A long time ago, most of the Philos family's wealth came from a rare crystal.
This crystal is taken from a Shurima creature - the Shell Tribe.
This kind of Hex Crystal is also called the "Primordial Crystal", and the power contained in it can usually only be used in the hands of those with magical talents.
Shellmen are a limited resource, so Camille's family must find a way to multiply the crystals they have found.
The Philos family made some secret investments in rune alchemy and chemical technology, and finally developed a synthetic Hex Crystal that was less powerful but could be mass-produced.
There are gains and losses, and the crystal synthesis industry has always been considered the main cause of Zaun's haze.
Of course, the haze produced by synthetic crystals will not turn Zaun into a foggy city.
But the Philos family acted very arrogantly.
In order to maintain their interests, they repeatedly used espionage, intimidation and assassination to maintain their monopoly on this priceless commodity. At the same time, they stabilized the production of crystals in Zaun and maintained the family's glory in Piltover.
status in Lanxun Manor.
It's a pity that bad things have always happened, and a big tree attracts troubles. At its peak, the Philos family has been coveted by various forces.
Among them, those led by the Noxian forces have repeatedly tried to seize the crystal proliferation technology.
But they all failed.
But the Philos family also paid some price. In order to preserve the family's power, their family retreated into darkness.
And supply it to multiple parties at a higher cost price, so as to ensure that your own wealth is not threatened.
Phil Philos was tricked by Chen Mu several times, and after searching for clues to no avail, he preconceived the idea that external forces were interfering.
this day!
Pi City, which had been peaceful for a while, suddenly broke out one war after another.
At a certain power point of the Philos family, Josh Jared was taking a rest when he suddenly smelled a strange smell.
When he woke up from sleep, he touched the equipment immediately, but found that his body was abnormally soft.
"This is...no...not good! Yes~"
boom!
Josh Jared rolled his eyes on the spot and fell to the ground.
In the darkness in the distance, there were continuous sounds of people falling to the ground.
This stronghold of the Philos family was quickly taken away by Chen Mu.
"Hot pot, put all the potatoes in the pot."
"Clean it up!"
"receive."
Checking the call record, the team member in black directly twisted his hands.
With a crisp 'click' sound, Josh Jared, a secret agent trained by the Philos family, died on the spot.
Fifteen minutes later, all the valuable finance and personnel here disappeared.
Dozens of Hex crystals in the secret base have also disappeared.
That night, all 12 strongholds of the Philos family were demolished.
Early the next morning, Phil Fellows called the servants to prepare a luxurious breakfast.
Unexpectedly, the servant hurried over and said in a panic: "Master, it's bad, the spies in twelve strongholds have disappeared, a large amount of financial assets have been lost one after another, and we also found a lot of blood stains!"
Phil Fellows was stunned on the spot: "Twelve gathering points were destroyed."
"Yes, Master! What should we do?" the servant asked with a trembling tone.
Phil broke into a cold sweat on his forehead.
That was their most elite stronghold in Piltover, and it was protected by very powerful spies.
Oh my god, who did the Philos family offend?
Could it be the legendary black rose?
Phil felt despair in his heart, but he had not given up the struggle at this moment: "Let others gather and be careful of the enemy! The Philos family is now at the point of life and death, everyone, be careful."
The servant received the order and left.
Phil Fellows plucked up the courage and went to the secret room.
Zhizhi~
Several spy insects as big as mantises followed Phil into the secret room.
Zhi~
As soon as Mantis stepped into the secret room, he was struck into ashes by a high-energy beam.
Fortunately, Phil Fellows was in a hurry and didn't notice the strange movement under his feet.
Ten minutes later, Phil walked out of the secret room, then slumped on the chair and waited silently.
He has already sent urgent news to Camille through the Hex Crystal. At this moment, he can only use the Feros family's last trump card, the Gray Lady, to come back quickly for support.
More than a dozen strongholds were silently taken away, and he determined that the enemy must be trying to seize Hex Crystal technology.
Unfortunately, what Phil Philos didn't know was that their action this time was actually just a trick set up by the Dongfeng Team to lure the snake out of its hole.
They mobilized all the family forces to investigate them all.
It's time for a clear-cut plan.
As Phil Fellows called for backup, remote surveillance cameras and video equipment captured his frustration.
The members of the Spring Breeze Team continued to monitor Phil Feros, while others focused on the actions of the Philos family.
The distant continent of Shurima.
Samira's hometown is a port city by the sea, somewhere in a corner.
Camille stabbed the sharp leg knife accurately into the target's heart.
Looking at the disbelieving enemy's javelin before his death, Camille put away his sword expressionlessly and retreated.
