Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 614 Weapons can be uncommon, but not unorthodox.

Can lightning be used as a weapon?

Hughes thought it was probably impossible.

To generate lightning, you need a Tesla coil, which is a distributed parameter high-frequency series resonant transformer that can generate high-frequency voltages of millions of volts. It is basically the best way to generate lightning in the laboratory.

Its overall structure is quite simple. You only need to connect the power supply to the capacitor for charging. When the voltage of the capacitor is high enough to exceed the threshold of the arcing gap, the primary LC circuit will resonate in series, providing a sufficiently high excitation power to the secondary coil. When the two oscillation frequencies are the same and resonate, the energy of the primary circuit will surge to the secondary, causing the inductance and distributed capacitance of the secondary coil to resonate in series. At this time, the discharge terminal voltage is the highest, and thus you will see lightning.

Simply put, an induction coil, a transformer, a lighter, two large capacitors, and a current transformer with only a few turns of primary coil can be combined to form a Tesla coil.

The key point is that a simple structure does not mean it can be put into practical use. First of all, energy storage is a major problem.

Once a shell is manufactured, it can be stored for decades without any problems, provided that the most basic storage conditions are maintained.

Try resetting the battery?
Not to mention that the energy density of batteries is actually quite low; to create the effect of several bombs exploding, the batteries needed would fill a train.

It is difficult to store and transport, and its effectiveness is poor, making it extremely cost-effective as a weapon.

Problems that can't be solved on Earth can be solved here?

As it turns out, it is possible.

"My lord, I was actually quite pleased to hear that an evil entity resided within the electricity. This means that as long as we can successfully launch it, we won't have to worry about its destructive power."

Hughes's eye twitched.

Enemies see lightning and mistake it for supernatural power, but it's actually physical damage. And when they realize it's physical damage, they discover it also inflicts pollution.
Thinking about it that way, it does seem quite suitable as a weapon.

"Moreover, electric current has the advantage of instability. Even we ourselves find it difficult to predict its attack range, let alone the enemy. In addition, its speed is extremely fast, making it almost impossible to resist."

Richard became more and more excited as he talked, and Hughes began to doubt himself. He had clearly asked Richard to study electric current, so how did he end up with a weapon?

Previously, he was asked to study the connection between the body and pollution in order to revive Chloe, but instead, he produced the Dragon Breath Cannon.

He should be a doctor, so why hasn't his medical skills improved, but he's been making increasingly powerful weapons?

Do doctors all have a talent for making weapons?

"We've arrived, my lord."

Richard stopped at the entrance of a testing ground, but instead of opening the door, he led Hughes down into the underground.

“We won’t go up there. As you know, electricity is quite unstable when it’s interfered with by evil spirits, and there are some risks involved.”

Hughes blinked, then suddenly asked, "Your new weapon can cover the entire testing ground!?"

It's worth noting that the land-based test site here is quite large, with an open area nearly 200 meters in diameter.

"We're almost there."

As Richard opened a door, Hughes and he stepped onto the ground and entered a cage.

"Another Faraday cage?"

"Yes, but unlike the previous Faraday cage, this Faraday cage is not for shielding against interference, but for protecting ourselves."

Contrary to intuition, insulating materials can only provide insulation in low-voltage environments. If you are in close proximity to lightning, you would need a Faraday cage made of conductor. If you use insulating materials instead, a high current will be induced in the cage, leading to electric shock.

"So... you really did create lightning?"

"Yes, but the accuracy of this weapon is still lacking, and it's difficult to control the exact point where the lightning strikes."

Hughes' eyes widened: "Damn it, how did you make the capacitor? The capacitor is one thing, but tell me how you managed to make the high-voltage diode, or did you come up with the whole excitation system?"

Richard was taken aback: "What diode?"

"It's about how you rectified it. You couldn't have created high-voltage electricity without building a transformer, could you?"

"Well, my lord, you may have misunderstood something. I referred to the causes of lightning in nature."

Hughes nodded. "I didn't realize Richard had such an adventurous spirit. He probably took a risky airship to the cumulonimbus clouds, observed the ice crystals colliding and electrifying and the air breaking down and discharging, and then conducted experiments."

Just like Franklin used a kite to draw down lightning, but Richard is a superhuman, so it shouldn't be that dangerous for him.
“I consulted the Sea God Church’s scriptures left by the Pirate King and made a lightning-attracting machine based on their storm-summoning ritual.”

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"Then I made improvements. Since no sea god would respond to their prayers anymore, I directly connected the sacrificial position and the sacrificed position from a mystical perspective, and connected them to the sea god's tentacles with wires, successfully realizing a fully automatic sacrifice - the storm generator of response."

"????"

Richard pointed outside, and several stiff Richard clones pulled open the protective shield of the equipment in the field, revealing the tangled runes etched on the steel base.

A clone of Richard led a coyote out of a cage and placed it into a large glass tube within the runic ritual circle.

"This is a sacrificial offering, but it won't actually be sacrificed. You see—"

After the howling coyote was stuffed inside, Richard closed the lid and then pulled the lever next to it.

Hughes then noticed that the glass tube seemed to be a circular communicating vessel. Under the influence of the ritual, the coyote slowly moved forward, circled around, and then came back, before being pushed forward again.

Then, it spun faster and faster.

“Every half-turn forward is a sacrifice, and turning back is a bestowal. The entire ritual runs automatically, with sacrifices and offerings returning automatically. We control the operation of the ritual by the speed of the sacrifices, which should be close to what you call ‘magnetization’.”

“Although coyotes are sacrifices, they are not consumed. Following your naming logic, I think coyotes can be called catalysts.”

“A single ritual is actually very weak. Generally speaking, to summon even the weakest storm, you need to sacrifice the people of an entire town, which would probably require thousands of coyotes.”

"But with automated sacrifice, it's only a matter of time."

The coyote spun faster and faster through the pipe until it was just a blur. At the same time, a deep rumble suddenly echoed from the sky.

Hughes looked up.

Dark, heavy clouds gathered in the sky.

A storm is coming.

(End of this chapter)