"Imperial Ancestor. Imperial Ancestor. Rarely, Zhu Xianene knocked on the door of Yuxi Palace at five o'clock in the afternoon, "The window in my room is gone, don't you think it's a big problem?" ”

"Nothing."

"Oh, that's good." Zhu Xianene turned around and was about to go back, but his steps were a little hesitant.

"You're here not just to ask about your window, right?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes. I actually want to ask, is Shang Luo's furoshiki still there? It's amazing, that thing can hold anything. ”

"Yes." Daozu replied, "But no." ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"It's not surprising that the furoshiki is just an ordinary void hole. But all the caves need to be relied on. Innate things can be relied on by the cave, for example, the cave is opened up in the cave, because the cave has a hole. If there is no reliance, the void can appear in any place, which is equivalent to non-existence. ”

"Oh indeed." Zhu Xianene understood, "If there is no basis, that furoshiki will roll itself up by itself, just like a difference machine divides 1 by 0." What is the pole on which Shang Luo's flag depends? ”

"That spear is a real divine weapon, so it can fix a 'square' of the Taixu Cave Heaven. This must be the case in all caves. ”

"Then I'll have to find a god soldier, huh. It's a pity, I still want it. Then Emperor Ancestor, see you tomorrow morning. ”

Zhu Xianene turned around and walked a few steps.

"You, you're not done yet."

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you."

"You grew up in front of me from such a small bean, how can you hide it. What do you want to ask? ”

Zhu Xianene looked back in the direction of the Dan furnace:

"I want to ask, what exactly is a barbarian? After Rome is gone, we will have to deal with the barbarians of the world alone. But what is it? We have a very different attitude towards barbarians than Rome, is this the reason for the fall of Rome? If the barbarians have technology and become technological barbarians, are they still really barbarians? ”

"In your opinion, what's the difference?"

"It's completely different. Rome levied a tithe tax on its subjects, and as long as the tithe tax was paid, Rome did not care what they were doing; And we don't care how much tribute the tributary country pays, we don't care at all. We demand that the tributary states must practice good governance and good governance, and not cause trouble to the imperial court. As long as it causes trouble to the imperial court, no matter how much tribute is paid, it will be held accountable, and even removed from the feud and the country. ”

"The means are different, but the ends are the same. We all want to curb the evil of technological barbarians. ”

"Evil? What evil? ”

Daozu replied: "I like to read the scriptures, and I also read the scriptures of the Romans, just like reading the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and reading the scriptures of Mingjiao. I have read a collection of "On Good and Evil" by the Romans, and it is very incisive: he said that the evil of technological barbarians is "the unbridled evil of the young soul." ”

"The unbridled wickedness of the young soul." Zhu Xianene repeated, "Please also ask the Emperor Ancestor to explain in detail." ”

It means that it is not the evil of Yan Song's cunning old soul, but the evil of Yan Shifan: good house, good beauty, good fresh clothes, good food, good horses, good lanterns, good fireworks, good pear orchards, good advocacy, good antiques, good flowers and birds, and the evil of people is far above him. Because. The three-flower gathering top is illusory, and the clouds under your feet are not real. ”

“.” Zhu Xianene was stunned for a moment, "Imperial Ancestor, who are you talking about?" ”

"A wicked man, the greatest wicked man in the world; A sinner, the greatest sinner in the world. ”

"Someone actually made Dao Ancestor hold such a grudge? Do I know this person? ”

"You don't know this person, you don't have to ask, you don't have to look for it. So, do you have a count in your heart? What is a tech barbarian? ”

"There are counts." Zhu Xianene nodded, "Technological barbarians, it's Lu Bu." He doesn't know satisfaction, he doesn't know moderation, he forgets his righteousness, he is capricious, and no one looks down on him even if he has the best martial arts. Lu Bu was tied too tightly, and Cao Cao said, 'Tie the tiger, how can you not be tight', because Lu Bu is a beast. Technological barbarians are those who can't overcome their animal nature and don't know what 'etiquette' is. They are unrestrained because they do not know how to stop at the boundaries of the rites. ”

"Good."

Following the familiar road, Shang Luo walked to the square in front of the Library of Alexandria. Everything is the same here as before, but it's also very different.

The celestial dome of the bell does not extend indefinitely. In the library, which is some distance from the lighthouse, you can faintly see the bell structure stopping in the distant sky. And under the sky of the bell structure, a new order is quietly being established.

The new order is pixel-based. The invisible pixel guardrail, yellow and black, encloses the plaza in front of the Great Library and deters unauthorized visitors.

Although the streets outside the gate were already lined with legionnaires in the city, and chariots were pressed white tracks on the ancient stone bricks, the academy in the Palace of the Muses was still running as usual. The ice cream stand is also open as usual, and there are still students queuing.

"I'm going to have to send it here." The guards who brought him here bowed to him. The exclamation mark at the time of meeting becomes a conspicuous question mark when leading the way, and the question mark disappears when you reach your destination.

This guardrail seems to be the boundary of "involuntary consciousness", as well as the boundary of the state of war and normal order.

He tried to reach out and touch the guardrail, the edges of which disintegrated into bits and pieces, allowing him to pass without any obstacles.

"It doesn't seem to be holding me back."

I looked up at the Library of Alexandria. The library, perched on a marble pedestal, was a fortress of civilization, and the Romans seem to have done their best to ensure order here. But with the naked eye, it can be seen that in addition to the students and visiting scholars in the square, there are indeed many more guards. There was even one guard standing in line for ice cream - they were also students of Alexandria before becoming part of the Legion.

He fumbled in his pocket. In fact, this time he brought the drachma, who he didn't spend last time as a souvenir, and he could also line up when he came out later.

"Say." Shang Luo suddenly thought, "How do you get into the Library of Alexandria?" Is the pedestal down there hollow? ”

[It's not.] Apollonia replied, "The Library of Alexandria is the original site, although it has been changed, but the usage is still the same as before. It's good that you go in directly from the stairs. 】

Standing between the two muses, at the door of the library, Shang Luo looked inside:

"Ahh Even if you say it's good to just go in, I don't know how to find someone."

Because he found that the library seemed to be much bigger than it looked. The beginning of the bookshelf is visible at the doorway, but there seems to be no end in sight.

The bookshelf closest to the doorway is an X-shaped compartment that houses parchment rolls. Each parchment scroll is marked with a handwritten label that identifies the title and contents. The papyrus was stored in a cool cabinet, and the slate glass was encapsulated and placed on the shelves. And the area of paper books is farther and farther away. Further down, you can even see the area where the punched cassettes and records are stored.

(End of chapter)