Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 576 - 50: True Words and Decree!

A powerful spiritual pressure enveloped everyone.

The projection of the God of Machinery unfolding before them was an exceptionally unique presence, unlike any divine spirits Su Ziyu had encountered before. The divine spirits of the Dark Soul Plane were embodied beings, similar to those of the Olympian Pantheon and the Nordic Pantheon. However, the God of Machinery seemed to be a kind of consciousness, not an independent life form but a collective incarnation.

Cold mechanical pupils slowly opened.

As Su Ziyu laid eyes on it, it also gazed back at him. This wasn't his first time looking directly at a divine spirit, but this occasion felt entirely different, as he witnessed endless streams of data in his mind — knowledge that flashed by quickly. It seemed as if the eyes of the God of Machinery held boundless knowledge, knowledge that could be directly shared with its followers.

— "Do not gaze upon the God!"

Su Ziyu's brain felt a tinge of pain, while Empress Isabella beside him appeared mesmerized, as if she had fallen into that vast library of knowledge.

"Wake up! Do not look at it!" A faint arc of electricity leapt from Su Ziyu's fingertips to Empress Isabella's.

The target has not fully descended yet.

This is the best chance to prevent its descent, as if the God of Machinery were to successfully descend, with his current strength, he might not be an opponent. The stance of such true gods is extremely elusive, and nobody knows what it might do to all living beings on this planet.

Besides, the spirituality has given him a considerable forewarning!

"No!" Just as golden lightning converged in Su Ziyu's palm, Empress Isabella suddenly regained consciousness, reaching out to grab Su Ziyu's arm, and pleaded, "You cannot!"

"This is the Mind Synchronization Center."

"If the equipment here is damaged, the Mind Suppression Barrier will fail, and millions in the Empire will perish!"

No fighting can take place here.

Everything here consists of extremely precise mechanical components, and this place is the Empire's most crucial core area. Any damage could cause the Mind Suppression Barrier to spiral out of control. Those vulnerable perishing from failed Spiritual Ascension must rely on it to live normally. If anything goes wrong, the Empire could lose millions, generating karmic force Su Ziyu would find hard to bear, causing his spiritual light to possibly explode into blood-red.

The Demon Lord might even have to call him 'boss' upon seeing him.

Of course, the Mechanical Church had its own backup plans.

Why did they choose to perform the ritual to summon the God of Machinery here? On one hand, it was to greatly enhance their mind powers, and on the other hand, nobody would dare engage in large-scale combat here!

During the ritual, all the high-ranking members of the Mechanical Church are extremely vulnerable, having even lost self-awareness and control.

But the location they chose was too special.

No matter who acts here, the end result will be mutual destruction, not to mention the consequences of the Mind Suppression Barrier failing. Just the Spiritual Storm from damaging the Mind Synchronization Center could destroy half of the Imperial Capital.

"What should we do then?"

"It's about to descend!" Su Ziyu's brows furrowed as he turned to look at Empress Isabella, speaking in a deep voice, "Once it successfully descends, no one can oppose it."

Divine descent is no joke.

With Su Ziyu's current enhanced power, being a half-baked demigod not fully endowed with specialties, he stood no chance against the incarnation of the God of Machinery. The best outcome would be to flee the planet immediately.

What the God of Machinery might do to people, nobody knows, cannot infer, or guess.

"I... I don't know..." Empress Isabella's lips paled, though usually a cold and ruthless empress, faced with the lives of millions, she couldn't decide so decisively, murmuring, "maybe there's another way."

"The Mind Synchronization Center can be temporarily shut down, maybe it could prevent its descent."

Su Ziyu shook his head, "It's useless."

"The ritual summoning its descent isn't this Mind Synchronization Device, it's those Mechanical Church bishops up front."

"Turning off the machines is of no use now."

Just as both were feeling at a loss, a voice suddenly rang in Su Ziyu's mind from the golden-haired angel, Shire, her tone grave as she spoke, "You seem to have encountered trouble?"

"The information I read is confused."

"Lend me your eyes for a moment."

Upon finishing, a surge of mind power flowed into Su Ziyu's mind, syncing his vision upon acceptance.

— [Sensory Sharing].

"Divine Incarnation!... A bit different from what I've seen before!... It's about to descend!... Must be stopped!..." The golden-haired angel, Shire, spoke with utmost gravity, "This divine spirit seems peculiar, its descent might not bode well."

"There's no way to stop it." Su Ziyu responded quickly, "I can't take action here."

