Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 575 Castel's Changes

Inside Castel, undercurrents were swirling, and various speculations and rumors were rampant, but Hughes made no further moves.

He neither acknowledged any of the claims nor offered any further official explanation, but instead turned around and began the next round of education outreach.

Many people have already completed the advanced course content compiled earlier. For the next level, textbooks are generally only written for certain specialized subjects—such as calculus.

This time, Hughes released teaching materials in most areas. Some of these materials were compiled by him based on his memories from his previous life, but most of them were provided by the Moth of Fire.

Hughes provided the Fire Moths with more than just shelter; he also provided them with a constant stream of resources and designated a special testing ground in Castel.

In addition, some of the most cutting-edge research, namely the exploration of basic science, was conducted in Gem Bay, southeast of Castells.

The development of Gem Bay is progressing slowly, after all, it is far from the mainland and has no population base, but it is very suitable for building an experimental field.

Unlike improving weapons, exploring basic science is extremely prone to cognitive interference. Those who manufacture weapons at least know what they are doing, but researching basic science is like walking in the dark.

After all, seeing a bamboo pole fall can evoke more than just gravity. Verifying each of these phenomena would be dangerous and yield little benefit. This is how science in this world is stifled.

But Castel is different. It has a large educated population, a strong research atmosphere, and Hughes provides strong support and continuous investment without expecting anything in return. It can be said to be the only place in the world that has all the conditions for research and development.

In Gem Bay, the Fire Moths established several secret testing grounds. It was quite dangerous there; it was said that the pollution caused by cognitive interference could supply half of Blood Harbor.

Tata also designed a special barge for transporting pollution that can be towed by cargo ships and can be detached directly in case of pollution leakage.

A significant portion of this teaching material is based on research findings from that region.

As he flipped through the textbook in his hand, even Hughes couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He was just an engineer and didn't have a system with him, so he didn't know much about the knowledge here.

After a few more updates, he'll probably have to go back to school.

"Distribute these teaching materials uniformly, and then open new courses above the advanced level. Hmm, also send a copy to Alexei; it can be used as a reference for the Holy Scripture."

Hughes's order was quickly carried out, and textbooks were distributed to the graduates of the advanced class, while a new round of advanced education began.

Zoe immediately became busy. In addition to further promoting universal education in Bloodharbor, she also had to organize more advanced courses in Castells, which Hughes called the advanced class.

He originally wanted to call it "university" directly, but after thinking it over, he decided against it. These textbooks were still far from a real university education, and calculus was just an introduction to advanced mathematics. He would redesign the education system after it was fully improved.

Several boxes of teaching materials were sent to the North, where Alexei is now stationed and has effectively taken control of the entire North.

He was even busier there than when he was managing Castells. Firstly, the entire North was too vast, and the political and cultural environment was very complex. Secondly, the White Disaster had not completely left.

Little Gwen controlled the White Disaster to shrink back a considerable distance, and then stopped there. According to her, there were still many troubles in the white mist, which would have to be resolved slowly.

The expeditionary force successfully defeated the skeleton horde, and the main credit actually went to her. The skeletons were almost instantly resurrected in the mist. If she hadn't controlled the mist to leave, the skeletons alone would have exhausted the expeditionary force's ammunition.

Looking back now, I'm really lucky. If Gwen hadn't controlled the fog, we probably would have had to cooperate with the Silent Sanctuary to deal with the White Catastrophe.

Speaking of the priests in the Silent Church.
In the northern border, within the expeditionary force's fortress.

This fortress was eventually named the Court of Calamity.

The name was given by Nini. The expeditionary force successfully resisted the White Disaster here, and now a large number of skeletons are imprisoned here, hence the name.

Gwen liked the name very much. She often sat on the concrete wall atop the fortress, gazing blankly at the endless wasteland.

The war in the North had actually ended, and she had actually led the resistance to the very end. Even now, thinking about it, it still seems somewhat unbelievable.

She thought that even after giving it her all, she would still fail, and that the final outcome would be dying on the battlefield with the resistance fighters. Every day she spent in despair, she always thought that she would die in despair.

Looking at everything before me, it all seemed almost unreal, so beautiful.

"Sister Gwen, there's a letter for you!"

"letter?"

Gwen was startled and turned around to see Grisha running towards her, waving a letter in his hand.

A letter? Who would send themselves a letter?
Comrades of the expeditionary force?
Hmm, probably not. There aren't many literate people in the expeditionary force, and even fewer who can write letters. Although I've heard that they started to learn to read in Castel, they probably haven't reached the point where they can write letters yet.

Lady Nora?

She can read, but she probably can't write letters.
Gwen couldn't help but smile as she pictured Lady Nora writing a letter with a pen in her mouth, hopping around.

She rubbed her face, and when she thought of her friends, she felt not pain, but happiness—a happiness she had never dared to imagine before.

Well, it's hard to say whether Nora will be happy after finding out.

Grisha, panting heavily, handed over the letter, grinning, "It's a letter from the lord."

"My lord? Oh."

Gwen felt she had a pretty good idea of ​​what the letter was about.

It's highly likely they'll invite her to Castells.

Since the war in the North ended, she has been busy organizing the evacuation of refugees and resistance fighters, and has not yet set foot on Castel soil.

Nora had previously invited her to attend Bazel's trial, but she hesitated for a long time before declining.

She couldn't quite articulate her thoughts; she longed for Castel, but also felt a certain fear.

She was familiar with warfare and was not afraid to fight even the most powerful enemy, but she had heard that on that island, it wasn't enough to just know how to fight.

She was just a peasant girl; she might be somewhat skilled in combat, but as for anything else, she had little confidence.

So she declined, saying she wanted to stay in the North and felt there was something there that attracted her.

This was not a lie. She always felt that something in the white mist was calling to her, and the fleeting glimpse of the white-haired little girl that day also made her very concerned.

Gwen casually opened the letter.

"Let me see. Sure enough, it's an invitation to Castel. Hmm, the priests of the Silent Sanctuary are still asleep?"

(End of this chapter)