At the border of Piltover and Zaun, in a heavily guarded building in the border market.

Li Lin, wearing power armor, walked down the elevator, walked through the spacious and empty corridor, and pushed open the door at the end.

In the smoke-filled room, a man in a dark red suit, with a cigar pinched between his right index and middle fingers, raised his head, a hint of surprise flashing in his intact right eye.

"Li Lin? What a rare visitor."

Hilco put the half-smoked cigar in his hand into the ashtray and extinguished it. Then Li Lin at the door waved to him and motioned him to sit in the chair in front of his desk.

"How is the work on the power station progressing?"

Li Lin was not polite. He pulled out a chair and sat down, asking about the recent situation of the power plant.

"With the active cooperation of those alchemy barons, half of the citizens in the lower level of the middle square have now switched to alchemy technology for power generation. The tidal power station is now operating at nearly rated capacity."

A rare smile crossed Hilco's face. "There have been fewer alchemy accidents in that district lately."

"That's not surprising..." Li Lin lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Has the site for the new thermal power plant been decided?"

"Well, it's in the Gutter District, Baron Middenstock's territory."

A hint of disdain flashed across Hilko's face.

"This guy seems to have been targeted by Golask recently. She wants to take over Middenstock's alchemy technology workshop and his industry, so he came to me for help."

Hilco paused, lowered his head, and chuckled. "As for the price... the ownership of an Alchemy Technology Power Station and the sponsorship for its reconstruction in exchange for his remaining assets not being swallowed up. I think it's quite a profit."

"Renata?" Li Lin frowned. "This woman has been silent for several months, and now she's making a comeback?"

When talking about Renata, Hilco's face instantly darkened.

Li Lin noticed his unusual mood and asked, "What happened?"

“For the past few months, I have been suppressing the businesses under Golask Industries. I thought this old woman would understand my warning and be afraid.

"But I didn't expect that she actually bribed the family of one of my men who was in contact with Singed, and had him steal a bottle of Shimmer Potion from Singed's alchemy workshop.

"However, I have sent him and his family to the junction of the Piltover Canal and the Watcher's Sea to greet the manta rays on the seabed.

"As a family... we always have to be neat and tidy, right?"

Li Lin shook his head helplessly. This phenomenon was too common in Zaun.

If you want to be a traitor, first you have to consider whether you are qualified to be protected by your subordinates...

"So, the formula for the Shimmer Potion has been leaked? And how far has Singed progressed with it?"

"The drug's addictiveness has been completely eliminated, but it still has a chance of causing cell mutations, but even then, the mutations aren't as severe as before."

"Causing cell mutations... the risk is still too great." Li Lin frowned and thought for a while, then looked up and asked, "Do you think Renata will be able to perfect the Glimmer Potion?"

As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Hilco burst into laughter as if he had heard a joke.

"Even Singed, the best alchemist in all of Zaun, isn't 100% sure he can perfect this kind of thing.

"How could Gorak, who climbed to his current position through dishonorable means, have the ability to command an alchemist comparable to Singed and capable of perfecting the Shimmer Potion?"

However, Li Lin's next words froze Hilco's smile:

"But even if she can't perfect it, she can directly follow the current formula of the Glimmer Potion, mass-produce it, and put it into use, right?"

"Damn it!" He slammed the table, then rubbed his face with his hands. "This woman is too much of a nuisance. It's better to get rid of her..."

As he spoke, a thoughtful expression appeared on Hilco's face.

The healthy right eye rolled around and stared straight at Li Lin in front of him.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Li Lin immediately guessed what he was thinking. "I'm not going to kill her."

"Why? Didn't you get rid of Baron Takeda with your own hands a few months ago?" Hilco didn't understand why.

"Takeda only has a few mines and alchemy workshops under his control. Although his overall strength is stronger than Renata's, his economic strength is far inferior to hers." Li Lin explained slowly.

"What's more, Renata's businesses are all industrial, unlike mines and alchemy workshops, and they involve almost every industry in Zaun.

"Besides, she's very good at winning people over, and she has quite a few loyal people under her command...Have you considered the consequences of doing this?"

Li Lin didn't explain his words clearly, but Xierko could easily understand the hidden meaning.

If Renata were killed directly, not only would her industries throughout Zaun cause turmoil, but her loyal subordinates would definitely avenge her.

By then, Zaun, which had finally stabilized, would fall into chaos again due to the struggle between the alchemy barons.

Maybe it would even attract the attention of the Gray Lady who likes to wander in the gray haze...

In addition, this is also contrary to Li Lin's concept of stable development.

"So what do you think we should do? We can't just leave this guy alone, right?" Hilco said in a somewhat displeased tone. "Since the thermal power plant in Upper City was completed in the past few months, the demand for coal has skyrocketed."

"Although your Jiraman family annexed two of the Takeda mines, which are also coal mines, the output is not enough, right?

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