Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 142: Creating the Evil God

This is important information. The evil god cannot hear it, but can speak it. This characteristic seems to be the exact opposite of the machine soul.

The machine spirit cannot speak, but can understand human words.

Zeus couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the machine soul and the evil god were not the same thing, although they were indeed similar in some aspects.

Furthermore, summoning a machine spirit will not cause pollution.

Speaking of pollution, Zeus looked at Chloe.

"How is it? Is it contaminated?"

"There's still a little, but it's not serious. Hmm, it seems this is indeed a good method. Unfortunately, most people can't use it. Not everyone has the ability to purify pollution."

Chloe rubbed her forehead and said with some joy.

"Then I'll keep guessing. I still haven't figured out what the evil god is."

"Still coming? Honestly, I think it's unlikely. The evil god might be completely different from what you imagined."

"Completely different? Am I guessing the angle wrong?"

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"I see. Was I misled in the wrong direction? For example, summoning an evil god isn't really a summoning?"

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"It's not a summoning. There has to be some reason why the evil god was born from the flesh and blood of the body. Would the extraordinary be contaminated and turned into an evil god?"

"Oh, that's not right."

Chloe sighed.

"Think carefully, you used the body to summon the evil god, which means that the evil god can be born through a fixed process."

Chloe shut her mouth.

"At the same time, the evil god can also take away pollution. The evil god is cultivated by pollution!"

Chloe shook her head. "The evil god's ability to remove pollution is a unique ritual of ours. It has nothing to do with the evil god itself. The more I speculate, the more biased I become. Let's give up."

"It has nothing to do with pollution? Then it has something to do with the extraordinary? Must some kind of extraordinary power be used to summon the evil god?"

"wrong."

This is quite interesting. The evil god is not bound to any supernatural power?

What would it be?
It is really hard to imagine that mortals can summon evil gods.

There were many extraordinary people involved in the ceremony when the Fire Moths summoned the evil god.

What ordinary people can do
Hughes rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes.

He suddenly remembered the two boxes of soap Alexi brought that day. The same production line, the same process, actually produced completely different things.

Those are also done entirely by mortals, which Hughes calls - cognitive interference.

That is, interfering with the entire material world with personal cognition will indeed change the matter itself, but it will also lead to pollution.

If mortals can interfere with the world through their cognition, then can they create evil gods through their will?
Combined with Chloe's statement: The evil god was born from flesh and blood. Boots filled with water
Zeus suddenly remembered the body of the worker Zeus, which was full of pollution.

If certain other conditions are met, is it possible to limit the contamination of cognitive interference to just one body?
Xiu Si thought for a moment, then stared into Chloe's eyes and spoke: "The evil god is another form of cognitive interference. Individual will interferes with this world, leading to the arrival of the evil god."

Chloe's eyes widened instantly and she pursed her lips tightly.

Guessed it.

Zeus was also shocked. He was a little dazed. The evil god actually came from cognitive interference!?
Can the wrong cognition of ordinary people cause the evil god to come into the world?

This this.
It turns out that the cultists are not worshipping an evil god, but their worship is actively creating evil gods! ?

The church is restricting people's thoughts because wrong thoughts can bring evil gods into the world! !? !
How does such a weird world work?!

No wonder the Candlelight Society wanted to kill the worker Zeus. The stories he told might have created one evil god after another. No wonder the church wanted to monopolize knowledge and technology. These things really brought pollution and destruction.

In fact, Zeus has always been curious about why a sect like the Fire Moth that yearns for scientific research is called a cult.

They are obviously rational and cautious.

It now seems that knowledge always carries pollution, so learning knowledge is actually polluting oneself. To outsiders, they seem to be madly embracing pollution, then deliberately shifting their cognition to create evil gods. The purpose of creating evil gods is to remove pollution, and the purpose of removing pollution is to be exposed to more pollution.
Fire moth.

The most dangerous cult on the Candlelight Society's list.

Zeus suddenly realized that in a crazy world, those who can remain sane are the craziest.

Hell, he should have guessed it when he found out the group was using the Candlelight Church as their headquarters.

If the truth is crazy, then the act of pursuing the truth itself is crazy. As Nora said, truly normal people, after discovering the truth of the world, use ignorance to protect themselves instead of going to explore.

Oh no, maybe I’m actually crazy too, but I just don’t realize it.

Hughes quickly shook his head, and he suddenly remembered what Chloe said - a firm will has always been a high wall that solidifies reality.

He needs to strengthen his will and firmly believe that he is normal and not crazy.

This is an idealistic world. It doesn't matter whether you are really crazy or not. As long as you feel that you are not crazy, firmly believe that you are not crazy, and unwaveringly believe that you are normal, then you can remain normal.

It doesn’t matter whether you are crazy or not, what matters is whether you feel you are crazy or not.

Chloe saw the change in Zeus's expression and couldn't help but sigh. "Actually, summoning the evil god isn't that easy. It requires meeting many strict conditions, so don't worry too much. As long as you're cautious, it's still safe."

Hughes curled his lips. "Your methods are indeed cautious, but your goals are not so cautious. The pursuit of truth and knowledge has nothing to do with caution."

"So we are fire-chasing moths."

Hughes choked.

"We are cautious because we are rational enough, and we pursue the truth because we desire it. This world may be a rotten mud pond, but if we look up, we can still see the starry sky."

Chloe laughed and really raised her head. Her gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the ceiling of the room, through the thick soil and bricks, through the stained glass on the dome, through the distant space of tens of millions of light years, and look at the unchanging stars.

What's so good about these things?
She didn't know, she just yearned for it subconsciously, like a moth inexplicably yearning for a flame. There was no reason. If she liked someone, why not pursue it?

Even if it turns to ashes.

There is nothing to argue about. They are cultists. It is normal for cultists to be a little crazy.

Careful, cautious, bold, crazy, this is the fire moth.

(End of this chapter)