Priest

Chapter 780: Priest

"Praise machinery! Praise steam!

Knowledge is power, and Mr. Newton is a pioneer of the world with boundless wisdom.

Listen well—the age of machinery is about to descend!"

The mechanized voice of preaching echoed throughout the entire street.

Crimson robes lined with copper plating,

data prosthetic eyes and half-enclosed respirators,

skulls retained while the rest of their bodies had been replaced by full-body Steam Power combat frames,

a disc-shaped Mechanical God Cult emblem forged at the center of their belts—the "Book Gear" insignia—with a thick brass-bound volume hanging at each side: the Mechanical Bible personally written by Newton.

Four tentacle-like Mechanical Appendages were installed on their backs, improving work efficiency while also allowing them to kill more swiftly in battle.

These were priests from the Mechanical God Cult. Their degree of augmentation surpassed that of ordinary residents, with even their frontal lobes modified to some extent so they could serve the church more purely.

They preached the greatness of the Mechanical God Cult, promoted the importance of knowledge, and recruited more believers.

At the same time, they dealt with certain Steam City residents harboring impure thoughts in advance.

The priests who had arrived at Frankie's factory were not "friendly" missionaries.

They were a fully armed priest squad of forty.

They had not come to preach. The Holy Ring's surveillance database had issued a red alert, showing that more than five people in the factory were dangerous potential threats, while the factory's overall average mental danger factor had reached the "warning threshold."

Indeed.

Factory Director Frankie himself held a certain aversion toward Human Augmentation.

He believed machinery should serve humanity and be used by humanity.

It could make life more convenient and even combat the dangers beyond the city, but he did not approve of mixing machinery with