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Chapter 1777: Flesh and Blood, Bitterness and Weakness (Neither Bingfeng nor Herbal Tea Has This)

People gathered under the pile of strange machines, kneeling and praying, as if it was not a machine but a god.

But there is more to it than that.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Suddenly, screams emerged from the crowd. Duanmu Huai and others could clearly see that some people in the crowd began to scream. They trembled all over, and then their bodies began to swell and burst. Gears and metals drilled out of the skin, rotating and tearing the skin, sucking it in.

"Woo——!"

Seeing this, Kurokawa Akane quickly reached out to cover her mouth, fearing that she would scream. She could see the skin and clothes of those people being sucked into their bodies and disappearing under the constant rotation and stirring of the gears. However, although these people screamed miserably, their expressions were extremely excited and as if what was happening to them at the moment was not pain, but something that made them feel extremely happy!

When they stood up, they had completely lost their human form and turned into machines! Their skin was brass, their eyes were like two protruding cameras, and gears and springs were turning everywhere on their joints.

Just looking at them now, no one would imagine that not long ago, they were still human beings - or at least they looked like they were.

But this is not the end.

After those people were completely transformed into robots, they shouted happily and ran forward with their arms raised high. Kurokawa Akane watched as these robots rushed into the huge machine they worshipped, and were then ruthlessly crushed and crushed by the running machine, and then merged into one.

"This, this, what on earth is going on?"

Although Heikawa Akane had seen many things beyond her imagination since following Duanmu Huai, the absurdity of this scene was still completely beyond her imagination.

She looked at Duanmu Huai, but the latter's expression did not change at all. He was very calm, even a little... helpless?

"Will this happen to the Inquisition as well?"

"In other words, the things that require us to go out probably have nothing to do with normal things."

Duanmu Huai said this and gestured to the side.

"But it doesn't matter, as long as we make it normal. Go prepare what I need and start taking action anytime."

"Yes!"

Duanmu Huai did not move, and the others also stood where they were, with only a few Night Guards leaving. As for Rost, he just sat on the ground, staring blankly at the scene in front of him, not knowing what to do.

"What do we do now?"

"Wait."

Duanmu Huai glanced around and then pointed to the side.

"Go wait over there."

"???"

Although he didn't know what Duanmu Huai was talking about, Heichuan Chiyin still followed Duanmu Huai out of the square and came to the hillside of a nearby hill. Then Duanmu Huai lay down on the ground, opened the terminal and began to issue orders, while Heichuan Chiyin just sat beside him, staring blankly at the huge machine in the distance and the crowd surrounding it.

The Night Guards stood guard over them as usual, without saying a word.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The square that could accommodate tens of thousands of people was becoming increasingly empty. The moment everyone was transformed into robots, they rushed into the huge machine with screams of joy and were crushed by it.

Not only that………

"Mr. Duanmu, that machine seems to be getting bigger and bigger?"

Kurokawa Akane initially thought it was her own illusion, but after comparing, she was very sure that the body of the huge metal machine seemed to be getting bigger and bigger because it absorbed those robots!

"Yes, got it."

Duanmu Huai raised his head, glanced at the machine, and then lowered his head again.

"Don't we need to do something?"

"All we have to do now is wait."

Duanmu Huai swiped around on the terminal like he was swiping on a cell phone, and spoke at the same time.

"By the way, what do you think this is?"

"Hey?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, Heichuan Akane was stunned for a moment, and then started thinking.

"Hmm... I think Mr. Duanmu, you said that our enemies are mainly evil gods? Is this also the work of the evil gods?"

"Yes and no."

"???"

"Our main enemies are the four evil gods hidden in the subspace. Of course, this is just them, and you have already seen the Star Gods, but the enemies of mankind are far more than just them."

Duanmu Huai stared at the screen and spoke.

"If you read Mary's novel, you'll know that in addition to the evil gods hiding in the warp, there are also beings called the Old Ones and Outer Gods. They are not just centered in the Milky Way, but are terrifying monsters that roam the entire universe."

“There are… so many?”

"Yes."

"Why do they want to attack humans?"

"No reason."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"Look, when you go to clean a table, or open up a piece of land, or build a road, do you do it because you have ill will towards the stones, sand, insects, or teams? Of course not, you may not even know they exist. But when you step on them, they will also die - this is the relationship between humans and evil gods. Many times, it is not because humans have done something, or that evil gods want to do something to humans. It's just that humans are unlucky, just like this thing."

Duanmu Huai pointed at the huge metal machine.

"It was not created specifically for humans. Any life that comes into contact with it will be infected and then transformed. It's that simple. There is no malice towards humans, nor is it a conspiracy. It's simply... bad luck."

"So, these people became like this because of bad luck?" "Yes, that's it."

Duanmu Huai sighed.

"Do you know? Regarding beings like gods, demons, or magicians, there was once a civilization that analyzed them and gave them a title that fits their characteristics very well - reality benders."

"Reality...bender?"

"That's right. Look, whether it's gods, demons, magicians, or people with super powers, their greatest feature is that they can do things that are impossible in reality."

"Ah."

Kurokawa Akane nodded, after all, what Duanmu Huai said was right.

"So to put it simply, these beings use their abilities to distort reality, making it appear as they wish, just like that."

Duanmu Huai pointed to a group of screaming humans who were turned into machines in the distance, while Rost was now curled up in a ball, covering his ears and shivering.

