Pirate Kingship-Chapter 845 - 509: Omnipotence Machine Spirit: Planetary Engine!

"Without money, nothing can be done.

But if we dare to indulge in industrial hollowing out, shifting from the real to the virtual, and focus solely on the ’international financial center’ path that seems easier for making money, letting others take away the industrial crown,

we would instantly fall to the status of a third-world country, relegated to being followers, with no chance of rising again.

In the industrial age, losing the tertiary industry is one thing, but losing industrial strength, especially military industrial strength, will eventually lead to losing everything!"

Others might not realize how serious the situation is.

But Byron personally witnessed how that former top industrial power ended up crashing airplanes daily, having two-digit numbers of aircraft carriers under simultaneous repair, and losing sixty years of space capability...

"With such a precedent in mind, I will weld that industrial crown firmly to my forehead, even if it requires welding."

After Byron made this silent vow, he realized there were still benefits to come.

The Promotion Ceremony for the Tower Sequence [Artisan] requires them to make various inventions and creations.

Violet is an Artisan, a [Calamity Witch], a water, and also a Leviathan Whale Girl.

The Whale Oil Steam Engine fortuitously integrates all her abilities, knowledge, and traits, a tailor-made divine creation.

As it was born with the stature of a Zero-Level Sacred Relic, it immediately advanced Violet’s spirituality by a great leap.

It allowed Byron and Catherine to also leap across 18 points, reaching 18.2, and continued ascending resolutely at a speed far beyond normal growth.

Advancing to Fifth Order will likely require following the Mandate of Heaven step by step, manufacturing more steam engines and supporting equipment, expanding the industry’s reach, and enhancing influence.

Reaching the critical point will then usher in the promotion.

But it’s already imaginable that the Fifth Order Arcane Art born from a Zero-Level Sacred Relic would be immensely powerful.

There has never been such a precedent throughout history.

Violet was momentarily in a daze, then looked up and told Byron another good piece of news:

"I seem to have integrated all the knowledge I possess and comprehended a new Legendary profession [Whale Oil Mechanic].

It can synchronize with achieving job transfer conditions during the promotion to Fifth Order.

This profession combines the abilities of Gunsmith, Shipwright, Mechanical Engineer, and other related professions, and can use Whale Oil Steam Engines and mechanical parts to create various mechanical creations.

Playing the role of the [God of All Machines] you mentioned should not be a problem.

Once a new path is opened, apprentices can be trained, forming a school within the Tower Sequence."

As soon as she finished speaking, before Byron could react, the group of Artisan researchers standing behind them eagerly looked over.

No one understands better than them where the future of this world lies.

Seeing this, Violet clapped her hands and cheerfully assigned them an assessment task:

"The most important Whale Oil Steam Engine has been completed; next, the spinning machines, weaving machines, nail-making machines, steam warships... and a series of supporting machinery need breakthroughs.

Until I am promoted to Fifth Order, this is your probation period; I will evaluate based on the ’influence factor’ of your research results, selecting the best." ’

"Yes, Miss Violet, we will not disappoint you."

A group immediately charged toward their labs as if injected with adrenaline.

Once they become the group of [Whale Oil Mechanists] in the world, they’ll be indisputably esteemed figures in the material world, with all successors as their students.

Easily establishing academic noble clans, their status would rival that of the nobility.

Byron doesn’t care what they think, anyway, he’ll not allow anyone the chance to monopolize the academic domain, obstructing his "industrial revolution"; anyone becoming an obstacle will meet their end!

Then, he contacted Little Hans immediately, directing the horsepower of the prototype to his most valued shipyard.

In the past two months, five heavy cruisers had been refurbished, with a plan to refurbish thirty by the end of next year. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

This time, he made an immediate leap in firepower with a plan to bring forth a grand fleet of one hundred heavy cruisers by mid-next year.

Boldly presenting the Bayfolk North Sea Empire’s nautical chart, and proclaimed: "Since ancient times!"