Hot blood spurted out, and the target let out a few "ho~ho" sounds, and then his eyes completely lost their luster.
"You must pay the price with your life if you dare to spy on the Hex Crystal of the Feros family."
Leaving behind a few words, Camille left the scene of the assassination.
Return to your residence and quietly taste the desert's specialty tea.
Camille has long been accustomed to returning to a peaceful life after an assassination like this.
Since replacing Hex's heart modification, her emotions have gradually been drained away.
She doesn't want to sit at home, and her greatest pleasure is to perform espionage operations for her family.
In addition to retaining her taste for tea and her loyalty to her family, she has lost the joy of life.
Just when she was about to pour the second cup of tea, the Hex communication device on her waist suddenly vibrated.
Camille raised her eyebrows slightly, and then took out the contact device.
The Hex Communicator is a special alarm device of the Philos family. It can transmit some dangerous information through resonance magic.
Silently feeling the information transmitted by the Hex liaison device, Camille's face gradually became serious!
"Prepare the ship, take all the spies, and return to Pi City!"
"yes!"
In the afternoon of that day, the last 70 or so spies of the Philos family, as well as Camille, quickly returned to Piltover on a disguised merchant ship.
Because the battleship is driven by the Hex Crystal, it can sail very fast.
It only took the other party three days to arrive in Pi City.
As Kamil disembarked, several members of the Dongfeng team who had been staying here reported the news to Chen Mu at the rear.
Camille, who was wearing a black cloak, looked behind and around him cautiously, but couldn't find anything unusual.
"Grey Lady, what's wrong with you?"
Camille shook her head: "Let's go, I want to see Phil tonight."
"yes!"
Camille didn't have time to rest, so she followed the others to a manor, hoping to meet Phil Philos through a secret passage.
Half an hour later~
Seeing Gray Lady's arrival, Phil Philos, who was quite haggard, had a few tears in his eyes: "Gray Lady, you are finally here!"
"Tell me about the mysterious forces, and also tell me about what you have learned recently."
"Yes!" Phil Fellows quickly told Camille about his recent encounters.
Later, he told the story of the twelve gathering points being taken away with lingering fear.
"Since you contacted me, no one from the family has attacked?" Camille asked.
She keenly felt that if the enemy did not attack her family, there would definitely be a problem!
"Yes, Gray Lady!" Phil nodded.
"The enemy knows about our family but doesn't take action. What does the enemy want?"
While the two were talking, Camille suddenly heard the noise coming from outside.
That was the sound of a tractor starting...
Opening the door, Camille saw a strange alchemy equipment and a carriage full of unknown items behind it.
"what are these?"
A guard said: "A weirdo drove an alchemy vehicle into our workshop and ran away!"
Camille frowned.
Suddenly, the magic equipment she was wearing went off a crazy warning.
Camille secretly said something bad: "You've fallen into a trap, get out of the alchemy vehicle quickly!"
It's too late.
A terrifying transparent shock wave suddenly exploded near her.
Camille only had time to release the magic shield to protect her body.
Then~
Boom~
A mushroom cloud came to life out of thin air, an earthquake shook the mountain, and a large crater with a depth of 50 meters and a diameter of more than 100 meters exploded in the area where Camille was located!
When the smoke dissipated, Camille's figure without limbs emerged.
"Cough~cough!"
500 meters away.
"You're not going to die?" Chen Mu shook his head: "Trouble!"
Then, he just pressed the button!
Mixed with countless electromagnetic gun bullets, they suddenly hit the nearly crippled Qinggang Ying.
Take, take, take~
The sounds of countless fried beans sounded one after another...
…
More than ten kilometers away, Catherine, who was practicing her marksmanship, suddenly noticed a tremor on the ground.
She looked outside doubtfully.
A thousand-meter-high mushroom cloud shot up into the sky.
"what happened?"
Rumble~
After an interval of tens of seconds, the roaring explosion and the sound of "dong-dong-dong" came.
"No, the chemical plant must have exploded!"
Catherine packed up her firearm and quickly rushed towards the explosion site.
This shocking explosion alarmed all the Piltover police officers, and even the people of Zaun heard such a terrifying explosion.
Almost at the same time, a large number of nearby police officers went to the site of the explosion.
Catherine, who has keen ears, even heard the sound of frying beans many times while running.
That should be the sound of some chemical products exploding.
A few minutes later, Catherine arrived at the site of the explosion and gasped when she saw the scene in front of her.
She remembered that it should have been a chemical workshop before, but due to poor management, the efficiency of the workshop was not good.
But I don’t know what the hell it is, it almost wiped this workshop off the map.
