Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 125 You and Monica are competing with each other, right?
Under the manor, the hole dug by the banshees has expanded several times, and now the underground area is even larger than the manor above.

And with the development of the banshees' technology of turning fossils into mud - this part was mainly provided by Zeus, he successfully used fossils to turn mud and combine it with steel bars to create an alien version of reinforced concrete, and it is estimated that the strength is only higher than that on Blue Star.

After all, it is less likely that holes will appear when casting stones made from melted fossils into mud, and it is also much easier to modify errors if they are discovered.

Zeus now has no motivation to make cement. This spell is really too convenient. If it weren't for the fact that there will be a lot of construction needs in the future, he really wants to let the banshee be the full-time cement worker.

Banshees are also very passionate about construction, especially when building their own homes, they can even be called fanatical.

This feeling seemed very familiar to Xiusi. It took him a long time to realize that this was how he played Minecraft on his computer.
It was a construction game where you could collect materials and build buildings.

With fossils as mud, the difficulty of their construction and excavation is not much different from that in the game.
Therefore, many banshees are obsessed with digging holes all day long, and the hole under the manor is getting bigger and bigger.

Zeus thought about it and thought, if it were him, Castel would be hollowed out by him sooner or later. It would be so funny!
The architectural style of each banshee is slightly different, but fortunately, it is very easy to adjust. Just smash a fossil into mud, and the hard stone will immediately turn into plasticine that can be kneaded at will.

So every time Xiu Si entered the secret passage and came here, the buildings he saw were different, and sometimes even the overall style changed.
"My Lord, you are here."

Nini came over with her snake tail swinging. Her spell proficiency had reached a very high level recently. It was even a little too high. Xiusi's eyes twitched as he watched her walking while casting steam engine parts with her four hands.

Two hands hold the mold, one hand holds a container to pour molten iron into it, and the other hand holds a bag to hold the cast parts and raw materials.

She didn't need to use her eyes to see all this, she could work while talking, and her efficiency was extremely high.

His ability to multitask is incredible. No wonder he has six hands. He can really control them all.

She came to Xiu Si, her eyes lit up, and she took two fried fish from the basket Xiu Si was holding.

"Mmm, fish fried in olive oil is delicious, as long as it's not horse-faced fish."

She didn't spit out the fish bones, and when she opened her mouth, Xiusi could see her sharp teeth.

“Actually, I came here this time.”

"It's about that spell, right?" Nini nodded in understanding. "Come with me. I've said before that Monica's magic research is nothing—I'm the most powerful magic master!"

Nini snorted softly and raised her head, then picked up a few more fried fish and stuffed them into her mouth.

Zeus listened with great interest. He probably knew something about this matter. Nini always claimed to be the best spell researcher among the Banshees. It was said that after Monica developed the machine soul, she was somewhat stimulated and worked hard to study the spell of summoning sea snakes for several days.

Because of this, several of her scales fell off.

After finally coming up with the results, she immediately informed Xius and waited for the lord to come and praise her.

So Hughes bought her favorite fried fish and came to visit her.

Well, the reason why Xiu Si knew so much was because the banshees had created a new group. Nini and Monica were not in it. This group of overly energetic banshees broadcast Nini's research status every day and also performed psychological analysis on her. This group pulled Xiu Si in.
Why does it seem like these banshees are masters of multitasking? It is basic for them to work and speak in several groups at the same time. Xius even often sees banshees doing several jobs at the same time with their six hands, while listening to his lectures and chatting with others.

It’s really not a waste to give you this mental link. No wonder you were born with six hands.

Nini took Xiusi all the way to the deepest part of the cave, which was the seaside.

The section leading to the sea had also been rebuilt, with the banshees creating a massive ramp, supposedly to prevent the reefs from scratching their scales. Well, Zeus had only ever seen them scratching the reefs; these banshees were, after all, a transcendent race, their physical strength incredibly high.

Nini did not go underwater, but stared at the sea surface.

After a while, a group of moon fish suddenly jumped out of the sea, hit the slope, and slid into the sea.

"Wow, they're all about the same size."

"Yes, I can probably command those sea snakes. These are the big ones they chased out."

"It's too strong—how long will it last?"

"I don't know about that. I feel like it should last forever. It's been going on for several days now, and there's no sign of it wearing off. Although I need to constantly pay for mana, the overall consumption isn't that high. It's much easier than maintaining flesh and blood magic anyway."

Xius nodded and couldn't help laughing happily.

She actually managed to do it.

A few days ago, Nini told him that she might have found a solution to the food shortage.

Xius didn't have much hope at first, but Nini actually gave him a surprise.

Inspired by Monica, Nini tried to reduce the strength of the summoned sea snakes, making them weaker but lasting longer and more numerous.

Finally she succeeded. The number of these sea snakes was quite terrifying. According to Nini, there were probably hundreds of them, and she herself couldn't count them.

However, this type of sea snake has much less use and is almost pure cannon fodder in battle. Nini pondered for a long time before finding a new use for it - herding fish.

Although sea snakes are weak, they can easily scare sea fish. Moreover, once their numbers increase, they can form various formations.

Nini tried to use this group of sea snakes to surround a group of fish and drive them over. The result was very successful. The sea snakes easily drove the fish to the designated location.

After practicing for a while, she was even able to drive the fish to the shore like she is doing now.

"Great, great."

Looking at the moon fish all over the ground, Xius couldn't help laughing.

The territory's food problem was largely solved, albeit temporarily.

He couldn't let Nini go fishing all the time, but this allowed him to import food without any worries.

In case of food shortage, Nini can come to help and avoid the tragedy of starvation.

You know, the Storm Ocean is the territory of pirates, and he doesn't want to rely on the pirates' mercy for Caster's safety.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that the value of this spell was not just in catching some fish to eat.

(End of this chapter)