was talking, a man with a golden exclamation mark on his head came over not far away. He had seen this man before, the silhouette of a Roman soldier who stood guard here before.
He walked straight to Shangluo and gave him a military salute:
"Mr. Shangluo, welcome to the Third New Rome - Cybelenia. This is Cybele City No. 0 developed by Alexander under the blessing of the goddess Cybele, the god of fertility. Please follow I will go to the Great Library, where His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Vice-Emperor await your arrival."
Smooth, very smooth. Communication is much smoother than before. At first glance, you can't even tell that there is any difference between these silhouettes, except for the pupils of the eyes. Under the light of the fully unfolded lighthouse, their own light seems to have returned again.
(End of chapter)
