The Master of the Strange Realm

Chapter 863

Difference Engine \u0026 Jenkins:

[Ring the bell three times!

Sing in unison, praise the Lord of All Machines! ]

The black cloud finally spread from Nolan to the whole world. The aliens in the fire, the demons in the fog, and the evil spirits in the clouds seemed to exist and not exist. The visible and invisible, the audible and the inaudible, all came to this world through this declaration.

In a world based on steam machinery, the metal creations vaguely resonated with the behemoth buried deep under the earth.

When people heard the declaration, they uttered a long dream, as if they had just woken up from a dream and understood this world for the first time. Although the end of the world has not come, the disaster has really come.

The metal head in the sky once again emitted a thousand-foot light, and the brass metal color peeled off and turned into bronze, but soon turned into brass again:

"I am, Great! Wisdom! Wisdom!"

This voice spread around like an echo, and the demigods of the church under the huge head were ready to attack. Unexpectedly, with the appearance of this sound, strange noises continued to be heard from the two nearby blocks.

Then, the metals related to steam machinery flew up from the ground like raindrops flying backwards, as if being absorbed by the head.

Its power became stronger. The three declarations after the three bells rang directly changed the essence of the differential machine, which made the metal head stronger.

Black mist spewed out from the mouth, eyes and nose, and the blazing flames at the fracture below the head rushed towards the Sage Church.

But its movement suddenly stopped, and then the metal flying high in the sky fell down with the raindrops, and the metal head itself was also shaky.

"It's Mr. Candle!"

Everyone just saw the believer of lies enter the head. They thought he had been defeated, but they didn't expect that he could directly affect the metal head from the inside.

At this moment, the sound came from inside the skull, and the demigods nearby could clearly hear Mr. Candle's last words:

"This skull is a clone created by the differential machine, and the brain inside is directly connected to the main body of the differential machine. Now I will temporarily paralyze it, and you will attack it together. I will cooperate with the self-destruction from the inside, and I will definitely be able to defeat this skull and affect the differential machine underground!"

"But Mr. Candle!"

Miss Bevanna shouted, but was interrupted by Jenkins:

"The savior is meant to be sacrificed. Even if I die, there are still Miss Fabri and Williamette. I can't hold on any longer, even if I am rescued, it will be useless. Three, two, one, to me..."

His voice did not come out completely, and the energy impact from the ground and the air and the complex and diverse divine powers made the explosion suppress all other sounds at the moment.

Afterwards, white sword marks pierced the facial features from the inside one after another, and black flames burst out from the metal gaps in the skull. The "twin demons" that exploded inside completely tore the connection of the special alloy.

The giant jellyfish-like brain escaped from the center of the explosion, but it did not fly far before being stopped in the rain by more than 20 demigods of the church, led by the old gravekeeper. He looked at the broken and lifeless body in the fallen alloy not far away with regret, and then launched the final attack on the giant brain.

The church certainly did not believe that other believers of lies died so carelessly, but Mr. Candle's death happened in front of them. No matter what happened to the five guys who died and could even be said to be funny, Mr. Candle really sacrificed himself.

Even because of this action, the church was somewhat suspicious of whether the death of other believers of lies was true. But those who had this idea soon felt their own stupidity. That group of people could not leave in this way. Even if they left, they had to leave as vigorously as Mr. Candle, and stay in people's memories forever in the spotlight.

In the circular negotiation venue above the Sage Church, Jenkins suddenly opened his eyes, covered his chest and moaned softly, and Alexia saw the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"The first time I was in the projection state, I ended the projection because I was killed."

He tried to suppress the urge to cough, but he still coughed softly, causing more blood to fly out of his mouth. Alexia wiped him with a handkerchief distressedly, but fortunately everyone else was looking up at the sky, and no one noticed the situation here.

"Are you okay?"

Alexia reached out and touched his chest, not to help him heal, but to help him sort out his somewhat confused spirit.

"It's okay, just let me rest for a few seconds."

As he said that, he patted the worried cat standing on the table, telling it not to worry:

"This is troublesome. The differential machine woke up from its dream and declared its existence. I have missed the best chance to defeat it."

"But it didn't become a disaster beast. You took away some of its power. Isn't that good? You want to challenge the tower?"

"I think there will be a conclusion after the ninth floor of the tower appears. Ahem..."

He coughed again, and Alexia frowned, not because Jenkins was seriously injured, but because she found something strange:

"Your spirit seems to be a little bit wrong."

