Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 66 Shocking Change
"Succubi, form groups of two and report any situation immediately. Nini, you go to this place and stay outside the house to monitor the people inside."

Hughes sent the location of the hut where the soap-stealing worker was confined to Nini from his mind.

"I've already sent everyone else's location. Try to stay hidden and avoid being discovered by the islanders. Any suspicious individuals found wandering outside must be immediately apprehended. Any resistance is allowed to be killed."

"If you encounter an unknown or unsolvable situation, wait where you are and hold your ground until help arrives. The three nearby teams will go to support you. The rest of you must not move without orders."

"If you are unable to defeat them, you will be allowed to retreat and report the details promptly."

"A symbiotic contract binds us together. For the sake of our common home, prepare to fight."

Hughes paused, and then said in his heart:
"I've set up two channels in the mind link. The first channel is silent, allowing only conversations related to combat. The second channel is for issuing commands, which must be executed immediately. Any questions can be asked through the separate link or in the previous group. Please do not post in both channels to avoid confusion."

"This time, we don't know who the enemy is, how they will sabotage us, or even if they exist. We need to face the unknown. If anything seems amiss, please report it to me."

Across the island, the banshees nodded in unison. At this moment, their thoughts became one.

Hughes let out a sigh.

The symbiotic contract and the mind link gave him the ability to know the entire battlefield, which was even better than having modern communications on Blue Star.

He originally wanted to suppress the cognitive interference, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no need.

This is his territory, and he is the border earl of Castel who has the final say. Even if the cognitive interference is discovered, what can others do to him?

On the contrary, it is more important to be prepared. In case the cognitive interference really leads to serious consequences, he does not want to fail in his own base.

Therefore, he followed the church's practice completely and directly sent extraordinary people to control the situation. Now the factory, soap, manor, and even the entire Castel are under his control.

"Zoe!" Hughes shouted outside the door, and a maid in a long dress trotted over.

"Have all the servants return indoors, including the night watchmen outside. Just wait inside the manor. Do not go out without my order, no matter what happens outside. Do you understand?"

Zoe was surprised. Connor's sudden departure not long ago had already made her suspicious, and now it seemed that something had really happened.

"Ah, Miss Ash!?"

Zoe covered her mouth in surprise. Not far away, Ash appeared in her sight with his snake tail swinging. This was the first time she saw a banshee outside the cave.

"I have something else to do and need to go out. Don't worry about me. There are banshees secretly guarding the manor. If anything happens, you can shout for help."

"what"

After explaining this to Zoe, Zeus turned around and looked at Ash behind him.

"Come on, let's go to church."

Ash nodded silently.

The church is the only variable tonight. The strange monk Keschi is either a supernatural being or some kind of supernatural creature. He deliberately kept the banshee away from the church. He also plans to go nearby. If anything happens, he can explain it.

I believe that the extraordinary people of the Candlelight Society will definitely understand him. If they are unwilling to understand, I think coming to the Silent Temple can help them understand.

With Ash's protection, the symbiotic contract, and the banshees all over the island, Zeus really doesn't care much about the extraordinary people in the church.

Standing far outside the church with Ash, Zeus quietly closed his eyes and felt the information from the mind link.

everything is normal.

After thinking for a moment, Zeus turned around and looked at Ash:

"You hide nearby for a while. If someone comes out of the church later, let me go and talk to them. There's a high probability that there won't be a direct confrontation. If there's any trouble, I'll talk to you through the telepathic link."

Ash nodded. She could sense her tribesmen not far away, so she felt more at ease.

"How are those bars of soap I gave you for your experiment?" "Something's going on strangely."

"speak."

"We split into two groups. One group took the soap and headed for the Abyss, while the other group didn't dive much deeper but headed to the open sea."

"The soap for both groups disappeared after they moved a certain distance away."

"Disappear? What kind of disappearance?"

Was it not sealed properly? Was it dissolved by seawater?

No, it's impossible. Even if there is a rapid impact of water, it will not disappear so quickly, not to mention there is nitroglycerin.

"The mutated soap and nitroglycerin seemed to have become contaminants, but the amount was small, and that little contamination quickly disappeared, almost all at once."

The banshees are basically not afraid of pollution now. The vitality transmitted by the symbiotic contract passes through Zeus. Although the principle is unknown, Zeus can purify the pollution very efficiently.

"How far is this distance?"

"Very close."

Ash sketched out a sea map in his mind and transmitted it to Hughes through the mind link.

One went far away, the other went downward. After estimating the location in his mind, Hughes found that the places where the two soaps and nitroglycerin disappeared were about ten kilometers away from the factory in a straight line.

"A creation of cognitive interference cannot be far away from its birthplace? If it is far away, it will become a weak pollution?"

Another clue emerged.

“Why is that?”

"The seventh group found an anomaly. Repeat, the seventh group found an anomaly!"

"We've discovered a large amount of physical contamination!"

Xiusi's heart tightened.

He hurriedly looked for the location of the seventh group on the light spot map in his mind, then took out a map he carried with him. His fingers slid across the map and soon stopped.

That is
"Soap factory?"

"Report the details. Groups 5, 9, and 11 will proceed to investigate. The rest of you will remain on standby!"

"Just now, there was a sudden smell of pollution. I went to check and found that a large amount of physical pollution was pouring out from the air!"

As expected! Cognitive interference can lead to very dire consequences, and this massive outbreak of pollution is probably one of them. This kind of pollution can almost only be solved by extraordinary people. No wonder the church didn't send mortals at the time.

But pollution is easy to solve.

Xius's heart moved.

"Try a small amount and see if it's any different from deep-sea pollution."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

"Group 6 has found something unusual!" "Group 3 has found something unusual!" "Group 4, there's a lot of pollution here!" "Group 8 has found something unusual!" "Group 9! Una is buried in the pollution!" "Group 11 has found something unusual!"

Suddenly, many urgent voices sounded at the same time.

Zeus' pupils dilated instantly.

(End of this chapter)