At Bluesun Manor, Jess is learning to truly enter Piltover's upper class society with Mel's help.
In the college laboratory, Victor, accompanied by Skye, is looking for a way to use artificial Hex crystals to transform Hex's body to save his life.
In Zaun, Cassiopeia escaped in embarrassment under the protection of Tyrone.
She has never met Lux.
But all her plans were completely foiled by Lux - Elise escaped with serious injuries, and Singed was simply captured. Cassiopeia, who boasted of her wisdom, used the power of Noxus to drive a
One after another, he saw chess pieces in his eyes, but in the end, Lux turned the whole army against him, and finally lost the whole game.
The War Masons still nominally obeyed her orders, but Tamara was only willing to provide any help other than actual actions.
If Tai Lung hadn't given up on her, she would have been left desperately waiting to die in Zaun.
Lux knew that there was a Noxian spy in Zaun. She also knew that this spy went by the alias "Opea" in Piltover and was a beautiful and vicious woman.
As soon as De was caught, she left the chemical plant first, so even if the final battle was completely won, Lux could not catch this Noxian spy.
The workers under the Foreman organization can catch the Alchemy Baron and their lackeys with certainty, but asking them to help catch this Noxian spy is beyond their capabilities.
Janna, who was able to use the breeze to collect information, discovered that something was wrong with the wind, but when Lacus arrived, she embarrassingly realized that she had fallen into the trap of tricking the tiger into leaving the mountain. In order to lure Lacus into the trap, Cassiopepe
Ya spent a lot of money and used many magic props to create strong shadow magic fluctuations, causing Janna to misjudge.
Even though Ino personally guarded the road to Kumangla, Cassiopeia was the better one this time - she and Tyrone chose a more remote and dangerous road that had not yet been completely cleared, leading to
The roads of Kalduga.
After avoiding the sight of the workers guarding the intersection, they dived into the jungle.
After discovering the safe house and a bunch of magic props, Lux and Kalya briefly discussed and finally gave up the pursuit.
It can no longer be caught.
Moreover, compared to searching for a needle in a haystack for a Noxian spy who might change his identity, there are more important things in front of Lux now.
Restoration of production in Zaun.
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As Kalja once said - uniting the Zaun people and destroying the Alchemist Baron is just the beginning of this great change.
Next, restoring production in Zaun is the top priority.
Although the amount of golden hex seized from the Alchemy Baron's warehouse is staggering, even if the portion stored in the Zodiac vault is not included, it is still enough to exchange for an astonishing amount of food from Kumangla through the newly opened trade route.
, but for the entire Zaun, this is still just a temporary measure.
The people of Zaun can accept part of the fruits of their labor to be distributed in the form of food.
But apart from that, they still need a salary.
In the past, Zaun's factories would sell their products to Piltover in exchange for gold hex, and then buy Piltover's other products - but now, Piltover has blocked Zaun, and Lux has also
We do not plan to continue to operate those highly polluting and highly dangerous factories.
Zuan is in urgent need of transformation.
So, the question is, how should Zaun transform?
Together with Fander and others, Lux summoned a large number of foremen to summarize Zaun's strengths and weaknesses outside Fulgrim's Tavern.
Let’s talk about the disadvantages first.
First, Zaun produces almost no food.
After years of pollution and over-exploitation, the land in Zaun is completely unusable for the cultivation of normal food crops - there is a lack of light, the land is seriously polluted, and heavy metals and other chemical toxins are concentrated. Can it be grown in Zaun?
Food is not guaranteed, and even if it is grown, it is almost impossible to eat.
Secondly, Zaun's existing industrial industries have no market.
The largest industries in Zaun are mining and primary processing, but the main buyers of both are Piltover. When Zaun is blocked and wants to be self-reliant, its products cannot be sold even if it continues to produce.
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Finally, Zaun does not have a stable and qualified organizational structure.
The structure of the small group of foremen uniting workers has its own unique and advanced nature, but it must also be reorganized under the overall transformation of Zaun. But at least in Zaun now, everyone still has no idea how to change it.
As for other problems, such as the lack of written laws, the lack of formal military force, serious bad habits, etc., although they are also serious, they are not the main problems at present.
Compared with its disadvantages, Zaun also has its own unique advantages.
First of all, the Zaun people have a very high literacy rate.
Although a simple statistics shows that the average person here has graduated from elementary school, and most people can only write their names. However, considering the average number of people in Runeland who have graduated from prenatal education, Zaun actually has a considerable advantage in terms of literacy rate.
Everyone is accustomed to division of labor and cooperation, and naturally has a high degree of organization.
Secondly, Zaun has a good chemical industry foundation.
Although the previous alchemy industry headed by Singed was somewhat off track, with human experiments and research that ignored ethical bottom lines everywhere, it is undeniable that Zaun has a very good chemical industry foundation.
There are many supporting factories and skilled workers, which is undoubtedly a major advantage.
Finally, Zaun has Calican's Laboratory.
Lux and Ino only had a quick peek at the results of Calican's laboratory. It's hard to tell the specific situation, but at least for now, Calican has mastered the method of cultivating rune trees in a lightless environment, and this will also
Become Zaun’s advantage project.
The cultivation and subsequent processing of rune trees can completely complement the chemical industry!
By analyzing Zaun's strengths and weaknesses, Lux quickly established the city's development direction.
Internally, Zaun wants to shut down highly polluting industries, block Piltover's sewage outlets, mobilize intellectuals to study the results of Calican's laboratory, organize the mines to cultivate rune trees without light, and transform the alchemy factory into rune stone processing.
factory and fertilizer processing plant...
Externally, Zaun wants to maintain the Kumanggla trade route to maintain food supply, open up the Kalduga trade route to gain access to the west, and take the initiative to engage in diplomacy with the northern cities of Shurima...
In general, it is "except for food, try to produce it yourself; shut down pollution and open up new production."
In addition, it is also necessary to compile the written laws belonging to Zaun, organize workers to conduct training after work, use the training opportunities to build new grassroots organizations, form a worker guard team to maintain urban security, and carry out the transformation of Zaun city...
When each plan was listed in categories, and preliminary evaluation and analysis were conducted, everyone in the meeting was surprised to find that as long as we make good plans, the future can be so clear.
Finally, after repeated discussions, everyone finally unanimously decided to carry out a large-scale and thorough transformation of Zaun every three years.
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Volume Two: A Tale of Two Cities ends the first half of the volume.
Updates will resume tomorrow, so stay tuned for the second half of the volume.
