Chapter 5 - New Blueprint Unlocked

"How do you know the substance inside is magic?" Lilin felt a little confused.

Wait, Jayce wasn't suppose to know the energy of crystal is magic, right?

In Lilin's memory, the crystal that Jayce first researched was not a man-made crystal, but a crystal of the Brackern found under the sand of Shurima by the expedition of the Kiramman family.

However, the current reality is that Jayce first researched artificial crystals, and also discovered magical elements from it, which was quite different from the background story he knew.

It seems that the background story is just words after all, and cannot be fully applied into the real world...

Lilin silently warned himself that he should not be overconfident just because he knew some stories written about these people.

"It's a long story, it happened when I was a kid."

Jayce subconsciously touched a bracelet bejeweled with dull blue crystals on his wrist.

"My mother and I once encountered a blizzard in an uninhabited area near Targon. Because of my frail body, my mother fell into the snow. Just when I was desperate, a mage in a robe and a staff appeared in front of us.

"He cast a marvelous magic, and many mysterious and obscure symbols appeared. Those symbols surrounded me and my mother. After a moment of disorientation, we were teleported to a port city in the northwest region of Shurima."

Jayce stared at the bracelet on his wrist with reminiscence on his face.

"Later, I found records about those magical symbols in the books in the library, they're called runes, which are a kind of rune magic, some call it arcane magic.

"Different from the usual elemental magic, arcane magic is very rare and pure, and can release great energy in an instant. It is very similar to hex crystals, and I have seen similar runes inside the crystals."

After listening to Jayce's story, Lilin's expression changed.

Runes and arcane magic, if you only look at these words, Lilin can only think of The Rune Mage, Ryze, and The Magnus Ascendant, Xerath.

He knew that the hextech gemstone later developed was based on the crystal of the Brackern was a combination of magic and science, but he did not expect it to be an arcane magic.

Lilin was silent for a long time, "So, what do you want me to help you with?"

"I'm looking for a way to use science to control magic. If successful, what we can do is not only stabilize hex crystals, but use them in various fields, and even … conquer nature."

The more Jayce spoke, the more excited he became,

And the more Lilin listened, the more worried he became.

What a chad, conquering nature... Lissandra would say, "I am something of an expert myself."

If polar bear knew about it, I'm afraid it would flash to Piltover, use r, and sit on you with his dumpty...

Boy, this radical thinking of yours is very dangerous!

Lilin quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "So you want me to help your research?"

"That's right!" Jayce stood up abruptly, startling Lilin, "If I have your help, I believe there will be a breakthrough soon!"

"Uh, this...let me think about it."

Lilin rubbed his chin in thought.

He didn't intend to get into this mess yet, but he did plan to studying the hex crystal eventually.

After all, as a mechanic sponsored by clan Kiramman, resources are abundant.

The mechanic's physique incomparable to the warrior's, and as a mortal, he lacks the mana become a great mage. Which means his only real option is to be the Runeterra Iron Man.

And he obviously needs a energy source to power the suit.

Lilin didn't know whether he could develop controllable nuclear fusion through the mechanic system in the future. After all, this is a technology yet to be achieved Earth.

Moreover, controllable nuclear fusion is not enough. To make the Iron Man Ark Reactor, cold nuclear fusion technology is necessary. Sigh… one can only dream…

As far as the current technology of Piltover is concerned, the development of nuclear energy is still a few hundred years away, but it's certainly an alternative, to use hex crystals as a power source.

After some deliberation, Lilin looked at Jayce, "How far has your crystal research progressed?"

"Because the crystal is fragmented, the gears are turning slowly."

Jayce nodded and hesitated.

"However, through various tests and analysis of the crystal's composition, I roughly reversed engineered the concept, and recorded the incomplete runes engravings..."

"You recorded the runes?"

Hearing this, Lilin's eyes lit up, and a bold idea emerged.

My [HUD Mode] skill might be able to decipher arcane magic through runes... it does follow a set of rules, right?

I succeed, it'll be one step close to making my suit with Hextech!

"Where are your research results? Take me there at once. If I see your work, I might be able to help you."

"Of course!" Hearing Lilin's promise to help him, Jayce walked towards the door excitedly, "Come on, it's in my workshop..."

...

A few minutes later, in the innermost room of Jayce's studio.

Lilin stared at the crystal fragments placed in the hex resonance instrument on the table, loss for words.

"You leave the most important component of your research out in the open?..."

"Ahem, except for Madam Cassandra and Mister Tobias, no one else has the key to my workshop. Besides, they rarely ever visit, so don't worry."

"I... Forget it." with (-_-) on his face Lilin said, "Let me see your results."

"Here." Jayce first handed him a drawing, "This is the crystal concept I drew based on this fragment."

Jayce's drawings were different from the blueprints that Lilin was familiar with.

It is relatively complete in terms of structure, but many places that are simply marked, without detailed concepts and principles, and it does not meet the scematic requirements of Piltover standards.

If you show this blueprint to other craftsmen, most people will not understand what it is.

But for Lilin, this is not a problem.

He took over the blueprint and pretended to inspect it carefully. In fact, he activated [HUD mode], and a progress bar appeared.

The skill consumes 1 mana per second, and after consuming more than ten mana, the progress bar finally reaches 100%.

[Error! Invalid design schematic. ]

"Your conceptual diagram is incorrect. In fact, the ratio of technology to magic is much higher, instead of what you thought, mostly magic."

Lilin put the drawing back on the table.

"After all, hex crystals are made by machines... but it's pretty impressive that you can reverse-engineer to this point."

"You can actually understand?" Jayce was surprised, and at the same time there was an inexplicable relief.

Finally someone can understand my drawings.

"If you can draw more details, maybe I get a better idea." Lilin lied as easily as he breathed, and received a small notebook from Jayce.

He opened the page, and the first thing that caught his eye was a very strange and familiar symbol.

Lilin squinted his eyes and looked back and forth for a long time, shocked.

Isn't this just f-ing icons on the rune page before starting the game!?

Precision, domination, sorcery, resolve, and inspiration. These symbols of the five world runes are split, combined, pieced together, and reconstituted into magical symbols.

"What's the matter?" Jayce noticed the change in Lilin's face and hurriedly asked.

"No, not yet."

Runic magic, derived from world runes...

Lilin shook his head, putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, and used [HUD mode] again.

Though there is a rapid consumption of mana, the progress bar moves slowly.

As time passed by, Lilin paused his skills several times to wait for his mana to recover. Jayce waited patiently, doing other research in the mean time.

Just when he was on the brink of collapsing, the progress bar finally came to an end.

[Rune (Fragment): Primal crystal of the Brackern. ]

[Congratulations! You have uncovered some of the mysteries of the Brackern crystals. ]

[Reward: Hextech Gemstone Blueprint (Advanced Version)]

[Hextech Gemstone: A stable core energy device, a small crystal contains substantial energy. ]

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

[Effect]

[Passive - Energy Core: When the gemstone is used as the core energy supply, it provides an additional 1000 energy bonus for mechanical creations. ]

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

[Active - Overload Mode: In overload mode, the mechanical creation temporarily gains an additional 500 health and energy, and the maximum energy recovered per second is increased to 10% (scrapped after 3 uses). ]

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