Over the course of two hours, Li Lin toured his workshop laboratory with Powder and the others, showcasing many cutting-edge devices and his latest inventions.
Powder was particularly enamored with Li Lin's combat suit, expressing a desire to experience the sensation of flying through the sky. She pleaded for him to gift her a set.
Acknowledging her as merely an 11-year-old girl, Li Lin promised to give her the gift on her coming-of-age ceremony, which delighted her.
Claggor and Milo looked at Powder with envy, hoping for a similar gift from Li Lin.
However, Li Lin only encouraged them to study mechanical knowledge diligently, assuring them that the joy of creating their own inventions would be far more rewarding in the end.
Though Claggor and Milo felt something was amiss, Li Lin's earnest tone and the fact that he even handed them a printed summary of "Mechanical Principles," which he had personally compiled, quelled their doubts.
As the evening approached, it was time for the children to return home.
Li Lin confiscated Powder, Claggor, and Milo's flying boards, cautioning them against engaging in such risky behavior again. He personally escorted them onto the Whistler, before returning to the Kiramman mansion.
Ekko stayed behind. Since arriving at the Kiramman household, he had been alternating between staying in the Upper City for a few days and returning home for a few days.
When Mr. and Mrs. Kiramman returned home, Li Lin showcased the flying board to Mrs. Cassandra Kiramman, impressing her and Mr. Tobias Kiramman even further with Ekko's talent.
Because Li Lin's combat suit was not available for external collaboration, the flying board served as an excellent substitute.
However, according to Ekko, the flying board could ascend to heights of several hundred meters, similar to an airship.
Considering safety concerns, Cassandra hesitated. Even if they were mass-produced, not everyone would be able to use them. Otherwise, the enforcers would be dealing with flying board accidents every day.
On this matter, Li Lin had his own views: the flying board could be regulated.
To purchase a flying board, one would have to undergo rigorous examinations and sign an agreement. Daily flight heights would be limited to a safe range of 5 meters, and users must wear full protective gear.
Li Lin's approach was strict, potentially affecting flying board sales, but Cassandra and Tobias supported him. Unlike some families who disclaimed responsibility once their products were sold, they valued the reputation of the Kiramman family.
If there were any quality issues within the regulated scope, they would take full responsibility. However, if users violated the terms of the agreement, the Kiramman family would not be liable for any resulting issues.
During dinner, Li Lin introduced Ekko to Kai'Sa.
However, as Kai'Sa was not proficient in the Twin City's Common Language and was rather shy around strangers, there wasn't much communication between her and Ekko.
After a day's work, Li Lin returned to the workshop and began working on the construction of the first Tyrant Mecha: Aberration.
Though it was called a mecha, Aberration was more akin to a fully intelligent combat robot. It lacked a cockpit for a pilot.
Moreover, even if there were a pilot inside, they couldn't maintain the bizarre posture reminiscent of an arthropod.
Li Lin only had 2338 blue essences left. In the essence shop, even the non-concentrated Unconscious Primordial Crystal sold for 875 blue essences, which wasn't nearly enough.
With no other options, he decided to first create some artifact items to sell in the shop in exchange for more essences.
Quickly identifying the most suitable and cost-effective item to sell—the Storm, a high-quality artifact item using the latest technology, without an energy core or ammunition—the shop priced it at 300 blue essences, with a selling price of 100 blue essences.
There were still 15 rare-quality Storms in the workshop, requiring only upgrades, so there was no need to produce new ones.
Using the "Mechanical Enhancement" skill, Li Lin transformed five Storms into artifact-quality ones, replacing their old weapons. This met the standard price of 100 essences in the essence shop, resulting in a total of 500 blue essences.
Since both were Unconscious Primordial Crystals, the price difference wasn't significant, but the concentrated type had a much higher energy supply effect than the regular type.
Determined to do his best, Li Lin spent 2775 blue essences to purchase three concentrated Primordial Crystals.
In less than three hours, he successfully created three Hextech Cores, proceeding to work on the construction of the mecha itself.
