Industrial Cthulhu: Starting as an Island Lord
Chapter 193

This World Wasn't Right (1)

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Those arms seemed to grope mindlessly in every direction, but the sea urchin had locked onto Ash. The moment it spotted him, it charged over. It was not particularly fast; even Theus could clearly see its trajectory.

This was completely different from the Banshees' reports.

Was it because of the difference between the sea and the shore? Theus did not dare interrupt Ash during battle, so he opened a private chat to ask Nini.

"It wasn't like this before, was it?"

"No. In the sea, it was unbelievably fast. Everything in its path was crushed apart. How did it become like this now?"

Nini was equally shocked. The monster covered in arms was simply too bizarre and distorted. And those arms... why did they look so much like human arms?

Whether it was the Pollution beasts in the Abyssal Trench, the Pollution serpents, sea urchin monsters, or Fishmen, none had the slightest connection to humans. Why had this sea urchin suddenly grown human arms after coming ashore?

It was truly too bizarre.

Ash easily led the armed monster around in circles. Once it lost its terrifying speed, it was merely an ordinary enemy that posed little threat, though its appearance was somewhat grotesque. Ash tried cutting off several arms with his blade. Thick black fluid, like petroleum, flowed from the severed ends.

After roughly testing it out, Ash lured the monster toward the ambush point. Soon, explosions rang out, blasting the creature's flesh everywhere.

The blasts left only a small portion of it behind. Its battered, twisted arms flailed weakly on the ground, but it had not died. It was even recovering quickly. Ash frowned and tossed in another bomb, finally finishing it off. Bombs were less effective on shore than underwater, but the upside was that they were much

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