The Master of the Strange Realm

These are not simple things, but as long as they can be completed, there is a high probability that the final dilemma can be solved. Although the coming of the doomsday is unstoppable, the intensity of the coming doomsday depends entirely on whether Jenkins can defeat the Difference Machine.

This will be his most important and dangerous action since he came to this world, and it may even be the meaning of his coming to this world. He is not worried or afraid because he has been prepared for it.

After returning to his home from the underground, Jenkins explained to the coachman that he would be needed in the near future. The driver said it was no problem, but it was still not free.

Jenkins then left the basement with the chocolate, because there was Jenkins' potion configuration workbench in the basement compartment. He often stayed in the basement for a long time, so the ladies at home were not surprised what he was doing down there so early.

After breakfast, we went out. First we visited the delegation from the North Country. Before Salhi II went to the city hall for a meeting, he talked with him about the recent situation and explained his attitude towards Cheslan.

Then he met Alexia and told her everything that happened that morning.

"What are you going to do?"

The short lady asked, sitting on the sofa holding a book.

"We can't just rely on us. It's too late. The Black Tower has risen to the third level, and there are more and more doomsday signals. I have to rely on the church for this matter."

"Are you going to reveal who you are? All...identities?"

Alexia was a little surprised.

"Of course you can't do this. The identity of the lie believer needs to be kept until the end to promote the great unity of the church and all people. It cannot be exposed now. I plan to use the identity of the lie believer instead of Jenkins to go to the church in person to seek help."

Alexia nodded and understood what Jenkins meant:

"For more information on the Fate Defying Ritual, we can't just rely on the machine in the underground. The church may also be able to provide help."

"Of course, Mr. Pisco only meant to give me part of the help. I can't just rely on one source of information. It's possible that it's not just the sealed ancient intelligent calculator that knows about the 'Rebel of Fate'... ...Ahem, one more thing, next time I go underground again, I hope you can go with me."

"Do you need my help to identify the nature of that machine? You don't trust it?"

"No, I trust it. What I want to say is that maybe your next step forward is on that machine. Haven't you been studying this kind of intelligent machine all the time?"

Alexia's eyes softened immediately. She put down the book in her hand and stood up from the sofa. She approached Jenkins who was standing at the window looking seriously at the smoke outside, and then hugged him from behind. Just when the two were about to kiss, the door to the room was pushed open, and Dolores walked in happily, then screamed softly and ran out covering her face.

Leaving the mansion where Salshi II stayed, and rejecting Dolores's invitation to go to the city hall with him, Jenkins parted ways with a few others at the door of the house, then bundled up tightly and went into the alley. By the time he walked out of the narrow alley two blocks away, he had transformed into a different person.

Today is Monday, and the location of the Joint Meeting of the Twelve Churches has moved to Evergreen Forest. Today’s main topics are issues such as dealing with the relationship with the false church, as well as the preservation of church materials before the end of the world. Originally, Jenkins was going to attend the meeting, but because he had to close the World Tree seeds tomorrow, he did not attend the meeting on the pretext that he wanted to take a break to adjust to anything that might happen.

He flew directly from the city to the Evergreen Forest on his unicorn, without concealing his tracks, and landed calmly at the entrance of the forest, which is the narrow part of the valley.

Seeing the unicorn fall, the Giver who was guarding there immediately ran to inform him. Jenkins deliberately delayed for a while, waiting until the first demigod came out of the forest path, and then walked over with his mount:

"There are some things I want to talk to you about."

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Chapter 1854 Chapter 1825 Intelligence Sharing and Missing Crime Coins

The first person to appear in front of Jenkins was Mr. Donald Yassen, the "Left Hand of the Temple" of the Church of the Sage. He was supposed to immediately return to Belduran after conveying the Holy See's instructions regarding the King's Soul to Holy Son William. . But because it didn't take long for Jenkins to express his intention to close the World Tree seeds, the church believed that this would not only make the [World Tree Seedlings] take shape, but also stimulate the awakening of the [Tree Soul], so it asked Mr. Yassen to stay temporarily to confirm the world. Go back after the consequences of the tree seeds closing.

