Modular Rituals

Theus felt his vision go black.

Was bioelectricity this kind of electricity? Those were people, not electric eels!

Besides, electric eels didn't generate electricity from the Pollution inside their bodies, did they?

How did Tata come up with such bizarre ideas? What could he possibly research this way?

"Unfortunately, I ran into some bottlenecks." Tata shook his head. "The Pollution inside the body seems extremely stubborn and can't be easily converted into electricity."

Theus breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, I solved that problem."

"It's fine. If you can't figure it out, just set it aside for now. There's no rush to research this—you should get back to... Wait, what did you say?"

"I solved it, my lord! I found a way!" Tata's face was full of excitement.

"I thought, since the Pollution inside the body is so stubborn, could I use something to activate it?"

"And wouldn't you know it? Lightning can activate Pollution!"

"So I thought, if I ran electricity through the human body, wouldn't that work?"

At this point, Tata sighed. "Unfortunately, most of the experiments based on this failed. I used up quite a few coyotes—they simply couldn't withstand the lightning. I was about to give up."

"But!"

Tata stepped aside, bringing the Silent Temple priest who had been charred black by electricity into view.

"Fortunately, these priests selflessly offered their help and allowed my experiments to continue. I successfully achieved human power generation!"

Theus's vision went black again.

He had thought Tata was researching applications for electricity—there was nothing wrong with that, and even taking a few detours was acceptable. What research ever succeeded right away?

Besides, this was a proven path. At the very least, it had succeeded on Blue Star. In Theus's expectations, he had already pointed them in the right direction; all