An Infinite Journey From the Sea of ​​Stones

Victor's tone was very flat or even indifferent. This tone was highly similar to Camille's, but it seemed colder.

"Are you the mastermind behind all this?" Jess demanded, growling like a wounded beast.

"To be precise, I have nothing to do with Silko." Victor said lightly

"But from today onwards, I will be the ruler of Zaun, and I will lead them on the path of glorious evolution. And you, Piltover, will be the ones who are backward and need to be eliminated."

His tone didn't have Silko's anger and self-mockery at all, only flat and calm, which made people feel creepy and calm.

"Victor! Did you have that operation?"

Heimerdinger, who didn't know when to rush over, looked at Victor like this, and said in a sharp voice:

"Are you crazy? You dare to use this kind of immature crazy technology on yourself!"

"If I don't use him, I'll be a meaningless cold corpse in no time."

Victor said lightly, he shook his head and looked at Heimerdinger calmly

"I'm very sorry for stealing your crystal, Mr. Heimerdinger. I won't deny my mistake, you are a yordle, you are not from this city, so I hope you can go back to Bandle City perhaps, no need Participate in this...dispute."

"Are you determined to start a war?" Jess stepped forward, roaring with red eyes

"Why are you people of Zaun so obsessed with starting unnecessary fights! It was like this when you rushed to the bridge, and now it's like this again. Do you want to destroy everything in this peace when you go down to the city?"

"Yes, definitely!" Victor said firmly

"You see the destruction only because you are the part of the profit chain that allocates more resources. If the two cities are really one, then this deformed resource distribution chain must be corrected. And if they are not one... ..”

"Then the people of Zaun will take back everything they deserve today!!!"

Without hesitation, Jess activated the turret mode of Mercury's Hammer on Victor, and a blazing white ball of energy shot out from the top and flew in front of Victor.

However, facing the fiery energy ball, Victor just raised the scepter in his hand, and the hex energy chip matrix inlaid on the top instantly formed an energy neutral position, absorbing the flying energy ball completely. do.

Almost at the same time, Camille's icy blade had already struck Victor's neck, but facing the sudden attack, Victor just lightly threw a grenade in his arms.

The broken hex chip embedded in the center was instantly destroyed and fell into an annihilation effect. In an instant, a blue anti-gravity field spread across the bridge, and the huge repulsive force repelled Camille, Jess and others. Ten meters away!

"This, this is a Hex weapon?!" Jess looked at Victor in shock. This weapon is undoubtedly a product of Hex technology, and it is more advanced than his Mercury's Hammer.

"You lack imagination in weapon design." Victor looked at Jess and said lightly

"You forgot that I invented all the hex engineering equipment when you cooperated with me, Jess, what you are good at is the energy field theory of artificial hex crystals, and I am the one who did it."

"It's a stupid idea to put cutting-edge technology on a hammer, even if it's a deformable hammer, because you think your family sells hammers?"

Jess' face flushed instantly, but soon turned pale.Victor didn't mean to be sarcastic, he looked at Camille and continued to say flatly

"I thought I was the first devotee of the glorious evolution, but I didn't expect you...but your technology is too backward, with design ideas decades ago, single and crude weapon equipment , you lack upgrades."

"The virtue of weapons will be reflected in the battle, but your body is empty and empty." Camille said coldly

"Stupid sentimental rhetoric, a lot of rhetoric to prove your wrong result." Victor shook his head and said indifferently

"You are not a member of Glorious Evolution, you are just a fool who changed his heart and thought he was strong. Technology has stagnated in your hands for decades, which is a symbol of your incompetence!"

He raised the scepter high, and the energy matrix of the Hex chip took effect instantly. The arm on his shoulder refracted a terrifying death ray, and the energy increase along the matrix was like a roaring light cannon hitting the bridge. ! ! !

The roaring high-energy rays instantly destroyed the structure of the bridge, and the boundary bridge linking the two cities that had stood for a hundred years broke suddenly in the eyes of the people of Picheng and those Zaun people who were hiding in the dark.

Victor stood at one end, while Jess stood at the other end. The partners who used to walk on the same road, so far, were divided into two halves.

"If you are unwilling to accept progress, then respond with war." After cutting the final bridge connecting the two cities, Victor's voice resounded through the two cities

"With the power of Hex as the core, start the war, Mrs. Piltover."

"From today, Zaan will become an independent city!"

48. Reign of Chaos

Destruction, chaos, riots, catastrophe.

Yunjuan was leading Lax and Ari to quietly watch the unstoppable carnival that the city fell into.

He didn't have much interest in appreciating it, and even compared to this, he probably cared more about the whereabouts of Jhin who didn't know where to watch the show.

