Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 265 I have a bold idea
If the Pirate King was killed or injured by the explosion, it was all within the scope of Zeus's understanding. It was just that the size of the equivalent needed to be adjusted.

But unscathed?
Could it be cognitive interference?
No, it's impossible. Cognitive interference only exists in one's own creations. Otherwise, those monsters would not recognize bullets and would still leave a pile of corpses.

This was beyond Zeus's understanding.

"Monica, do you know why?"

"I don't know. If it were me, I would have been hurt by the bomb too. I just felt its shockwave. It was really an exaggerated effect."

Monica was in the sea when the explosion occurred. She was much closer than Castel, and the shock caused by the bomb explosion was much greater.

But even so, the pirate king remained unharmed.

Zeus thought about it and walked towards the hiding place of the Fire Moth. He was going to ask Chloe.

She knows much more about the extraordinary world than I do, so maybe she can give me some advice. Maybe I should help her find a body as soon as possible.

Last time, Richard said that Chloe was dead, and unless she found a new body, she wouldn't be able to survive in the cocoon for long.

A blank shell.
When Richard said this, Zeus suddenly remembered something. He had done an experiment with Chloe in the church, trying to use the special properties of the [Nymph] to directly purify the pollution in Chloe's body. At that time, Chloe suddenly lost control. If it were not for the recovery power of the symbiotic contract, he would probably not be able to save his arm.

When he pulled his hand out, a word suddenly flashed through his mind - [body]

This incident left a deep impression on Xiusi. Although he remembered it, he still didn't know why this word came to his mind.

Later, it suddenly occurred to him, could it be that another ability granted to him by the symbiotic contract was taking effect?
Hughes picked up the pen on the table.

【Steel】【Grey Goose Feather】

This is the material that the feather pen is made of. Anything he touches will bring to mind the corresponding material.

This ability seems very powerful, but its actual use is different.

For example, Zeus had touched the skin of the airship, which was made by the extraordinary beings of the Fire Moth Chaser. The result of the analysis at this moment was: [???]

Nothing at all.

In other words, he can only parse out what he understands.

This was rather embarrassing. He had tried to touch many things, such as Castel's core furnace, but he only managed to parse out a few runes he had seen before, and he didn't know anything else.

He originally thought that the greatest use of this ability was to analyze the composition of metals and help improve materials science, but recalling the memory of that time
He successfully analyzed Chloe's body into a [shell].

In other words, when Chloe lost control, she was actually just a [shell]. This corresponds to Richard's statement that the true souls of the fire moths are actually in the chrysalis. After losing control, the body and soul are completely separated.

Then he just needs to find something that shows a [shell] when he touches it, and Chloe can live in it.

After greeting the people stationed at the Fire Moth, Zeus opened the diary. He cut the back of his hand with a knife as if he were familiar with the process, and began to write in the diary with his own blood before the contract automatically healed him.

Chloe?

"Since I'm still alive, you probably didn't use the chrysalis, did you? "

[Yes, something unexpected happened with Monica. Anyway, the water has receded now.]

"The sea has receded? Then killing the monsters in the Pirate King's Court shouldn't be a difficult task. Why are you still looking for me? I advise you not to have any other ideas. I'm already dead. Don't try to revive me."

Her handwriting paused for a moment, then gradually emerged from the diary. 〖Hughes, Castel still has a long way to go in the future. Forget me, my story has ended here.〗

Hughes sighed softly and began to move his pen across the paper:
[Not yet, I still need your help - the bomb seems to have no effect on the monster, it was unharmed in the explosion.]

Unscathed?

Chloe's handwriting was much heavier, and Hughes could sense the surprise between her words.

Tell me exactly what happened, leaving out no details.

Zeus nodded, holding the quill and began to write. He wrote down every detail of what had happened between Castel and Monica in the past two days.

The tip of the pen made a rustling sound as it moved across the paper.

That's it. Although she didn't use the chrysalis, Monica successfully lowered the sea level. The monsters no longer pose a threat to us. However, there's currently no way to kill the Pirate King.

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is. This is the truth. We are actually in the Temple of Poseidon now. No wonder the Candlelight Society's Council of Secret Keepers has been completely silent. The Queen actually died like this. What a irony. The Empire has lost its access to the sea."

"Hmm, this is confusing. I'm the worst at analyzing situations."

Chloe's writing suddenly paused.

"Anyway, if I'm not mistaken, it must have crossed that line and become a forbidden existence. No wonder the evil god I summoned with my life had no effect on it."

【It can't be killed by bombs now?】

"It's not just bombs, it's invulnerable to any kind of damage now. Hey, even if you throw it into lava, it won't be harmed at all."

Hughes' fingers trembled.

"So it's invincible? Are we just going to run for our lives?"

"Not really. I do have a solution, but it might be a bit expensive."

High cost?
When Chloe asked Zeus to use the pupa, she didn't mention the high cost, so it seems the cost is really high, and it's probably something Caster can't afford.

Xius sighed: [Then I'd better think of another way.]

This time he also had a headache. Isn’t the Pirate King afraid of physical attacks?
So what should they use to fight? The only one on Zeus's side is Monica, who inexplicably obtained the soul of the sea god. Besides, she didn't get any power from the sea god. Monica told him that her ability to control the sea water was basically the limit.

But the Pirate King has absorbed all the pollution in the Storm Ocean, and there is no way to compete!
Wait, pollution?
Zeus's eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't know much about the extraordinary world, but he was familiar with pollution!

For example, he can purify pollution upon contact, and his blood also has this effect.

Purifying the pollution of the entire Storm Ocean sounds exaggerated, but Zeus can even purify evil gods, so it may not be impossible.

But this is not what Xius is thinking about now. A somewhat crazy idea suddenly appeared in his mind:

“Since it is pollution, can we make use of it, for example?”

"burn?"

(End of this chapter)