Chapter 275 The Clever Malphite

The issue of ditches is neither a big deal nor a small matter.

Li Lin still knew what the workers were talking about.

The great clever Malphite came to Zaun. This is an event that also happened in the original world line.

The lava beast Malphite is the only uncorrupted fragment left after the monolith created by Horok, the Ascendant of Ixtal, was eroded and crashed by the void.

It usually lives on the border between Ixtal and Icathia. It cuts off the "vines" that penetrate the earth's crust and extend to the entire Runeterra, swallowing them into its own body and then crushing them.

Occasionally, it goes elsewhere.

Some nomads in the Shurima Sand Sea spread its legend, and the Solar Sect of Targon also has records about the appearance of the lava beast.

And just like what happened today.

Li Lin quickly went home, put on his armor, and flew towards the mine where Zhinao reported.

In just a few minutes, he landed on the other side of the ditch and unfolded his mask.

With the current environment in Zaun, coupled with the large air filtration device he equipped and Janna's wind purification, although the air in the ditch is still a little dirty, it is already fresher than the air in the dark alley a year ago.

This mine was acquired by Li Lin from Adrian. It was originally used to collect Hex rough stones, which are necessary materials for the synthesis and production of Hex energy crystals.

Some time ago, a professional prospector hired by Li Lin suddenly discovered traces of oil here, and immediately sent him a sound transmission tube to explain the matter.

Now, all the procedures for the acquisition of Adrian Mine have been reported to the Pi City Law Enforcement Office, and everything is ready. Li Lin also handed over Jin Hai to him.

The mine where oil was discovered is already Li Lin's asset.

Under the light of the searchlight outside the mine, dozens of workers in gray hoods and dirty faces gathered together in twos and threes and sat on the ground, leaning on hex drills, pneumatic steel drafts, several power armors used to carry heavy objects, and stacks of specialized tools. Hex time bomb for mining.

They were whispering about something, and everyone had their own opinions on the "monsters" in the mine.

On the other side, dozens of mechanical engineers stood neatly and quietly in a corner of the fence.

Li Lin has equipped every mine under his name with intelligent robots to relieve the miners' pressure or respond to some emergencies.

As soon as he saw Li Lin landing in battle armor, his clothes were obviously different from the others, and the female foreman, whose limbs had been transformed into alchemy technology prosthetics, came over with a smile on her face.

Her name is Hewlett, she is an Ionian, about forty years old. Like Li Lin, she came to Zaun to escape the war. It is now her fifth year.

Because of her outstanding abilities, she was valued by Baron Adrian three years ago and sent to this mine as a foreman.

Due to his accent, Li Lin couldn't understand the lingua franca of the two cities spoken by Hewlett, so he simply asked her to speak Ionian to him.

Even so, Li Lin had to concentrate and guess the rough meaning of her weird dialect from the Kashuli Plateau in Zhiyun Province.

"Mr. Li Lin!" Hewlett called out the name of his new boss affectionately, "You are finally here!"

Compared to Adrian, who "eats people without spitting out their bones" and likes to exploit workers, Li Lin not only gave them the eight-hour workday benefits of urban workers, increased wages and workers' compensation compensation, and even gave them overtime pay.

This was something Hewlett had never dared to think about before. Including the workers, their work enthusiasm and sense of Li Lin and the Gila Mann family had improved by more than one level.

Li Lin silently translated Hewlett's weird dialect into something serious and understandable in his mind, and then asked: "What's going on?"

"A stone, a strange stone, so big!"

Hewlett opened his arms widely and made gestures with Li Lin.

"It was not there this afternoon. When the workers were finishing their meal and preparing to work overtime, the mine suddenly trembled. We thought there was going to be a mining disaster, so we immediately ran out under the cover of the mechanical engineers.

"But we waited here for more than half an hour, and there was no movement inside again. A mechanical engineer went in to find out the situation, and said that the deepest mineral vein was blocked by a strange boulder that appeared inexplicably.

"After that, we waited for another half an hour and found a gold tester. Then she and I followed a few strong workers and went in to check the situation under the protection of mechanical engineers. We found that the stone could still move!"

The more Hewlett spoke, the more he danced and danced, and the expression on his face became more exaggerated. He was truly an Oscar-winning actor.

Li Lin's eyes glanced around the faces of the workers who were staring at him with smiles, and finally stopped at a woman who was obviously dressed differently from the workers and looked a bit like a technician.

Noticing Li Lin's gaze, Hewlett immediately explained: "There is just a hot woman. Her name is Shu Lai. She is an excellent gold detector and stone connoisseur..."

