Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 276 The Will of the Machine Soul

Xius was delighted, it looked like it would work!
Using the soul of the sea god to construct the machine soul and burning the flesh and blood of the sea god was originally just a bold idea with too many uncertainties, but unexpectedly it actually worked.

Thinking of this, Zeus could hardly contain his excitement. Castel really stuffed the monster from the Pirate King's Court into the furnace. That would pollute the entire Storm Ocean!
When the Webway Project was first planned, Zeus only wanted to pump some pollution out of the deep sea. As for collecting pollution from the entire Ocean of Storms?

Even in his wildest dreams, it had never been part of his plan.

Now I can actually try it?
Taking a few deep breaths and forcibly suppressing the heat in his heart, Zeus began to contact the banshees in each group and place the polluted snakes in the appropriate positions.

The monster itself is not big, but after adding the contaminated snake, its size is terrifyingly large.

Therefore, even the huge furnace that occupied the entire church area could only accommodate the monster's body, and now all the polluted snakes were thrown outside.

Since the monsters could not be harmed, Zeus' plan was to place these polluted snakes on the space reserved in the furnace, directly close the lid of the furnace, and start burning.

As for what will happen to these polluted snakes after burning, Zeus is not sure at the moment. If the furnace with the soul of Poseidon as the machine soul really succeeds in burning the monster, then these polluted snakes should also break apart, and then they can be collected and reloaded into the furnace.

The banshees were adjusting the position of the contaminated snake, while the researchers from the Fire Moth began to reinstall the furnace cover.

The Sky Curtain Behemoth airship happened to be there as well. After re-carrying the counterweight, the airship immediately participated in the installation of the furnace cover.

The entire newly built furnace was placed under the cathedral. The cathedral suffered considerable damage during the war, so a large part of it was demolished and rebuilt.

As the top cover of the furnace was restored bit by bit, this time it was not just Monica and her group who began to hear the humming sound of the furnace. Everyone working nearby gradually heard the sound, as if the huge furnace was coming alive.

And the moment the top cover was completely installed, the whole world seemed to be quiet for a moment.

Hughes was still checking the blueprints in the office at that time. The furnace was originally scheduled to be ignited the next day, but the moment the installation was completed, he knew that this matter could not wait until tomorrow.

Hughes' office was in the cathedral, right above the furnace. There were many workers busy in the cathedral's patio. The installation process went smoothly, and they didn't even have time to celebrate.

But Hughes suddenly raised his head from his seat.

He felt the will, the will coming from below, beneath the concrete walls, beneath the countless steam pipes, in the steel furnace.

The machine spirit was awakened.

This time, no ceremony or prayers were needed. The moment the sea god's soul came into contact with his flesh and blood, the strong will penetrated dozens or hundreds of meters of rock and concrete, emerged in Zeus's mind, and roared along with his heartbeat.

"Nini, notify all teams that the furnace ignition time has been moved up. It must be ignited today."

"Huh? Why?"

"I sense its strong will. If we don't light it today, it will ignite on its own. Then it might not just be the monster that burns—its will is so strong that it's about to crush the walls of reality."

Nini opened her eyes wide in shock, was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything.

"There's no time left. Go call someone. We have to work overtime tonight."

As Xiu Si spoke, he opened the work group. The banshees, who had been busy all day, were called up and prepared to work all night long. However, they did not resist much, but were rather excited.

Almost without exception, all the machine spirits summoned before were unable to communicate, and all the banshees tried one by one.

The only exception is Zeus. The machine spirit seems to be naturally close to him. To be honest, this is not surprising. Zeus's knowledge of mechanics is indeed far higher than others, but it is a bit discouraging.

And now, each of them can feel the presence of the machine soul.

Almost every banshee can communicate with the machine spirit and get a response.

Although the reply was very simple: the machine spirit couldn't wait to ignite.

Speaking of which, this machine soul summoned by the soul of the sea god is indeed a little different. The noisy banshees have seen it before. It can talk noisily, but there is no way to communicate back and forth.

The machine spirit at the beginning could communicate, but it could only communicate with Zeus, which was not much different from ignoring him.

"Quick, call the engineers. I can feel the heat in the furnace. If we don't ignite it, it will burn by itself." Zeus rushed down the stairs. The situation was unexpectedly urgent. If the furnace really caught fire without them igniting it, it would be a case of cognitive interference, using will to interfere with reality.

A few craftsmen stealing soap can cause pollution all over the island. If the soul of the sea god really begins to recognize and interfere, who knows what will happen.

Igniting a furnace is not a difficult task. Even for such a huge furnace, the ignition step is just to fill it with fuel - set it on fire and let it burn.

Now that the fuel is there, what about igniting it?

Ordinary steam engines only need kindling, and the rest is really not picky, whether it is wood or something else, it can be successfully ignited, but this furnace
The words of the Mechanical Temple suddenly appeared in Zeus' mind: How can steam be desecrated by ordinary fire?

凡火
With the sea god as the soul and flesh and blood as the fuel, can such a furnace really be ignited so easily?

Hughes's steps towards the combustion chamber suddenly stopped.

At this moment he was right next to the furnace, his heart was pounding, and the strong feeling made him turn his head to look at the furnace.

Just a moment later, Zeus decided to follow his intuition. He walked along the maintenance platform to the furnace, gritted his teeth, and placed his hand on the huge steel creation.

The next moment, strong emotions surged from the bottom of my heart and instantly filled my entire mind.

The machine soul, the machine soul in this iron body was roaring. It was unwilling to wait even for a moment, wanting to burn the contaminated flesh and blood into ashes.

Xiusi felt that he could start the furnace with just a thought.

No, that's not right. Something is missing. Something important has not arrived yet. It's not complete yet.
Hughes shuddered and immediately shouted in the mind link: "Monica, come quickly!"

At the same time, he glanced at the platform above the furnace. There were many workers who had just completed the installation. They were looking around blankly, not knowing what was going on.

It’s bad, we have to evacuate them quickly!

(End of this chapter)