Chapter 55 Mechanicism

Although the white-haired puppet ran away, its position had been locked by Duanmuhuai through the detection of the servo skull. Logically speaking, the next step should be to attack the door in one go and completely overthrow this group of demons and ghosts.

but……………

"So, why can't you act?"

Faced with Lorena's answer, Duanmuhuai was not angry at all, as long as it was a task, NPCs could make any kind of moth, and he was used to it.

"I'm so sorry, Lord Knight, it's a long story..."

"It's okay, we have plenty of time."

I don't believe you can still say that you can't do it in a year?

So, Lorena also talked about the situation to Duanmu Huai with some embarrassment.

Simply put... a division within the church.

This also goes back some time, when demons attacked the country, and the church naturally went to battle to destroy the demons. In the early stage of the fierce battle, many clergymen of the church were also injured and lost their limbs due to the battle with the devil. Had to retreat, and the battle situation at that time was quite critical.

But at that time, a foreigner suddenly appeared, and he said that he could help those who lost their limbs, recreate artificial limbs, and let them return to the battlefield again.

At that time, the church also affirmed that person's suggestion. After that, those priests who lost their hands and feet in the battle with the devil were fitted with mechanical prosthetics and participated in the battle again.

It has to be said that these prosthetic limbs are indeed very powerful. In the end, relying on everyone's strength, the church successfully repelled the demons, but... an unimaginable crisis emerged from it.

Many of the clergy who received prosthetic limbs from that man's surgical transformation began to change their beliefs. They believed that machinery and steel were the best way to get close to the gods. Not just through exercise and prayer. Of course, at the beginning, the church did not do anything about it. After all, from the church's point of view, as long as everyone still believes in gods, then small disputes about the understanding of belief You can put it down for a while.

But after that, those priests who had installed prosthetic limbs all gathered in the side hall on the other side of the city for unknown reasons. According to them, they wanted to communicate with the gods through machines there, and the archbishop also took a tacit attitude towards this. After all, these people have sacrificed a lot in order to protect the city and the people. Since they want to do it, then go do it.

However, after this... things slowly started to go bad.

Those clergymen who called themselves the "Mechanic Cult" completely sealed themselves off and stopped interacting with other believers, and they also began to spread the so-called "the body is just a burden, and only by handing oneself over to steel can one communicate with the gods" idea. The church was a little anxious about this, but there was nothing to do about it. In any case, these are just some conflicts within the church over doctrines, and it is impossible for them to eliminate each other because of such things. Not to mention, those monks of Mechanicus were all great heroes in the previous wars, and it was impossible for the church to rashly start a civil war because of this.

Therefore, the current situation is that the church and the Mechanicus each manage half of the city, and the river in the middle becomes the dividing line between the two sides, and members of the church on both sides will not trespass into each other's territory on weekdays. Moreover, I heard that the monks on the Mechanic Church are also serious about solving problems for the people, so the church does not intend to meddle in their own business.

However... all of this is based on the premise that the Mechanicus is a peaceful organization.

It would be a different matter if they really created that kind of terrifying bloodthirsty puppet, and even sent it here to kill.

But because the matter was so important, the church did not dare to act rashly.

"... Therefore, the bishop just ordered everyone to increase their vigilance, and she intends to negotiate with the other party..."

What is the use of this?

After listening to Lorena's explanation, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes. This place has been turned into soul fragments, so it can be seen that something terrible must have happened in the end, leading to the destruction of the entire city.

"Since you can't make a move, let me do it."

"Huh? But..."

"You also know that the puppet that appeared yesterday seems to have something to do with Augis. Even if there is no such thing as you, we still have to investigate to the end."

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai glanced at the system's task notification. Although he found the white-haired doll, there was no notification that the task was completed, which meant that the problem had not been resolved at all. That white-haired puppet was not the one who really planned all this.

After everything was over, it was already late at night, and Lorena also arranged for the two of them to rest in the guest room of the church. Duanmu Huai did not choose to sleep on that soft and comfortable bed. Instead, he sat down against the wall. Unless he returned to the space station, Duanmuhuai would never come out of the power armor. Fortunately, after equipping the power armor, Duanmu Huai's body seemed to be completely integrated with the power armor, and he felt like he had become a machine, and even his metabolism was not so obvious.

But... what will become of it?

Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked out at the starry sky through the window. To be honest, since he came to this world until now, he has been exhausted, completing tasks everywhere. But all this is based on the impending catastrophe, and the threat of the Chaos God of the Warp. He is very clear that no matter what he does on this planet, it will not have too much impact on the evil gods. To them, this planet is just a playground for the evil gods.

Therefore, the enemies on this planet are actually not very powerful. The reason why the evil gods let these low-level monsters over is not because they have no high-level thugs, but because they are a planet with a relatively low level of civilization. , limiting their level and strength upper limit.

But in the vast sea of ​​stars, what Duanmuhuai has to face is not just such trivial things as Chaos Warriors, space hulks, fallen interstellar warriors, Chaos fleets, alien invasions, plane wars, etc. Everything would make the current chaos on the planet look like schoolboy-level brawls.

The battle with the star sea as the battlefield far exceeds the medieval level of war on this planet.

In the game, even if there are a large number of players, there will still be a lot of sacrifices and losses, but right now, what role can I play if I am alone here?

Duanmuhuai has been immersed in the task, just to keep himself from thinking too much, as long as he accepts the task mechanically like in the game, and completes the task, don't think so much about other things... But, in the middle of the night , when his spirit relaxed, this complicated feeling came to his heart again.

"Owner?"

Just when Duanmuhuai was wandering in the sky, a voice suddenly sounded from his ear, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Augis lying on his body like a kitten, with a pair of bright red eyes shining brightly , staring at Duanmuhuai.

"You look bad?"

"I'm just thinking about the future, and I'm somewhat disturbed."

"future??"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Augis tilted her head slightly.

"That's right."

Staring at the puppet girl in front of him, Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand, stroked her head lightly, and said.

"In the future, we will encounter very powerful enemies. They are all-pervasive, almost impossible to completely eradicate, and they are so powerful that they cannot even be completely eliminated...To be honest, sometimes when I think about it, I feel that this is not a correct strategy. Maybe, I should abandon all of this and find a place to die alone, not to cause those troubles, and not to take care of these shitty things..."

Duanmu Huai is not lying, based on his experience, he can find a beautiful planet without people, and live comfortably on it until he dies of old age.

Anyway, the universe is infinite, and the confrontation with the evil god of chaos will start in at least a few hundred years, and it may not be completely over in tens of thousands of years. Is this necessary?

In the game, players don't have to think about this issue, because the game is always looking for something to do.

But reality is different. When you travel to this world and know the truth of this world, it is really difficult to continue to make a difficult choice.

Is it vigorously challenging the evil god? Or choose to sink comfortably?

For Duanmu Huai, this is really a very difficult choice.

When Duanmuhuai was thinking, suddenly he felt his cheeks warm up, Duanmuhuai turned his head, and saw Augis staring at him.

"I don't know what the master is thinking...but, I know that the master is helping me, so I also want to help the master. No matter what, I will be with the master."

"Thank you, Augis."

Hearing Augis' answer, Duanmu Huai's heart relaxed, and then he closed his eyes again and fell into a dream. And Augis looked at the sleeping Duanmuhuai, thought for a moment, and then leaned into his arms like this.

Soon, the moonlight gradually enveloped the figures of the two of them, and the whole room fell into silence and darkness again.