Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!-Chapter 263 - 111 Counterattack

One hour later, on the third floor of the Great Book Collection.

Jin Cheng paced back and forth in the dimly lit basement, his face filled with a look of utter frustration.

"It’s chaos, the whole city is in chaos."

"Those brainless congregants are all spreading stories about ’strange omens’, no matter how we try to suppress it, we can’t hold it down anymore."

"Zhang Tao has rebelled... how could he rebel!"

"He was once one of the most loyal commanders of the Guard Brigade, even had a chance to be promoted to bishop!"

"But now, he’s actually leaned towards the Huaxia Army..."

"He actually dared to refuse my decree!"

"He actually dared to leverage the power of the Huaxia Army to refuse my decree!"

"This is unforgivable, this is absolutely unforgivable..."

Seeing Jin Cheng’s expression nearing frenzy, the Black-clothed Archbishop hurriedly stepped forward, pulling him over to sit down by a chair before soothingly saying:

"Perhaps, Zhang Tao is not betraying."

"Perhaps he was only coerced by those heretics --- in fact, even he appears extremely flustered."

"This shouldn’t be something they premeditated, it’s just that those heretics chose him...."

"But that doesn’t change the fact that he has betrayed!"

Jin Cheng said sternly:

"The moment those heretical war machines stood behind him, he had already betrayed!"

"We must respond.... betrayers must be punished!"

"But what can we do?"

The Archbishop sighed gravely, then said:

"Our strength cannot match theirs, even though we know they wish to force you to abdicate, we have no recourse..."

"No!"

Jin Cheng interrupted the Archbishop, and his expression suddenly calmed down.

"We have a way."

"I know what they want."

"They want a stable Jinling City, otherwise, they wouldn’t expend so much effort to elevate a Zhang Tao."

"They won’t directly make a move against us, because they fear, once they lose the Mechanical God Sect’s management, the entire Jinling City will fall into chaos."

"This is their Achilles’ heel."

"Therefore, they cannot take the path of armed overthrow."

"Their tricks may deceive the common people, but they can’t deceive the Guard Brigade, can’t deceive the most loyal believers in the Holy Hall."

"As long as we insist on not giving up our position, their plan cannot proceed."

"All we need to do is unite the core believers to resist their assaults..."

Jin Cheng paused here.

After a moment of careful thought, he said:

"We must find a way to draw in anyone we can pull in — at any cost."

"Furthermore, we need to prove we are not the ’sinners’ they claim, instead, Zhang Tao is the real sinner."

"Also, my safety must be ensured, I have a premonition that they have already arranged a... judgment for me."

"But I absolutely will not accept such a judgment from heretics."

"Starting today, I will not leave the Great Book Collection."

"This is the safest place in Jinling City.... figure out a way to seal it off, allow no one in or out."

"That’s not enough.... we must find a way to bind my status with the entire Jinling City..."

As Jin Cheng’s words fell, the Archbishop’s eyes flickered slightly.

He didn’t know what "binding" meant exactly, but he could see that Jin Cheng’s intention was clearly that if he were pulled down from the holy seat, he intended to bury the entire Jinling City with him.

This was not a bad choice.

But the question is, how to achieve that??

Bury the entire Jinling with gunpowder?

What a joke, the church doesn’t have that much gunpowder.

Even if they did, there wouldn’t be enough time to deploy it.

The opponent’s plan was already like an arrow nocked on a bowstring, they certainly wouldn’t give the Saint much time to react.

All "physical" bindings could not take effect, but if it was a binding through faith... the opponent was already ahead.

"I can’t think of any good solution."

"Originally, the binding of faith was our greatest trump card, but if the opponent doesn’t want to shake the foundations of faith, and only wishes to ’replace’ it..."

"Then we must prove the immorality of the one being replaced."

Jin Cheng slowly spoke:

"The believers of the Holy Trinity cannot accept an immoral person ascending to the holy seat of the Saint, no matter how rare the ’miracle’ presented before them, if the miracle points to an immoral person, then the so-called miracle can only be reduced to heretical trickery."

"This is the core binding."

"They accuse me of being a sinner, but they have no evidence."

"Failure, mistakes have never been ’evidence’ of immorality, apostasy and blasphemy are."

"I need to know now.... do we have any evidence of Zhang Tao’s blasphemy?"

"Perhaps not."

The Archbishop shook his head, but soon countered by asking:

"But does that matter?"

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A faint smile finally appeared on Jin Cheng’s lips.

He let out a long breath, then said:

"These Huaxia soldiers may understand machinery, but they know absolutely nothing about faith."

"This is our winning hand."

"Years have passed, and countless individuals have tried to dismember and bury the great church, yet faith has repeatedly knit us together, helping us weather crises."

"This time will be no different."

"We must make them understand, the most powerful weapon in this world is not their unmanned machines, nor their cannons or bullets, but our faith."

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