Two Cities: I am building a mecha in Pi City

In the northern urban area of ​​Piltover, a dense flow of people is rushing to the uppermost level of the entire city-state. It is also where major families and wealthy people live.

There is less than a month left until Piltover's most important annual Evolution Day, but the streets are already filled with lights and lights.

According to tradition, most families will take part of their time during these days to conduct interviews with students who have knowledge and skills in the city.

If a certain student's invention is favored by the family, he will become the target of investment and sponsorship by the family, and he will escape poverty and lowliness and reach the pinnacle of life.

In the waiting room of a luxuriously decorated mansion in the middle of the North City District, an Ionian-looking, young and lean boy and dozens of other stunned students and workers of different ages looked around. everything of.

The family they were interviewing with today was the wealthy and powerful Hex mechanic family Gila Mann in Piltover, and the head of this family, Mrs. Gila Mann, was also one of the members of the Supreme Council of Piltover.

The waiting room is very spacious and can accommodate about a hundred people.

The parallel and staggered bright polished marble tiles are outlined with delicate and regular patterns, which can almost reflect the appearance of a person.

A Levick clock invented by Corwin Levick, a famous all-around inventor in Piltover, is located in the corner of the room. The sound of the pendulum swinging "click-click" echoes in the empty and silent waiting room for a long time.

A bench made of precious wood specially imported from the Freljord and exuding a light woody fragrance was leaning against the wall. The boy and more than a dozen other students and workers were sitting upright, waiting for the summons of the Gilaman craftsmen.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a black cane in hand, wearing a brown double-breasted button-down jacket and tie, with slightly gray temples walked out of the simple and solemn double door not far away.

He was unsmiling and wore a pair of pure white gloves on his hands. He paid great attention to etiquette in every move he made, showing an aristocratic temperament that is hard to see in ordinary people.

The middle-aged man walked over to the bench and tapped the floor twice with his cane, attracting everyone's attention.

"I am the steward of the Gila Mann family. Next, I will tell you some precautions." He said slowly, "First, the person whose name is read should enter through that door."

The butler pointed to the opposite door he had just walked out of.

“There are five craftsmen from our Gila Mann family in the interview room. You only need to state your name, show the device you invented and briefly introduce its working principle. The craftsmen will evaluate your invention.

"If you have any objections to the results of the assessment, I suggest you do not contradict them. In the tradition of the Gila Mann family, they are good and fair and will not make unfair judgments.

"If you succeed, go back to this room through the door you just entered. I will make arrangements for you when the interview is over. If you fail, there is a small door on the right side of the room. Go out from there and you can leave Ji directly. The LaMaine family.”

As the words faded, the butler scanned everyone's faces and said, "If anyone has any questions, you can ask them now."

No one said anything.

After a moment, the housekeeper nodded, "Very good, then..."

He took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his coat pocket and slowly opened it. It was the list of people participating in the interview.

"First place, Li Lin."

"It's me." Hearing the butler read his name, the Ionian-looking boy raised his hands and stood up.

"Ionian?" The butler's expression was a little surprised, but he soon regained his composure, "Go in through that way, I wish you good luck."

"Thank you for your blessing." Li Lin bowed slightly to the butler and bowed.

Then, he walked to the door, took a deep breath to calm down his slightly nervous mood, then slowly opened one of the quaint wooden doors and walked in.

Compared with the waiting room outside, the room used for interviews is not large.

The entire room presents a semi-arc shape, and four men and one woman are sitting behind a long table placed directly in front of the door.

They were all wearing dark brown double-breasted coats with white linings.

Among them, a man and woman who looked to be about thirty or forty years old and dressed more elegantly sat in the middle.

Two old men, at least 60 years old, with gray hair and seemingly knowledgeable, sat on either side.

Sitting on the edge was a young man with slicked back hair and a green face who looked young and looked inexplicably familiar.

Hearing the sound of the door, five people all looked at Li Lin, making him feel a little numb.

Li Lin walked to the center of the room. Before he could speak, the young man holding a gold-plated quill at the edge asked: "What's your name?"

"Li Lin, this is sir." Li Lin replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

The young man lowered his head and wrote something in his notebook, then continued to ask: "What work do you want to show?"

"I named it a mechanical watch."

"watch?"

