People in the Alliance, Time Management Master

The taller one was completely covered by a trench coat, and his face was also covered by a mask and hood, so it was impossible to tell his appearance or even his gender. He was very tall, but unusually hunched over, which looked somewhat eerie.

The shorter one was a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a faded white dress, with a faint smile on her face, and freckles on both sides of her nose adding to her cuteness.

"Hello, sister, I'm looking for Mr. Mu Bai." The girl's voice was as lovely as her face.

"..." Upon hearing that name, Caitlin immediately became alert. She discreetly observed the girl, secretly speculating about their relationship.

However, this hesitation did not last long.

Even if Mu Bai is shameless, he wouldn't prey on a minor, would he...? She thought, this child looks to be only ten years old at most. If Mu Bai really did something like that, I'll definitely put him in jail!

"Sister?" the little girl tilted her head and called out again.

"Oh, please come in, Mu Bai is inside." Caitlin snapped out of her daze and quickly ushered the two of them into the house.

"Thank you."

The girl bowed respectfully, then led the tall man, who had remained silent the whole time, into the house.

Mu Bai raised his head slightly, and upon seeing the strange duo, he immediately realized their identities.

“Long time no see, Norma.” He put down his chopsticks and greeted the two of them warmly, “And Warwick…”

"Long time no see, Mr. Mu Bai." The girl named Norma smiled sweetly, seemingly in a good mood.

Warwick, who refused to expose even a sliver of skin to the sun, was far more indifferent, offering no response whatsoever and instead letting out a disdainful snort.

"Warwick, don't do that...!" Norma whispered a reprimand.

"Don't push your luck, I can—"

"Can you what? You don't mean you want to bite me, do you?"

"I……"

Warwick's tail stood on end, and he turned his head to one side, no longer arguing with the girl.

Mu Bai, standing to the side, couldn't help but twitch his eyelids. What kind of operation was this? The mighty werewolf Warwick had been turned into a husky by a beast tamer?

Caitlin couldn't help but cover her mouth to suppress a laugh; she had heard Mu Bai mention Warwick before.

Is this the legendary, ferocious, and tyrannical beast of Zaun?

puff……

"Ahem, please have a seat, both of you." In order to save Warwick's little remaining face, Mu Bai quickly interrupted them, "I have some things I'd like to discuss with you in detail."

"Mmm." Norma sat obediently opposite her.

After a moment's hesitation, Warwick sat down as well, to avoid getting a few more scoldings.

Do I, a dignified beast of Zaun, have no dignity?

“Since you’ve come, it proves you’re willing to trust me,” Mu Bai said. “Thank you both very much for your trust.”

“Of course we trust you, Mr. Mu Bai.” Norma bowed again. “If Warwick hadn’t been so slow, we would have come to visit you a few days ago. We’re sorry to have kept you waiting.”

Warwick snorted, seemingly disagreeing with the statement.

Unfortunately, nobody paid him any attention.

“No, you’ve come at just the right time.” Mu Bai waved his hand. “As I said before, I will help you save Warwick from being hunted down.”

"That's wonderful!" Upon hearing this, Norma jumped up excitedly, looking even happier than Warwick.

“However,” Mu Bai paused slightly, then continued under the girl’s joyful gaze, “I have a condition, or rather, a request.”

"Um...please go ahead." The joy in Norma's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a hint of unease.

Mu Bai didn't want to discourage the girl, but some things needed to be made clear first, otherwise it would only cause more trouble later.

They might find it hard to accept if we talk about time travel now, but we have to talk about the code name C now.

Having more teammates will make things much easier.

This also presents an opportunity to bring Warwick into the future world.

Only by participating in the battle against codename C can he "clear his name" in front of the entire city and thus escape the pursuit order of the Firos family.

Once the trouble is resolved, telling him about the future world and the void will greatly increase the chances of successfully winning him over.

........................

Ten minutes later, Mu Bai successfully explained the situation of codename C and Victor to the two and asked for Warwick's help.

"This is my request, and Warwick's opportunity."

"Hmm..." Norma nodded, her hesitation evident in her words.

To be honest, she just wanted a peaceful and stable life with Warwick and didn't want to get involved in dangerous things.

But she also knew that a "peaceful and stable life" sounds simple, but it is very difficult to achieve in practice—they must pay a price to get the corresponding reward.

But she didn't want Warwick to take any more risks.

"Hey, you have no right to make decisions for me, do you?"