"Yes, it's wrong."

Jenkins endured the pain in his head and forced a smile:

"Didn't you find a problem with the third declaration just now?"

"I seem to have heard your tone... Jenkins, you..."

"Yes, we jointly declared ourselves the 'Lord of All Machines'. What's more coincidental is that it and I do both have this qualification. We both have the power of machinery. Its power comes from the past, and my power comes from... .....A foreign land, but they are all inexplicably involved with this era.

Therefore, I took away part of the power it used to transform and sublimate itself. Otherwise, if the other party made the declaration perfectly, I would probably have to find a way to enter that tower now. "

He paused and sighed softly:

"It's still like this. We all share the same power. Fortunately, this is just power and does not involve sin. Otherwise, I really doubt that my arrival will not change anything at all."

"What are you talking about, Jenkins?"

"Alexia, after everything is over, would you like to hear my story? All my stories."

"Of course, but are you really okay now?"

She used her handkerchief to wipe away the blood from the corners of Jenkins' eyes.

"Now it's a self-draining process, cleaning up the congestion caused by the mental shock."

He sniffed, and when he exhaled, his nose was bleeding. Alexia was really worried, but Jenkins' complexion had returned to normal. Except for the bleeding from his seven orifices, he looked very healthy:

"It's okay, look, I'm healed."

"You don't look like you have recovered at all."

Alexia looked at Jenkins seriously and looked into his eyes, but suddenly she saw the shadow of a huge rotating gear flashing through his pupils.

The short lady froze because of this momentary phantom, not because of surprise, but because of the pressure generated by the phantom that made her unable to move.

It was obviously just a gear, but it seemed as if he saw thousands of mechanical creations cheering, as if he saw the roaring steam engine driving the world to fly, and everything in his eyes pointed to the distant future.

Chapter 2054 Chapter 2024 Mechanical Ability

Alexia tried hard to understand what the illusion in Jenkins' eyes was as the huge gears rotated, but the illusion only lasted and seemed to disappear in an instant:

"You got new powers?"

she asked in a low voice.

"I don't know how to express it, but for some reason, the evolution related to machinery seems to be accompanied by the sound of bells. Last time I repaired my pocket watch and gained the power of [Machinist], I heard the sound of bells. So, symbolizing The third bell of the evolution of the difference engine also works for me."

He said brokenly.

"Maybe your powers are expressed in different forms, but in the final analysis they are all the 'original mechanical power at the end of the eighteenth century.' What did you gain?"

"It's not as much as the Difference Engine, but I think this is probably the most rewarding leap so far."

The unimportant gain was the increase in spirit, which brought him to the pinnacle of the seventh-level gifter in one fell swoop. He only had to choose a path before he could successfully become a demigod.

The important gain is that several abilities have undergone wonderful evolution due to the announcement of the "Lord of All Machines". At that moment, he seemed to see all the machinery in the material world, as if he had seen the birth of the first steam engine in the material world, and as if he had seen the evolution of the entire steam civilization.

He didn't know what the Difference Engine had gained from this, but it would definitely not be less than him. The power of steam machinery in this world, combined with the exquisite technology in the memories of outsiders, has promoted the most changes to date:

[Disease Curse (Yellow Curse)] → [Gear Disease Curse (Yellow Curse)]

[Nightmare Haunted (Blue Alien Species)] → [Mechanical Dream (Blue Alien Species)]

[Machinist (White Basics)] → [Principle of All Machines (White Basics)]

[Disease Curse (Yellow Curse)] This ability has been with Jenkins for a long time. Although he does not use it often, this ability has helped him, or it has had an immeasurable impact on him. From the winter flu a long time ago, to the special flu raging under the undead plague, and now, it should be said that since Jenkins decided to use this curse for the first time in the form of a "cold", his identity as the "plague that spreads diseases" has been It's doomed.

Also because he knew the consequences of using this ability rashly, he almost never used this ability since then. But this ability is powerful, in a sense, even stronger than the [Twin Demons] or even [Profane Production] that he often uses. After all, as long as he wants to, he may indeed use [Disease Curse] to carry out mass extermination operations.

[Gear Disease Curse] is a refinement of [Disease Curse]. Jenkins can still use his knowledge of diseases to cause diseases in cursed objects. But no matter what kind of disease he causes the cursed person to suffer from, this disease will definitely cause "mechanical gearing of the body" as a complication, and depending on the lesion, the area and degree of gearing will be different.

