Chapter 194 When Did I Become so Rich?

Li Lin switched more than a dozen Storm and Morning Lights into high-altitude following mode.

He said hello to Jace, who had just gotten off another boat and had things to arrange, and then left the dock with Kasha.

Li Lin has not been back to Piltover for almost half a year. Compared with what he remembered, there are already many differences here.

Not only are the simplified versions of power armor that have been put into use in large quantities at the Sungate Pier, but the face of the city has also changed a lot.

Rows of telephone poles have been erected on both sides of the road, and the alchemy technology street lamps that use chemical agents to shine all day long have also been transformed into normal electric lamps.

On the streets, especially in the southern city, many citizens chose to ride bicycles. The number was much higher than when Li Lin left Pi City.

He even saw inferior and crudely made mechanical watches on the wrists of some well-dressed citizens, proving that they were no longer limited to the upper class nobility.

On the way back to Gila Mann's mansion in the northern city, Li Lin and Kasha attracted people's attention.

On the one hand, most people have heard the name Li Lin and know that he likes to go out wearing a special "Hex" power armor.

Suddenly, he disappeared for several months. Not only did the citizens not forget him, but more people wanted to see what kind of person this young craftsman from the suddenly rising Gila Mann family was.

After all, Li Lin had previously asked the Gila Mann family to promote his reputation to Zaun, so it was naturally impossible for Pi City not to know this kind of news.

In the past few months alone, the "Piltover" daily personal wealth list has reported on Li Lin more than once.

With dividends from more than a dozen patents and inventions, his personal worth has already ranked among the top 10 in Piltover, even higher than the investment tycoon of the Philos family, Yabus Philos, and only higher than the "invention king" Ke Erwin Levick was two places behind.

It's just that he doesn't know it yet.

As for Kai'Sa, most people are curious about the slightly weird "armor" on her body, especially the faintly purple cheek pouches on her shoulders.

However, few ordinary citizens in Piltover knew the legend of the Void, so they naturally did not associate Kai'Sa with a "monster". Instead, they regarded her living skin as Hex Technology.

Kasha didn't understand their curious looks, she just felt that the feeling of being surrounded made her very uncomfortable.

She subconsciously grabbed Li Lin's forearm and shrank towards him.

"Don't be afraid, they don't mean any harm." Li Lin noticed Kasha's uneasiness and turned around to comfort her softly, "They are just curious about the armor on your body."

Kasha opened her mouth, looking like she was hesitant to speak.

After a few seconds, she narrowed her face and said sadly: "But... I am empty..."

"It doesn't matter, no one will regard you as a monster." Li Lin patted her shoulder lightly and interrupted her, "They will only regard your armor as Hex Technology."

Kasha pursed her pale lips and glanced at the people around her with somewhat tangled eyes.

She suddenly discovered that these colorful and even "weird" people were exactly what Li Lin said, showing no signs of disgust or fear.

The only expressions on their faces were admiration and curiosity, and they were basically staring at Li Lin... just like the expression the beauty of Nashra looked at Nasus.

But why?

Kasha didn't quite understand.

But as her eyes returned to Li Lin, she suddenly discovered a problem:

Back in Piltover, he could have avoided wearing power armor.

Kasha's pupils shrank slightly, and then she realized his intention.

In order to make me less conspicuous and obtrusive, he specially put on mechanical armor, so that people would think that my skin is also a product of technology...

Kasha couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.

Li Lin didn't know the wonderful misunderstanding she had about him.

Although he does have the intention of taking care of Kai'Sa, wearing power armor is more of his habit and is used for self-defense.

After all, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.

Once you become famous, if you go out without a bodyguard, you are always likely to run into all kinds of trouble.

Piltover is not 100% safe. Those law enforcement officers have always been influenced by various families, and quite a few of them are corrupt.

Apart from elite law enforcement officers, there really aren't many people like Chief Grayson in the Piltover police force.

Kasha figured out the reason, and her nervousness gradually eased, and gradually turned into curiosity, "Are you famous in Piltover?"

"It's just so so." Li Lin smiled, "If I have to say it, it still can't compare to your father's reputation as a household name in Berguen."

"But my father told me that the scale of Bergurn is not comparable to Piltover?" Kasha blinked her watery eyes, "Also, isn't the Gila Mann family you belong to a parliamentary family? "

Suddenly realizing something, Kasha pouted and said dissatisfied: "Are you lying to me?"

"How could it be? Why did I lie to you?" Li Lin couldn't laugh or cry, "I have been away from Pi City for a few months. Because my location is uncertain, I can only write letters to home. I don't even know that so many things have changed here. "

Kasha still looked suspicious, "Really? But they seem to respect you very much..."

