Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 662 Witness My Ascension!

Zoe turned her head and saw that the enormous cannon muzzle on the wall was gradually gleaming, and specks of orange-yellow flames were converging on this side from behind like fire dragons.

The Candlelight clergy quickly noticed this as well, and they tried to rush toward the giant cannon, but this time their advance was not as successful as before.

More investigators successfully rushed over, but their offensive was entangled by the Mechanicus.

[Investigator] Once the investigator gets close to the mechanical priest, the situation immediately turns into a one-sided massacre.

But even this massacre has to be done in a way that allows for enough killings.

The mechanical priests' battle lines stretched out in layers, densely packed, filling most of the room.

No matter how powerful the investigators are, they are still just one person, and they are almost squeezed into the middle.

Unfortunately, these mechanical priests are not so easy to kill.

The higher the rank of the priest, the more modified limbs he has, and these are all made of steel.

The flesh and blood body is indeed weak, but the steel body is very resilient.

[Investigator] A punch can smash a mechanical body, sending sparks flying and rendering it immobile, but it cannot destroy steel.

Dead mechanical priests can sometimes be more troublesome than living ones, especially as more and more people crowd together, and the investigators who rush up feel as if they are being squeezed into a wall of steel.

Some extreme Mechanicus practitioners even implant bombs inside their bodies, which explode upon death, and the proportion of extreme Mechanicus practitioners is relatively high.
So these investigators suddenly discovered that these ordinary people were not as easy to deal with as they had imagined.

They were blocked, but the giant cannons on the wall wouldn't wait for anyone.

Soon the roar of the cannons grew louder and louder, and it was clear that it was not far from being ready to fire.

Zoe grabbed Gaia's sleeve in a panic: "What do we do? If this continues, everyone will die!"

Gaia gritted her teeth and pointed to a large pipe next to her: "You brought the Dragon Breath Cannon, right? We'll rush straight to the pipe, blast an opening with the Dragon Breath Cannon, and then crawl in!"

"Where does that pipe go?"

"I don't know! I only know that it should be empty inside. People from the Mechanical Sanctuary just crawled out of there!"

As the Candlelight Society struggled and the Mechanical Sanctuary frantically stalled for time, Zoe and Gaia prepared to flee. In a corner of the battlefield unnoticed by anyone, a person wrapped in a trench coat excitedly raised their head.

His face was covered by a thick leather mask, the edges of which were even sewn to his skin.

If Zoe were here, she would recognize him: he is a guest from the Southern Continent, the Skinner of the Unending Sanctuary.

At this moment, however, he felt no tension whatsoever, only anticipation as he watched the giant cannon gradually gather energy.

The roar of the giant cannon suddenly stopped, and the energy gathering at the muzzle flowed like liquid.

Everyone stared at the cannon barrel, their faces flashing with fear, regret, hesitation, and confusion.

The intense energy caused the entire church to tremble—no, not just the church, but everything around it, even the high walls of reality.

The investigators present immediately abandoned the enemy and frantically fled in the direction away from the cannon muzzle.

Suddenly, all the superhumans paused for a moment, then turned around in shock.

Zoe and Gaia, who had just rushed to the pipe and were about to pull out their Dragon Breath Cannons, also stopped.

"The high wall of reality"

"It shattered." A massive amount of energy tore a hole in the world, and something was surging wildly into the mortal realm. The turbulent seawater in the Sea of ​​Ignorance began to pour back towards this side!

In just a moment, the investigators who were not far from the cannon muzzle all lost control. Amidst a grotesque wail, their flesh tore apart, and new, grotesque limbs burst from their bodies.

More than a dozen monsters suddenly appeared in the banquet hall!

The mechanical sanctuary and the mortal members of the Candlelight Church standing around them simply stood there, unresponsive, neither fleeing in fear nor taking up arms to fight.

The direct impact of the seawater from the Sea of ​​Ignorance is no less than throwing a person into pollution.

Although mortals are more resistant to pollution than superhumans, it's not much better; before long, they too will be eroded by the pollution.

Only Zoe and Gaia, standing in the corner of the banquet hall, were still some distance from the rift in reality, and the sea of ​​ignorance had not yet flowed into them.

The two of them shuddered simultaneously.

Gaia immediately pulled out the Dragon Breath Cannon from her chest in a flurry, pointed it at the pipe, and prepared to fire. Zoe, however, patted her shoulder and pointed ahead.

"What's wrong?! Don't get in the way! Let's run first!"

Gaia looked in the direction Zoe was pointing and froze on the spot.

The person covered in skin seemed to be alright, not out of control.

No, not only was he not out of control, he was walking against the rushing seawater toward the cannon muzzle that was sizzling and flashing white light.

"How is that possible? That's the seawater of the Sea of ​​No Consciousness! Even in that world, you need to use your consciousness to envelop your soul to touch it, and he just touched it directly with his physical body!?"

Gaia thought she must be going crazy.

Is there anything in this world that can be physically exposed to pollution?

Oh, Lord, that's fine, but Lord, you're purifying the pollution. Yet the Skin-Covered One before you stands in the floodwaters of the Sea of ​​Ignorance, and there's not a trace of anything amiss!

No, if you look closely...
Gaia activated her spiritual perspective, and the entire world instantly turned black and white, the transparent seawater of the Sea of ​​Ignorance turning into a thick, unyielding black.

And this black seawater is flowing into the skinned man's body?!
"Impossible, impossible! What on earth is going on?!"

Countless streams of seawater, mixed with pollution, surged in, yet the Skin-Covered One showed no abnormality. He walked step by step to the enormous cannon muzzle, to the blazing white energy sphere, to the rift in the mortal realm, and slowly stretched out his hand.

"I see. So this is the power of the [Named One]."

"Thankfully, the ceremony was successful. If there had been even the slightest mistake, I would probably have been instantly corrupted by this surging pollution and turned into a monster on the spot."

He slowly turned his head and looked at Gaia and Zoe in the corner of the church.

"Heh, I kept you around as a backup plan, but it seems I don't need to anymore. Witness my ascension!"

He tore off the mask with one hand, and a large piece of flesh was torn from the mask sewn onto his face, which was immediately repaired by the seawater and pollution that rushed into his body.

Beneath the mask was the face of a young girl.

Seeing Zoe and Gaia standing there dumbfounded, the girl suddenly smiled.

"I almost forgot to introduce myself. I am Beatrice Peranis Rhine Joan, Pope of the Candlelight Society and the Mechanical Sanctuary, Emperor of the Saint Mir Empire, and the new [Named Person]. Please give my regards to Hughes."

(End of this chapter)