Chapter 455, Machine Soul Cleansing

In order to repair and evaluate the condition of the just-captured Retribution-class battleship, the entire combined fleet will stay in the Tiedong II system for a whole day.

Although Gu Hang was not satisfied that it took so long, Wang Zhaoran, the ruling bishop of the Mingyang Sect and the technical general advisor of Feiyi Star, was not impressed by this.

He had already explained the reason to Gu Hang.

First, the shipbuilding technology in the Tianma Star Region has surpassed the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region, but it still has no experience in manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing Retribution-class battleships. I have never built such a big ship before, and it would take a whole day to build such a big ship.

The second is the extent to which this ship has been corrupted by Chaos, which is quite serious. This is a bigger problem than the former.

In fact, when Wang Zhaoran told Gu Hang that he could get the ship back, he acted very confident, but in fact he was not that sure.

but……

"Teacher, aren't we lying to the governor?" His apprentice could not help but ask Wang Zhaoran in a low voice while working.

Wang Zhaoran's mechanical arm pushed the apprentice's head back: "Work hard and don't talk nonsense."

Another apprentice smiled and spoke at this time: "If the teacher had not said so, what would happen if Governor Gu gave up his plan to seize the ship? How do we have such an opportunity to contact such a big ship?"

Wang Zhaoran nodded slightly.

That's exactly what he meant.

Moreover, even if it is just a Retribution-class ship, the key is that it is deeply corrupted by Chaos.

Chaos corruption is certainly not a good thing, but isn't it a fairly rare occurrence?
With a rare battleship and a rare state of corruption, how can an oil guy not be tempted?
He must come!
However, the current situation is still a bit beyond his expectation.

If it's just a mechanical problem, it's actually relatively easy to handle. Although Wang Zhaoran has no experience in dealing with Retribution-class battleships, after all, many naval ship technical knowledge is common. The most important thing is that the damage to this Retribution-class ship is not that big to begin with. It is just a matter of figuring out how to sail the ship.

But the issue of corruption is different.

The Adeptus Mechanicus believes that all mechanical creations in the world, from super starships as huge as a city to the most ordinary gun, all have souls.

This is the so-called 'machine soul'.

Whether it is changing the battery of the laser gun, or oiling the tracks of the Lion tank, or using incense and chanting blessings from scriptures before the Space Marines go off to battle, these are all ways to appease the machine spirit. When the machine soul is happy, it can make mechanical creations more stable and even perform beyond normal performance; when the machine soul is displeased, malfunctions will occur.

Of course, although this statement is relatively popular, it is mainly taken seriously by the Mechanicus and the people who believe in the Mechanicus.

The machine soul thing is a bit mysterious, and quite a few people don't believe 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 power that makes people crazy.

Driving this ship may be fine if it is only for a short time; but if the time is just a little longer, then all the crew members will be in danger of being infected and going crazy.

The crazy crew members may lead the ship on the battlefield and suddenly start to carry out indiscriminate attacks, or at worst they may start evil rituals in the ship and summon the evil spirits of the abyss.

This kind of problem cannot be solved by repairing a few devices and components on the ship. It requires a long-term and complex technical means to solve the corruption problem on the machine soul again.

Even Wang Zhaoran wasn't sure if there really was such a way to appease and purify machine souls. At least he won't.

After handing over the basic ship inspection and maintenance work to the students, he spent the next day trying various methods to see if various methods of appeasing the machine spirit were effective.

He made fifteen attempts, and failed on 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 the Retribution-class battleship giving him any feedback. All he heard was always the violent roar.

Even later, he didn't dare to try again. Every time he tried to communicate with the machine soul, he could feel a lot of mental pressure. After all fifteen methods failed, although he still had a few more tricks, the probability of them being effective was extremely low. On the contrary, he might also fall into the abyss...

That's not necessary.

The next day, when he came in front of Gu Hang, he didn't dare to hide anything or make up anything, and basically explained what he knew about the situation truthfully.

By this time, he was still a little uneasy.

Before he came, he said he could sail the boat back.

Now...he didn't break his promise, he could definitely drive back. But if the problem of ship corrosion is not solved, what's the use of just driving it back? It simply cannot be used in actual combat.

In fact, even if it is simply parked in the star port, there will be a risk of corruption spreading.

But Gu Hang didn't seem to pay much attention to this.

He smiled and said: "As long as we can drive back, it's okay. Without further ado, let's return now!"

……

Unlike what Wang Zhaoran was worried about, Gu Hang was not afraid of chaos and corruption. What he was most afraid of was the ship's mechanical mechanism, where there would be some big, unsolvable problems.

If there was such a problem, he would be helpless and could only admit that this operation was a huge loss.

But fortunately, this kind of problem did not happen due to his caution.

As for the problem of corruption, he has a solution.

He couldn't quite understand the so-called 'machine soul' of the Mechanicus. In his opinion, the religious significance of that thing was greater than its practical significance.

In this universe that is neither materialistic nor scientific at all, Gu Hang will not easily deny such mysterious things. It exists and has been widely recognized by a large part of the population, so maybe it is false and will become true.

However, Gu Hang has his own way of handling this matter.

He really doesn't understand what it means for a machine soul to be corrupted, but he can solve the problem in a very simple way: using thunder and storm power, from top to bottom, from inside to outside, from every part of this ship. All parts, even every screw, are washed.

With the power of storm and thunder, he washed away all the blood god's aura stained on this battleship.

Maybe washing it once is not enough, then wash it ten times or a hundred times.

When this battleship is in the real universe, in a place where the 'tyrant''s domain cannot interfere, and it is baptized over and over again by the power of thunder, there will always be a time when it will be cleansed.

By then, the corrupted machine soul should also be cleared of corruption!
(End of this chapter)