Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 103 New Year, a New Birthday for Zaun

When Li Ke returned home, Jinx was tinkering with weapons with Isa.

Little Isa cleverly made a grenade that was obviously from the Jinx series. It had a round shape, a mouth on top, and sharp teeth painted in various colors, making it look like a little monster toy with an open mouth.

But this thing is really not a toy. The grenade made by Isa has an explosion range of at least five meters, not to mention the shrapnel and marbles in the grenade. That is to say, in a crowded place, Isa can throw this thing out and easily kill or injure twenty people.

However, Isa has not yet mastered the essence of the Fire Chewer Grenade.

After all, the grenades made by Jinx are not only electrified, but also have an adsorption effect. That is to say, when the grenade is thrown out, people who are close to it will be hit by the electric current, paralyzed, and unable to escape the explosion range.

But it’s not surprising. There’s only one Jinx in Zaun in all these years. She used a bunch of garbage to make weapons that can fight against the people of Upper City. Her talent and ability are unquestionable.

"Li Ke, Wei said you found a mother for me."

As soon as Li Ke made a noise, Jinx looked at him and immediately came up to him, put her hands on her hips and said.

"What? Looking for mom?" Li Ke was stunned. What the hell is going on? When did I go to find Jinx's mother?

"Vi said that you and Silko brought a middle-aged woman to the parliament building, and that woman even lived in Silko's office." Jinx blinked her big eyes at Li Ke and continued, "What does she look like? Is she pretty? Hey, Silko hasn't found a woman for so many years. I thought he was the same as Vi."

After reconciling with Vi, Jinx opened the door to a new world. Only then did she realize that this world can not only accommodate men and women, but also women-women. What about men-men?
Therefore, Jinx was worried about Hilco's situation. After all, it was not normal!

But now it seems that Hilco is not an abnormal person.

"What are you thinking about? Do you believe whatever Wei says?" Li Ke found it funny. He reached out and pushed Jinx's forehead, walked into Isa's room, squatted down and looked at the grenade she made.

Isa took the initiative to raise her hand and handed the grenade to Li Ke, with a face that said - come on and praise me.

Li Ke took the grenade and reached out to ruffle Isa's hair with a smile.

Jinx ran over to ask about Hilco.

Then, Li Ke told Jinx that Renata came to Zaun to make money and told her about the woman's situation.

Xiao Jin’s main skill is that he listens carefully to everything Li Ke says, and everything he says is interesting, giving full emotional value.

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In mid-November, Li Ke, Victor and Jayce came to an abandoned mine in Zaun. They went deep into the mine and hid the Hextech core in a metal box in a place.

Jayce came out and thought that they should build another iron gate to seal off the place for safety, but his suggestion was rejected by both Li Ke and Victor.

There is a gorgeous door outside the abandoned mine. Isn't that telling others that there is something inside?
Although Zaun is getting better, most people have not really given up their traditional skills of stealing and robbing. Haven't you seen that Wei is still leading her team around Zaun every day?
Therefore, it is best to just leave it alone.

Besides, Li Ke stuffed the iron box into the stone with his fist, and then grabbed a few stones to fill it up. There was no reason for him to be discovered.

There will be no problem if Wei asks a few people to patrol this area later.

Time passed, and soon it was December. Renata had been working in the parliament building for more than half a month. During this half month, she had produced several plans for Zaun's future business direction, three of which were approved by Hilco and began to be implemented.

They are - to promote alchemical technology, to make alchemical technology get rid of its horrible and ugly image, and to remove the inherent impression of alchemical technology held by the people of Piltover - a word that exudes the smell of rust and decay.

Renata wants to make alchemy technology equally elegant and charming, so as to profit from the rich people of Piltover. In Renata's eyes, Zaun's alchemy is no worse than Hextech, especially alchemy potions, which can bring people spiritual pleasure and heal injuries when used properly. The point is that the price of alchemy potions is not expensive, but the price is high.
The second proposal was that Renata believed that Zaun needed to use the Sun Gate to establish diplomatic relations with major powers throughout Valoran, and bring a few merchants from Piltover along, so that the major powers would no longer only know Piltover, but also the reputation of Zaun. Zaun is rich in mineral resources, which are scarce resources that can be sold at high prices to countries that are at war.

The third proposal was that Renata proposed to reform the mining and factory sectors, adopting the Golask factory rules that removed some of the strict rules, rather than the traditional conservative rules of Zaun.

As a result, Hilco paid more attention to Renata. Her appearance accelerated the pace of Zaun's industrialization.

She had only a limited grasp of her family's alchemy, but she taught herself the art of turning the golden touch into gold.
This ability is exactly what Zaan needs most.

In front of the Piltover Hextech Flying Gate, Meier looked at Anbesa, who was accompanied by only two or three people, and said calmly: "Mother, don't come to Piltover again. You are not welcome here."

Anbesa didn't say anything, but just looked at Mel with complicated eyes, feeling complicated emotions about Mel's behavior of rescuing her.

Will you be moved? Of course you will. As a mother, it is impossible not to be moved when you get help from your daughter.

However, Anbesa was more disappointed with Mel.

