[City of Steam, Rust Iron Hell, Sector 5, Abandoned Factory]
"M-Mr. Tendo... can we really just walk out like this, so brazenly?"
Danica timidly trailed behind Tendo, shrinking into herself like a frightened kitten.
She held a lollipop in one hand and clutched Tendo's pant leg with the other.
Her amber eyes flickered with clear unease.
She nervously watched the Grey Rat Gang guards outside the cell.
She clearly had lingering fears of these guys who had captured her from the 'Gear Church Prayer Room.'
Seeing little Danica like this, Tendo smiled and gently patted her small head.
"Don't worry, those guys can't see us."
"Huh? Why not?"
"You'll find out soon."
"Oh, okay."
Danica nodded obediently, then instinctively rubbed her head against Tendo's palm, behaving very compliantly.
This made Tendo inexplicably recall seven or eight years ago.
Back then, shortly after he first arrived at the Ashes Base, he often "petted" a certain soone's head like this.
Only that person was different from Danica.
Because every ti he dared to do so, that person would imdiately glare at him with a cold face and "hiss" at him.
But Tendo was stubborn.
The more you told him not to do sothing, the more he insisted on doing it.
He specialized in being rebellious.
To the point that eventually, a certain soone developed a conditioned reflex.
As soon as they saw Tendo raise his hand, they would imdiately start "hissing" with a cold face, glaring to warn Tendo not to ss around.
But Tendo never listened.
He constantly enjoyed the endless loop of "petting the cat, getting hissed at, petting the cat, getting hissed at."
Thinking of this, Tendo couldn't help but smile, then shook his head helplessly.
Then he looked at the small figure cautiously following him from behind.
In his mind, he subconsciously recalled Danica's tragic background as a 'Living Bible' from the original novel, Prequel of the Stars: Glimr.
As a part of 'The Word,' one of the three foundational elents—'The Book,' 'The Word,' and 'The Seal'—of the 'Miracle Stone: Law,' Danica's very existence was a miracle that defied the doctrines of the Gear Church, and even the entire chanic Theocracy.
The core doctrine of the chanic Theocracy was 'Humanity's Flesh, chanical Ascension.'
This ant abandoning foolish humanity and embracing the divinity of automatons.
This was a strict Automaton Code that every follower of the chanic Theocracy, who embarked on the path of automatons, had to adhere to.
However, Danica's appearance completely overturned this code.
Unlike other 'Words' recorded in various 'chanical Bibles,' Danica, a 'Word' that should have been recorded in the 'chanical Bible: Gear,' not only escaped from the 'chanical Bible' but also actively transford into a 'human.'
This was undoubtedly a heretical act of 'abandoning automaton divinity and embracing humanity.'
It was a typical existence that went against their doctrine.
It was fortunate that her current situation had not yet been discovered by the chanic Theocracy and the Iron Do Family.
But once they did, they would undoubtedly try every ans to eliminate Danica, this 'BUG.'
Because if her situation were known to other congregants, it would undoubtedly be like a gear, moving one after another, thereby bringing revolutionary change to the great ship that was the 'chanic Theocracy.'
The root of Danica's tragic childhood stemd from this.
As a part of the 'Miracle Stone: Law,' Danica was born with a very special ability.
That is, she could construct unique 'rules' out of thin air through language or writing.
And bestow the blessings of the God of chanics upon believers.
This ability was originally a special authority that only sacred texts engraved on the 'chanical Bible' should possess.
But now, this girl had obtained it in human form.
For example, Danica could perform 'prayers' for other Gear Church clergy.
Thereby unconsciously imposing the 'tenets' from the 'chanical Bible: Gear' upon those clergy she personally 'prayed' for.
After that, as long as these clergy could abide by the church's 'tenets,' they would receive various miraculous 'chanical blessings.'
The strength of these 'blessings' depended not only on Danica's own power but also on their own strength and their degree of adherence to the 'Law.'
And the size of their 'brain computational power' as 'The Book.'
The so-called 'The Book' was what the Gear Church called 'faith in the God of chanics.'
But Tendo knew very well that the essence of that thing was never faith.
It was rely their permission level within the 'Quantum Space: Iron Do Quantum Fortress.'
The higher the permission level of the automaton, the higher their permission level within the 'Iron Do Quantum Fortress' in the quantum space.
The more 'laws' they could bear within their bodies, the stronger the effect of the chanical blessing.
As for faith?
That was rely a narrative used by the chanic Theocracy to control its followers.
Therefore, the Gear Church, the chanic Theocracy, and even their true wielders of power, the Iron Do Family, were hailed as a divine race because:
They had mastered the 'Miracle Stone: Law.'
Using it as a foundation, they built a unique belief system of 'Automaton Supremacy.'
Among them, 'The Book' of the 'Miracle Stone: Law' was forged by the Iron Do Family into a unique 'Iron Do Hub' within the quantum space.
This was the true core of what was known to the world as the 'Iron Do Quantum Fortress.'
'The Word' of the 'Miracle Stone: Law' was crafted by the Iron Do Family into various 'chanical Bibles' and distributed to major 'chanical Churches.'
As for the last, 'The Seal' of the 'Miracle Stone: Law,' it was not ntioned in the second season of Prequel of the Stars: Glimr.
So Tendo himself wasn't quite sure what this thing was.
But he figured it wasn't simple.
And this was why Tendo would say that the Grey Rat Gang mbers, who were currently strictly guarding the 'chanical Bible: Gear,' were a bunch of ignorant fools.
Because the most important part of the 'chanical Bible' was never the book that carried the words.
It was the words recorded within it.
These guys, however, not only failed to realize this, but foolishly treated a 'fake' as a true 'deity.'
And carefully revered it.
However, although Danica was a very important 'Word' in the 'Miracle Stone: Law,' there were actually many other 'Words' like Danica within the chanic Theocracy.
But a 'Word' like Danica, who transford into a human, was unique within the chanic Theocracy.
Because the other 'Words' were different from Danica.
They were truly cold, written words within the 'chanical Bibles.'
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