"Steam Army?"
Gus asked suspiciously, "What is that?"
"That's a rebel army gathered in the southern water network area."
Gray raised his chin slightly, looking quite proud, even a little fanatical, "Gus, you don't know yet, the Boxing God's rule of this world is about to end.
Although most towns in the north still adhere to the ancient and backward 'The Way of the Iron Fist', but in the South In places with dense water networks and developed commerce, various hydraulic machinery and steam engines have long been popular.
More and more people believe in the 'power of machinery and steam', and even form their own army, ready to fight to the death with the Fist Temple, that is' Steam Army'!
"This, this is impossible!"
Gus blurted out, turning pale.
Ever since he discovered the secret between his sister and his father, Gus has been avoiding a question.
That is the conflict of beliefs between myself and my sister.
Along the way, they were in a hurry and were teased by the "Electric Demon" Lu Qingchen.
The two siblings tacitly avoided talking about it.
But now, no matter how much they deceive themselves and others, they cannot ignore the bloody differences of faith.
"Sister, don't be so stubborn and make the same mistake again and again."
Gus persuaded him earnestly, "The way of the Iron Fist is the only truth in this world.
The so-called 'mechanical and steam power' is just a trick of the devil.
With the blessing of the Boxing God, the power of the Boxing Temple is invincible, what?"
"Steam Army' is just a lie concocted by fanatical believers with ulterior motives to deceive more people!"
"You're wrong, Gus."
On the issue of faith, Gray would never give in to her brother.
She said coldly, "The facts are before us.
Do you think my father or I can build such a large-scale steam experiment underground under our house?"
"Can we create such precise pipes, machinery and steam balls?"
Gus was slightly startled.
He hasn't thought about this problem yet.
Thinking about it now, it seems really impossible.
"All the experimental instruments and equipment, as well as the polishing and assembly methods of precision machinery, including the method of preparing pure high-pressure steam, were brought from the south by the believer of the Mechanism and Steam God whom Dad once hunted."
Gray explained, "From the perspective of the process of making these things, it is obvious that they cannot be polished in a simple manual workshop, but require large-scale workshops or even factories to manufacture various gears, bearings, pipes, etc."
There must be an extremely powerful force behind the steam ball.
"As for the power of steam and machinery, you have personally experienced it just now - holding a chain of mechanical crossbows, you can actually blast dozens of vicious birds in one go.
This is you with bare hands and only the 'Iron Fist Way' , it can’t be done no matter what, right?”
Gus instantly felt that the two serial mechanical crossbows strapped to his waist were as hot as red-hot steel, about to leave a mark of sin on his flesh.
His face turned pale, and he felt that he had betrayed the God of Boxing, and was gradually falling into the abyss without even realizing it.
"That's not the case!"
He argued loudly, "Swords and crossbows are always foreign objects.
Indulging in their power will only form dependence and inertia, gradually paralyzing the limbs, weakening the body, eroding the brain, and turning people into slaves of tools - this It’s definitely not the way to be truly strong!”
"I don't know what the true way to be strong is.
I only know that if it hadn't been for the mechanical crossbow blessed by the devil just now, the two of us would have fallen into a cliff and shattered into pieces."
Gray said, "Compared to a dead 'strong man', I would rather be a living slave of a tool."
"sister--" Gus couldn't think of how to refute for a moment, and there were two currents of thought in his mind that were constantly clashing.
He suddenly felt that what his sister said was very reasonable.
He was not born with the talent to practice boxing, and he was obsessed with the way of iron fist, and he would be a waste until the day he died. , maybe only Only with the power of machinery and steam can he be reborn and reborn; suddenly he felt that it was an unforgivable sin for him to have such rebellious thoughts.
He was really sorry for his uncle who was a priest of the Temple of the Fist, and for the way his parents treated him since he was a child. teach.
But even his father had fallen, and he might have indirectly killed his mother.
Gus couldn’t figure out this debt, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Even if the steam army in the south really exists, they are just a bunch of people."
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The vulnerable rabble, as soon as the Fist Temple’s army arrives, they will definitely be completely defeated and wiped out!”
Gray sneered disdainfully: "Hmph, don't underestimate the power of machinery and steam.
Think about how I killed Qin Yong during the day.
If the entire steam army had a mechanical crossbow and a compressed air cannon, , How many strong men from the Fist Temple are needed to destroy them?"
Gus frowned and said: "The strong men in the Boxing Temple are all like my uncle, at least a hundred times stronger than Qin Yong!"
Gray said: "Of course there are machines and steam weapons in the steam army that are a hundred times more powerful than what I have.
They are enough to smash the old world ruled by the Temple of Fist to pieces, and smash the so-called faith that the God of Fist has deceived the world for thousands of years into pieces. !”
Such a treacherous act should have been struck by lightning, but Gus didn't even think about it, let alone hear it.
As if struck by lightning, the young man froze on the spot, trembling with anger and fear.
His eyes kept going back and forth between his sister and Lu Qingchen, as if Lu Qingchen, the devil, had seduced his sister into corruption.
"Brother Gus, please don't look at me like this, okay?"
Lu Qingchen acted as if the matter had nothing to do with him and was always concentrating on studying the ants on the ground.
However, he turned a deaf ear to the dispute between the two siblings until he was pierced by Gus's angry gaze and couldn't avoid it.
Only then did he spread his hands, his face full of shame.
Gu said, "I reiterate, I have nothing to do with the 'Steam Demon', nor did I implant the belief in 'machine and steam power' into your sister's mind, so please, don't use such words."
Stare at me with scary eyes, okay?"
"But you must know the truth."
Gus murmured, "Even if you are not a steam demon, you are still a demon from hell after all.
You must know the truth of this world!"
"Well……" Lu Qingchen scratched his head and said, "Well, I know a little bit about this."
"Then tell us who is right and who is wrong about my sister's beliefs and what the truth of this world is!"
Gus gritted his teeth and said, "The way of the Iron Fist and the power of machinery and steam, who is the truth?"
"Is this question important?"
Lu Qingchen shrugged, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something very interesting.
He pointed at the ground and said in a fuss, "Look, ants, two teams of ants are fighting!"
Sure enough, there were two groups of ants from different nests on the ground, and they were having a fierce "war" over some scraps of food.
"Ant?"
Gus was stunned for a moment and said angrily, "The way of the iron fist, the power of machinery and steam, and the truth of this world are of course very important, at least more important than the fight between ants, right?"
"In your eyes, that may be the case, but in my opinion, your beliefs, myths, love and hatred, interest entanglements, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and hope, everything is no different from a fight between ants—— After all, I am a god and demon from a higher dimension, that’s how awesome I am.”
Lu Qingchen said with a smile, "As for the truth of this world, I advise you not to know.
Otherwise, it will not be possible to change anything, and it will only increase pain and trouble."