Mr. Yassen was not a local. Although he was not very familiar with Nolan, he also knew the iconic unicorn. He coughed and said in a very formal tone:

"Good morning, believer in lies. If I remember correctly, you did not notify us in advance that you wanted to negotiate with us today."

"It's not a matter of negotiation. We found some very important information. After discussion, we all thought it was necessary to tell you."

Jenkins also spoke very seriously, and then emphasized again:

"Very important information."

It just so happened that the church was holding a meeting in Evergreen Forest today, and everyone who should be present was in the forest. Mr. Yasen realized that the appearance of the Lie Believers definitely brought big news, and immediately sent his words to the ongoing meeting.

People who could make decisions were all sitting together at this time, so it was very efficient. Jenkins was allowed to enter the forest 18 minutes after he landed, and finally met representatives of each church in the open space under the giant tree.

The open space was temporarily set up as the main conference venue, with the tree canopy blocking the sun. A simple round table and benches were enough for the meeting to proceed. Everyone stood up when they saw the strange man following Mr. Yassen and walking into the open space with the unicorn.

Jenkins looked up at the shadow of the saint hanging upside down under the tree, and patted his little beast:

"Let's go play next to it."

So it nuzzled the back of Jenkins' hand obediently, and then walked to the forest where the deer were hiding.

"It seems I interrupted an important meeting, I hope you don't mind."

"If you have anything to say, please speak directly, believers of lies. You have probably learned about the dangerous changes in the world through various channels. Everyone's time is important now, so don't waste it."

Most of the people in the meeting were ordinary people. After hearing the news of the arrival of the Lie followers, the demigods left behind by the church in the Evergreen Forest also came over. The person who spoke was the old gravekeeper of the Death Church, who was also an acquaintance of Jenkins.

"We have heard important news, very important news, and this matter needs to be shared with you. At the same time, I also want to exchange some items from you, and also deal with the hammer."

He nodded to everyone in the Mechanical Church, and Mr. Holy Son Greif also nodded in response to him. Regarding the issue of dealing with [Thunder God's Wrath], the Mechanical Church is very grateful to the believers of lies for getting it out of the hands of the Craftsmen Guild. Take it back.

"what do you want?"

Ms. Orson from the Traveler Church asked. Apart from Mr. Yason who led Jenkins here, she was the person closest to Jenkins.

"We can talk about this later. To show my sincerity, I want to share my intelligence first. The things under our feet..."

He stamped his foot. Seeing this, the ordinary people present immediately turned around and left in the other direction. They were not suitable to hear such things.

"The thing under our feet is an ancient omnimachine. It is an auxiliary computing device with thoughts but no soul created by humans in the ancient era. I hope you can understand what I mean. We call it the 'difference engine'."

Jenkins wouldn't call someone by a name like "Big Wisdom" because that would look stupid.

Later, he introduced the simple principles of the machine in detail, and then explained that the other party had drawn the power of civilization from countless unblockings. Finally, we talked about the end of the 18th century, the "Earth of Steel", the thick fog that enveloped the world, and finally the so-called "Rebel of Fate" ritual, which is to create the beast of disaster, absorb the power of sin, and promote The ritual of doom.

He said frankly that he just hoped that the church could help investigate what the so-called "rebels" were, and said that believers in lies are eager to share the next information.

The church was shocked by the information that the lie believer suddenly threw out, especially his understanding of the machine named "Difference Engine", which was far beyond the church. The church also agreed to his request. Now they have a common enemy, and the current power of this enemy has exceeded that of the True God Church and the believers of lies combined.

No one knows what the Fate Defying Ritual is, but there are traces of the other arrangements of the Difference Engine, including the gear tentacles spreading underground, the mechanized curse of corpses spreading on the ground, and the southern forest fire planned by the treehouse. Yes, at least most of the information that is enough to prove believers of lies is true.

