While in the church just now, Jenkins also heard some brand new information about ashes falling from the sky. Of course, the ashes are not pollutants thrown by the difference engine. This kind of thing is rapidly heating up the ground after it touches the ground.
At the same time, if a machine with a gear structure comes into contact with the ashes, although there will be no change in a short period of time, the Church of Mechanics has discovered that the components of those machines have changed.
The ashes contain both black clouds and gray mist. If they fall into the fields, they will pollute plants and come into contact with human bodies. Although nothing has been found for the time being, it will definitely have an impact on people's health.
At present, the church has only discovered a giant whale in the sky above Nolan, and there are no other places in the world yet. But no one would doubt the creation ability of the difference engine. Apart from the almost "omnipotent" calculation of the other party, the ability to create machines is what the church fears the most.
It took the church twenty minutes to think of a way to deal with the black cloud, and during this time, the temperature of the falling ashes was getting higher and higher. Even at the end, the ashes that had just emerged from the black clouds were still glowing with fire, and they were still warm when they fell to the ground.
This is not a good sign. Jenkins originally wanted to force his way in again, but fortunately, Mr. Gilbert was holding a box and found the team following the giant mechanical whale in the air.
"This allows a person to move around in the black mist for a short period of time. But it can only last for twenty minutes."
In the box was a candle, an ordinary white candle. The candle appeared to have been used for a long time, with only a single stub remaining, and Jenkins felt that Mr Gilbert's assumption that the candle would last "twenty minutes" was an overly optimistic guess.
"Are you sure you got it right?"
Seeing this candle, the old gravekeeper frowned:
"If I remember correctly, when this B-12-1-2347 [Soul Candle] is used, although it can disperse all abnormalities around it, it can only be ignited by sacrificing the soul... what you are holding is the soul Cans? Really want to burn the soul?"
His tone was rather dissatisfied, and others could understand the old gravekeeper's thoughts.
"The church says special things are special, so this time..."
Mr. Gilbert said in embarrassment.
"No, take it back, I have an idea."
Jenkins chimed in, and patted the unicorn on the head, preparing it to charge upwards:
"I just remembered that I had a candle, too."
The little beast turned into a white light and rushed to the bottom of the clouds, and the purification candle fused with the gifted fire appeared in Jenkins' hands. He held a burning candle aloft. Compared with the vast sky, the flame of the candle was really weak.
But when he and the unicorn really entered the black cloud, the warm yellow light was like an eraser that erased the pencil marks, leaving a clear path of fire on the track of Jenkins and the unicorn.
The people of the church followed immediately, and under the leadership of Jenkins who was holding a candle high, they finally got close to the giant whale swimming in the black clouds.
Its huge body was hidden in the depths of the black clouds, and even the light of the purification candles could not illuminate its surroundings. Finally, when he was about to touch the transparent barrier, Jenkins had already drawn out his sword with his left hand and was about to stab forward.
But suddenly there was a sound that almost burst the eardrums:
"Ang~"
Sound waves vibrate the clouds, stirring them up almost materialized. This is the cry of the mechanical giant whale. The whale swimming according to the fixed estimation finally changed its trajectory. At the edge of the candle light, a part of the whale's tail slid past.
Jenkins could see clearly that the tail was also completely made of brass-colored mechanical material, and there seemed to be a dial embedded in the center of the tail. During the few seconds when the tail appeared, he even saw the longer second hand turning.
"Be careful, this whale may have time-like abilities."
He turned his head and said to the people behind him. When he looked forward, he couldn't help but widen his eyes due to the huge sense of crisis. The unicorn is also brilliantly inspired, and also feels the mortal crisis emerging from the invisible black cloud ahead.
"Is there a shield?"
He roared again, without any explanation, all kinds of light shields appeared in front of him. This is a shield wall formed by people from different beliefs with different abilities. After the shield wall appeared, a light shone deep in the dark cloud.
From the perspective of Anastasia, the silver dragon looking up from the church below, it was a sudden explosion in the dark clouds, and then a huge energy impact pierced a hole in the clouds, allowing her to see Jenkins standing in the front , split that beam of light into two.
The shield wall had already weakened the light, but the sword Jenkins slashed forward with all his strength split the energy even more. Because this beam of light dispelled the fog for a short time, people also saw the whale with its huge mouth open to Miss Fabbri and her party, and saw the cannon barrel protruding from its mouth.
The gears clicked and turned, and the hinges hidden inside drove the barrel to shrink into the whale's mouth.
"It's this again? Doesn't the Difference Engine have other more creative means of attack?"
The unicorn carried Jenkins into a white light and flew upwards. The sword pierced through the barrier around the metal giant whale, and then they tried to rush into the whale's unclosed giant mouth together.
The cry of the giant whale sounded again, and even the people on the ground felt uncomfortable because of the sound. The air flow burst out of the mechanical whale's mouth, and then sprayed Jenkins in the face with Martian ashes, but it had no effect.
He wanted to enter the inside of the mechanical whale and destroy the big guy from the inside, but the whale didn't give him a chance. After all the ashes were blown out, tongues of flame gushed out of the whale's giant mouth like a sea of flames.
"Oh, Sophia, come and see! It's really beautiful!"
The silver dragon at the window looked excitedly at the light that appeared inside the black cloud in the sky:
"Look there!"
She pointed it to Princess Sophia, and the princess said helplessly:
"Aren't you going to help Jenkins?"
"He doesn't need my help yet. He can handle such trivial matters by himself. Sophia, don't underestimate the living god!"
The sea of fire was once again blocked by the shield wall, and after the flames disappeared, Jenkins and the unicorn had rushed to the mouth of the whale. The densely packed brass-colored metal parts together constitute this giant monster. If you look closely, you can even see that all the parts that make up the whale are still in a working state.
The gears are spinning, the hinges are turning, and the plugs are moving back and forth with the parts.
The whale didn't try to keep its mouth shut to prevent Jenkins from rushing in. Instead, it opened its mouth wide, wide open. The flexible metal is bending, driving the metal parts of the whole body to run more crazily. In front of Jenkins, the mechanical whale unreservedly showed the most core part of its body.