Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 98 You got the Machine Soul out! ?
The study fell silent, with only the occasional sound of Monica sniffling.

"Did I understand correctly? You said the solution to the problem of physical pollution being difficult to burn is to curse it? What do you mean?"

"It's about scolding it with words and belittling it."

Hughes opened his mouth, unsure what to say. What if the fuel refused to burn? Should he just curse?
Is it easier to ignite when you're angry? What the hell is this?

Isn't this too idealistic? Wait, idealism?
Is this really a characteristic of fuel? Hughes's eyes sharpened.

"Isn't this cognitive interference? When did you do this?"

"Well, it's been several days, there's no problem at all, and the entity that was scolded for the pollution is burning better."

Zeus felt that his worldview had been challenged. The lack of cognitive interference showed that Monica's discovery was correct. If the fuel didn't want to be burned in the boiler, a scolding would be enough. Isn't this idealistic world a bit too idealistic?

How can we use this? Should we equip each boiler with a fuel incentivizer in the future?

Or to put it another way, political commissar?
Specifically do ideological work before the fuel enters the furnace?

"Knowledge is indeed polluted. Just thinking about this kind of scene makes me go crazy."

After sitting in his chair in a daze for a long time, Hughes suddenly raised his head again: "So how did you break the steam engine? Did you curse it?"

Monica showed an embarrassed expression: "Sorry!"

Xius: “?”

"No, you really had an argument with the steam engine? Did you scold it so much that it went on strike?"

This style of painting is not right. Suddenly, a bit of inspiration came to Zeus's confused mind.

"No, why didn't this happen when I started the steam engine? What did you do to the steam engine? Why does it have the characteristics of life?"

He assembled the steam engine himself, started the boiler himself, and successfully conducted a trial run.

Even if this world is an idealistic world, Monica shouldn't be the only one who can discover it. Why did it work fine when he used it?

"Well, it's like this." Monica told the story a little uneasily.

She pestered Sister Ash for a long time, and finally got permission from the annoying Ash to participate in the entity contamination experiment.

Although burning physical pollution may not seem dangerous, if the pollution is released carelessly, it may harm the residents of the island. You must know that these pollutants are not dead objects. They will move actively and are always trying to escape from the combustion chamber of the boiler.

Monica tried all kinds of strange ideas in front of the polluting boiler. Insults were already a relatively normal method, but in the end she found that scolding was the most effective.

Reaching into the fire and hitting it is effective, but this will hinder the burning of the fire and may accidentally damage the pollution that has already started burning - once the pollution is attacked, it is likely to start striking again.

In short, these fuels are very troublesome. Although Monica has tried some tricks, she still feels that they are not practical.

So she decided to let A Nuo do the scolding for her.

"Wait, who is A-Nuo? Did you come up with that name?"

The corner of Hughes' eye twitched.

"It's a friend summoned by my friend."

So Zeus watched helplessly as Monica raised her hand and summoned a sea snake.

"Can this thing talk?"

"Of course not. Have you ever seen a snake talk?"

Monica said confidently with her hands on her hips, and Hughes choked.

"So how did you let Ah-Anu scold me?"

“Just give it a mouth.”

Monica stood in front of the fire. She was tired of cursing and her mouth was dry.

The pollution did manage to burn normally, but this method was a bit too tiring for her throat. She had six hands, but not six throats.

She raised her hand and summoned a sea serpent.

"You, just call it 'Ano', go and scold it!"

The sea snake looked at the twisting and wriggling pollution in the fire, then turned to look at Monica and fell silent.

"Aren't you ashamed of not even being able to curse?"

"Other snakes have learned to bite nitroglycerin and explode themselves. I asked you to go and curse, but all you can do is stand here like an idiot."

"I command you to learn to curse immediately!"

The sea snake lowered its head in shame.

After venting her anger on the sea snake for a while, Monica discovered that its throat could only support hissing at most and was completely incapable of swearing, so she changed direction - since it had no throat, she might as well find a mouth for it.

What can talk here?
Monica looked around and saw that only the Type II machine was roaring in the laboratory.

Yes, although it can't speak, its voice is definitely loud enough.

"So I figured, since this machine is so loud, why not let it curse its own fuel?"

Hughes: “.”

"So I tried to use Sea Serpent Summon on the Type II. It was super difficult, but I tried for a long time and finally succeeded."

"You summoned a sea serpent from a steam engine?"

"No, I just couldn't succeed at all, so I was wondering what it was that could summon a sea serpent."

"I thought and thought, and suddenly an idea popped up in my mind. Actually, to summon a sea snake, I just need to use magic to shape the body of a sea snake, and then summon a soul to put it into it."

"Then why don't I just stuff the summoned soul into the steam engine instead of using magic to shape the body?"

"Then I succeeded. The steam engine now has a soul and can curse people."

Hughes: “????”

Hughes: “?!?!?”

Zeus felt like his brain had turned into a mess. He now truly felt why knowledge could be a kind of pollution. Were these weird ideas too crazy?

What’s even crazier is that these ideas were successfully realized.

Damn, the steam engine actually has a soul?
Why do machines have souls? Do steam engines really need regular counseling?
Do I need to appease the machine spirit before turning on the machine in the future?

In the past on Blue Star, bosses would often invite masters to bless and pray before running the machines. Does he have to do the same in this world?
No, no, calm down, this should be a temporary effect, everything will be fine after the spell wears off.

Maybe this is cognitive interference, no? This had better be cognitive interference. Does his steam engine operating manual really need to include how to chat with the steam engine?

"Did the steam engine work properly afterward? Forget about the pollution. I don't really care whether it can be burned or not."

Hughes looked at Monica with almost pleading eyes.

Monica shook her head.

"The old man is stuck in the steam engine and won't move. I can't cancel the spell, but it's mad at me now and refuses to work. It won't move unless I get the coal imported by White Crow."

(End of this chapter)