Mixed with other signs of the apocalypse, the devastation caused by these horrific events threatens the entire world. Coupled with the strange things that probably have nothing to do with the Difference Engine and are rioting just because of the arrival of the doomsday, the ancient ruins that emerged from the ground, and the occurrence of various terrible events that would never be seen in peaceful times, it is enough to explain the doomsday. The arrival is not far away.

It will definitely not happen in ten years. It is highly likely that it will happen within five years. It is also possible that it will happen within three years. It is not completely unacceptable within one year.

Just looking up at the thin gray fog hanging above the forest, you can understand what kind of era this is.

The church is grateful to the lie believer for sharing the information, so it doesn't mind if he imposes some conditions. Of course, Jenkins first asked for the wrench that was said to be able to repair any machinery. It was said that the wrench belonged to the church twice, and he obtained it both times.

Of course, the church was curious about the purpose of the believer of Lie asking for the wrench, but the Church of the Sage, which currently houses the wrench, immediately said that it could give it to the believer of Lie, so Jenkins' first condition was agreed to without any trouble. .

It’s just that it wasn’t so easy to ask for sin coins later. I wonder if it was the instructions of the masters and the righteous gods. Not only did the righteous gods know nothing about the true purpose of the sin coins that could be discovered “very easily”, but they actually didn’t even have one. I can’t even get out the sin coins.

Jenkins once heard his father introduce sin coins. The church considers them to be very filthy things. Although it has contained some in the past years, those sin coins are often consumed as ritual materials.

Almost all rituals for summoning strange creatures can use sin coins to replace the living sacrifices that the church cannot use. The church sometimes needs to summon strange creatures, and is also happy to use indestructible sin coins to consume.

In short, Jenkins was surprised to find that the church really couldn't take out a single one, and this was not a lie.

Section 1855 Chapter 1826 The Origin of the Hammerhead

Alexia had sin coins, but when Jenkins met Alexia just now, he did not ask for sin coins from the short lady, because this would give him the illusion that he was eating gigolo. There were also sin coins in Dad's private treasury, but Jenkins couldn't ask Dad for them blatantly, and Dad only had two.

He really didn't expect that the church didn't have even one, which was considered a rare number. The image of the Orthodox Church's treasury as almost "omnipotent" was discounted in Jenkins' eyes.

Accepting the fact that there were no sin coins, Jenkins turned to ask for "intelligent", "evil", and "powerful" containment objects, and for insurance, he wanted two or two. But it can't be a numbered item, because most humanoid numbered items know how to get sin coins, and using [Profane Production] on them may lead to adverse consequences.

He asked for those sealed subspace evils, or powerful evil spirits, or visitors from other spaces. If there is no sin coin, find a way to make it yourself. Jenkins is very open-minded about this.

Because he refused to say the reason for asking for those dangerous creatures, the church was very cautious about the second request. Although he didn't refuse immediately, it didn't seem to want to agree.

Jenkins knew that this request was indeed a bit unreasonable, so he promised the Mechanic Church that as long as the Mechanic Church agreed to his request and told him the origin of [Thor's Wrath] and the origin of the "Thor" in the name, he would return the hammer to the Mechanic Church, and the two sides would not owe each other anything from then on.

"We can persuade other churches to satisfy you with the two items you want. Even if they disagree, we can send them directly to you from other parishes in the name of our church. There is no problem. We can also tell you something about the relationship between Thundergod's Wrath and the church, but it is not very comprehensive. But the last condition, sorry, I can't agree to it anyway."

Son of Saint Gref said so.

Jenkins thought about it and agreed. The last two requirements were purely to satisfy his curiosity. They were additional. It didn't matter if he disagreed. But in line with the principle of negotiation, he still fought for it and showed that he valued the last requirement.

Perhaps Jenkins's performance misled the people of the Orthodox Church, giving them a feeling that they would never give up until they achieved their goals. So although the requirements that were finally agreed to were only the first two, the church said that it could take out a gift to compensate for the difference in the transaction.

