Chapter 455, Machine Soul Cleansing
In order to repair and evaluate the condition of the Retribution-class battleship that had just been captured, the entire Combined Fleet would have to stay in the Tiedong II system for a whole day.
Although Gu Hang was not very happy about the time it took, Wang Zhaoran, the ruling bishop of the Mingyang sect and the chief technical adviser of Feiyi Star, did not care about it.
He explained the reason to Gu Hang.
First, the shipbuilding technology of the Tianma Star Region is the best in the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region, but there is still no experience in manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing the Retribution-class battleship. They have never built such a large ship, and it takes a whole day to build such a large ship.
The second is the extent of the Chaos corruption the ship has suffered, which is quite serious, and this is a bigger problem than the former.
In fact, when Wang Zhaoran told Gu Hang that he could get the boat back, although he seemed very confident, he was actually not that sure.
but……
"Teacher, aren't we deceiving the Governor by doing this?" His apprentice couldn't help but ask Wang Zhaoran in a low voice while working.
Wang Zhaoran's mechanical arm pushed the apprentice's head back and said, "Work hard and stop talking nonsense."
Another apprentice smiled and said, "Teacher, if you put it this way, what if Governor Gu gave up the plan to seize the ship? How can we have the opportunity to contact such a large ship?"
Wang Zhaoran nodded slightly.
He really meant that.
Moreover, if it was just a Retribution-class ship, it would be fine, but the key is that it is one that is deeply corrupted by Chaos.
Chaos corruption is certainly not a good thing, but isn't it a fairly rare situation?
A rare battleship plus a rare state of corruption, how can the oil man not be tempted?
He must come!
However, the current situation was still a little beyond his expectations.
If it was just a mechanical problem, it would be easier to deal with. Although Wang Zhaoran had no experience in dealing with the Retribution-class battleship, after all, a lot of naval ship technical knowledge was universal. The most important thing was that the damage to this Retribution-class battleship was not that serious, so he just needed to figure out how to sail the ship.
But the problem of corruption is different.
The Mechanicus believes that all mechanical creations in this world, from super starships as huge as cities to the most ordinary guns, have souls.
This is the so-called 'machine soul'.
Whether it is changing the battery of a laser gun, or applying oil to the tracks of a Lion tank, or using incense and chanting scriptures to bless a Space Marine before going out to battle, these are all ways to appease the machine soul. If the machine soul is very happy, it can make the mechanical creation more stable, or even perform beyond normal; if the machine soul is unhappy, it will malfunction.
Of course, although this saying is quite popular, those who take it seriously are mainly the Mechanicus and those who believe in it.
The concept of machine soul is a bit mysterious, and quite a number of people don't believe in it, or don't understand it.
At that moment, Wang Zhaoran confirmed that it would be extremely difficult to rescue this battleship.
The main problem is the rebellion of machine souls caused by chaos corruption.
The corrupted machine soul is violent and bloodthirsty, filled with a maddening power.
Driving this ship for only a short period of time might be okay, but if it lasts just a little longer, all crew members will be in danger of being infected and going crazy.
A mad crew member may suddenly launch indiscriminate attacks on the ship on the battlefield, or even carry out evil rituals on the ship and summon the demons of the abyss.
This kind of problem cannot be solved by repairing a few devices and components on the ships. It requires a very long and complex technical means to solve the corruption problem on the machine soul.
In fact, Wang Zhaoran was not sure whether there really was such a method to soothe and purify the machine soul.
At least he won't.
After handing over the basic ship inspection and maintenance work to the students, he spent the rest of the day trying various ways to try and see if various methods of calming the machine spirit were effective.
He made fifteen attempts, and failed in every one of them.
There was no movement at all. During the process of communicating with the machine soul, he couldn't even feel the machine soul of this Retribution-class battleship giving him any feedback. All he heard was always violent roars.
In fact, he didn't dare to try again. Every time he tried to communicate with the machine spirit, he could feel a lot of mental pressure. After all fifteen methods failed, although he still had a few tricks, the probability of them being effective was extremely low, and it might even make him fall into the abyss...
That's not necessary.
The next day, when he met Gu Hang, he didn't dare to hide anything or make up stories anymore, and basically told him everything he knew.
At this point, he was still a little nervous.
Before he came, he said he could sail the boat back.
Now... he didn't break his promise, he could definitely drive it back. But if the problem of the ship's corruption was not solved, what was the point of just driving it back? It would not be useful in actual combat.
Even if it simply stays in the starport, there is a risk of corruption spreading.
But Gu Hang didn't seem to care too much about it.
He smiled and said, "As long as we can drive back, let's go back now without further delay!"
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Different from what Wang Zhaoran was worried about, Gu Hang was not afraid of chaos corruption. What he feared most was that the ship's mechanical structure might encounter some major, unsolvable problems.
If this problem really arises, he will be helpless and can only admit that this operation has suffered a huge loss.
But fortunately, this problem did not occur due to his carefulness.
As for the problem of corruption, he had a solution.
He couldn't quite understand what the Mechanicus called the 'machine soul'. In his opinion, the religious meaning of that thing was greater than its practical significance.
In this universe that is not materialistic or scientific at all, Gu Hang will not easily deny such a mysterious thing. If it exists and is widely recognized by a large part of the population, then it may become true.
However, Gu Hang has his own way of dealing with the current situation.
He really didn't understand what it meant for the machine soul to be corrupted, but he could solve the problem in a very simple way: use thunder and storm power to clean the ship from top to bottom, inside and out, from every component of the ship, even every screw.
With the power of storm and thunder, he would wash away all the blood god aura that stained this warship.
Maybe washing once is not enough, so wash it ten times or a hundred times.
When this battleship is in the real universe, in a place where the 'tyrant' cannot interfere, and is baptized by the power of thunder again and again, it will eventually be cleansed.
By then, the corrupted machine soul should also be cleared of corruption!
(End of this chapter)
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