Chapter 168 The Evil God Steam Engine, start!

Gaia's idea seems a bit outrageous at first glance. The Mechanical Temple has no connection with the Rhine and Castel. How can their prayers react to the machine soul?

But if you think about it carefully, this is actually the most likely option. After all, Chloe completely replicated the ritual of the Mechanical Temple, and the only variable here is the machine soul.

Besides, the cost of giving it a try is not high. Didn’t Zeus successfully purify the evil god’s steam engine just now? At worst, he can just purify it again.

The steam engine is already available. Castel has recently started preparing for war, and Nini has been working overtime to madly expand the production capacity of the steam engine. Now she can use it to turn fossils into mud while she is sleeping. Gaia also often comes to the test site here. She knows that there is a newly assembled Type II machine in the warehouse, so she can try it on the spot.

"Then let's try again. Please, the three of you, please perform the ritual again."

Chloe and Monica nodded together, "No problem."

"Wait, wait!" Gaia opened her eyes wide. "Do I have to participate, too?"

"Of course, we have to control the variables. Just now, it was you three who performed the ritual successfully together, and you are familiar with the process. I'm counting on you!" Zeus patted Gaia's shoulder.

The expression on Gaia's face fell. She actually had to perform the ritual in front of so many people. When she thought about having to follow the rhythm while swaying to apply oil on the machine and being watched by people, she felt terrible.

“This is too shameful!”

"A little sacrifice for science."

Soon, several banshees brought a new steam engine from the warehouse, along with a can of pollution. It now seems that the steam engine with the machine soul can burn pollution stably, but communication with the machine soul is still a bit troublesome.

Zeus commanded the banshee to place the steam engine on the other side of the factory, and then everyone stepped back to give space to Chloe and the other two.

Monica started dancing with the parts again, while Chloe chanted the prayer in a serious manner - in the dim firelight, she was dressed in a nun's uniform and looked solemn, which added a sense of sacredness to the ceremony.

Only Gaia tapped her toes on the ground awkwardly. She hoped that there wouldn't be so many people watching, but Xius refused with a very high-sounding reason. After all, they had just watched the ceremony and this was just a control variable.

She was just a fisherman's daughter, and performing in front of so many people made her face turn red.

Fortunately, the ceremony went smoothly, and soon, Chloe opened her eyes again, her orange-red hair rising slowly and rhythmically.

"Light the sacred boiler and awaken the soul in the steel!"

She suddenly raised her voice and chanted to the steam engine.

Monica and Gaia also stopped what they were doing, and they all looked towards the combustion chamber of the steam engine with anticipation.

It was filled with fuel, exactly the same as the one in the old man's room, but the steam engine in front of him just stood there quietly, with no sign of igniting at all.

After a long while, Hughes asked tentatively: "Failed?"

"It seems so." Chloe sighed. "After the ceremony just now, I felt a vague sense of connection, but now I don't feel it. I won't be mistaken."

Monica and Gaia also nodded, they both felt the same way.

The banshees discussed in low voices, and Zeus smacked his lips, feeling a bit of a headache.

Could it be that the success of this ritual is really due to the machine soul?

In other words, an organization thousands of miles away designed a half-finished ritual that could not be used alone because an important condition was only recently researched by Castel? This was too absurd. The key point was that a ritual that could not succeed was passed down like this. It can only be said that the Mechanical Temple is worthy of it. It is estimated that they could not imagine that their ritual could actually summon the evil god from the steam engine.

No, it should be said that it was a good thing that their ritual did not succeed. If the evil god was really summoned, it would not be easy to deal with it with just a mortal organization, especially in Rhine, the capital of the empire.

"Monica, summon another machine spirit from the steam engine and let's try again."

"Oh, is it possible? Really!?"

Monica's eyes lit up immediately. She had long wanted to recruit a few more steam engine spirits, but Zeus had always forbade her to do so. After all, Castel had not yet mastered the method of pleasing the spirits, and these machines that might strike were somewhat of a hidden danger.

"Go ahead. At worst, I can move my office here and maintain these two machines. Anyway, I can communicate with the Machine Soul." Xius waved his hand. The relationship between the Machine Soul and the Evil God was too important to him. It might not be a bad thing to figure it out one day earlier.

"Great!" Monica cheered and rushed towards the steam engine.

"Light the sacred boiler and awaken the soul in the steel!"

A raging fire ignited in the combustion chamber, and a wonderful sense of connection was born from the cold steel machine, spreading along the light of the flames to the three people who had completed the ceremony.

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Chloe, Gaia, and Monica looked at each other, all three of them with surprise on their faces: "It really worked. The prayers of the Mechanical Temple combined with the Machine Soul can actually summon the evil god?!"

"No, it's not an evil god. At most, it's just a projection of some existence. It doesn't pose any great danger. It's really strange that the condition for its birth is that there is already a soul living in the steel." Chloe walked to the steam engine and carefully felt the things inside.

“Is this thing safe?”

"I think it is safe. It has not really descended, but exists here with the help of the machine soul. Even listening to its whispers will not bring pollution - this is the biggest difference from the evil god."

"Can evil gods also whisper?"

"Yes, and long-term listening will gain some knowledge, but of course it will also bring more pollution. As for this steam engine, I feel that it is not talking about knowledge, but something else." Chloe closed her eyes, carefully sensed for a while, and then shook her head. "No, I can't hear it clearly. It's too blurry."

Monica held the jar full of pollution, opened the furnace door and poured the pollution into it. The pollution went smoothly into the combustion chamber as if there was no burning flame inside.

Hughes rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes.

"Let's put it here and observe it for a while. If it really doesn't cause any harm and can run stably, it might be of great use."

Chloe looked at Hughes in surprise: "You mean..."

"We are so short of fuel right now. If we can't rely on physical pollution, the steel mill will soon shut down." Hughes spread his hands.

"Even if it is an evil god, if it is willing to work for Castel, it is acceptable."

(End of this chapter)