Before Norma could figure it out, Warwick suddenly spoke, his bright red wolf eyes looking down at the girl.

"I'm only doing this for your own good!" Norma pouted, looking a little aggrieved.

But Warwick had no idea what a gentleman was. He just glanced at her coldly, then turned to look at Mu Bai with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Never mind what the child says, just include me..."

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Hextech Armor

While Mu Bai was preparing to deal with the trouble, Viktor was also working overtime to complete the "orders".

With the delivery date fast approaching, he had to finish the project as soon as possible to prevent his business partner from withholding the final payment.

"Perfect……"

Inside a spacious but dimly lit Hextech workshop, Victor was carefully completing the final step in the manufacturing process.

In this pitch-black environment, ordinary people can't see their own hands, but he is able to continue his delicate work without being affected at all.

This is thanks to his iris lens and the power of technology.

Humanity's greatness lies in its wisdom, and the embodiment of wisdom is steel.

Flesh and blood are fleeting, while machinery soars.

About ten minutes later, Viktor straightened up, holding an exquisitely crafted pale blue crystal in his hand.

“The thirty-seventh one.” He quickly scribbled the data on a piece of paper, then walked to the southeast corner of the workshop and gently embedded the newly made chip into a robot.

This robot is slightly different from the one he previously placed in Starfire Alley. The most obvious difference is on its back—there is a huge alchemy jar there.

A thick, dark green liquid was injected into the robot's body through the tubes, making its few remaining muscle fibers thicker, harder, and stronger.

This is alchemy.

Chips made from fragments of primordial crystal were embedded in a groove in the robot's chest, enabling its complex body to function and perfectly supporting its enormous energy consumption.

This is Hextech.

Compared to the MK-1 robots in Xinghuo Alley, these "ordered" robots employ more complex Hextech and unexplored alchemical techniques, making them stronger, faster, and more agile.

Victor named this batch of robots MK-2-Scavenger.

The energy core of the MK-2 is the same as that of the MK-1, both being primordial crystal fragments, but in terms of quality, they are almost two different things.

The fragments used in the MK-1 model were mostly defective products, usually discarded after being used in other experiments, and had less than one-third of the original energy.

The MK-2 uses entirely new equipment, and with the added enhancements from the alchemy jar, its individual combat capability is several times higher than that of the MK-1.

"The most perfect work...the most glorious evolution of the ultimate..."

Viktor looked at the robot with satisfaction, then suddenly shot out a laser beam from his third hand, hitting the robot's arm squarely.

The outermost metal shell melted instantly, and the second layer didn't last long either, but by the time it reached the third layer, the laser could hardly penetrate it anymore.

"Able to withstand a death ray at 61% output power, qualified."

After inspecting the latest robot, Victor returned to the workbench and took out another uncut primordial crystal.

However, this time he was not making the MK-2 chip.

The various instruments on the workbench whirred rapidly, and the laser emitted by the third hand roughly sculpted the crystal into a suitable shape, maximizing the energy it contained.

A moment later, Victor picked up the primordial crystal, which was about half the size of a fist, with his bare hands and walked to another corner of the technology workshop.

As the curtain was lifted, a giant robot nearly three meters tall came into view.

Its original form was a top underground boxer, and now it is the closest thing to a perfect and glorious technological evolution.

Its bones and muscles were forcibly stretched during the modification, and Hextech alloy filled the weak gaps. Each of its arms was embedded with a retractable electric blade, and a massive Hextech cannon was hidden in its abdomen.

This is the complete killing machine, far superior to the half-finished product sold to the Alchemist Baron.

Correspondingly, its construction and operating costs are also very high.

"A wealthy and powerful outsider..."

As Victor sighed inwardly, he embedded the scorching primordial crystal into the groove.

It takes seven primordial crystals to power this terrifying killing machine—the MK-21 Killer.

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In another tech workshop in Piltover, Jess was also working diligently.

Both he and Viktor used primordial crystal fragments as materials and were created using Hextech, but they were fundamentally different.

The former's principle is that humanity is superior to and controls technology, while the latter's philosophy is that technology transforms and integrates humanity.

Therefore, their inventions were quite different.

Most of Victor's inventions erase the user's will or even replace the user himself.

Jess's inventions are usually equipment, the strength of which largely depends on the user's operation rather than the equipment itself.

For example, his Hextech warhammer, and his new equipment that is about to be completed—

Hextech armor.