Chapter 176: The New Mechanical Gods
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The Essence of the Divine Beast Gods.
Although Bing Xue regrated being unable to revive them as she couldn’t repair their “story”, as she saw the marbles crystalize, she began to rapidly understand how these Gods truly existed.
They were an amalgamation of a Story that was Recoded within the Tower or even their World, and which was carried even after their “deaths” as their purest Essence, the fragments of their Story.
The very core used for the Mechanical Gods was this: a crystallization formed from Faith towards a divinity, a being that perhaps didn’t even truly exist in this parallel world.
But that the Ancient Egyptians of this parallel world managed to “create” them out of their own belief and faith towards these deities. They thought that it was their duty to give physical form to their gods.
And right now, Bing Xue was applying a similar logic, forging new cores out of the “Leftover Story” left behind from long-dead Gods.
Similarly to how the Egyptian Gods didn’t exist to begin with within this ancient parallel Earth, she was going to create them once more out of their own leftover Story and Essence.
In fact, it seemed much better and easier than what the Ancient Egyptians had done, as Bing Xue already had materials to start with!
So, the moment the Mechanical Gods were being assembled and given the cores, suddenly, instead of taking days to adapt to their new "hearts,” as Hekita called them, they assimilated them instantly.
The parts that made the Mechanical Gods were a series of incredibly complex alloys, circuits, and nanomachines, which Bing Xue took a long while to learn from.
She had to accelerate the time of her Inner Realm, as she ended up taking around five years to fully comprehend their inner workings by leaving a Doppelgangers there.
For her Five Years inside her Inner Realm, when fully focused, it didn’t mean much, and all the information she gained was simply sent to her main mind once the Doppelganger was done analyzing.
RUMBLE!
The Four Mechanical Gods began to glow brightly, with different colors. Their bodies started to transform, leaving behind their humanoid appearances, which the Egyptian Gods were characterized for.
“T-They’re transforming?!” gasped Merneith. “Don’t tell me that the cores… the new Gods within them, are already adapting to the mechanical bodies to the point they’re transforming!”
“Indeed, that seems to be the case!” Bing Xue laughed. “Incredible!”
“Woooow!” Hekita was fascinated as the metallic parts assembled and combined together constantly, creating loud noises that reverberated everywhere.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
The first machine to change was Set, the God of War and the Desert. His huge machine transformed entirely, absorbing the essence of the {Golden Phoenix of the Bright Sun}; it immediately started transforming.
Its arms became enormous wings, its dog-like head turned into a fierce and beaked phoenix head, and its legs transformed, becoming bird-like, while the rest of its body glowed with gold and red metallic colors.
“CRYAAAAH!”
The Phoenix gave a loud cry, reverberating across the entire pyramid’s interior, making the people watching step back in awe and shock.
But that was just the first of them!
Aker, the Ancient Egyptian God of Earth and the Horizon, the bulky robot that Neheb piloted with three lioness heads, quickly absorbed the essence of {The White Wolf of Life and Harvest}.
Meanwhile, a slender and more snake-like machine, Nehebkau, a God of Snakes and Funerary Rites, absorbed the essence of {The Black Wolf of Death and Withering}.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
And right after that, their bodies immediately changed, leaving behind their original Egyptian God appearances, both of them evolved, transforming into huge, mechanical wolves.
One was gold and white, the other was red and black, with steel horns over their heads resembling crowns, and sharp mechanical eyes glowing with bright yellow and red neon light.
“AWOOOOO!”
Both wolves, who were siblings and could be considered two faces of the same coin and a representation of Yin and Yang within the religion of Elios, howled loudly, making the pyramids tremble even more.
Lastly, the beautiful and feminine-looking machine, Anuket, the Goddess of the Nile, absorbed the gentle and beautiful essence of the {The Gold-Horned White Hare of the Silver Moon}, immediately transforming.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
Her humanoid appearance changed instantly, turning into a giant, fierce-looking hare with silvery-white metallic colors, a half-moon-shaped symbol made of purple jewel in her forehead, long, sharp ears resembling blades, and an even longer and sharper horn made of purple crystal in her forehead.
“KYUUUH!”
Despite its gigantic form, it was the cutest of the four, letting out an adorable sound that made Hekita and Merneith’s hearts melt.
Akhenaten, in the other case, could only watch in utter disbelief at the scene!
“T-This is unbelievable…!” he muttered. “Once more, you’ve gone something impossible…! Four of our Egyptian Gods had been reborn into completely different Gods from another world!”
“Woooaaahh! You guys are so cuteee!” Hekita ran towards them.
The intimidating animal-like machines glared down at her intimidatingly, but Hekita wasn’t intimidated; they quickly lowered their heads, letting her pet their metallic heads.
“Oh, aren’t they nice?” Bing Xue said. “I guess I didn’t really need to worry at all! Merneith, let’s go talk with them.”
“T-Talk? Can they talk?” wondered Merneith.
“If Hekita helped create them, then they must be “upgraded” like Anubis and Ra; their minds must have been developed, and they probably have Spiritual Souls,” Bing Xue explained. “So yes, they should be able to talk a bit, or maybe they can learn to talk.”
“Ooh…” Merneith seemed excited. “Sure, let’s go! They look incredible… Ra! Come out too; talk with them! You need to make more friends.”
“CRAAH!”
Ra manifested behind Merneith as they all walked towards the four Divine Beast Mechanical Gods.
