Facing the Machine God

"My opinion of the Machine God has changed now."

Inside the Artificial Purple Mansion, Bai Qiuran stood with his hands behind his back and said seriously, "That invention isn't all bad... When I get the chance, I must find a way to get my hands on its method of creating Nascent Soul."

Tang Ruowei, who was standing to the side, saw Bai Qiuran quietly moved away from him.

Without further ado, the master and apprentice successfully followed the Burier Sequence Machine Puppet back to the Buriers Battle Group's Garrison World. There, Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei "changed their course" again. Using his superior spatial techniques, he slipped into the Artificial Purple Mansion of an Intelligence Legion Puppet Machine Puppet had just come off the Production Line and had not yet had its soul infused.

After this detour, the two of them successfully followed this newly recruited Machine Puppet from the Production Line to the base of the Intelligence Legion. And coincidentally, the recruit was assigned to the Alien Species Mental Control Center within the Battle Corps.

After taking up his post, this new recruit, just like Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei, was directly given a route map and then assigned to night watch missions with others. However, these real Machine Puppet actually had no thoughts; they were just transmission nodes of the Machine God Will, combat units. Therefore, there was not much difference between new recruits and veterans.

The two hid in the recruit's Purple Mansion and, while he was on night patrol, followed him to inspect the Prisoners held in the Alien Species Mental Control Center, room by room. Inside the Alien Species Mental Control Center, Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei saw many Intelligent Races Restraint to Iron Wall.

These Intelligent Lifeforms all have a Thought-Stealing Device attached to the part of their bodies used for thinking. Except for a very few races with truly bizarre appearances, the Thought-Stealing Device worn by the other races are mostly in the form of an iron hat.

These iron caps are connected to pipes, on which many different kinds of Runes appear, most of which are related to spirit and soul.

"Got it!"

After following the new recruit around, Bai Qiuran used his Spiritual Sense to "see" his target. In the deepest part of this Alien Species Mental Control Center, a group of humans were tied to Steel Wall and lined up in a row. They all wore huge Thought-Stealing Device on their heads, which even covered their faces. The corners of these Immortals' mouths were unconsciously filled with drool, and it was obvious that they had been played with badly by the Machine God.

"I told you to be careful back then."

Seeing the miserable state of these Immortals, Bai Qiuran couldn't help but mutter, "Now look what's happened, they've been turned into Ahegao by a machine, and it doesn't even discriminate between genders."

"Master, what should we do now?"

Tang Ruowei leaned closer and asked.

"Don't worry, I've already memorized the patrol routes of these Machine Puppet. They're very reliable. In about two minutes, the Machine Puppet we're with will reach a blind spot."

Bai Qiuran replied, "We'll find an opportunity to rescue them quietly."

"OK."

Two minutes passed, Tang Ruowei looked at the path the Machine Puppet had taken and asked, "Master, something's not right. I remember it wasn't heading in this direction before?"

Upon Bai Qiuran looked around and also noticed something was amiss.

"Wrong!"

He suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "We've been discovered?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the new recruit of the Intelligence Legion Machine Puppet, who was "possessed" by the two, began to run at full speed. He ran out of the Alien Species Control Center and came to the Open Ground of the Intelligence Battle Group Base. Then he raised his hands and covered his head, making a gesture of giving up resistance.

At the same time, countless Battle Corps Machine Puppet surrounded them, including the massive, unimaginably enormous Grand Battle Group Commander, the Emperor-level Machine Puppet "Intelligence," which resembled a towering spire.

Led by Intelligence, the Machine Puppet all aimed their most lethal weapons at the Recruit Machine Puppet standing in the center. Then, a soft green light emanated from the top of Intelligence's tower, and a voice spoke in the language of Ten Lands of Jiuzhou: "Come out, I have found you."

After waiting for a while, seeing that Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei had not moved, the Intelligence Machine Puppet conveyed the will of someone else.

"If you don't come out, I'll count to three and start shooting. One, two..."

"Sigh, I used to treat everyone this way. What goes around comes around..."

Amidst a chorus of complaints, Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei, who were possessing the Artificial Nascent Soul, crawled out of the Purple Mansion of this Machine Puppet recruit and stood on his head.

He looked up at the towering, boundless Intelligence and asked, "How did you discover me? I'm certain I didn't give you any clues, and I've cleared away all the evidence that needed to be cleared."

"If you can infiltrate my side, then I can just as easily send Spy to infiltrate your side."

"Intelligence" replied.

"I see. So, should I address you as the leader of the Intelligence Grand Battle Group Commander, or as... Machine God?"

Bai Qiuran asked again.

Call me Machine God.

The Machine God's will spoke through its Intelligence: "Everything in the Nine Battle Groups, even a single Screw, is an extension of my will. I am omnipresent."

"You're really awesome!"

Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei clapped their hands enthusiastically.

"Would you like us to give you a thumbs up?"

"I don't understand your idioms, nor do I get your sense of humor."

The voice of the Machine God emanating from Intelligence remained calm and composed.

"I just really want to see you all in person, especially you..."

The light at the top of the Tower of Intelligence began to dim, Bai Qiuran felt the Machine God's Consciousness focusing on her.

"My Spy have learned the name of my Creator. I heard he is called Shuhua, and he is your... Immortal Emperor. You are his grandmaster. In this respect, you should be more outstanding than my Creator."

That's not necessarily true.

Bai Qiuran waved his hand and said, "Old ginger isn't necessarily spicier; it could also be that old things are outdated... I, for one, couldn't possibly concoct such a freakish thing as you... Speaking of which, are you absolutely determined to kill the Consciousness Demon? You're not even going to let go of the Consciousness Demon under our control?"

"Yes, confirmed. Destroying Consciousness Demon is my innate mission."

The Machine God answered without hesitation.

Bai Qiuran had already anticipated his answer and wasn't particularly disappointed. His understanding of the "Chain" spell created by Immortal Emperor Shuhua was not much less than that of its creator Shuhua.

As the Gu Mingyi, the magic of the Immortal Emperor Shuhua emphasizes Restraint, but it Restraint not the physical body, but the Consciousness.

It is called Thought Imprint, but it is not simply something that etches a few rules into the mind of intelligent beings.

Even cats and dogs can find ways to avoid things, let alone Intelligent Lifeforms with intelligence equivalent to humans, or even greater beings. If only one rule is set in place, then Intelligent Lifeforms will always find a way to avoid or bypass it.

The special thing about Chain is that the rules they inscribe are rules that the victim can never actively "avoid".