"Don't worry, although the setup looks a bit intimidating, it's really just because this machine is too big."
Abigail stood in front of Lorenzo, fastening the various mechanical clasps on the chair.
She wasn't wrong. The machine was enormous, with cables and steel resembling the roots and stems of trees, spreading from Lorenzo's chair beneath him. As Lorenzo sat on the chair, he could clearly feel the slight tremor of the metal, as if some monster was moving below ground, but in reality, it was the steam surging through the pipes.
As an important research facility of the Purification Mechanism, the research area of Black Mountain Hospital, like the Perpetual Motion Pump beneath the Mechanical Institute, was directly powered by the Furnace Pillar, with immense energy coursing through the machinery. And with the development of lacquered antimony, this power grew even stronger.