After getting on the Hextech flying door, Anbesa sighed as she watched Mel turning and leaving below.

"Still too soft-hearted"

As she spoke, the corners of her mouth raised.

Zaan, by the end of the year, a new community appeared in the ditch zone, just above the Firefly community.

The construction of this community was a big project. It took a full month to clean up the land of the former abandoned garbage dump, and a brand new air purifier is located in the central square of the community. The new air device reduces noise, efficiency and energy consumption, but it is already the fourth generation of air purifiers, and its energy efficiency is fully sufficient to maintain the air quality of this community. It may not be as good as the Hope Community, but here, when you go out at night and breathe, your lungs are fresh and cool.

The cold air scraped the throat and lungs like a knife, as if it was expelling all the toxins in the lungs that had been polluted by the air.

The name of this community is New Life. It is the first community funded by the Zaun Council after the establishment of Zaun. Its residents are all workers who originally lived on the Zaun docks.

December 25th, today, it snowed in Zaun!

Although there were only small snowflakes, it made Jinx and Isa happy.

"It's snowing! Li Ke, it's snowing!"

It is rare to see snow in Zaun. This is the second time Jinx has seen snow in her life.

It was naturally the first time for little Isa to see snow, so she ran outside foolishly. She stood in the snow, imitating her sister's actions, opening her mouth and sticking out her little tongue to lick the falling snowflakes.

A piece of it stained the tip of Jinx's tongue, which instantly turned into ice water. She swallowed it subconsciously. Then, her little face wrinkled into a ball, and she began to spit on the ground, "Pah, pah, pah, it's not delicious!"

"Are you stupid? The snowflakes falling from above are somewhat polluted and have a metallic smell." Li Ke looked at Jinx's chubby face with amusement, walked up to her and put his hat on her.

A blue cat-ear hat covered Jinx's little face. She raised her hands to hold down the hat and looked up. Above her was Piltover.

Piltover has been preparing for Evolution Day since a few days ago. Many foreign tourists have arrived in Piltover in advance to participate in Piltover's annual grand festival.

The streets were decorated with lights and the family crests of various large families were placed as emblems on the commercial streets. A large group of businessmen came to the Huangdao basement and deposited their money in the bank early to avoid the trouble of carrying large bags of money.

"Li Ke, the New Year is coming soon, and I'm going to set off big fireworks this year!" Jinx suddenly grabbed Li Ke's hand and said seriously.

She had set off fireworks on Evolution Day before, but she was the only one who celebrated.

Because Evolution Day is a festival for the people of Piltover and a pain for the people of Zaun.

No one would join Jinx in the fun on that lively day, not even Hilco. Hilco was always depressed on Evolution Day and would sit alone in the office for the whole night. He was in a bad mood every year on Evolution Day, and Jinx didn't dare to disturb him at that time.

Everyone would huddle in their rooms, drinking alone, and listening to the noise coming from the magnificent city across the gorge.

But this year is different, because in this year, Jinx met Li Ke.

This year there will definitely be someone to celebrate Evolution Day with her!
Evolution Day should have belonged to Zaun!
"Okay, what kind of fireworks do you want?"

"I'll do it myself! I'm going to make a firework that's big enough to overshadow Piltover's Evolution Day. I'm going to set it off when they set off their fireworks and scare them to death!"

"What else?" Li Ke said to Jinx.

"Anything else?" Jinx was stunned.

"We have to celebrate too, Jinx. This is the first New Year after the rebirth of Zaun. We have to make a big fuss. This is also the time for us to prove to Piltover that we can live better without them." Li Ke said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Just two days ago, Li Ke delivered a speech in the conference building in Zaun - a festive event to celebrate Evolution Day.

The Zaun parliament members voted unanimously in favor of the motion, and even the temporary councillor Jace participated in the meeting and expressed his approval.

It has been more than a month in Zaun, and Jayce has not lost weight. Instead, he has hung out with Ekko and goes to the bar to drink after work every day. Moreover, Senator Talis has become a little unkempt and no longer cares so much about his personal image, which has led to his bearded face growing a little scary recently.

Hilco agreed to hold the festival, but thought that the name of the festival, Evolution Day, was inappropriate, so he changed the name to - New Day.

Piltover is celebrating their evolution day, and Zaun is celebrating its own new birthday!

"Will it be lively?!" Jinx's eyes lit up.

Li Ke smiled, lowered his head to grab a thin layer of snow, mixed it with dirt and patted it on Jinx's cheek, "I promise!"

"Ah! Li Ke!"

"Don't run!" Jinx trembled with cold, screamed, and lowered her head to dig the snow.

Li Ke turned around and ran, shouting:
"Don't mix rocks into the snow! Jinx, that's not how you have a snowball fight!"

"I don't care! It won't hurt if I hit you anyway!"

Jinx was holding up a huge rock, about the size of two men’s fists, with a little bit of unmelted snow on it. She fucking called that a snowball?
Isa watched with laughter and bent down to start making snowballs. Then, holding two irregular, mud-covered "snowballs" in each hand, she chased after Li Ke and Jinx.

This year, Zaan will definitely be very lively.

(End of this chapter)