Chapter 750 Isabella is cheating

"How's the situation with the seawater backflow?" Hughes asked old Connor while sitting in the office and flipping through the reports.

Recently, the bureaucratic system of Castel and Blood Harbor has been completely established. Old Connor no longer has to help him with paperwork all day, and Hughes himself is not so busy anymore.

Now he only needs to make bigger decisions and no longer needs to keep an eye on and worry about everything.

He has more time to help with research and development, as well as...

Give lectures using the body of worker Hughes.

Recently, he could clearly feel that there were more and more threads listening to his whispers.

He just forced those people to come to the class at the beginning, but later they came and went voluntarily.

There are many people who listen to it once and then never come back again, but as long as there are people who continue to listen, most of them will keep listening.

Xiu Si no longer cares whether the lectures are effective or not. He just likes to give lectures. If there are people listening, it would be even better. Moreover, if these people are near Blood Harbor, these popular science lectures can help them complete their general education quickly.

If these people were further away, or even in the area controlled by the Holy See, it would help them broaden their horizons and understand the operation of the world from another perspective.

All in all, there's no harm in it.

At least that's what Hughes himself thinks.

"The test site we set up is in the north of Blood Harbor, in an uninhabited wasteland. There are several old river courses there, all of which are dry river valleys. There is no need to worry about the inflowing river water developing into floods." Old Connor introduced calmly.

"I heard a new plan was used?"

"Yes, the solution provided by Ms. Gaia's research institute is to first build a water tank on the beach to store water. Then, the seawater in the tank will be poured into the river to prevent too much seawater from rushing in too quickly and destroying nearby buildings."

“How’s the effect?”

"Not bad. Combined with the tsunami generator, we can bring in river water continuously and steadily. According to the construction team, they've already filled several rivers, but we've encountered some minor problems."

Hughes raised his head and took the report from Connor.

"Hmm? The river disappeared halfway?"

"Yes." Old Connor nodded slightly. "Everything went smoothly at first, but soon, the influx of river water decreased rapidly. The construction site sent a Banshee to check, but they didn't find any problems."

"I saw in the report that there is a suspected underground river?"

"Yes, we've recruited a group of carpenters to carve targets. We plan to have the Fire Moth's extraordinary people mark them and refill them with seawater. This way, we can follow the marks to find where the water went."

Xius nodded. This plan seemed reliable.

As a supernatural being, [Nymph] possesses the ability called [Self-binding], which allows her to look directly inside, overcoming obstacles within a certain range.

It is most suitable for checking underground cavities.

As long as the target gives the approximate location, you can activate the ability nearby to check the entrance to the underground river.

Combined with the banshee's ability to sense water veins, the dark river can basically be explored.

"I'll talk to the Banshees later and ask them to cooperate and report any problems at the construction site to me immediately."

Building a river channel to the Rhine is a very critical matter. The prince has begun a general mobilization and the first batch of soldiers has been sent to the battlefield.

The Principality of Tis and the Empire have been at war for a long time, and the battle line is very long. The additional soldiers sent by the prince this time have made the other side nervous. The Holy See has also sent a lot of mortal troops, and it is said that there are extraordinary people on the battlefield.

But Tis did not launch a general attack. Why?

"Isabella hasn't come out yet? Does she want to live in there?"

Since Isabella entered the energy center of Blood Harbor, she said she would be out in a few days, but she stayed there for more than a week.

At first, the prince would go and take a look, but later he became busy with war and logistics and no longer cared.

Connor sighed helplessly: "Master Xius, why don't you go and talk to her in person?"

Although Isabella was nominally in the furnace, this was only a transcendental concept, not a real person stuffed inside.

The boiler operator at the energy center couldn't communicate with her directly.

It's okay for extraordinary people. Zoe has been there a few times, but Her Majesty the Queen doesn't seem to like her very much. She just said a few perfunctory words and said that she was busy and then ignored her.

Zeus was also troubled by this. No one knew what Isabella had done. The energy center of the entire Blood Harbor was now producing less than 20% of its power, and the rest had disappeared inexplicably - it was most likely secretly absorbed by Isabella.

I thought that with the addition of fuel like the Pirate King, Blood Harbor would also be able to reverse the meter, but Isabella only went in and didn't come out once she entered the furnace, and she even absorbed all the original energy.

It's really a losing deal.

"I'll go talk to her later. By the way, how's the prince doing?"

The prince is now a real prince, Archduke William of the Duchy of Tis. He endured humiliation and went to the Rhine alone to assassinate the Queen. Hughes actually admired him to some extent.

But to be honest, Hughes didn't have many expectations for his abilities.

Are you kidding? If he was good enough at fighting, he wouldn't have to go and exchange blows with the Queen himself. Apart from anything else, he definitely doesn't have much talent in military affairs.

But Connor on the opposite side had a strange expression on his face.

"He's, well, to be fair, pretty good."

"Not bad?" Xius was a little doubtful of his ears. "How is it good? Isabella controlling him remotely?"

"No, because of my job, I have had a lot of contact with him and his staff. Most of Archduke William's staff were selected by Isabella, and they are all very capable. Even if William himself does not do anything, nothing serious will go wrong, but..."

"William himself took over a lot of things and did a remarkable job."

Hughes raised his eyebrows in interest.

"For example, the recent mobilization and logistics are quite complex and require a central hub for overall planning. His Excellency William has done an excellent job."

Old Connor's expression grew more serious. "Regardless of his status, I believe his abilities are more than enough to manage the entire Blood Harbor."

This evaluation is already quite high.

Blood Harbor is not just a city, but a complete industrial system.

From logistics to factories, to various supporting facilities and people's livelihood, basically only a few people at the top level of Castel can understand this whole system.

"That's strange. Why has his reputation always been so bad?"

William was nicknamed the Prince. On the one hand, he chose to surrender directly, and on the other hand, his management of the territory was really poor.

(End of this chapter)