He had not actually wanted to lie.
But when the moment came, he vaguely sensed that if he revealed his ability to control the Mechanical Emperor, danger would surely await him in the future.
Even without using spells, an Orthodox Golden Core possessed abilities such as sudden premonitions and sensing things unseen.
A Dao Seal Golden Core had even stronger perceptions in this regard.
And he was a Legend Golden Core, so he trusted his own perceptions even more.
Thus, at the last moment, he had lied.
He even secretly decided that he would tell no one about his ability to control the Mechanical Emperor-not even Ying Jiaren.
While everyone busied themselves, he sat in the true control room, looking through information.
The control room he occupied had no gears or connecting rods, much less anything like steam pipes.
There was only a circular space of roughly a hundred and eighty square meters.
Various patterns covered its inner walls.
Wang Quan examined them. These patterns were very similar to those inside the Mechanical Brain.
Even the differences were connected to the other patterns; they all came from the same lineage.
Not long before, he had poured out tens of millions of strands of Dharma Power to permeate these patterns. Then the patterns had awakened, and the gears outside had begun turning.
At the same time, a message had appeared in his mind:
[Using [Primordial Imprint], you have forcibly seized [a small portion of the authority over Divine Weapon: Mechanical Emperor: Winter].] [This divine weapon's primary consciousness is dormant and fragmenting.] [Once its consciousness collapses completely, you can gain complete control of this divine weapon.]
Now, the patterns on the inner wall flowed, forming a face.
It was a human face forged from alloy, like a metal mask.
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