Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 271 The Pirate King's Court Exploded Again

The banshees dispersed with laughter, and Zeus also closed the mind link with a smile.

Nini's character is a little too impatient, so Xiusi asked Gaia to go with him just to add an extra layer of insurance. This young girl has a stubborn nature.

She has always been the one who sticks to the bottom line. Whether facing the workers or the Banshee, she will step forward without hesitation and insist on her demands, never backing down.

This is also the reason why Xius handed over the explosives production line to her. It was not just because she had the best grades in chemistry, but mainly because of the stubbornness in her character.

Chemistry is a dangerous profession, and explosives have almost no tolerance for error. One mistake can cause the entire factory to collapse, so there is no room for carelessness.

There are many people in the territory who are good at research and have stronger technology, but Xius will only feel at ease if Gaia is in charge of the production line.

Perhaps this is why Chloe (deceased) insisted that Gaia join the Fire Moths.

"Lord Lord!"

A shout brought Hughes back to reality. He turned around and saw that it was Tartaglia, who was walking into the office with a roll of freshly drawn drawings.

"This is my latest design. While retaining most of the performance of the previous version, it greatly improves feasibility. With Castel's production capacity, this version can be done."

Xius turned to look at the blueprint, his fingers moving across the facilities.

Over the next few months, these devices went from being scribbled on drawings to being precise parts delivered to the factory, and then, amid the roar of clamoring crowds, they came off the production line and became huge metal components.

These metal devices were transported to various places on the island and placed in reserved positions, and then gradually formed into an enormous machine.

It is centered on the original location of the central furnace, located directly below the cathedral that has just been renovated. Now a cavity has been dug out in the island to install the furnace and its attached steam chamber, and around this cavity is a dense network of channels.

These newly dug tunnels are not simple passages. They are much higher than the previous ones, and steel pipes are fixed to the ceiling.

These are steam pipes that lead to various parts of the island. They are made of steel and connected by huge flanges. The pipes are connected with bolts and lead to various parts of the island.

If viewed from above the island, the newly built furnace and its steam pipe system look like a giant spider web, with the spider in the middle like an eternally beating heart, pumping steam, the blood of industry, to all parts of Castell.

After the completion of this project, there will be fewer people busy in Castell's factory, and the originally distributed steam power will be completely changed to a centralized supply.

Centralized supply and maintenance, higher efficiency and lower failure rate
Beneath the soil of Castel are densely packed steam pipes and various steel equipment. Hughes sometimes thinks that this seems no different from being a supernatural being. Beneath the seemingly normal appearance lies an industrial miracle that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

If someone could see beyond the soil and rocks and see the true appearance of Castel, they would probably be shocked to the point of losing their minds by the incomprehensible complexity of the steam pipe network.

Fortunately, the islanders of Castres don't.

After the baptism of war, the literacy rate of the people in Castel has reached almost 100% - Hughes used the war as an excuse to forcibly implement a literacy program, and both factories and the Crusaders have regularly held literacy classes.

Castres' total population was not large, which is why it was able to accomplish this miraculous feat. It should be noted that in the 90st century, the literacy rate in the United States remained below %.

While the threat of cognitive interference is largely to blame, Castell's educational initiatives are undeniably successful. In fact, a significant proportion of the population has already completed advanced education. Hughes plans to establish a new educational grading system in the future. The current system of literacy classes, advanced classes, and graduation assessments is adequate for cultivating engineers, but it's inadequate for truly nurturing talent with scientific research capabilities.

Now, the top researchers in Castel are basically trained by Hughes himself, which is closer to the traditional master-apprentice model. The efficiency is still a bit low. It is not so bad with Castel's current population, but if it wants to expand further in the future, this less advanced system will only hinder its development.

There have been significant changes on Castel Island, and the plan to hoist the Sky Curtain Behemoth outside the island is also progressing in an orderly manner.

Nini and Gaia quarreled many times, and finally succeeded in hanging the monster transformed by the Pirate King from the Pirate King's Court.

Although there was a slight deviation from the original plan.

Originally they were planning to hang up the monster with a rope, but later they discovered that the monster was firmly fixed to the Pirate King's Court, and the twisted flesh and blood had been completely squeezed into the foundation of the Pirate King's Court.

Nini and Gaia discussed it and finally reached a consensus and decided to use explosives directly.

The monster transformed by the Pirate King cannot be harmed. This was originally a big trouble, but at this moment it became an advantage. No matter how violent the explosion was, it would only hit the building and would not hurt the monster itself.

——If the monster is blown up, it will be difficult to move.

So huge amounts of explosives were sent over one after another. Nini and Gaia had few similarities in their personalities and ideas, but both of them had equal admiration.

After the war, almost everyone in Castel had developed a worship of equivalent. The huge bombs dropped by the airships and the slow-moving barrage of explosive packs thrown by the swarms of banshees could even make the seemingly unstoppable sea urchin monsters avoid their edge.

If you can't kill them with guns, use bombs. If you can't kill them with bombs, use more bombs.

What, that monster can't be hurt at all?

That's great, we can pile up explosives wherever we want.

With this idea in mind, Nini and Gaia piled countless explosives on the island under the monster.

Even Hughes was shocked by the number, but after hesitating for a while, he still did not stop it.

After all, this is not a war period, so it doesn’t matter if some explosives are wasted, as there is enough production capacity anyway.

And actually, Zeus was also quite curious to see what the explosion would look like.

Then one day, a huge explosion sounded in the Pirate King's Court.

The banshees and the islanders hid far away, and the airship was parked in a place where it was almost out of sight. Next to the bunker, Zeus saw the familiar mushroom cloud in his memory.

It was getting dark, but the blazing light made the world bright again for a moment.

(End of this chapter)