There is no need for the deity sealed in a specific region to personally visit; as long as it is within the coverage of the Empire's Law Network, it can be accurately located.
"Byron, Catherine, come with me, let's first visit the Artificial Ship Spirit [Flame Spirit] integrated with the Whale Oil Power Furnace."
Violet led Byron and Catherine into the lower engine room equipped with a Whale Oil Power Furnace and a Steam Turbine.
A Chief Mechanic with a competent demeanor, also a Second Order Professional Level Whale Oil Mechanic, quickly approached to salute them.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesties the Empresses, good day."
Then he stepped aside, holding a delicate Mithril Incense Burner, and began praying around the main power furnace, which was blazing with whale oil.
The high-grade spices burning released an intoxicating aroma, not only stabilizing the furnace fire but also gradually forming a face made of flames.
The flaming face opened its eyes, revealing a pair of blazing white eyeballs, looked at Violet with adoration, and opened its mouth to emit a boiler-like rumbling voice:
"My master, [Vanguard] Ship Spirit reporting to you."
It was Byron's first time today seeing the Artificial Ship Spirit already installed on the ship, feeling its presence with amazement in his eyes.
Back then, they obtained the artificial ship spirit technology [Flame Spirit] from the Truth Embodiment·Sunship, and the complete knowledge of mechanical constructions from the Master Creator's Molten Furnace Church.
Violet integrated this knowledge with her own creation divine position, ultimately creating the "Artificial Ship Spirit" technology before their eyes.
The materials dismantled from Miracle Battleships and the souls of [Melter Giants] collected mostly consumed in this project's research.
In the end, Violet didn't adopt the form of an external Miracle Object Ship Figurehead, but directly integrated them with the Whale Oil Power Furnace, transforming into a form of half-energy, half-digital life.
In other words, directly infusing these Dreadnought Level steam battleships with their own [Machine Soul]!
Imitating a real ship spirit to the greatest extent.
Violet nodded to this Artificial Ship Spirit, then looked at Byron and Catherine, with a hint of regret on her face:
"Now, these spiritual bodies are considered my kin.
They can provide the warship with a transcendent version of the 'Fire Control System', 'Navigation System', 'Power System', 'Command System'... just like ordinary Transcendents awakening to the Flow State, their combat power soars directly.
The only downside is that artificial ship spirits are not truly immortal legendary ship spirits; their raw materials are just elemental creatures or deceased enemy soldiers.
Dedicated personnel need to light spices daily, pray and soothe them, maintaining optimal working condition.
Therefore, our Chief Mechanic not only ensures the stable operation of the equipment but also maintains the artificial ship spirit.
In the future, various large-scale whale oil constructions built by Whale Oil Mechanics will adopt this technology, referring to them as artificial ship spirits rather than artificial machine souls."
"It's alright, it's already great."
Byron didn't think there was any major problem.
With just one innovation, they bypassed electrical engineering, chip manufacturing, digital programming... a vast series of pre-existing technologies, endowing large-scale war machines with intelligence.
Although not very friendly for the popularization of civilian products, in the coming decades, war will be the main theme, so there's no need to worry about this.
The next research direction can be miniaturization, mass production, developing simplified versions, producing a bunch of sea, land, and air unmanned constructs, running around singing from a music box:
"Looking for a friend, finding a good friend."
Then...
Boom!
Imagining the scene of overwhelming the enemy is incredibly thrilling.
At that time, [Whale Oil Mechanic] could continue to produce a new branch [Mechanical Beast Tamer], reaching new heights in group combat capability.
"Let's go, and see what the new fleet's title effects really are."
The three of them left the engine room and entered the ship bridge command room under the guidance of the Deputy Captain.
Gesture to the Fleet Commander, Navy Admiral [Death Knight] Andrew Lancaster, to start.
The latter shed his usual nonchalance, saluted solemnly to his nephew Byron, activated the Knight's [Dragon Taming Technique], and communicated with the [Vanguard]'s Artificial Ship Spirit.
"Order: The entire Dreadnought Fleet, with [Vanguard] as the lead ship, form into a battle line.
All ship spirits take over the fire control system, with the Gunner Chiefs assisting with fine adjustments, load the main left cannon, target the fortress on the island at maximum range of 20 kilometers."
The 390-kilogram shells, by a team transformed into [Soldier Persons] artillerymen, were manually loaded into the gun barrel.
With one turret at the front, two at the rear, and one amidships, a total of 8 rear-loading rifled guns with a bore diameter of 305 millimeters and length of 45 calibers, slowly turned under strong high-pressure steam propulsion.
The elevation angle of the main guns continued fine-tuning between -3 and 16 degrees.
The ship spirits of each warship connected with each other, ensuring each gun was at the optimal firing angle under the watch of Gunner Chiefs, at least Second Order Professional Level [Artillery Experts].
"Open fire!"
Andrew's command rang out.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Aligned in a row, five steam battleships opened fire; a total of forty heavy cannons spewed flames, never-before-heard cannon fire resounding for the first time on this planet.
The initial velocity of the main gun shells was 831 meters per second, achieving a maximum range of 20,435 meters at a 16-degree angle.
According to the design performance of armor-piercing shells, at a distance of 20,000 meters, they could still pierce through 170 millimeters of steel armor.
The fortress castle pre-built by the Engineering Corps' "Construction Demon", naturally couldn't be compared with steel, as ordinary concrete walls could barely stop rifle bullets.