The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 529: The Church of All Things and the Prosthetic Priest

In Ulysses's mouth, he and Richard were both true gods, prophets, sages, and saints sent down by gods.

Therefore, the means they can use will be very similar to ordinary means.

But in fact, it doesn’t matter if Ulises doesn’t patch it, because their two competitors have defined transformation as a kind of divine grace.

So when Richard talked about the transformation of flesh and blood, Ben didn't have any doubts.

As he was thinking about it, he felt that the taste was so authentic, and that this was what a saint sent by the gods should be like.

Under Richard's guidance, Ben, with excitement, lay on the operating table that Richard usually used to dissect corpses.

Richard gave him some anesthetic to make him unconscious, and then he began to think about the transformation plan.

This transformation was not Richard's idea, but Ulises' suggestion.

According to Ulises, as Richard's first believer in this world, he must perform enough miracles in front of Ben in order to consolidate his faith.

Then, based on this, we can preach among the general public.

The simplest way to manifest a miracle is to improve one's strength. To elevate Ben from a mortal to a first-level creature is a miracle.

In addition, a church must have the support of military force. Richard is a prophet, the incarnation of God. If Richard has to take charge of everything, his authority will be reduced invisibly. Therefore, it is very important to cultivate several high-level military forces as the church's protectors.

The physical transformation of Ben directly takes these two points into account, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Looking at Ben on the operating table, Richard had many thoughts at once. However, he had no knowledge of the goblin race, and rash transformation would easily lead to problems.

"Forget it, let him sleep here first. Ulises, let's go out for a walk."

Richard snapped his fingers, and the World Mushroom swallowed it into its body.

"During this time, I'll get him some Mayfly Essence and train him to a Level 1 creature first."

"Yes, Master."

After leaving the secret realm, Richard flashed and appeared in a corner of the street.

He cast an invisibility spell on himself and then began to observe the race he named goblins.

Goblins are very short, even adults are only about 1.2 meters tall. Unlike the sturdy dwarves, goblins look much thinner.

Even some goblins that look very strong, according to Richard's estimation, are only about as strong as an ordinary adult man.

However, the factory has not yet closed for get off work, and there are few pedestrians on the street, so it is not ruled out that there are more and stronger goblins inside the factory.

Walking along the street, Richard frowned slightly at the dusty and dirty air and the streets full of sewage. He could say responsibly that the air he was breathing was slightly toxic. If he breathed such air for a long time, even a wizard apprentice would become weak and even end his life prematurely.

"In this kind of environment, there are still so many goblins surviving as if nothing happened. This race has incredible vitality." Richard exclaimed in his heart.

But it makes sense that organisms in a highly active energy environment generally have strong vitality. Because a highly active energy environment itself is a threat to organisms, those active energies will pass through cells and hit the life core of cells. If the vitality of an organism is not strong, it will basically be declared extinct.

Of course, there are also species that survive by relying on high reproductive capacity. Relying on a large population to make up for the short life of individuals is also a means of coping.

Passing through the West City area where workers and mechanics lived, Richard arrived at the East City area of ​​the city.

The huge factory, which looked like a monster, was constantly emitting various mechanical noises, and workers like worker bees were working non-stop on the production line. These workers basically only wore pants, and their thin bodies were covered with iron-like muscles.

Richard noticed that the modifications of these workers were different. In high-temperature environments, their noses were larger than those of ordinary goblins, which allowed the hot air to become cooler in the nasal cavity and thus not burn the lungs. In the dusty environment, the goblin workers had more nose hair than normal goblins.

This targeted transformation looks very professional, but Richard only thinks it is a perfunctory approach of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

“Instead of transforming the workers, it is better to change the machines and the environment directly.”

In a rational way, it is a waste to transform the workers. Because no matter what transformation is done to the workers, their lifespan will definitely be shortened. Unless the goblins have lived in this environment for thousands of years and their bodies have evolved to this environment, otherwise all the transformations will only reduce the damage.

However, the world's current technological route has mostly reached a dead end, so Richard did not blame them, but just sighed in his heart that the goblins were unlucky.

The factory area is very large, with everything from ore extraction to finished metal processing. Carts of fuel enter the factory along steam locomotives, and the blazing flames burn the refined ore into liquid gold. Then the boiling hot gold gushes out of the melting furnace and turns into rolls of steel coils. After cooling, they are transported to the nearest processing plant by special steam locomotives via rails.

