Chapter 1029: Nantianmen and Guanghan Palace

Because Ding Hanzhen had to attend a meeting, the time for entering the South Gate of Heaven was set at two hours later.

Lu Yao returned home and lay on the bed.

He looked at the [Location Card] in his hand.

The restoration and reopening of the Nantianmen Gate means that the deities in the country will have nowhere to hide, which can reduce the disruption of order by this group and allow most people to live more safely.

All the things that Lu Yao had experienced before, such as [Jack] Yuan Lisha sending orcs to perform a hanging ritual on innocent people, the Whistleblower Group's kidnapping of Boss Huang, the wish-power seed [Ten Directions White Elephant] wandering in the city, and later [Gandharva] Shen Qian's incense bewitching, and the illegal immigrants from the virtual universe... were all discovered and arrested in time.

Since the committee is planning to open the South Gate, I guess they have made a lot of supporting arrangements.

But he remembered what Ding Hanzhen said.

The essence of human beings is a makeshift team.

Lu Yao felt that it was hard to say.

Many things that sound grand and impressive are actually just that in appearance. Without the suppression of the Spirit King, the entire Spirit Clan would be wiped out if the Spirit Duke started a rebellion.

Their opponents were not much better. The Zodiac Star Track indirectly contributed to the destruction of the Eldar, but there were also laymen guiding the experts within the Star Track. Orion seized the leading position, locked up the last professional star officer, North Claw, and then messed around on his own, which was a bit embarrassing now.

He was lost in thought when his cell phone rang.

Time's up.

Lu Yao held the location card and closed his eyes.

…

After his vision became clear, Lu Yao looked around.

This is a flat and wide world, the ground is made of rough square stone slabs, and there are green areas with big trees as the core. Most of these trees are over a hundred meters tall, and there are open-air bars on the branches, where people sit and drink tea and rest.

There are also some seats and long tables on the ground, and some people are sitting and chatting.

Lu Yao noticed that most of these people were wearing blue work clothes and safety helmets, and seemed to be busy with construction work.

The center of the world is a huge complex of buildings.

Its foundation is shaped like a palace, with a large number of stone balustrades and beams, huge brackets, and a roof covered with golden glazed tiles.

Going up, there are layers of wooden towers and high pavilions, or open-air platforms with steps going up. These buildings are connected to each other by corridors, extending to the sky layer by layer, a total of nine layers.

Above the ninth floor is a huge white light that shoots straight into the sky. These white lights are also divided into layers, and you can vaguely see human figures moving around inside, like some kind of special optical building.

Looking at the complex of buildings, you can see three words.

【Nantianmen】

Lu Yao walked all the way to the bottom of the building, and the sense of oppression from the huge structure suddenly became overwhelming.

At the steps, Song Shiyi waved at him.

"Mr. Huang."

She said: "I have only seen Nantianmen in some videos in the past, and this is my first time here."

There are three entrances to the city, each with four guards.

The guards were dressed in uniform and wore visor-less helmets, so their faces could not be seen clearly. They wore a layer of silver exoskeleton armor over their black undergarments, with metal exoskeletons covering their fingers, and carried a black box on their backs.

Each of these guards was followed by two auxiliary soldiers.

The auxiliary soldiers were also wearing armor, but they wore full black helmets with two large nuts on both sides of the helmets, on which were engraved tiger talismans.

All the guards stood straight by the door, as still as sculptures.

Lu Yao discovered that their data panels were full of question marks, all camouflaged and concealed.

At this time, someone behind him said: "These are the "Heavenly General" and the "Tiger Heavenly Soldiers" guarding the South Gate of Heaven. "

Ding Hanzhen had been standing beside him for some time.

Lu Yao immediately thought: "Is 'Tiger Soldier' ​​AI?"

"right."

The old kitchen god nodded and said, "They are excellent warriors. They must pass a lot of tests and actual combat exercises before they can be included in the heavenly army sequence."

"The generals are more responsible for command and decision-making, while the soldiers are the extension of the generals, unconditionally carrying out all orders from their superiors. In terms of life-and-death battles and special abilities, the soldiers are stronger than the generals."

Lu Yao looked at those Tiger Heavenly Soldiers, and the classic scene of a robot rebellion leading to the end of the world popped up in his mind.

"What if something goes wrong with them...like a program error or something like that?"

Ding Hanzhen did not give a direct answer. He said: "In the early days, there were many gods and monsters among the heavenly soldiers and generals of Nantianmen. There were cases of desertion, bribery and even riots. Later, reforms were carried out to increase the number of daily duty signs - similar to punching in and writing work logs, which reduced the number of cases of cheating."

"Now anyone who enters or leaves the Nantian Gate will be recorded. By checking the time, we can find the heavenly generals and soldiers who were in charge at the time. The helmets they wear have law enforcement recorders, which can not only record their work content in real time, but also protect and clarify themselves."

The old man then got to the point: "The Heavenly Soldiers are actually divided into two parts. One part is the substitute body that executes the command mission here, and the other part is the database in the committee's cloud server. There is background support over there, and any abnormality will sound an alarm."

"Of course, there is no 100% safety. We can only do our best to ensure that the entire process is basically controllable, and then solve and optimize problems when they arise."

Lu Yao also came back to his senses.

This is actually easy to understand.

For a human god like me, when I enter the virtual universe, my consciousness is projected into the virtual universe, while my body remains in the real universe. Unless it is a complete dimensionality reduction, it is similar to the feeling of the soul leaving the body described by the ancients.

