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"Whom... should we help?"

Someone asked Bai Miao.

"Help? Help with what? Let's just watch the show!"

As Bai Miao spoke, he sat down directly on the ground.

But the more Bai Miao watched the battle unfold, the more familiar the monster covered in black gears and spewing smoke looked.

"Wait... is this guy's equipment ours?"

Bai Miao immediately made an appraisal, using the equipment he was wearing as a reference.

Ultimately, it was determined that the items on the monster were the discarded exoskeleton armor.

"That guy is one of ours!"

"Those monsters?"

"Of course not! We need to clean house ourselves, so that the Gear Cult won't bother us!"

Bai Miao stood up and rushed towards the two sides engaged in battle.

He pulled out a dagger and slashed at the protruding gear on the crew member's body.

"Den!"

But the moment the high-frequency vibrating blade touched the dark gear, it could not advance even an inch further.

The gear actually blocked the dagger's attack!

However, Bai Miao felt that the feel of the handle was strange.

It doesn't seem to be because the thing is very hard, but rather that the dagger isn't producing the effect it should.

The influence of mystery on technology?

The crew member himself had become like this, which was probably related to the fact that he had thrown himself into the molten iron.

This thing combines the mystique of gears and steam, which is why it's so difficult to deal with.

Thinking this, Bai Miao simply placed his hands on the back of the crew member.

"Silence! Whoosh!"

"boom!!!"

The energy stored in the silence was released in full, shattering all the gears on the crew member's back and creating a huge crater ten meters in diameter and two meters deep beneath him.

The Gear Knight seized the opportunity, grabbing the crew member in the pit and pulling out a chainsaw from his other arm, which he then plunged into the crew member's chest.

In an instant, the ear-piercing sound of metal colliding and cutting rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.

After sawing for almost ten minutes, and the chainsaw blades completely shattered, the crew member still appeared to be unharmed.

Left with no other option, the Gear Knight pulled out a power drill and continued drilling, attempting to pierce it.

Bai Miao wanted to see what methods this Gear Knight had up his sleeve.

But the crew had recovered from Bai Miao's attack, and the gears still on their bodies moved twice before starting to spin rapidly.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!"

With the steam erupting, the crew member unleashed terrifying power. He grabbed the Gear Knight's arm with both hands and, with a forceful pull, managed to tear the arm off.

In an instant, the gears in his arm scattered all over the ground.

When he saw the crew member bend down to pick up the gear, Bai Miao activated his mechanical proficiency and analyzed the structure of the gear inside the crew member's body.

And how exactly does it move with the help of gears?

Soon, a three-dimensional image appeared in Bai Miao's mind.

"right here!"

Bai Miao precisely inserted the dagger into the meshing surfaces of several gears.

The gears turned forcefully, trying to break the dagger, but the dagger's material was clearly superior. Although the loss of high-frequency vibration caused it to lose its cutting power, its inherent sturdiness was not lost.

"Crack...crack...crack...Boom!"

After Bai Miao inserted another dagger to restrain another gear, the crew member's body could not withstand the force and exploded, turning into gears scattered all over the ground.

Chapter 120 You Should Believe in Science (4K)

It wasn't until Bai Miao dealt with the crew member who was possessed by the gears that the other crew members who had been watching hurriedly caught up.

It's not that they can't keep up with Bai Miao's speed, but rather that at this stage, the knockers seem to have already tacitly agreed on the "one-to-many" approach to clearing the level.

Especially in combat, if you don't ask for help, it's best not to go in and force your way in.

Firstly, it's unclear whether there are any strange area-of-effect attacks between them that could easily cause friendly fire; secondly, the group doesn't trust each other to that extent.

As for the crew members on the Endless Energy, they were the kind who wouldn't act without the captain's orders.

Now that the battle was over, the group began to actively investigate the scene, hoping to find some useful clues.

But the gear knight didn't think that way and reached out to grab Bai Miao.

"Are you crazy?"

Bai Miao dodged to the side: "Didn't you see me helping you just now?"

"Who are you people, and why are you wearing the same clothes as this monster?"

“Call Father Barton to speak; he knows us.”

The Gear Knight hesitated for a moment, adjusted the gears on his head, and finally turned and headed towards the church.

A crowd of refugees gathered in front of the church. Upon seeing the monster destroyed, they immediately expressed their gratitude to the great gear for its protection.

