Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate
Chapter 855 - 757: Substitute

Lin Rui was very curious about Tan Shenzi's past motives for wanting to replace the "Mechanical God".

Did he intend to save the "Mechanical God" of the Mechanical God Temple, or did he have ambitions to become a "god"?

If he wanted to become a god, how would he maintain his own will within the shell of the "Mechanical God"?

Tan Shenzi, expressionless, said, "The so-called 'Mechanical God' of the Mechanical God Temple is nothing more than a fake created by repeatedly exposing it to the Purgatory Light, with faith as its foundation. How could it qualify as a god?"

His ice-blue mechanical eyes coldly stared at Lin Rui, "Your Forest Group's 'Refinement Department' is whimsically using nanobionic technology to replicate alloys and components highly similar to source material cores, then combining energy, mechanical, and electronic technology from Outer Heaven Demons to forge mighty bodies. In reality, it's just a new facade over the same content. The internal talismanic array is actually identical to that of the 'Mechanical God', just more advanced, more concise, and more efficient. It possesses greater power and can contain more powerful conceptual power. But if you want it to truly possess Immortal Level or even Quasi-Abyss Level primordial spirit power, it must be exposed to the Purgatory Light."

Lin Rui chuckled upon hearing this, "Mr. Tan seems quite dismissive of this idea. Do you have any better suggestions, sir?"

What Tan Shenzi referred to as faith-based was the 2.4 billion believers of the Mechanical God Temple.

The Mechanical God Temple formally has about 720,000 disciples, yet it controls seven large islands and a man-made micro "semi-Sky Pond", which can support 2 to 2.5 billion people at its peak.

Before the rise of the Light God Sect, the Mechanical God Temple was the largest sect on Sky Etreme Star.

Currently, the 2.4 billion believers of the Mechanical God Temple have a fixed perception of the "God of All Machines".

According to the doctrines of the Mechanical God Temple, the God of All Machines is the creator and controller of all metal life and mechanical creations in the world.

He is the embodiment of machinery and order, symbolizing eternal and unchanging truth and laws, able to perceive the minute changes in all things in the world, and using invisible power to guard the fate of all machinery and mechanical life, controlling their birth and demise.

His existence surpasses time and space, like a majestic machine in perpetual operation, with each component containing endless wisdom and power, his will like precise gears driving the operation of everything.

The Mechanical God Temple first had the doctrine of the Mechanical God, and the perception of the "God of All Machines", then created the body of the "Mechanical God", which was repeatedly exposed to the Purgatory Light, stimulating the life and spiritual sense of the "Mechanical God".

In ancient times, those real abysses spread doctrines widely and gathered followers, hoping to solidify their true spirit through the perception billions had of them, avoiding being eroded by the Root.

The later method of "inheritance" was similar, the abysses would use the perception disciples had of them to solidify the true spirit. The advantage was this perception was purer; the downside was its power was much weaker than faith.

The seventh-generation sect hierarch of the Light God Sect was even more imaginative, using the faith and perception of 2.7 billion believers to create a cage for the Great Sun Venerable, trapping the true spirit and power of the Great Sun Venerable in the "Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire", this Supreme Divine Artifact.

The Mechanical God Temple took the opposite route, starting with the perception of the "God of All Machines", then awakening and shaping the true spirit of the "God of All Machines" through exposure to high concentrations of the "Purgatory Light".

As for the "God of All Machines" currently being forged by Forest Group, as Tan Shenzi mentioned, it is essentially no different from the previous "Mechanical God".

The difference is the "Mechanical God" of the Mechanical God Temple was purely created using mechanical techniques more than twenty thousand years ago.

That thing is enormous, about 1000 kilometers long and wide, resembling a giant mechanical creation like a Rubik's Cube.

According to Skull Mechanic Heavenly Monarch Li Guchan, it's just a complex, useless creation without combat capabilities, merely a waste of materials.

Meanwhile, the divine body of the "God of All Machines" Lin Rui and his team are refining has been personally enhanced and refined internally by Tai Xuan Immortal Venerable, combining cutting-edge human mechanical technology, electronic technology, energy technology, and metallurgy.

The final product will be a mechanical battle dragon about twelve zhang high, very similar to Lin Rui's "Primordial Battle Dragon".

However, this mechanical battle dragon is currently only at the blueprint design stage, with the first alloy plate being forged in a dust-free precision workshop.

Lin Rui's funds are extremely limited, so he can only fund-raise while building.

The current top priority for the Refinement Department of Forest Heavy Industry is still to forge the "Jingyi Altar" and those 14 "Hearts of Light".

It's worth mentioning that the Abyss Weapon "Yinglong" under continuous improvement in East Asia, along with the so-called "Blazing Angel" and "Ice Goddess", are also similar to the Mechanical God. They are all based on widely circulated human myths and legends on Earth, using the existing perceptions billions hold of them to reshape these powerful "Abyss Weapons".

Forest Group's God of All Machines has received technical support from East Asia.

Tan Shenzi, upon hearing this, instead of answering, questioned rhetorically, filled with doubt, "You want to use this thing to replace the 'Mechanical God' and become your assistant and aid in the future? But how can you ensure control over it?"

Tan Shenzi acknowledged that this master was very intelligent, seemingly betting on the fact that the old "Mechanical God" had reached its end, which prompted him to take the risk and raid the Heresy Prison.

Tan Shenzi used to be the head Great Celestial Master, very clear about the state of the "Mechanical God" in the Mechanical God Temple.

If there is no external interference, the Mechanical God Temple should be able to sustain its life for three to five hundred more years.