Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 302: Unable to understand, destined to break up

"Steam, why did you never ask me if I needed what you called the best thing before giving it to me?" Russell's expression was hard to describe at that moment. He looked at the God of Steam and Machinery and asked himself:

"Ha! Of course you wouldn't ask, because you are a high and mighty god! I once thought we were friends, but that's not the case. You've never considered me a friend. What am I? A subordinate, a believer, a minister. Ha, in the face of a god's grace, a believer can only kneel on the ground and kowtow. How can they question it?"

The God of Steam and Machinery opened his mouth, seemingly confused and at a loss. Finally, he looked at Russell and said, "Shouldn't it be like this?"

"Ha! You're right, that's exactly how it should be!" Russell sneered, looking at the God of Steam and Machinery and saying, "Unfortunately, I never like kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to others, so we're destined to break up, because we were never on the same page from the beginning."

The God of Steam and Machinery pursed his lips. He couldn't understand why Russell was so angry, and even more so, what exactly was he worried about. After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "You don't need to kneel now. You are already a Black Emperor. We are equals now."

Russell couldn't even laugh at this moment. He looked at the God of Steam and Machinery with a distorted expression, and suddenly felt that his previous anger was unnecessary.

From the very beginning, they were completely different. He could not understand the God of Steam and Machinery, and the God of Steam and Machinery could not understand him.

This was a difference caused by the growing environment. If the Goddess of Night, the Lord of Storms, and others could barely understand Russell's ideas because of their identities as "travelers" and because they had once followed an old survivor, then the God of Steam and Machinery was obviously a genuine "native."

He will not understand what equality of personality is, nor what respect among friends is.

In the cognition of the God of Steam and Machinery, gods are supreme beings, and all living beings are ants.

"Boss, I'm starting to doubt that it was a wrong decision for you to cooperate with him. The Nights and the others might understand your thoughts, but this guy probably can't understand it at all." Russell suddenly looked at Rowling, who was watching the show next to him, and said.

Luo Lin raised an eyebrow when he heard this. What Russell could see, he would naturally see more clearly. However, Luo Lin did not care about it at all. He just smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I don't need Him to understand my thoughts. I just need Him to be obedient enough."

Does Rollin need the understanding of the God of Steam and Machinery? No.

Luo Lin just wanted the other party to advance the technology tree well. After all, compared with others, Luo Lin had no respect for the God of Steam and Machinery - the other party was neither a good person like the Ancient Sun God, nor like the Eternal Sun and other gods who would fight with the Outer Gods in the future, which made Luo Lin look at him with a higher regard.

The God of Steam and Machinery's only contribution to this society was the establishment of the Steam Church, but even on this point, there is a lot to say - the Steam Church was supported by Roselle, and the Industrial Revolution was also started by Roselle. The God of Steam and Machinery basically won by doing nothing, but reaped the greatest benefits.

After Roselle's death, the Steam Church essentially ceased to play its intended role. Aside from maintaining order in the Beyonder realm and eliminating dangerous Beyonders and monsters, the Church's technological advancements over the years have been minimal, with the most notable being its assistance to the Loen royal family in building ironclad warships. However, we all know what the Loen royal family is like, so it's hard to say whether this was aiding and abetting the evil.

Moreover, although the Industrial Revolution greatly promoted productivity, it also widened the gap between the rich and the poor, making countless poor people "necessary sacrifices." The Steam Church, as the existence that released the behemoth, and the God of Steam and Machinery, as the biggest beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution, failed to make active compensation in this regard.

It can be said that the blame for the current state of society is now thrown on the heads of the Seven Gods. The other righteous gods also bear some responsibility. After all, they have all lived in the astral world for a long time. Some beings, such as the Mother Earth and the Eternal Sun, basically have few moments of clarity. If they are really powerless to change reality, it is not too unfair for the God of Steam and Machinery to bear the blame.

He is the God who has the greatest ability to interfere with reality in the past one or two hundred years, and he is also the God who has had the greatest impact on reality in the past one or two hundred years.

For this reason, if Rowling mainly treats other righteous gods with respect, his attitude towards the God of Steam and Machinery is somewhere between respect and indifference - if the God of Steam and Machinery cooperates with him well, then he will respect him, otherwise Rowling can show him on the spot what a fist as big as a sandbag is.

Of course, Rowling had no intention of killing the God of Steam and Machinery. Firstly, he still had use for him. Secondly, the Church of Steam had made some contributions. Like other orthodox churches, it had maintained order in the extraordinary realm. The positive aspects of the Industrial Revolution could not be ignored.

"6!" Russell was suddenly not angry at all, because he saw something from Rowling's words, which made him even feel some pity for the God of Steam and Machinery for a moment.

"...Did I misunderstand what you are discussing? What does it mean that 'I just need to be obedient'?" The God of Steam and Machinery finally couldn't help but ask. It was obvious that His mind was full of question marks.

The God of Steam and Machinery looked at Luo Lin and said thoughtfully, "I thought Lord Lucifer was here to seek cooperation?"

However, "obedient enough" is obviously not an adjective that should appear in cooperation. This description is more appropriate to describe the requirements of superiors to subordinates.

"Steam, out of old friendship, I want to remind you that you'd better be polite when talking to this person. Otherwise, if you get beaten, don't blame me for not reminding you." Russell suddenly spoke at this time. Although he had a lot of opinions about his old boss, Russell still more or less cared about the old friendship and didn't want his old boss to get himself killed.

The God of Steam and Machinery's eyes flickered upon hearing this. He then looked at Luo Lin again and said after a few seconds, "Sir Lucifer, I'm very curious about what kind of existence you are that both Dark Night and Russell hold you in such high esteem."

"Can't you see it?" Luo Lin looked at the God of Steam and Machinery with a hint of curiosity. "I thought Sequence 0 could at least see a little bit of my true nature."

The God of Steam and Machinery seemed to hesitate after hearing this before saying, "I can vaguely sense that you possess some kind of terrifying power, but I can't see much more."

(End of this chapter)