Deep Cooperation and the Yin Body

"First time?!"

The God of Steam and Machinery stood there dumbfounded, only now realizing the significance of the other party's wording.

He had thought this was a negotiation, an authorized partnership concerning the future—at most, a technical investment.

He had offered up a "sample" in exchange for a ticket into the new era.

It had seemed fair.

But only now did he realize that the other party had said "first time."

That phrase meant this was not a one-time transaction.

Edwin paid no mind to his loss of composure. He merely put away the crystal hovering above his palm, within which endless knowledge and visions of civilization flickered.

"I can provide you with even more knowledge—"

As he spoke, Edwin began laying out paths for the future.

Colonized satellites, space elevators, fusion reactors, and other black technologies—

The instant the God of Steam and Machinery saw the future Edwin described, he no longer had any objections.

There was no other reason for it. The other party was simply offering far too much—

If technology could truly create those things, if human civilization could really develop to such a point, how far would his authority expand?

"In return, I need the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery's full cooperation—"

Seeing this, Edwin continued. The Savant pathway's Beyonders were scientists and mechanics; he had long wanted to bring them under his command.

With an opportunity like this, he naturally had no intention of letting it slip away—

"Deal—"

Not long afterward, throughout the entire material world, every Beyonder of the God of Steam and Machinery—from archbishops clad in heavy ceremonial robes to apprentices tightening screws in factories—

—all heard a solemn, majestic, unquestionable voice ring out in their minds.

This was a divine oracle issued by the God of