Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 258 Monica

After she finished speaking, Monica realized something was wrong and quickly covered her mouth, glaring at Xius fiercely.

It's strange, why did she say so many things for no apparent reason?

Although the moving corpse in front of her was clearly a stranger, she always had an indescribable sense of familiarity. The feeling was so reassuring that as long as she relaxed her guard a little, she would subconsciously want to rely on it.

it's wired.
Monica looked at Hughes, then looked at the big hole in his chest. No matter how hard she searched her memory, she couldn't remember who this man was.

Xius also noticed Monica's vigilance, and at this moment he was in hesitation - should he reveal his identity?

As long as he reveals his identity, he will be able to gain her trust. Hughes and Monica are too familiar with each other.

Can.
Zeus looked down at the big hole in his chest. His ability to appear in different bodies was his biggest secret, and he had never told anyone about it.

Monica. She has always been a troublemaker in the territory, often causing all kinds of mess. Zeus looked at that beautiful fair face. She is no longer the little child she used to be. Should he choose to believe her?

Zeus suddenly clenched his teeth. The people in his territory were still resisting the monsters, but he still had the mind to waste time here. He stared at Monica's emerald green eyes. There was no mistake about that familiar feeling. Even though she looked a little strange, she was still the soul he was familiar with.

"Monica, listen to me. This may be hard for you to accept, but I am actually Hughes. Your lord, Hughes, the Hughes with whom you signed the symbiotic contract."

"Well, I believe you."

"I know you don't want to believe it, but I can tell you a lot of details. Wait, what did you just say?"

"I said I believe you - I don't know what exactly you've encountered, but since you don't want to talk about it, there must be a hardship. But since you are Hughes and I am Monica, I am willing to believe you."

Hughes choked.

"The Banshees are a race focused on the mind. Our intuition is very accurate, and right now it tells me that you are Hughes. There's no doubt about it."

Zeus felt what he wanted to say was stuck in his throat. These banshees had always been like this, whether it was when he first met Ash or when he accepted their allegiance at the bottom of the sea. They had always been willing to trust their intuition, as if they could always see straight into the hearts of others.

"You, you're not doing this right, what if I'm pretending? What if I'm just trying to gain your trust?"

"Then you've already cheated me." Monica suddenly revealed a sly expression: "Since you said so, then tell me about my story."

The corner of Hughes' eye twitched, he sighed, and then slowly began to tell the story.

"When I first met you, it was in the sea. To be more precise, at the bottom of the abyss. At that time, the banshees worshipped me as a god. I refused your request, and the scene froze."

"God," Monica whispered with a complicated expression, "If only there were no gods."

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. Go on."

"Oh, and then you stand up at this time and say that I am half the lord of Storm Ocean, and you are half of my subject." "Half a subject." Monica trembled.

Zeus was a bit puzzled. He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "The Banshee joined Castel. Later, due to the discovery of a large amount of pollution in the Abyss, the Banshee was forced to come to the shallow sea. Although she used flesh magic to maintain her human form in the Abyss, she was still unable to exert much power. As a result, you were corroded by the pollution and fell into a coma."

Monica nodded silently.

"Then I asked Nora to heal you, but she happened to break the cognitive barrier, and a huge amount of pollution gathered on you. In the end, I successfully purified the pollution from you."

"Actually, it's only half purified." Monica suddenly said.

Xiu Si was stunned for a moment before realizing what she had said. He was a little confused: "Impossible, you have a symbiotic contract. Even if there is pollution, it will be purified along with the flow of life force, right?"

Monica shook her head and sighed, "Didn't you notice that there was too much pollution attracted back then?"

Upon hearing this, Zeus frowned and began to think. It seemed that he had never encountered such a powerful pollution monster since then.

Those mutated wolves, soaked in pollution, were only slightly stronger than ordinary beasts. It would take a large group of polluted beasts in the Abyss to hurt Monica - at that time, only Ash was capable of fighting, and she was protecting the entire Banshee alone.

How come Monica becomes so exaggerated once she is contaminated?

At that time, Zeus didn't know how strong the banshees were. Now thinking about it, it was indeed strange. Although the banshees were holding back, even with a hundred banshees attacking Monica at the same time, they couldn't stop her from growing stronger quickly.

The pollution is getting stronger and stronger. The pollution in the sea is being absorbed. Why does this process feel so familiar?
And now think about it, is the pollution so powerful? She fell into a coma just by being injured, and the entire banshee tribe couldn’t cure her?

Even if other extraordinary people who don't have the ability to purify themselves come into direct contact with physical pollution, they will only need slow treatment and will not have such serious acute symptoms, right?

The more Zeus thought about it, the more frightened he became. He didn't know much about the extraordinary world before and just thought it was ordinary. Now looking back, he realized that everything that happened back then seemed strange no matter how he looked at it.

He also remembered that after purifying the pollution from Monica's body, a strange atmosphere spread out in all directions and even caused a storm. Since when could purifying pollution cause weather changes?
What exactly happened at that time? Was Monica really just eroded by pollution?

Xius swallowed and looked at Monica: "What do you know?"

"Yes, after I summoned the Machine Spirit from the steam engine, I could always vaguely hear something, as if something was talking to me. At that time, I thought it was the Machine Spirit finally paying attention to me."

She looked off into the distance, her thoughts unclear. After a moment, she smiled softly, "Thinking back now, I should have guessed it back then. Only I can summon the Machine Spirit. No one else can."

Monica suddenly turned around and looked at Xius: "Those silk threads in your hand were actually part of the power of the gods, right?"

Xius was stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Monica sighed. "You must be wondering why I know this—because it wasn't the pollution that eroded me back then, it was the Sea God."

(End of this chapter)