Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Three years is just a short moment for the entire Rune Land.

However, for Zu An, who was reborn, these short three years were enough to change the world.

There are still many high-rise buildings here, and factories are still everywhere; the various residential buildings in the city are still eclectic and lined up in rows.

But the difference is that there will no longer be sewage flowing across the river, and there will no longer be breathless haze.

On the one hand, this improvement is due to Zaun closing Piltover's sewage channels and shutting down highly polluting industries; on the other hand, it is also due to Zaun's effective proactive management.

When the three-year plan had just begun, Zaun's runestone industry had not yet gotten on the right track, and a large number of highly polluting factories had been closed, leaving workers with nothing to do for many years, Lux took them with her to the streets of Zaun and launched a A vigorous dusting battle.

Start with the simplest road repairs.

In the past, most of Zaun's roads only connected the elevators to Piltover and the Alchemy Baron's factory. Although there were streets within each block, they were often "ruins" from who knows how many years ago.

Heavy rain turns into rivers, light rain turns into mud.

On weekdays, at most, the residents of this neighborhood can pool some money and do some simple tidying up. Considering the poor salary level of the Zaun people, the frequency of such tidying up is ten years.

Now, led by Lux and funded by the Zaun government, roads connecting various neighborhoods and factories in Zaun were quickly paved one after another.

A large number of workers who originally worked in factory assembly lines were transferred to construction workers and began to contribute to the construction of Zaan's city.

When the skeleton of the road was initially completed, the rune stone industry finally took the first step.

Because the technology was not yet mature, the number of by-products in the early stages of the rune stone industry was staggering.

Among the many by-products, rune tree scraps are the most abundant - after research, they were first used in the construction industry.

These low-purity rune tree scraps that cannot be used in the manufacture of rune stones are crushed, mixed with similarly crushed limestone powder, and calcined. The final gray powdery solid is the beggar's version of the Forbidden Demon Stone.

Its magic-forbidden performance is very different from the real magic-forbidden stone, but its advantage lies in its extremely strong plasticity and stable physical properties.

Therefore, in the next stage of urban renovation, these dusty Beggar's Edition Forbidden Demon Stones were used in the construction of buildings.

And as these beggars' version of the Forbidden Demon Stones were used as building materials to replace the old and dilapidated buildings of the past, in just over a year, the appearance of the urban area of ​​Zaun has undergone earth-shaking changes.

New roads have been built on the main streets, and the buildings have also been given a new look. However, unlike the majestic Demacia-style white magic-forbidden stone buildings, Zaun's beggar's version of the magic-forbidden limestone buildings are dusty and unremarkable. It seems extremely low-key.

This kind of low-key is obviously not in line with the aesthetics of the Zaan people.

Naturally, all kinds of graffiti art full of Zaun style emerged.

On the gray walls, the Zaun people splashed their pursuit of art wantonly.

In the past, graffiti was also very popular in Zaun, but at that time most of the graffiti used paint as a pigment, and the style was famous for its bright colors and bold shapes.

Nowadays, due to industrial transformation, many factories that produce paint have stopped production due to serious pollution. In addition, Zaun does not have the extra gold hex to buy paint from outside. The new style of Zaun graffiti and paint once became a problem that troubled Zuan. The problem of peace of mind.

But soon, the people of Zaun found a way - with the start of the rune steel production line, a large amount of iron smelting waste was briefly processed and then processed twice to make red pigment.

Because this red pigment is made from iron smelting waste, its quality and color are unstable. If placed elsewhere, it can only be regarded as a substandard product. Even pigs will dislike it if it is used to paint pig pens.

But in Zaun, these unqualified red pigments were used by "graffiti artists" on the streets.

Red, bright red, pink, reddish brown...

These different red graffiti may represent some kind of commemoration, or may mean some longing, or they may simply be beautiful curves and graphics. Soon, together with various slogans, they quickly filled the streets of Zaun. lane.

The different reds on the gray walls intertwined into the common and energetic dream of the people of Zaun, completely changing the spiritual outlook of the entire Zaun.

