Chapter 24 - New era

Lilin and Powder went out from the side door of Kiramman mansion, and luckily, no accidents occurred along the way.

Knowing that these kids came from Zaun by jumping on top of the lift, and Powder's foot was sprained.

Lilin also gave Violet a purse with dozens of silver cogs so that they could take the elevator normally, instead of parkouring.

Finally sending off the four little rascals, Lilin quickly ran back to his studio.

He made a deal with Jayce to study the hex crystals after dinner tonight, and it was almost time now.

When he returned to the studio, Lilin found Jayce standing in front of his door holding a small box, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"Where did you go? I almost thought you forgot."

As soon as he saw Lilin, excitement appeared on Jayce's face, and he quickly stepped behind Lilin and pushed him to the door.

"Quick, open the door quickly!"

(-_-|||, "You seem more anxious than me..."

"That's for sure! No scientist can contain the excitement of a new discovery?"

After the two entered the room, Jayce locked the door, then walked straight to the workbench, "Huh? Medicine? Are you injured?"

I forgot to put it away.

Lilin caught his breath and quickly ran forward to clean up all the clutter on the table, explaining:

"I trained with Caitlyn a lot recently, I have thin arms and thin legs, it's normal, right?"

"Well, it's good to have a strong physique." Jayce smiled, but his attention didn't stay too long.

He placed the small box in his hand gently on the table and opened the lid.

A dazzling blue light illuminated the entire room.

Jayce picked up a hex crystal and placed it in the groove in the center of the hex resonance mechanism on the other workbench.

Several lines of blue energy reacted with the metal, and immediately after that, the resonance device that received the energy supply was centered on the groove where the crystal was located, and radiated and diffused the same blue light as the crystal around the base plate.

Jayce turned to look at Lilin, "Are you ready?"

"Yes."

Lilin nodded, took out more than ten metal discs with rune marks from the drawer, and inserted them all into the designated positions of the resonance device.

Then, he took a deep breath, pressed the start button without hesitation, and turned the power knob on the side of the unit to the maximum.

The mechanical gears of the resonance device meshed, making a mild screech.

The ring-shaped support frame erected around the base plate slowly rotates under the action of crystal energy, and the speed gradually increased.

The crystal, which emitted more dazzling light, vibrated, and rotated violently in the resonance device, and a large number of irregular blue arcs jumped violently to the support frame.

After only two or three seconds, the rotation speed of the support frame was already difficult to see with the naked eye, and the entire resonance device vibrated violently with the hex crystal, as if it would explode in the next second.

At the same time, the hex crystal also emitted a strong shockwave, pushing the two of them outward.

For a while, the whole room was in chaos.

A trace of panic flashed across Jayce's face, "Look at the support frame! I don't think it can hold up!"

"Don't worry, everything is under control."

Lilin calmly stared at the extremely unstable hex crystal, focusing on the HUD of the system in his mind.

[Hextech Gemstone in production...]

[Current progress: 17%]

When the progress was about 30%, the crystal was already floating in the air, and the light radiated from it filled the entire area inside the support frame.

Not only that, there are countless dense blue light spots precipitated from the crystal in a spherical shape, and merged with extreme speed, finally showing a circle of floating rune marks.

Now!

Lilin saw the timing and quickly turned the knob that controlled the rune-engraved metal disc.

Under his unskilled but very meticulous operation, the runes on the metal disc were engraved into the crystal one by one through energy resonance.

Every time he rotates, the progress bar displayed by the system in his mind jumps forward.

[49%…]

[63%…]

[81%…]

[Current progress: 100%! ]

Finally, when the progress bar finally reached 100, the crystal blasted a beam of energy upwards, knocking them back again.

At the same time, a huge circle engraved with runes appeared on the ceiling.

Time seemed to stand still for a second.

Immediately afterwards, all the leaked energy returned to the crystal in an instant.

[Congratulations! You've made a hextech gemstone! ]

[Reward (first time bonus): Level up by 2, skill points × 3]

[You have upgraded to level 5, unlocking the mechanic skill panel. ]

[Name: Lilin]

[Level: Level 5]

[HP: 765/765]

[Mana: 113/113]

[Combat Strength: 8]

[Skill Points: 7]

[…]

A series of prompts came from Lilin's mind, but his attention was elsewhere.

He stared intently at the "small stone" that was floating in mid-air but had completely lost the blue luster that hex crystal should have.

[Hextech Gemstone (Normal): A stable core energy device, the small crystal contains extremely strong energy. ]

[Attribute (machine only): 500 health, 500 energy]

[Effect]

[Passive - Energy Core: When the crystal is used as a core energy supply device, it provides an additional 1000 energy bonus (machine only). ]

[Passive - Recharge: The energy crystal can absorb the magic elements in its surroundings to recharge itself, recovering 3% of the maximum energy per second. ]

[Active - Overload Operation: Through the overload operation of the energy crystal, the machine temporarily obtains an additional 500 HP and energy, recovering 10% of the maximum energy per second, and will be scrapped after 3 uses. ]

Jayce looked at the crystal still suspended in the center of the resonance device with a lingering fear, "Are we... successful?"

He was not sure and asked Lilin.

Because the "new hex crystal" in front of him was slightly different from what he imagined.

Apart from becoming a little rounder and completely losing its luster, it doesn't seem to have any other changes, instead it looks very … ordinary.

If it hadn't been floating in the air, Jayce would have thought their experiment failed.

"Of course."

Lilin suppressed his excitement, reaching out and holding the crystal in his palm.

"The crystal is completely stable, and even if you drop it from this height, it won't explode like the regular synthetic hex crystals."

"Don't, don't, even if it's stable, it's best not to test our luck." Jayce was afraid that Lilin would throw the crystal at him to demonstrate the stability, so he quickly discouraged the idea.

After a moment's pause, Jayce, who had been observing the crystal in Lilin's hand without squinting, said with a long sigh:

"Unexpectedly, we actually succeeded! I can see of your name on the picture of Piltover's history already!

"Lilin, a famous inventor, not only opened an era of electrical appliances, but also created a new era of using technology to control magic!"

Jayce nearly danced with excitement.

"It's us, Jayce, and it's not my work alone."

Lilin smiled slightly, his deep brown pupils flashing a strange brilliance.

"It's us who ushered in a new era."