Chapter 185 Central Furnace
"Yes, we don't have that much time to proceed slowly. You can start working with your staff first, and I will come over when the time comes. According to the current situation, the people on the island are quite accepting of you, so there is no need to worry too much."
Una nodded worriedly.
Hughes turned to Alexi in front of him and said, "Tomorrow I will go with the Banshees to the ignition ceremony of the Central Furnace. They will also officially appear in front of the people of Castel."
For Hughes, Castel's disconnection from the outside world is not only a crisis, but also an opportunity.
Now, no matter what troubles arise from revealing the Banshee's identity, the problem will remain with Caster and will not be affected by the outside world.
Hughes didn't have to consider anyone's opinion now. Be it the Empire, the Candlelight Society or the Temple of Silence, none of it had anything to do with him. Now Caster was just Caster, and when the battle was over and they were able to come in, people would have already gotten used to the existence of the banshees.
The Banshees are an inseparable part of Caster. Zeus cannot abandon these banshees who follow him no matter what. All he can do is to make the best arrangements possible. The rest will depend on tomorrow.
Alexei took the order and left. There was no conversation all night. The next day, Hughes gave all the workers a half-day paid holiday and organized them to come and watch the ignition ceremony of the central furnace.
The central furnace is located on the west side of the former Candlelight Church, close to the center of Castel Island. It was originally an ordinary hill, but now it has become a huge pit. Circles of roads meander downwards. People gather around the pit. Although there is no one to maintain order, thousands of people are as quiet as a flower field in the early morning.
The main reason was that everything in front of them was too shocking. The workers seemed to be captivated, staring blankly at the huge metal structure at the bottom of the pit.
The giant steel boiler stood in the center of the pit, with twelve riveted steel beams deeply embedded in the rock. The new steel creation was like a newborn beast, slowly opening its eyes to look at the world.
The spider-web-like depressions along the pit wall spread to the bottom, 120 meters deep, where puddles of water from last night's heavy rain accumulated. When the stoker pried open the fuel tank, the harsh sound of metal friction made the workers in the front row take a half step back at the same time.
The design of the central furnace is not complicated. After all, it is just a large boiler, but the key is that it is large enough.
The islanders may not be able to understand the exquisite design, but the huge outline can conquer them at the first time. For industrial products, size is also a part of industrial beauty. Bigger is more beautiful, more is better. There are many people who hold this idea.
And it's really beautiful.
People looked at the densely packed pipes under the huge pit. The pipes with a metallic luster were like blood vessels, leading to the huge central furnace, while the other side was hidden in the ground.
This huge furnace was originally only used to burn fuel to provide energy for the guardian inscription, but Zeus, in line with the principle of efficient use, added a steam chamber to it to utilize its waste heat. In this way, the church above has a lot more steam power available for free. Although he has not yet figured out what to use it for, a redundant design is better than nothing.
The steam engine is not very complicated. Once the turbine blades are successfully manufactured in the future, we may be able to build a power plant directly here.
This is the future cathedral area. A steam cathedral that can generate electricity sounds very exciting! So steam pipes were laid underground, and they will lead to various places in Castel with the roar of steel.
After checking the boiler, the boiler operator waved to the people behind him. They were all students in the advanced class. Ever since Zeus started giving online lessons to the banshees, some unexpected things happened. The banshees have now become the best teachers in the advanced class. The reason is that they can store the online course resources on the mind-linked network and read directly from them when giving lectures.
Although reading PPT is a teaching method that many people hate, it is really different for students in advanced classes. There is a risk of cognitive interference in this world, and what they need most is absolutely correct knowledge to consolidate their cognition.
So the banshees somehow became the teachers of the later advanced classes, and since they could open a mental link and ask Zeus for help on the spot when they encountered something they didn't know how to do, their popularity among the advanced class students soon soared.
Who can resist a teacher who can answer any question on the spot?
Of course this made things difficult for Zeus, as he needed to multi-thread and be chased by a group of banshees asking questions. Fortunately, after asking so many questions, the banshees gradually learned how to do it themselves.
In short, in the eyes of the advanced class students, the status of the Banshees is quite high, and next, they are also the group of people closest to the Banshees.
Under the gaze of the Castel Islanders, a group of banshees slowly walked out of the passage at the bottom of the deep pit.
Una and Nini led the team together. The banshees carried cans one by one - they contained physical pollution, and they were going to add fuel to the boiler.
The crowd around the deep pit suddenly became excited. They looked at the banshees and started talking.
"She, she's a banshee, she's actually a banshee!"
"Oh my god, that's Nini! Lady Nini! I saw Lady Nini!"
"He doesn't look that tall."
"Idiot, think about how far you are from them! Look at the workers next to them, they are much shorter than them."
Xius turned sideways and whispered to Chloe beside him: "Are all the people you have arranged in place?"
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The orange-red light in Chloe's eyes lit up for a moment, and then she nodded: "No problem, they are all here."
This is the ability of [Nymph], the perception ability that Chloe mentioned last time.
They can extend their perception to cover a large area and monitor all situations within the range.
This monitoring ability is quite strong, and almost nothing can escape their detection, but there is a fatal flaw: they themselves cannot move and are extremely vulnerable.
If it were on the battlefield, this ability would need to be used with extreme caution, but now it's just monitoring the crowd, so there's no need to worry too much.
"And another advantage of this ability is that the two nymphs in the web can communicate directly with their minds. It's very convenient. I'm talking to them directly now." Chloe raised her chin proudly.
It sounds somewhat similar to the mind link of the Banshees, but this seems to be a weakened version. The range of the Banshees is much larger than this.
"Xius, there seems to be something going on over there." Chloe suddenly raised her hand and pointed towards the crowd.
(End of this chapter)