The Archbishop's Combat Power

"Chen Fan..."

Another slightly hoarse voice, carrying a strong sense of mechanical stiffness, came from within the side hall.

"I have some impression of him; I think I was in charge of teaching him."

Hearing this even more familiar voice, Isa outside the door slowly widened her eyes.

Wallis Bishop.

Her "superior," and the person she was about to report her mission progress to.

As Isa was surprised, the voice from within the side hall continued.

"In my memory, this God Chosen has always been very well-behaved."

Wallis Bishop asked the Archbishop before him, "Archbishop, could there be a misunderstanding in this?"

"Misunderstanding?"

The Archbishop's voice was bone-chillingly cold. "Under the Lord's gaze, he personally took this book."

"What? Does Wallis Bishop want to question the Lord?"

Facing the Archbishop's accusation, Wallis subconsciously took half a step back, while bending his mechanical spine to apologize to the Archbishop.

The Archbishop snorted coldly and said again, "The author of this Forbidden Book hid information in the interlayer at the end of the book."

"Although this God Chosen did not discover the information hidden in the interlayer, with the Divine Descent Ceremony and God Chosen Ceremony approaching, it's better to investigate this matter as soon as possible."

"Wallis Bishop, since he is the God Chosen you are responsible for teaching, this investigation task is entrusted to you."

"Once a problem is found..."

The Archbishop was silent for a moment. "Abolish his God Chosen status and send him to the Church's Execution Platform."

Hearing this, Isa's mind trembled, and she subconsciously took half a step back.

"Who?!"

A high-pitched, hoarse mechanical synthesized voice echoed in the side hall.

Immediately after, the slightly ajar hall door was pulled open, and a tall figure in a red robe appeared before Isa.

"A... Archbishop, g-greetings to you, may the Lord be with you..."

Isa lowered her head as much as possible, hiding her face in the wide black hood.

"Priest..."

Under the crimson hood, four mechanical eyes glowing red stared intently at Isa. "Take off your hood and look at me."

"What are you doing here?"

The black robe trembled slightly, and a pair of finely crafted Mechanical Prosthetics extended from within, slowly removing the black hood.

Silver-white long hair cascaded down behind Isa like a waterfall, and her delicate, pretty face appeared before the Archbishop.

Isa tremblingly raised her head, and the moment her eyes met the four red-glowing mechanical eyes, all words of explanation were stuck in her throat.

That crimson figure, over three meters tall, brought an immense sense of oppression to Isa at this moment!

"Archbishop."

Just as Isa was finding it difficult to bear this aura, Wallis Bishop's voice came from the Archbishop's side. "This is Priest Isha, who came today to report the progress of the Divine Descent Ceremony announcement work to me."

"She has only recently become a Priest and doesn't quite understand some rules."

The Archbishop did not reply immediately.

He used his four mechanical eyes to carefully examine Isa before him. "I can see it, she is indeed still a novice, her contribution for obtaining the God's blessing hasn't even met the standard."

"This half-mechanical, half-flesh body looks truly ugly."

After speaking, the Archbishop withdrew his scrutinizing gaze and turned to walk towards the interior of the side hall.

A few minutes later.

After reporting her mission progress, Isa looked at the slowly closing side hall door, a hint of confusion appearing in her lively right eye.

Chen Fan seemed to be in trouble.

After staying in the Church for so long, she knew very well that those targeted by the Archbishop and Bishop usually didn't have a good end.

No, anyone targeted by the Church didn't have a good end.

Even God Chosen were the same.

Although she had never witnessed it herself, when she was a Deacon, she had heard Carlisle talk about some Church secrets.

There was once a God Chosen who was disrespectful to the Goddess.

The result was just as the Archbishop had said earlier: not only was his God Chosen status stripped, but he was also sent to the Church's Execution Platform – at noon, when the sun was strongest, that God Chosen was placed on the Holy Tower in the central area of the Main Church.

The scorching sunlight converged to form a fiery light, directly burning him alive into a pile of charred charcoal!

Isa tightly pursed her thin lips, a clear look of struggle appearing on the half of her beautiful face that had not yet been replaced by mechanical prosthetics.

What should she do?

Should she betray the Church and warn Chen Fan, or should she abandon her conscience and watch this wrongly accused God Chosen be consumed by the holy flame?

Gradually, her eyes became resolute.

Isa turned around and walked towards the East Main Church's main entrance.

"Fan Ge, what do you think we should do to overthrow the Church?"

As he spoke, Gao Yuan frowned tightly and took a slight breath of cold air. "It's difficult, it's too difficult."

"Leaving aside the Deacons, Priests, and Bishops, just one Archbishop can easily deal with both of us."

Chen Fan's eyes flickered. "Archbishop?"

"Is he very strong?"

Gao Yuan raised his hand and scratched the back of his head. "You lost your memory, so you don't remember what the Archbishop looks like."

"Do you know how tall the Archbishop is?"

Seeing Chen Fan shake his head, Gao Yuan sighed softly and held up two fingers.

"One meter thirty-five?"

"What Mechanical Little Potato!"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Gao Yuan was choked by Chen Fan's shocking statement. "...It's three meters fifty!!"

"Three meters fifty?"

Chen Fan looked up and estimated slightly, then was startled. "Can that even be considered human?"

The initial "entrepreneurial enthusiasm" slowly faded, and a hint of fear also appeared in Gao Yuan's eyes. "Whether it's considered human or not, I don't know. I only know that the Archbishop received the Goddess's greatest blessing."

Chen Fan didn't speak, but instead asked One in his mind.

'One, what do you think?'

[It should be the maximum extent of Human Body Mechanization Modification.]

'Maximum extent?'

[Simply put, it means keeping one's head and replacing all other organs and tissues in the body with Mechanical Prosthetics.]

'Can... can they still live?'

[Of course. With the help of artificial blood and blood vessels to transport various nutrients to the head, and relying on brainwave signal conversion devices to control the mechanical body...]

[In a sense, doing this can even greatly extend the lifespan of the brain, after all, all nutrients are combined in the most scientific proportions.]

Chen Fan briefly imagined the scene in his mind, then shivered violently.

Damn.

That definitely couldn't be considered human!

"Wait, you just said the Archbishop received the Goddess's greatest blessing."

Chen Fan belatedly realized a problem. "What about the Pope?"

"The Pope?" Gao Yuan shook his head with a bewildered look. "I haven't seen the Pope. Not just me, but probably only the Archbishop in the entire Church has seen the Pope."

Chen Fan suddenly understood. "So that statement implicitly excludes the Pope, right?"

"Knock, knock, knock."

Just as Chen Fan was about to say something else, the closed door was knocked on again.

"Xiao Fan, people from the Church are here."

His mother's voice came from outside the door.