Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 124 I am the Chief

Isaac directed the believers to carry supplies back and forth.

To be honest, he was a little surprised that the lord actually gave them such favorable conditions and fulfilled them so quickly.

The paperwork was delivered last night, and this morning they were notified that a lab was vacant and they could move their things in.

The visitor also asked what they needed, such as test benches and tools.

And a few hours after these requirements were made, these tools were piled up in front of them.

This made Isaac feel a little unreal.

There is a table clock at the door of the laboratory, and you can see the time by looking up. It seems that people here pay special attention to time and efficiency, which is different from every place he has seen.

Isaac had dealt with many nobles. The efficiency of those people was an insult to the word efficiency. They only went to the office to work when they were in a good mood, and working would make their mood quickly turn bad, and they would throw their work aside.

It seems that only interests can arouse their actions.

The officials of the empire were not much better, openly delaying, and nothing could be done without bribery or threats.

But these people on the island are different.

They are always very concerned about time and will complete almost all requests as soon as possible. If they cannot be completed, they will also tell you when they can be completed.

This feeling is amazing.

Isaac is primarily responsible for logistics in Fire Moth.

Chloe led the cultists forward, making sure no one was left behind.

So he knows very well what people are like when they are working.

Those who work for the lords are not like the greedy nobles who see gold coins and have a huge driving force. They seem to be accustomed to working efficiently and accustomed to working by staring at the clock.

This is actually the impact of Hughes opening a factory.

Everything in the factory is cultivating people's sense of time: the time taken for each step, the coordination of different processes, and the intervals between each process.
Most of the people in the territory were hired by Hughes, and this concept of punctuality quickly spread throughout Castel. Although the islanders themselves did not notice it, it was a very obvious difference to outsiders.

In later times, these would just be basic concepts, but in this era, punctuality is a very rare quality, clocks are very expensive, and only very few people can know the time at all times.

Therefore, those who value punctuality and efficiency seem out of place in this world.

It didn't take long for Isaac to notice a familiar figure.

"chief."

"Well, everything's been set up here? So quickly?"

"It's really fast. The people here are very efficient." Isaac nodded, a look of approval on his face. "The lord is really good to us."

"Humph, he just found me a job." Chloe folded her arms, sighed after a moment, picked up a glass of water from the table and drank it. "How many people can you still contact, especially those in the North?"

The North?

Isaac had some vague guesses.

"Not much. What is it?"

"Well," she hesitated, "he asked me to come over today and asked if we had any believers elsewhere who could be taken over."

Isaac nodded. The Fire Moths were good at hiding, and there were often followers of them all over the continent. As long as they wanted to, it would be easy for them to avoid being discovered.

Not everyone is willing to wander around with the cult; some people find a place to hide and quietly conduct research. If you can accept it, that's a good thing.

"I knew he had bad intentions—he actually wanted to get some clues about the North. You know, Nora from the Silent Temple is quite close to him."

"Nora's matter."

"That lord told me that when the evil god descended last time, I forcibly activated my body and could not be contacted for a short period of time."

"I see. That's all I can do. I'll give you the contact information for the Northern Territory believers, but..."

He hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"The Silent Temple is currently in a precarious situation. Getting too close to them might not be a good option."

"The Silent Church and the Candlelight Society are at odds. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If they come, the Candlelight Society will be in trouble."

Chloe spoke confidently while leisurely sipping her tea, but Isaac fell silent. After a while, he said quietly, "Don't forget where our base is. We are now the Candlelight Society."

"puff!"

Chloe spurted out of her mouth.

After separating from Isaac, Chloe went to the lab next door.

After paying a few bags of snacks, she successfully exchanged the right to use a steam engine from Monica.

This was something Hughes helped her coordinate.

Monica's research on machine souls had hit a bottleneck, or rather, she was not very good at formal inductive and analytical research methods. She relied more on flashes of inspiration - which normally wouldn't get her far, but she had a lot of flashes of inspiration.

Therefore, Zeus handed the steam engine with machine soul to the Fire Moths, who were experts in studying souls and machines.

Several banshees came forward, picked up the steam engine, and carefully carried it to Fire Moth's laboratory.

The believers stopped what they were doing and looked at the Banshee with great interest. This extraordinary creature, especially one from the sea, really interested these fanatical researchers.

However, the two sides were hostile not long ago and there were still some grudges. The banshees did not communicate much, put down the steam engine and left.

Chloe walked over and touched the steam engine, feeling the coldness and solidity of the steel.

"Is this the steam engine?"

"Yes." Chloe looked at Isaac, then turned to look at the steam engine with reluctance in her eyes: "I'll leave its research to you."

"You won't lead the research?"

Isaac was a little surprised. He and Chloe were both fire-chasing moths. He knew how attractive these steels with souls were to Chloe, but why did she give this job to him?

"I'm planning to go to the North—of course, after I get to know the situation there, I might stay there for a while."

"You're going to the North? But there's no such part in our agreement with the lord."

Chloe sighed and patted the steam engine gently. "He doesn't have much extra power in his hands without these parts. I am the most suitable candidate. Although he didn't mention it, I know what he means."

"After things are dealt with here, news about Nora should come out. I will go to the North for him, whether he wants to communicate with Nora or collect refugees."

Chloe smiled.

"After all, I'm the chief."

(End of this chapter)