Bishop

"That makes sense..."

Chen Fan pondered for a moment, then nodded, muttering softly.

"What makes sense?"

Gao Yuan looked at Chen Fan with a confused expression, asking loudly in his booming voice, "What are you mumbling about now, kid?"

Chen Fan's face stiffened.

Perhaps it was the long-lost sense of ease being with Gao Yuan that made him subconsciously lower his guard, or perhaps he was too engrossed in his thoughts, but he had actually spoken his thoughts aloud.

Chen Fan tried his best to maintain a calm expression: "Nothing, just keep telling your story."

"Oh..."

Gao Yuan raised his hand and scratched his buzz cut, ignoring the irrelevant question: "I was sitting on the Holy Seat at that time, and then I put on that Holy Crown."

Chen Fan coughed violently: "Cough cough cough..."

Holy Seat, Holy Crown.

Damn.

This Church and the so-called God really know how to glorify themselves!

"Chen Fan, are you okay?" Gao Yuan looked concerned. "Your body hasn't recovered yet? Should I tell the Bishop later?"

Chen Fan was a little overwhelmed by Gao Yuan's enthusiasm for a moment, and waved his hands repeatedly to refuse: "No, no, no, just keep going."

"Oh... After putting on the Holy Crown, I felt a dizzy spell, like I was flying in the sky..."

[That's right, a common problem with low-quality brain-computer interfaces. The bioelectrical signal stimulation is not precise enough, making it easy to overdo it. Dizziness is just a minor side effect.]

"Then... then I heard an ethereal female voice calling me, and then I saw the Goddess. She was standing above the God Kingdom, reaching out to me..."

[First, use sound signals to locate the brain's baseline frequency of the brain-computer interface user, complete the basic frequency modulation, and then access visual signals. This is also a conventional operation method for low-quality brain-computer interfaces.]

"..."

Seeing Gao Yuan, who hadn't spoken for a long time and whose face was full of longing, Chen Fan coughed softly, interrupting his reverie: "And then?"

"And then? There's no 'and then'!"

"That's all there was to the first two Divine Decrees." Gao Yuan looked at Chen Fan as if it were obvious. "But I heard that the third Divine Decree is more important, and there might be more content."

[The CG animation isn't finished yet, it has to be broadcast in batches.]

One made a concise translation and summary.

Chen Fan: "..."

Honestly, he had never been so speechless in his life.

Just as Chen Fan was about to continue trying to extract some information from Gao Yuan, the tightly closed metal door opened again.

Two men and one woman, three God Chosen with serious expressions, walked into the room one after another.

Behind them, three Priests in black robes bowed and exited the room one by one, and reached out to close the metal door.

Unlike Chen Fan and Gao Yuan, the clothes worn by these three God Chosen were very elaborate.

Mysterious patterns were engraved on the white-gold robes with fine gold threads, exuding a sacred aura from the inside out.

Perhaps sensing Chen Fan's scrutinizing gaze, one of the God Chosen showed a perfectly appropriate smile and nodded at him.

This should be considered a greeting.

"Tch..."

A very slight snort came from beside him.

Chen Fan looked at Gao Yuan, whose face was full of disdain, with some surprise.

Although Gao Yuan's attitude towards the black-robed Priests was debatable, he was indeed a very easy person to get along with.

It was hard to imagine that Gao Yuan would show such obvious dislike towards the other three who were also God Chosen.

Chen Fan suppressed his confusion.

The current situation was a bit chaotic, and he was forced to abandon his original plan to extract information.

What a pity!

What a great opportunity to get information!

Before Chen Fan could regret it for long, the tightly closed metal door opened again, and a clergyman in a purple robe slowly walked into the room.

Compared to the black robes worn by the Priests, this purple robe was even more magnificent.

Hot-stamped gold threads embroidered intricate patterns on the deep purple robe, adding a touch of nobility to this purple robe.

"Bishop."

Gao Yuan immediately bowed to the clergyman in the purple robe.

It was the Bishop!

Chen Fan was startled, and while returning the bow, he also firmly remembered this crucial piece of information.

According to what Carlisle had said earlier, there should be Archbishops above Bishops, but it was unclear if there were positions like Pope above Archbishops.

Just as Chen Fan was silently recalling the various pieces of information he had gathered in his mind, the purple-robed Bishop suddenly reached up and removed the hood from his head.

Chen Fan's pupils rapidly dilated!

A scene of extreme impact appeared before his eyes!

It was a completely mechanized, smooth head!!

The degree of mechanization of this head far surpassed that of the white-robed Deacon Carlisle and the black-robed Priest Quinton!

Skin, eyes, nose, ears, mouth...

All organs had been replaced with corresponding mechanical devices!

Under Chen Fan's gaze, the Bishop's mechanical lips opened and closed, revealing the internal oral cavity made of metal.

"God Chosen sirs, may the Lord be with you."

The voice was synthesized through mechanical vocal cords, carrying a heavy sense of mechanical stiffness.

This... is this really human?

Could it be a robot?!

Looking at the mechanical head that closely resembled a robot before him, this question couldn't help but arise in Chen Fan's mind.

Within this mechanical head, was there really still a carbon-based organism's brain?

Was it really not a CPU controlling its actions?!

[This unit just conducted a simple observation. The target still has breathing, but the breathing frequency is far lower than that of a normal human.]

[At the same time, using the infrared band, it can be observed that the target's chest has not undergone mechanical modification.]

[Therefore, the target is still within the category of carbon-based organisms, having only undergone a very significant degree of mechanical modification.]

One's voice sounded in Chen Fan's mind at just the right moment:

[Comprehensive analysis shows that the target person has basically retained brain tissue and the cardiopulmonary circulatory system.]

[In addition, most of the other systems, such as the digestive system and motor system, have undergone mechanical modification.]

[Unbelievable!]

One exclaimed with immense surprise:

[Such a radical modification plan is difficult to find even in the Human Alliance database!]

[What a crazy civilization!]

Chen Fan didn't speak, just silently observed the analysis data displayed on his retina.

A vague conjecture rose in his mind.

[You suspect that the higher the position of these clergy, the deeper the degree of mechanical modification they undergo?]

'Yes.'

Chen Fan responded in his mind: 'I roughly recalled the clergy I encountered on the way, and I feel... no, I can indeed find a pattern.'

One fell silent, seemingly calculating something.

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