Two Cities: I am building a mecha in Pi City

Except for the sizzling sound of energy flowing through Li Lin's power armor and the sound of everyone breathing, the room was quiet.

"Okay, everyone just listen quietly to what Li Lin has to say. He is my friend and my savior."

Fandel's tone was calm, slightly easing the tense atmosphere, "Although Li Lin is not very old, I don't want any of you to disrespect him."

Seeing that no one was arrogant in retorting, he gave Li Lin a look.

Li Lin nodded to Fandel and softened his tone slightly: "Where have we talked? Oh, by the way, when it comes to the councilors' promise to change Zaun within five years and ease the conflict between the two cities."

He casually glanced at everyone's faces and found that most of them still had expressions of distrust and suspicion.

It's just that because of Fandel and the intimidation he showed just now, no one dared to question it.

Li Lin was not surprised by this. It would be abnormal if he said what these people believed.

He slowed down, thought about what he was going to say next, and then continued:

"I know that many of you don't trust me. After all, according to you, I am a Piltover guy.

"This is normal, and I don't intend to gain your trust all at once, because I think time will prove everything.

"But everything I say is sincere. I hope you can listen carefully to what I have to say..."

Next, Li Lin quickly recounted everything that happened in the parliament this morning, up to the point where Salo put forward the conditions.

Of course, he deliberately omitted some parts.

For example, some of Karina's words will not make her leave a bad image to everyone.

After Li Lin spoke, the room fell into silence for a long time.

After a while, someone started to ask questions: "So, based on what you just expressed, four councilors agreed to let you change the current situation in Zaun?"

The speaker was a woman with dark skin and smoky makeup.

She held a low-quality cigarette produced by Zaun in her right hand, and her voice was slightly low and hoarse, which was obviously caused by the haze in the bottom city.

Li Lin remembered her name.

Before they stormed into the old cannery last night, he heard Vi calling the woman Sevika.

"Yes, a yordle named Heimerdinger, who is now the president of Piltover University, likes to engage in scientific research and was the first person to support me.

"Then there is Councilor Gila Mann of the Gila Mann family, my sponsor. She is a conservative among the council members and does not want to have too much trouble with Zaun, so she also supports me.

"There is also Councilor Midarda. She actually doesn't agree with suppressing Zaun. Because I proposed a specific method that can improve the conflict between the two city-states, and it can be implemented, so she supported me."

At this time, a burly man who was basically as tall as Li Lin's power armor raised a question:

"Mildda? Isn't that the richest family in the upper city? They control the Sungate Sea Gate, and I used to work as a porter there... Those people like to deduct our wages, and they are not good people."

"Councillor Myrdal has been kicked out of her home. Moreover, she is from Noxus and has little connection with the Myrdal family in Piltover."

Li Lin shook his head and revealed part of the information about Mel that Caitlin had told him before.

Fandel took a puff of his pipe and raised his thick eyebrows a few times, "You just mentioned three congressmen, right? Then... is there another one?"

"The remaining congressman supports me because of Congressman Midarda's face." Li Lin sighed, "He has three conditions, one of which is to produce results within five years."

Fandel frowned even more, feeling that things would not be as simple as what Li Lin just described, "Where are the other two?"

"One is in terms of funding. Those big families probably won't provide us with sponsorship. It doesn't matter. At least Professor Heimerdinger can provide an investment on behalf of the University of Piltover, and the Gila Mann family is also willing to provide it. funds."

Li Lin paused for a moment, "The last condition is the problem. If I cannot produce results that satisfy the congressmen within five years, the family behind me, the Gila Mann family, must bear responsibility for my actions today..."

He did not explain what exactly this so-called "taking responsibility" meant.

Everyone present has worked hard to get to where he is today. They are not fools and understand what he wants to express.

"This..." An expression of surprise flashed across Fandel's face, and he was a little speechless, "You can actually do this for Dicheng..."

Now that he can become the boss of a dark alley, and has four troubled children under his command, Fandel still has a good way of identifying whether others are lying.

But what Li Lin just said was nine percent true, and the remaining "false" actually didn't matter. It was just that Karina and Mel's original words were not spoken.

What's more, after several previous contacts, plus last night's rescue, Fandel at least had great trust in Li Lin, not to mention a good brother like Ben Suo who had been through life and death.

"As a scientist, isn't the original intention of developing technology to benefit the people?" Li Lin laughed, "The people of Picheng are human beings, and the people of Zaun are also human beings. All people should be equal by nature, so why should we treat them differently?"

His last words made almost everyone present feel a strange emotion.

Yes, the people of Piltover and Zaun were supposed to be born equal, and there was even a saying among most people that Piltover originally belonged to Zaun.

Even Janna, the legendary goddess of wind, is Zaun’s patron saint...

If that's the case, why are the people from the lower city inherently inferior to the people from the upper city? !

There was silence in the air of the tavern for a long time.

"It's good to have ideas, but if you want to replace the alchemy technology in the bottom city, you should understand whose interests this touches."

Severka shook her head, lit another cigarette, took a deep breath and blew out the smoke ring, not quite agreeing with Li Lin's statement.

For now, she could tell that Li Lin did have Zaun's best interest in mind, and therefore was not hostile to him like he usually was to other Piltovers.

"I'm afraid the alchemy barons in other cities won't agree, right? Even if your so-called 'physical' power generation is more stable and safer than alchemy technology power generation.

"You have to understand that the bottom city is different from the upper city. Here, human life is worthless, and the alchemy barons are heaven and the law. Anyone or anything that touches their interests will eventually disappear from this world."

Sevika's warning was not without reason.

Alchemy technology is indispensable to the alchemy barons of Zaun. It is a tool for them to make money and maintain their rule.

Li Lin brought funds from the upper city and wanted to rebuild the lower city and replace the alchemy technology.

For the alchemy barons, this is not only equivalent to the upper city buying the hearts and minds of the people in the lower city, but the investment from the upper city family will also affect their original interests.

"That's why I came to Fander for help today."

Li Lin's eyes shifted to the middle-aged man beside him who was silently smoking a pipe and meditating.

"I think Zu An only needs one talker."