Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 65 Martial Law
Inside the manor, Lord Xius slowly raised his head.

He looked around and saw nothing unusual, so he closed the notebook and walked towards the door.

"Connor?"

When I opened the door, Zoe was standing not far away.

"Zoe? You didn't go to the lecture?"

Noting that this was a manor, Zeus did not mention the Banshee's name.

Zoe pointed to the study behind him. Hughes had locked himself in there, and she couldn't go down through the secret passage.

". Never mind, it's not important. Are the things Alexi brought still there?"

"Yes, but for safety reasons, it was not brought to the manor. It is now in the chemistry lab."

"I'll be there right away."

When Connor and Alexi heard the news and came to the laboratory, they saw Hughes recording.

"Lord Lord?"

"Master."

"Alexi, you're just in time. Please compile a report for me on these two incidents, and make sure to mark the time when these things were made."

"Ah? Are these things still valuable?"

"That's incredibly valuable. Just think about it: nitroglycerin that can be safely stored and transported. But I don't think it's that simple, otherwise all the major powers wouldn't be working together to block it."

Alexi and Connor looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. They had thought that Hughes had suffered such a huge blow that he couldn't recover.

"Okay, I'll go and prepare the report now!"

"The soap workshop continues to produce. Are the craftsmen unaware of this?"

"I don't know. I just found out and came here immediately. The workshop remains as it is. I just told the workers to temporarily stop working. I didn't alert anyone else."

"That's great. I'll find a way to send someone to take over the workshop over there. I'll temporarily suspend night school and tell the soldiers to stay home at night to avoid being mistaken for wild animals and shot."

"By the way, the worker who stole the soap should be detained first. We will send a doctor to check on him and ask him to get medical treatment."

Thinking of the church's extreme treatment of the worker Hughes in his previous life, Hughes suddenly felt a little nervous. Cognitive interference must have led to more serious consequences, otherwise the priest would not have killed him without even listening to his explanation.

"You didn't eat the soap?"

"Like you, I just took a bite, tasted it, and then spit it out."

"Take some pollution-purifying candy with you. If you feel something's wrong, eat it immediately. No, take one right now."

Although he felt that his lord was making a fuss, Alexei still obediently took the candy and put it in his mouth.

"Don't tell anyone about the changes in the soap and nitroglycerin. If anyone asks, just say there was a manufacturing error and a batch of raw materials was scrapped. Got it?"

Alexei nodded and left.

Hughes looked at Connor.

"Pack the two soaps and nitroglycerin separately, make sure they're waterproof, and have one group of banshees take them to the Abyss, while the other group takes them away from Castel. Observe and observe if the properties of the two soaps and nitroglycerin change."

"Also, make sure they're careful and throw it away quickly if they feel something's wrong. This thing could be dangerous, especially the nitroglycerin."

With the symbiotic contract in place, the banshee who went to do the experiment could be rescued as long as she was still breathing, but it was better to be on the safe side.

He was now exploring completely uncharted territory, so he couldn't be too cautious.

Connor nodded and left with the box.

Hughes also had some samples in his hands, and he called out to the servants in the distance.

"Bring two dogs"

The nights in Castel had become much more lively recently. Workers who finished their work and ate dinner before heading to night school, along with islanders from all over the region who gathered for the night school, and patrols escorting them, the dotted torches brought a touch of life to the dark night.

But today everyone was informed of a piece of news.

Recently, there have been wolves appearing at night. It is said that they are attracted by people's activities at night. The lord has formed a special hunting team to ambush the wolves at night.

Of course, the visibility is poor at night, and it would be bad if you were mistaken for a wolf and killed by a hunting team.

So when it was getting dark, everyone closed their doors.

at the same time.

Inside the manor, Hughes frowned as he looked at the two slightly listless dogs.

No problem, nothing wrong at all.

The mutated soap has been very normal until now, and seems to be just ordinary food.

But why did the bad premonition in his heart become more and more serious?

"Think carefully, there must be something wrong!"

Cognitive Interference Cognitive Interference The closest he came to cognitive interference was probably in the factory in his previous life, where he improved the machines and was hunted by the church.

There are two points that concern him.

First of all, the priest did not listen to his explanation at all and killed him directly.

Secondly, he could almost confirm that the priest was a supernatural being.

"The church didn't send out the Guardians, but instead sent out the Transcendents to deal with it. Even though I was just an ordinary worker, they killed me directly."

Hughes paced quickly around the room.

"No, I know too little about cognitive interference. Decisions made based on the information I already have are likely to be wildly wrong."

"My best course of action in this situation is..."

"It's exactly the same response as the church!"

“They have more experience dealing with this situation and know some of the risks that I don’t!”

Xius's face hardened.

"Connor!"

The door was pushed open, and the butler who had been waiting outside stood at the door: "Master?"

"Go find Alexi immediately and have him take over the defense of the island. All soldiers must remain on standby and not leave the room without my order!"

Connor took a breath, nodded, and left.

Zeus closed his eyes, activated the mind connection, and a group of light spots suddenly appeared in his consciousness.

At this moment, he was connected with the Banshees!
Under the manor, the banshees in the cave were busy repairing the cave. Suddenly, they all raised their heads.

Then, they all put down what they were doing and turned to go to the shelves in the hall, where a row of weapons were neatly arranged.

The banshees filed in, picked up their weapons one after another, and jumped into the sea.

It was getting dark, and the setting sun was blood red.

One after another, tall figures stood up from the sea and landed on the island with their tails swinging like snakes.

They held long-handled axes in their hands and looked at every living creature on the land with cold eyes.

In Zeus's consciousness, spots of light filled the entire island, like his eyes, monitoring everything on the island.

Castel, full martial law.

(End of this chapter)