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When the renovation and construction of the entire Zaun city began to bear fruit, the Calican Laboratory finally gained some results in the translation and compilation of data related to the cultivation of the Forbidden Demon Tree.

Previously, the Zaun people could only cultivate rune trees in the small experimental field behind the laboratory to support the fledgling rune stone industry.

But with the proficiency cultivated and the technology matured, Zaun finally took the next step.

According to the data and requirements left by Calican, the Zaun people started planting the first batch of rune trees outside the laboratory in the city's oldest mining area, the Shengou Mining Area.

The rune trees cultivated by Calican almost completely abandon the need for light during their growth, but at the cost, their need for magic power to cultivate the soil is quite amazing.

In order to meet this demand, the magic crystals that were previously excavated and processed in Zaun and sold to the Piltover factory were now sent in batches to the fertilizer factory that was transformed from the alchemy factory. After being crushed and initially screened, it will be mixed with the inorganic salt ores that are produced in various mines in Zaun and prepared according to Calican's data to become a magical compound fertilizer specifically for rune trees.

This step-by-step planting method has been proven feasible in the experimental fields in the laboratory, but when it comes to outside the laboratory, everyone is still somewhat unsure.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, the type of rune trees outside the first batch of experimental fields was determined to be sand vines that are not picky about the environment.

The process went smoothly and the results were gratifying.

With a sufficient supply of magic power, the first phase of the rune tree cultivation plan in Shengou Mine was declared a complete success after nine months.

These roots took root into the semi-sandy soil and quickly crawled throughout the depths of the mine, growing into a continuous bush in the darkness.

Even though the whole process was almost "copying Calican's steps", the Zaan people who personally participated in the cultivation and planting were still happy - the success of this planting meant that Zaun's rune stone industry was finally no longer affected by raw materials. Production limits and restrictions!

Previously, because there were too few rune trees (only those in the laboratory test fields), only two of the planned large number of rune stone factories were actually constructed and put into production - and the products were not rune stones.

Of the two factories, one produces high-quality runesteel as an export product, selling it to Shurima warlords via the Kalduga-Kenese trade route in exchange for gold to import grain from Kumanggra; the other It was the former manufacturer of gray forbidden magic stones, responsible for making the parts of the rune tree that could not be used to produce high-quality rune steel into gray forbidden magic stones.

Now, with the success of promoting planting in Shengou Mine, as the core of Zaun's first three-year plan, the rune stone industry can finally be fully launched!

More rune stone factories began to be renovated, and after completion of the renovation, they took the initiative to absorb construction workers who could not find jobs due to the internal involvement of the construction industry.

Also starting to recruit people are Zaun's Rune Stone Research Institute and Zaun Security Office - the former is responsible for leading the work of planting rune trees, and the latter is to increase the intensity of anti-smuggling and prevent some greedy guys from secretly stealing the seeds of rune trees. Send out Zuan.

Although in Kalya and Lux's plan, the planting of rune trees will benefit the entire Rune Land in the future, it is not now.

Time flies.

In the enthusiasm of all Zaun people, this city seems to have returned to the era before Piltover was born - at that time, Zaun had just emerged from the haze of the Rune War, and was full of world-changing changes as it looked to the future. Courage, they seemed to have a whim, planning to rely on human power to break through the barrier between the Sea of ​​Watch and the Sea of ​​Conquest and connect the two oceans.

But this time, after taking away the Alchemy Baron, the Zaun people once again took their destiny into their own hands. Just like they had planned to open the canal, they made a complete plan for their three years.

In three years, everything has been turned upside down.

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Time has changed not only Zaun, but also Lux.

Compared with three years ago, although Lux has not grown much taller now, her youthfulness has completely faded - her long golden hair has unknowingly grown to her waist and abdomen, and her curves have also gradually... Concave and convex.

Lux has really become a big girl.

Although she was growing in popularity and love among the Zaunites, Lux was never aloof.

