supreme deity

Chapter 758 Substitution
Lin Rui was very curious about Tan Shenzhi's past intention to replace the "Mechanical God".

Is this a 'Mechagod' who is here to save the Mechagod Temple, or does he aspire to become a 'God'?

If this person wants to become a god, how can he maintain his own will within the body of the 'Mecha God'?
Tan Shenzhi said expressionlessly, "The so-called 'Mechagod' of the Mechagod Temple is nothing more than a false entity based on faith and repeatedly illuminated by the light of Purgatory. How can it be called a god?"

He looked at Lin Rui coldly with his ice-blue mechanical eyes. "That 'Precision Engineering Department' of your Forest Group has a fantastical idea. They used nano-bionic technology to imitate alloys and parts that are highly similar to the functions of the Source Essence and Source Core. They then combined the energy, mechanical, and electronic technologies of the Extraterritorial Demons to create a powerful machine. But in fact, it's just a change of name. The internal rune array is actually exactly the same as the 'Mechanical God', only more sophisticated, more concise, and more efficient. It has more powerful power and can accommodate more powerful conceptual power. But if you want it to truly possess the power of the immortal level, or even the quasi-abyss level, you have to let it be illuminated by the Light of Purgatory."

Lin Rui laughed when he heard this: "From what Mr. Tan said, it seems that he doesn't agree with it. Do you have any better suggestions?"

When Tan Shenzhi talks about faith as the basis, he is referring to the 24 billion believers of the Temple of Machine God.

The official disciples of the Mecha Temple are about 72, but they actually control seven large islands and a man-made miniature "Half-Sky Abyss", which can support 20 to 25 billion people at its peak.

Before the rise of the Church of Light, the Temple of Machine God was the largest religion on Tianji Star.

The 24 billion believers in the Temple of Machine God currently have an inherent understanding of the "God of All Machines".

In the teachings of the Temple of Machine God, the God of All Machines is the creator and controller of all metal life and mechanical creations in the world.

He is the embodiment of machinery and order, symbolizing eternal truth and laws. He can perceive the subtle changes in all things in the world, and with invisible power, he protects the fate of all machines and mechanical life, controlling their birth and death.

His existence transcends time and space, like a magnificent machine that runs eternally, each part of which contains infinite wisdom and power. His will is like a precise gear, driving the operation of all things.

The Temple of Mecha-God first had the doctrine of Mecha-God and the knowledge of the 'God of All Machines', and then created the body of 'Mecha-God', placing it in Purgatory to be repeatedly exposed to the light of Purgatory, thus stimulating the life and consciousness of 'Mecha-God'.

In ancient times, the true abysses spread their teachings and recruited believers in order to use the "cognition" of hundreds of millions of believers to consolidate their true spirits and avoid being eroded by the roots.

The method of "inheritance" later was similar. The abysses also relied on the disciples' "cognition" to consolidate the true spirit. The advantage was that this cognition was purer, but the disadvantage was that its power was much weaker than faith.

The seventh generation leader of the Church of Light had an even more bizarre idea. With the help of the faith and cognition of 27 billion believers, he built a cage for the Great Sun Lord, so that the true spirit and power of the Great Sun Lord were trapped in the supreme artifact "Holy Thunder Fire".

The Temple of Machine God takes the opposite approach. It first recognizes the 'God of All Machines', and then illuminates him with a high concentration of 'Light of Purgatory', thereby awakening and shaping the true spirit of the 'God of All Machines'.

As for the 'God of All Machines' that the Forest Group is casting, as Tan Shenzhi said, there is actually no essential difference from the previous 'God of Machines'.

The difference is that the 'Mecha God' of the Mecha God Temple was a divine body created purely with mechanical engineering more than 20,000 years ago.

That thing was enormous, 1000 kilometers long and wide, and its shape was a bit like a giant mechanical creation like a Rubik's Cube.

According to Li Guchan, the Lord of Skeleton Machinery, this is just a piece of waste that is complicated, useless, has no combat capability, and is a pure waste of materials.

The divine body of the 'God of All Machines' refined by Lin Rui and his team was not only created by Taixuan Immortal Venerable himself, who helped improve and sublimate the internal magic array, but also combined many of humanity's cutting-edge mechanical technologies, electronic technologies, energy technologies and metallurgical technologies.

The final product will be a mechanical war dragon about twelve feet tall, very similar to Lin Rui's "Original War Dragon".

However, the design drawings of this mechanical war dragon have just been completed, and the first alloy plate is being cast in the dust-free precision workshop.

Lin Rui was extremely short of funds and could only build the house while collecting money.

The primary task of the Forest Heavy Industry Precision Industry Department now is to forge the 'Jingyi Holy Altar' and the 14 'Hearts of Light'.

Speaking of the Abyss Weapon 'Yinglong' that is being continuously improved in East Asia, as well as the so-called 'Seraphim' and 'Ice Goddess', they are also similar to the Mecha God. They are all based on the myths and legends widely circulated among human beings on Earth. With the help of hundreds of millions of people's existing knowledge of them, these powerful 'Abyss Weapons' were shaped.

