Industrial Lovecraftian Horror: The Island Lord's Genesis
Chapter 947

The Choices of All Sides

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"Electric motors are easier to control. We tested them at the proving grounds too, and with the same energy consumption, they were far more efficient than both steam engines and internal combustion engines."

"And since Dreamwalkers can use electric motors, of course we have to make the most of that advantage."

"Thus, factories on the South Continent gradually began to become fully electrified, and humans gradually withdrew from industrial work."

"Honestly, I think that if this continues, even without the Enemy of Humanity, the people of this land will eventually abandon their flesh and embrace machinery completely."

Theus's eye twitched.

Well, damn. The weakness of the flesh, the ascension of machines, huh?

But looking at it now, this truly was a major problem. The technological path the South Continent had originally chosen was not wrong, but with the gods reviving, enemies would need to be dealt with physically.

Electric motors could still be used now, but whether they would remain usable in the future was hard to say. Demons dwelled within electricity, and the people of this world might not see anything wrong with that.

But Theus was a transmigrator. He knew things were not supposed to be this way. This was very likely another form of pollution connected to the gods.

He had to prepare for the worst.

If war broke out with the gods and all electrical equipment became unusable, the entire South Continent would probably be finished in an instant. Theus therefore had to bring over enough war machines.

At the moment, only the Machine Soul seemed truly reliable.

"If we set up an industrial system like Castel's here, would there be any difficulties?"

Chloe pondered for a while, then nodded. "It shouldn't be much of a problem. There is one benefit to the people of the

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