Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Lux is working overtime.

Ino was waiting for her to finish working overtime.

Camille rarely left the manor and walked in the night.

In the past, Camille loved walking in the haze of Zaun - it was full of inhalable particulate matter that made people unable to breathe, and ordinary people could not walk in it, but Camille's modified respiratory system could Breathe freely.

This kind of time when she is alone and walking in the haze always gives Camille a strong feeling of "I am still alive".

After all, she is already over a hundred years old.

Even after undergoing Heike's body transformation, her body will not become weak due to aging, but the aging of her mentality is as inevitable as the rust and fatigue of parts.

In order to avoid this trouble, Camille made a lot of efforts. She strengthened many of her daily behaviors (such as drinking tea) and made them her own habits. She used these habits to embellish her every day.

Walking in the haze was once her habit.

It's a pity that she had to give up this habit in the past two years - because of Zu'an's vigorous management, the haze disappeared.

It was quite sudden.

Thinking of this, Camille shook her head, activated the hook on her leg, grabbed the hook at the end of the eaves, and rushed out quickly.

In the moonlight, a lone figure crossed the Hinanomon Strait like a dragonfly on water and arrived at the edge of the academy area.

Here, Camille once again saw the familiar haze - although the scale and concentration were not as good as those in Zaun, it still created a hazy atmosphere in the night.

Here are several newly built Hex crystal primary processing plants in Piltover.

Before everything happened, Camille never thought that Piltover would lose Zaun one day - she let go and handed Zaun over to the Noxians, expecting that Zaun would be severely damaged by the torture. , and then realize your own weakness and eliminate the undue rebellious heart.

After all, everything in Zaun depends on Piltover.

But just when she was cleaning up the bastards on the council side, the situation in Zaun completely exceeded her expectations.

In fact, after hearing the news from Finn, Camille had already realized that Zaun was out of control. However, when she freed her hands and wanted to teach the arrogant Zaun people a lesson, she was shocked. It was discovered that Zu An had a young protector at some point.

Yes, Camille cannot understand the thoughts brought by Lux. Rather than "believing that Lux wants to bring justice to everyone in Zaun," she is more willing to believe that Lux is the protector and ruler of Zaun.

Three years ago, Camille and Lux ​​had a small conflict. In the end, Camille did not teach the Zaun people a lesson as she wanted. Instead, the hook on her left leg needed an overhaul.

Since then, Piltover has lost Zaun.

Later, as Zaun closed its sewage channels and stopped selling the raw materials needed to make Hex crystals, several members of the parliament expressed their intention to teach Zaun a lesson.

Camille said nothing to these proposals.

Then, these discerning congressmen ceased their activities and shut their mouths one by one.

The loss of Zaun brought a lot of trouble to Piltover. Fortunately, Jace finally lived up to Camille’s expectations. With the launch of the Hex acceleration device, Piltover ushered in a new economic growth point.

The problem of losing Zaun was quickly covered by the prosperity of Hex Technology. In addition, the Sun Gate still opened and closed on time every day, and a steady stream of wealth still flowed into Piltover on time.

In Piltover, there is money to be made, any contradiction is not a contradiction, and any problem is not a problem.

And... look at these newly built Hex Crystal Factories - Piltover, which has lost Zaun, also needs a place to carry its excess manpower.

Walking through the thin haze, Camille first inspected the Philos family's factory for a week, then found out the hook and sent herself to the tallest bell tower in the college area.

News has come from Bilgewater that the Noxians suffered a huge defeat in Ionia. It is said that their commander even had one of his arms removed by the Ionians.

Some people say it's two, but that's not important anymore.

Considering that in the past two months, the number of Noxian military supplies passing through the Sun Gate Strait has been decreasing... I am afraid that the situation of the Noxians in Ionia is irreversible.

Now that Noxus' failure is a foregone conclusion, Camille needs to consider how to deal with the decrease in Sun Gate's income.

Without the military resources of the Noxians, the port management side will start to cry for poverty again.

Originally, in order to prevent this situation, Camille also took the initiative to contact the Bilgewater people, hoping that those guys with ships could make one more transportation trip after the Noxians were finished.

As a result, the water rats of Bilgewater can only be described as unambitious, especially that bastard named Plank. Even if the Congress is willing to provide him with tax benefits, he is still unwilling to get involved in the business field.

Sitting behind the Hook Gang, a giant pirate group that controls the entire Bilgewater, his mind is as big as a pinhead, and he only wants to rob, collect ship tickets, and attack any pirates who show up...

Trading with that guy was definitely the worst investment Camille had made in the past three years.

He deserves to be poor for the rest of his life.

If the pirates do not take action and Noxus' military resources are no longer available, the cargo throughput of the Sun Gate will definitely decrease sharply, and the wealth flowing into Piltover will also decrease.

As Piltover's greatest source of wealth, the turmoil in the Sun Gate is likely to cause turmoil in the entire Piltover.

What a hassle.

Piltover in the moonlight is not peaceful.

Camille's eyes lit up red, and her sight passed through the relatively thin haze and quickly looked at the factory in the night.

The rapid development of Hex Technology has prompted factories to work overtime. The workers hope to increase overtime pay, but the factory owners obviously do not think so - and this kind of contradiction that was once common in Zaun now appears in Piltover.

And it's getting worse.

This made Camille a little worried.

Although reason told her that almost everything that happened in Zaun was unrepeatable. Without another Lux as a protector for these Piltover workers, they could only make a small fuss.

But having said that, even if it just makes these workers have inappropriate and unrealistic ideas, it will still cause a lot of trouble to Piltover.

The experience of those reckless Zaans who rushed to the Gate of the Sun and finally encountered failure would make people give up the idea of ​​trying it again.

But Zaun's success under Lux's leadership only makes people want to follow suit and try again.

