There is a saying in Piltover: As long as there is a good life in Feros, there will be a good life in Piltover.
This is the slogan that the Philos family must use when advertising in the Piltover Daily. Most people in Piltover basically understand this sentence.
Although the Philos family is far behind the first family, Myrdalda, in terms of assets.
But Medalda became the richest family in the entire Piltover solely by relying on the dividends and piston patents from the construction of the Sun Gate sea gate built by his ancestors.
But now, times have changed.
The Hex Flygate has been built, and the way most families ship their goods around the world will change.
Compared with a smooth and safe way that only takes a few seconds to reach the destination, who would choose long-time and risky shipping?
What’s more, the Philos family has also reached a partnership with the Gila Mann family in the manufacturing of energy crystals.
Karina is more inclined to the Feros family in the investment and construction of the Hex Flying Gate, so Feros’s shareholding is much larger than that of Myrdalda.
In addition, the head of the family, Jagu, did not expect the advent of Hex Flying Gate technology, and had previously hesitated to build a hydropower turbine in the Sun Gate.
The Philos family saw the opportunity and worked hard with the Gilaman family to build power plants, and they were one step ahead of the Myrdalda family in the development of basic electricity.
It won’t be long before the Philos family will catch up with the Myrdalda family in terms of financial resources and become the number one in Piltover in terms of overall strength.
With the promotion of Li Lin’s new inventions and technologies, the comprehensive strength of the Gila Mann family, which has reaped dividends, will also rise rapidly, and it is only a matter of time before it surpasses the Myrdalda family.
If there is more in-depth cooperation in the investment of flying armor, the status of the Gila Mann family will reach second place faster…
However, Li Lin did not intend to let the Gila Mann family be promoted in this way.
What’s more, the Piltover Guard Elite Law Enforcement Officer has rechargeable armor, and the simple version of the power armor worn by dock workers or miners is already his biggest concession.
Li Lin is only prepared to keep the technology of Project Source Infinite Armor firmly in his hands.
Li Lin was not in a hurry to answer Yabus’s question, and his eyes first turned to Karina beside him.
Karina gave him a look, which meant very clearly that she would leave everything to him and there was no need to seek her own opinion.
She knew Li Lin’s character well and remembered the agreement she made with him.
The Infinity Armor was a dangerous technology and he couldn’t hand it over, so he had no intention of forcing him in this regard. Besides, Li Lin was still half of her family.
Yabus seemed to feel that Li Lin was hesitating, and continued: “We have already discussed with Councilor Gila Mann, and she said that she will respect your wishes, so you don’t need to consider family issues.
“You can be like Talis. Each of our families will give you a large amount of sponsorship and provide various materials and technologies for free. You only need to continue researching and perfecting inventions. There is no need to consider other things.”
Yabus’s conditions are very tempting, and anyone else would definitely agree.
After all, this is a kind of “pie in the sky” treatment.
But Li Lin is different from others. “Your offer is very good, but I refuse.”
“Hmm~~Then let’s discuss the contract…wait a minute!” Yabus looked surprised when he suddenly reacted, “You refused?”
This is the first time someone has turned down sponsorship investment from the Philos family.
If Li Lin knew what Yabus was thinking, he would definitely be dismissive:
Last time your grandma Camille wanted me to join the Philos family, I refused. Now you want to acquire my armor technology through sponsorship alone?
Sorry, I’m not short of money right now, I’m just short of time.
“The conditions proposed by Mr. Philos are so good, how can you refuse?” The speaker was a woman in her forties, wearing the crest of the Kewald family on her chest.
Immediately afterwards, the representative of the Joyson family answered: “You kid, don’t be ungrateful. The Philos family can see that you are doing it to give you face. There are so many people trying to put their own names on it.” Philos is not qualified yet, and you actually rejected Mr. Philos?”
As soon as these words came out, the scene fell silent, except for the breathing sounds of everyone and the energy sound of the armor’s function.
The representative of the Joyson family spoke in a strange tone. Li Lin frowned and suddenly lost his temper.
Not only him, but Karina, Elro, and Caitlin all frowned in unison.
Even most of the smile on Yabus’s face disappeared, and a hint of displeasure appeared.
The strength of the Joyson family is not at the same level as that of the Gila Mann family, but their own strength cannot be underestimated.
To get rid of them completely, Gila Mann would have to work hard.
They often use other families to disparage the Gila Manns on certain occasions. They are the family with the worst relationship with the Gila Mann family, except for the Odilenk family, which was eliminated after planning a kidnapping case.
It doesn’t matter if I can’t beat you, but if you don’t have the heart to kill me anyway, then I’ll be disgusted with you.
Li Lin didn’t know much about the Joyson family and didn’t know much about the feud between the two families.
And Karina didn’t intend to lose face in front of many family representatives.
But before she spoke, Li Lin had an idea in mind and took the lead in attacking, “I don’t agree to the cooperation in the battle armor, but in other aspects…”
He ignored everyone and opened the door to the workshop, but instead of inviting everyone in, he deliberately snapped his fingers.
In another room of the workshop, 15 Storm robots and one Chenguang were turned on and floated out quickly.
Quite a few people present had heard of the air combat machine Storm from the craftsmen who had returned from their family’s Shurima, but had never seen it in detail.
The strange-looking morning light is even more mysterious. It only passed through the lineup on the street when I followed Li Lin on the ship to Shurima half a year ago, and floated high in the air when I came back.
Li Lin basically never used it in front of the craftsmen in Shurima, and almost no one knew its specific use.
