Magnetism and electricity are vital to the Metal Monster's existence. The Metal People are 'animate, moving, sentient combinations of metal and electric energy,' consciously using magnetic-electric forces for their life[1]. They 'suck their strength from the sun and whose blood is the lightning,' feeding on its magnetic life and storing this power in the city's cones[1][1].
The Monster's destruction is also tied to these forces. Described as a 'prodigious dynamo,' it was 'short-circuited and burned out'[1]. A cataclysm generated an 'electric charge of inconceivable magnitude' and a 'magnetic field of incredible intensity,' which, upon discharging, 'blasted the Monster' and 'burned it out'[1].
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