Chapter 780
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"Praise the machinery! Praise the steam!
Knowledge is power, and Mr. Newton is the pioneer of the world with infinite wisdom.
Please listen carefully, the era of machinery is coming! "
The mechanized preacher's voice echoed throughout the street.
A crimson robe with copper-plated edges.
A data prosthetic eye and a semi-enclosed breathing apparatus.
The skull structure was retained, and the rest of the body was replaced by a steam-powered war body.
In the middle of the belt, there was a disc-shaped "Book Gear" badge. At the same time, there was a thick book with a brass cover hanging on both sides of the belt. It was the "Canon of Mechanics" written by Newton himself.
Four "tentacle-like" mechanical appendages were installed on the back, which could not only increase work efficiency but also allow them to kill enemies faster in battle.
These were the [Clergy] from the Machinery Faith. They were more modified than the residents, and they even modified the frontal lobe of the brain to serve the church more purely.
They preached the nobility of the Machinery Faith, the importance of knowledge, and more people to join the faith.
At the same time, they would also deal with the residents of Steam City who had impure thoughts in advance.
The ones who came to Franky's factory were not "friendly" clergy.
It was a fully armed clergy squadron of forty people.
They were not here to preach, but because the monitoring database of the [Holy Ring] had issued a red warning, indicating that more than five people in the factory were potentially dangerous. The average thinking risk factor of the factory had reached the "warning line."
Indeed.
Franky himself had a certain rejection of "human body modification."
He believed that machinery could serve and be used by humans.
It could even facilitate life and resist the dangers outside the city, but he did not agree with mixing machinery and human bodies.
This was especially true for organizations like the Machinery Faith that attempted to modify the brain.
Therefore, the technicians recruited by Franky's factory were almost the same in terms of ideology. They belonged to the [Conservative] faction in Steam City.
They could barely accept the physical modification, but they absolutely did not allow the brain to be modified.
It was the same.
As the influence of the church expanded, the Machinery Faith repeatedly came here and used the excuse of "impure thinking" as an excuse to take the technicians here to the Holy Ring for forced modification.
However, Franky also had a backup plan.
There was also a group of powerful conservatives in Steam City, and one of them was a captain of the Steam Knights.
At the same time, the investor had also said that the Machinery Faith had to follow the wishes of the residents when recruiting priests.
Franky was secretly in contact with the Conservative Knights. Once the Machinery Faith came, he would immediately contact the Conservative Knights. If the Knights came to save the day, these priests would not dare to catch people in the open.
But it was different this time.
Due to the high risk factor detected by the Holy Ring.
After receiving permission, a squadron came to look for him.
The leader was a Steam Knight with a decree in his hand. He wore heavy Steam Armor and held a giant power axe. This Knight was three times larger than the average Priest. The pressure he constantly released was so great that the workers here could not breathe.
"I hereby announce the arrest order issued by the [Holy Ring]. Franky and all the workers in his factory will be brought to the [Holy Ring] for a 'thinking review'.
As for the restless people who had blasphemous thoughts on the level of thinking, they would be dealt with severely according to the laws of the Holy City.
Take him away! "
With the law here, there was no room for negotiation.
The forty mechanical priests, who had undergone deep modifications and possessed combat strength that was infinitely close to that of knights, immediately restrained all the workers.
Just when one of the priests came to find Franky.
On the factory assembly line, a half-finished robot suddenly moved.
In the blink of an eye, he moved ten meters away and appeared right in front of the clergyman.
One punch!
Crack ~ (The sound of machinery collapsing)
All kinds of mechanical parts splashed everywhere.
The torso and limbs all collapsed.
Only a head was left rolling on the ground. It stared at the 'suddenly resurrected' robot with a face full of horror.
Not only were the clergy bewildered by this bizarre situation, but even the workers here didn't know what was going on.
The robots they processed and created were only shells. They needed to be sent to the Pillar of Steam through the 'underground transportation pipeline'. The advanced life technician installed a 'brain' inside to be able to perform various activities.
Moreover, these robots did not belong to the combat category, let alone being able to shatter a powerful priest with one punch.
Only Franky knew what was going on.
The only one who could do this was his friend, [Puppet User. Charlie].
"What is this? Could it be that you guys secretly implanted an "intelligent system" into the mechanical marionettes? What kind of blasphemy is this! "
The priest was injured, which directly attracted the attention of the Steam Knight.
The huge steam armor moved and came in front of the resurrected robot. The hydraulic device was activated.
Sizzle!
The steam hissed, accompanied by a ton of power axe.
Dang!
The air pressure spread, and even the whole factory was trembling.
What happened next left everyone dumbfounded.
The unfinished robot on the production line caught the 'drive chop' released by a Steam Knight with its weak arms.
The iron plate under its feet caved in a large circular pit.
Logically speaking, this weight had long exceeded the theoretical limit of the robot.
The reason why it could withstand it was that some threads that were not visible to the naked eye were inserted into the body of the robot, which increased the torso by several times.
Being able to secretly control a semi-finished puppet to be able to fight back and forth with a Steam Knight, this was the strength of [Puppet Envoy – Charlie].
In the lounge on the second floor of the factory.
Knight Charlie exuded a slight hostility. This hostility should have been erased by Captain Hugo in ten years. If it was in the past, Charlie might have killed all these guys because of his irritable mood.
At this moment.
Han Dong held the timid Mia with one hand and put the other hand on Charlie's shoulder.
"Senior Charlie, you almost have a comprehensive understanding of the Steam City along the way. Next, you and Franky can catch up here.
Let me handle the things in the factory to avoid complicating things.
Anyway, I have to go to the [Holy Ring] to see Mr. Newton.
Let this group of priests take me there and save me some time. During the great expedition, I hope you can take care of me. "
Charlie was silent for a while and nodded silently. He also withdrew his hostility.
"… Okay."
Han Dong stared at Knight Charlie, who immediately returned to normal. He remembered the terrifying existence called 'Puppet Demon' in the Knight Conference ten years ago, who almost killed the participants in front of the whole Holy City.
Needless to say, Captain Hugo was really something.
Han Dong stepped out of the lounge and stood by the handrail of the corridor on the second floor. He cleared his throat and then expanded his voice.
"Hey! Don't you guys know that I, Dr. Nicholas, am doing mechanical experiments here? "
"Dr. Nicholas? Who is that? "
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