Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 240: The Sinking of Castel
The eye of the storm, the bottomless abyss, is the center of the Ocean of Storms. A huge hole lies across the seabed. Any ship that approaches will be swept in. No creature that enters the eye of the storm has ever returned.

And that is also the center of the storm. Storms in the entire ocean all originate from there, and then gather more and more on the sea, sweeping across the entire sea area.

This is how the Ocean of Storms got its name.

Jeremiah and Ken looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. The sea was drying up day by day, and the original seabed was even gradually exposed. Could this have something to do with the eye of the storm?
The islands were dug away, leaving behind hollows and a gradually drying sea.
The two of them swallowed together, and an absurd idea emerged in their minds.

Could it be that the sea water "leaked" out from the empty hole?
If it really leaks, where will it leak to?
French Fries: "Ms. Scepter, the current situation is indeed very similar to what you described, but why didn't the previous incident happen again, but instead Castel traveled back in time?"

The Scepter was silent for a moment before she slowly spoke, her voice rarely hesitant:
"Actually, this is what the Poseidon Church says. Of course, they are now a group of cultists and cannot be trusted, but..."

Scepter: "They seem to be planning to resurrect the Sea God, but the evil god cannot be resurrected, so they want to accumulate strength and return to the past to help the Sea God before he died."

Zeus, who was sitting on the bottom of the sea, was shocked all over. Could it be that he really traveled through time again?
French Fries: "Can we go back to the past?!"

Scepter: "Of course it's impossible. Time is a more stable existence than reality. No supernatural power can touch its power. Everyone treats it as a joke. Even cultists who are not crazy enough can't think of such a thing."

Ken and Jeremiah were so shocked by this incident that they were speechless. They suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether the secret was contaminated or not. The shock of these news made them feel like they were going crazy.

Zeus, on the other hand, calmed down. He had the ability to descend and knew more than those people in the link. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be the only one who could travel between the two worlds. According to his observation, the speed of time on both sides was the same.

It was outrageous that he could travel through space and descend directly, but could he travel through time? That would cause all hell to break loose.

He was more inclined to believe that the cultists of the Church of Poseidon did not really succeed, but accidentally pulled the entire Martha Islands into another dimension, and Castel was also implicated because he was too close.

The silk thread connecting the several people gradually showed signs of instability. Xiusi felt it in his heart and knew that this should be the limit of his ability.

This body became much more powerful after coming into the sea, but it seems today that it still has its limits.

Xius decisively cut off the link and chose to return.

He has so many things he wants to verify.

As he left, the worker Zeus's body gradually fell lifelessly to the bottom of the sea like a puppet.

After an unknown amount of time, a black shadow suddenly swam out from the dark sea and approached the body with some curiosity.

As soon as Hughes opened his eyes from the chair, he jumped over immediately. Without a moment's delay, he rushed out of the house and headed for the eastern test site.

"Nini, are you there?"

"I'm here, what's wrong?"

"Has Chloe been exploring the sky again recently?"

"Oh! I don't know. If she went secretly, there's nothing I can do."

"I'm not blaming you—are you free now? I need to take off and explore immediately!"

".Did something happen?"

Nini's voice grew serious. She immediately dropped her work and rushed to the test flight field. "Yes, I remembered something important. I need to explore the island immediately!"

"Didn't Chloe go there before?"

Hughes took a deep breath, trying to suppress his inner uneasiness. "I'm not going to observe the islands this time. I need to observe the coastline. I need to know if the sea level has risen!"

『! ! ! 』

Although the new airship has not been completed yet, Chloe has not destroyed the previous airship.

The engineers were adding machine gun mounts to the airship according to Hughes's drawings, but they had no time to spare for now, and soon, Chloe and Nini took off together.

Nini is necessary. She can communicate directly with Zeus through a mind link, and she is also needed in the sky to control the Noisier - extraordinary people like Chloe cannot get too close to pollution, even through a jar.

In this regard, extraordinary people are not as good as ordinary people. At least ordinary people can be exposed to physical pollution as long as they take isolation measures.

Chloe was also surprised to hear this request, but she didn't waste any time and nodded and entered the airship.

Zeus originally wanted to follow, but was persuaded by the others. After thinking about it, he was just a mortal body. If the airship really crashed, Chloe and Nini would have a chance of survival, but he would be dead.

No need.

The airship quickly took off, and Chloe used her extraordinary abilities to carefully examine everything on the ground from a third-person perspective.

After a while, Nini's trembling voice came through the mind link.

"Sea levels are indeed rising."

"The original pier has been completely submerged, and now the sea level has risen to the residential area!"

At this moment, all the banshees on the island stopped what they were doing, and there was silence in the mental connection.

Xius's heart also completely sank.

He had a bad feeling when he heard Jeremiah and Ken talk about the "dry sea", and then Beatrice's mention of the hollow eye of the storm gave him an extremely bad association.

Yes, not only Jeremiah and Ken thought of this, but Hughes also guessed it. Moreover, he was on the island. Thinking of the increasing number and intelligence of monsters on the island, he had a guess:
The dried-up seawater flowed through the bottomless abyss of the eye of the storm and flowed here! To Castel!!

As an island, Castel is not a flat structure. The volcano in the south is the highest peak. The middle of the island is high and the surrounding areas are low. The dock area in the north is the lowest place. Therefore, Xiu Si asked Nini and Chloe to go and check it out first.

Sure enough, he guessed it right.

Zeus' pupils trembled.

As the sea level rises, Castel will eventually sink. He originally wanted to cultivate the land and upgrade technology step by step, wait for the production capacity to increase and then defeat the monsters in the sea in one wave. Now it seems to be nothing but wishful thinking.

The sea water is rising much faster than his technological development. He doesn't have much time and must solve all this before Castel sinks!
Time is not on his side!
(End of this chapter)