The goblins have come a long way in the development of steam technology, and some of their ingenious structures even amazed Richard.

Any path taken to its extreme will produce some amazing products.

But when Richard was observing these factories, a somewhat special building appeared in his field of vision. It was a building similar to a church, but inside it, there were two huge chimneys that were emitting billowing black smoke. The church itself was also decorated with artistic gears and levers.

“Our colleagues do have some accomplishments in art,” Ulises commented.

There are two major churches in this world, the Church of the Lord of All Things and the Church of the Lord of Flesh and Blood. The two major evolutionary routes of the goblins are also guided by these two major churches.

The Church of the Lord of All Machines developed industrial and prosthetic technology, while the Church of the Lord of Flesh and Blood developed medicine and bio-transformation technology. The gods of these two churches are the two sons of God, the kings of the two kingdoms.

"Go in and see if you can catch an experimental subject to study."

Richard and Ulysses greeted each other and then appeared next to the church in a flash.

In this church, Richard felt a strong power of faith, which made Richard and Ulysses feel a little relieved.

A key point in distinguishing between wild and systematic gods is the location of the power of faith. In the churches of gods, or temples, the power of faith is concentrated on the statues of gods. There is very little power of faith in church buildings, and it is often intentional by gods for some effect.

And the church in front of me, I wish every brick was filled with the power of faith. This is obviously not what a systematic god should look like.

After confirming that the other party was indeed a wild man, Richard and Ulysses cast an invisibility spell on themselves and walked into the church in a swagger.

The decorative style inside the church is roughly the same as that outside the lecture hall. The only difference is that most of the fixtures inside the church are made of brass or steel.

Richard swept his mind and took in the entire church. There were not many people in the church, only priests, deacons and a few servants. But what surprised Richard was that, except for the servants, the priests and deacons had all reached the first-level creatures.

"interesting."

A hint of surprise flashed across Richard's face, and then he flashed to a prayer room next to the boiler under the church.

The prayer was filled with the noise of mechanical operation, but the priest in front of Richard, who was the master of all things, was praying without distraction.

The priest's body has undergone many mechanical modifications. His two arms have been transformed into metal prostheses, and the skin on his torso has been transformed into metal plates. He wears a metal helmet similar to a gas mask on his head and a metal backpack on his back. At this moment, the dull sound of breathing is constantly coming out of the filter port of the helmet.

But what Richard was most concerned about was that the equipment the priest had was not just a simple steam engine, but a mixture of new technologies.

"I'll test this guy's skills. Pay attention to the side."

"learn."

Ulysses disappeared into the void, and Richard immediately lifted his invisibility spell and deliberately made a slight noise.

Hey.

"who!"

The priest stood up suddenly, and his sharp eyes swept behind him through his goggles like a blade. But when he saw a tall figure in a black robe whose face could not be seen clearly, he suddenly hesitated for a moment.

He asked with some caution: "Which sir are you?"

Richard responded with silence and a light straight punch.

boom.

The seemingly light straight punch was as powerful as a hammer. The priest blocked it with his prosthetic limbs, but the huge force still made him fly backwards.

boom!
The priest's body slammed heavily against the metal wall of the prayer room, and his two metal arms were almost completely destroyed under this huge force. Sparks, steam, and dissipated energy continued to leak out of the prosthetic limbs.

But to Richard's surprise, the priest had not fainted yet. He struggled to fall from the wall, spitting out bright red blood.

"Who are you? The invisible assassin of the Church of the Lord of Flesh and Blood? The reformed knight of the royal court? No, you are stronger than them."

Richard did not answer this, but gave a pertinent comment.

"You can withstand this blow, your ability is beyond that of ordinary natives. So I decided to use you as a sample."

After saying this, the priest suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and a mental blow instantly overwhelmed his mind.

Richard walked to the wall and a simple alchemy array appeared in his hand. Under the effect of alchemy, the dents in the wall were filled and the leaking pipes inside were repaired.

But just as Richard was about to leave the church and return to the secret realm with the priest, Ulysses' figure suddenly appeared on his shoulder.

"Richard, look here. I found a place under this church that is somewhat similar to your laboratory."

(End of this chapter)