[Level 12 Divine Kingdom Platform World · Mechanism]
Deep within the body of the God of Mechanisms, as enormous as a tower reaching the heavens.
A living gear awoke from its slumber.
Displeased, it looked around through its immense outer body.
"Who is disturbing the great God of Mechanisms?!"
Its Apostles all prostrated themselves, not daring to move.
"Strange. There's nothing here?"
It had been hundreds of years since it last traveled to other worlds to spread its divine name.
The God of Mechanisms had adjusted the time flow rate of its Divine Kingdom World.
Although it could not achieve anything too outrageous, it had spent these hundreds of years in extremely comfortable peace.
Its God Sequence ranking, however, had kept falling.
With another batch of A-Rank Gods joining, it had already fallen to A-108.
But it did not care about that.
Ultimately, even with its enormous body, it still could not change the fact that it was a gear.
Besides, for some unknown reason, it had always felt a sense of fear over these years.
And the source of that fear was right beside it.
The gear that was its true body looked beside itself, striving to draw closer to the core emitting a dark red light, basking in its radiance.
It doesn't matter if I stop being a god, as long as this core stays beside me. As long as it's mine, gods and humans don't matter.
With that thought, it prepared to control its body and enjoy the mechanical feast its Believers had prepared.
Yet, just then.
Hum, hum-!
The core grew restless, even showing signs that it might burst out of this body.
The God of Mechanisms panicked instantly.
It hurried forward, binding the core tightly with mechanical chains.
"Y-you, where are you going? You're mine,