"You mean those outsiders came out of the palace? Where's Priestess Tina?"

Father Barton had listened to Priestess Tina's words and wouldn't go looking for those outsiders for the next few days. What did it mean that those outsiders were now coming to him on their own initiative?

After hearing from the Gear Knight that he had not seen Priestess Tina, Father Barton walked through the crowd with some doubt and came to Bai Miao.

"priest……"

"She was taken away by the king, who said she was a spy for the Steam Cult."

Bai Miao knew what Barton wanted to ask.

"this!"

Father Barton felt a chill run through his body.

“Father, what I’m about to say may be hard for you to accept. Before that, I want to ask you a question: what happened yesterday after you followed the gears’ instructions?”

Father Barton seemed still reeling from the shock of discovering that the priest was a heretic.

After all these years, that priest was actually a heretic?!

Bai Miao raised his hand and gently patted his face a few times to wake him up. Father Barton hurriedly replied, "I found a gear, and I sent it to the factory to be remelted for recycling."

"Look, here's the problem. Was this gear melted down and poured into the furnace at night?"

"That should be... the case."

Bai Miao patted the priest on the shoulder and pointed to the pile of broken gears on the ground: "After my team member jumped into that furnace of molten iron, he fused with the gears you picked up and turned into this."

This is purely Bai Miao's wild guess; it's always right to shift the blame onto the instructions the priest received.

"what do you mean……"

“Sigh… This time I went to see the king, and he told me a lot of things. He believes that only we outsiders can change the status quo.”

Bai Miao put his arm around the priest's shoulder and led him to a small alley: "Let me tell you the conclusion first. You are a priest of the Gear Cult, so you have a lot of authority, right?"

Father Barton nodded hesitantly: "There are also the Pope and bishops above, but I do have the most contact with the residents of Card City on a daily basis."

To change the object of faith of the residents of Kad City, it is necessary to start with the local religious leaders.

Since the Pope and Bishop Bai Miao were not yet able to reach that level, they could only start with the priests.

It's clear that the priest's betrayal dealt him a significant blow, and Bai Miao wasn't sure if he could successfully brainwash the priest.

The priest was intrigued by Bai Miao's words and kept bringing up other things. What was he trying to achieve?

“Father Barton… I know you are a man of strong faith, but you must understand that if the teeth of a gear are irregular and wrong from the beginning, even if the two gears can barely mesh and run, there will always be hidden dangers.”

"what do you want to say in the end?"

“Father Barton… the gears you believe in were wrong from the start.”

Bai Miao spoke slowly.

"You heretic!!"

Barton was furious, but he was firmly held in Bai Miao's hand and could not move an inch.

"You believe that the gears will guide you, but the guidance they gave you has led to such consequences this time. Without our help on site, how much more damage do you think would have been caused?"

The gears may be right a hundred times, but just one mistake is enough to make Patton question his existence.

With the shocking fact that Priestess Tina was a heretic before him, Father Barton's psychological defenses actually cracked slightly.

Father Barton closed his eyes, his mind already filled with years of faith. He shook his head heavily: "Impossible! The guidance of the gears cannot be wrong! Even if such a thing has happened, it is just a test given to us by the gears! Just as the gears can also guide believers to kill others or commit suicide!"

Wang Xiang walked over at the opportune moment and tugged at Bai Miao's arm: "Didn't we already learn from the king that there are no relics here that we're looking for? Why are we still wasting time on this priest? Let's get back to the ship and move on to the next target!"

Bai Miao shook off Wang Xiang: "Having witnessed something like this, can you really just walk away like this? We're not just looking for relics; when we encounter a civilization being bewitched by evil gods, shouldn't we also help them correct their ways?"

"Captain, you're still too kind. Do you know how much we paid to correct something like this last time?"

"So what? What's the probability that an isolated civilization will go astray along the way? Don't you have any idea? We've been to so many places, what's wrong with lending a helping hand?"

Barton overheard their conversation: "You...you're saying this isn't the first time something like this has happened?"

"The power of faith is a double-edged sword. You should also know that I can see your commands."

"right……"

Patton still can't understand why an outsider could see the instructions given by the gears.

He had no doubt that Bai Miao was a member of the Steam Cult; his status as an outsider implied complete neutrality.