Chapter 1341: Longing
The news of the Living Flesh could not be hidden, and Camille, who was at the center of the vortex of events, was under a lot of pressure.
Although as the current leader and spokesperson of Piltover, people often juxtapose Camille and Ike, but as a party, Camille knows very well that his mastery of Leather City is completely inferior to that of Ike, who was born in Zaun, - although he is very prestigious and can convince the public, but compared with Ike's words, the gap is still very large.
(Of course, what Camille didn't know was that Ike spent a lot of time dealing with people he wasn't willing to deal with in order to achieve this effect, and through time and time backtracking, he was able to reach the strength of his current control over Zaun.) )
Unable to get absolute control of Piltover, and when most of the people became interested in the flesh, Camille could not force its destruction, but had to convene a meeting to discuss what to do with it.
This was the rule of the game for Piltover, and even Camille couldn't ignore it - Zaun's Revolution broke the original rules of Zaun, but Pitt City was not as upside down as Zaun.
And the outcome of the meeting ...... It's not optimistic.
Even though Camille repeatedly stresses that the unknown flesh is extremely dangerous, and may even be connected to the dangerous Void (this is a reminder from Kaisha, she has now largely recovered - although the carapace has not been stripped away, the people of Phi City have designed a new energy supply device for her, and although combat is not always feasible, it is no longer a big deal).
Unfortunately, eternal life is so tempting.
Especially for those in high positions, eternal life is always a word full of magic that cannot be given up.
As Piltover's bosses, the people who were able to attend the meeting were at least the top of Valoran's class in terms of quality of life, and the civilian use of Hextech allowed them to live a life of luxury that ordinary people could not imagine, and this kind of luxury life made them full of fear of death.
It is precisely because of this fear that Hex's body modification is so popular, even though everyone knows that such modifications do not (or are difficult) to prolong life, and often have an invisible cost, but there are always a large number of people who want to do it.
Who wants to embrace death if they can live?
So, when a biological material appeared that might bring people real immortality, or at least greatly extend their lifespan, this kind of madness came naturally and just right.
As for the threat from the Void......
Don't think we don't know, you Camille are also studying the Void, and even used an infected person as an experimental subject to make a set of semi-biological armor! (This refers to Kaisha)
In this case, even if Camille repeatedly explained that the attack was strange, that the other party was likely to use it as a trap, and that it was necessary to be cautious in studying flesh and blood, she really couldn't help it in the face of raging public opinion.
With all his might, Camille postponed the meeting and returned to his study, exhausted.
Camille saw very clearly that this flesh and blood was definitely not a simple trophy, and it harbored evil intentions from the beginning - although Valoran did not have such a Trojan horse scheme, Camille was also an old man, and she did not believe that this kind of flesh and blood had no side effects.
But...... Camille understood, so what?
The desire for immortality is a rare fit for the big businessmen and artists in Leather City, and even some of the radical Hextech workers are involved, who may know the danger of this thing, but they are lucky, after all, it takes a long time for a technology to mature from birth, and they can wait until the technology has developed to have no side effects before using it on themselves, so that it is foolproof.
And so, in the midst of Camille's concerns, a second meeting was held.
This time, the big businessmen, artists, and scientists who had united were united in a unified voice, claiming that even if they did not rush to speed up the research, they could not destroy it in any way – and that if they could, Piltoverff should form a special committee to deal with these dangerous but precious creatures.
The words of these people were beautiful enough that Camille did not have a basis to refute them completely, and they even gave the example of the Hex Crystal - "Before the discovery of the Hex Crystal, the treasures from Shurima had always meant curse and ominous, but it was our wise ancestors who took advantage of these gems that ordinary people seemed to be full of ominous gems, and the splendor of the Twin Cities was today...... And now, fate has set us something that seems dangerous, but also contains endless potential, and it is impossible for us to destroy it, which is a betrayal of progress, a shameful restlessness. ”
This passage is full of Piltover-esque political correctness, and it is hard to imagine that its proponents were anti-technological revolutions before the Zaun Revolution.
And in the face of this political correctness, Camille finally relented after thinking twice.
"If you have to study it, it's not impossible." Camille stood up and looked directly at the congregation with a piercing gaze, "But the highest level of secrecy must be guaranteed, a dedicated, reliable research team must be assembled, and most importantly, no proliferation of any kind must be prohibited until it is fully confirmed to be safe!" ”