Forest Group's God of All Machines received technical support from East Asia.

Tan Shenzhi didn't answer, but instead asked, his tone tinged with doubt: "You want to use this thing to replace the 'Mecha God' and become your future helper and assistance? But how can you guarantee control over it?"

Tan Shenzhi admitted that this master was very smart. He must have seen that the old "Mechanical God" had reached its end, so he took the risk and robbed the heretic prison.

Tan Shenzhi was once the chief astronomical official, and he knew the status of the "Machine God" in the Machine God Temple best.

If there is no external interference, the Temple of Machine God should be able to extend his life by another three to five hundred years.

But now there is Lin Rui, an ambitious man who has set his sights on the 'Machine God'. With just a little trickery, he can bring the 'Machine God' to an end. Then will be the best opportunity to replace the 'Machine God'.

The problem is that the will of the 'God of All Machines' is based on the inherent cognition of the 24 billion believers of the Temple of Machine God towards the 'God of All Machines', and there is no loophole for others to take advantage of.

Lin Rui's actions are doomed to be futile and useless.

No matter what hidden tricks Lin Rui left in the body of the Mecha God, it could not affect or interfere with the will of the God of All Machines, which was born out of the cognition of 24 billion people.

Lin Rui smiled faintly, his expression unfathomable: "I have my own way to deal with this matter, Mr. Tan, don't worry about me."

Although this chief astrologer is extremely wise, he still lacks the information he has.

The will of the 'God of All Things' is shaped according to the 'cognition' of believers.

Then the cognition of the 29 billion believers of the Church of Light and the 7 million believers of the Church of the King of Light is also "cognition".

In the teachings of both families, the 'God of All Machines' of the Temple of Machine God are angels under the command of the 'Supreme One' and the 'Ming Wang'.

The power of these 36 billion people will never be lower than that of the Mecha Palace.

Moreover, the number of believers of the two families is growing slowly with the financial support of Lin Rui. Correspondingly, the interior of the Temple of Machine God is not only decayed, but also full of factions. Most of the believers of the Temple of Machine God are forced to believe in the "God of All Machines". How firm and devout can their beliefs be?

So now he just needs to make the new God of Machines before the old 'Machine God' dies, and then find the most appropriate time to replace it.

According to Taixuan Tianzun's calculations, this would at least allow him to have a quasi-'Abyss-level' assistant, and at the same time help him control the powerful 'Machine God Temple'.

The gods of the time have been planning for this transcendental battle for hundreds of years. If Lin Rui wants to be able to compete with them in just a few years, he can only resort to tricks and take every possible shortcut.

Tan Shenzhi's blue mechanical eyes flickered, and after a full three seconds, he spoke again: "I didn't want to see the 'Machine God' half-dead and ultimately annihilated, so I created a technique called the 'Myriad Spirits Reflecting the God'. It can leverage the faith of the people to solidify the 'Machine God's' primordial spirit and true soul, elevating and strengthening His conceptual divine power. This technique can even help you, the Lord of Purity, to defy the will of all living beings. I also have a set of magic circle blueprints, the result of the painstaking efforts of the successive Grand Astrologers of the Machine God Temple. Ultimately, they were perfected in my hands and are far superior to the magic circles you designed. As long as you have enough materials, your 'Myriad God of Machines' can master at least 95% of Diamond and Reinforcement, 90% of Order and Precision, 85% of Divine Power and Protection, and even a 'Machine' of unknown strength, capable of controlling some mechanical devices and manufacturing."

In addition, although my fusion with the God of Machines failed in the past, I was able to obtain some newly generated source substances and source cores from the God of Machines during the fusion process. These things are still in my hands—"

Lin Rui couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he heard this.

In Tan Shenzhi's skill list, there is indeed a skill called "Wanling Yingshen Jue", and there is also a skill called "Wanji Shentu".

However, if Lin Rui wanted to copy these two, in addition to requiring his cultivation to reach the ninth level of divine illumination and 1000 million soul power points, he also needed a soul at the super divine envoy level.

Lin Rui was also very interested in the source substances and source cores mentioned by Tan Shenzhi.

"You can use your divine object to copy the 'Myriad Spirits Reflecting God Technique' and the 'Myriad Machines Divine Diagram' from me, but it will require a huge sacrifice, and it is even more impossible to obtain the source essence and source core of the God of Myriad Machines from me."

Tan Shenzhi looked at Lin Rui intently and spoke in a leisurely voice, "I can provide you with all of these, allowing you to create a true 'God of All Machines', provided that you build me a fully mechanical body according to the standards of 'Ultimate Longevity' within six months. With the current technology of the Forest Group's 'Precision Engineering Department', we are fully capable of doing this. In addition, you must prepare a set of magic array materials according to my requirements to activate my soul."

"Mechanical body?" Lin Rui raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "Actually, there's no need to bother with that. I'm already trying to find a way to rescue your war dragon that's been sealed in the Mecha Temple."

You should know that the cost of a Type 9 combat robot is as high as more than 1000 billion federal coins. If you want to modify it to SSS level, it will cost at least 1600 billion.