Even between C-type gifts, there are differences in value. It's not just the ability and strength of the gifts. Some gifts are difficult to find suitable people, while other suitable people often appear. So Jenkins can probably estimate what items the Mechanical Church will give Jenkins in the end.

But since they were all obtained for free anyway, he did not have high requirements for such "fallen from the sky" items.

The two intelligent containments could not be taken out now, and the Orthodox Church still had to discuss and decide which one to choose, but they promised that there would be a result within three days, and the believers of lies would visit Evergreen Forest again on Thursday morning.

As for the gift, the Mechanic Church believed that it was to compensate for the difference in price of [Thunder God's Wrath], so they planned to pay for it themselves. They asked Jenkins to wait for a moment, and the gift would be taken immediately and sent over with the wrench within half an hour.

Taking advantage of this time, Mr. Greif, the son of the Mechanic Church, and Mr. Lucius, the demigod, invited Jenkins to walk in the forest together, avoiding other people's occasions, and talked to him about [Thunder God's Wrath].

"We have long expected that you would be curious about the hammer."

After leaving the open space under the giant tree, Mr. Greif said. Mr. Lucius lagged behind the two people, and did not seem to intend to participate in the conversation. He followed the two people just to prevent someone from eavesdropping.

"Why do you say that?"

Jenkins touched the Munchkin on his shoulder, telling him not to show hostility towards the squirrel, otherwise it would look like another stingy cat.

"Your friend gave [Thundergod's Wrath] to William, the son of the Sage Church, for temporary safekeeping. Three days ago, we conducted a preliminary examination of it with the consent of the Sage Church. The results showed that although [Thundergod's Wrath] has a certain degree of weird tendency, it still retains the characteristics of a gift. In other words, not everyone can use that hammer. Those who can raise [Thundergod's Wrath] and call for lightning must have a deep connection with machinery."

People often come up with a very mysterious statement about the choice of users of gifts. In fact, there is no rule to follow. It is just a means of mystifying those gifts. Later, everyone accepted this statement, but they all knew that it was a trick.

Jenkins didn't feel the specialness of the hammer at the time. Just like when he used the gifts he encountered, he used it casually. But he also thought of another question:

"There are two people in the Gearsmiths Association who can use that hammer."

"After all, it is a probability event. Although the probability of them finding two is very small, it is not impossible. In short, since your people can also use [Thunder God's Wrath], then I think it is normal to be curious about its origin. But It’s a very old story, and the church isn’t sure which part of it is true, so you can just listen to it as a myth.”

There is a fork in the road ahead, and Jenkins knows that he will definitely not turn left, because the warehouse on the left is preparing materials for the ceremony to prevent the impact of the spirit of life when the seeds are closed tomorrow.

He paused to let Mr. Gref choose the direction of travel, and the latter chose to turn right.

"[Thunder God's Wrath] was first discovered in a very ancient era. It was probably before the 4th Epoch, when our church was still not well-known."

Jenkins believes that in that era, the current righteous gods [expert craftsmen] had not yet become righteous gods at all. There is a high probability that the [Creation] priesthood and the [Mechanical] priesthood will not appear at all, or they will be attributed to some older god.

"According to legend, the god of nature and the false god [the god of nobility and order] met to visit the material world. The two gods saw the people who lived on this land in ancient times, living with slaves and simple handmade wooden instruments production, so we speculated together on what kind of natural forces mortal beings will use to help the development of their own civilization in the future.”

Jenkins pursed his lips and remained silent. For the first time, he knew that the [God of Nobility and Order] that Miss Silver Flute believed in was such an ancient deity. It was even included in the records of the Zhengshen Church, and was enough to appear in myths and legends together with the God of Nature. middle.

"The God of Nature thinks that it may be water flow, it may be wind, it may be gravity, it may even be magma underground. Another great man also proposed many possibilities, and even thought that the power of thunder and lightning was also possible... ....”

The cat on his shoulder felt his mount shaking unnaturally, and suspected that Jenkins had some hidden disease that he didn't know about. So the cat rubbed his face with its tail, trying to check Jenkins' physical condition.

