Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 233 Now we can go out to sea to explore

"Are you Captain? There's a kind of grass with heart-shaped leaves. Its flowers are white and small, and its leaves grow into a large patch, half a person's height."

"Gwen, sit up now and eat that grass. You can eat it raw."

"ah? 』

Gwen opened her eyes in confusion.

Ken jumped up from his chair excitedly after hearing this: "Mr. Jeremiah, what kind of herb is that? Can it cure that little girl's illness?"

Jeremiah glanced at him and snorted coldly, "How could it be such a coincidence? It's just an ordinary wild vegetable. Eating it can fill your stomach and won't starve to death immediately."

After a pause, he spoke again in a low voice: "The little girl may not be sick. She has just been hungry for too long. People who are weak will always suffer from various diseases. Eating a few full meals or even a bowl of hot soup can save her. But..."

He suddenly stopped talking and glared at Ken: "Don't you have a manual? Go get it."

Ken's eyes lit up. Hughes had written some basic methods of treating diseases and mentioned them during his lectures. He brought them with him when he packed up his teaching materials and had even treated sailors.

"I'll go find it right now!"

Gwen struggled to sit up. She felt dizzy and a little weak.

She was not too surprised that someone was talking to her in her mind just now. She often fantasized that she had many friends who would care about her and help her find food. Although she had never seen them, these friends were still the motivation that kept her alive.

There are just a few new friends here now. People often have hallucinations before they die. Gwen knows that she has seen many people die in front of her.

It’s a pity that I didn’t see my mother, which is a bit regrettable.

But it was also nice to have new friends. She struggled to reach out and took the plate of weeds. The heart-shaped leaves were very beautiful, and she liked them very much. She picked a lot of them and brought them over.

She had to listen to her friend. Although the wild grass tasted bad, she still tried her best to chew it up and swallow it. Then she tidied her clothes and lay back on the bed.

She felt sleepy very quickly, and this time she was probably really going to die.

Dying is a terrible thing, but meeting new friends is not so bad, Gwen thought drowsily.

"Gwen, are you still there? Are you in pain anywhere? I have a cure!"

"Gwen?"

Ken was still calling out to Gwen, but he was destined to get no response - Hughes looked at the broken thread and sighed inwardly.

He could sense that the little girl was not dead, but was just in a coma. However, judging by her current condition, she was destined to die.

Wild vegetables can be used as an emergency food, but she won't survive by eating them alone. The place where she is is full of war and refugees. The church, the royal family, and the lords are in a mess. It is not easy to save her.

Zeus originally came here this time to explore the ability of this remote connection, but now he is no longer in the mood. After seeing Gwen's thread break, he also disconnected several people and chose to return directly.

Soon, he raised his head from his long table, sighed, and walked out to the eastern testing ground.

He planned to ask Chloe about common wild vegetables. These fire-chasing moths, who spend their days hiding and pursuing knowledge, should be well aware of this. When he arrived at the testing grounds, Hughes was surprised to find Chloe in the sky.

In just one day, a much larger improved version of the airship took off into the sky. Looking at the people waving at him in the sky, Zeus' heavy mood was alleviated a lot.

The airship slowly descended. Unlike the small airship that was hastily built before, this large airship was well-made, and the mounted engine was upgraded from a hand-cranked one to a steam engine.

Well, even though it seems a little strange to put a steam engine on an airship, the airship is truly powerful in this respect. As long as it is big enough and has strong enough lift, it is easy to carry a bulky steam engine.

After all, it doesn't have to consider aerodynamics, and it's hard to say what kind of structure in this world is suitable for flying.

Maybe the Mechanical Temple has steam-powered airplanes.

The steam engine has many shortcomings, but its efficiency is quite high. Many ships on the blue planet use steam turbines. It is not a joke that humans rely on boiling water for energy.

What's more, steam engines can burn pollution. Although physical pollution is dangerous and difficult to use, its calorific value is really ridiculously high. A can of pollution is enough to keep a steam engine running for a whole day. This is not very obvious on the ground, but the effect becomes exaggerated in the sky.

There was an important reason why Hughes chose an airship instead of a hot air balloon: a hot air balloon needs to burn fuel all the time, while an airship consumes almost no fuel while floating in the air.

If Hughes was only planning to use it on the battlefield, a hot air balloon would be enough, but the main function of this airship is not limited to this.

Zeus needs to explore the secrets deep in the sea and understand the truth about Castel's disconnection from the outside world. He must have a flying vehicle that can stay in the air for a long time.

And this airship is the final solution he came up with.

The huge airship in the sky slowly descended, and the Noisy One roared and pushed the propeller.

Soon, the airship landed on the open ground, and several banshees threw up ropes with hooks and hung them in the holes reserved around the balloon.

The airship was firmly fixed, and Chloe and Nini walked down from the cabin under the airship together.

This time the airship was made much more delicately than before. There was no longer an open-air basket under the balloon. Instead, the steam engine and various transmission equipment were placed in the cabin below.

"Let's see how it feels!" Chloe said excitedly. "This big guy can carry several tons of supplies. As long as there's no storm, crossing the sea will be no problem at all!"

Zeus's face froze. Indeed, the airship had a long endurance and a strong carrying capacity, but as Chloe said, its ability to withstand severe weather was average.

If there were no storms, there would be no problem, but this is the Ocean of Storms.
Xiu Si pondered for a moment and asked, "How strong is the skin you made? Do you have the ability to repair the airship's skin?"

"It's quite strong, but I'm not sure if it can withstand a storm," Chloe shrugged. "But I can definitely repair damage to the skin quickly, so for safety reasons, it's best if I come along if you want to investigate."

She smiled with the look of success.

Researching new weapons is fun, but it's not as fun as taking a blimp up into the sky, especially when you can investigate what's going on in the ocean.

She has long wanted to go out and play on the airship!

(End of this chapter)