"This is where I'm confused."

Li Lin thought for a while and took Kasha to a newsstand to read the latest newspapers.

But what he didn't expect was that the owner of this newsstand, a middle-aged man who looked to be at least forty or fifty years old and as fat as Benso, turned out to be his "fanatic fan"...

As soon as Li Lin stood at the door of the newsstand, the boss was so excited that he overturned his chair and asked in an incredible tone: "You, you are Mr. Li Linli, right?!"

"Uh...yeah."

Li Lin was startled for a moment, but he didn't expect that this boss could even tell the difference between his first name and last name.

The last person who called me Mr. Li seemed to be Cassiopeia, who was killed by me in Azir's mausoleum and not even the scum was left, right?

He thought silently in his mind.

"Is it really you?!" The newsstand owner clenched his fists excitedly, "Your invention is really great!"

Li Lin felt Kasa's eyes staring straight at him from behind, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "You're too generous..."

"No, no, no, this is a fact! You have this power armor, and you have electricity that has spread to every household... Oh, and this!"

The boss pointed to a metal wired phone that was completely black and of relatively simple workmanship placed on the table.

Kasha, who was behind Li Lin, stepped forward, looked at the strange-looking landline phone, and raised her pretty eyebrows slightly, "What is this?"

"It's called a phone, and it allows two people at opposite ends of the city to talk to people in the bottom city! It's simply amazing! I made a lot of money with this thing!"

The boss recognized that Kasha was not Mrs. Piltover, and realized that she seemed to have a good relationship with Li Lin. He immediately smiled and explained in broken Shuriman.

Obviously, he was also a multinational businessman before Noxus launched the invasion war a few years ago.

Upon hearing this, Kasha suddenly became excited, "Really? Is this magic? Then can I use it to talk to my dad?"

"...This cannot be done for the time being."

Li Lin really couldn't bear to dampen Kasha's enthusiasm.

But if this kind of thing is, it is not, and if it is not, it is not. It cannot be faked.

"It is connected to the telephone exchange through a telephone line, and then reports the phone number that it wants to transfer to the staff, and the staff then connects the two phones through the switch..."

"Well...it feels so magical."

Li Lin was silent for a moment.

He completely forgot that Kasha's education was only enough to be able to read, so naturally she couldn't understand such newer nouns and professional terms.

"To put it simply, if you want to use it to make calls, you must go through this line." Li Lin pointed to the phone line plugged into the landline. "But the length of this line is limited. Pi City is too far away from Shurima. It connects Not there.”

"That's it..." Kasha seemed a little disappointed.

"But don't worry, I will design a phone that can be used to talk remotely without a wire, so that you can talk to your father."

This time, it was not Kasha who exclaimed, but the newsstand owner, "Really?!"

His expression was shocked, and then he suddenly realized that this seemed to be a trade secret. He immediately calmed down and glanced around.

"Is this the direction of your next research?" The boss leaned on the table and approached Li Lin, covered his mouth with his hand, and asked in a low voice.

As if he was afraid that Li Lin would misunderstand something, he immediately added: "Don't worry, the gears are running. I just want to know more about it, and I will never leak this kind of thing!"

"Well... that's right."

Li Lin nodded, not intending to hide anything in this matter.

Anyway, the most important thing about mobile phones is the signal base station. Even if this kind of thing is leaked, other families want to seize the opportunity to research, but nothing can be researched.

The radio technology is completely in the hands of the Gila Mann family, but some basic parts production has reached cooperation with other families.

Those thoughtful people who don’t even understand the principles of radio want to study mobile phones?

Li Lin could only send them five words: Idiots are talking about dreams.

"I almost forgot about the real thing." Li Lin shook his head and threw away the chaotic thoughts in his mind. "Bring me a newspaper."

"Okay!" The boss smiled heartily, and the fat on his face trembled. "Do you want the latest one?"

Li Lin thought for a while, "Have there been any newspapers about me recently?"

"Yes! Of course! I have a collection of newspapers about you in the past few months!"

The newsstand owner's eyes lit up, and he immediately bent down with great effort, took out a blue Hextech box from under his feet, took out the machine lock key, opened it, and took out a dozen newspapers from inside.

Good guy, why are you using Hex chests to store newspapers? This is still related to me...

Isn’t it too luxurious?

Li Lin subconsciously took a step back. This newspaper owner was a bit scary.

"Look, these several issues of the daily newspaper have descriptions about you. You are now No. 7 on the personal wealth list in Piltover!"

The boss handed Li Lin an issue of a newspaper from two months ago.

He looked through it casually with a skeptical attitude, and was stunned. "When did I become so rich?!"

Thanks to Li Jingtao 1996 for the reward!