Chapter 174 Do you want to start a new church?
Hughes couldn't help but shudder. In his memory, the Candlelight Society's churches were often located in the center of a city, just like this place close to the center of Castel. If churches in such locations needed to be defended.
Xiu Si suddenly became more interested in the history of the past, and he looked at Chloe with a little expectation.
"Well?"
Chloe scratched her head, her orange-red hair a mess, sticking out unruly from the veil of her nun's dress.
"I'm not really sure, actually. I've never seen a church turn this on. I even suspect that its main function is to purify pollution."
Her knowledge of the Guardian Inscriptions was almost entirely out of interest. Information on these precious inscriptions was scarce even in the Candlelight Society, and today's priests were almost forgetting how to activate the Guardian Inscriptions.
As for purifying pollution, Chloe is not optimistic about it. If the effect of this guardian inscription in purifying pollution is good enough, the Candlelight Club would have been open every day. There is no need to spend so much effort to make moon candles. That thing is a heavy burden even for the Candlelight Club.
"Let's try it when we have time. We can expand the church first. You are right. This thing will be very useful to Castel." Xius patted the stone wall with satisfaction. "By the way, I remember you said that this guardian inscription needs to be provided with energy?"
"That's right, but it's not a big problem. What it actually needs is fuel, anything that can burn will do. Although the amount required is not small, we are not short of it."
Chloe's confidence naturally comes from the physical pollution that can burn. She has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the pollution with the Fire Moth. This thing is extremely burn-resistant. In Zeus' words, its combustion calorific value is ridiculously high. However, it also has disadvantages, which is that it is not easy to ignite or extinguish.
To put it simply, it is most suitable for working conditions where the machine has to run continuously without stopping. It would be very troublesome to shut down the steam engine powered by it every time, and the pollution would need to be cleaned up, which is something that only the Banshee can do.
Extraordinary people like Chloe have to stay away from them. It is somewhat counterintuitive that mortals are more resistant to pollution than extraordinary people, but they are no match for the banshees who share Zeus's purification ability.
Providing energy for the guardian inscription is very suitable for pollution. Once the guardian inscription is turned on, it will run for a long time and there is no need to stop in a short period of time.
"I plan to build a huge furnace underground, relying on burning pollution to drive the guardian inscriptions - by then the guardian inscriptions should be able to cover the entire island as the church expands. I will design the furnace according to this scale."
"It sounds good, but this thing is placed underground? Have you considered the heat dissipation problem?"
Chloe choked, she really hadn't thought about this, mainly because she had no experience of burying the machine underground. In her opinion, it didn't matter where you light the stove.
Due to the location of the guardian inscription, this furnace can only be placed underground. In fact, the heat dissipation of underground facilities has always been a very troublesome thing. The earth has a very good insulation effect. Generally, underground parking lots do not need air conditioning to be warm in winter and cool in summer. If you want to place equipment underground, heat dissipation must be considered.
Not to mention the furnace, the underground railway that Hughes planned to build encountered a lot of trouble. Ordinary subways use electric motors as power, but early subways used steam engines as power. At that time, special heat dissipation channels had to be designed to deal with the waste heat, otherwise the carriage would turn into a steamer in minutes.
Steam engines can at least release heat in the form of water vapor, but what Chloe plans to build underground is a furnace. Hughes doesn't even dare to imagine what this thing will burn the ground into. Does it mean that in the future, we can only let the Banshee use her flesh and blood magic to add fuel? Castel already has one volcano, so don't build a new one!
"Well, you should study the transformation of the guardian inscription first. Give me a copy of the design of the furnace, and I will modify it and then redesign the heat dissipation system."
"How about some more vents?"
"That does work, but the effect is limited. You have buried the furnace underground, so there must be a more efficient way to dissipate heat. The material of the furnace may also have to be redesigned. I don't know if the current refractory bricks can hold up." Xius shook his head. He actually had some ideas about this matter a long time ago.
For example, water cooling.
Many nuclear reactors are built near the sea or rivers in order to use water for cooling. Castel is an island, so perhaps he could plan some underground waterways.
Why do I feel like more and more things are being stuffed underground? The Webway Project is expected to be upgraded to 2.0 mode. I feel that if I keep digging like this, Castel will be able to empty the underground sooner or later. Now there is already such a trend under the manor. The area of the underground palace there is already far larger than that of Hughes' manor.
"Well, you are the lord, you have the final say." Chloe supported herself with both hands and sat on the table where the priest presided over the worship. "But I have one thing to remind you. We'd better hurry up. If we change the protective inscription, it will be discovered because the anchor point of the church is also inside. You know what the anchor point is, right? I just told you a few days ago."
Zeus nodded. Ever since he knew that Castel had lost contact with other Candlelight Churches, Chloe had spent some time explaining to him the entire communication process. He was very interested in this mysterious place, the Sea of Unconsciousness. He had never expected that the Candlelight Society could actually establish an anchor point in it and communicate with each other across distance.
"The changes I plan to make to it this time will inevitably cause turbulence in the Sea of Unconsciousness. Unstable anchor points are very eye-catching and will attract the attention of the Candlelight Society. Now our anchor point has been disconnected from the outside world for some reason. Although this has caused us to completely lose contact with the outside world, it has also prevented the Candlelight Society from snooping. Those mind whisperers are really annoying."
She smacked her lips in dissatisfaction, as if she had thought of some bad memory, and her brows raised.
"Then we will do it as soon as possible. I will mobilize the construction team to rebuild the church first. The Banshees will also expand the outer wall of the church to the coast at the same time until it covers all the fortification sites. The construction of the church interior can be simpler. The fortress near the coast is the key."
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"No problem. I'll go over and modify it right away. I'll send the design of the underground furnace to you."
"Wait a moment."
"What's wrong?" Chloe stopped in confusion. "Anything else?"
"Have you ever thought about what this new church should believe in? It can't be the Candlelight Society again."
Chloe blinked. "You want to start a new church?"
(End of this chapter)