Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 166: "Shall Steam Be Profaned by Common Fire?"

"So you understand what I mean, right? The Mechanical Templar merely wrote some prayers and fabricated some procedures. They don't meet the relevant requirements of the ritual at all. It will never summon the evil god. You can rest assured. I won't joke with our safety."

"You mean this can't succeed?"

"Yes, I saw that those prayers were written with great care, so I recited them, thinking that maybe they would make the machine spirit happy." Chloe nodded and said confidently.

"Then what is this?" Hughes pointed at the steam engine, which was still roaring and burning pollution, and roaring madly in words that no one could understand.

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Chloe opened her mouth, wanting to say something but ultimately got stuck. This was completely inconsistent with her understanding of the mysticism, but the ritual was a success. She really had summoned some evil...something unknown. The roaring steam engine in front of her made it impossible for her to deny it.

The expression on her face wavered, revealing a confused look of self-doubt.

"This shouldn't be the case. I don't think I did anything, right?"

"Could it be that there are too many of us watching and we've reached the required number of people?"

"You think it's just about gathering numbers? It requires unwavering faith. Do you have unwavering faith?"

"We seem to be determined to have fun." Chloe turned around angrily. Hughes scratched his head and walked closer to the steam engine: "So what on earth is it? Where's Ano?"

Hearing the word "Ano," Monica suddenly jumped up and rushed to the steam engine with a terrified expression: "Yes, yes, where is my Ano? If it's not Ano, then where is Ano!?"

Her mouth pursed, tears welled up in her eyes, and she walked up to Xius, grabbing his hand and swinging it back and forth: "Anuo, Lord Anuo, please save Anuo."

Xiu Si raised his hand to stop the other banshees who wanted to come forward, and licked his lips: "I actually want to know too. Let me give it a try."

"My Lord! Don't go over there, that steam engine is still very dangerous!" The banshees came over.

"It's okay. If you're worried, just cast a flesh and blood magic on me." The banshees behind him looked at each other and nodded. One of the banshees put her hand on Zeus' shoulder.

With the magic of flesh and blood, lighter injuries can be ignored directly. Even if someone like Nini withstands the explosion in the water, he will not die immediately. As long as he is not dead, the symbiotic contract can save him.

Hughes took a deep breath and gently placed his hand on the steel of the steam engine - with the flesh magic, he wouldn't even get burned.

Closing his eyes, his consciousness gradually sank, and Zeus tried to communicate with the soul in the machine, the light existence in the steel, with his heart.

“Where is it!*&”

It was still a meaningless roar, but Zeus seemed to hear some fragments, and this existence seemed to be looking for something.

And when He noticed Zeus - no, He did not notice Zeus, He was not thinking, He was not rational, He was just searching subconsciously, moving forward subconsciously, Zeus inexplicably had this feeling in his heart.

When Zeus noticed this, He seemed to notice Zeus as well, and a certain connection was generated between the two.

"If you truly are the Evil God," Zeus muttered, eyes wide open, sensing the connection. Sure enough, the next moment, the roar from the other side intensified. It wailed and sang, as if contaminated by fire, as if crying out in pain, as if expressing regret. Zeus could not understand its words.

Well, it’s not like the evil god is completely incapable of responding. At least he does react when he is purified.

Zeus thought of this scene when the two sides were connected just now. Although he didn't know why, all the pollution that came into contact with him would be purified. Now it seems that the evil god's body is no exception.

The evil god in the steam engine wailed for only a moment before being cleared away. This time was far too short compared to the body of the worker Zeus. It seemed that Chloe's guess was correct. What appeared in the steam engine was not the evil god himself, but fragments with some connection?

Zeus narrowed his eyes. Chloe summoned the fragments of the evil god through the ritual of the Mechanical Temple?

Does the Mechanical Temple really worship machines?
As the strange existence was cleared away, the pollution in the boiler suddenly became violent. They madly attacked the four walls of the boiler, and the furnace cover was about to be knocked open.

But the next moment, a huge force pressed them tightly inside the boiler, and the furnace cover was closed tightly.

"Ah Nao, long time no see."

Feeling that silent but familiar presence, Zeus smiled from the heart. This was the machine soul he was familiar with.

A-Nuo still seemed to dislike this name. Its flywheel spun faster, making a squeaking sound, as if in protest.

The pollution in the boiler is no longer as docile as before, but the heavy and solid steel keeps it tightly contained, giving people an inexplicable sense of security.

"Okay, say hello to everyone." Hughes patted the steam engine and turned to look at the people in the room.

Chloe showed a somewhat strange expression, stepped forward cautiously to touch, and felt the will of the machine soul under the steel. Gaia hid behind the snake tail of a banshee, and poked her head out to look over curiously. Monica burst into tears and rushed over to hug the steam engine.

"Wuwuwu, ah, I thought I would never see you again, I was so scared." She wiped her tears and snot everywhere. "I almost mistook someone else for you just now. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, wuwuwu, please don't ignore me in the future, I really don't want to admit my mistake again."

Big drops of tears hit the outer wall of the scorching combustion chamber and were evaporated into curls of steam. Steel does not believe in tears, and the machine spirit will not be weak or hesitant, but the roaring exhaust port sound was finally a little smaller, as if afraid of scaring this crying flesh and blood body.

Does steel also look forward to being hugged? This thought inexplicably occurred to Hughes.

"Thinking about it carefully, there are indeed quite a few doubts." Chloe leaned over and whispered, "Do you remember what the Mechanical Temple said?"

Which sentence? He seemed to know only one sentence, which Chloe had told him before -

"How can steam be desecrated by mortal fire?" Hughes said slowly.

"Yes." Chloe nodded seriously. "I've seen their machines before. They don't have machine spirits, nor do they have those strange things like before. They're just ordinary steam engines. That's why I was careless."

She licked her lips. "But look—how can steam be contaminated by common fire? If not common fire, what are they burning?"

(End of this chapter)