Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 744 The shell stood up!

"There seems to be a vague sense of familiarity, but I can't quite put my finger on where it comes from. Let me think, let me think."

Gaia and Hughes also gathered around the body to examine it.

The girl in front of me had blood-red hair, her eyes were slightly closed, and her expression was serene.

Hughes watched for a while and also felt a strange sense of familiarity, so he turned to Gaia and asked, "Do you feel a sense of familiarity?"

“No.” Gaia replied without hesitation, “I have no recollection of her whatsoever.”

This answer surprised Hughes. Was he the only one who felt familiar with Beatrice?

Why is this?

The gate to the testing ground was pushed open, and everyone turned to look. Gwen was walking over, carrying a flail in her hand.

"Where's the patient? The doctor's here!"

Hughes and the others were alright, but Beatrice instinctively flinched.
She was traumatized by doctors like Castel. Monica was scary enough, but if a legendary doctor were to take care of her, she would be doomed!
Fortunately, Gwen wasn't very interested in her and went straight to the body.

"Isn't this Lina? My lord, you've captured her?"

"No, it's just an empty shell."

Gwen walked around Lina, marveling, "Exactly the same, even the feeling is exactly the same. If she weren't unable to move, I would really think this was Lina."

As she spoke, she licked her lips and gestured with the flail.

"Boss, how about I treat her? I have some unique methods for waking up patients."

Hughes glanced at the flail in her hand and thought to himself that this method might not be unique, but it was certainly sinister.
“That’s strange, that’s strange, why does it feel familiar?” Beatrice frowned. “I’ve never seen her before, let alone had any contact with her.”

Hughes agreed in his heart. Although Castel had clashed with Lina a few times, it was all in the North, and he had never personally witnessed it.

Hughes stared at Lina in front of him, and suddenly a thought struck him. He reached out and touched her.

He might be able to purify the pollution by touching it; perhaps that will be helpful.

This time, however, he did not sense any contamination within the body, but he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

That familiar feeling intensified with each touch.

[Body]

He also received a hint in his mind that this was his ability to sense the existence of objects.

He had never doubted this conclusion before, but now, he suddenly had some other thoughts.

"Gaia, create a clone of yourself."

"Ah? Here?"

"Yes, right now."

Gaia nodded, somewhat puzzled. A moment later, two Gaias stood in front of Hughes.

Hughes reached out and touched the two Gaias, and quickly received a response.

【Avatar】

【flesh】

this.
Hughes felt something was off. He stood there, rubbing his chin in thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up:
When he was experimenting with Chloe before, he tried to remove the pollution from Chloe's body. At that time, he did not know that the [Nymph]'s body had no human structure at all, and he almost sent Chloe away.

At that moment, Chloe lost consciousness completely; all she could perceive was her physical body.

What exactly is the "body"?

Hughes frowned.

This ability is not very useful, simply because the conclusions it draws are all based on what it already knows.

For example, he once tried to touch the skin of the airship but could not determine its material composition—he also did not know what the skin of the airship was, as it was created by the Fire-Chasing Moths using their abilities.

and many more!

The fact that he can display a "body" means he knows what a "body" is!

Hughes suddenly froze.

The only kind of "body" he knew of was the body that could be used to descend upon the Golden Throne, a body different from that of Hephaestus! In other words, that is to say...
If this is true, it would be a huge discovery!

It's not that there's an extra body that can descend, but rather—Lina can also descend within that body!
What is the connection between Nalina, or rather, the "named one," and him?

Hughes's hands trembled slightly. He never expected that the clue to lead to the investigation, which had been making no progress, would be here!

"My lord, are you alright?"

Hearing Gaia's worried voice from beside him, Hughes looked up and realized that everyone around him was looking at him.

He was acting a bit strangely just now; he suddenly stopped moving after touching Lina.

The banshees even brought out their weapons, and Ash had already coiled her tail, probably sensing the danger and preparing to rush in to rescue them.

Hughes waved his hand: "I'm fine, I just thought of some clues. Hmm?"

He suddenly remembered something and touched Lina's body.

A strong sense of familiarity welled up in my heart.

He should have noticed it earlier; he was simply distracted by the matter of the "body".

Looking at Lina in front of him, a certain feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Hughes took a deep breath, stared at Lina's face, and gathered his will.

Under everyone's gaze, Lina's eyelids trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened them.

A pair of blood-red eyes met Hughes's gaze.

"she"

Before Hughes could even speak, Ash suddenly lifted him up and shielded him behind her heavy armor.

Several banshees immediately stepped forward and raised their dragon breath cannons.

Zheng!
Gwen drew her longsword, and the two Gaias beside her gradually stiffened like puppets.

By the time Hughes realized what was happening, the people around him were already pointing their swords at Lina.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. You guys step back a bit and make some space."

Although the crowd didn't understand Hughes's meaning, they still stepped back and stared intently at Lina.

"who are you?"

"Stop pretending, Lina!"

"Long time no see, let's have another fight!"

Corina did not respond to any questions or threats. Under everyone's gaze, she remained expressionless, slowly lowered her head, raised her head, moved her limbs, took two steps, and then did a backflip—half of which she fell to the ground, landing face down.

Everyone: "."

"Ahem, sorry, I'm not quite familiar with the operation yet," Hughes said quietly from behind the group.

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise: "Lord, sir?"

"Could it be that you were the one who orchestrated it?"

"Impossible! She's a [named person]!"

"There's more than one person with a name, isn't there? Lord, have you seen a second one?"

That's right, from the moment Lina opened her eyes, it was Hughes who was in control.

Just now, he suddenly had a feeling that he could easily control this body.

This feeling had occurred to him before, just recently: when he was working with the worker Hughes, controlling the seawater to float into the sky.

This time, Hughes only scratched the surface and did not continue to control the situation.

Who knows if too much control will lead to something like the worker Hughes, who died and returned to the Golden Throne.

It's one thing for the worker Hughes to die, but Lord Hughes can't be allowed to get hurt!
Speaking of which, shouldn't he go and check on the white-robed priest's condition now?

(End of this chapter)