Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 366 - 8: Mechanical Monk (Part 2)

"You go make the arrangements."

Very quickly, the church steward standing next to the Mechanical Priest bowed his head and said, "Yes, sir."

Unbeknownst to anyone.

By the time the Number Three Human Form finished reciting all the Mechanical Prayers, the Steel Armor before him had transformed.

——"Steel Armor (Curiosities): The Mechanical Divine Sect has imbued steel with supernatural power through the engraving of mechanical prayers, but it still needs to be coated with holy oil and activated with devout faith and primordial magic power. Once fully completed, this Steel Armor is considered a Mechanical Marvel."

The mechanical prayers inscribed on it were like an integrated circuit, and Duncan had already fully charged it.

At that moment, the church steward approached and said: "Please follow me."

Under the guidance of the church steward, Duncan passed through a dim corridor, descending directly into the underground of the prayer room. This underground space was more extensive than anticipated. The doors of the crisscrossing passageways led to unknown destinations.

Duncan felt that he had been walking for quite some time.

It wasn’t until steam began to spurt, and the church steward opened a piston valve, that a mechanical cell resembling a sauna room appeared before him.

——Mechanical Monk (Four-Star Silver Gray)!

As the steam gradually dissipated, Duncan’s sight was filled with the sight of a figure seated with crossed legs. His upper body was bare, with two mechanical interfaces at his scapulae, from which extended silver-gray cables surrounded by arcs of jumping electricity. His hands were self-bound with chains engraved with countless Steel Runes, the ends resembling a nine-section whip, also leaping with eerie blue electric sparks, connecting directly to the electromagnetic axis at the front of the room.

Sizzle! Crackle!

In the midst of the jumping electric arcs, the most striking feature was the head of the Mechanical Monk, which was bald. On top of his head was a melted-like keratin layer imprinted with numerous weld marks.

Almost everyone knew about the monk’s scars, and this Mechanical Monk’s head had those weld-like marks.

Beside him, the church steward respectfully bowed his head and said, "Master Qiao."

"This is the apprentice who just passed the assessment."

A series of electric arcs surged into the Mechanical Monk’s body as he withdrew his hand. The steel-gray skin instantly recoiled the chains around his waist. He slowly raised his head, his voice coarse as he asked, "Why was he sent to me?"

"Where is Bishop Mandes?"

The church steward respectfully replied, "The Bishop has temporarily gone to Zone F43. It is said that a lost ancient relic was discovered there."

Master Qiao slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were completely melted, a vitreous body in the eye socket resembling a molten glass structure. The Mechanical Monk turned to look at Duncan with a slightly surprised expression and said, "Not bad talent!"

"Follow me."

In his past life, Duncan was just an ordinary person. By relying on the accumulation of the Number One Human Form, he became a one-in-a-million genius.

But in a world with hundreds of billions of people, a one-in-a-million genius was just considered decent talent in the eyes of the Mechanical Monk. Only someone outstanding among a billion might truly shock him.

Duncan followed him into the secret chamber in the back.

A church attendant from the Mechanical Church entered, dressed as a monk but appearing like an ordinary person, with regular skin color. He handed over a tool, speaking softly: "This is used to remove body hair."

"None can be left."

Hmm?

Completely shaved?

The church attendant kindly offered, "Need any help?"

Duncan immediately refused, "No need. Thank you."

The whole process only took a dozen minutes, and Duncan even shaved his eyebrows, feeling very uncomfortable. He then undressed, entering naked into the space where the rising steam greeted him with a scent of machine oil mixed with spices.

On either side were church attendants from the Mechanical Church applying holy oil on Duncan, one male and one female. The woman was easy to deal with, but the man applying holy oil felt awkward.

The Mechanical Monk pressed his hands together toward the Shen Kan beside him. Inside the Shen Kan was a statue resembling a Vajra Ruler, quite similar to the Buddhist statues in Duncan’s memory, but entirely covered with Steel Armor. The Vajra Pestle in hand had morphed into a formidable firearm, the prayer beads engraved with Steel Runes, sculptured into metal skull motifs.

This was one of the Vajra Rulers beneath the Steel Angels’ seat, originating from the Eastern Esoteric Sect.

The integration result of those Esoteric Monks.

After the unification under the Mechanical Divine Sect’s faith, various god-like existences assumed different mechanical aspects. Even some ancient Esoteric Practitioners who worshiped demigods were incorporated into the Mechanical Divine Sect’s belief system.

The Mechanical Monk slowly took a fingernail-sized transistor from beneath the Shen Kan.

——"Nano Mechanical Transformation Liquid (Curiosities): A marvel of nanotechnology developed by the Mechanical Divine Sect. When injected into the body, nano-constructed bodies will affect the individual’s metabolism, strengthening bones, muscles, and blood, while providing immunity to conventional diseases, and gradually enhancing environmental adaptability.

During subsequent advancements, these nano-constructed bodies will dissolve within the bones, leading to a metallization transformation in the Mechanical Priest’s skeleton."

(Warning!)

(After injecting this curiosity, you will slowly transform into a half-human, half-constructed race template.)

(If you cannot control its power, you may suffer backlash and turn into a mindless mechanical body.)

Threads of electric arcs jumped around.

The Mechanical Monk gazed intently at Duncan before him, slowly asking, "Are you prepared, young man?"

Duncan slowly nodded.

With the assistance of the church attendants on either side, Duncan was completely submerged in the Holy Pool. He felt like he was about to choke on machine oil!

The next moment.

The Mechanical Monk struck like lightning, too fast to see clearly, directly injecting the Nano Mechanical Transformation Liquid into his body.

The heart started pumping!

At that moment, Duncan felt as if his heart was a turbine. As the Nano Mechanical Transformation Liquid blended into his blood, his heartbeat became more rapid. These minuscule nano-sized constructed bodies permeated his entire being, affecting the gene structure at the cellular level.

Meanwhile, on the Dimension Space’s projection page.

Duncan caught a fleeting sight of an enormous silhouette, a construct resembling a light-cast crystal entity, built with crystal-like rhombic patterns, internally structured like a complex matrix, and slightly reminiscent of the Naru worshipped by the Draenei, hovering above the black pyramid.

This is the prototype of the Nano Mechanical Transformation Liquid, a special substance capable of gradually transforming flesh into machinery.

It is a pure mechanical body, composed of countless molecular-level tiny mechanisms.

What is it?

The earthly vessel of the Mechanical God? Or an earthly vessel of some Angel?

For a long time, Duncan harbored a suspicion, namely that the God of Ten Thousand Machines, whom the Mechanical Divine Sect worships, is either a mighty entity who acquired the divine position of ’machinery’ or is fundamentally a conceptual deity akin to artificial intelligence advanced to a higher level!

The simultaneous betrayal of the Mechanical God by seven Guardian Angels certainly had its reasons.

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