Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 613 Let's enter the electrical age!
Thus, this enormous building came into being in the testing grounds.

Hughes designed a huge reinforced concrete house from scratch, with concrete providing support and the densely interconnected steel bars forming the Faraday cage itself.

Faraday cages have two main effects: one is to shield against electromagnetic interference, and the other is to prevent high-voltage discharge impacts.

That is, to prevent lightning strikes.

The electric potential of the entire cage is equal. Even if lightning strikes directly inside a Faraday cage, there will be no harm. This is why it is best to take shelter in a building or car during thunderstorms, as both of these environments can be regarded as simple Faraday cages.

Castel is located in the Ocean of Storms, which, as it is named after storms, is naturally covered by countless thunderstorms all year round.

After the Deep Sea War, the storms in the Storm Ocean became significantly less frequent, and Hughes always suspected that the storms in the sea might have something to do with the sea god.

Now that Poseidon is inside the stellar furnace, thunderstorms have naturally decreased.

After the accident, Hughes thought even deeper: if the sea god was related to thunderstorms, could the evil in the electric current also exist in lightning?
The establishment of the Faraday cage also prevented this, which can be considered as killing two birds with one stone.

"Inside this newly built Faraday cage, our experiment has stabilized! The currents generated before all had various inexplicable fluctuations, making them extremely difficult to use, greatly reducing the lifespan of subsequent equipment, and sometimes even causing accidents such as overheating and fires, making them completely impractical."

"And now, look!"

Inside the room was a small steam engine that powered a thick metal disc.

"This is a simple generator. The stator is a magnet, and the rotor is a coil. As long as the rotation speed is constant, it can generate a stable current!"

The stoker beside the steam engine was applying grease to the bearings to calm the engine. At Richard's signal, he patted the steel casing of the steam engine and lit the boiler's combustion chamber.

The water in the boiler slowly boils, and the scalding steam enters the steam chamber, driving the flywheel to rotate.

After the gears in the gearbox adjusted the speed, the generator rotor also started to rotate. Hughes's gaze followed the wires that were connected and looked at a small section of metal wire encased in glass behind it.

The metal wire gradually turned red, and soon after, bright light burst forth from it, casting a small patch of light.

It was a simple light bulb, and the filament material hadn't been properly adjusted. It melted in a short while, but that ray of light was imprinted in everyone's hearts.

Electricity, this is electricity, the foundation of human civilization. If boiling water marked the beginning of industrialization, then the use of electricity has truly made humanity stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods.

Energy has taken on a new form, with power grids spreading across the land changing the course of civilization.

Hughes still had some dark spots in front of his eyes from the light, which were caused by staring directly at the filament. He suddenly felt a stinging sensation in the tip of his nose.

He had wasted too much time in this world, dying time and time again, before finally arriving at this island.

Surrounded by enemies, Castel could only develop industry cautiously. After finally producing some things, he had to grit his teeth and fight against the monsters in the sea.

Having come this far, he finally saw a glimmer of hope, and no one understood the significance of this faint current better than him.

While others might only think of new weapons and more factories, Hughes was thinking of his homeland.

Blue Star.

That blue planet, Earth, truly dominated by humankind.

With the steam engine, he might have been able to unify the entire continent, but he could only gaze at the stars and sigh from this land.

But with electricity, he will be able to reach the stars and the sea, and explore the distant Milky Way. Poseidon? How much seawater is on a planet? The energy released in a single instant by the eternally burning sun can make the ocean boil.

When Hughes named the furnace beneath Castel the Stellar Furnace, his heart had already soared to the heavens, but his body remained in this ditch, held firmly to the earth by gravity.

At this moment, in Castel, human civilization has taken its most crucial step.

Even in such a malicious world and dangerous research environment, he successfully opened the door to electricity. How could he not be excited?
“Richard, do you know that even if Castells ultimately fails, and you, me, and this island all become dust of history, it will be worth it as long as the research method of electricity can be passed on.”

Hughes clenched his fists.

"From then on, nothing could cause human civilization to fall into eternal ruin. Neither cognitive interference, nor pollution nor the extraordinary could hinder it anymore."

Richard was stunned. He looked down at the fused metal wire.

"Rely on this?"

“It’s all thanks to it,” Hughes said with a smile. “The industrial system we have today is built on nothing more than boiling water. What you see in front of you is indeed a weak current that can only bring a moment of light, but it’s like that boiling kettle that can support the whole world.”

Richard scratched his head, looking at the metal wire in front of him, still somewhat incredulous.

Human civilization? Can it really be changed by this electric current?
"Let's compile the relevant information. Remember this moment, my friend. You will see it in your textbooks in the future."

Hughes patted Richard on the back, satisfied, and prepared to leave.

He plans to increase investment in research and development here. The most difficult part has been overcome, and the next research results should be explosive.

Castells' industrial capabilities will soon reach a new level, and he will be very busy.

But Hughes had only taken two steps in his excitement when Richard called him back.

"My lord."

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

Richard looked puzzled and scratched his head. "My lord, I haven't shown you my research results yet."

"Huh? There are research findings too? Isn't power generation a research finding?"

"This power generation is indeed an achievement, but it's far too small. If this were all, I wouldn't have reported it to you."

Hughes blinked.

Thinking about it, it seems to be true. Richard is a down-to-earth person; the last time he came to report on his research results was with the Dragon's Breath Cannon.
"You mean, there's a research achievement on the scale of a dragon's breath cannon?"

“This is much more exciting than that, my lord.” Richard said excitedly. “Come, let’s go to the testing grounds outside.”

The testing grounds outside? Outside the Faraday cage?
Hughes was a little confused. The generation of electric current required the use of a Faraday cage to isolate interference. What was he going outside for?
There's no way to make the generator work properly from the outside!

"Here's the thing, I discovered that the interfered current becomes volatile and extremely difficult to utilize, so I wondered, could something so volatile be used as a weapon?"

(End of this chapter)