The same was true of the shopping guide robot before. Its main body was guiding shopping in the mall, and its divinity was projected into the virtual universe to be worshipped - it was just unable to give any feedback or reaction to this, but in the virtual universe it was indeed a god.

The bodies of the AI ​​gods remain in the real universe, and the committee monitors them in real time at the data level to ensure that their operations meet requirements.

"For example, the committee is very cautious about walking in the real universe with substitute bodies like [Beidou] and [Nandou]. This has been approved by the higher authorities before it was finally allowed to be tried out, and it is limited to these two. Come on, don't stand outside. We have visitor authorization, so just go in directly."

Ding Hanzhen led the two of them inside.

This passage was much longer than what Lu Yao saw.

"The entrance is designed this way to ensure safety and can be seen as a security check passage," said Ding Hanzhen.

The passage is connected to a bright hall with elevators on both sides to go upstairs, forming a circular structure with one floor on each side.

The floor was covered with red patterned carpets, and in the center was a large semicircular reception desk where six staff members were busy. Surrounding it were rooms with double doors, where people occasionally came in and out, mostly in a hurry.

Ding Hanzhen slowed down his pace and explained to the two young men: "Nantianmen has 36 palaces and 72 halls, a total of 108 departments that are still in use today, but after the founding of the People's Republic of China, some of them were merged, some were suspended, and many redundant staff were cut."

"The central hub is the Lingxiao Palace, which is also where the entire Heavenly Court makes decisions and holds meetings."

"Miro Palace is the office of the Jade Emperor, who is now the chairman of the committee. However, he only attends important meetings and spends most of his time in BJ. Shizhou has more important things to do."

"Then there is the Tushita Palace, which used to be the residence of the Taishang Laojun. The current Taishang Laojun prefers to work from home and rarely comes here. There is also the Guanghan Palace that Xiao Song is familiar with. It is now nominally Xiao Song's office, but it has been closed for a long time due to the previous accident..."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

As Ding Hanzhen read out the familiar names one by one, Lu Yao felt a wonderful sense of fusion of the past and the present.

Song Shiyi's office is one of the 36 palaces.

From this point of view, the Moon Goddess has a high status.

Song Shiyi looked curious: "Teacher Zao, can we go to Guanghan Palace to take a look?"

"Sure, but we have to open the door before you can enter." Ding Hanzhen pointed to the ground.

Only then did Lu Yao notice that there were guiding arrows on the carpet. As long as he concentrated, he could see those signposts.

Song Shiyi followed the instructions and arrived in front of a closed double door. The door was made of reddish-brown wood, and there was a carved wooden plaque on the door frame, with the three characters "Guanghan Palace" engraved on it.

She pushed the door open gently.

Lu Yao noticed from the corner of his eye that several staff members behind him were looking over here. It seemed that they also rarely saw Guanghan Palace open.

Song Shiyi walked in first.

Lu Yao followed in.

Inside was a spherical world that emitted a cool white fluorescence, like a huge moon.

Opposite the passageway is a classical palace, with a pavilion on each side. There is a well in the left pavilion and a flower field in the right pavilion. The single-family building in the middle has high eaves, red walls and glazed tiles, and some trees planted around it, which looks quiet.

But it's too quiet.

Zooming out and taking in the surrounding empty fluorescent ground, this single traditional building appears particularly lonely.

There are no data panels here either, just question marks. Nantianmen has done a good job of keeping secrets.

On the stone platform outside Guanghan Palace, two rabbits were pounding medicine in a stone mortar. They had round eyes and fat mouths, their upper bodies were upright, and each had a blue and white flowered sweat towel tied around their necks.

When they saw Lu Yao and his group, they immediately put down their work and ran over.

"Lord Moon God, you are back."

"Great! You are young again!"

The two rabbits immediately turned into a boy and girl with rabbit ears dressed in white clothes. They jumped around Song Shiyi and looked very happy.

Song Shiyi also started talking to them.

Lu Yao suddenly thought of a question and looked at Ding Hanzhen beside him: "Teacher Zao, in the previous accident, did a gate of Nantianmen also suffer heavy damage?"

"The worst hit is not here, this place is actually not bad."

Ding Hanzhen explained: "The carrier of the Nantianmen of the real universe is on a satellite, which is much more fragile and difficult to repair after being damaged."

Lu Yao thought, so that's it.

Suddenly, the rabbit-eared girl ran to Lu Yao's feet, her round eyes full of confusion. She pricked up her ears and said, "What a terrifying power... the smell of Hou Yi... No, that's not right... It's Di Jun, Lord Di Jun?"

Lu Yao turned his head and asked, "Are they also heavenly soldiers?"

Ding Hanzhen shook his head: "This is a moon rabbit. They have been following the Moon God since His birth. They are gods and monsters, different from rabbit spirits. They are very good at making medicine and snacks. I have also learned some of their methods."

The Moon Rabbit Girl suddenly said, "I know! It's the Queen Mother of the West! Meet the Queen Mother of the West!"

The boys and girls kowtowed immediately.

Although many people knew about this, being called the Queen Mother of the West still made Lu Yao feel socially awkward, and his expression was a little stiff for a moment.

Song Shiyi said: "In the past, Chang'e got the elixir of immortality, and they have always been grateful to the Queen Mother of the West."

The moon rabbits said happily.

"Please accept our [Toad Pills], Queen Mother of the West."

“And mooncakes.”

“Please give us your comments!”

Lu Yao was stunned.

I didn't expect to gain this.

He immediately showed a kind smile like a spring breeze: "Yes, I am the Queen Mother of the West."

(End of this chapter)