Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 174 Do you want to start a new church?
Hughes couldn't help but shudder. In his memory, the Candlelight Society's churches were often located in the center of a city, just like this one, close to the center of Castel. If a church in such a location needed to be defended...
Xiu Si suddenly became more interested in the history of the past, and he looked at Chloe with a little anticipation.

"this one"

Chloe scratched her head, her orange-red hair a mess, sticking out unruly from the veil of her nun's dress.

"Actually, I'm not too sure. I've never seen a church use this function. I even suspect its main function is to purify pollution."

Her knowledge of the Guardian Inscriptions was almost entirely out of interest. Information on these precious inscriptions was scarce even in the Candlelight Society, and the priests nowadays were almost forgetting how to activate the Guardian Inscriptions.

As for purifying pollution, Chloe was not optimistic. If the effect of this protective inscription in purifying pollution was good enough, the Candlelight Club would have been open every day. There would be no need to spend so much effort to make moon candles. That thing would be a heavy burden even for the Candlelight Club.

"Let's try it again when we have time. We can start by expanding the church. You're right, this thing will be of great use to Castel." Hughes patted the stone wall with satisfaction. "By the way, I remember you said this guardian inscription requires energy?"

"That's right, but it's not a big problem. What it needs is actually fuel, anything that can burn will do. Although the quantity required is not small, we are not short of it."

Chloe's confidence naturally comes from the physical pollution that can be burned. She has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the pollution with the Fire Moth. This thing is extremely resistant to burning. In Zeus' words, the calorific value of combustion is ridiculously high. However, it also has a disadvantage, which is that it is not easy to ignite or extinguish.

To put it simply, it is most suitable for working conditions that require continuous operation without stopping. It is very troublesome to shut down the steam engine powered by it every time, and the pollution that runs around needs to be cleaned up, which is something that almost only the Banshee can do.

Extraordinary people like Chloe have to stay away from them. It is somewhat counterintuitive that mortals are more resistant to pollution than extraordinary people, but they are no match for the banshees who share Zeus's purification ability.

Providing energy for the Guardian Inscription is very suitable for pollution. Once the Guardian Inscription is turned on, it will run for a long time and there is no need to stop in a short period of time.

"I plan to build a huge furnace underground, relying on burning pollution to drive the Guardian Inscription. By then, the Guardian Inscription should be able to cover the entire island as the church expands. I will design the furnace according to this scale."

"It sounds good, but putting this thing underground? Have you considered the heat dissipation problem?"

Chloe choked. She had never really thought about this, mainly because she had no experience in burying the machine underground. In her opinion, it didn't matter where you lit the stove.

Due to the location restrictions of the Guardian Inscription, this furnace can only be placed underground. In fact, cooling underground facilities has always been a very troublesome issue. The earth has excellent insulation effects. A typical underground parking lot can be kept warm in winter and cool in summer without air conditioning. However, if you want to place equipment underground, heat dissipation must be considered.

Not to mention the furnace, the underground railway that Hughes planned to build encountered a lot of trouble. Ordinary subways use electric motors as power, but early subways used steam engines as power. At that time, special heat dissipation channels had to be designed to deal with waste heat, otherwise the carriages would turn into steamers in minutes.

A steam engine can at least release heat in the form of water vapor, but what Chloe plans to build underground is a furnace.
Zeus couldn't even imagine what this thing would make the ground look like. Does it mean that in the future, to add fuel, he can only let the Banshee use her flesh and blood magic?
Castel has one volcano and that's enough, don't create a new one!

"Well, you should study the modification of the Guardian Inscription first. Give me a copy of the furnace design so I can modify it and then redesign the cooling system." "How about adding more vents?"

"That does work, but the effect is limited. You have buried the furnace underground, so there must be a more efficient way to dissipate heat. Then the material of the furnace may have to be redesigned. I wonder if the current refractory bricks can withstand it." Xius shook his head. He actually had some ideas about this matter a long time ago.

For example, water cooling.

Many nuclear reactors are built near the sea or rivers in order to use water for cooling. Castel is an island, so perhaps he could plan some underground waterways.

Why does it feel like more and more stuff is being stuffed underground? The Webway Project is probably about to upgrade to 2.0 mode. It feels like if they keep digging at this rate, Castel will eventually hollow out the underground. This trend is already happening under the manor; the underground palace there is already far larger than Hughes's manor.

"Alright, you're the lord, you have the final say." Chloe pushed herself up with both hands and sat on the table where the priest was presiding over the service. "But I have one thing to remind you. We'd better hurry. Changing the protective inscription will be discovered because the church's anchor point is also inside. You know what the anchor point is, right? I just told you a few days ago."

Zeus nodded. Ever since he learned that Castel had lost contact with other Candlelight churches, Chloe had spent some time explaining the entire communication process to him. He was very interested in the mysterious Sea of Unconsciousness. He had never expected that the Candlelight Society could establish an anchor point there and communicate with each other across distance.

"The changes I plan to make this time will inevitably cause turbulence in the Sea of Unconsciousness. An unstable anchor point is quite conspicuous and will attract the attention of the Candlelight Society. Now, for some reason, our anchor point has been disconnected from the outside world. Although this has caused us to completely lose contact with the outside world, it has also prevented the Candlelight Society from spying. Those Mind Whisperers are really annoying."

She smacked her lips in dissatisfaction, as if recalling some bad memory, and her brows raised.

"Then we'll do it as quickly as possible. I'll mobilize the construction team to prioritize the church renovation. The Banshees will also simultaneously expand the church's outer walls toward the coast until they cover all the fortification sites. Construction on the interior of the church can be kept simple; the fortress near the coast is the key."

"No problem. I'll go over and make the changes right away. I'll send the design of the underground furnace to you."

"Wait a moment."

"What's wrong?" Chloe stopped in confusion. "What else?"

"Have you ever thought about what this new church should believe in? It can't be the Candlelight Society again."

Chloe blinked. "You want to start a new church?"

(End of this chapter)