In November 1161 AD, a new religion called the Steam Order came onto the stage of history, predicting that a new energy source called "steam" would emerge, completely changing the existing industrial structure and social system.
What brought all this was the great god who dominated the power of steam: Alexander, the god of steam engines.
On the new year of 1162 AD, Watt, the president of the Royal Research Society of the Kingdom of Great Brita, suddenly announced his conversion to the belief in the God of Steam Engines. Starting from this, in just three months, more and more scientists announced that they would join the Steam Order.
Among them were many great scientists who were already well-known in the mainland. This incident shocked the entire Western Continent, and was known as the "Steam Baptism" in history. It also caused the reputation of the Steam Order to be widely spread, almost overnight.
, everyone in the Western Continent knows about such a new church.
In 1166 AD, Watt, the great scientist who was the first to join the Order of Steam, claimed that under the guidance of the great steam engine god, he had invented a brand-new machine that could effectively solve the problem of insufficient productivity. Based on his piety to the god, he decided to
This machine was named after the gods, proving that it enjoys great divine grace and glory, namely: steam engine.
From this moment on, history moves towards a track of rapid development. Work that relies on manpower and manual work is gradually replaced by mechanized production. More and more factories and chimneys stand up. Countless industrial products flow into every household, and sophisticated guns and cannons
The generals are fully armed, and there has never been an era so vibrant, full of vitality and vitality.
It was not until later that the internal divisions of the Steam Order led to the two-hundred-year-long Steam Holy War. The increasingly fierce war caused a great stagnation in the development of the era. Until now, people still have not been able to get over the pain it caused. That
The legacy left by this war to human society, whether positive or negative, is countless.
However, the above is only the history known to mortals, and in the history of occultism, this holy war has extraordinary significance, because it is the first time that the "conception of gods" appears in the eyes of the world.
In December 1252 AD, Saint Midea of the original Order of Steam appeared in Rheatom, the "City of Chongsteel" in the north of the Kingdom of Great Brita, and gave a speech in the Cross Garland Square, declaring that the current Order of Steam,
Belief in gods is no longer pure. Steam, as a force that leads the world to a new era, should be sacred and noble and should not be in the hands of everyone. Only those who pass the test can prove their piety to gods.
Only people can be qualified to follow the divine power.
The Order of Steam arbitrarily shares the glory of God with those ungrateful mortals. Even pagans who do not believe in the steam engine god can use the power of steam at will, let alone those who try to use filthy money and power to blaspheme the sacred. They are undoubtedly heretics.
In order to change this situation, she will respect the decree of the gods and bring about a destined change, so that the divine power will be attributed to the divine, and the faith of mortals should also be attributed to faith.
This is the famous "December Declaration". Afterwards, facing the doubtful believers, Saint Midea prayed to the sky and summoned the first conceived god in history: the arrival of the steam engine god Alexander.
So, amidst the roar of the steam engine, a mechanical kingdom made of huge steel gears and exposed metal bearings descended from the sky. The giant shadow of God covered the sky and the earth, and a brass ring surrounded the entire city, like a planet in motion.
The orbit brings about the eternal stagnation of time and space. Everyone trembles and worships. This is the famous miracle in the history of religion, the "mecha deus ex machina".
In the face of the power of the steam engine god Alexander, the city of Rheatom was declared to have fallen, but no one was injured or killed. Instead, they all became believers of Alexander the Machine God, even the bishops of the major dioceses who had originally resisted the most stubbornly. This was no exception.
A group of people broke away from the Order of Steam and established the Alpha Knights with "Steam Supremacy" as its core doctrine. They should not have betrayed, but they became the first betrayers. This fact surprised many people until later.
, the mysterious and evil refining power was exposed to the world, and they understood the truth.
As a member of the association, Wade Locke, the captain of the Arbitration Team A-1152, is directly responsible for the balance of order. He knows more than these people because he is already qualified to read various materials archived within the association. Although limited by the confidentiality level,
It is destined to be impossible to understand too deeply, but the inside story of the so-called "refining magic" is very clear, and we also know how much harm they will bring.
A group of researchers headed by the association's philosopher "Malda" once submitted a report to the leader titled "Research on the Embodiment and Homogenization of Faith". The report clearly mentioned that the power of faith
It is an energy directly linked to the soul, and the essence of the soul is the sum of emotions. The stronger the emotion, the greater the energy. In other words, the conceived gods born from the power of these beliefs are essentially
The physical form obtained after countless strong emotions triggered reactions.
