Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Next stop: Pavlo.

……

Religious Statistics Center

Somewhere near the corridor, Judd straightened his clothes and then looked up at the vertical signboard.

This was the name of an organization that he had overheard in someone else's conversation yesterday.

After thinking it over all night, Jia De rushed over to the statistics center before the official start time.

As soon as the door opened, he eagerly walked into the Foreign Affairs Archives.

[Mechanical Faith]

Judd typed text on the control panel in front of him and then carefully filtered it.

Hopefully, this time we'll achieve something.

Chapter 09 A Living Legend

Full Metal Cult

Among the many religions that worship machines, after some searching, Judd finally found a sect that was reasonably powerful and extremely aggressive and xenophobic.

In the section on sect history, Judd found many interesting things.

The All Metal Cult, which has an extreme worship of metal, has eliminated fourteen metal-themed cults with different ideologies since its founding!

They have been particularly radical in the last two decades, destroying a total of four small religions.

For example, a galaxy-level religion called "Metal Glory" lost half of its high-ranking members in less than six months due to the suppression by the Full Metal Cult. The remaining half either fled on their own or switched sides and joined the Full Metal Cult.

After forcibly transforming the beliefs of that galaxy, the bishop of the Full Metal Cult declared: "In the worship of metal, there is only one true God. All false gods will be exposed under the light of the true God. Fortunately, some pure people have broken free from the shackles of defilement and embraced the truth!"

This statement reveals the Full Metal Cult's attitude towards "heretics".

Annex him!

Those who surrender are pure, while those who refuse to surrender are impure.

If the Machina Cult is seen as filth by the Full Metal Cult...

Judd couldn't help but chuckle.

This can be!

But the key issue is that, strictly speaking, the beliefs of the Full Metal Cult and the Mechanicus are different.

The All Metal Cult's beliefs stem from the worship of metal, which is its basic material.

The Mechanic Church promotes a belief in mechanical creations.

Although both believe in one God, their beliefs in God are not contradictory.

“If it were another religion, it would be even less likely to be hostile to the Cult of Machine God.” Judd rubbed his forehead.

There are some mechanics at the level of star field rulers, but they don't worship machines, and the difference in their concepts is not enough to make them lower themselves to deal with An Ran.

"Virginia's Enemy~"

Judd immediately thought of many names.

The most prominent one, needless to say, is the Lord of the Night.

Not long ago, he was brutally humiliated by Virginia in front of countless people. Now, the Lord of the Night, who is hiding and licking his wounds, must want to destroy everything and everyone related to Virginia. However, he probably won't be coming out anytime soon.

We still need to focus on this Full Metal Cult.

Whether it's geographical location, strength, or style of doing things, the Full Metal Cult is the best choice.

Judd was simply missing the thread that led to the answer.

He opened the newly collected Mechanicus news from the statistics center.

Many of the messages on this page were supposedly collected from strangers, and it was these messages that gradually dispelled the fog surrounding An Ran.

"A noteworthy top-tier combat force in the dimensional space that is the predecessor of the Mechanicus."

"The Lord of Transcendental Space is safe and sound [details]"

Renowned mercenary Christopher [details]

A little girl (?) who is proficient in spatial powers (panda) [details]

Ella, who walked out of No. 1886 with Anran [details]

When he got to the fourth item, Judd's eyes suddenly lit up. The three big characters "Eat Metal" were reflected in Judd's eyes.

The things you believe in are being eaten!

"Life is always full of surprises in the inconspicuous corners, and I happen to have such eyes to discover surprises."

Judd snapped his fingers and even considered jumping up and down in a cheerful manner.

Realizing he wasn't at home, he calmed his excitement and coughed lightly, pressing his hand to his lips.

"enough."

Whether it succeeds or fails, it's never a bad thing to try.

He suffered no loss even if he failed.

If it succeeds, even if it can't drive the Mechanicus away, it can at least annoy it.

It's quite enjoyable to have two conflicting religious sects exchanging insults every day, isn't it?

Judd turned off the equipment in front of him and left the archive with a smile.

As I passed through the lobby, two staff members were whispering to each other.

"That person is so strange. One minute he's laughing, the next he looks like he's about to cry. He keeps pulling his hair and touching his mouth."

“Hmm…” After a long period of thought, another staff member said, “This is probably what they call an academic fanatic who is obsessed with academics. I’ve heard that they often do things like this. This behavior is actually quite normal.”

"..."

Judd paused for a moment.

He wondered if he should get angry over those few words.

Never mind, this isn't about badmouthing him behind his back.

Not wanting to cause any further trouble, Judd hurriedly left the statistics center.

The next step is to hire a group of people to go to the location of the Full Metal Cult and praise everything about the Machina Cult, with a particular emphasis on highlighting the personal bravery of [Metal-Eating Ella]—

"Look, faith in the God of All Machines brings eternal life... and makes one stronger! Metal becomes a stepping stone on the path to strength!"

Judd went off to take care of everything with a grin.

……

After wandering around in that colorful teleportation channel for a while, An Ran finally arrived in deep space outside of Pavlo.

It's the same familiar scenery, but there are some differences.

Baplo has become more prosperous and is no longer the barren desert gold-mining planet it once was.

The spaceships coming and going crowded the outer space of Baplo, and an opening was made in the chain defense system to specifically inspect these spaceships.

Those large pieces of equipment are still engraved with symbols from beyond time.

An Ran's arrival went unnoticed by others.

With her current strength, if she didn't want the people here to know, no one would be able to detect her presence.

After sneaking into the City of Ether, he successfully infiltrated the central control system of Baplo and roughly figured out the reasons for the changes on Baplo.

After most of the people from the Transcendental Dimension moved away from Baplo, the original Mechanicus and the acting governor of Nagria, sent by Orina to relieve Anran's worries, were responsible for maintaining order on Baplo.

Despite limited financial resources, the Mechanical Church, out of gratitude to Enron, did its best to renovate the area around the church.

The one who truly made the greatest contribution was the acting governor.

As Orina's confidant, the acting governor was well aware of how important Anran was in Orina's eyes.

Even without this connection, the acting governor held Anran in high esteem as the savior who saved the empire.

Driven by such sentiments, the acting governor designated Baplo as the new core of the Nagria border region, devoting most of his energy to it and personally persuading the major families to invest in Baplo.

Over time, Pavlo became the fastest-growing commercial and cultural hub in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

"That shows they put their heart into it."

Orina directly assigned Nagoria to Anran, which was like a home for her. Anran was very happy that someone was taking good care of her home.

Just now on the road, I heard quite a few people telling her story—

"A living legend!"

That's what the person said.

A huge statue of Anran stands in the square, and countless people have come to pay their respects here.

Anran also discovered something interesting within the central control system.

Her name has appeared in the textbooks of the Nagorno-Karabakh region!

The acting governor also planned to advise Queen Olena to include Anran's story in textbooks throughout the country.

Establishing imperial heroes is beneficial to stabilizing the empire's rule.

“If that’s the case, Orina will definitely agree, right?” An Ran smiled.

She severed the link with the central control system and then stepped into the portal to the City of Ether.

After you come out, you'll find the source of the starfish.

Although there is a floating city on Yuanhai Star, An Ran hasn't been here for a long time since that series of missions ended.

Ever since Anran became aware of its existence, Yuanhai Star has never been an ordinary planet.

Metal monument.