Chapter 125: Conversion

Luolita:... Today, the Andrew Steel Mill produced its first batch of molten iron. This batch of iron has already begun to be forged. Ruide Huai'en, a blacksmith from within the city, believes that the quality of the iron newly smelted by the steel mill is completely up to standard. He will use this batch of iron to forge 300 Chinese-style kitchen knives. If any players need them, they can go to the general store on Store Street to purchase them. Additionally, Ruide Huai'en has also recruited two apprentices from the Orphanage. These two apprentices are both loyal Believers of the Calamity Church, and they will come to work at the steel mill after they finish learning smelting knowledge.

After logging off, Luolita organized Gannaer's information, posted it on the forum, and made a special feature.

Then, while she was at it, she posted the latest situation regarding the steel mill.

Ai Ai who can draw: I didn't expect the iron smelted by the steel mill to be made into kitchen knives at the first opportunity; it's truly unimaginable.

Kindergarten: Think about how much wasted money I spent when I was trying to sell savory crepes back then. Just that crepe pan alone cost me 500 Tana, and that was made from scrap metal.

Preschool to Kindergarten: Wait, the savory crepes I ate was made using a scrap metal pan?

Small Food Stall to Preschool: You can't even really call what you ate savory crepes; I think it wasn't even as good as a wrap...

Feng Buxi: At least we can customize ironware now. @Zhongshan Laoren, I suggest you provide a customization post so we can place orders freely.

Zhongshan Laoren to Feng Buxi: That's not possible for the time being; we don't have the equipment for batch forging. However, Bishop Andrew believes we can first go to the Wisdom Church to see if they have the latest types of equipment.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Andrew was in his room looking through a manual provided by the Wisdom Church.

This manual detailed the various machines that the Wisdom Church could currently provide, and the Wisdom Church was willing to provide loans to buyers, or contracts that could be offset by items produced in the future.

Because of the players' reminders, Andrew felt it was necessary to go and scout out this information, otherwise, there would be no one to buy the steel products he produced later on.

This process was long; he knew he could not be overly hasty, but he had to have a direction.

The Wisdom Church had quite a few new inventions, and many things were not in the newspapers.

Besides the printing presses and typewriters he had heard of, there were many large machines, such as spinning machines, weaving machines, power generators, forging machines, and so on... The categories were varied, and they looked quite bulky, yet the introduction claimed they were almost omnipotent.

Not only did they sell machines, but the Wisdom Church also sold workers; skilled workers could be purchased at a high price.

Every piece of machinery was priced dearly. Andrew only took a look before feeling that this was a price he could not afford.

He could only hope that the Lord of Calamity would summon more new Believers to let them forge utensils by hand.

Putting down the book, Andrew remembered the two young girls who were still being detained. He had never had contact with people from the Death Church before, but that did not mean he lacked understanding of them.

Although it was not the case that everyone from the Death Sect would run to Tana City, Tana City would not lack people from the Death Sect.

When that Empress was still a Princess, she was already sending Believers of Death to Tana City. In Andrew's memory, sixteen Death Believers had been captured five years ago. These Believers were sold back to Gannaer by the Wealth Church; it was said that this Princess had paid a high price to redeem them.

He still remembered that chaos, which caused the deaths of hundreds of civilians. The Wealth Church gave a portion of the redemption money to the relatives of these civilians; some people chose to go into business and became wealthy because of this money, while others became even more destitute because they had this money.

"I'm so hungry." In the basement, the stomachs of Ruili and Rita both growled. The two of them had slept until evening, and when they woke up, the place where they were being held had changed.

There wasn't even a window in the room, but there was no strange smell, and the bedding was very soft.

There was neither the sound of mice nor mosquitoes or insects. It could be seen that the people here were relatively particular and did not have things like dungeons.

Soon, the door was pushed open, and Andrew entered the room, followed by Ye Laoshi and his two apprentices.

It wasn't that Ye Laoshi wanted to follow; it was just that he happened to return, preparing to log off and sleep.

Ye Laoshi would never use up all his time in the game every day. He was a very particular person; he only played in the game for about eight hours a day, and the remaining time of the day would have eight hours allocated to work and another eight hours allocated to accompanying his family.

However, hearing that there was going to be an interrogation of people from the Death Sect, driven by a spirit of inquiry, Ye Laoshi still followed Andrew.

Not only did he come, but he also reminded Andrew that the detainees might still need to eat, so the group brought dinner for the two sisters as well.

Smelling the aroma, Lita's stomach let out a rumble, while Rita blocked her in front.

It could be seen that the old man in front of them was likely the leader of these people who lacked souls.

"No need to be nervous, this is your dinner. Seeing that you slept too soundly during the day, we forgot about sending food; I am very sorry." Andrew was already a mature Bishop and looked very kind, but it was precisely this kindness that made the two sisters even more afraid.

Even though the food was placed in front of them, they were unwilling to move an inch. Even if the smell made their mouths water, they dared not eat it easily.

Who knew if there was poison in it...

Rita's guard was very high. She said cautiously, "Where exactly are we, and who are you?"

"You must be Rita. No need to be afraid of me; my name is Andrew White, and this is Ye Shengzu, a believer of our church, along with his two apprentices." Pointing at Ye Shengzu's young face, Andrew said without changing his expression, "I know you are worried, but we have no malice. You trespassed into our church's territory, so it is impossible for us to let you leave, not to mention that you are Believers of the Death Sect. Even if we let you leave, I'm afraid you would be sent back to Gannaer if you were caught. I don't think you want to go back, right?"

"What do we have to do?" Rita said calmly.

"Convert to our church, that will do," Andrew said indifferently.

The Lord of Calamity did not mind whether the people under His command had previously held other faiths.

He accepted witches, He accepted Illusionists who had believed in the Beauty God, and He could even accept that thief... Two more Believers of Death were no big deal.

Rita shook her head, "We are Believers of Death."

"But your church doesn't necessarily think so. In their eyes, you are heretics." Before logging on, Ye Laoshi had seen the news players posted on the forum, so he helped Andrew by saying, "If the deity you believe in acknowledged you, you wouldn't have run away."

(End of chapter)