Chapter 276 The Will of the Machine Soul
Xiu Si was delighted. It looked like it would work! Using the soul of Poseidon to build the machine soul and burning the flesh and blood of Poseidon was originally just a bold idea with too many uncertainties. But he didn't expect it to actually work.
Thinking of this, Hughes could hardly contain his excitement. Castel really stuffed the monster from the Pirate King's Court into the furnace. That was the pollution of the entire Storm Ocean! When Hughes first planned the Webway Project, he just wanted to draw some pollution from the deep sea. As for collecting the pollution of the entire Storm Ocean?
Even in his wildest dreams, it had never been part of his plan.
So now I can actually try it? Taking a few deep breaths and suppressing the heat in his heart, Zeus began to contact the banshees in each group and put the contaminated snakes in the appropriate positions.
The monster itself is not big, but after the contaminated snake is included, its size is terrifyingly large.
Therefore, even though the huge furnace occupied the entire church area, it could only accommodate the monster's body, and now all the polluted snakes were thrown outside.
Since the monsters could not be harmed, Zeus' plan was to place these polluted snakes in the reserved spaces in the furnace, directly close the lid of the furnace, and start burning.
As for what will happen to these polluted snakes after burning, Zeus is not sure at the moment. If the furnace with the soul of Poseidon as the machine soul really succeeds in burning the monster, then these polluted snakes should also break apart, and then they can be collected and reloaded into the furnace.
The banshees were adjusting the position of the pollution snakes, while the researchers from the Fire Moth began to reinstall the furnace cover.
The Skyshroud Behemoth airship happened to be there as well. After re-carrying the counterweight, the airship immediately participated in the installation of the furnace cover.
The entire newly built furnace was placed under the cathedral. The cathedral suffered considerable damage during the war, so a large part of it was demolished and rebuilt.
As the top cover of the furnace was restored bit by bit, this time not only Monica and her group, but everyone working nearby gradually heard the humming sound of the furnace, as if this huge furnace was gradually coming alive.
And at the moment when the top cover was completely installed, the whole world seemed to be quiet for a moment.
Hughes was still checking the drawings in the office at that time. The furnace was originally scheduled to be ignited the next day, but the moment after the installation was completed, he knew that this matter could not wait until tomorrow.
Hughes' office was in the cathedral, right above the furnace. There were many workers busy in the cathedral's patio. The installation process went smoothly and they didn't even have time to celebrate.
But Hughes suddenly raised his head from his seat.
He felt the will, the will coming from below, beneath the concrete walls, beneath the countless steam pipes, in the steel furnace.
The machine soul was awakened.
This time no ceremony or prayers were needed. Just the moment the sea god's soul came into contact with his flesh and blood, the strong will penetrated dozens or hundreds of meters of rock and concrete, emerged in Zeus' mind, and roared along with his heartbeat.
"Nini, notify all teams that the furnace ignition time will be advanced. It must be ignited today."
"Huh? Why?"
"I feel its strong will. If we don't light the fire today, it will light up on its own. By then, it may not just be the monster that is burning - its will is too strong and it will soon crush the high wall of reality."
Nini opened her eyes wide in shock and was stunned for a moment, not saying a word.
"There's no time left. Go call someone. We have to work overtime tonight."
As Xius spoke, he opened the work group.
The banshees, who had been busy all day, were called up and prepared to be busy all night long, but they did not resist much and were rather excited.
Almost without exception, all of the machine spirits summoned before were unable to communicate, and all the banshees tried one by one.
The only exception is Zeus. The machine soul seems to be naturally close to him. To be honest, this is not surprising. Zeus’s knowledge reserves in mechanics are indeed far higher than others, but it is still a bit discouraging.
And now, each of them can feel the presence of the machine soul.
Almost every banshee can communicate with the machine soul and get a response.
Although the reply was very simple: the machine soul couldn't wait to ignite.
Speaking of which, this machine soul summoned by the soul of the sea god is indeed a little different. The noisy banshees have seen it before. It can talk noisily, but there is no way to communicate back and forth.
The machine soul at the beginning could communicate, but it could only communicate with Zeus, which was not much different from ignoring him.
"Quick, go call the engineers. I can feel the heat in the furnace. If we don't ignite it, it will burn up on its own." Zeus ran down the stairs. The situation was unexpectedly urgent. If the furnace really burned up on its own without them igniting it, it would be a case of cognitive interference, using will to interfere with reality.
A few craftsmen stealing soap can cause the entire island to be polluted. If the soul of the sea god really begins to perceive and interfere, who knows what will happen.
Ignition of a furnace is not a difficult project. Even for such a huge furnace, the ignition steps are just to fill it with fuel - to set it on fire.
Now that the fuel is there, what about igniting it?
An ordinary steam engine only needs a fire starter, and the rest is really not picky. Whether it is wood or something else, it can be successfully ignited. However, when it comes to this furnace, Zeus suddenly recalled the words of the Mechanical Temple: How can steam be desecrated by mortal fire?
Ordinary fire has the sea god as its soul and flesh and blood as its fuel. Can such a furnace really be ignited so easily?
Hughes's steps towards the combustion chamber suddenly stopped.
At this moment he was right next to the furnace, his heart was pounding, and the strong feeling made him turn his head to look at the furnace.
Just a moment later, Hughes decided to follow his intuition. He walked along the maintenance platform to the furnace, gritted his teeth, and placed his hand on the huge steel creation.
The next moment, strong emotions surged from the bottom of my heart and instantly filled my entire mind.
The machine soul, the machine soul in this iron body was roaring. It was unwilling to wait even for a moment and wanted to burn the contaminated flesh and blood into ashes.
Xius felt that he could start the furnace with just a thought.
No, that's not right. Something is missing. Something important has not arrived yet. It's not complete yet. Xiu Si was startled and immediately shouted in the mind link: "Monica, come quickly!"
At the same time, he glanced at the platform above the furnace, where there were many workers who had just completed the installation. They were looking around blankly, not knowing what was going on.
It’s bad, we have to evacuate them quickly!
(End of this chapter)
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