The Gila Manns have been socializing a lot lately.
It wasn’t until after dinner that the two of them came back after drinking some wine.
After hearing the news about Li Lin’s return, Mrs. Karina’s mood, which was a little bad due to dealing with those old fritters, changed and she became much better.
Before Li Lin could report to work, Caitlin took Kasha and introduced her to her parents.
However, the Gila Manns do not understand the void and have always held a conservative attitude towards some magical people.
With Li Lin’s explanation, Caitlin knew that the void was not magic, but the Gila Manns were not sure.
Therefore, Caitlin deliberately avoided talking about the void, only describing the scales on Kaisha as a “parasitic species” and that she came to Piltover specifically to seek treatment.
With her daughter’s intentional protection, Kasha was quickly accepted by the Gila Manns, and even asked the housekeeper to hire a language teacher for her to learn Piltover.
Later, Caitlin took Kaisha to visit Piltover, while Li Lin stayed to report to Lady Karina about Shurima’s work.
He deliberately ignored the construction of the Hex Flying Gate, which he had no involvement in at all, and focused on the return of the Desert Emperor in his ascension, preparing to regain the lost territory, as well as the issue of high-energy radioactive minerals underground in the Song of Song Valley.
Karina and Elro looked solemn and took these two matters very seriously.
One is the return of the demigods, and they need to change their strategy against Shurima.
Piltover was once a part of Zaun. Rulers like them, who are at the top of power, naturally know a little bit about it, but it is just not mentioned in history books and daily education.
Now that the Shurima Empire has re-emerged, it is very likely that Piltover and Zaun will be included in Shurima’s territory again. They will have to hold a meeting of councilors to consider how to deal with it then.
Li Lin wanted to remind them that there was no need to worry about this problem at all.
In the original timeline, Azir had not finished dealing with domestic affairs after several years, so it was naturally impossible for him to pay attention to the distant twin cities separated by a strait.
In fact, they only need to consider the subsequent new business cooperation contract with the Shurima Empire.
But after thinking about it, Li Lin chose to remain silent.
These congressmen need to worry. It would be great if the policy restricting the development of weapons could be relaxed. In the future, there would be no need to hide it in order to build a mechanical army.
In addition, Mrs. Karina was very interested in radioactive minerals that could provide huge amounts of energy, and she immediately made relevant arrangements.
Radiation-proof protective clothing and transport boxes, expedition teams and experienced miners are all on the agenda.
After discussing the main things, Mrs. Karina told Li Lin about the recent wealth brought by his invention, and she couldn’t close her mouth with laughter.
In cooperation with the Philos family, the crystal factory that manufactures energy crystals is already on track.
In less than three months, the overall income of the Gila Mann family increased by one-tenth, and this was only 10% of the profit.
The sales of bicycles are booming, and the hardcover version of mechanical watches is popular in the upper class. The Giramann family has produced a batch of simple cover versions and put them on the general market. They are also sought after by people, and demand exceeds supply.
Not to mention the equipment used in the military field, such as rechargeable power armor, auxiliary chips, radios, energy weapons, etc., allowing the Gila Mann family to get a share of the pie in a new field that they had not previously entered.
Karina is now particularly satisfied with her original choice. This venture investment has completely distanced the overall strength of the Gila Mann family from the fourth-placed Polpok family.
She also understood that Li Lin’s previous assurance to her and her husband that making the Gila Mann family the first family in Piltover was not just words, but that he really had the potential!
They chatted until late at night, not only limited to their imagination about future development, but also included the situation among city-states in various countries around the world.
Mobile phones, computers, the Internet, etc., these are so imaginative that they can even be considered “whimsical” things, and Li Lin’s concept of “Runeterra Village” shocked both Gila Mann and his wife.
Although it was unbelievable, with the changes in the past six months, they actually felt that this young man could really do it…
Until the silver moon hangs high and the night is dark.
Even Caitlin and Kasha came back with more than a dozen bags of shopping. After washing and going to bed, they ended their conversation.
After watching the Gila Manns go upstairs and disappear around the corner of the corridor, Li Lin returned to his room without disturbing Caitlin.
Tonight is still a sleepless night.
There are still many variables in the future. Now he has just started and cannot relax.
Li Lin’s thoughts changed, and the [Skill Panel] interface appeared in his mind.
He first upgraded the “Mechanical Proficiency”, “Mechanical Affinity”, and “Mechanical Fine Decoration” that he had learned and was currently at level 7 to level 11, and the “auxiliary chip” to the full level of level 10, spending a total of 15 skills. point.
The lv8 “Steel Barrier” was classified into the “combat” category after his career advancement. Li Lin only upgraded it to level 10 for the time being, spending 4 skill points.
Looking at the remaining 41 skill points on the panel, Li Lin first clicked on the “Inventor” route.
There are many advanced technologies in this category of inventors, such as computers, signals and network base stations, and intelligent AI, which are all the foundations of the foundation.
Electromagnetic theory, the self-evolution logic of intelligent AI, particle control technology, high-strength compression materials… and even rune technology theory, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, quantum theory, etc. can all be unlocked in the future.
However, unlocking these technical levels is a prerequisite, and some technologies also require prerequisite theoretical conditions.
For example, if you want to learn nuclear fusion technology, you must first add some nuclear fission technology. For material compression technology, you must first learn high-strength compression materials, mass-energy storage technology, and combat-type steel barriers.
Although Li Lin already knew the design drawings and part of the nuclear fusion theory of the “miniature nuclear fusion reactor”, he still lacked overall technical and theoretical knowledge.
What’s more, these technologies are the precursor to more powerful technologies in the future, and he still has to spend skill points to learn them.
