Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 926: Chapter 393: Seed of Famine (3)

”Note: When the roar of the steam engine drowns out the church bells, the gears of technology struggle to drive the desires of the human heart. Only by peeling away the facade of prosperity can one see the seed of famine congealed in the rotting fruit.”

The Seed of Famine, this was the second Divine Seed he received. Including the Seed of Plague obtained in the Hymn Company dungeon and the Strife Divinity inherent in his reincarnation, he was close to completing an entire set of divinity.

Who says divinity is hard to obtain? Isn’t it quite easy to burst out in the Desolate Realm?

Meanwhile, at the Peace Church outpost, a Secret Ceremony Master enjoying the tributes from the Industrialist Association, waiting to win effortlessly, suddenly shivered and sat up from his lounge chair, throwing away the cigar and wine glass in his hand.

He hurried into the secret chapel, watching the Crescent Vertical Pupil Seal on the altar, its light gradually dimming. His face turned pale instantly, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Not good, his divinity was stolen!

This time, as a representative of the Peace Church, his mission of entering the Steam Phantom Dungeon was simple, just to wait.

The underlying concept of the Extraordinary Steam Engine in the dungeon came from Leman’s ”Divine Wisdom.” At the time, Divine Wisdom allowed the Secret Magic Knight Order to easily take it because the Peace Church had already laid a trap in that knowledge.

However, not long after the projection of Leman God was defeated by the Secret Magic Knight Order, King Stilan disbanded the order, and the mysticism books kept by the order were sealed away, causing the trap to never have a chance to be triggered.

Julie brought the knowledge of the Secret Magic Knight Order back to Grimland, seemingly promoting the development of the plane, but in reality, it reignited that centuries-old trap.

Leman God holds grudges. In the Moonlight Sanatorium, Leman God suffered greatly and harbored resentment against this plane.

Seeing this opportunity for revenge, he immediately issued a divine order, demanding the Peace Church in the plane to take action.

From the start of researching the Extraordinary Steam Engine, they secretly promoted its progress, continuously increasing the power of hidden traps during development.

For instance, the Flesh Extraordinary Steam Engine route was discovered by members of the Steam Council, inspired by the Peaceful Sect.

The appearance of the Flesh Extraordinary Steam Engine increased the efficiency of the extraordinary steam engine by several dozen to a hundred times, but during usage, it subtly affected the users’ minds.

Making them pursue efficiency and profit more aggressively, become more indifferent to life, and more reliant on the Flesh Extraordinary Steam Engine.

The effects on mortals were particularly obvious. For example, the owner of Sloan Textile Factory, he only used it for more than a month, and knowing it would lead to worker fatalities, was willing to risk being discovered as abnormal to have the workers further work overtime.

Before coming, the Secret Ceremony Master had already discussed an action plan with the high ranks of the Peace Church. They had high hopes for Xavier, the Plane Son, believing he had the potential to become a god.

He didn’t need to take extra actions; he just needed to stay hidden in the shadows, watch Xavier operate, and Xavier could handle everything for them.

Once Xavier achieved ultimate victory, resolved those troublesome players, and transformed himself with the Flesh Extraordinary Steam Engine, thus becoming extraordinary, his dependency on the Flesh Extraordinary Steam Engine would also have peaked.

The core technology of this was in the hands of Leman God. With this knowledge, the Peaceful Sect could manipulate Xavier and counterattack against the Revelation.

If Xavier didn’t cooperate, or when Xavier had no more use, they would trigger the hidden traps, stripping away the divine seeds Xavier had condensed.

Earlier, noticing an anomaly in the plane and discovering Xavier condensing divinity, the Secret Ceremony Master thought the mission was accomplished and prematurely opened champagne.

He sat in the lounge chair, fantasizing about Leman God, in a moment of delight, rewarding him with the divine seeds after they were stripped away.

Before he finished fantasizing about a bright future, Xavier inexplicably died suddenly, and the divine seeds within him were taken by someone else.

This result was unacceptable, both to the Peace Church and the Secret Ceremony Master.

The Secret Ceremony Master didn’t dare to hesitate and activated the mystical array around the altar.

He would use his body as a temporary vessel for Leman God to descend.

As long as Leman God’s projection was near the divine seed, it would awaken the part of Leman God’s consciousness within, merging the divine seed with the temporary vessel to piece together a complete godly clone.

At that time, Leman God would use divine means to punish those who dared to seize their divinity.

After a short prayer, the Secret Ceremony Master swallowed the Crescent Vertical Pupil Seal representing Leman and solemnly shouted:

”Descend, O Leman God.”

As soon as he said this, the Secret Ceremony Master collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut, slumping in front of the altar. The moving magic array that constantly surrounded him scattered its runes after his supply of energy cut off.

A few seconds later, the scattered runes nearing disintegration reignited, condensing into a more complex and grander moving magic array.

The Secret Ceremony Master, in an extremely odd posture, stood directly up from his fallen state, twisting his body clumsily, with his joints making a series of cracking sounds.

”Can’t even handle a small matter, and I have to do it myself, what a waste.”

The Secret Ceremony Master’s body shook, as if startled by his own words.

Leman spread his arms, sensing the existence of the divine seeds. After a brief pause, he revealed a puzzled expression.

”Such a strong power of rules, that mortal should have completed the transformation and activated the divine seeds, who could kill him?”

Leman waited for a few minutes, until the steam rules enveloping Grimland further weakened, he stretched out his hand, tore through the space, and stepped inside.

Passing through the spatial rift, upon exiting, he was already in front of Wu Chang’s true self.

Before he could speak, he saw a space distortion not far from him, as if someone at the same time had also initiated space teleportation, arriving here.

Amid the space distortion, Wu Chang True Self emerged, looking at the familiar face of the Secret Ceremony Master, and slowly forming a question mark.

Why does this guy have a divine reaction?