Looking at its shape and the barrel on its right arm, it is obviously a tool used in combat.
Yabus twirled the mustache under his nose, raised his eyebrows, and fell into deep thought.
If the investment in armor fails, these robots seem to be a good choice?
“Hey, what is this? It’s so ugly.” Joyson sneered, still reluctant.
Li Lin stared at him coldly. The other representatives standing next to Joyson noticed the smell of gunpowder in the air and moved away from him intentionally or unintentionally.
This just gave Li Lin convenience.
He gave the order to the storm robots, and 15 robots activated the “overcharge” function at the same time, and their whole bodies flashed with bright blue light.
They drew an arc in the air and flew directly towards Joyson.
The speed of the storm robots was very fast, and by the time Joyson could react, he was already surrounded by them.
“You, you… what are you doing?!”
He dodged awkwardly, but had no way to escape, and was forced to bear the burning of the tail flame of the propulsion device.
Li Lin deliberately controlled the distance of the storm so that they would not hurt Joyson but could just touch his clothes.
Within a few seconds, most of his clothes had been burned away, exposing his blackened skin.
“Damn, damn, damn! I am the representative of the Joyson family! How dare you humiliate me like this in front of so many families!”
Li Lin ignored Joyson at all and just smiled and looked around at other family representatives.
These families all came to him for cooperation, and he now holds the dominant position.
Other family representatives would not offend him for a second-rate medium-sized family.
In addition, this is Gila Mann and his territory.
This is where Li Lin’s confidence lies.
“I seemed to hear a dog barking… I really don’t know who is so incompetent that he can’t even train a dog well.”
“you you!”
Joyson wanted to speak back, but with every word he spoke, the storm got closer to him and began to burn his skin.
“It’s just a dog. Since the owner hasn’t trained it well and it comes to my house to bark, then it’s not too much for me to help the owner educate it, right?”
Li Lin deliberately showed a distressed look and said to himself as if no one else was watching: “Well, it is also possible that he has rabid disease, which will be difficult to deal with… It is better to kill him to eliminate harm for the people.”
“You, you, you…how dare you kill someone in public…ahhh!”
While Joyson was speaking, the storm got a little closer, and he seemed to smell the burnt smell of his own flesh and blood.
He turned his attention to representatives of other families for help, but they all pretended to be deaf and dumb. Even Yabus seemed to regard him as nothing, as if he was angry about what had just happened.
Joyson suddenly remembered that an old friend from another family had said that when this boy was traveling in Shurima, he traveled with a group of Noxians who ate people without spitting out their bones. When he came back, only he and a servant were left. The commander of the corps is accompanied by a god warrior, with whom he has a very good relationship…
Killing people in the desert is a very common thing, and in Pi City, he is just a member of a second-rate family, and he cannot compare with a craftsman like him who is famous throughout the city.
Even if he kills himself, not only the Gila Mann family will wipe his ass, but other families will also treat him as if he never existed…
Seeing that Li Lin seemed to really not care about his own life, Joyson almost cried.
Originally, this time he was deliberately trying to make things difficult for the Gilaman family at the request of the family leader, but he didn’t expect that he didn’t get an advantage. Instead, he suffered a loss and could lose his life.
“You, you can’t do this…it’s against the law!”
“Abs, I think we can discuss cooperation with Morning Light.”
“Oh~~? The morning light is…”
Li Lin pointed to the floating device behind him.
The storm robot continued to approach.
“I’m sorry! I was wrong…please let me go!” Joyson shouted desperately for his own life.
“Okay Li Lin, he has been punished, let him go.” Karina suppressed the joy in her heart and reminded: “You are a public figure now, be careful about your influence.”
As she said that, she leaned close to Li Lin’s ear and added in a voice that only the two of them could hear: “He won’t live for a few days anyway. That old guy Joyson can’t keep him.”
Li Lin nodded and waved his hand to order the storm to return to him.
Joyson, who was in tears, covered his exposed body with his hands and ran away dejectedly in the face of everyone’s joking eyes.
His eyes stayed on Representative Joyson who ran away for a moment. Li Lin’s eyes returned to Yabus, with a polite smile on his face again.
“Okay, the troublesome mad dog has left, and we can continue to discuss our cooperation.”
“Hmm… can we only cooperate on this floating device?” Yabus was obviously not very willing, “Can’t these robots do it?”
He still cares about the air combat machine Storm.
Piltover does not advocate the development of weapons, but that does not mean that every family does not have weapons.
Firearms are one thing, and the emerging energy weapons are dominated by the Gila Mann family, which almost monopolizes the market.
It’s not that they haven’t thought about combat robots.
However, since there was no smart chip before, the auxiliary chip only reduced the process of inputting program instructions. It was already good to let the robot do some repetitive and simple tasks.
Now Li Lin has developed a smart chip and applied for a patent. However, the previous batches of chips were purchased by him for other purposes and will not be sold to the outside world.
The Philos family is not willing to lag behind. If they can buy the storm, the craftsmen will be able to avoid many detours.
“I attended a council meeting before. At that time, most families did not advocate the development of weapons.”
“Is there still this matter?”
Yabus purposely glanced at the Polpok and Voslaton families.
Both of their families are arms families, but they have nothing to do with opposing the development of weapons.
Representatives Polpok and Voslaton intentionally or unintentionally missed eye contact with Yabus, pretending they had heard nothing just now.
“The peace that Piltover hopes for, these machines of mine will only bring strife, so let’s avoid it.”
Li Lin let the morning light fall between him and Yabus, and smiled slightly: “The morning light is different…”