Fortunately, this kind of science and technology learning only needs to add one point to reach the full level. There is no need to continuously add points like some probabilistic or consumptive skills.
Li Linxian will spend 5 skill points to learn “LAN Connectivity”, “Mechanical Principle Analysis”, “Smart AI”, “Smart Chip” and “Electromagnetics” that he can currently learn.
In an instant, countless knowledge burst out in Li Lin’s brain. The pain in his head made him almost fall off the sofa and fall to the ground.
After a while, after he had calmed down, he stretched out his trembling hands, picked up the teacup on the coffee table and took a sip of water.
“Hiss–it almost blew my brain…”
Putting down the tea cup, Li Lin rubbed his temples, which were still slightly swollen and painful, with lingering fear.
With this experience, he did not dare to add more points at the same time and chose to take his time.
The inventor family also has a “speed assembly” skill, which can be added every 5 levels starting from level 15. It can consume mana to quickly assemble mechanical parts into what you want.
For a mechanic, this is a magical skill!
In some situations where it is not convenient to wear power armor or bring a storm robot, he can only carry enough parts.
When encountering an emergency, he only needs to use this skill to quickly assemble the mechanical device he wants for emergency use.
He is now level 35 and can be upgraded to lv5 for a total of 5 skill points.
Similarly, the basic skill of this category, “Mechanical Soul”, was level 1 before, but is now level 5, costing 4 skill points.
The speed and quality of his mechanical devices have now been greatly improved.
The inventor family still has many technologies that irritate Li Lin, but now his level is not enough and he can only live with his eyesight.
“These skill points are so useless! I finally saved 60, but now I only have 27 left. The inventor category alone has consumed 29…”
Li Lin shook his head and sighed helplessly, then controlled the [Skill Panel] to switch to “Combat System”.
The basic skill “Battlefield Ruler” is a must-have, which can increase the production speed of war machinery, radiation control range and the power of accompanying combat machinery, and this core skill does not consume additional skill points.
Li Lin suddenly discovered that this skill actually added to the “speedy assembly” of the inventor family.
The lv5 battlefield ruler has a 200-meter control range over machines, and the range of the speed assembly skill has also been increased, but the farther the distance, the more mana is consumed.
He was very glad that he had chosen the Ascension Amulet in the treasure house in the City of the Sun.
With his current mana of 6722 and a maximum mana regeneration rate of 5% per second, assembling a machine over a long distance is no problem at all.
With a small chuckle in his heart, Li Lin returned his attention to the [Skill Panel].
The technologies of the “combat branch” are basically related to dangerous technologies and weapons in heavy industry and battlefield operations.
[Modular engineering: Optimize the construction process of mechanical devices and use modular design to reduce the current construction cost and time (prerequisite: level 15). 】
[Assembly algorithm lv1: Increase the speed of assembly and construction of assembly line modules by 20% (prerequisite: level 15, intelligent AI, intelligent chip technology, modular engineering). 】
[Precision manufacturing lv1: The production of assembly line mechanical devices must be of high quality, with a rarity probability of 30% and an artifact probability of 1% (prerequisite: level 15, assembly algorithm). 】
[Extreme Overload lv1: Consumes 500 mana to force the mechanical device into an overload operation state, greatly improving the mechanical attributes (prerequisite: level 20, mechanical proficiency, mechanical affinity). 】
[Mechanical network sharing: Establish a shared network for all mechanical devices equipped with smart AI or smart chips. The scope depends on the skill level of the battlefield ruler (prerequisite: level 25, LAN connectivity, smart AI, smart chip). 】
[Super remote control: Temporarily overload the shared network device, extending the radiation control range to 3 times for 2 hours. The shared network device will be damaged after use (prerequisite: level 25, mechanical network sharing). 】
[Intelligent mechanized engineering unit: Create an engineering unit to produce mechanical devices, mine minerals, reduce machinery construction costs, and improve its durability (prerequisite: level 30, machinery network sharing). 】
[UAV swarm: short-range cooperative combat UAV, fast, small, strong penetration survivability (prerequisite: level 30, mechanical network sharing). 】
[Force Field Shield: Consume 30% of maximum energy to generate a force field shield, immune to all damage types, lasting 20 seconds, cooling time 30 minutes (prerequisite: level 35, electromagnetism). 】
[Gauss electromagnetic machine gun: The electromagnetic projectile uses magnets to spin armor-piercing projectiles to extremely high speeds (prerequisite: level 35, electromagnetics). 】
[Synchronized fire mode: The staggered salvo fired by the cross-linked weapon system can greatly increase the damage of mechanical devices (prerequisite: level 35, electromagnetics, mechanical network sharing). 】
Li Lin was shocked when he saw the skills of the combat system.
Even if he learned Iron Barrier and Battlefield Ruler in advance, his remaining 27 skill points were not enough to learn all these skills, but he was extremely greedy for these technologies.
Whether it is improving the speed and quality of assembly line mechanical device production, or mechanical networks and unmanned intelligent mechanical devices, they are all must-learn content.
In desperation, Li Lin spent 22 skill points to learn these skills and technologies one by one. “Assembly Algorithm”, “Precision Manufacturing” and “Mechanical Overload” were only level 1, and the skill points were just used up.
Then, his attention shifted to the individual strengthening branch.
This skill tree classification is almost all related to mechanical modification and genetic modification, and in addition to the core basic skills in front, each skill requires 3 skill points.
Li Lin’s skill points are now in short supply, so he can only give up temporarily.
His thoughts returned to reality. He glanced at the clock in the corner of the room and let out a long sigh:
“Huh – there is a skill point reward for making a mechanical device for the first time… I have to quickly develop new technologies.”