Outside lies a Dark Energy Defense Barrier; stopping the ritual surely requires combat, but the nearby mechanical components can't withstand the blast's impact, and any problem could result in many fatalities outside.

"There's another way." Shire quickly pondered before saying, "Do you know the Tier Ten Exile Spell?"

Tier Ten?

Are there such high-tier spells? The highest information Su Ziyu received before was a nine-tier spell!

"No." Su Ziyu decisively shook his head.

"I can," Shire quickly responded, "but I can't use it."

"This is one of the trump cards left to you by Lord Stephen."

"It was originally meant to deal with Void Life Forms; using it here might also exile It. But if we use it now, our odds against the Void Life Forms will decrease by ten percent."

Su Ziyu pondered for a moment and decisively said, "What should I do?"

Let's deal with the immediate crisis first.

It's still uncertain whether there are any Void Life Forms. The enemies they've discovered are the Orcs, with a massive fleet entering this star system.

"Open sensory sharing."

"I'll transmit the Rune Matrix!" Shire quickly responded, "With your ability, you should be able to activate it."

In an instant.

A vast data stream was transmitted into Su Ziyu's mind. It was entirely different data, composed of countless mysterious runes. The outline was somewhat similar to the Runic script he had seen before. The Dragon Blood Baptism also used a similar kind of rune. Innumerable runes formed a huge matrix, and the moment Su Ziyu's spirit touched it, a sphere of light formed in front of him, then transformed into golden chains enveloping his body.

These runes were the chains, drawing Su Ziyu's mental power and extracting the divine power within him.

In the depths of his mind.

Su Ziyu seemed to see a pair of eyes, a pair of silver-white eyes entirely made of runes, and then a spell echoed in his mind.

— "Decree!"

Su Ziyu's figure floated in mid-air, and the voice he emitted seemed to make even the air vibrate. As he pointed forward, golden chains pierced through the space, directly entangling the God of Machinery before him. The outer Dark Energy Defense Barrier had no effect, and it was pierced perfectly intact.

— "To the divine, what is divine!"

— "To the mortal, what is mortal!"

— "Return from whence you came."

— "Return to where you belong!"

At this moment, Su Ziyu seemed to hold divine mandate in his mouth, the true words he spoke containing a Power of Law that was irresistible, and only Demigod Level divine power could manage to barely mobilize this Law Power.

The space trembled.

The decree contained within the true words seemed to tear open the space before him, revealing a projection of an eerie void. The shadow of the God of Machinery before him finally showed a slight change in expression, but the change was so subtle that it was impossible to deduce what It intended to convey. The golden rune chains began to tighten, pulling the shadow of the God of Machinery toward that void.

The God of Machinery did not struggle strenuously.

It merely gazed coldly at Su Ziyu with mechanical eyes, and then a hand composed entirely of metallic shadow gently lifted. The souls of the Mechanical Church's archbishops appeared pale and vacant, instantly grasped into Its hand.

The opponent's hand seemed to hold a miniature world!

Su Ziyu saw a projection of a planet entirely composed of machinery, with countless towering mechanical structures thousands of meters high. The entire landscape of the planet had been completely altered by machinery, like a mechanical planet inhabited by incalculable mechanical beings.

Click!

In the shattered space, the shadow of the God of Machinery gradually vanished into the void, but before It completely disappeared, It gave Su Ziyu a deep look, then vanished along with the golden rune chains.

Thump thump.

The figures of the Mechanical Church's archbishops collapsed one by one. They were all dead by now, their souls taken by the God of Machinery, leaving only empty shells behind.

"Go see if there's any hope of saving him!" Su Ziyu reached out to support the somewhat limp Empress Isabella, speaking in a deep voice, "His consciousness shouldn't have completely dissipated yet."

In the crystal jar right ahead, a slight wave of consciousness seemed to emerge from the current Emperor of the Empire, Prince William.

This poor fellow had been completely transformed.

His spirit seemed linked to the Mind Synchronization Device, but part of his brain concerning self-thought had been excised. In a certain sense, he was now a biologically engineered brain, with most of his self-awareness dissipated, his brain functioning to maintain mental power and assist in controlling the Mind Synchronization Center.

The Ancient Lost Empire also possessed similar technology; some of their black technologies required human brains as material. Of course, those were top-tier enhancement techniques for Space Marines.

If a human brain is fully utilized, its computational potential is extraordinarily terrifying!

A normal person would find it hard to reach this level, but if the human brain were used as a mechanical component, its upper limit would be astonishing!

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