"Ach—"
--- From the Adeptus Mechanicus's "the book of sacred words of the omnissiah," Chapter 1, Section 1... Li Feng looked at his surroundings.
He didn't make a sound; instead, he pulled an N95 mask from his pocket and put it on.
Fortunately, he had anticipated that the air on Mars wouldn't be great.
As for the Nuns? They had fully enclosed protective helmets with built-in breathing systems.
Li Feng put on his mask, and now his nasal cavity and respiratory tract felt much better.
Then he said to the believers surrounding him:
"I am not your God.
Today, I am merely here by invitation.
Your Fabricator-General invited me to Mars, our Empire's long-standing industrial base, to inspect the work."
"Understood, messiah.
We accept your inspection."
Li Feng was confused.
Why were these people so single-minded?
"I am really not the messiah.
Don't call me the messiah.
Call me Teacher when we are working."
"Understood, messiah.
We know, messiah…"
Then Fides rarely saw Li Feng's expression instantly turn "deadpan" as he looked at the surrounding Oil Men.
Suddenly, the Adeptus Mechanicus personnel in front voluntarily cleared a path.
And a massive Oil Man, this person was Oud Oudia Raskian, the current Fabricator-General of Mars, the leader of all Forge Worlds, the Pontiff of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Li Feng looked at the person in front of him, who was modified to resemble an American truck, and even began to wonder if he was on Cybertron and if this Fabricator-General was Optimus Prime.
He saw the "Autobot" approaching, surrounded by numerous Tech-Priests.
When he was about 100 paces from Li Feng, he suddenly knelt—or rather, not knelt, because the Fabricator-General's lower body consisted of tracks and wheels, and he had likely adjusted the height of his hydraulic suspension.
The Fabricator-General suddenly lowered himself, prostrating his entire body on the ground, and then heavily knocked his head against the ground.
He straightened up, took a step forward… prostrated himself again, knocking his head once more.
Li Feng had never encountered such a display!
When he took Sanguinius on vacation back to his home country to meet his parents, they drove to Tibet for a road trip, and he had certainly seen what this was on the way!
"Prostrations."
However, Li Feng suddenly remembered an interesting incident when he and Sanguinius visited the Potala Palace.
Li Feng had been studying the interior design and art decorations of the Potala Palace… and Sanguinius placed her palm on a sentence on a white wall.
This made Li Feng decide right then that he would marry no one else but this girl… "The walls here are built with sweet butter and milk, and these wonderful fragrances are offered to the Buddhas inside… But I smell no fragrance here, nor do I feel anything sacred… I only smell the blood and tears of serfs, and I feel the grand evil."
Sanguinius's words exploded in Li Feng's mind like thunder.
He lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and then strode towards the Fabricator-General, who was performing prostrations.
The Battle Sisters had also just followed behind Li Feng.
With every step Li Feng took, the priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus knelt one by one.
"Stand up! No kneeling!"
The Fabricator-General now raised his head.
The thick haze above Mars was pierced by sunlight, striking Li Feng's head, and in the Fabricator-General's eyes, it seemed as if the sun was speaking to him.
"messiah, what do you mean?"
"What is the sign of our evolution from monkeys to humans? It is the ability to use tools.
We have evolved from the Stone Age to the present, from slash-and-burn farming to mechanized fields and fully automated factories…"
"messiah?"
"All of this was not given by God but created by ourselves.
God did not help us in the past, nor will he in the future.
What is the purpose of our advanced technology? It is to no longer depend on God.
If God dares to defy the will of humanity, then it is time for us to stand up and shout at God: 'Go to hell!'"
…Terra, Throne Room.
At this moment, on the Golden Throne, the Emperor saw this scene and immediately snapped his fingers with psychic power, pointing at the psychic screen… "Shhh~ (psychic whistle) Look, look, look! What does it mean to be a golden human? This is what it means to be a golden human! I know now why you chose this man… Hahaha, I'm itching to join in!" (Leonardo DiCaprio meme from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood')
Sanguinius continued to busy herself with her imperial decrees.
She was not at all surprised by Li Feng's words.
She had read Li Feng's philosophical essays, so she naturally knew what his thoughts were like.
Sanguinius took off her glasses, took a sip of coffee from beside her, and glanced at the Throne… "Old Huang, is there a possibility… that the AI rebellion happened because AI was created by humans? 'Like Father Like Son' (Why is this phrase in English? You can check Horus's lines.)"
"Sanguinius, I know what you are hinting at… but I hope this is the last time you say such things."
"What? You don't allow people to talk about your failures? I know this is a sore spot for you, but have you ever considered why? Why did you fail, and 'lost the wife and lost the army'?"
Suddenly, a powerful psychic pressure vibrated from the Throne, and a barrier automatically rose around Sanguinius.
Sanguinius was too lazy to argue with him, so she picked up her computer and coffee and returned to her room.
Mars.
Li Feng's words were recorded one by one by the surrounding Tech-Priests, and this passage even subverted the doctrine of the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars, because in their doctrine, all knowledge and technology were bestowed by the omnissiah.
Not only the Adeptus Mechanicus, but even the Battle Sisters behind Li Feng were stunned.
In fact, if Li Feng hadn't held the title of "friend of the emperor," that recent statement might have been treated as sedition.
And the Fabricator-General still looked up at Li Feng, even though Li Feng's words echoed his own inner thoughts.
Almost everyone who rose to the high ranks of the Adeptus Mechanicus had some atheistic tendencies.
When the Fabricator-General learned that the friend of the emperor was the omnissiah, he suspected that Li Feng was merely a golden human or a "demigod."
But now, he truly believed in the existence of a god, and that god was standing right before him… "You may not be the messiah… but you must be God…"
Li Feng suddenly gasped, taking two steps back.
He pointed at the Fabricator-General, not knowing what to say.
So, all his previous rambling had been for nothing.
"Forget it, take me to see your factories.
Don't kneel.
Kneeling is one of the most troublesome rituals in this world."
At this, the Fabricator-General stood up, and his two mechanical arms made a gesture of invitation.
"messiah, please…"
As Li Feng's party and the Fabricator-General entered the main hall of the Martian Adeptus Mechanicus… and seeing Li Feng and the General enter, the Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-Priests outside also showed expressions of bliss.
"Hehehe~ omnissiah~ His words contain great wisdom…"
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