Artificial intelligence technology was straightforward, requiring only an intelligent chip to solve.
With the workshop currently well-stocked with materials and equipment, Li Lin could easily produce it himself, without needing to spend essences to buy from the shop.
The "Thermal Cutting Mantis Claw" and "Particle Light Wings" required particle control, thermodynamic equivalent control, and compressed material technology.
The "Miniature Compressed Missile" required compressed material technology. However, Li Lin slightly modified the design, incorporating combat-specific high-density compressed ammunition, ammunition loading efficiency, and ammunition improvement technology, greatly enhancing the missile's power and coverage.
In addition, he added plasma propulsion devices, plasma cannons, miniature plasma guns, and high-energy ultraviolet laser module to the Tyrant Aberration.
This not only stabilized Aberration's flight capabilities but also significantly increased its combat power.
As for the "Stealth Mode" function, with the supply and energy recovery speed of three Hextech Cores, the Tyrant Aberration no longer needs to consider energy consumption.
It can maintain stealth mode indefinitely, without the need for separate land and flight modes like the Infinity Generation Three.
Unless there is an instrument like the "Hextech Detector" to capture energy indices and determine its location, humans cannot see it at all.
In addition, Li Lin also created auxiliary modules similar to those equipped on some Infinity Armor, such as "Overcharge Charge," "Adaptive Defense," and "Force Field Shield," and prepared to install them on the mecha.
The night passed in the blink of an eye.
Li Lin completed all the modules of the Tyrant Aberration, then used mechanical arms to quickly assemble them together.
In less than an hour, a Tyrant Aberration Prototype, which was 4.2 meters tall and had significant differences from the original design, was completely finished.
Modeled after a mantis, it had two signal and network transmission devices on its head, a deep blue body, and thermal cutting mantis claws and particle light wings in orange-red.
[Congratulations! You have created the Tyrant Mecha: Aberration (Artifact), leveling up by 1 level and gaining 5 skill points.]
[Your level has increased to 47, gaining 1 skill point.]
[Tyrant Mecha: Aberration (Artifact)]
[Number: K-XZ]
[Functional Modules]
[3 Hextech Cores, Fully Intelligent System, Artificial AI Self-Evolution Logic, Mechanical Enhancement, Crystal Armor Coating, Perfect Energy Conductor, Shimmer, Stealth Mode, Synchronized Firing Mode, Ammunition Loading Efficiency, Plasma Propulsor, Particle Light Wings, Adaptive Defense, Force Field Shield, Thermal Cutting Mantis Claw, Miniature Compressed Missile, Miniature Electromagnetic Machine Gun, Plasma Cannon, Miniature Plasma Gun Group, High-Energy Ultraviolet Laser Beam, Overload Operation.]
[Total Attributes (Mechanical): ??? Health Points, ??? Energy Points, ??? Combat Power, 45% Damage Reduction, 50% Maximum Energy Recovery per Second.]
Li Lin took off his goggles and protective gloves, looking satisfied with his masterpiece.
The combat power of a Tyrant Aberration was enough to crush the Abyssal Void Khazix he encountered in Shurima.
With its outstanding agility and firepower, even a fully-powered Aberration could contend with Rek'Sai.
However, the current cost of building a Tyrant Mecha was still too high.
Without using Primordial Crystals containing the souls of Shuriman Shellfolk, one could only spend blue essences from the system shop, which was too costly in terms of materials and time.
"When the materials from Shurima arrive, its Hextech Cores can be replaced with miniaturized nuclear fusion reactors.
"If I can unlock fusion technology and directly extract elements from the sea for fusion reactions, then it will truly achieve endless and inexhaustible energy."
With this in mind, Li Lin quickly calmed down and began pondering, stroking his chin.
"Tyrant Mecha, Battlefield Mecha, Kingdom God of Mecha, and Galaxy Magic Armor Mecha... Hmm, there's still a lot of work to be done."
(End of this chapter)