Therefore, it is conceivable that gods can exert a reverse influence on living beings through the power of faith, control their emotional wavelengths, and form a special resonance with themselves. The affected living beings will fall into an extremely fanatical state while they are conscious.
This state can even transform ordinary people who are not religious into the most extreme martyrs. Martha and the researchers named this process - "refining".
They suspected that Saint Midea, who summoned the steam engine god Alexander, and the group of people who defected from the Order of Steam to form the Alpha Knights, were probably refined by the steam engine god Alexander, which caused such a violent incident.
transformation.
After that, Saint Midea, with the assistance of several refined Steam Order researchers, invented the "Glory Holy Stone" with the magic circuit as the core. Through the radiation of magic power, the influence of the power of faith was
Expanded, so that the living bodies in the radiation field of the holy stone spontaneously formed a subconscious field that resonated with the conceived god. In this way, the captured soldiers and most of the people were refined, and they were transformed into fanatical believers of Alexander the Machine.<
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This refining ritual using the Radiant Holy Stone as the medium was called the "divine gift ceremony" by her. In later generations, many sects led by Time and Space Ingmar who believed in the conception of gods called it Holy Stone Magic. Within the association, it was directly
It is named according to its effect, which means refining magic.
The scary thing about refining magic is that the person being refined often doesn't realize how sudden his psychological change is. Instead, he believes from the bottom of his heart that he should be a believer of this god, and that he should be a believer in this god.
She has such devout faith.
Their spirits have not been destroyed or destroyed, and therefore they can still maintain their sanity, which can be seen from the fact that the refined researchers can continue to conduct research. However, their common sense has been distorted, becoming the most
Extreme religious terrorists often do things that others cannot understand. Even if it is for their own gods, whether it is fraud, betrayal, killing or starting a war, it is just a necessary sacrifice for them.
That’s all.
Fanatic yet rational believers are definitely the most harmful group of people in the world. There is no doubt about this.
The goddess who has sealed herself inside the corrupt crystal, the golden holy stone on her chest is the only medium for refining magic. The "Glory Holy Stone" created by Saint Midea herself will conceive the god-Yuanjiangda
Zun's power radiated and amplified, forming a subconscious field that could cover the entire city of Nimsher, and began to release a refining storm, trying to refine all living bodies within the range and transform them into believers of God.
It should be noted that the refining of living bodies by conceiving gods is not an instinct, but a spontaneous action; it is not a goal, but a means to achieve the goal. In other words, they are refining believers,
Enhance one's own strength to achieve certain goals of one's own.
The gods are born from strong wishes and can naturally understand all human emotions. Their countless strong human natures will drive them to respond to the prayers of believers and use their own existence as a blueprint to create an "idealized world" for "gods."
"Country". But they are worshiped as gods, and they will only fulfill their missions in the way of gods. They appear pure and cold, more like a machine without emotion. Therefore, what kind of "" do they want to create?
"Kingdom of God" depends entirely on how the underlying logic that constitutes their existence interprets the meaning of their birth.
In the past, believers in the Steam Order were overly enthusiastic about the steam engine and the "industrial age" it represented, believing that it was the most glorious form of civilization created by mankind. At that time, no one had seen the consequences of the excessive development of capital and industry.
It has many disadvantages, so people are still singing and praising it.
And the machine god Alexander, who was born from this strong sense of pride and longing, tried to rely on the huge power of faith to create an absolute time and space cage, stagnating the world's time here, and stagnating it in this place where only the roar of the steam engine can be heard.
In the era of Xiao, she will be the sole ruler of this mechanical country, and in order to listen to the wishes of her believers, she will guide them towards a future as cold and eternal as machinery.
That is what the steam engine god Alexander wants to create - the stagnant universe and the eternal mechanical kingdom.
And now, what kind of divine kingdom does she want to create, the conceptual god Yuanliang Great Lord, who was born from the fusion of the Spring Spirit God Tifu and the Earth Mother Spirit God Titan?
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Wade Locke looked nervously at the majestic figure in the snowstorm, as if he were looking at an insurmountable mountain range. Rochelle had become the Earth Mother Spirit God and the Spring Spirit God merged, and now they can do anything.
No, we can only wait for the sect to unite with several bishop-level members in Nimschel City to fight against it, which may be delayed until the arrival of the Crimson Night Gate.
The premise is that before this, the refining of the God of Conception - Lord Yuandi will not cause too much chaos to the city of Nimsher. Otherwise, even with the support of the Crimson Night Gate, the situation will be out of control. "Captain!" Agil's voice came to his ears: "The second wave of refining storm is coming!"