As she was talking, the woman with a gentle temperament and a dark complexion walked straight towards Li Lin.

"You must be Mr. Li Lin of Gila Mann, right?" Shulai chuckled and stretched out his right hand, "May the wind of change help you move forward... This should be a popular saying now, right?"

"May the wind of change help you move forward." Li Lin smiled and unfolded the armor on his right hand and shook her gently. "It is in line with the current general trend, isn't it?"

Shu Lai is obviously aware of Li Lin's legend in recent months, "Your wisdom."

She paused for a moment and immediately returned to the topic: "As soon as I received the news from Foreman Hewlett, I rushed here."

"I heard from the workers that Shulai is very good, and I think you should need a gold tester..." Hewlett quickly added with a weird accent.

"You don't have to doubt my professionalism, Mr. Li Lin. I can guarantee that I have been in every mine from Shurima to Zaun." Shulai patted his chest and said.

Although Li Lin himself knew that this time it was Malphite who was the smart one, the workers under him were still quite sensible and worked very efficiently.

Being able to find a professional stone appraisal expert in time is enough to illustrate Hewlett's ability and professional level.

"You did a great job."

Li Lin first praised Hewlett, and then asked Zhinao to control several mechanical engineers to come to him.

"Let's take a look at the situation first."

"Before that, I have to tell you about Mr. Li Lin. That big guy seems to have a life of his own and can speak...Shurima."

Shulai seemed to be frightened, "I originally wanted to communicate with it, but its activities at that time affected the entire mine, and we had to withdraw..."

Being observant and thoughtful, she found that Li Lin didn't seem to be much surprised, and she couldn't help but feel a little doubtful in her heart.

But when she thought about it, she felt relieved.

After all, he was a man who had seen gods. How could he be shocked by a strange life form?

Li Lin had a polite smile on his face, "I understand, thank you for reminding me."

Then, under the watchful eyes of the miners, Li Lin, Hewlett, and Shulay, followed by five mechanical engineers, went deep into the bright underground illuminated by searchlights.

Except for the current powered by Hex's battery, the energy flow of Li Lin's armor and the mechanical engineers, and the sound of gear rotation, there was only the hollow echo of their footsteps in the entire mine.

From time to time, the whistling sound of wind blowing through rock cracks can be heard in the mine.

But they all knew in their hearts that the lack of ventilation was the most important reason for the dirty air in the ditches in the past, so this sound could not be the sound of wind.

Seeing that the atmosphere was too dull, Shulai thought about it again and again, and finally decided to speak: "The underground of Zaun is usually limestone that has been squeezed and deposited, but that thing... I am not sure what it is.

"When I came to investigate the situation before, I found that the life form had quartz, salt crystals, granite, etc. These things are not available in Zuan.

"Originally I wanted Foreman Hewlett to blow it through with hex explosives and it would speak."

"That's right, that's right!" Hewlett agreed, "At that time, it told us not to blow it up, and it almost collapsed the mine!"

Li Lin became interested, "Besides don't blow it up, what else did the uh... stone say?"

"It seemed to say something had been eroded... But at that time we were already frightened, and ran away with your robot on its shoulders."

erosion……

Sure enough, it is still like the original world line. Has the void of Icacia penetrated into Zaun?

But compared to the original world line, it seems to be a long time early.

Li Lin's heart sank, and he frowned in thought.

Noticing his expression, Hewlett and Shulay both remained quiet and did not speak again to avoid interrupting his thoughts.

Until they reached the development area at the end of the mine, a stone wall that was obviously different in color from the surrounding stone walls blocked their way.

This stone wall is probably close to 20 meters high and more than 40 meters wide. It directly blocks the mine passage tightly, leaving no gaps.

"That's it, right here..."

Hewlett hid behind a mechanical engineer and pointed tremblingly at the granite boulder dozens of meters away.

Li Lin nodded silently, opened "Data Thinking" and took a look at the properties of this "stone".

[Name: Malphite]

[Race: Monolith Fragment]

It is indeed Malphite...

Li Lin couldn't help but sigh, and then stepped forward.

"Mr. Li Lin!" Hewlett was a little flustered, and quickly caught up with him regardless of fear, "You'd better not get close to that thing..."

Shu Lai also followed up and tried to persuade him: "This stone is too strange and the danger is unknown. Even if you are wearing armor, you shouldn't take such a risk."

Just when Li Lin was about to tell them that it was okay, a stream of air that could almost lift people suddenly blew up in front of them, causing Hewlett and Shulay to lose their center of gravity and almost fall.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a low rumble, a deafening sound echoed in the mine:

"Little man, I'm not called a thing, nor a stone... you can call me Malphite."

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