Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 179 Statue
The morning in Castel began with pale golden spots floating on the bluestone walls. The sun had just risen, and the morning mist had not yet dissipated. The wet cobblestone streets shone in the early morning sunlight. It was said that the latest road type was already under construction, a road surface that would not even have gaps between the cobblestones.

People opened their doors and walked towards industrial areas or major construction sites in groups, shouting. Schools in the south are places people must pass through every day to go to the construction sites. Most people choose to attend night school after work, so schools are particularly deserted in the morning.

But today, there was a large crowd gathered at the school gate.

The newcomers were a little confused. Through the crowd, they could only vaguely see something tall standing at the school gate. Some anxious people grabbed the people next to them and asked questions.

"What happened? Why are everyone here?"

"I'm not sure. I heard it's some kind of building."

"Buildings? Are the schools going to be expanded too?"

"It's not a building, look over there." The man on the other side pointed ahead. Several people stared with wide eyes and tried to look, but they could only see some pointed objects there.

“Is it a sculpture?”

"Yes, it's a stone sculpture."

In the middle of the crowd, in the small square in front of the school, a tall statue appeared in front of the originally bare school gate.

This is a rare thing. Castel is located in a remote area. Before Zeus came, even the empire did not include it in its territory. It was just regarded as a deserted island. The islanders had never seen this thing.

Even the shabby Candlelight Church was a remarkable building to everyone. When Hughes first built the factory, it even attracted a lot of onlookers.

So it is not surprising that people are amazed at this moment. They surround the statue, touch the base carefully, and then look up at the tall body standing there.

It is a statue carved entirely from pure white stone. No, it is not accurate to call it a sculpture. It is actually made of steel bars as a skeleton, and then cast with fossils as mud.

With the technological level of that era, such a huge stone sculpture was simply horrifying. Even if all the craftsmen in the Rhine were gathered together, they might not be able to complete it. However, the Banshee completed this stone sculpture alone with the magic of turning fossils into mud.

As long as the supernatural power is directed in the right direction, the improvement in industrial production efficiency can be extremely astonishing.

This sculpture consists of two parts. A banshee stretches out her hands forward with a determined look on her face, staring at the sea urchin opposite.

Between the banshee and the sea urchin were round objects that flew in a line from the banshee to the sea urchin. The round ball closest to the sea urchin had its shell split into two halves, and looked like it was about to explode.

On the base beneath the Banshee, there was an inscription: "Banshee in Battle."

Next to it is a small introduction to the situation of this banshee.

[Nini, the banshee, invented the fish-herding spell, transformed fossils into mud, participated in the creation of the Type II machine, fought against sea urchin monsters in the Moon of the Awakening Tree, and used bombs to kill multiple monsters at once.]

The statue of Nini is exactly the same as her own body shape, and the sea urchin monster and the bomb are also restored 1:1. The entire sculpture is designed to let the islanders see their future enemies and allies with their own eyes.

Looking up at the tall statue, people couldn't help but sigh. They had only vaguely heard of the appearance of the Banshee before, but only after seeing the statue with their own eyes did they realize how tall the Banshee was.

Most of the people gathered here are literate. They looked at the words on the base of the sculpture and couldn't help sighing.

"The Banshee actually exists!" "One, two, three, four, five, six. Six hands! Oh my god, six hands, that means she can do three jobs at once!"

"Why are you still thinking about working? Look at that tall figure. It's obvious that you can earn more at the construction site, right?"

"Will they slip without feet? How will they go to the bathroom?"

"Well, kid, don't let your imagination run wild. But I'm a little curious. Does this snake's tail arch like a cricket pupa when it moves?"

"Damn, that's a bug. Haven't you ever seen a snake?"

The Banshee's appearance is very different from that of a human, but it's just a stone sculpture. Since the islanders can't see the real person, they don't find it difficult to accept. Instead, they comment on it with some curiosity.

Of course, the beautiful faces of the banshees also played a significant role. Humans are born to like beautiful things, and even alien races will be favored by them.

Some people are more interested in sea urchins and bombs.

"Is that the monster from the sea? It's worthy of being a sea urchin, it looks exactly like it."

People nodded. This was an island, and everyone had eaten sea urchins. When they saw the stone sculpture, they all thought of this.

"Is this sea urchin monster very strong? Aren't sea urchins usually slow?"

"They should be very powerful, right? Even the Banshees have to use bombs to kill them."

"What's a bomb?"

People looked at each other, no one knew.

"That's something that explodes violently. Have you seen an explosion before? No? It's like the lightning that strikes during a thunderstorm. It can blow a hole in the ground!"

Zoe walked out of the school. She had been waiting here for a long time. She stood up when she saw the time was right. As she walked, she told people the story of the banshee, including the various deeds of Bomb and Nini.

This was the plan set by Zeus, to gradually let people understand the Banshee. Fear and hostility mostly came from ignorance. The people of Castel would go to school to attend classes, so they naturally had an advantage in propaganda.

And not only the banshee, but also sea urchins and bombs are part of his propaganda.

"This kind of explosion, trapping the thunder and fire in the sky within a sphere, is incredible."

"Stop!" Zoe shouted immediately. She didn't dare let such rumors spread. If it caused cognitive interference, it would be troublesome. "The explosion wasn't caused by lightning from the sky, but nitroglycerin. This is Castel's unique industrial product. You should have heard of the nitroglycerin production line, right?"

People nodded. That was the production line with the highest salary on the island. Only students who passed the advanced class chemistry exam were eligible to apply. Many people joined the advanced class just to earn this high salary.

"So-called nitroglycerin is the main raw material for explosives. Miss Nini does possess extraordinary strength, but this alone is not enough to defeat the sea urchin. She killed the sea urchin monster with explosives, the product of the workers in our factory!"

The crowd was silent for a moment, then erupted in a commotion. What had they heard? A monster that even the tall, powerful Banshee couldn't defeat was killed by something created by a bunch of mortals like them?

(End of this chapter)