People in the Alliance, Time Management Master

"Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine... one hundred!"

After another hundred swing drills, Caitlin wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling refreshed all over.

Mu Bai, watching from the side, was also quite treated to a feast for the eyes—it was huge, shaky, and pleasing to the eye.

"Not bad, you've improved."

"Hehe~" The girl laughed and shook her high blue ponytail. "How much longer will it take me to catch up with you?"

"I don't know, it'll probably take a long time." Mu Bai also raised the corners of his mouth.

"Then I'll trouble you to keep teaching me?"

"I would be delighted."

"I'll remember what you said, and you're not allowed to go back on your word." Caitlin walked briskly to Mu Bai's side, naturally picked up the water glass he had placed beside her, and took a big gulp.

The latter was taken aback for a moment, then stammered, "This... is my cup, I didn't take out yours..."

"I know."

"..."

"What, you have a problem with that?" Caitlin rolled her eyes at the other person. "You eat my food and live in my house, can't I even use your cup?"

"No... okay, as long as you don't mind." Mu Bai scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

This girl has become increasingly unrestrained ever since our first kiss...

Before, I would get anxious if I accidentally glanced at her chest, but now... sigh, women are such complicated creatures.

"Alright, alright, I won't drink your water for nothing."

Caitlin chuckled mischievously, then suddenly kissed him.

Mu Bai, of course, wouldn't refuse. He wrapped his arms around the girl's waist and began to whisper sweet nothings in her ear. The girl's passionate kisses were fragrant and soft, captivating him, and no matter how many times he kissed her, he would succumb to them.

A few minutes later, Caitlin blushed and let go, panting heavily.

"Okay... I'll give you a glass of water instead, is that alright?"

"Of course." Mu Bai patted the other person's waist one last time and laughed, "I still have many more glasses of water, do you want to get more?"

"We'll talk about it tonight, you idiot..."

Caitlin smoothed her hair and sat down beside him, when she suddenly noticed that Mu Bai was playing with a strangely shaped blue crystal.

She recognized it—a fragment of the killing robot's energy core, which she had picked up herself.

"Why did you take it out again? Did you find something new?"

"Hmm... I'm starting to get a clue." Mu Bai nodded slightly, stating his conjecture:

"The energy contained in this crystal is extraordinary... Just look at that robot; ordinary energy sources simply cannot support its terrifying mobility and destructive power."

"Even Hextech Crystals can't do that, you should understand that."

"This is a more efficient energy source than Hextech crystals."

Upon hearing this, Caitlin nodded to herself. Her rifle utilized Hextech technology, so she was naturally familiar with Hextech crystals.

“So… I suspect this thing might be the precursor to Hextech Crystal.” Mu Bai held up the crystal, letting the sunlight shine through its uneven, broken surfaces, creating dazzling beams of light that radiated outwards.

"—Primordial Crystal."

“Primal Crystal?” Caitlin instantly recalled the bloody history behind the term.

It is a crystal containing terrifying energy, first discovered deep in the Shurima desert.

Many years ago, the Feralas family's expedition discovered a race called the "Shelllings" in Shurima, and they possessed primordial crystals within their bodies.

The Philos family amassed a great fortune through the power of crystals. At the same time, they realized that the quantity of this natural crystal was limited, so they invested in researching and developing a method to artificially synthesize it.

Subsequently, Hextech Crystals were introduced, and Hextech became the mainstream technology in Piltover and Zaun.

The Primal Crystal gradually faded from people's sight—the Shell People were almost completely wiped out, and the Primal Crystal became extremely precious, with only a few top scientists still possessing a small amount.

It can be said that Piltover's achievements today are inseparable from the Primal Crystal.

“If you hadn’t mentioned it, I really wouldn’t have thought of the Primal Crystal…” Caitlin gently picked up the crystal, her careful manner as if she were holding the most precious treasure in the world.

“After all, this thing hasn’t appeared for a long time,” Mu Bai said. “There’s no need to be so careful. The energy inside has been used up, and now it’s just an ordinary crystal.”

"Can't you have a little respect?" Caitlin rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"A sense of awe... How about I have someone make it into an ornament for you?"

"good idea."

"Don't take it seriously..." Mu Bai shrugged and took the primordial crystal fragment back from the girl's hand. "This thing is a crucial clue, it's very useful."

"Cut~"

Caitlin pouted, her heroic appearance contrasting sharply with her soft and cute coquettishness, which was incredibly alluring.

