Chapter 2937 - 978: Old Bach’s Regret · The Secret of the Mechanical Church and Eden (Part 2)

Chapter 2937: Chapter 978: Old Bach’s Regret · The Secret of the Mechanical Church and Eden (Part 2)

"Secret puppet? No, no, no, if it’s just an individual with an important identity but lacking in power, they wouldn’t be made into a secret puppet by the Mechanical Sages of the Mechanical Church, that would just be a waste of resources."

Minks shook his head and said:

"I can send my disciple with a letter to the sewers, but I estimate that this matter may not be resolved with just a letter.

The Mechanical Church is not an outer city gang; they have enough wisdom to realize the trouble brought by diplomatic intrigues, but they still did it, proving they want to use the two young ladies to establish contact with the Transia People.

Precisely speaking, the one they want to meet should be you, or they want to confirm something on you.

I have some dealings with the Mechanical Church and have even joined their discussion gatherings under an alias, but I’m just a ’conservative heretic’ among them, not as influential as you think.

To resolve this matter peacefully, you’ll probably have to find my senior brother.

He’s still under the title of ’former leader,’ and he has a lot of knowledge about the sewer system in Charldo Harbor, which is as daunting as a dragon’s lair."

"Old Flywheel can’t come, he’s at a critical point in his studies."

Murphy sighed and said:

"And given Old Flywheel’s extreme personality, I doubt he’d come here for the sake of two girls who have little to do with him. After all, the knowledge of the creation engineering from the last era is too precious, he can’t pull himself away at this time.

However, I can probably guess what the Mechanical Church wants from me..."

The Vampire Lord glanced at Master Minks, he coughed and said:

"Eden, block information exchange, I need to discuss some sensitive topics with Master Minks next."

"Buzz"

The operations of the formless obeyed, and the four mechanical devices hidden in Minks’ office for observation and recording were instantly shut down. The office’s defense mechanisms were also forcibly activated; iron-made protective windows dropped down from three windows, and a steel defense structure was propped up, temporarily sealing off the entire office.

In the flicker of the red emergency lights, Minks’ eyes widened, and he looked around with an inquisitive posture as if searching for the formless entity that bypassed the control center and activated these devices.

"Mechanical Spirit... the legend passed down for centuries in Charldo Harbor, some call it ’Evil God,’ but others believe it to be a trustworthy ally."

Murphy said with a frank tone:

"But in reality, Eden is just the core AI used in the last era to manage city and creator system mechanical data, and it has become incomplete over the long years.

I don’t know why it stayed hidden in Charldo Harbor for the past few centuries, but it’s certain that something here is attracting it, and only until my appearance did it remember its mission, leave Charldo Harbor and return to my side.

I heard that the Mechanical Church worships it as the prototype of the ’God of Mechanism.’

But they are wrong!

Both their understanding of Eden and their attempt to cultivate a deity are completely mistaken.

Therefore, may I ask you a question concerning the hidden secrets of Charldo Harbor... what exactly is beneath this city?

Isn’t a part of the Eden District hidden under your City of Machinery?

Or, let me ask more specifically.

Is Eden’s hardware processing unit hidden beneath us? And has that place been occupied by the Mechanical Church?"

Facing Murphy’s inquiry, Master Minks did not answer.

He just sat back in his chair, looked at Murphy with a complex expression, removed his round glasses, and rubbed his brow, saying:

"Largely... correct!

It seems you really are the chosen of the Creator God, the greatest secret of Charldo Harbor has been exposed before your eyes with one touch.

Alright, there is indeed a hidden creation site beneath this city, Shaldo University’s location was due to the Half-body Man sages discovering it and laying down the first brick here.

To be precise, it was my mentor, Professor Old Bach Gaslamp, the greatest mechanical pioneer in Half-body Man civilization, who discovered all of this.

To this day, I still don’t know where my mentor got the information, but in the latter part of his life, he devoted all his energy, wisdom, and time to exploring those ruins, even distancing himself from us and his family for it.

Little Bach’s resentment towards her father during her youth stemmed from that period.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that in the final part of my mentor’s life, he was already obsessed, not even returning from underground when his wife passed away, staying in the darkness and letting anxiety and time turn him into a madman...

I guess you are surely wondering about the origin of the Mechanical Church.

Indeed, that extreme acting organization was established by my mentor’s followers in his later years.

But they are not heretics!

They are merely another embodiment of engineering philosophy, and my mentor wasn’t the true originator of that philosophy. Long before he came into being, this pragmatic yet superficial trend had already existed in Half-body Man society, and my mentor merely summarized it to form the initial prototype of the Mechanical Church.

It wasn’t for ambition or any other purpose, merely out of his despair and frustration at the time."