An Infinite Journey From the Sea of ​​Stones

The incomparably bustling Evolution Day, this is the carnival time for this city.

Elena smiled and turned away from the window.Her room is neatly organized, everything should be there, and everything is there.There is a notebook in the corner of the workbench, and beside it are various tools, a Hex energy meter, and stacked blueprints.

Even though the task she shouldered was actually not to act as the Noxus spy, Elena still made good use of the extra time to learn to fill herself.

People who only know how to indulge in flesh and blood and violence but do not know how to increase their wisdom will only become like the big rats in the bottom city.

She moved away from the window, dragging the leftovers of last night's dinner from under the bed, another Piltover lawman replaced by her blood-crazed followers.

Looking at the rest of the law enforcement officer, Elena showed a sad expression, she seemed to have eaten too much last night.

The muscles and valuable internal organs of this unlucky guy have been eaten clean, leaving only worthless and unpalatable organs such as the field and the kidney.

After thinking about it, Elena's right hand slowly twisted into an extremely heavy hammer, and with a few crushes, the excess part was quickly turned into useless garbage.

She carefully poured these rubbish into the central underdrain of the apartment. The excess rubbish will surely flow into a large fragrant garden somewhere in Zaun along with the excrement and urine of those Picheng guys.

She left the room, waved back a few weary greetings as she passed the communal dining room down the apartment building, but didn't stop to talk.Few of them had been able to sleep two hours a day for the past two weeks, and she was sure someone would fall asleep during today's interview.

In fact, after arriving in Picheng, Elena discovered that many people from the upper city did not live such a luxurious and happy life as she imagined. In fact, many of the people from the upper city were used by those big families and wealthy businessmen with cheap money. paid to work for them.

The nine-to-five working hours are just a lie, and more of the current situation of being forced to "actively work overtime" after being recruited.And it’s not enough if you don’t work overtime, because if you don’t do it, people will do it, and if you don’t do it, your boss will fire you. As one of the centers of world trade, Piltover will never lack such cheap people. Resources.

Oppression is everywhere, and the lower class of the upper city guys may not live as well as the average Zaun people. They just changed to a clean place and continued to be mice.

Elena pushed the door and left, the strong sunlight outside forced her to stand still for a while.But fortunately, she did not forget to apply a special sunscreen on herself before going out. Basically, as long as she was not exposed to the sun for several hours, no one would be able to see the clues of her body.

"Happy Evolution Day, please give me a piece of sandwich bread and milk."

"May the smog never enter your house, child."

Elena bought today's breakfast from an old lady pushing a trolley by the side of the road. Judging from the old lady's attire, she had both the pretentiousness of Piltover and the slovenliness of Zaun.

While the inhabitants of Piltover and Zaun like to pretend that they are rivals, their destinies are actually intertwined, and they just don't want to admit it publicly.

The symbiotic relationship between the two cities has been inseparable from the very beginning. Piltover cannot be separated from Zaun, and Zaun cannot be separated from Piltover.

It's just that those big shots who can control the fate of the two cities will like to pretend to be blind, and most of the big shots who have the ability to determine the fate of Zaan can't see the reality clearly.

Well, Elena really doesn't diss Silko.

Even if that idiot is now almost a second worst version of Vander, and has completely lost control of the crazy girl he adopted.

To be honest, after Elena received the news that Silko's people suddenly made troubles and killed a group of law enforcement officers during the sensitive time before the evolution day, she was also very stunned.

Could it be that the local ruffian who only knows how to sell medicine now has gotten better?Planning to switch from the rat king of the stinking ditch to the more promising career of a terrorist?

It turns out that she thinks too much.

After a little contact with that neurotic crazy girl, Eleanor knew clearly that this crazy girl was completely arbitrary by herself, and planned to be a good Tutupi city guy on the evolution day.

But this crazy girl with a bad brain remembered the wrong time and started the attack a few days earlier-at least that's what she said.

Although I misremembered the time, this crazy girl named Jinx did solve a lot of members of the Wildfire Gang who were in the way in the lower city. Of course, there was no Elena among them.

And she seems to want to do it again, aiming at the evolution of the sun covering the sky.

Even though he has no plans or brains, lovely Lianna still has to applaud this crazy kid for his courage!

Of course, no matter what that crazy girl plans to do, it probably won't be able to destroy Elena's plan.

She left this luxurious neighborhood, and the flickering light of the alchemy lamp that was on in broad daylight added a dry, chemical smell to the morning air, which was stupid and wasteful—like the two wearers faked A couple of hex enhancers do.

But this being Piltover, status here is largely determined by how luxurious you appear to be.A nouveau riche covered in gold may be ridiculed secretly, but he will definitely have a lot of face on the bright side.

She came to Griwell Street from Clock Street, then walked along the winding Baijiu Avenue into Star Street, and finally came to Unknown Square.The Zindero Sphere still stands there motionless, as it has since inventor Zindero's mysterious disappearance last year.In this massive grid art

Around the product, people are gathering.There are young people who aspire to become inventors, art craftsmen who have become masters, and Zaun people who are pale and coughing violently, and they come to the upper city specially for this day.