The new Mechanical Gods noticed Bing Xue and Merneith right away, glaring at them with curiosity.
“So you seem to have been truly revived, or so I believe,” Bing Xue said. “Do you happen to remember anything from your previous life though?”
The Beasts glanced at one another.
“I don’t think they remember,” said Hekita. "Also, they unfortunately can’t talk yet! But I think they could soon!”
“Ah, I guess they weren’t like I expected; interesting,” Bing Xue nodded. “Alright then, at least you know your situation and everything?”
Bing Xue asked, and the beasts nodded in unison.
“Looks like at least they’re aware of what they are,” said Merneith. “Okay, I guess we got a lot of catching up to do! Let’s have fun!”
With Merneith and Hekita, Bing Xue dedicated a couple of hours to helping the new Mechanical Beast Gods get used to their new bodies and abilities.
They ran around, flew, did friendly spars, and rapidly began to learn better how their bodies and their powers worked.
As Bing Xue nodded and saw them learning more about themselves, she walked back to her wives and had a conversation with them about her plans for now.
A lot was happening right now, from her son from the future appearing, a certain spider goddess on the loose, the villains and superheroes appearing, and perhaps what else?
But right now, it could be said there was at the very least some sort of stillness; things were happening, but not at the larger scale as before.
Cities aren’t being threatened from being deleted at least; after Dark Matter Man disappeared and she killed Mechanicus, no more dangerous supervillains have appeared.
Although she was sure they might appear eventually, for now she had to consider what to do and move forward instead of sitting around and waiting for things to happen.
Bing Xue had never been that type; she was someone quite proactive.
“So let’s climb the tower for now.” She proposed.
“Really? But your son… Are you ok with just leaving that like that?” wondered Mursha, worried.
“I think it’s fine,” Bing Xue said. “We have to continue growing stronger, and I also want to explore the tower floors from the gods I defeated back then. I think they might be in danger if their God had their soul devoured… so I want to give them a quick visit as we advance.”
“Hmm… Fiery Hair is okay with that! Let’s explore and have fun!” Fiery Hair seemed ready for another adventure. “Bing Bing is bringing disciples? Friends? Family?”
“Yeah, aside from all of you, I was thinking of inviting Merneith, Hekita, my mother and my sister, and… Hmm, maybe Peperina and Yanisse? Juan, of course, yeah, he has to come if Ruby is coming. Whenever something dangerous happens on Earth, we’ll return quickly. But in the meantime, just sitting around is not my thing,” she confessed. “I know you’re all pregnant, so you could choose to stay in my inner Realm or stay in the Pagoda if you want to rest.”
“It would sure be more convenient if the kids were born already,” sighed Urbosa, patting her belly.
“Yeah, and if they grew up a little bit more too?” said Merkite. “Then we could bring them along without issues.”
“It would make things easier, yeah!” said Mursha. “Orc kids become capable of fending for themselves after three years, so that’s not happening any time soon, unfortunately.”
“Three years! Short time!” said Fiery Hair. “Hm… Bing Bing can’t let us be inside Inner Realm? Spend time together, accelerated time?”
“Ah! Yes, well, I’ve been thinking about that for a while now!” Bing Xue nodded. “To think Fiery Hair would come out with the idea… Yeah, how about we spend some time inside my Inner Realm? I will accelerate the time inside, so not only will you be able to relax until the kids are born, but once they’re born, we can wait some more, perhaps a couple of years, until they’re big enough for the dangerous world outside.”
“I hadn’t thought about that!” Urbosa wondered. “Hm… I wonder if it’ll be okay for the kids though?”
“It won’t be longer than three years, judging by how fast they grow…” Bing Xue said. “So how about we take this as our three-year vacation, my loves? I really just want to spend some relaxing time with all of you… While the Inner Realm accelerates for three years, the outside world will only see it as six hours or less, which would make things almost unnoticeable.”
“Oooohh!” Merkite was excited. “Okay, I’m in! I want to just laze around and cuddle with you all day honestly…”
“I-I don’t know if this is exactly okay though… Three years to us would be still a long time! So much could happen to us through those three years,” said Urbosa.
“Well, now that you’re all Immortal Cultivators, your perception of time will slowly change. Three years will become nothing but three days,” Bing Xue explained. “But if you’re not okay with that, then it’s fine; we won’t do it, Urbosa. I need everyone to agree to this first.”
“Ah well, if she doesn’t want that, then it’s fine,” Mursha shrugged. “My kid hasn’t even shown up anyway; I’m fine, and I can fight just fine like before.”
“Fiery Hair can fight too!” said Fiery Hair. "Baby, too small to worry.”
“However, you two are about to give birth in a week or two… So instead of three years, at least two weeks… maybe a month?” Bing Xue wondered.
“Ah, well… Maybe!” nodded Urbosa. “What do you think, Merkite?”
“Sure, sure! I wanted to spend three years though, but ok, a month—no, make it five months! And I’m in,” said Merkite.
“Five months?” Bing Xue asked. “Sure, is that ok?”
“Yeah, I guess it’s ok; it’s the most I’m able to accept,” said Urbosa.
“Alright!” nodded Bing Xue. “Five-month vacations it is!”
Bing Xue had a little scheme in mind though, which will make these five months feel like three years for her kids.
Using special formation techniques and body-developing techniques, she’ll accelerate their growth and mental processing abilities.
This way, although it was literally five months, the kids will grow super-fast!
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