Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 126 Digging All the Way Down to the Center of the Earth

"By the way, Nini, there's one more thing I want to ask you. Who is in charge of the construction now?"

"I'm not sure either. You can ask in the group. I'm basically only responsible for spell development and steam engine casting."

As she spoke, she tossed the newly cast parts into the bag.

When the banshees first came up, they basically worked together. At that time, Zeus was really short of manpower. He didn't have the idea of offering these banshees for free, so he left some work to Ash, who then assigned and managed them all.

Later, when the factories were basically stable, the banshees no longer assigned work, but moved closer to an employment system. He delegated workshop projects, and the banshees could choose to come to work on their own. Points were issued based on the workload, which was the virtual currency created by the banshees.

This certainly led to a decline in organization, but it was not wartime now, and he did not have any urgent production tasks, so why would he need such a high level of organization?

What's more, with the mental connection, it is quite convenient to organize the banshees. Now they can freely choose their favorite jobs, which is more efficient.

For example, Nini studies magic day and night, and often calls Xius through a mental link in the middle of the night to tell him about her new discoveries.

Xius called out a few times in the mind link, and Una responded, saying that she would come over soon.

This was somewhat beyond Hughes's expectations.

"Oona is here to do the construction? I thought Ash would be in charge."

"Ash, she's only interested in combat. She has no passion for research or construction. Oh, and there's a contaminated wolf she's researching right now, but I think she's keeping it as a pet."

"As a pet?"

"Yeah, she's already trained the wolf to follow orders, though I don't know what use a wolf would be."

Hughes rubbed his chin. Indeed, what use could a polluted wolf be?
"My Lord, you called me?"

A somewhat timid voice sounded from the depths of the underground palace. Xius and Nini turned their heads and saw Una coming over.

"Yes, I heard that you are now in charge of the construction?"

"Master, lead!"

She suddenly became a little nervous, subconsciously waving her hands, and stammered, "Not really, I'm the leader. I really like architecture and spend more time on it. Gradually, people come to me when they have questions."

“That’s amazing.”

Una's face turned red visibly, and the tip of her tail scratched the ground, digging a hole in the flat ground. At this rate, she would soon be able to carve out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

"Has she always been like this?"

Xius calmly opened the mind link and started chatting privately with Nini.

"Well, Oona is indeed a shy person, but she is very talented in architecture. I don't understand that stuff, but what she builds looks very comfortable. Look, that palace over there was built by her."

Zeus glanced at the distance and saw the underground palace in this huge cave. Zeus had been down there many times and had seen it built from beginning to end.

At first, this was just a natural cave. The Banshees dug out a few rooms to rest and store supplies.

Later, Zeus moved the winemaking workshop down, and the banshees dug through the middle of the cave, turning it into a huge hall, surrounded by various functional rooms and workshops.

Finally, after the banshees no longer assigned work in a unified manner, some banshees who loved construction, or loved digging holes underground, quickly built this place into a huge palace, and its appearance was changing at a rapid speed every day.

The palace today has gone through countless iterations. The overall design style is cold and sharp, and there are a lot of sharp angles around the building, giving it a strange beauty.

Why does it feel a bit like the place where the villain boss lives?

"Oona, actually I have a project I want to give you." "Ah, me?"

"Yes."

Hughes sketched a three-dimensional image of Castel in his mind and then sent it through the mental link.

"Take a look at the private message. This is the structural diagram of Castel. Is it okay?"

"There's a slight deviation. The southern volcano is not quite accurate. That's good."

She made some minor revisions and sent it back.

"Let me see. Hmm, not much difference." Xius nodded. "Where is the Abyss you went to before?"

When Nini and Una heard the word "Mingyuan", their expressions gradually became serious.

"It's in the south, not far from here, but very deep. Why do you ask this, Lord? The Abyss is now full of pollution."

"I'm targeting pollution. Now that it's almost certain that physical pollution can be used as fuel, the source of the pollution needs to be addressed. I'm considering starting here."

Hughes pointed to the southeast of the island.

".Dig down, open up a passage to the Abyss, and then extract the pollution inside."

Nini and Una gasped.

The structure of Castel is somewhat like a pyramid, and the part that is exposed above the water, that is, the land, is just the top of the pyramid.

Below is the main body composed of huge rocks, volcanoes, etc.

The place that Hughes drew was the road that went down through the rocks to the abyss after avoiding the volcano.

"How is this possible? Are you going to dig into the Abyss?"

Nini opened her eyes wide.

"Yes, that's why I wanted to come and discuss this with you."

"This is too crazy, how..."

"No, I think it's theoretically possible," Una suddenly said, interrupting Nini. "There's solid rock underneath this location. If we just dig a tunnel down there, it shouldn't be difficult."

She looked carefully at the picture in the mind link.

"I don't know much about construction. Is there any danger? Like digging into lava or water?"

It is true that Zeus had never dug an underwater tunnel. This experience he gained from digging mines in the game.

"It's not dangerous, but if it's lava, just activate the flesh and blood magic. You'll just get hurt. If it's water, just block it. We're underwater creatures."

As she spoke, Una patted her tail.

"I'm just curious: once this tunnel is dug, how will the pollution be brought up?"

"We can use a steam engine. The Type II has already been successfully used in the factory. We can just build another one to extract the pollution. It doesn't even have to be that complicated. We can try to take advantage of the pollution's living properties. Remember the wolf we used to lure out the pollution?"

Nini and Una looked at each other, and their eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)