While Fander has learned to keep a serious face every day, Lux still has a heartfelt smile on her face every day.

The lively, beautiful and kind-hearted Lux ​​has naturally become the dream lover of many young men in Zaun. A considerable part of Zaun's graffiti is related to her.

It's a pity that Lux has never accepted any confession, so in some shady messages, her relationship with Ino has the fragrance of citrus.

Having said that, this situation is not entirely due to her appearance and status - it is no exaggeration to say that in the hearts of the Zaun people, Lux is their muse.

Although when Lux was in Demacia, the so-called art was just a tool for her cover, but in Zaun, these "extremely useful art forms" were unexpectedly popular.

Maybe Demacians would care more about the symbolic meaning of music, paintings and sculptures, but in Zaun, most Zaun people prefer "real-looking portraits and sculptures" and "good music."

Even with the avant-garde Zaun graffiti, what the author pursues is often just "cool lines".

When the eight-hour work system was implemented and workers in Zaun had more free time, a surprising gap appeared in Zaun's entertainment industry - the flesh-and-blood business in the dark alleys was banned, the gambling industry was severely restricted, and The addictive drugs led by Glimmer Potion have become small-scale production and prescription drugs that are used strictly according to the pharmacist's instructions... Under this situation, the people of Zaun who had time to spare were a little confused for a while.

Although Zaun itself has many entertainment industries, including amusement parks, billiards and other entertainment facilities, with the blockade of Piltover, many things have gradually become unsustainable.

The people of Zaun are indeed full, but this is because they have concentrated a large amount of resources on the processing of export commodities, and most of their former entertainment industry has been abandoned.

Realizing this, Lux, who had just escaped from the dusting industry, immediately set off again non-stop and devoted herself to the cultural industry.

Basic painting theory, basic sculpture theory, basic music theory...

These art theories, together with basic cultural courses such as Chinese, mathematics, and alchemy, became the curriculum of the newly built Zaun Night School.

Unknowingly, Lux—or Lux and Kalya—became the founders of a new culture in the city!

In the classroom, Lux's name often appears in the textbooks.

Outside the classroom, based on the book list provided by Kalya, Zaun translated and printed a large number of ancient Shurima novels.

When the members of the night school graduated, they had the first batch of "extracurricular readings."

"Darkness Below the Horizon", "Pulse of Yellow Sand", "Watching the Dawn", "Song of the Elements", etc., novels once written by Kalja and Kalja's students, have been translated into languages ​​that all people in Zaun can understand. The language is widely circulated in this city, which unconsciously enhances their cohesion and vigilance.

Although the proportion of spellcasters in Zaun is pitifully low, words such as the original axiom and the law of elements are familiar to the people of Zaun.

And stories such as "The tragedy and ethical sorrow caused by out-of-control magic" and "The Walker watching the dawn on the horizon" have quietly become the common memory of a generation.

In the last year of the three-year plan, for the first time, someone from Zaun took the initiative to pick up a pen and began to write the story of Zaun with immature but affectionate words. From then on, Zaun’s newspapers The Internet no longer only publishes job recruitment information and policy changes, but more and more literary works are known to people in the form of short stories or serials.

Zu An even showed up for the first time to remind him of the update.

In these stories, the protagonists are always full of endless fighting spirit and the passion to change the world. Most of them come from miserable backgrounds, but they are not willing to live in the current system, but choose to use their own efforts to break out of a new world...

The story is both happy and sad.

But without exception, there is a core of hope, reflecting this hopeful era.

Three years have passed by in a hurry.

In the midst of astonishing transformation, everything is changing.

In the entire Zu'an, it seemed that only the song of the blue bird still echoed in the sky over Zu'an as before.

The goddess should be fine, but she should shock the world.

Kalja's Little Class·Karja's novel:

During the Shurima period, Kalya once had the idea that "teaching magic cannot save Shurima", so he worked very hard to write a number of works - but unfortunately, these works were not very popular. Shurima People are often more interested in the stories of the ascended.