"The idea of ​​the God of Nature was later realized. Judging from historical records, people did try those energy sources. But the power of thunder and lightning? I can't imagine how to use it. After all, the wind can push the fan blades to rotate, and the water It can drive ships forward with flowing power, and the heat of magma can make water boil. What power does thunder and lightning have that can be used by humans? "

Jenkins asked, with a huge doubt in his mind.

"I can't guess what the great ones meant, but the God of Nature guessed it. The two great ones have different visions from us. What they see is civilization and time, but we can only see the land under our feet and the marks on our shoes. Just the dust and the blades of grass trampled by the soles of shoes.

In order to commemorate that interesting conversation, the God of Nature picked the lightning from the sky and cast this [Thunder God's Wrath], and the two gods jointly blessed it. This is the legend about [Thunder God's Wrath] that has been passed down from generation to generation by the church. "

Mr. Gref ended the story thus, and Jenkins said nothing. There are indeed many strange things in the story itself. The God of Order's suggestion of the power of thunder and lightning also made him concerned. But there must be elements of truth in the story itself. There must be internal reasons why such a weapon is now being kept by the [Church of Creation and Mechanism].

Judging from recent performance, the Church of Nature has no interest in [Thunder God's Wrath]. The pseudo-god sect that I don't know where is, Miss Silver Flute's sect, has never heard of announcing its interest in [Thunder God's Wrath]. Ownership of Angry. Then there is reason to believe that Thor's Wrath belongs to the Mechanicus Church, which is something agreed by its creator.

In other words, the current Righteous God [Exquisite Craftsman] has a deep connection with the Righteous God [Spirit of Nature], or the ancient God of Nature.

Perhaps [The Skillful Craftsman] achieved his status as a god by relying on the help of the God of Nature, and thus obtained ownership of this hammer.

In this era, the priesthood of [Thunder and Lightning] belongs to the righteous god [Storm Lord]. The priesthood of the craftsman seems to have nothing to do with the god of nature, but the clergy of the righteous god is very complicated. If you analyze it one by one, you will definitely find the one that coincides with nature. Priesthood.

Jenkins' thoughts became messy unconsciously. Just a story with doubtful authenticity seemed to allow him to see another god, walking from the mortal world to immortality.

If Jenkins became a god with the help of a sage, then he would definitely be able to inherit some kind of power or weapon from the sage. This is probably the path that the righteous god [The Skillful Craftsman] once took.

But the person who helped Jenkins was the Lord [Lord of Flowers]. Most of the power he inherited originated from the World Tree... In fact, if you think about it this way, the path he has taken actually overlaps with the path that the craftsman has taken in the guess. . Of course, the premise is that the above guesses are correct.

Chapter 1856 Chapter 1827 Pencil Promotion

The Holy Son of the Mechanical Church didn't know how blasphemous the Lie believer walking aside was thinking, otherwise he would definitely start a fight with Jenkins on the spot.

The three of them wandered around the forest for a while, and Jenkins deliberately pretended to be curious and asked what preparations were being made in the staggered areas. This issue made the two members of the Mechanical Church particularly nervous. Of course, the attempt to awaken the World Tree seedlings must be hidden from the lie believers. After all, that is the only savior qualification currently held by the church.

"The Church of the Sages is preparing for a baptism ceremony. It is said that they are going to baptize important figures in the church."

Mr. Gref said with a straight face, and when he saw that the other party looked uninterested, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said that he would go back, and the wrench and the gift were probably ready.

Mr. Gref estimated that the time was about right, and when the three returned to the open space, the tables and chairs used for the meeting had been removed. The two demigods of the Sage Church and another saint, Miss Streis, took the wrench, and the people of the Mechanical Church held a small box, which contained the gift.

The Mechanical Church has already identified the wrench received by the Sage Church, and the current number is B-10-5-7204 [Mechanical Repairer]. Jenkins glanced at it and knew that the wrench was fine.

Then he reached out and took the small box, opened it in front of everyone, and lying in the velvet lining was a black fountain pen.