After bidding farewell to the two councillors, Colin walked towards his workshop with heavy steps.

The southern town of Piltover, bordering the coastline and close to Zaun, is home to workshops and colleges.

The area is thriving thanks to the factories of Zaun, where craftsmen from Zuan and around the world process semi-finished products produced in Zaun into goods, and where Piltover's most prosperous workshop street was once located.

But now, it's a lot deserted.

The relationship between Zaan and Piltover was severed, the craftsmen could not get the raw materials, and many goods could not be manufactured, so they had to live on tight stocks.

Colin knew in his heart that most of the artisans here were from Zu'an, and most of them were people who had left the dark homeland to live a good life in the Golden Capital.

Those people are now the most hesitant and entangled, thinking about whether to return to their homeland.

But none of this had anything to do with him, he was born in Piltover. Talking to Jace so much today, not only because he loves this city, but also because he hopes that he can leave something for his daughter to make her life better here.

He actually hated Zuan, not because of the mess there, but because he almost lost his most beloved daughter there.

Oriana, because of her kindness, inhaled an unknown chemical gas during a mistake to aid Zaun in a disaster, causing necrosis of her lungs.

Fortunately, he made a pair of mechanical lungs, and by chance completed the replacement of the lungs, which allowed Oriana to live until now.

But this also has drawbacks, normal people rely on intact lungs to breathe, while his daughter can only rely on mechanical lung winds to inhale and exhale.

In order for his daughter not to run to Zu'an like last time, he deliberately locked a special clockwork at home.

It's time to wind up Oriana in a moment.

Colin walked briskly towards his workshop, and the thought of his own imminent death made him deeply worried about Oriana's future.

"Welcome back!"

As soon as he entered his workshop, a female voice with little emotion came out of the house.

"Oriana, have a guest today?"

He looked into the room, his expression a little surprised.

A noble man in a pure white robe sat at the wooden table that greeted the guests, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the elegant back of the other party.

This is a great nobleman.

Seeing a lot of Piltover aristocrats, Colin quickly gave his judgment.

Behind the nobleman, stood a female guard dressed in a leather suit. If it weren't for the two daggers on his back, he wouldn't have recognized her as a guard. It's really the figure, appearance, and long burgundy hair that are too eye-catching.

Colin wondered why the other party had come to Workshop Street. The other party has sound limbs, and he doesn't look like a person who will come to buy a prosthetic leg.

Although he had many useful inventions, the only things that the nobles would buy from him were his best prosthetic limbs, which were better than the real thing.

"Father, this afternoon the academy sent a batch of purchase orders, and the needs have been put into the bag at the door, please run it yourself. I'm here to entertain this guest. ”

Colin was a little strange, and he was keenly aware that Oriana wanted him to leave quickly, and this was the first time.

He couldn't help but look over to Oriana, and what he saw made his eyes shrink.

Hex Crystal!

How could he not recognize such a dangerous and fascinating thing. He also saw the first man to use it for the Piltover Volkswagen this afternoon.

It's just that this crystal is a bit strange, not the common polyhedral gemstone structure, more like a glass ball.

"Okay, which professor at the academy wants it?"

Colin looked at it and stopped paying attention, his hand resting on the cart with the paper bag on it.

Oriana's deal didn't work out.

He wanted Hex Crystals, but even if the Workshop Street was still as prosperous as ever, they couldn't afford to buy a Hex Crystal for 5 years without eating or drinking.

"Professor Heimerdinger, the academy needs a batch of weapons test figures." Oriana replied softly.

"Alas, even Professor Heimerdinger supports the war." Colin muttered a few words to himself, pulled the cart out again.

After Colin left, Oriana's gaze turned back to the front, and her delicate face was apologetic:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ryan. I think we can continue talking, I need this Hex Crystal very much, and if you are willing to let me pay in installments, I can use our family's workshop as collateral. ”

Ryan sat in front of Orianna with a warm smile on his lips:

"As far as I know, Miss Orianna is spreading the news of the Hex Gem everywhere, and very few people know about the Hex Gem."

Hex gemstones are different from Hex Crystals, which are primordial crystals that are naturally born from the shell people, while gemstones are a stable source of energy artificially created by Jace and Victor.

His gaze casually swept over Oriana's chest, and he could perceive that it was not flesh and blood, but a pile of mechanical tissue.

It's really interesting that, apart from Camille, Piltover actually had someone walking in front of Victor.

Thinking of the path Victor took, Ryan couldn't help but be interested in the girl in front of him.

He occasionally learns that a craftsman in Piltover is looking for Hexes, and it just so happens that he has come out of curiosity, but he does not expect to be surprised.

"Mr. Ryan... I have a reason why I have to need it..."

Oriana's expression was gloomy, and she told the truth:

"My father has a bad heart and will live for 2 months at most. I haven't had time to reciprocate his love for me, and I've heard that Councillor Camille has had amplification tech heart swap surgery. ”

"I don't seem to have a reason to refuse you, but what can you bring me?" Ryan asked, taking a moment's time.

He wasn't going to turn him down, and if he really had the ability to perform amplification tech surgery, he would gladly recruit a scientist with outstanding potential for the Empire.

"Money..."

Orianna pursed her lips, knowing that she couldn't come up with the money, which made her a little discouraged.

The most desperate thing is not that there is no glimmer of hope in the first place.

It's that the hope is already in front of her, but she doesn't have the ability to touch it.

Her eyes saw Caterina standing behind Ryan, and an idea suddenly popped into her heart, and there was a hint of hope in her eyes:

"As long as I can save my father, I am willing to be a slave."

Listening to Oriana's speech like a drowning person, Ryan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and did not refuse or agree:

"Can you ask how you plan to transplant your heart? I could tell that Mr. Levik couldn't withstand the impact of the energy released by the Hex Gem when he replaced his heart. I have always believed in equivalent exchange, and if you have the ability to deal with Mr. Levik's troubles, it is worth far more than a gem to me. ”

"Mr. Ryan, you think highly of me." Orianna looked bitter, "I don't have a solution, I thought about making a mechanical carrier for the Hex Crystal, so that its energy is not berserk, so as to make the Hex Gem." But it takes a lot of time for them to interact with each other, I can't afford to wait, it will take at least 1 or 2 years. ”

With pain in her eyes, she pointed to a device buried in a pile of prosthetics not far away.

Ryan turned his head, his brow furrowed slightly, and there was surprise in his eyes.

He could tell at a glance that the metal-wrapped mechanical ball was already the prototype of Hex's weapon. If you put a Hex Gem in it, you will be able to create a Hex weapon instantly.

However, it seems that Orianna wants to use it to transform crystals into stable gems, and for this purpose, the mechanical ball can only be counted as a crude semi-finished product.

But even so, Orianna is definitely a genius in his eyes that is not inferior to Victor and Jace.

"Genius design, it's just that fate played a joke on you." Ryan shook his head with a sigh, "I'm a little curious, if I give you the gem, how you will complete the heart exchange surgery, even if it is a softer Hex gem, ordinary people may not be able to bear it." ”

Camille is a miracle created by integrating the core technology of the entire leather city.

He didn't think that the other party could get the technology of the Philos family, but he also didn't think that the other party had no backhand. Judging by Oriana's recent insane desire to get the Hex Gem, she must have been well prepared.

"Mr. Ryan... I know you're a powerful and discerning mage... I'd like to hear what you think."

"Tell me what you think."

Ryan had interest in his eyes, expecting the other party to bring him some surprises.

Oriana raised her head suddenly, and her unwavering eyes were a little more resolute:

"If it was just an ordinary heart, would my father have survived the heart exchange surgery..."