"In reality, there is no way flesh and blood can turn into metal, right?"

"That's right."

"So, those who possess this unreal power are reality warpers. It's just that magicians and psychics are lower-level reality warpers, while gods are higher-level reality warpers."

Having said that, Duanmu Huai stared at the machine.

"And this thing right now is one of them."

"Mr. Duanmu means, is this... a god?"

I have to say, this really shocked Kurokawa Akane.

"Yes, that's right, but it's only a part of it, not the whole thing."

Duanmu Huai certainly knew what this was, because before he crossed over, he had just completed this part of the quest in the game. And this god also caused a great response among the players, because many players initially mistook it for the real God of All Machines.

After all, according to the archaeological findings of players, the God of All Machines believed by the Mechanicus does not exist at all, and there is indeed no projection of this god in the warp. After all, according to reason, with so many oil men worshiping him, according to the laws of the warp, there must be a projection of the God of All Machines.

But in fact, the God of All Machines does not exist in the subspace, so everyone thought there might be something wrong. Later it was found out that the Emperor deliberately forged such an image to deceive the oil man.

As a result, when players discovered this god, they found it ridiculous, and it was quite strange, like Li Gui meeting Li Kui.

The Mechanicus has been shouting about the God of All Machines for a long time, and it turns out that there really is a God of All Machines in this universe.

This matter will not end well.

By the way, after this, humans also developed a belief in this god, and thus split into two sects. Their common point is that they believe in mechanical supremacy, that flesh and blood are unclean and evil, and that they long to be able to reassemble, collect the scattered parts of the gods, and revive them.

Among them, the Cogwork Orthodoxy advocates that flesh and blood are weak, and machines ascend, and their goal is to completely transform humans into machines. It was also the faction that infiltrated the Mechanicus the most, after all, the group of machine oil guys themselves were transformed into very anthropomorphic ones.

The Maximist Church, on the other hand, prefers to worship informatization, believing that the essence of God is knowledge, information and data. Their goal is not to transform humans into machines, but to connect the thoughts of all mankind and then reshape the true body of God through large amounts of data and information.

Hmm...how should I put it, it’s a dispute between materialism and idealism in religious beliefs?

The God of All Machines they believe in is actually also called the Broken God. According to the information obtained by the players, it is the god of clockwork and gears, machinery and electronics. It weaves order and law above the abyss, forges every law of physics, and enables everything to run, symbolizing order and rationality. It was born long before the Milky Way, and therefore long before the evil gods of the subspace.

Of course, as a pure, conceptual god, the Broken God has only one influence—that is to completely mechanize everything. Just look at this mechanized virus and you will know that no life can resist such conceptual pollution and reality distortion. Even the demons of the subspace will have to flee when they encounter it.

After all, as subspace entities, they are less resistant to this conceptual dimensionality reduction attack than humans in the real material universe.

However, long before the creation of the warp, the Broken God was literally broken. According to those crazy believers, it was because the Broken God had fought a great battle with the God of Flesh and Blood, and completely broke himself, forming a huge network to seal the God of Flesh and Blood in it.

The God of Flesh and Blood naturally has his own beliefs and a sect called "Flesh and Blood Cult". Their philosophy is exactly the opposite of the Broken God. The Flesh and Blood Cult advocates strengthening the body and breaking through the limit through extreme physical evolution to reach the realm of God. Not only that, they also believe that they can ascend to become gods by devouring the flesh and blood of gods.

By the way, although there is no empirical evidence, there are rumors that the Tyranids were formed from the remaining debris of the God of Flesh and Blood.

Fortunately, one of these two gods was shattered and the other was sealed. If they were both still alive, there would be no chance of the evil god of the subspace at all.

If the Milky Way is compared to a village in the universe, then the evil gods of the subspace are at most village tyrants, and these ancient evil gods... are at least central-level existences.

"There are still so many..."

After listening to Duanmu Huai's explanation, Heichuan Akane was stunned and speechless.

"The universe is a boundless ocean. No one knows what monsters are hiding in it. But no matter who comes, the Inquisition will always have only one mission, which is to protect humanity at all costs and eliminate any existence that threatens humanity. It will not change in the past, and it will remain the same in the future."

Duanmu Huai stood up as he spoke, looking at the huge machine in front of him. At this moment, the people in the square had almost disappeared, and the huge machine made of metal, gears and springs was spinning madly, spewing steam, and then...

“Woooooooooooooooo!!!”

A whistle-like sound erupted from it, and then, as if responding to this call, the surrounding buildings, machinery, and even vehicles rushed straight towards the huge metal machine as if attracted by a magnet. They rushed up, and were crushed and absorbed by the gears and chain saws rotating on the surface. Gradually, the metal machine became larger and larger. In the blink of an eye, it even turned into a mountain!

"Mr. Duanmu!? What should we do now?"

Looking at the huge monster in front of him, Kurokawa Akane clenched his hands nervously, while Duanmu Huai shook his head.

"Don't be nervous, Chiyin. Remember what I said before? Whether it's gods, demons, or magicians, they are all reality warpers. Do you remember what this means?"

"Is it... a distortion of reality? Does that mean this huge monster in front of us was also created because of a distortion of reality?"

"Yes."

Duanmu Huai snapped his fingers.

"Since they distort reality, what we have to do is simple - just reshape reality."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai gave orders in a calm tone.

"Activate reality anchor."