Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 648 Gear Sage Syndrome?

"This is one of the greatest relics of the Mechanical Sanctuary, the Gear Sage. He resides eternally in this Gear Sanctuary, lecturing day and night. However, the content of his lectures is too profound and extremely obscure to understand."

After Hela finished her introduction, she frowned and thought for a moment before continuing:
"The believers of the Mechanical Sanctuary used to attend classes here, and occasionally some people would gain some insight from these obscure sermons, but unfortunately, this is becoming increasingly rare."

Castel and his group stood silently in the Gear Sanctuary, staring intently at the machine "human" who was giving a speech.

Castells could use steam engines to power enormous locomotives, send massive airships into the sky, and make fully loaded cargo ships sail on the sea, but he could not create such intricate humanoid machines.

Richard's research team spent a long time studying the relevant technology, but now, let alone completing it, they can't even come up with a complete solution or approach.

With limitations in the electronic control system and numerous difficulties in manufacturing servo motors, not to mention brain-computer interfaces, which even Earth before Hughes's transmigration couldn't develop, he naturally couldn't offer any help.

Out of necessity, they lowered their standards again and again, and finally only planned to create a body for Nora that could barely move. Not to mention fine manipulation, they just wanted to be able to pull her around by her head, but they couldn't even do that.

In other words, the machine in front of them, capable of writing and drawing on a blackboard, has surpassed Castells' most cutting-edge technology.

Erwin and Zoe had only heard about it, but Gaia spent all her time at the cutting-edge research institute and knew better just how technologically advanced this machine standing in front of the blackboard truly was.

It is not fixed to the ground, but actually stands on two legs—a very unstable structure that requires constant adjustments to maintain balance. If you look closely, you can see that it is constantly making tiny adjustments, and its center of gravity is constantly changing.

This technology, which calculates the body's condition based on the current situation and then adjusts it in real time, could be used as a fire control system with the addition of a photosensitive element. Combined with a Gatling gun, it could realize the sentry emplacement that the lord mentioned.

That incredibly sophisticated control technology could be used to create robotic coyotes that could be armed with bombs and charge into battle in place of soldiers.

Gaia suddenly felt a bit absurd. She had thought that Castel was the most advanced power on the entire continent, but these technologies in front of her were so advanced that she might not even be able to understand the principles behind them, let alone have Castel imitate them.

Isn't that mechanical creation giving a lecture right now?

It spoke the common language, and Gaia could understand every word. It was just giving a lecture in a very ordinary way, without using any advanced vocabulary.

But when put together, they become a bizarre and twisted thing.

What does it mean to shut down spinal pain signals on a pain threshold floating-point array according to an annihilation protocol? What does it mean to build a computing power confessional based on the mayfly brain?
Gaia felt a throbbing pain in her temple, a clear sign that the anchor point in the Sea of ​​Ignorance was wavering—something she knew all too well.

Castells syndrome is a mild cognitive shift caused by an individual's cognition not keeping up with overly advanced technology. She has seen countless cases of this, and each time she would comfort them with a smile, saying that they would get used to it and that reading more books and stabilizing their cognition would alleviate the symptoms.

At this moment, she is the one who lacks understanding.

"What's wrong, Miss Gaia?"

Hela, who was standing nearby, noticed her unusual behavior and turned her head away, somewhat puzzled.

She turned so fast that her veil was pulled, and when Gaia looked up, she saw her face, which was full of intricate gears.

Gaia immediately closed her eyes and stopped all communication to prevent the situation from worsening.

Zoe and Erwin gasped at the sight, knowing full well what was going on.

"Lord Hela, she has... well, Castell syndrome. It's complicated to explain, but your Gear Sanctuary must have encountered quite a few, right?"

"You've encountered quite a few?" Hela's mechanical face was expressionless, but her tone was somewhat confused: "What do you mean?"

"That's the situation. I saw that one," "The Gear Sage."

"Won't your perception be distorted or you go crazy when you see that sage?"

Hela paused for a moment, as if recalling something, but finally shook her head.

"This has never happened before."

"What? How could this be?" Zoe's eyes widened.

Even she could sense how terrifying this Gear Sage was. Could there be something like a "Gear Sage Syndrome" appearing here?

She was about to say something when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

Zoe turned around and saw Erwin pat her on the shoulder and shake his head.

"Neither you nor I have gone mad, have we?"

“But we’re not because…” Zoe stopped mid-sentence, her eyes widening in shock.

She and Erwin did not fall ill, not because they were stronger, but quite the opposite, because their knowledge was insufficient to truly comprehend the greatness of the Gear Sage.

Castel was like that; scholars from outside the island were very likely to go mad, but if illiterate people came to the island, they would not react much.

They have no idea of ​​the greatness of the creation before them.

but.
Has this "Castell syndrome" never been seen in Gear Sanctuary before?
Does this mean
Over the years, not a single person in the entire Mechanical Sanctuary has been able to truly understand the greatness of the Gear Sage.

Zoe is a civil servant, and Erwin is a military man. It's one thing if they don't understand much technology, but does the entire Mechanismant Temple have no researchers?
Or perhaps, the gear sages who teach day and night are so skilled that even Gaia can't match them?

Zoe looked up again at the Gear Sage who was preaching, and a pang of pity suddenly welled up in her heart.

It has been lecturing here day and night for hundreds and thousands of years, yet no one has ever understood it.

The believers worship it, but they do not try to understand the knowledge it speaks of, nor do they know how it feels when it faces the believers singing hymns.

Zoe was also a teacher who had taught countless people. She preferred to face the doubts of her students rather than be surrounded by devout believers.

Hela summoned the believers and lit the casting incense burner, an exquisite circular ornament, about the same size as the incense burner in the Silent Sanctuary, but completely different in shape—at least it had no horns or blood grooves.

Accompanied by the clicking of gears and the hum of machinery, smoke billowed from the incense burner and enveloped the group.

Zoe felt her mind clear up, as if she could hear a ticking sound. She turned to look at Gaia and found that her expression had relaxed. She took a few deep breaths and slowly opened her eyes.

"I'm much better now, thank you, Your Excellency, Minister of State Affairs."

Hela simply nodded.

"I thought you were already used to this, after all, you brought sacred objects with you, didn't you?"

(End of this chapter)