Yunjuan thought for a moment, took off the blindfold to cover his left eye, and only used his right eye to observe the world.

Calm, indifferent, indifferent, use the observation of the whole reality to alleviate this demonic nature of oneself.

His indifference to everything is the embodiment of his demonic nature, or in other words, this so-called demonic nature is just a perspective that has dispelled the empathic nature he has learned from rolling in human society.

"Here, why did it suddenly become like this?" Lux asked in disbelief and anxiety as she looked at the chaotic Piltover

"Because people from the lower city attacked them with bombs." Yunjuan said softly

"The people of Zaun? Why are they doing this... Is it to make money again?"

"Maybe, but they have to do this. People who live in the stinky ditch always have to find a way to survive." Yunjuan said lightly

"If the people in the upper city are willing to leak a little from their fingers to Zaun, they will not encounter such a thing, but if they do not encounter such an attack, they will never be willing to leak from their fingers. Even a little benefit to these low-level people."

"If you have time, I can ask Ahri to take you to Zaun. If you go to the lower city, you may understand why they want to take revenge on the upper city. How will the spellcasters treat you Demacians? The superiors will always think that everything is under control, but they don't know that the collapse at their feet is the beginning of the collapse of the overall situation."

"But...they should seek revenge from those who persecuted them." Lux said unwillingly

"Hatred and anger are impulsive and uncontrollable emotions. There are very few people who can rationally control such emotions and find the right target for revenge." Yunjuan said with a sideways eye.

"The vast majority of people are accustomed to dealing with problems emotionally, and vent their hatred and anger into a label that is easier to label. It can be a Piltover, a Demacian, a country, or a city. .”

"It's much easier to target a large, labeled group than it is to find a specific target of hate in a haystack."

He paused, then let out a hollow sneer

"And most of the haters, they always live well, they are in a high position, they are in a higher place, so they can't climb up. Then since they can't climb up, just use bombs to blow them down."

Lacus opened her mouth, but all the rebuttals were finally digested in her mouth without further words.

After coming out for such a long time, without the blessing of her brother and family, the most useful thing Lacus learned is probably that there may not be absolute justice in this world.

Everything is always relative, and the realm of good and bad has never been the same forever.The world is not black and white, it is always just a touch of delicate gray.

"In short, from now on, you are free, and you can go wherever you want."

Yun Juan said casually, and then jumped off the towering bell tower, leaving Lux alone in a daze, and it took several seconds to react.

"Wait! You said...he said I can leave as I please?"

"Yeah, that's what he meant, you stupid girl." Ari licked his paw, wagging his tail and staring at a falcon slowly approaching in the sky.

"Your family members have also been found, and there are some people who are not very friendly. For him, your greatest value is gone."

At the end of the alley, Yun Juan looked at Jinx who fell unconscious in the trash can, tilted his head, and thought for a moment.

Forget it, take it back.

Instead of leaving this crazy girl outside to continue to create unstable factors, it would be better to put her in a more suitable position.

In the distance, the riots and chaos finally calmed down with Jess and the others rushing back.

It's just that what happened will never change, and the lost people will never be resurrected. The two cities have been split into two parts. Once the irreparable hatred is torn, there is no possibility of sticking back.

"It's just the beginning." Yun Juan bent down and hugged the unconscious Jinx, smiling hollowly and cheerfully

"I am even more looking forward to how this chaos will end in the end."

......

A few days later, in the early morning, the council was held again in the castle manor provided by the Mirdard family.

This time, none of the councilors dared to sit on a high steeple, but carefully chose a well-guarded castle estate.

But Mel looked around, and the number of MPs she saw was ridiculously only four.

Jess, Heimerdinger, Mel, Caitlin Gilamann who has been participating in the council instead of the seriously injured Gilamann MP.

It's ridiculous to say that Mel actually reached a consensus in parliament under such circumstances.

With her and Jess's two votes, Heimerdinger doesn't care about anything. It can be said that the parliament has basically become her monopoly.

But she wasn't any happy, she just felt lucky for herself yesterday.If she hadn't gone to pick up her mother, she might have died in the explosion like other congressmen.

But in fact, there is nothing to be happy about. The vacancy in the parliament is only a temporary situation, and members of the council will fill it up soon.

It is ridiculous that these big figures who dominate the life and death of this city are only screws, and they are better screws that can be replaced and used better.

"...I think we have to come up with a countermeasure."

With the parliament so silent, as if Ann couldn't bear the bad atmosphere, Jess immediately chose to speak

"We can't let Zaan go on like this. It is intolerable to split the two cities!"

Jess put his hands on the table and said solemnly

People in the upper city are high above, but in fact they cannot do without the lower city.If the current demand for mining the hex crystal ore underground in Zaun can be replaced by Jace's artificial crystal, then leaving the lower city still has many unsolvable problems for the upper city people.

