Chapter 008: Hex
Piltover. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It is known as the city of technology and progress on the Valoran continent.
The continent's top Hex craftsmen, scientists, and alchemists are all gathered here.
Caitlin, who has not yet been given the title of Pittown Policewoman, lives in the southeastern part of Pittown.
The parents belonged to the Hextech Craftsmen in the middle of Pitz, and opened a well-known Hextech workshop in the southern district of Pitz, providing Hextech-based weapons to merchants who came and went to Piltover's harbor.
Although they can't be among the nobles of Picheng, the exquisite craftsmanship of the two can also make the family worry-free, and it can be regarded as decent in the southeast area of Picheng.
That night, after Wang Hai had fainted after killing the tall man, Caitlin took him back to Piltover's home early the next morning.
Caitlin's parents, who learned what happened, thanked Wang Hai for his help, and although they were a little confused about how he killed the two Noxian war stonemasons, they still accepted Wang Hai's identity as an 'amnesiac little girl'.
In addition, Wang Hai relied on his current cute appearance to sell a cute one at will, which directly captured the hearts of Caitlin's parents and agreed that he would live in Caitlin's house for the time being.
On the second day of Wang Hai's coma, Caitlyn and the Leather City guards returned to the campfire camp where the incident occurred.
Piltover's guards found a large number of new blueprints for the Northern Side's aristocratic workshop through the hidden pockets sewn behind the tall man, for which Caitlin was rewarded by the Leather City Sheriff's Office.
With a bag full of fifty gold coins, Caitlyn happily took Wang Hai out of the house to shop on the streets, and by the way bought him some clothes for little girls.
Walking on a commercial street in the southern district of Piltover, Wang Hai looked at the surrounding buildings and the various people who came and went, and sighed with emotion.
The city-state of Piltover before his eyes made him feel a bit like medieval Europe in the real world.
In his opinion, if the invention of the steam engine is a sign that Europe has completely entered the industrial age, then in Piltover, the emergence of Hex's technological technology has made Picheng move from a purely alchemy and magical technology to a completely different direction from the world he once had.
A hundred years ago, a noble caravan of the Piltover Philos family unearthed a special crystal somewhere in the desert of Shurima, ushering in the era of Hextech technology.
This crystal comes from some kind of creature in the canyon.
This is the original Hex Crystal, also known as the "Original Crystal", which is said to exist only in those creatures that are born with magical powers.
The scientists of Picheng have created a special conversion device to convert the energy in the crystal into other energy.
This is the foundation of Hextech.
In modern society, street lamps that are started by electricity have become Hextech street lamps inlaid with energy crystals. All sources of energy for equipment that are activated by electrical or thermal energy are replaced by primordial crystals.
The Primordial Crystal became the cornerstone of technological progress in Piltover, or the entire continent of Valoran.
However, even after nearly 100 years of development, it seems that the Hextech device has not yet entered the mode of large-scale automated production industry.
A large number of craftsmen are the main force in the design and manufacture of Hextech devices, some of whom are both scientists and alchemists.
Apprentice, Mechanic, and Craftsman are the most basic levels of skill that classify Hextech craftsmen.
Further up, there are the craftsmen who can have their own private and high-class workshops, and even obtain the title of nobility awarded by the Council of Phi City.
The street where Caitlin took Wang Hai to visit was a commercial street that was mainly engaged in Hextech trading.
On both sides of the commercial street, a large number of shops next to each other displayed all kinds of energy crystals, as well as different Hextech devices, Wang Hai was stunned like a stunned young man who had just entered the big city from the countryside.
Caitlyn stopped in front of a small shop, and after making a selection, she bargained with the elderly owner.
'Hmph, the commercial street of the inferior untouchables is really full of rancid disgusting smell. ’
Tiffany's haughty voice sounded in Wang Hai's mind.
Wang Hai rolled his eyes, ready to ignore her words.
Tiffany's playing time is a little weird right now.
According to her own words, the seven-hour period from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the time when her consciousness can be awakened, and the rest of the time she is in a state of dormancy.
If Wang Hai consumes the numbers in his hand and uses his ability to manifest his fantasies, she can also wake up from Wang Hai's mind temporarily, but only for a short time.
'Inferior pariahs, please don't take my body to this shoddy commercial street in the future. ’
'Where am I going, what the hell is it to you?' Wang Hai said impatiently.
'You!! ’
On the other hand, Caitlyn and the owner of the Energy Crystal shop seem to have reached a consensus.
After taking two gold coins from her coin bag and handing them to her boss, Caitlyn happily placed a sky-blue energy crystal in her satchel.
"Ah, I really made money today. Two gold coins can actually buy C-grade energy crystals, and my father will definitely be very happy. Boss, you can't open the pot at home, are you a clearance sale? ”
"Hey, little sister Caitlin, your Uncle Perth is going to go to Bilgewater after clearing his inventory this year."
The man in his fifties smiled and said, "Uncle sold all these stocks at the clearance price, and I want to come again." ”
"Okay. I went home and asked my father, if the rest of your crystals were at this price, I would come again. ”
'Hmph, from the eyes of an inferior pariah, two gold coins to buy an artificial energy crystal that is only D-rank at most. ’
In Wang Hai's mind, Tiffany's voice said disdainfully: "It's really the sorrow of the common people to be so complacent after being cheated." ’
'I mean, Duke Tiffany, Caitlyn is the daughter of a Hex-craftsman, and you don't trust her eyes?' Wang Hai said helplessly.
He had just crossed into this world not long ago, and he didn't know how to distinguish these at all, and in his opinion, there was no difference at all in the energy crystals.
'Hmph, you know what?' If you look at it according to the normal crystal identification method, this energy crystal should indeed be C-grade. However, this is called Perth's traitor using a rune amplifier to increase the color of this artificial crystal. ’
At this point, her voice became low, "Because this damn profiteer, a D-rank artificial crystal that was originally only worth thirty silver coins has simply been increased in value by five or six times.
Caitlin's father was a craftsman-level Hex, and she was sure to see the clues when she got her hands on them. But...... Alas, if this crystal had been obtained by a student or a mechanic who had not yet been able to distinguish the authenticity in depth, unimaginable things would have happened. ’