Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 256: Struggle until the last moment.

Zeus looked at Alexi, stroked the sea snake on his neck, and shook his head gently.

It was neither reasonable nor logical for him to choose to escape from the battlefield. Besides, even if he wanted to escape, where could he escape to?

The sea water flooded everything, and he got on the airship and could never get off.

If Castel was to sink, Hughes would rather let this body be buried with it than abandon those who believed in him.

"No, Alexei, there is still hope. The airship we sent out hasn't replied yet. We must continue to hold on."

Alexei's eyes flashed, but in the end he said nothing, bowed, and left.

"My Lord, my Lord, there's news from Chloe!" Suddenly, a researcher from the Fire Moth rushed into the room shouting.

The noisy command center suddenly became quiet, and people stopped and stared at the documents in the man's hand.

The researcher also became nervous. He walked forward cautiously, handed over the documents in his hand, and stood nervously by the wall.

No one spoke, everyone looked at Hughes, like prisoners quietly waiting for trial.

Zeus struggled to stand up. Zoe wanted to go forward to support him, but Zeus waved his hand, leaned half of his body against the wall, opened the paper, and looked up.

After a moment, he took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

The message was sent by Chloe. She described in detail everything she saw in the Pirate King's Court, recorded the various attempts and plans they made, but only wrote one sentence about their ending.

"I can't go back."

Chloe.
Xiusi's fingers were trembling a little. He couldn't tell whether it was because of weakness or sadness. He took several deep breaths before he could barely calm down a little. Now was not the time to be sad. He had to continue moving forward with the rest of the people.

"Do you have a way to monitor the Evil God's fluctuations?"

The people chasing the fire moth nodded silently.

"how?"

The man opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "The evil god's fluctuations only lasted for a moment and soon disappeared."

It failed.

The monster absorbed all the pollution in the Storm Ocean. Even if Chloe sacrificed her own life and the evil god she summoned was unable to compete with it, how could Zeus kill it?

No, killing the monsters in the Pirate King's Court is not necessarily the only way out. Perhaps we can escape from this strange world. Nini's airship went to the eye of the storm, which is the real hope. If the sea water can stop rising or even recede, the front line can be stabilized.

Castel can slowly look for a solution, such as building a larger airship, carrying a very, very large bomb, and sending the entire pirate court into the sky.

as long as
Xiu Si was suddenly stunned.

He touched his neck in disbelief, and his fingers touched his skin directly.

The sea serpent around his neck disappeared.

when! ?

No, it should be just now. He clearly remembered that the sea snake was still beside him not long ago. It was not lost, but disappeared.

Nini told him that this sea snake could last for more than a month. If the sea snake disappeared early, it would mean that all the banshees were killed. They were a group of banshees who went out together, and the symbiotic contract would take effect only between them. Only when all of them were killed would Nini's sea snake disappear.

All the banshees who went to the Eye of the Storm died?

Nini, Chloe, and more than a dozen people from the two teams, all died in the blink of an eye?

Xiu Si's mind was blank. He had imagined failure and thought about the worst possible scenario, but when it all really happened, he realized that he was still too naive.

After taking a few deep breaths, Zeus felt a throbbing pain in his chest. His eyes went dark and he struggled with all his might to avoid falling down.

He is the lord here, and behind him are the people of the territory. He cannot fall.

Xius calmed down and turned to look at Alexi:
"Alexei, how is the progress on our next batch of airships?"

"It will take at least four days." "When will the sea level reach the cathedral?"

"."

"Alexei?"

".tonight"

Hughes paused in his questioning.

There was a deathly silence in the command center. Hughes was silent for a while, then slowly raised his head. His eyes slowly swept across the faces. A month ago, they were workers, fishermen, and ordinary people on the island.

Today, they stood in reinforced concrete fortifications, looking at sand basins and maps to study how to deploy firepower.

At this moment, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Xius with sharp eyes.

Xiu Si gritted his teeth and stood up, waving his hand to refuse Zoe's support.

He looked into the distance and saw that the rising sea water had submerged most of the land in Castel, where there used to be schools, factories, docks, and small shops selling soap and olive oil.

Now, the dark monsters fill every inch of the sea surface, and the hideous spikes of the sea urchins seem to be right in front of us.

Zeus withdrew his gaze and looked at the people in the house. Some of their faces showed confusion, some anger, some fear, and some resentment.

They looked at Hughes with pleading eyes.

"Sir, will we win?" someone asked.

"I do not know."

Hughes answered without hesitation.

The people in the room made a commotion, but soon returned to silence.

Yes, Chloe and Nini's airships both failed. If his lord still had any other way, he should have used it long ago. At this moment, he was as desperate as everyone else.

but.
People looked at Hughes, who was barely holding up his weak body, and there was no hesitation or wavering in his eyes.

Emotions are contagious. Zeus's figure was like cold steel, gradually calming the restlessness and anxiety in people's hearts.

"I don't know if we will win." Hughes coughed a few times before continuing, "But I promise that I will fight with you until the last moment."

His voice was not loud, even a little weak, but the firmness in his tone was the same as before.

People looked at each other. They had heard Hughes' promises many times, and Hughes had always been by their side. Hughes brought them knowledge, allowing everyone to go to school, earn money, and eat fried fish.

They used their knowledge to create giant steel beasts, and amid the roar of steam engines, Zeus took them to see a bigger world.

They were born in Castel and would die here. Looking at Hughes's determined eyes, the confusion in people's hearts gradually dissipated.

The command center was still silent, but everyone could feel the fiery power in the silence.

Finally, someone returned to the table to process paperwork. Several staff officers returned to the sand table to mark the firing points on the map. Richard bowed to Hughes and continued to activate his extraordinary abilities. People began to work again.

They still have responsibilities to fulfill - as Hughes said, they struggle to the last moment, like a machine made of steel, silently and firmly continuing to operate.

Only they themselves know that they have a will as hot as fire in their hearts.

Hughes had brought them miracles time and time again, and this time would be no exception.

If miracles don't happen again -

Their firm will and flesh and blood are Castel's next high wall.

Even if Castel is destined to sink, they will struggle to the last moment.

(End of this chapter)