What is more serious is that the contagiousness of cogwheel complications is consistent with the contagiousness of the main disease. In other words, if it is a non-contagious disease such as osteoporosis, gearing will not be contagious; but if it is a disease like "flu", then the rapid spread of influenza will be accompanied by the spread of gearing, resulting in The consequences are...

Therefore, although this ability, which was already very powerful for Jenkins, has become more powerful, it makes no difference to him because he will never use it unless he has to. This is no joke.

[Nightmare Haunting] is itself an evolved product. Its prototype is a gift from Mr. Barnard. It evolved after Jenkins came into contact with the disaster in his dream and thus came into contact with the essence of nightmare. In a sense, this ability is not strongly related to machinery, but somehow, it has evolved for the second time. This may be because Jenkins came into contact with the illusion of the difference machine not long ago.

[Mechanical Dream] is still an ability to affect dreams, and it is still derived from the ability of aliens that control dreams. However, when Jenkins uses his ability on a certain intelligent life that can dream, the terrible dream that the dreamer falls into will be a "mechanical dream".

The specific situation is determined by Jenkins, the user. Although this makes the originally almost unlimited "dream" limited to the theme of "mechanical dream", it also makes the dream larger and easier to control.

To put it simply, in Jenkins' current state, he can completely make someone fall into a long dream and never wake up. Or just by simply setting up layers of dream stories to drive the dreamer crazy. He could do it before, but not as easily as it is now.

He can also pull himself into a dream, and then use the difference between the flow rate in the dream and the flow rate in reality to do something in the dream... This sounds a bit like the lie he told the Difference Machine in the dream.

As for the ability of [Mechanic], which is closely related to machinery, it has of course changed because of the final declaration. The changed ability is named [The Principle of All Machines], and the naming method is similar to Alexia's [The Principle of Mathematics].

This ability completely inherits all the characteristics of [Mechanic] and enhances these characteristics in different aspects.

At the same time, the impact that Jenkins can have on machinery through his ability is not limited to failure or overclocking. He can directly make the mechanical creation "refined" with a simple touch.

It is not to change the material itself, but to make the structure more reasonable and the details of the assembly more perfect.

Similarly, he can also make the machine completely ineffective and non-repairable with a simple touch. This feature is probably useless for the Difference Machine, but it is definitely useful for the creation of the Difference Machine.

The most important feature of [The Principle of All Machines], and also the most useless feature at present, is that Jenkins' bronze book can automatically record some of the principles and structures of all the machines he touches, and automatically optimize and combine those principles and structures so that he, the master of this ability, can fully understand them.

As long as Jenkins is willing, he can use that book to design machines that meet his requirements. But the designed machines depend entirely on his own learning and understanding of the machines and the number of machines he has come into contact with.

Just like Alexia's [The Principle of Mathematics], the strength of its ability is related to Alexia's own mathematical ability; and the strength of [The Principle of All Machines] is related to Jenkins' own knowledge of the structure and principles of the machines.

This is the kind of ability that allows mortals to take the "next step". It is something that can only be encountered but not sought. Alexia spent a lifetime, plus the encounter with strangers, to get this ability. And Jenkins, with the blessing of fate and the savior, obtained the ability from the declaration of the sinful creature.

Section 2055 Classification of Jenkins' abilities

This chapter summarizes and classifies Jenkins' current abilities. Unlike the data part, only the name is explained here, which is for the convenience of some plots at the end of the story, so that everyone can see clearly.

The abilities are divided into five categories, namely [Savior Ability], [Life], [Machine], [Death] and [Special]. The first one does not need much explanation; the middle three are the three paths that Jenkins, as a mortal, could have taken to become a god, but he refused them all; [Special] refers to abilities that are not specifically distinguished, not systematic, and cannot constitute a system.

Regarding the division of individual categories, everyone may have opinions, but this is related to the story later, please read on patiently.

Savior Abilities (9):

[World Tree Seedling (Green Life)]

[Unknown Future (Purple Destiny)] (Currently unknown to Jenkins)

[Twin Demons (Red Fighting)]

[Undead (White Basic)]

[True Illusion (Golden Divine Art)]

[Player] + [Storyteller] + [String Manipulator] + [Performer] + [Stage Builder] + [Observer] = [Stage of Destiny]

[Stranger (Blue Alien)]

[Hero (Black Sacred)]

[Uncrowned King (Yellow Curse)] =Law)] (Not yet fully formed)

Life (8):