For example, the biggest problem that bears the brunt is where does their industrial waste go?

In the city of Piltover alone, there are a total of hundreds of factories, large and small. The materials produced by these factories are transported to all parts of the world at all times, and the industrial waste they produce is also extremely amazing.

Usually, these industrial wastes will be discharged into the ground and seawater between Zaun and Picheng fissure together with domestic garbage, which is also the reason why Zaun's ecological environment is extremely bad.

Without such a 'big dump' as Zaun, the daily household waste alone would be enough to drive the people of Piltover crazy.

"We have more important things to do, and I think we should care more about those people who are damaged by chaos and disaster than Zaun's problems."

Heimerdinger expressed his opinion for a long time, but the attitude of the father of Piltover is still as good as ever, or conservative

"Yes, Professor Heimerdinger, but our enemies are getting stronger day by day, that's a fact." Senator Meyer frowned.

"If the people of Zaun have mastered the technology of producing Hex weapons, they will only need no more than a month to transform Zaun's factory into a factory for producing Hex weapons, counting the time for manufacturing artificial Hex crystals, Maybe they will be able to counterattack the upper city in a few months!"

She paused, and said seriously

"Our enemy this time is no longer a group of Zaun gangsters or gangsters, Victor...People call him 'Mechanical Pioneer', I prefer to call him 'Mechanical Tyrant', the technology he possesses It's something we can't ignore!"

Jess chose to remain silent, and Heimerdinger also had a bad expression.Maybe they are all regretting, but it is not known whether they are regretting that they did not see through Victor, the 'bad guy', or that they did not solve his problem earlier.

"If we're going to go to war, we've got to close the hexgate."

Caitlin, who had been silent all this time, spoke, and hit the nail on the head when she spoke

Even if Zaun wants to produce weapons, they cannot conjure materials out of thin air.Not to mention the removal of the minerals in Zaun's underground, but some materials almost have to be transported from the outside world through the hex-flying gate.

If you want to fight Zaun, cutting off the Hexgate is inevitable.It is also impossible to curb the transportation of resources through the Hexfly Gate. Caitlin knows how many terrible loopholes there are in the upper layers of Piltover.

"Letting the Hexgate continue to open will only allow those materials to be smuggled into Zaun continuously." Caitlin said coldly

"We are fighting for the safety of the people of Piltover, and they are selling weapons and materials to our enemies to make weapons to attack us. It's ridiculous!"

"...You're right." Mel nodded, agreeing with the idea of ​​the Gilaman family lady, and immediately denied it

"But it's impossible for us to close the Hexfly Gate! Even if we all vote for you, it's impossible, and all other families with seats in the council will oppose your idea with their real names!"

The daily cargo throughput of the Hexfly Gate is astonishingly large, and as far as Mel knows, including his own Myrdalda family, the capital operation of most families in Nepi City is highly dependent on the Hexfly Gate.

Capital is a cyclical game. In many cases, these capitalists may often be in debt. They may not have much cash on hand. The more assets are their factories and the products they produce. A steady stream of large orders.

And if a part of the chain of this cycle is broken, then the operation will stop completely.Those factory owners will be in a bad situation - can't sell goods → no cash on hand → can't pay wages → workers go on strike or march → product backlog management costs increase.

At this point, Mel could have guessed what was going to happen.The commodities produced, whether they are food or other daily necessities, will definitely be directly destroyed by those factory owners on the spot or dumped into the sea, and the shortage of commodities will also cause the price of cotton bolls in Piltover to soar or even have nothing to sell.

Relying on the golden sea route alone is far from enough to meet the foreign trade needs of Piltover merchants. The birth of the Hexgate connects the whole world, and it also gave the capitalists in Piltover great courage to sign the contract. A large number of exaggerated commodity order contracts.

"If you shut down the Hexgate for a week or two and it still works, if it's shut down for more than a month, you won't have to call from Zaun, and the people from Piltover who have nothing to eat will shoot you with guns!"

Mel analyzed calmly

"...Business is really disgusting." Caitlin was speechless, and finally could only shake her head in disgust

"It's better... At this time, it's better to have a dictator and tyrant to coordinate all these issues."

"So here I am!"

Confidence and even a self-contained arrogant voice sounded as the door was pushed open, and Camille walked into the council hall proudly, as if walking into her own home

"Piltover will be on emergency alert from today!"

"A state of emergency? I've never heard of such special regulations in Piltover!"

Jess looked at Camille who walked into the conference hall, frowned and said seriously

"And Mrs. Camille, you are not a member of the Piltover Council, members of the Ferros family should be..."