Chapter 44 God’s Messenger

Nightmare Afternoon Town.

When Abner saw all the lights in the floating city come on, he was also startled and almost took back the "Gear Book".

——He was a little worried that the changes in the floating city would attract those dangerous things in the town in the afternoon, and then implicate himself.

But soon, Abner keenly discovered that there was nothing unusual in the town, as if the monsters in the darkness were not aware of the dazzling lights in the floating city.

"The ritual to protect the floating city, I judged from the image shown in the 'Gear Book' before, that it was an enlarged version of the secret technique 'Ivens' Secret Barrier'...

"This mystical barrier should have borrowed the rich 'dark' divine power left by the goddess in the town, causing the floating city to fall into a deeper 'nightmare' than this 'nightmare' afternoon town. This will allow those monsters to It turns a blind eye.

"'My' nightmare is deeper than yours, so compared to you, 'I' is in a hidden state! Unless you also fall into a deeper nightmare, it will not affect 'me'... Combined with the fog of the 'Land of Night' It can be roughly inferred that this is the principle of the churches in the small town and the town of Cabas in East Chester County.

"And the reason why I can see it and detect its changes is because the 'barrier' created by the black gem given by the goddess on my chest with the help of divine power is consistent with the principle of the 'barrier' of the floating city... that is to say, I'm on the same level of 'nightmare' as it is.

"In that case, this layer of barrier 1 outside the floating city is useless to me... After all, our 'number of layers' and 'secretness' are the same."

After thinking for a while, Abner figured out the whole story, and couldn't help but look astonished.

At the same time, he also walked along the stairs to the location where the middle level of Afternoon Town was connected to the floating city platform.

When they all came here, Abner didn't hesitate much and crossed the barrier visible to the naked eye in one step.

Then, as he expected, the barrier failed to cause any hindrance to him, but when passing through, Abner felt that he seemed to be marked by something, and his inspiration also told him that he was being watched.

Abner didn't care about this. If the Floating City was not even alert, even if there was a barrier, it would have been destroyed long ago.

However, after thinking about it, Abner still simulated the combined ability of "psychological invisibility" and "hiding in shadows". After all, he was too conspicuous as an outsider. It would be bad if he was misunderstood by the residents here and caused trouble. .

Although he has good intentions, he will not fight back if he is beaten, right?

And before the other party's ruler came to communicate, he wanted to take the opportunity to see more and collect some intelligence.

In fact, due to the sudden start of all high-energy-consuming projects in "Morning Star City", the people in the city gradually became panic, fear, excitement and fanaticism from the initial shock and sluggishness. To name a few.

Those who are panicked and fearful are thinking of the original "Morning Star Falling" and thinking that some big change will happen to their final home or that it will be difficult to deal with the invasion of enemies.

The excitement and fanatics are because they think of the "Mechanical Emperor" they admire and think of the prophecy left by that god-like existence - "When He returns, the morning star will surely shine, and disaster will be far away..."

An unknown number of "people" spontaneously came from the middle and lower levels of the mountain, followed the passage to the surface, and gathered under the statue of the "Mechanical Emperor" in front of the central tower to pray.

It was an eye-opener for Abner to follow this flow of "people".

Because 99% of them have undergone complete mechanical transformation, only a very small number of "young" people born in recent decades have only put on partial parts of the body.

Due to the scarcity of materials, many metals are sourced locally from PM Town, so the styles of colonial clothing are also diverse, and various "mix and match" styles are prevalent, which made Abner once thought that he had "traveled" to a certain cyberspace again. The underground street of the punk world.

However, this "custom" that has been completely modified and even the brain has been replaced with material simulation has provided Abner with a lot of convenience.

For example, after he became a demigod, his "information extraction" ability was sublimated from "breath extraction". Originally, he could only "see" some local shallow "records".

But now, those mechanical brains that store "information" have become ready-made "databases" that can be "extracted" by Abner.

After all, those machines are different from normal human brains. They are essentially the same as the "information" retained in the environment, and they are all within the scope of the "prophet" ability.

"202 years ago, Morning Star fell... Well, this year... I remember that according to the information shown in the 'Gear Book', the total time from the launch to the fall of the floating city was 203 years... The two numbers are so close, is it possible? What does it portend?

