Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 737 Is this your true form?
With Hughes's command, the ceremonial field was slowly moved by the control towers of the stellar reactor.

This time, the moving seawater was not violent at all, but rather very gentle, and the water wall was only a little over a meter above the sea surface, like a larger wave.

But Hughes could sense the immense energy contained within it.

Soon, the tsunami reached the designated area, and seawater surged towards the breakwater of the test site.

The breakwater here is only a few meters high, modeled after the coastal areas that need to be flooded.

The seawater slowly surged up, and although the waves were only a little over a meter high, they were a meter higher than the opposite side no matter what obstacles were in front of them.

In a short while, the seawater disappeared without a sound, but the interior of the test site became a vast expanse of water.

What about energy consumption?

"If it were a tsunami, it would consume most of the power output and pollute the reactor, but the power consumption from such a massive inundation wouldn't be high. The influx rate would be moderate, but creating a river would require the tsunami generator to operate continuously."

Hughes nodded; it was pretty much what he had imagined.

As long as the tsunami generator doesn't create huge waves, it's not too much of a burden on the stellar reactor, but if it needs to be kept running for extended periods...
What will be the impact on the surrounding area?

Even if the cost is not high, it can be very troublesome if it affects a large area of ​​the sea.

After all, this thing can only be used in the Stellar Furnace, and it would easily affect navigation if it were used on the coast of Tiss.

"Well," Tata hesitated, "I set up a plan to allow most of the abandoned ships along the route to pass through smoothly, but..."

"Just what?"

"But almost all the buoys in the sea have been swept away."

Hughes raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised: "You mean, this doesn't affect the ship, but it might affect things in the sea?"

"Yes, although we haven't developed a ship that can operate underwater yet, it is indeed a problem. However, our cargo ships are all in normal working order."

Currently, the only creatures that move in the sea are the banshees. They don't seem to mind the tsunami much, and even seem to like it quite a bit—the banshees at the testing grounds are having a blast, and they've already figured out how to surf.

Like surfing in the water.

"Judging from this, it's worth a try. I remember we've already chosen a spot on the coast. Let's fill it with some seawater and see how it goes."

“No problem,” Tata nodded in response.

"When you go to try it, bring the banshees with you. I instructed them to do so, as there might be some experiments that require their cooperation."

Hughes's problem isn't just about the seawater flooding; there's another issue:

Where did all that river water go?
Rivers may change course or disappear, but water will not.

Water eventually flows to the sea. The fact that rivers were formed here indicates that there was sufficient rainfall.

The sirens can freely explore the water, especially since they have the ability to sense water veins. Following the seawater surging ashore is just the right thing to do.

The experiment has come to a successful conclusion. Hughes plans to have Ken and Tata investigate the anomaly of the stellar furnace. Ken is an expert in mechanical design, while Tata was the original designer of the stellar furnace.

Tata could have just investigated, but Hughes was still a little worried.
After all, it's rather strange that Beatrice could influence the Stellar Furnace.

After explaining these matters, Hughes returned to his office alone. He had intended to have Ash watch the door, but looking at Ash's calm face, he hesitated.

"I might lose consciousness in a little while. Don't worry if I don't respond to you."

"it is good."

Don't you care what I'm doing?

“I do care,” Ash replied without hesitation, “but I trust your judgment.” Hughes nodded and said nothing more.

The matter of the Golden Throne is of great importance, and he has yet to find any clues. Perhaps one day he will share these things with his companions, but not now.

After Ash left, Hughes's expression slowly stiffened, and his eyes became empty.

After checking that the golden throne was normal, Hughes returned to the body of the worker Hughes.

When he opened his eyes this time, he was startled.

The thick, impenetrable white fog was gone; instead, the surroundings were clear, and it was now a tundra.

Wait, tundra?
Hughes remembered that he was frozen in the glacier, didn't he?

Looking down, I saw that I was indeed still frozen in ice, but the ice only surrounded a small part of my surroundings, as if someone had dug it out.

The surrounding land and ice had a clear boundary. Hughes's eye twitched. Could it really have been dug out?
The only one who could dig him out was...
"Little Gwen? Are you there?"

"Where are you?"

After calling out a few times, Hughes suddenly had a thought and slowly turned his head to look behind him.

Then he froze.

Behind him was an enormous skeletal beast, which was motionless at the moment, whether dead or asleep, it was unknown.

When Hughes looked up, it seemed to him like a mountain.

"Cough cough."

Little Gwen suddenly came around from the side, and asked somewhat awkwardly, "Do you know what this giant bone beast is? I also discovered it after I came into the fog."

"Isn't this you, little Gwen?"

"Huh?!" Little Gwen's eyes widened. "You, how could you say that?! How could you say such things?!"

Hughes sighed helplessly: "You forgot, I can pull up the threads. Now that the white mist is gone, I can see where the threads are connected."

With a flick of his wrist, a white thread appeared in his hand, the other end of which was connected directly to the top of the skeletal beast's head.

Little Gwen's face stiffened, she muttered a few words, and sighed.

"Okay, you've found out. My current form has become this."

Little Gwen walked over to the skeletal behemoth and patted its skull.

"When did this happen?"

"Right after I fell into the white mist, I thought I was going to die, but somehow I turned into this. The me you see now is the result of me slowly coalescing later."

“I see.” Hughes stroked his chin. “That’s why you refused to see me in the first place.”

"Uh, this skeletal body is ugly, I'm scared, I'm scared to frighten you."

"Ugly?" Hughes looked at the skeletal behemoth. Its body was covered with grotesque white bone spikes as sharp as swords. It was tall and had a great sense of weight and power. Even when it was just lying there, it looked like a mountain. If it were to stand up, it would be hard to imagine how majestic it would be.

"It's not ugly at all, it's super cool!"

Can it move?

(End of this chapter)