Camille had a headache when she thought about this problem.

The owners of Hex Crystal and Hex Technology factories have become increasingly dissatisfied with the increasingly high price of raw crystal ore and transportation costs, and have repeatedly requested lower charges for "owners" to pass through the Sungate Strait and Piltover Port.

But how could the port staff allow this to happen?

The two sides have been arguing in the parliament for several days - Hex Technology and Sungate Port are the two legs of Piltover and the foundation of this city. This kind of quarrel is meaningless. But it is enough to explain the problem.

In Camille's eyes, this prosperous city is facing a huge crisis.

Camille, who has been transformed by Hex's body, believes that Hex technology is the future of Piltover; but as a member of the Feros family, she knows better than anyone else that the Gate of the Sun is the present of Piltover.

As for Piltover's past...

Theoretically speaking, Piltover's past is Zaun.

So, when there is a conflict between the future and the present, you can also look back at the past?

Want to talk to the patron of Zaun?

She raised her head slightly, and at this moment, Camille's eyes flashed red again.

After calculating the chips in her hand, the Gray Lady gave up the idea of ​​meeting Miss Lux in person - it was obviously not a good choice to take the initiative to visit. Piltover needed Zaun, but not to that extent. .

Before formal contact, maybe I need a little preliminary testing... maybe?

As for the human hands used for testing...

That little guy named Victor, hasn't he been submitting applications to go to Zaun recently?

Just let him go back and take a look - after all, he was born in Zaun, and he did this to a large extent because of Zaun.

It would be perfect for such a person to be sent to Zu'an to test you.

Well, that’s it.

Thinking of this, Camille simply threw out the hook, jumped down from the clock tower, and then floated steadily outside the window of an office where the lights were still on. She stretched out her hand and knocked on the glass window. .

After a while, the glass window was opened, revealing a very surprised face.

"Who are you?!" The other party never expected that someone would knock on the window in the middle of the night. He was obviously startled when he opened the window, "I'm going to call security——"

"Don't be nervous, Skye." In front of the console, Victor, who was already thin and almost out of shape, raised his head, "This is Ms. Camille, one of my... friends, if she is willing."

"It's an honor to be Mr. Victor's friend." Camille's body quickly "slid" into the laboratory from the window, "It's so late, are you still continuing your experiment?"

"Time waits for no one." Victor shook his head, "I still haven't gotten the data I want..."

"It is difficult for artificial Hex crystals to support Hex body transformation, as I have told you before." Camille frowned slightly, "Your experiment is in vain."

Victor turned a deaf ear, but Skye subconsciously wanted to refute it - but after seeing Camille's body, she finally shut her mouth.

After all, according to her and Victor's calculations, the use of artificial Hex crystals for body modification is only a "theoretical possibility", but the woman in front of her is obviously a real Hex body changer.

However, after a moment of hesitation, she spoke in a low voice.

"Ms. Camille, if you are really Victor's friend, can you please persuade him to work less overtime..."

"I heard that even Jess couldn't persuade me about this matter, so naturally I can't do it either." Unfortunately, Camille immediately gave a negative answer. Then, she looked past Skye and looked at Victor again. "Or, you can refer to something else, such as alchemy technology?"

"I don't have a pass to go to Zaun, and the Council thinks I'd be in danger in Zaun—"

"Now, you have it." Camille gracefully tore off a piece of white paper recording the data and signed a name on it fluently, "With it, no one will stop you."

"..."

Victor was stunned. He blinked, looked at Camille, and then looked at the signed note.

"Why, Heimerdinger didn't tell you my identity?"

"He just told me to stay away from you." Victor replied subconsciously, and then quickly realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, and quickly began to make amends, "Well, I don't think the professor meant that."

"That's what he meant." Camille smiled nonchalantly, "Go to rest early today, tidy up a little bit, and go to Zaun tomorrow to see the mentor you mentioned who may be able to help you."

"Thank you very much, Ms. Camille." Victor quickly collected the signature and rarely took the initiative to turn off the experimental equipment. "I promise to go back as soon as possible!"

"There's no need to be so anxious." Camille blinked, "Besides, the council's ideas are quite good. Being alone is indeed a bit dangerous, so this assistant lady -"

"My name is Skye!"

"Very well, Miss Skye, would you like to follow Mr. Victor and take a tour of Zaun tomorrow?"

"I'm extremely happy!" Skye tried hard to suppress the excitement in his voice, "I guarantee that nothing will happen to him!"

"That's good."

Upon hearing this, Camille nodded with satisfaction. The next moment, she opened the window again, quickly rushed out, and disappeared into the night of Piltover in a leap.

Seeing Camille leave, Victor subconsciously reached for the experimental equipment - and then Skye stopped him with a rare force.

"We are going to Zaun tomorrow." She pushed up her glasses. "You need a good rest today. It's best to shave and change clothes."

"I'm pretty good..."

"This is Ms. Camille's request." Skye finally found a way to check Victor, "Be decent - go, I'll take you home!"

Victor wanted to say something more, but Skye had already packed up his belongings very quickly, pulled him to the door, and turned off the light.

"Let's go!" the assistant repeated happily, "This is Ms. Camille's request!"

Victor blinked, and finally could only put his file bag under his arm, followed Skye, and left the laboratory temporarily.

Kalja’s Little Classroom Hex Crystal Preparation Factory in Piltover:

In the past, high-pollution work such as the initial processing of magic crystal mines was done by Zaun. When the people of Piltover began to take over this task, in order to recruit workers who were willing to work in harsh environments, they had to Not paying high salaries and providing special insurance - Fortunately, Hex Technology has brought extremely high added value to these crystal clear crystals, otherwise they might even give up this industry.

PS. Additional update on 3/30, genuine 4,000 words additional update, hahaha!