Chapter 16 - Need More Battery

It has been a few days since the sanction of the Odilenke family.

In these days, apart from the Progress Day celebration, what the citizens talked about the most is the story that the head of the Odilenke family committed suicide because of the attempt to kidnap the daughter of Kiramman, which was published on the Piltover Daily.

In fact, even Cassandra herself hadn't expected such a thing to happen.

She originally just wanted to use it as an excuse to crack down on families that were a nuisance to their developmental plans. Not expecting to take down an entire clan, albeit a smaller one.

However, she was very happy to see this situation, and even sponsored the newspapers to keep the news fresh, so as to deter other people who wished to oppose the Kiramman family.

Although the Odilenke's case has come to an end, Lilin, who realizes that he is still quite weak in the face of adversary, is not satisfied with himself.

He specifically asked Caitlyn to give him comprehensive training.

The use of various firearms, combat skills, physical strength...

In just a few days, with the assistance of the system, he successfully acquired new skills:

[Firearm Mastery] and [Basic Combat] have fully increased his combat rating by a whooping…

2 points.

Better than nothing, at least it can let him be beat to a pulp more gracefully.

Besides, apart from daily training under the supervision of Caitlyn, Lilin also spent time researching his mechanical contraption.

After the council session, Cassandra came to him specifically to inquire about the new weapon.

To win over the support of the Kiramman family, Lilin specially handed her the design drawings of the Hextech revolver.

Fortunately, Cassandra is not a stubborn person, despite refuting Jayce's earlier proposal of studying the hex crystal.

Knowing that this weapon needs to use hex crystal as the functional core, she gave Lilin a large sum of money without saying a word, and urged him to further improve the design of the pistol.

At the same time, she sent people to contact the Ferros family, to reach a cooperation in the application of synthetic hex crystals that the Ferros produce.

…

At the Kiramman estate, in Lilin's studio, Lilin and Jayce discussed their inventions.

"This is the exoskeleton you were talking about?"

Jayce rubbed his smooth chin lightly, gazing in bewilderment at the mechanism on the shelf that looked like a hex-augmented prosthesis.

The robotic arm is made of alloy and countless small mechanical gears. Its structure does not seem complicated, and its contracted state is a little bit larger than a normal person's arm.

In addition, it is also equipped with expansion slots on the back of its hand, which is a place left for loading and unloading specific tools in the future.

Jayce could see that if the robotic arm had an energy supply, it might fit perfectly on a human arm.

At first glance, this design idea is quite good.

But Jayce always felt that this thing overlapped with the image of something in his mind...

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally realized that this thing is the Atlas glove invented by Corin Reveck!?

"What's the difference between this and the Atlas gloves that miners often use?" Jayce reached out and touched the robotic arm.

"That's a big difference." Lilin slapped his hand away and took out a fancy-looking revolver from the drawer.

Jayce sucked in a breath of cold air and took a few steps back, "Hey! Calm down, I just want to touch it. You don't need to pull out a gun."

Lilin rolled his eyes at him with caring eyes for the mentally inclined, and took out a blue hex crystal shard from the revolver's revolver.

"This is... my crystal shard? Why is it in a revolver?"

" You didn't know?" Lilin glanced at Jayce with raised eyebrows, and immediately said: "Oh yeah, Madam Cassandra said to keep it low."

"What's so mysterious that even I can't know it?" Jayce whispered, "Is this a new weapon you invented? Using the hex crystal fragments as the core..."

He picked up the revolver and looked at it carefully, and immediately wanted to understand its principle, and said in shock: "Oh my! You designed an energy weapon?!"

Even if I don't design it now, a certain someone will invent it later.

Lilin rolled his eyes, ignoring Jayce, "There is still some energy in it, it should be enough."

With that said, he opened a small cover at the wrist of the power arm and put the crystal shards into the groove.

After a while, the entire arm suddenly lit up, powering the mechanisms that made noises, as if it had come to life.

The blue energy of the crystal fragment flowed in the energy transmission line in the arm, which drives the mechanical gear to run and separate rapidly.

After a while, it expanded and more than doubled its original size.

Lilin put his right hand into the position where the power arm was opened, clasped the tops of the five mechanical fingers with his five fingers, and then slowly clenched his fist.

As the gears turned again, the parts of the mechanical power arm that flashed blue light were reassembled and fit perfectly on his right arm.

If it was seen by an ordinary person who didn't understand Hextech, he would have thought that he had replaced his arm with cybernetic prosthesis.

Just when Lilin put on this power arm, the system also gave all the attributes of this equipment:

[Exoskeleton power arm – right (Quality: low): a wearable mechanical device composed of a steel frame, which can use energy to enable people to exert extra strength]

[Attribute (Mechanical): 350 HP, 3 Combat Strength]

[Ability effect]

[Passive – Damaged Core: The power supply core can only provide 2 minutes and 37 seconds of use time. ]

[Passive - Enhanced Alloy: Made of high-quality alloys that provide an additional 150 health. ]

[Active - Overcharge: Consume one-third of the current energy for 3 seconds of overcharge at one time, and the next attack can cause great damage to the target. ]

Um...

From the stats alone, it looks pretty good?

Lilin controlled the power arm and waved a few punches in the air. The energy supply of the crystal fragments drove the gears to rotate, and the white steam generated by the rapid consumption of blue energy spurted out from the gap between the metals and quickly dissipated into the air.

There is an obvious feeling of sluggishness, the mechanical parts still creaks indicating a need of a better fit, and the response is at least half a second slower. No wonder the quality determined by the system is low.

However, it is very good for the first time. If it is improved and equipped with hextech gemstones, the complete exoskeleton mechanical power armor can be manufactured...

Lilin quickly analyzed in his mind and concluded,

The future is bright!

Beside him, Jayce, now hiding in the corner, reminded: "Take it easy! Stop swinging around!"

To prevent wasting the energy of the crystal fragments for no reason, Lilin removed the power arm, turned off the energy switch, and put it back on the shelf.

Seeing that he finally stopped fooling around, Jayce carefully came closer, reached out and caressed the power arm back and forth, and felt it carefully.

"So, the difference between this and the Atlas glove is that it has a better fit, takes up less space than the glove, and is more convenient to use?

"But I don't think there is much difference? It's just the appearance..."

Jayce rubbed his face, his thick brows slightly raised, and continued:

"The Atlas gloves will cause damage to the wearer's joints if they are worn for a long time, and they use hex batteries, which will cause them to have insufficient power for a short time. If you can solve these problems, it'll be an excellent innovation."

Lilin did not directly rebut Jayce's point of view, but asked, "Then what if I say that this is only one part?"

"One part?" Jayce was stunned, and suddenly his eyes lit up again, as if he had guessed something, "You mean..."