The middle-aged man with a beard sitting in the middle couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this strange name. He glanced sideways at the woman next to him, then cleared his throat and asked:

"Ahem...what is this watch you are talking about? Is it similar to the pocket watch invented by Levi?"

Li Lin nodded and took out a round object with two rope straps from his somewhat worn backpack.

"As the name suggests, a watch is a timepiece that can be worn on the wrist. Compared with a bulky pocket watch, a watch is smaller, easier to carry, and more accurate."

Li Lin raised his left hand, tied the watch strap on his wrist, and then quickly took it off to demonstrate its convenience to the interviewer.

The two old men clamped a monocle on their left eye sockets, looked at Li Lin's wrist with curious faces, and whispered through the person in the middle:

"what do you think?"

"Hmm... It's a very novel thing. It seems more practical than a pocket watch."

"I think this is such a revolutionary improvement! Why didn't I think of doing this?"

"Precision aside, just being able to shrink such a big pocket watch into such a small piece shows that this guy is a malleable talent."

"It's just a bit ugly. It would be nice if it could be more beautiful... What do you think, Mr. Giraman?"

The two old men turned to look at the middle-aged man.

"It is indeed a bit. If it is more perfect, it may be able to replace the circulation of pocket watches among the nobility..." The middle-aged man stroked his beard, a glint flashed in his eyes, "Madam, what do you think?"

When he asked about the middle-aged woman in the middle, the room instantly became quiet, and even the breathing could be heard clearly.

Li Lin's throat couldn't help but squirm.

No matter how stupid you are, you can figure out that the woman in front of you is actually the head of the Gila Mann family, and she is also one of the councilors with the highest authority in Piltover!

"Your name is Li Lin, right?" Councilor Gila Mann crossed his hands and placed them on the table, sat upright and leaned forward slightly, and asked slowly.

Staring at those blue eyes that showed no emotion, Li Lin inexplicably felt an unprecedented pressure.

"Yes, Senator Gila Mann," he replied bravely.

"Not bad, you can actually recognize who I am." Councilor Gila Mann smiled slightly, "Are you from Ionia?"

"Yes, my hometown is Placidium in Ionia and I came to Piltover 4 years ago."

When Li Lin said the name Presidio, he noticed that the expressions of the four men changed slightly.

"Four years ago? Well, leaving that land of disputes as soon as possible is a good choice." Councilor Gila Mann sighed softly.

Then, she stood up, and the four men around her also stood up and took a step back.

With the crisp sound of "tap-tat" contact between high-heeled shoes and the marble floor, Councilor Gila Mann came to Li Lin, took the watch from his hand, and observed it for a long time.

"It's a very good design. I give you special permission to approve it. Go to Jess's place to get a "patent application contract" and then go out. We will discuss your treatment and labor contract issues after all interviews are over."

The middle-aged woman pointed to the young man who first asked the question and handed the pocket watch back to Li Lin.

Jess?

Li Lin looked at the young man who looked familiar before in surprise, but his eyes did not stay on him for too long.

Congressman Gila Mann was about to go back, but Li Lin quickly stopped her: "Please wait a moment... Congressman Gila Mann, I have a few more designs here!"

"What else?" Councilor Gila Mann showed a surprised expression on his face.

The middle-aged man who was the congressman behind the long table couldn't hold it any longer and came to her side, looking up and down at the young Ionian boy.

Li Lin moved quickly and hurriedly took out a few more design drawings from his satchel and handed them to Congressman Gila Mann and her husband.

They glanced at the drawings briefly at first, and then their expressions immediately became serious.

Bicycles, hand-cranked generators, electric lights, printing presses...

Time ticked by, and after reading the drawings carefully, Gila Mann and his wife looked at Li Lin in shock, and said in unison:

"Did you design all of this? What on earth do you do?!"

Li Lin paused for a moment, then slowly said: "I'm just an ordinary mechanic..."

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ps: Because the settings of the Battle of Two Cities and the main universe are different, this book is based on the main universe and integrates the Battle of Two Cities into the main universe. Therefore, if you have any questions about the setting, you can read the Precautions here. .

Especially the issue of Hex technology. Hex in the main universe has been developed for more than a hundred years, and Qinggang Shadow Camille has been transformed for decades. Stop raising questions about Hex.

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