-289- I'll tell you what I know

"Brian, it's me, Linwin. How are you feeling now?"

In the central hospital of Zaun, Linwin looked at the young enforcer lying on the hospital bed, filled with tubes all over his body, and softly asked.

The tubes inserted into the young man were delivering small amounts of Shimmer and some special nutrient solutions.

Singed's Shimmer was indeed powerful, capable of healing injuries. As long as a person still had a breath, they could often be saved.

However, Shimmer couldn't neutralize the venom of the Xer'Sai. Thus, while Brian's wounds had healed, he couldn't regenerate his missing arm and leg.

"Linwin..., sir, I'm doing fine," Brian, hearing the voice, immediately opened his eyes, tilting his head weakly, and said.

With a breathing apparatus on his nose, this young man from Zaun weakly asked, "Why are you here, sir?"

As he spoke, Brian even tried to sit up.

Linwin immediately stopped him: "You don't need to get up."

"Yes," Brian, now extremely weak, could stay alert thanks to the nutrient solutions. Otherwise, the Shimmer circulating in his body would have drained his energy.

"I came to see how our hero is doing," Linwin sat by Brian's bedside and said to him.

Looking at Brian's missing half body, Linwin fell silent for a moment, then looked at Brian's face and asked seriously, "Do you regret it?"

"Regret?" Brian tried hard to lift his eyelids, looking at Skite, who stood straight behind Linwin. The captain of the Enforcers of Piltover now looked ahead, his eyes tinged with sadness.

Brian was very young, even younger than Linwin, and similar to Vi in age.

At such a young age, he was now lying in a hospital bed.

Using his own body to stop a Xer'Sai from breaking out, if it weren't for Brian's sacrifice, the breached formation of the enforcers would have struggled to resist the Xer'Sai attack.

"Of course not," Brian withdrew his gaze from Skite's eyes, looked at Linwin, and answered very seriously.

"And, sir, I've been wanting to equip myself with alchemical metal prosthetics for a long time. Now that I'm missing an arm and a leg, there's even more reason to do so," Brian showed a difficult smile, and resolutely said to Linwin, "Please rest assured, sir, I'm doing fine now."

Linwin stared at Brian for a while.

"Rest well. I'll have Viktor personally design a suit of armor for you. Once you're recovered, you'll join the training immediately," Linwin patted Brian's remaining right hand.

"Are you serious? Mister Viktor will design armor for me personally?" Brian's eyes lit up.

For the people of Piltover, transforming their flesh and blood into metal and machinery was difficult to comprehend. But for the people of Zaun, arms, thighs, and even internal organs could be modified. After all, in the chaos of the past, modification meant strength.

Linwin affirmed, "Of course, it's true. I'll talk to Viktor about it later. So, rest assured, Brian, Zaun won't abandon you."

"I understand. But, sir, I suddenly feel so.....tired," Brian's eyelids were fighting, and he stuttered.

"Well, I'll leave now. Get some good rest," Linwin said.

"Yes..."

Seeing Brian peacefully asleep, Linwin stood up.

He was actually very busy. The top officials of Zaun and Piltover were already in the conference room, but he took time out to visit Brian at the hospital.

The reason is, Linwin remembered him.

The boy who nervously greeted him in the Bilgewater Tavern is now lying in bed like this.

It made Linwin feel a bit uncomfortable.

But the good news is, Brian is even stronger than Linwin thought. As a child of Zaun, he is outstanding.

"Take care of him," Linwin patted Skite, who was standing, and said.

"Yes, Councilor."

Linwin nodded, then disappeared into the hospital.

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Taliyah used her abilities to create giant stones to fill the gap, so the northern mining area was also sealed off. Enforcer teams, fully armed, guarded the perimeter of the northern mining area, prohibiting ordinary people from entering.

In the conference center of Zaun, the brightly lit building was crowded with people. Apart from the top officials of the Twin Cities, all the public servants of both cities were working overtime.

In a large room, bright lights shone down, three rows of long tables were set up, and the tables were full of people.

Vander rested his hands on his chin, listening carefully to Jayce's words.

"According to the information from Kassadin and Kai'Sa, what we now know is that these creatures appearing beneath our feet were originally active in Shurima. Now they've appeared here, can we assume that they've dug through Shurima and have now reach here?" Jayce stood up, leaning his hands on the table, and continued, "The most troublesome thing is, we don't know where they've dug to. Now, beneath the Valoran continent, has it all been dug through by them like Shurima?"

At a table for outsiders, Jarvan IV, hearing Jayce's words, felt his scalp tingle.

If there were these creatures beneath Demacia, it would be troublesome. Because compared to the Twin Cities, Demacia is too large. In the capital city, there's no need to worry about protection, but what about the other towns and villages? Ordinary people without weapons wouldn't be able to resist the attacks of these Void creatures.

Moreover, if they continue to dig like this, no one knows when the Valoran continent will collapse because of them.

This is what worries Jarvan IV the most.

"What exactly is the Void?" Jarvan IV couldn't help but stand up, looking at Kassadin sitting at the Zaun long table, and asked loudly, "When you talk about the Void, I initially thought they were demons, but they're not."

"We Demacians have the ability to discern demons. We've been fighting demons for hundreds of years, so we understand them well. Those Void creatures are even more dangerous than demons."

"The Void is the Void, and demons are demons," Kassadin replied.

"With their purple armor and terrifying appearance, I feel like I've seen creatures like them in the Freljord," Sejuani said quietly.

"It's impossible. You must be mistaken," Kassadin immediately responded to Sejuani.

Sejuani looked silently at Kassadin, her meaning was clear, why was Kassadin so certain?

Kassadin immediately offered an explanation, "There's only one place where Void creatures are born, and that's Icathia."

"No, what Sejuani said is true, Kassadin. The Void doesn't only exist in Icathia," the door was pushed open, and Linwin's voice rang out.

Walking straight in, Linwin went directly to the empty space and stood there.

"The meeting is officially beginning."

"Ask away, everyone. Bring up what you want to know, what you don't understand."

"I'll tell you what I know."

In the early hours of the morning, Linwin said seriously.