To be honest, that miniature planetary globe of Runeterra is a rare treasure. If possible, Elena plans to drag it to Zaun if she has the opportunity in the future.

Compared with the direct sunlight, it is better to highlight the sparkle of this huge technological artwork in a deeper underground.

While thinking, she had already arrived in front of the Myrdalda family, the first of the three bells had already sounded, and the bridge was already crowded with students applying for the job.

The family mansion in Myrdalda was built with high walls of snow-white rock and a roof of refined steel.The long walls are lined with niches containing bronze busts of family members, including the current head of the house, Mel Midarda.

This Noxian erected her bronze statue in the most prosperous area of ​​Piltover so majestically. Perhaps this is a symbol of the current relationship between the two countries.

Speaking of this, Elena thought of a joke.

Not long ago, maybe four or five days ago, a little girl named Tamara, who was a war stonemason like Elena, was arrested by the Picheng police.

Under normal circumstances, if Noxus spies were caught, the Demacians would hang them, and the tribes of the Freljord would pluck them and throw them into the eternal ice plains. Even the most down-and-out Shurima The city-states dared to bleed Noxian spies.

However, Piltover's cops actually let the spy go.

After they had fully grasped every road and a lot of valuable information in the big and small cities of Piltover, they actually let her go.

What's even more funny is that another war stonemason has been mixed into the Myrdalda family - the war stonemason always works together.Sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice one of them so that the other can hide deeper in other lands.

Piltover's ludicrous sovereignty stands out in this regard.

However, the best part of this joke is that the Myrdalda family is also a part of Noxus. In other words, this can be said to be the internal struggle of the Noxus themselves.

In it, the Picheng Guy as the host is like a real joke.

But well, these don't have much to do with what Elena is currently doing.She has her own mission, which is to get in touch with that Miss Mel.

She was there to warn her.

Warn her not to think of betraying the 'great' Noxian Empire.By the way, I want an invitation letter for this Evolution Day.

14. Members of Parliament and Allegiance

"You two, my funding of your research is not a purely selfless contribution."

In the Myrdalda family's manor, Mel Myrdalda sat on her white sea animal skin sofa, crossed her hands, looked at Victor and Jess in front of her and said softly

"Investment has to pay off. Of course I'd love to see Piltover's progress, but... people in our family have to eat. With so much invested, we hope to see the return s return."

"But Mel... Senator." Jess hesitated for a moment, and said in a very embarrassed way

"Professor Heimerdinger warned us that our Hex technology is not yet mature enough to be used publicly and on a large scale, and we need to think more carefully... Consider whether these things can be applied to everyone body."

"But the finished product can already be produced, isn't it?" Mel interrupted Jess's words and said beyond doubt

"Jess, we need a finished product. I need you to come up with a proof of the finished product that allows me to continue investing in you regardless of the disputes within the family. Evolution Day is the best opportunity to show it."

"Imagine it, Taris. You will show off your finished product at the Evolution Day press conference! You will tell the whole of Piltover that you, Jess Taris, have conquered the mysteries of magic!"

Jess's expression became extremely moved. It is true that Mel's words moved him.

This is a temptation he can't refuse. Although it is not as exaggerated as Mel said to conquer the mystery of magic, making artificial hex gems is definitely enough to leave a name in history!

Before he developed artificial hex gems, the entire Piltover's hex technology was almost dependent on the Philos family's mining work on the hex mining area.

Although mined hex crystals are far superior to artificial hex crystals in terms of color and stored magic power, when an energy source is overly dependent on simple mining, it is doomed not to be the foundation that a country must rely on.

And no one can tell when the hex crystals will be fully mined. If that time comes, the technology that Piltover has developed so far may be cut off in half!

But the artificial hex gems invented by Explain fundamentally solved this problem.

Even though the energy efficiency and fineness are far inferior to naturally mined Hex crystals, and the current manufacturing cost is also high, Jess has undoubtedly taken a pioneering step on this scientific path!

In analogy, he is like Tesla who invented alternating current.

"Jess, I know what you and Professor Heimerdinger are worried about."

Looking at Jess's expression, Mel immediately understood what his little milk dog was struggling with, and immediately slowed down his tone and said:

"Yes, I admit that the application of artificial Hex gems is indispensable in the military industry, but this is what we have to do. Noxus has become more and more crazy in recent years, and you are also very clear about the recent espionage incident. .”

Jess nodded silently. The spy was still captured by his childhood friend Caitlin, but he was let go in the end.

At that time, Caitlin was so angry that Jess was also very angry - after all, Noxus' behavior was tantamount to violating Piltover's sovereignty on the surface.

And with Noxus fighting wildly in recent years, who knows if their army will open into the Gate of the Sun in a while?