In the center of the workshop is a large pit with a depth of more than 40 meters and a diameter of about 100 meters. There is no trace of any living people around it.
"What caused the explosion when it fell to the ground?" Grayson smacked his tongue as he rushed over after hearing the sound.
"I don't know, but when people in this workshop die, there is absolutely no pain!"
The mysterious explosion in the workshop naturally became the headline news in Piltover and Zaun that day.
After dinner, everyone was discussing the explosion in the workshop.
It took the sheriffs several days to find out what was being produced on the ground in this workshop.
A high-strength explosive.
This kind of explosive is several times more powerful than traditional explosives and has unparalleled destructive power.
After investigation and questioning, the owner of the workshop found out that he was just an ordinary chemical workshop businessman.
Because the owner of the workshop and his wife both died in the explosion, the lead of the Sheriff's investigation was interrupted.
This mysterious explosion has become an unsolved case that is difficult for Pi City to handle.
The sheriff finally attributed the explosion to a production accident.
The parliament discussed with the peace officers and increased the strict reporting tests and disposal announcements for dangerous goods, and the matter was temporarily brought to an end.
But behind the scenes, there are many forces taking action.
The war masons (intelligence agents) deployed by Noxus in Piltover are informing Swain the Crow about the destruction of the Feros family and the death of Camille the Gray Lady.
People from other departments who knew the Philos family were also exercising some restraint.
For example, Senator Mel Myrdalda is waiting for the mysterious forces to accept Piltover.
Unfortunately, after waiting for half a month, no mysterious force has taken over the original inheritance of the Philos family.
Even the supply of Hex Crystals is facing a complete end due to the destruction of the Feros family.
At this time, all the forces that had been purchasing the Hex Crystals of the Feros family panicked.
"What force fell to the ground, and why did they destroy the Philos family?"
"Destroying a family without annexing the former property of the Philos family is completely inconsistent with the interests."
"Did the Feros family offend the gods? I heard that the Ascended Ones from Shurima continent came out. Maybe it was the greedy Feros family that offended them, which led to the destruction."
"Not sure, but we need to look into this."
All parties are investigating the truth behind this matter.
Chen Mu, who caused the explosion, was busy with other things at the moment.
A few days ago, Qinggang Ying, who possessed the original crystal and mastered killing skills, became a specimen.
There is indeed something powerful about her being transformed by magic.
Dozens of tons of high-explosive gunpowder soldiers couldn't kill her instantly.
The opponent's magic shield is very strong, but Chen Mu, who is always paying attention to the opponent, directly covers it with electromagnetic rifles and electromagnetic cannons.
Countless artillery shells were fired, directly bombing Qinggang Ying into scum!
Qinggangying Camille died, and her death was very frustrating.
If Camille were still alive, he would definitely scold the young man for his martial ethics.
It's a pity that Chen Mu lost his face and still ignored the complaints of an old lady.
Well, although according to his actual age, Chen Mu is hundreds of years old.
Qinggangying is very powerful, his hand-to-hand combat ability is absolutely outstanding, and his long legs can definitely strangle countless ordinary men.
But now everyone is engaged in high-tech combat, asymmetric and super visual killing.
Who dares to play hand-to-hand combat with you?
Do you think 521 and 520 have to fight hand-to-hand in such a good life?
No, we have to provide you with long-range artillery fire coverage.
Non-contact high-tech weapon bombing, no matter how strong you are, you can't withstand the continuous saturation attacks.
So~
The famous Qinggang Shadow Camille has become parts and fragments.
As for why they quickly destroyed Qinggang Ying, it was naturally because they mastered the craftsman who made the Hex Crystal during their investigation of the Feros family.
They also learned a lot about human body modification from Piltover and Noxus, but they just didn't conduct appropriate experiments.
Time flies and passes quietly!
Three months passed quietly, and the aftermath of the fall of the Philos family was huge.
For example, several congressmen once again fell into the struggle for power and profit.
For example, more and more factories are being built on Zaun's side, and the law enforcement officers on Wei's side are playing an increasingly important role.
A siphon effect has gradually formed near the dark alleys with good security. People living in poverty near Zuan are actively moving into the dark alleys.
This caused Zaun's gang members to quickly disappear.
All kinds of dirty things in the dark side that Zaun could not see had to come to a standstill due to lack of people.
For example, Zaun’s body modification, washing powder production, mining, various human experiments...
In short, the business of those hiding in the darkness of Zaun has been greatly affected recently.
On this day, Chen Mu, who was inspecting the Zuan factory, received new news.
The barons of Zaun are ready to make a big move!
This chapter has been completed!