"The five great alchemists are fighting against the four great popes... Hehe, the one named Gron is a powerful 'Three-Headed Saint', so he calls himself the pope... The other three are actually the strongest talents He's Sequence 5, and he dares to call him Pope? Doesn't the 'True Creator' have no cards? Isn't this actually 'blasphemy'?

"Well, those people must have heard the ravings of the 'True Creator' before converting... Maybe each of them heard different content and teachings, so they established their own sects? No wonder a small floating city, To build four churches of the 'True Creator'... I'm afraid they are even accusing each other of heresy.

"'Machine Emperor' Lucien Evans... the 'me' in the past really used a book of arcane arts to make money! Fortunately, I didn't call the 'Floating City' 'Aringe'...

"But 'I' was a bit unlucky in my later life. I encountered an energy core explosion when I was undergoing mechanical transformation at the end of my lifespan... After more than two hundred years of 'Morning Star City', countless mechanical transformations never happened like this. accident... It's no wonder that many people still suspect that it was an assassination by a believer of the 'True Creator'... Although 'my' friends and students all clarified it after the accident investigation was restarted a hundred years ago.

"Prophecy...the morning star will shine, and disaster will be far away...

"Is this because you know before you die that 'I' will come back in the future?

"As for the shining morning star...could it be that my arrival triggered some kind of preset mechanism?

"It doesn't seem to be the case. I remember that it just changed after I unblocked the 'Gear Book'..."

"Speaking of which, what is going on with this floating city? What's the state of the people inside? Little 'Sun' clearly told me that the real 'Morning Star City' has crashed outside the real Afternoon Town."

Abner was reading the information, complaining, and thinking, and soon turned his attention to the statue of the 'Mechanical Emperor' in front of the tower.

Klein had visited the floating city imitated by Master Klaus in Nas before and described the main facilities there to him in detail, but he did not mention this statue...

It shows that this was built after the Floating City fell into the Nightmare Town, and the existence who left a dream in the sea area of ​​​​the ruins of the God War to guide Master Claus to imitate did not know this situation.

Of course, this alone is not worthy of Abner's attention. The reason why he was curious about the statue was because the other party gave him some familiar feelings... That feeling was the same as when Abner faced the "Wanderer" "The feelings of Alvin Abraham, "The God of Luck", and the Sealed Artifact "1-025" are very similar.

Taking a serious look at the statue in front of him, which was about three meters high, dressed in red armor with shining metallic luster, and wearing a full-coverage helmet, Abner couldn't help but think:

“This is not so much a statue, but actually a full-body costume with exquisite materials and beautiful shape!

"And the yellow gem on the top of the helmet...if I read it correctly, it should be an extraordinary item made directly from extraordinary properties and softened by some items!

"This statue, no, this mecha itself is a powerful and extraordinary weapon!

"No wonder those who were monitoring me didn't care at all that I came near this statue... After all, in their opinion, this is the safest place for them.

"But...is that really the case?"

Thinking of this, Abner couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and then directly used the secret technique of controlling the "Bone Dragon" loaded in the "Necronomicon", making the three-meter-high mecha squat down and stretch out He held himself up with his palms.

——Because he had a brief experience of controlling Alvin Abraham's body, Abner is already quite proficient at it. In addition, since they are all themselves, they have the same spirit and do not need to be coordinated, so this kind of control is far inferior to the unperfected one. "Clone" is a secret technique, but the basic movements can still be done.

At the same time, Abner also appeared and held up the "Gear Book".

When the residents of "Morning Star City" gathered in front of the statue saw this scene, they were shocked and didn't know who was taking the lead. They all bowed and saluted together, shouting out the prophecy one after another:

“Surely the morning star will shine brightly, and disaster will be far away…

"Great Emperor, are you back?"

Due to the different sound-producing devices, electronic sounds, vibrating sounds and other sounds were chaotic for a while.

But at this time, the three top council members in the office on the seventh floor of the tower could no longer sit still. Almost instantly, the three of them used their own means to fall from the sky and arrived in front of the statue.

They originally wanted to wait and see to see what the uninvited guest wanted to do, and it was best to find out his trump card... But now, seeing his preaching attitude, they had no choice but to stop him.

With a buzzing sound, the black mecha male's jammer temporarily disrupted the sound-producing devices and listening devices of other people present, only letting his own electronic sound play: "Sir, who are you? What do you want to do?"

"I am the apostle of God..."

Abner looked at the three powerful men who looked unusual at first sight, and replied with a smile.