Chapter 193 Welcome to the City of Progress!

Gila Mann's expedition team returned, and craftsmen who had prepared their equipment in advance boarded the ship one after another.

Nasramei and Bergun just need to keep some responsible and maintenance people.

As for the guards, the local governor sends soldiers, or each family pays to hire mercenaries to guard them.

Li Lin approached Kassadin and once again persuaded him to follow him back to Piltover.

You can hire people or send spies who specialize in this business to find out the information about Malzahar.

It's a pity that this stubborn man rejected Li Lin's proposal again.

Kassadin hated the Void deeply and vowed to fight those twisted and corrupt monsters until death.

Moreover, Malzahar, the murderer who killed his beloved and caused his daughter to suffer life and death for more than three years in the dark underground, is still at large. It is really difficult for him to return to a normal life.

In desperation, Li Lin could only take Kasha, who was crying into tears, on the boat.

At three o'clock in the morning, the sailors sang a lively chant, and the two ships of the Gila Mann family set sail.

The expedition of Li Lin, Kaisha, and Gila Mann took the same ship that Li Lin came from, and Jace and the craftsmen who went to Bergun took another ship.

Accompanied by the chirping of seagulls hovering in the sky, Li Lin stood with Kasha on the bow of the ship, looking at the pier in the distance that was gradually submerging into the horizon.

Hearing Kasha's low sobbing, Li Lin's heart was filled with panic, "Kasha..."

"I'm fine..." Kasha quickly wiped away the crystal tears in her eyes, turned her red eyes and looked up at Li Lin, "I'm sorry for causing you any trouble."

"Don't say that." Li Lin sighed distressedly.

He stretched out his hand to wipe away another teardrop running down Kai'Sa's cheek, "Actually, you could have stayed in Shurima. With the Hex Flying Gate, I could check on you anytime and anywhere."

Kasha just shook her head slightly, forcing a smile on her face: "You are going to help me remove this layer of skin and armor, and I can't let you run back and forth for personal reasons.

"Besides, this Hex Flying Gate can teleport to every corner of the world within a few seconds. I can go to Piltover and come back by airship when I want to see my father."

Kasha sniffed twice, turned her head and continued to look in the direction of Nasramei, where the blue sky and the surging sea met.

She raised her chin slightly, trying not to let the tears that re-emerged in her eyes fall.

"Three years have passed. Without you, I wouldn't even know that my father is still alive.

"Dad said that I have grown up and am no longer the chick who needs the protection of my parents. It's time to spread my wings and fly to the unrestrained sky..."

Kasha's tone was so firm that Li Lin felt like she was trying to comfort him.

She was just a 13-year-old girl, but she encountered things that were far beyond the horrors that her peers, and even adults, might not have seen in their nightmares.

With this kind of experience, she should actually have a goal to pin her spirit on.

In the past, it was to survive, to stay alive, but after walking out of the void, it changed to saving others.

As for now, Li Lin and Kassadin rescued her in advance and took her away from the lifeless salt-alkali land. What will become of her spiritual sustenance...

Li Lin didn't know.

He only knew that Kai'Sa was a strong girl, even if she had not yet grown into the legendary "Daughter of the Void" who would roam Kohalise and Calixe in the future.

Through her previous journey in the desert, her character had already been revealed, and she didn't like to express her feelings.

Apart from herself, there was no acquaintance that Kasha knew on the ship.

The only thing Li Lin can do now is to stay with this little girl who has just reunited with her father and has fallen into loneliness again, giving her care and warmth.

This is what she needs most right now.

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Children are always easy to coax.

After the first two days, the tears had "dried up" and Kasha became lively again after coming out of the sadness of separation from her father.

Since there was another expedition team from Gila Mann on this return trip, the whole ship seemed a lot more crowded.

Kai'sa didn't know these foreign, strange men who looked very different from the Shurima people.

No matter how gentlemanly and friendly they behaved, Kasha didn't pay much attention to them.

This still makes Li Lin feel more at ease.

At least he didn't have to teach Kaisha not to talk to strangers when she arrived in Piltover, lest she get deceived by bad guys and count gold coins for others.

Li Lin originally wanted to take advantage of these ten days of free time to carefully study the changes in the three skill trees and skills after upgrading to "Machine Heart".

Helped Sivir design and manufacture a new set of "Project Tron" powered armor, and he gained 3 more skill points. Now he has 60 skill points that have not been used.

By the way, he was also going to use [Digital Thinking] to study the concentrated primitive crystal he bought in the store to see if he could directly obtain the design drawings of the "Hex Core".

But if something happened, Kasha always went to the separate bedroom and studio function room specially reserved for Li Lin by the captain.

After being tortured by her, he had almost no time left.

As a mountain child born in the desert, Kasha is a landlubber and is still very afraid of the vast ocean.

But with Li Lin by her side, she really liked standing on the edge of the boat, closing her eyes and enjoying the cool and moist sea breeze blowing on her cheeks.

Whether it was her father or Li Lin, they would give her a sense of peace of mind.

This feeling became especially strong after leaving the underground void.

Therefore, Kasha sticks to Li Lin every day, asking him to watch the sea with her.

But Li Lin was happy to have some leisure time.

Ever since I traveled to this world, I have had very few such leisurely moments.

He had almost forgotten the decadent time he spent in an air-conditioned room, lying on a soft big bed and playing with his mobile phone.

It's nice to relax once in a while.

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The journey of more than ten days passed quickly.

Accompanied by the slightly harsh sound of mechanical gears and metal friction, the Sun Gate sea gate slowly opened.

The Piltover Canal intersects with the sea water. After passing through the gates, the two ships of the Gila Mann family slowly docked at Sungate Pier.

Kasha followed Li Lin and walked down the wooden board connecting the deck and the dock, her steps slightly unsteady.

It was the first time she went out to sea and she had been on a boat for so long. She finally got used to the shaky and dizzy life. When she suddenly touched the ground, Kaisha was a little unsteady.

However, this still couldn't stop her curiosity about this lively and strange city-state.

Workers were busy on the docks, and simplified versions of power armor and humanoid robots could be seen everywhere carrying various heavy goods.

Smooth marble combines with bronze grids, mechanical gears and sparkling glass to create a dignified and elegant architectural style.

There were also many children walking among the crowd, or squatting on the street corners, playing with wonderful little mechanical gadgets.

Everything is inseparable from different types of mechanical devices - this is a vibrant and progressive city-state.

Kasha, who looked dull, couldn't help but widen her moist purple eyes, looking at everything around her curiously.

The Sun Disk gave her a grand and epic shock, but Piltover gave her another completely different feeling.

This was a scene she had never seen in Shurima.

"Is this Piltover?" Kai'Sa grabbed Li Lin's wrist, who had put on the power armor again, and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.

"Yes, Piltover is my third hometown."

"third?"

Li Lin's face was full of nostalgia and he did not answer Kasha's question.

After a pause, he smiled and lowered his head to Kasha and said, "Welcome to the City of Progress!"