In a large villa belonging to the Philos family in Piltover, the city of progress, Lyster, dressed in a luxurious gown, sat on the upper seat, crossed his hands in white gloves, and quietly listened to the chief Hex crystal expert of the Philos family explain the functions and prospects of the Hex's magic crystal.

In the lower seat sat the family of the Philos family, Semir, who at this moment showed due respect and solemnity, as the contemporary head of the Philos, he naturally knew what the Emerald Collar meant to Philos.

Standing next to the long table, the scientist named Raman is a white-haired old man who looks a little old-fashioned, and his life experience of immersing himself in academic research for many years gives Raman a unique temperament, even in the face of the head of the Philos family and distinguished guests.

Bowing gracefully to the two, the white-haired old man said suddenly.

"Senator Sameer, then I'm going to explain it......

Lord Liszt, this is the magic crystal unearthed by an armed expedition in the Crystal Trace Canyon, and we named it the Hex Magic Crystal,

Through instrumental testing, this magic crystal contains powerful and disordered magical energy, and its efficiency far exceeds that of electricity and steam power.

To use a less rigorous metaphor, with a proper and stable energy conversion device, this fist-sized Hex Magic Crystal alone would be enough to supply the entire City of Progress for at least a few years......"

Lyist looked at the dark blue orb crystal that had been encased in a transparent box by Raman, which was made of a special quartz magic material that was invaluable for its multiple effects of impact resistance, radiation protection, and stabilizing magical energy.

In fact, the quartz box used to load the crystal was developed by the mage of the jade collar, so in a sense, the emerald collar has not always collected money and not made efforts, after all, no matter how loyal the subordinates are, they cannot always be loyal to the leader who only enters and does not leave, and all patience will be exhausted in the passage of time, which is a certain number that is difficult to change.

The quartz box is the further investment of the Emerald Collar in the Philos family, and the Philos family naturally has to take out the dividends in the Hex crystal market to the extent that the Emerald Collar is satisfied, which is also the main reason for Lyist's return to Piltover.

As for the sphere crystal, Lyster naturally knew that this was the carrier [Life Crystal] used by the shell people to inherit memories and common consciousness, and Lyster could only say sorry for what happened to the Skarna people.

Compared with the benefits brought by befriending the shell people, the help brought by the Hex crystal is more important to the Emerald Collar.

"How many Hex Crystals have been mined so far?"

Interrupted by Lyist, Raman patiently explained without the slightest dissatisfaction.

"Counting this crystal, a total of twelve have been mined, and these crystals grow in the bodies of sleeping crystal creatures, buried deep underground,

In this case, it is still technically difficult to mine Hex Crystal on a large scale in the Crystal Trace Canyon with complex terrain, and it can only be avoided by small-scale blasting to cause serious damage to the Crystal Trace. ”

"Didn't you suffer from those crystalline creatures during the mining process?"

"No, the crystalline creatures seem to be in a deep slumbering state."

"Very well, go ahead."

Nodding, Raman paused and continued.

"Based on the physical and magical properties of Hex Crystals, our research team found that Hex Crystals can make a large number of artificial crystals by means of energy infusion.

Limited by the current manufacturing process, we can only use skilled craftsmen to precision process natural crystals, and the output is extremely limited, but as long as there are enough craftsmen, I am confident that we can increase the production capacity.

This involves the secrecy of the Hex Crystal, so we do not have a proper confidentiality system in place at this time......

Artificial crystals are equivalent to a weakened version of Hex crystals, as long as we develop a steam power unit that can use artificial crystals as the energy center, we can shut down those annoying boiler rooms in the factory, and make the Hex artificial crystals with stable energy output become a new source of power.

Judging by the current number of factories in Piltover and Zaun, this will be an extremely objective asset.

By controlling the continuous production of Hex Crystals, we can control the energy supply of the factory, which can make us the top family of Piltover.

That's all the research on Hexcrystal so far, Lord Liszt, if you have any questions, please be sure to ask. ”

"Thank you for your patience, Your Excellency Rahman, I have to say that this time the Philos family did make me look a little different, and you made me see the possibility of Philos' growth."

