There is a saying in Piltover: When good times come to Philos, good times come to Piltover.

This is the slogan that the Ferros family must use when placing advertisements in the Piltover Daily. Most people in Piltover basically understand this sentence.

Although the Philos family is a certain distance behind the first family, Midalda, in terms of assets.

But Midalda became the richest family in the entire Piltover entirely by relying on the dividends and piston patents from the construction of the Sungate Sea Gate by their ancestors.

But now, times have changed.

The Hexgate has been built, and the way most families transport their goods around the world will change.

Compared to a smooth, safe way that can reach the destination in just a few seconds, who would choose sea transportation, which is long and risky?

What's more, the Philos family has reached a cooperation relationship with the Jiraman family in the manufacture of energy crystals.

Kalina prefers the Philos family in investing in and building the Hexgate, so Philos's share is much larger than Midalda's.

In addition, the head of the family, Jagu, had not anticipated the emergence of Hextech flying gate technology, and had hesitated to build a hydroelectric turbine inside the Sun Gate.

The Philos family seized the opportunity and, together with the Gilaman family, vigorously built power plants, surpassing the Midalda family in the development of basic electricity.

It won’t be long before the Philos family will catch up with the Midalda family in terms of financial resources, and its overall strength will become the number one in Piltover.

With the promotion of Li Lin's new inventions and technologies, the comprehensive strength of the Jiraman family, which has reaped the benefits, will also rise rapidly, and it is only a matter of time before it surpasses the Midalda family.

If they could further cooperate in the investment of flying armor, the Jiraman family would quickly reach second place...

However, Li Lin did not intend to allow the Jiraman family to be promoted in this way.

Besides, the charged armor of the elite law enforcement officers of Piltover Police is his biggest concession compared to the simple power armor worn by dock workers or miners.

Li Lin only intends to keep the technology of Project Infinity Armor firmly in his own hands.

Li Lin was not in a hurry to answer Yabus's question, and turned his attention to Kalina beside him.

Kalina gave him a look that made it very clear that everything would be left to him to handle and there was no need to seek her opinion.

She knew Li Lin's character very well and remembered the agreement she had made with him.

The Infinite Armor is a dangerous technology and he cannot hand it over, so she has no intention of forcing him in this regard. Besides, Li Lin is now half her family.

Yabus seemed to feel that Li Lin was hesitating, and continued: "We have discussed it with Councillor Jiraman, and she said that she would respect your wishes, so you don't need to worry about the family issue.

"You can do the same as Tallis. Each of our families will provide you with a generous sponsorship and various materials and technologies free of charge. You only need to continue researching and perfecting your invention, and you don't need to worry about anything else."

Yabusi's conditions were very tempting, and anyone else would definitely agree.

After all, this is a treatment that can be described as "pie in the sky".

But Li Lin was different from the others. "Your offer is good, but I refuse."

"Hmm~~ Then let's discuss the contract... Wait!" Yabusi suddenly realized and looked surprised. "You refused?"

This was the first time someone had rejected the Philos family's sponsorship investment.

If Li Lin knew what Yabus was thinking, he would definitely be dismissive:

Last time, Camille, who is your grandmother's generation, wanted me to join the Ferros family, but I refused. Now she wants to acquire my armor technology just by sponsorship?

Sorry, I don’t lack money now, what I lack is time.

"Mr. Philos's offer is so favorable, how can you refuse it?" The speaker was a woman in her forties, wearing the emblem of the Kewold family on her chest.

Immediately afterwards, the representative of the Joyson family spoke up, "Don't be ungrateful, kid. The Philos family is giving you face by accepting you. So many people are vying for the name Philos, and they're not even qualified. How dare you reject Mr. Philos?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene suddenly became quiet, with only the sounds of everyone's breathing, which they tried to suppress as much as possible, and the energy sounds of the armor's functions.

The representative of the Joyson family spoke in a somewhat sarcastic tone. Li Lin frowned and immediately became angry.

Not only him, but also Kalina, Elro, and Caitlin all frowned.

Even the smile on Yabus's face disappeared, and a hint of displeasure appeared.

The Joyson family's strength is one level lower than that of the Gilaman family, but its own strength should not be underestimated.

If he wants to get rid of them completely, Jiraman will have to work hard.

They often use other families to belittle the Jiraman family on certain occasions. Apart from the Audilenk family that was expelled for planning the kidnapping case, they are the family with the worst relationship with the Jiraman family.

It doesn't matter if I can't beat you. You can't be so determined to kill me anyway, so I'll just disgust you.

Li Lin didn't know much about the Joyson family and was not aware of the conflict between the two families.

And Karina had no intention of losing face in front of so many family representatives.

But before she could speak, Li Lin had an idea in mind and started to challenge her. "I won't agree to cooperation on armor, but as for other aspects..."

He passed everyone by and opened the door of the workshop, but instead of inviting them in, he deliberately snapped his fingers.

The 15 existing Storm robots and one Morning Light in another room of the workshop were turned on and quickly floated out.

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