"What do you plan to do with it? Research?"

“I don’t have that technology,” Mu Bai said, “but I can probably find the origin of this primordial crystal.”

In the entire city of Piltover, there are only a handful of people who possess the Primal Crystal and can create the Killing Machine.

Victor was one of them.

"Are you planning to continue investigating codename C?" Caitlin asked.

"Let's wait a while. Moving now would be too obvious. Codename C will definitely be on guard."

"I thought so too... So what are you planning to do now?"

"Now?" Mu Bai smiled, greedily gazing at the girl's graceful figure, her snow-white skin and full breasts incredibly alluring.

"You pervert!" Caitlin blushed instantly, feeling the aggressive gaze. "You...you touched me yesterday...you crossed the line! Don't...you...you..."

"Oh~ I don't know who it was yesterday who kept muttering 'no'—"

"stop!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything." Mu Bai rubbed the girl's head, then suddenly picked her up in a princess carry, his left hand secretly placed on a certain indescribable part of her body.

"Today's sword training is over. Go take a shower."

“I…I can do it myself…” Caitlin’s face was flushed, and her voice was weak.

Mu Bai pretended not to hear, squeezed hard with his left hand, and asked again, "What did you just say?"

"I said...I'll wash it myself..."

Mu Bai pinched it again. "What?"

"I'll talk... I'll talk..."

"I can't hear you, speak louder." This time it wasn't just pinching, it was kneading.

"Mmm~" Caitlin couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

"What did you just say you wanted to do by yourself?"

"You...you misheard me...I meant...together..."

Chapter Thirty-One: My name isn't Wei, it's Chu Yuxun.

On the other side of Piltover, inside Piltover Academy.

Jess, a genius inventor hailed as the "Guardian of the Future," is studying a pile of scrap metal.

Of course, this pile of scrap metal wasn't scrap metal just a few days ago; it was a sophisticated and lightweight killing machine.

"Damn it... what exactly is its energy core...?"

"This is technology that an alchemist baron could not possibly possess... Impossible, those idiots, impossible..."

Frustrated by his prolonged fruitless efforts, Jess began muttering and swearing to himself in the spacious Hextech workshop.

Fortunately, no one was around, otherwise his uncharacteristically rude personality would have been discovered again.

Rudeness, arrogance, aloofness, impoliteness... these qualities that shouldn't be found in a "hero" can all be found in Jayce.

This is why no researcher wanted to work with him—he was arrogant, conceited, and never willing to slow down and let others catch up with his ideas.

"Without understanding the core energy source, the research simply cannot proceed... They know nothing; they are utterly ignorant!"

Jess let out a cry of despair, put down the precision instruments in his hands, and plopped down in a chair to close his eyes and rest.

A few days ago, Piltover College handed him this robot that had been chopped into scrap metal and instructed him to quickly figure out how the robot would operate and how it would be produced.

The reason is simple: this robot is extremely valuable—whether used in war or other dangerous surveying missions, it can replace a large number of human workers.

However... if the core energy source that powers the robot is not understood, it is unlikely that any research will be fruitless.

If it were just about building a multi-functional robot, Jess could easily do it, and even make something better.

The difference between him and the creator of this robot lies in the core energy source.

What kind of energy source would be needed to support such a massive consumption?

"They don't understand anything, all they do is rush..."

Jess sighed again, his raised eyebrows gradually relaxing. Suppressing his inner dissatisfaction, his thoughts returned to his previous speculation:

Zaun, a killing machine, a powerful energy core...

These three clues all point to the same person—his former best friend and now his enemy, Victor.

The lack of progress for several days forced him to start trusting his intuition, even though it was something scientists most taboo and despised.

“Victor has been missing for a long time. Perhaps I should pay a visit to the recently infamous ‘Messenger of Heaven and Hell’ first…”

Jess stared at the few crystal shards, each smaller than a fingernail, on the workbench, and began to make a plan.

The fragments were delivered with the robot; they contained no energy whatsoever and looked no different from the cheap glass marbles sold at market stalls.

But his intuition told him that these crystal fragments were the robot's energy core. Unfortunately, there were too few of them, making the research too difficult, and he hadn't discovered anything even after several days of observation.

So, where can I get more fragments for research?

Jess could figure this out with just a tuft of hair on his head; Mu Bai must have the bulk of that crystal in his hand.