On the seventh day of September, the uniquely positioned Twin Cities began to take on a bit of an autumnal appearance.
On the clean streets of Piltover, the leaves of the trees on either side of the road began to turn yellow, occasionally falling off when the wind blew.
They fell into the clear water channels, flowing towards the sewers.
In contrast to the autumnal atmosphere in Piltover, Zaun was different. Zaun still hadn't managed to grow trees, although the air had improved, the soil in Zaun couldn't be improved. At least for now, there was no concept of planting trees or grass in Zaun.
And in the span of these seven days, there had been quite a few architectural developments on the floating island, although they were all public facilities built on open terrain, adopting the style of Piltover, and no longer a cluster of containers piled together.
This was nothing, after all, with the current abilities of Zaun and with Taliyah occasionally practicing magic and actually wanting to help, it wasn't an exaggeration to see such results in a short period of time.
Most notably, there was the statue of the Goddess Janna—the appearance of the Goddess had already been sculpted.
Caspar had seen the true face of the Goddess Janna, he had witnessed the miracles that the Goddess Janna had displayed. Therefore, according to his description, the face of the statue bore an eighty percent resemblance to Janna, except for the vacant look in its eyes.
But this was normal, after all, no matter how Caspar speculated, he couldn't imagine the divine and noble Goddess Janna in his mind. He thought the goddess is kind and noble. But in reality, Janna had some cute aspects.
For example, she liked to transform into the form of a bird, and sometimes, she would unconsciously act coquettish towards Linwin, who had maxed out his favorability with her, and would even scratch out a nest on Linwin's head, which was Janna's unconscious act of being coquettish. And she would also really dislike Linwin saying that she had gained weight.
But all in all, under the efforts of Caspar, the statue was perfect.
Even the hair seemed to have a touch of softness, although the bottom hadn't been sculpted yet, it was just large white blocks, but from the roots, when Caspar and the others finished their work, the statue of Janna would definitely become the most famous building in Twin Cities.
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At half-past ten in the morning, at the Twin Cities University, in Zevi's exclusive laboratory——
"The material you want, we simply can't manufacture it right now, Linwin, Hextech isn't omnipotent. The thing you're talking about is very complex. Do you understand what I mean? You don't understand? How can you not understand? You clearly know its function, but you can't explain its principles!"
Zevi and Viktor stood side by side, while a woman wearing glasses and a skirt, named Sky, held a stack of documents behind Viktor, she was Viktor's lover.
Zevi looked at Linwin sitting opposite her, rubbing her face, feeling a bit of a headache, and said:
"Sometimes, I really wonder how you come up with those ideas of yours, Linwin. You can describe them so detailedly. It's like... you've seen and used that thing before, but why don't you understand its principles? Is there really such a thing as self-taught genius in this world?"
Zevi spread her hands, pressing them on Linwin's shoulders, bending down and looking Linwin in the eyes.
This movement also allowed her hair to touch Linwin's eyes.
That's right, Zevi had started growing her hair long now.
Compared to before, she now had a little more feminine charm, well, it felt like she had changed from a tomboy to a pseudo-tomboy.
"Is this... really important?" Linwin blinked.
Then, with a smile, he moved his body, freeing himself from Zevi's hands, and while doing so, he reached out to pat Zevi's shoulder, and laughed and said:
"After all, you're already used to it, aren't you? We've always cooperated like this."
"Yes, but this time it's different!" Zevi gritted her teeth and looked at Linwin.
"You want to use Hextech as the core, and then use various materials to make a screen. This is simple; the card swiping machines used for credit in the university works like that too."
Zevi paused, gritting her teeth and looking at Linwin, extending her finger to point at his face, with a displeased tone:
"But what you're saying next is something else entirely. You want a camera that can take dynamic photos, and then the things taken by that camera can be transmitted in real-time to that screen. Leaving aside how to achieve real-time transmission, a dynamic camera? There are hardly any static cameras in the whole Twin Cities!"
Linwin listened and awkwardly chuckled.
Of course, Linwin knew he was pushing it a bit. He was indeed asking for the impossible.
How to describe his behavior?
Well... it's a bit like, I know how a hydrogen bomb explodes and what its contents are. Then I tell someone all of this and demand them to make it.
Ha, if this isn't asking for the impossible, then what is?
But the problem is, Linwin can only do this now.
Linwin was a heavy internet user even before he came here. He knew how to use a TV, knew how to use a phone, but if you asked Linwin about the principles? If you asked Linwin how a TV receives signals to produce images, and what transmits those things to the TV, Linwin wouldn't have a clue! If he really knew those principles, then what's the point of Sinjed, Powder, Ekko, Zevi, and Viktor among the top scientists in Twin Cities?
Linwin would have become the chief scientist of Zaun long ago, and then he and Heimerdinger would be known as the big two in technology.
It's precisely because he doesn't know that Linwin can only ask Zevi like this. Their cooperation has always been successful.
The Hextech phone was created under such circumstances.
But obviously, this time Zevi also encountered a problem.
"Tell me first, where's Jayce?"
Seeing Linwin's expression of "I can only rely on you," Zevi felt an itch in her teeth.
Okay, to be honest, Zevi was used to it too.
"Councilor Kiramman needs to make a special device and went to ask Jayce for help."
"What kind of device?" Zevi asked immediately.
"It's hard to explain in a few words, but it's basically a tool to ensure fairness in the competition."
"Fairness? Is there such a thing as fairness? Look at you, and then look at your disciple. No, forget about that. What about that huge man I saw these days, Garen, right?"
Zevi recalled for a moment.
"What about Garen?" Linwin asked.
Zevi immediately said:
"Is that guy really human? He lifted a metal box that could only be lifted by a crane with his bare hands. That thing weighs two tons!"
"If such a guy participates in the sports events, how many people can compete with him in strength? In my opinion, in the entire Twin Cities only you can compete with him in strength."
"Don't worry, I've thought about this issue."
Hearing Zevi say this, Linwin immediately said to her:
"People who can use magic are not allowed to participate in the competition. There are corresponding entry standards for different events. Councilor Kiramman also understands my meaning now. Twin Cities will try its best to achieve fairness, but it will definitely not be absolute fairness. Because absolute fairness is unfair to some 'special' people."
Like the Dauntless Vanguard, Linwin had also thought about not allowing them to participate, and even thought that big countries should only compete with big countries, and small countries should compete with small countries. But after hearing this, Councilor Kiramman rejected this idea.
Such fairness is unfair to some people.
Being naturally powerful is a talent.
Even back in the old world, there is no such thing as absolute fairness, let alone in this world.
"Alright. So, here's the problem."
Zevi clicked her tongue, then glared fiercely at Linwin:
"The materials. How am I supposed to make those metals and special screens if you don't tell me the manufacturing principles? Can they be made out of thin air?!"
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"Huh?"
Looking at Zevi, Linwin glanced up at the ceiling.
This expression made Zevi stunned.
Does he have an idea?
"I've got it!"