Nodding to Raman, Lyist looked at the somewhat flattered Semiel Philos, smiled slightly, and stretched out his right hand.

"The Emerald Collar supports the Pheuros family's research and development of the Hex Crystal, providing the Phros family with suitable magical materials, and even providing appropriate military assistance in the crystal mining process,

It's just that the mining volume of Hex Crystal every quarter, the Jade Collar accounts for fifty percent of it, and the development of Hex Crystal, the follow-up profits obtained in Piltover and Zaun also need to account for thirty percent, I don't know what Senator Saymir thinks of this proposal? ”

Although it hurts a little, Semiel knows very well whose credit the Philos family can have such a day, and the last disgruntled great force, the Adrian family, has become a thing of the past.

The great founder of the Philos family, his great-grandfather, Connor Philos, engraved the first family rule in the minds of every heir.

[Only the jade collar can never be betrayed]

After silently reciting the ancestral family rules three times in his heart, thinking of the fate of the Adrian family, Semiel Philos suddenly felt that there seemed to be nothing to give up these benefits.

The military and magical support of the Emerald Collar, coupled with the accumulation of the Pheuros family's own heritage, is enough to ensure that the Phros family will survive for a hundred years.

It seemed tedious, and the actual thought process was only about a second, and Symir took Lyster's right hand with both hands, bowed with his eyebrows lowered.

"Of course, it is the honor of the Philos family to be able to share the discoveries and fruits of the Philos family with the great Emerald Collar."

……

After finishing the matter about Hex's crystal, Lyster visited Heimerdinger, who at this moment had become a leading figure in Piltover, and as one of the members of Piltover's parliament, he participated in the construction of Piltwer.

After meeting Lyster, Heimerdinger was also very happy and warmly entertained Lyster at home.

After the pleasantries, small talk began, and Lyster learned the story of the Yodel Expeditionary Force from Heimerdinger.

“…… Little Lenny, you can't imagine that kind of scene at all, when Tristana proposed to take the initiative to fight in the material realm, all the residents of Bandle City objected,

In the history of Bandel City, the yodelers have never interfered too much in the affairs of the material realm, at most, they have come to a human gathering place to operate in their personal capacity like me, and fighting in the name of Bandel City is simply a whimsical thing!

Am I right?? ”

Looking at the big head that was quite excited, Lyist thought of the cavalry general who served in the Emerald Collar and shrugged.

"To make history without history, to form a yodeling expeditionary force, I personally support Tristana, after all, this is what I proposed......

As for saying that you don't interfere too much in the material realm, I choose to reserve my personal opinion on this. ”

Heimerdinger, who was powerless to refute, sighed, leaned back on the leather sofa, and spread out.

"Well, Tristana is too stubborn anyway, and what's even more terrifying is that Teemo, Giggs, Lulu and Kuchi have joined her expeditionary force, and she still wants to convince me, how is this possible? Do you think I'm one of those yodelers who don't feel very good?

…… Well, I'll admit that I was a little tempted to be able to actually apply my inventions in battle to get better experimental data, but unfortunately I had too much to do in Piltover and couldn't get out of the way, so I turned down her invitation.

Anyway, they're now in Freljord, that's what Tristana told me, ahem. ”

Coughing twice, Heimerdinger's eyes widened and he stood up, carrying a stern Tristana behind her back.

"She said: 'In order to understand what war is, we need to experience war, and war is not just about killing, it's about trying to survive.

Freljord is the most suitable place and our first stop, let's go and experience the cruelty of Freljord together! ’

Hey, don't look at me like that, Little Reni, I swear I didn't make a single mistake, Tristana really thinks that going to the savage Freljord will allow Timo and them to learn how to fight,

I don't have to go to know that they only understand that there are hungry humans in the world who don't mind eating yodelers......"

Later, Lyster took the initiative to mention the missing Rambo to Heimerdinger, and after questioning, he found out that Heimerdinger did not know that Rambo had left Bandle City, or more precisely, the residents of Bandle City did not realize that there was a garbage old man who had left the dump.

