Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 82 A Gathering of Heroes
The Evil God Has Arrived

[It's on the island.]

Chloe glanced at the window, then at the diary spread out before her.

She held a dip pen in her hand, and the sharp tip of the pen left dark red marks on the paper.

[Those cultists actually summoned the evil god so brazenly. How bold of them!]

If I hadn't covered up for them, the church would have discovered it long ago.

Chloe chuckled.

[I just don't know when Nora will return with the people from the Silent Temple. I hope it won't affect our plans.]

After writing this sentence, she stopped writing and stared at the diary, as if waiting for something.

After a while, the dark red handwriting fell from the paper, disappearing word by word.

The diary quickly turned into a blank sheet of paper, and then a line of extremely neat words appeared on it.

She can't come back.

Gently twirling the ends of her hair in circles around her fingers, Chloe nodded thoughtfully.

She picked up the dip pen and placed it on the diary to write. She made two marks but found that there was no mark left. The ink was used up.

So she picked up the pen, turned the tip upside down, and inserted it into her left eye without hesitation, turning it a few times.

When he pulled out the pen again, the tip was already covered with dark red liquid.

The dip pen was placed on the diary again.

[Does the evil god need me to deal with it? ]

"No need. The Candlelight Society's ship is coming soon. Let's not make things complicated. Our plan is the most important."

【it is good】

[The ceremony has been completed, and we are now waiting for our gods to descend.]

Chloe snapped the diary shut, hummed a song lightly, stood up and took one last look out the window, smiled and reached out to close the curtains.

"Great, everything is normal on the island."

Xiu Si let out a long sigh. He didn't dare to sleep the whole night, for fear that pollution would suddenly come.

Fortunately, nothing happened. The patrolling banshees did not issue any warnings. The pollution that appeared in his body seemed like an illusion.

It was already daybreak. After careful consideration, Hughes did not stop the factory from starting operations. First, cognitive interference would require a whole day for pollution to appear, so there shouldn't be much risk during the day. Second, the factory area was far away from the test area, so even if there was pollution, it would hardly have an impact.

The most important point is that he suddenly realized something.

It is true that "the world cannot build steam engines" can explain the emergence of pollution, but there is another simpler explanation: it does not induce cognitive interference.

In other words, the pollution on his body had no direct connection with the operation of the steam engine, but was caused by other things, and his steam engine manufacturing was successful.

Come to think of it, although there are few factories in the Rhine, they do have steam engines, and Hughes has even tried to improve them. If this world cannot boil water, what would those metal creations be?

After figuring this out, I looked at the whole thing again and it immediately became different.

The cognitive pollution that had been caused before all appeared suddenly, while the pollution in his body was partly sudden and partly formed slowly.

Moreover, the pollution of cognitive interference appeared on the ground. Although some of the banshees were directly soaked and buried, most of them were able to avoid it.

After the pollution appeared in Zeus' body, he did not stand still, but the pollution continued to generate in his body. Wherever he went, the pollution followed him.

Well, thanks to this, the pollution didn't spill over and was directly purified by him. Overall, this pollution event was completely different from the previous cognitive interference, and it was likely not the result of cognitive interference.

But if there was any other reason, Zeus would be a little confused. He didn't seem to have done anything special?

"There's too little information. It's pointless to think more. Let's wait until tonight. If there are no problems, we can put the steam engine into production."

The improvement that the steam engine brought to factory efficiency was almost a leap forward. There was no reason for Hughes to give up this industrial weapon. He just needed to do more experiments on pollution issues and he would eventually find patterns.

It’s not like there are no steam engines working in this world.

Rhine's factory can use it, but he can't?

"Connor!"

"Master, I'm here."

"Tell the students that the steam engine had a minor malfunction and it has just been repaired. For everyone's safety, we need to review the principles of steam engines today. We will let them go in the evening."

After thinking for a moment, Hughes added, "Yesterday was considered overtime, so give them an overtime bonus."

In order to prevent the possible spread of contamination, Hughes asked the students to stay at the experimental base here last night. Fortunately, the weather was not cold, Connor brought a lot of bedding from the manor, and food was also supplied. The students did not have too many complaints.

"Okay, Master. I've also informed the families of the students that they'll be returning home tonight. They've all signed confidentiality agreements and have expressed their understanding."

"That's good."

After giving Connor the order, Zeus looked at the banshee beside him again.

These banshees had been watching from a distance yesterday. After thinking for a moment, Zeus asked, "Did you notice anything unusual about me yesterday?"

"abnormal?"

Several banshees looked at each other.

"Yes, any abnormality, including what you see, hear, and feel, is acceptable."

The banshees hesitated for a moment, and it was Monica who spoke first.

"The steam engine had just started up and it was a little dark, but the boiler fire was very strong and illuminated the area. We also had night vision and could see clearly, so we didn't notice anything unusual."

The other banshees also nodded.

"Where are the students around here?"

"No, they just looked shocked. Well, we were shocked too. The power of the Type II is too terrifying. Even Sister Ash might not be able to compete with it."

Monica bit her lip as she recalled.

"Okay, then the students should be fine too." Xius rubbed his chin.

These students were specially selected by him. Not only did they have good literacy skills, but they also had clean backgrounds.

These people have all signed confidentiality agreements with him and are the cornerstone of Castell's future industrialization, so they naturally have to be chosen carefully.

He was even considering whether to tell this group of people about the Banshee.

This group of advanced students will inevitably enter Castel's core circle in the future, and if they want to conduct experiments, they can hardly avoid the Banshees. They are the only force in the Zeus territory that can deal with pollution.

But if the students have no problems, then what caused the pollution?
"There's something strange about that pollution."

A voice was heard, and the banshees turned around to look. It was a small, inconspicuous banshee.

She hesitated for a moment, then continued, "That kind of pollution seems quite different from the pollution in the ocean."

(End of this chapter)