This shows how expensive it is to produce a combat robot of the 'Extreme Immortality' level.

Although at this level, the most difficult thing to solve is actually the conceptual power, and talking about the conscious soul can avoid this biggest problem, the cost is still very high, at least starting from trillions.

Lin Rui is preparing to forge a new 'God of All Machines', and the budget is as high as 50000 billion federal coins.

"Flesh and blood are weak, but divine machinery is immortal. Only in the pulse of steel and machinery can we find truth and illuminate eternity."

Tan Shenzhi spoke calmly, "A mechanical body is the eternal pursuit of us Mecha-God followers. Now that I have this opportunity, why would I still cling to flesh and blood?"

Lin Rui narrowed his eyes again, examining the 222nd Chief Astrologer of the Mechanical Temple. After a moment, he chuckled, "That's fine, but you should know that immortality-grade machinery is extremely expensive, and there are very few metals in this world that can withstand extremely immortality-grade conditions. This is an expense I didn't anticipate. You must do your best to demonstrate your value and earn as much money as possible to help me make up for this budget."

He didn't believe a word Tan Shenzhi said, and only heard the ambition of War Spirit No. 5 from his words.

The reason why he gave up his flesh and blood body was not really out of his belief in Mecha, but because the battle for transcendence was imminent, and he felt that time was running out.

If Lin Rui wants to rescue the war dragon that Tan Shenzhi has, he must wait until the old God of All Things takes over, but Tan Shenzhi can't wait for that day.

It is normal to talk about Shenzhi's ambition. Just from the method of "Wanling Yingshen Jue", we can know that this person is extremely talented and almost as smart as the seventh generation leader. How could such a person easily be inferior to others?
In Tan Shenzhi's eyes, Lin Rui was just a lucky guy who could succeed only because of the magical object 'War Spirit Ring' and the blessing of fate from the Great Sun Lord. He couldn't be convinced.

Lin Rui didn't care about Tan Shenzhi's little thoughts.

This person's connection with the 'God of All Machines' is too close. As the God of Machines, it is impossible for him to break away from the 'God of All Machines' and become an independent god.

It would be even better if he wanted to usurp the beliefs and concepts of Mecha-God and try to replace it as the true 'God of All Machines'.

The beliefs and cognition of billions of people are enough to distort Tan Shenzhi's will the moment he completes the usurpation, making him an 'angel' and 'servant god' of the Supreme Being.

At this time, Lin Rui received a call from his secretary in Congress.

The "Federal Condominium Urban Expansion Act" and the "Tianjixing Immigration Act Amendment Regulations" submitted by Fang Xianzheng have been passed by the Construction Committee and the Immigration Management Committee, and will be submitted to the National Assembly for a full vote in half an hour. The Speaker of the National Assembly hereby notifies all members of the National Assembly.

Lin Rui's father-in-law is a man of swift and decisive actions, which also allowed Lin Rui to witness the power of Vice Speaker Fang.

Lin Rui and Ao Yu just reported this matter to Fang Xianzheng an hour ago, and he has already advanced the two bills to this progress.

At this time, on the Capital battleship, in the office of the Federal President.

The President and his chief of staff both looked solemn as they watched the live broadcast from inside the Capitol.

"Don't worry, sir. The combined power of Fang Xianzheng and Lin Rui is indeed very strong. However, East Asia will definitely not sit idly by and will not let them do whatever they want. They know how powerful they are."

The President's Chief of Staff rubbed his brow, feigning a relaxed expression as he tried to reassure the President. "A large portion of our members of Congress are from East Asia and are absolutely loyal to the East Asian Republic. Once East Asia issues a ruling, these two bills will never pass. Sir, you've already followed Fang Xianzheng's instructions. Lin Rui's Forest Ruifang Group has no reason to challenge us. This is their own responsibility."

The President smiled bitterly and thought that this was for the best.

However, just half an hour later, when the two saw the number of 324 votes in favor in the live video, their faces turned pale.

The President's Chief of Staff suddenly stood up and looked at the video in disbelief: "How is this possible?"

The East Asian Republic did not interfere and allowed Congress to pass these two bills that were extremely important to the entire Earth Federation and the situation on Tianji Star!

And it's not just the East Asian Republic, even the Eurasian Union didn't stop it!
what on earth is it?

The President's Chief of Staff realized that he was careless. In order to avoid Lin Rui giving him an excuse to attack him, he did not take the initiative to communicate with the two companies before the bill was voted on.

The President's expression was gloomy, and his hands were trembling slightly. "Please contact the Great Elder of the East Asian Republic for me. I want to have a video call with him."

He wanted to understand what the East Asian side was thinking. Didn't they know that these two plans would likely offend several gods and immortals outside of Central Continent?

If they attack the Federation, who in the Federation can withstand it? Will they rely solely on those few incomplete Abyssal Weapons?
The President tugged at his tie to ease the anxiety and panic that was almost suffocating him.

He looked out the window again and saw that the sky was low, as if even this artificial sky was holding its breath for the impending crisis and storm.

Mr. President feels that this giant ship called humanity is sliding towards an unknown abyss.

(End of this chapter)