Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 195 Castel no longer exists
Beatrice walked quietly in the corridor with her eyes downcast, her small leather shoes making crisp clicking sounds on the floor.

She was wearing a black and white long dress, with intricate lace dotted on every corner. Her hair was as thick as crow's wings and tied up high in a bun, revealing her slender neck. However, her face was covered with a layer of black veil, so her expression could not be seen clearly.

This was her favorite outfit. In this era, people would usually only wear it at funerals, so no matter how much she liked it, she would find it difficult to wear it out. It had become somewhat of an obsession for her.

But now she was in the Corridor of Truth, which became her anchor point, able to stabilize her cognition and prevent her from getting lost. Once she lost contact with reality here, she would never be able to get out.

She walked for a long time, and when she felt she had completely calmed down, she casually pushed open the door next to her.

This is a door with a gorgeous and ancient shape, as tall as the door of a palace.

Beatrice looked inside the door and found a long table with high-backed chairs on both sides filled with people. No, not only people, but also a young man with one hand replaced by a mechanical arm and a monster with a snake tail in the lower body and six arms in the upper body.

Beatrice looked at them expressionlessly, her eyes sweeping over each face, then she sighed and closed the door.

Well, the boy looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere, but he was not the one she was looking for.

"is not."

"That's strange. With such accurate clues, it should be easy to find the connection in the Corridor of Truth. Why haven't we encountered it in all these days?"

Beatrice had a troubled expression on her face.

She had been exploring the Corridor of Truth for a long time. Ever since Castel's beacon disappeared in the Candlelight Society's church, she had been trying to establish a connection here.

If an investigator has certain items closely related to themselves as [clues], they can try to open the door in the Corridor of Truth.

The door that opens in this way is likely to be a fragment related to the owner of the [clue]. Investigators can actively screen these fragments and keep them. Once enough fragments are collected, they can piece together the other party's [influence].

This [Influence] is a consumable item and will slowly dissipate if not used. It has only one function - to open a channel in the Sea of Unconsciousness instead of a beacon.

In other words, as long as the investigator has enough clues, no matter where the other party is hiding, he can theoretically cross the Sea of Unconsciousness and go there. This is the most terrifying ability of this path.

Beatrice holds a lot of things given to her by Zeus, which can be used as clues to deduce the opponent's position.

But all her attempts failed inexplicably.

This was very abnormal. Although she could not find relevant fragments of clues every time she opened the door, it was not the case that she would be wrong every time. She had opened the door countless times and never saw Zeus. She had even seen the six-armed monster several times, and occasionally she would meet a few well-known cultists.

Count Hughes couldn't possibly be connected to a monster, could he? He was just a mortal noble. As for a cultist? How could that be possible? Beatrice had examined Castel and found no trace of a cultist.

You have to know that the investigator is an extraordinary person who is extremely good at exploring. No one can escape her eyes except those extraordinary people who are good at hiding.

It's impossible that all the cultists that Zeus has come into contact with are good at hiding.

So something must have gone wrong.

Beatrice stamped her feet angrily. She had wasted so many days and had not gained anything. She also had no idea what had happened to Zeus.

She had asked Father Michel to investigate—no, now it was Bishop Michel.

Unfortunately, Michelle looked through the entire Candlelight Society's collection of books, and even went to the restricted book section through some channels to search, but still found nothing.

Michelle speculated that this situation was more likely caused by an earthquake that caused the church to collapse and the anchor point to be destroyed. There is at least a precedent for this.

After all, the church anchor points of the Candlelight Society often cover a large area. How could there be a huge existence that completely wraps it up so that no beacon is exposed at all?

Beatrice shook her head. She could only keep moving forward, trying to calm her restless mood and waiting for the next opportunity to open the door.

"Count Hughes, I will definitely find you."

"Ken, what happened to the captain?" "Yes, he has been standing on the bow all morning!"

"Aren't we still sailing? There's no point in stopping here, is there?"

A group of people gathered around Ken, discussing in low voices.

Most of them have young faces. Although there are some traces of sun and rain on their faces, their eyes still have the clarity and innocence unique to young people.

Ken scratched his head in distress.

These people were all students in the advanced class. They responded to Zeus's call and became shipboard mechanics. They were on the Black Pearl that was sent out earlier.

At this moment, they had completed most of their original plan, successfully sent two groups of Chamber of Commerce personnel ashore, and went to the northern border to pick up some refugees.

Unfortunately, the situation in the North is too complicated. Nora encountered big trouble there, so they came to Castel to ask for help.

"Ken, we have to get back to Castel. Why don't you go talk to the captain?"

"That's right, Ken. You and Jeremiah are the only ones here who have the best relationship. We don't dare to talk to him. He's too scary when he's angry."

"Yes, you taught him mechanics, and he never got angry with you, but we all got scolded by him."

Ken looked at the people around him, sighed, and finally couldn't resist the instigation and walked to the bow of the ship.

Jeremiah heard the noise, but did not look back at him. He said nothing and looked ahead with a gloomy expression.

"Uh, Mr. Jeremiah."

"captain?"

"Jeremiah?"

Ken shouted for a long time and was about to give up when Jeremiah responded in a low voice, "What is it?"

"I'd like to ask when we're leaving. As you know, Miss Nora's situation is quite urgent, and there are some refugees in the cabin who need care. We've stopped here."

"Where to go."

Ken choked and rubbed his fingers in confusion.

"I ask you, where are we going?"

"Go, go to Castel."

"Do you know where Castel is?"

Ken swallowed his saliva. He regretted offending Captain Jeremiah and was thinking about finding a reason to slip away.

But the captain's next words nailed him firmly in place.

"Do you know where we are now? I'm telling you, we're in Castel. I've measured it countless times with the sextant, and our current location is fucking Castel!!"

Ken opened his eyes wide and looked around tremblingly.

The weather was clear and sunny, and there was only blue water around them.

(End of this chapter)