"I'm going to build a whole set of exoskeleton powered armor, and this arm is just a part of it."
After hearing Li Lin's words, Jace pondered for a long time. "A complete set of power mechas cannot rely solely on Hextech batteries as energy. The cost alone is a problem, and Hextech crystals are so unstable... What do you want to use it for?"
He gave a brief and objective evaluation of Li Lin's ideas.
"Its main function is to protect the wearer and enhance human capabilities. It can actually be applied to many areas, such as porters at the Sun Gate docks, miners in the mines, and other workers who specialize in physical labor."
Li Lin paused for a moment and continued, "But I personally tend to apply it to the military field."
"You've experienced war, so I understand your perspective." Jace shook his head, disagreeing with his point of view. "But as scientists, aren't we supposed to create a beautiful, peaceful, and progressive era? Why develop weapons?"
"Peace? No, Jace, your vision is too limited." Li Lin responded in a muffled voice, "The crisis is approaching, you just haven't noticed it yet. If we want a better future, we must prepare now."
Jace opened his mouth with a complicated expression, but in the end, all his words turned into a sigh.
Speaking of crisis, he recalled a rebellion a few years ago in which the lower city rebelled against the oppression of the upper city.
Jace was just an adult at the time, and he would never forget what he saw.
Blood-colored smoke covered the sky, and the entire Piltover Canal was almost dyed red with blood. Countless corpses with their eyes open floated on the river surface, washed into the Watcher's Sea in the east, and became food for the creatures on the seabed.
That day was called the "Day of Ashes" by the people of the two city-states, and it was also the day when the law enforcement officers of the upper city ruthlessly massacred the rebels in the lower city.
Although the relationship between Upper City and Lower City has eased in recent years, he knows very well in his heart that this is only superficial peace.
The accumulated conflicts between the two city-states will sooner or later erupt again; it is only a matter of time.
And this time it will be even more serious.
crisis?
Maybe...
Maybe Li Lin is right.
Jace took a deep breath, slightly changing his heavy mood.
"Okay, let's not talk about that for now. Let's just talk about the current problem... How do you plan to solve the energy problem?"
Li Lin took out a Hextech crystal fragment from his power arm and waved it in front of Jace. "Actually, I've already made some progress. If there's a complete crystal, I'm... well, 90% sure I can stabilize it."
He didn't say it too firmly, so as to avoid getting slapped in the face later.
After all, it was the first time to make Hextech energy crystals, so it was reasonable that some accidents might occur and lead to production failure.
"...Huh?" Jace showed an expression of disbelief. "Are you sure you're not kidding?!"
I spent half a month studying before making almost negligible progress!
You, the guy, have only studied the fragments for a few days and you say you are 90% sure that you can stabilize the complete crystal?
I suspect you are deceiving my feelings...
Jace frowned, and a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes as he looked at Li Lin.
Li Lin patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Why would I lie to you? It's not good for me..."
"Oh, by the way, I suddenly remembered that the Hextech crystals I ordered should have arrived. Do you want to go to Zaun with me?"
Jace: “???”
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Almost an hour passed.
Li Lin and Jayce took the Screamer down to the middle square of Zaun and returned to the alley again.
The haze produced by industrial waste gas and alchemical poisons still shrouds the urban area, eroding every resident living here.
As soon as he got off the Screamer, Jace put on his Hextech breathing filter and looked at Li Lin in a muffled voice, "Who did you entrust to help you find the crystal?"
"Your old acquaintance." Li Lin, having learned from his previous experience, also put on a breathing filter. "The place where you bought the crystal fragments."
"You mean Benso?" Jace thought for a moment, a look of sudden realization dawning on his face. "Didn't that guy say he couldn't get the crystal until next year?"
"That's because you didn't give enough money."
"Tsk, what a profiteer!" Jace smacked his lips. "Last time, he sold me a single crystal fragment for 50 silver wheels. It would have cost him a ton of gold to get the complete crystal in advance, right?"
"Three gold seas for one complete crystal. If you don't get it before Evolution Day, it will be reduced to one gold sea." Li Lin glanced at Jace in surprise. "You also know he's a profiteer? Why didn't you bargain last time?"
"That's not necessary. This amount of money is nothing to the Gilaman family."
You are so shameless when you say this. If you don't know, you would think that you are spending your own money...
Li Lin complained silently in his heart.
"Where are we going? Benso's Grocery Store is not in this direction, right?" Jace suddenly realized that Li Lin was going in the wrong direction and asked in confusion.
"Let's go to Fugen's Bar first. I have a favor to repay."
"What happened to you and Caitlin when you were attacked last time?"
Jace remembered that he had also helped to find Caitlin a few days ago, and combined with the meaning of Li Lin's words just now, he couldn't help but frown.
"I heard you escaped on your own. How did you end up interacting with the people from Dicheng?"
A native of Piltover, Jace was instilled with the three fundamental principles of the City of Progress:
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