In this case, Lyist did not elaborate on Rambo, who had already gone to the Emerald Collar for mechanical research, and said goodbye to Heimerdinger, and Lyster came to the Zuan Heavy Industrial Park south of the Gate of the Sun, where he was going to try to contact Moffett to see if Moffett had recovered the rock armor through slumber.

Using culverts and underground factories below sea level, alchemy technology has become a new development direction for Zu'an.

The former No. 26 Inorganic Chemical Factory has been converted into a gold smelting factory after the acquisition of Emerald Collar, and the miners wear special filtering breathing masks to prevent the toxic gases emitted from the factory from harming the human body.

In order to avoid trouble, Lyster, who also put on a breathing mask, looked at every well-protected miner, and he knew that with the development of the times and the economy, the situation of the people at the bottom of Zu'an would get worse and worse, but it was not as good as the current situation that had just begun to develop.

Humans are always forgetful animals.

In less than a hundred years, Mrs. Piltover will forget that her father was once a lowly Zuan, and that Piltover was able to enjoy a beautiful natural environment because the heavy industrial areas were relocated to Zaum.

At that time, the former brotherhood will be transformed into high pity, and soon pity will also change into disgust due to endless devotion, and finally become two distinct cities.

Even if he knew this, Lyist was not prepared to help the Zaun people make any changes, although it was a little too arbitrary, he also knew that the poor man had something to hate, and the Zaun people did not even want to admit that it was Cana who came to save the Zaun who was about to be destroyed, which was enough to explain a lot of things.

The Zuan people can even abandon the single-minded Cana, what can he do for the Zuans?

He can't do anything, and the only one who can save the Zuan people is the Zuan people themselves.

By contacting the person in charge of the alchemy factory, Lyist rode the improved mine elevator all the way down.

It is worth mentioning that Laurie, the foreman who once entered the devil's pit with him, and Queller, the miner, have been lying in a narrow coffin.

The two did not die from the crustal shaking caused by Moffett's movement, but Lyster later learned that when the ground began to tremble, Laurie and Quiller abandoned him without hesitation and fled the mouth of the pit without looking back.

Everything was expected by Lyster, and the two spirits were naturally not stupid enough to wait for death for him.

Except for the old Queller's great rat, who was well versed in human nature, and accidentally went missing, both of them returned to the surface unharmed.

The two of them who were worried were scolded by the person in charge of the chemical plant, Queller, who was already retired, was okay, but Laurie directly lost his position as a foreman and deducted a lot of money.

Losing the protection of the mine manager, Laurie was almost beaten to death by the resentful miners, but fortunately, Laurie was willing to spend money, so he hired a group of thugs to protect him for a few months, and used the power of money to block the malicious revenge of the miners.

When he was taken out of the underworld by Moffett and Kelsey's men bought the chemical plant, the misunderstanding was resolved, and the two naturally had to pay a lot of compensation.

Laurie left the factory with his family with the compensation money and settled in the most prosperous part of Piltover, and Laurie's descendants became civilized people in the progressive city, employing employees to run a decent pastry shop.

The old miner Quiller was starved to death at home by his son who listened to his girlfriend's bad words because he failed to bring back the money for his son as promised, perhaps because he lost the big mouse that had been with him for more than ten years in the last time, or because he resented the unfilial son he raised, the old man died with his eyes wide open and passed away.

Unwilling to pay a penny for the dead old man, Quiller's son Bellent threw the old man's body into the sea.

After Quiller's death, the subsidy of the Emerald Collar could only be distributed to Quiller's son Bellant, who proposed to the woman who had been pursuing for a long time with the compensation money, and the woman who was touched by true love finally agreed to her loyal husband, and the two entered the palace of marriage and lived happily together.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, two months after the wedding, Bolrent died unexpectedly in a car accident, and like his father, the unloved Grace was sunk into the sea by the workers hired by his wife.

Brent's wife became a poor widow who, unable to bear to continue living in the sad city of Zuan, moved alone to Piltover under the care of a warm-hearted strange man.

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