But when he thought of his mentor's hard admonition, Jess hesitated again.He was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Victor

"Victor, what do you think?"

"My opinion can't affect you." Victor said softly

"You are the developer of the artificial Hex gem, I just did a little bit of work in it..."

"Don't say that about Victor! If it weren't for you, I would have jumped off the top of the old drunk and died!"

Victor raised his head and took a deep look at Mel, fell silent for a moment, and said softly

"My opinion is that Professor Heimerdinger is different from us. It...is an immortal who has lived for a long time. He has seen a lot and has a lot of time."

Heimerdinger's status in Piltover is too lofty. He is the chief professor of the Academy of Technology and Magic. Piltover has the most inventors, and he has also disclosed the patents of almost all the inventions in his hand.

He was one of the first builders of Piltover, and he was a member of Piltover before the Sungate was built, and even now.

Victor said that he is an immortal is actually a kind of 'belittlement', because Heimerdinger is a yordle, and these yordle dwarfs are all immortals.

Yes, while there will always be yordles who die of various causes around the world, no yordle ever dies of old age.

Their hometown is the Yordle city that drifts out of time, their origin is mysterious, they are blessed by magic by nature, and their lifespan is almost eternal.

"Professor Heimerdinger is full of vision. He is a person who has witnessed Rune Wars. His caution in using magic is quite visionary, but...we are human beings."

Now that he had spoken, Victor didn't care about anything, but said bluntly

"We don't live as long as he did. We are not blessed by magic like him. Our lives may be just a spark in his eyes. He has a lot of time to plan a cautious future, but we don't... ..cough cough cough cough!!!"

Speaking of excitement, Victor couldn't help coughing violently a few times. He stood up with a pale face, refused Jess' support, wiped the blood stains from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Our time is not long, and the time left for us has never been abundant! We are not short of foresight, but we do not have the long foresight of Professor Heimerdinger!"

"Victor, you need to rest! Mel, let's go first!"

Jess anxiously helped Victor to leave here, and before leaving, Victor stared at Mel, and said a word with his mouth

"Remember where you stand."

The moment Mel was shocked, a playful and unfamiliar voice came from outside the window. She cast her eyes suddenly, and Elena waved to her with a smile.

"...Are you a war mason?" Mel shook slightly, then calmly said

"You are very smart, Ms. Myrdalda." Elena smiled and jumped out of the window, standing in front of Mel and said

"You are really not like your mother, she was a great general..."

"Here, I am Councilor Mel Midarda!" Mel said in a stern tone

"So you really think of yourself as a Picheng guy?" Elena sneered

"Don't be funny, what is your identity as a member of parliament? In Noxus, which one do you think will make you more respected, the identity of this member of parliament or the identity of the Myrdalda family?"

Mel clenched her fists. She came from Noxus, and she knew nothing better than the worship of strength and power in the Immortal Bastion.

From the perspective of Noxus, Piltover, a city of progress, is nothing more than a city of the weak made up of a group of subservient, cunning and cowardly businessmen.

Even if he controls the Sun Gate, Piltover is not worthy of Noxus's kindness - even when the Grand Commander's legion opened Shurima through the Sun Gate, he didn't pay the council half a penny .

"I'm here to warn you. Your mother will arrive here soon, and you know what you should do."

Elena said slowly

Hex technology, the only thing that Noxus values ​​​​is nothing else.Empires at war dismiss mined hex crystals because they have better ones.But the man-made magic crystal, they must get it!

Mel knew exactly what she should do with her identity and position. Apart from handing over her technology, any small action by her meant disloyalty to the empire!

"...Which side are you on? Trifari? Or the Emperor's side?"

"Is this important?" Elena looked at the woman mockingly

Although her five-year-old and three-year-old mother was also a general, she has long been excluded from the core of the empire's military. The Midarda family seems to be glamorous, but in fact it is already on the verge of collapse.

Several of Mel's elder brothers have died in Ionia one after another, because they accepted the situation of Swain's battle, that is to say, they were the army that betrayed the Trifari Legion.

Every blood-colored elite from the top of the Trifari Council, from Swain to the bottom, has a blood feud with them, not to mention that this group of guys are staunch supporters of Darkwill.

However, the army they relied on suffered brutal and inhuman blows in Ionia one after another. Since the Battle of Standing, the Ionians who wielded knives have demonstrated their terrifying combat capabilities.

From the Brotherhood of Navoli, to the native Ionian masters who massacred the Noxus landing forces everywhere, the Wuji swordsmen who slaughtered thousands of troops overnight, and the archers who killed an entire strategic army with one bow , Why did the entire fleet grab the crushed magician with magic power...

Swain's early momentum was entirely based on the fact that the Ionians didn't react, but anyway, he played a decent record and won a lot of resources for the empire—and after the Myrdalda family took over, Not only have you fought and failed repeatedly, but you have also used all the resources the empire has won so far

All of them were paid out. Now even if the Midarda family is as rich as it is, it can be said that it is now on the verge of genocide.