Twin Cities: Who says scientists can't be conquerors?

Chapter 77 This magic is absolutely essential to learn.

The truck was moving slowly, speeding along the road as darkness was approaching.

Ever since Jinx and Caitlyn made their outrageous remarks in the council and received Mel's full support, the transport route from Piltover to Zaun has remained unobstructed.

The return journey was naturally very quick.

In the span of a day and a night, those legislators who had been ripped off tried to forget that such a transportation route even existed.

If you didn't see it, it's as if you didn't lose anything.

So there were no checkpoints along the way, and no law enforcement officers were on duty to carry out security tasks, making it look like a smuggling operation.

Of course, the absence of law enforcement officers' "assistance" is actually better for everyone—

Those law enforcement officers who were willing to follow Jess's orders were almost all wiped out in Urgot's Trial Grounds.

Those who returned to the police station unscathed were either die-hard Marcos supporters or seasoned veterans within the station.

If opposing factions could be clearly distinguished in reality, then in the eyes of Aaron and his group, the names of the current law enforcement officers would probably all be marked in red...

"We're almost at Parliament, have you prepared what you're going to say?"

Caitlin, who had been mostly silent the whole way, suddenly took the initiative to ask Aaron.

After she threw a tantrum for no apparent reason, she seemed to unconsciously avoid Aaron's gaze, not even turning her head to ask him a question.

"Are you all ready? Didn't we already discuss this?"

Aaron was completely unaware.

He asked a question back, somewhat puzzled.

Even before leaving Zaun, he had already reached an agreement with Caitlyn and the others from Piltover:

Confirm that "Urgate is guilty of heinous crimes," and then bring Vi's affair into the open to bring down Sheriff Marcos.

The first half represents the core demands of Zaun, while also providing a reasonably acceptable explanation to the Piltover council members.

The latter half is Jess's own strong request.

If Caitlin had told him before that "there is a traitor within the law enforcement ranks," he would probably have scoffed.

But now...

In Jess's view, things would never have come to this point if Marcos and his supporters hadn't led the disobedience.

Thinking of the law enforcement officers who were hung on iron hooks by Kayana and eventually drowned in the flood, Jess wished he could make Marcos pay with his life immediately!

"Just because we've discussed it doesn't mean I can't ask anymore?"

Caitlin snorted coldly, seemingly just looking for trouble because she didn't like Aaron.

"Go ahead and ask. Ask whatever you want."

Aaron was baffled by Caitlin's strange state and could only mutter a few words before assuming that she might have recently been affected by a "bleeding buff" and was in a bad mood.

He had already prepared his speech for a while, so his main focus now was on something else that was more important—

A new order from Mel!

"Black box, open the system panel."

[Identity verification successful, loading... Black Box is at your service]

Welcome, Comrade Guo Yalun!

Aaron silently activated the black box system in his mind and carefully analyzed the information about the new order.

On the panel, a long list of options appeared after the order titled "[Anti-Demon Self-Defense Armor]".

Aaron was no stranger to this.

These options represent different development approaches offered by the black box after analyzing samples and customer requirements.

Nine years ago, when he first started developing the Cheng Ying mecha, his thinking was too rigid, so he selected a series of options that were very reasonable in the real world without thinking.

Examples include "intelligent unmanned operation", "early warning platform" and "lightweight weapon mounting".

The problem is that in Runeterra, a world where magic is the underlying logic, the research direction that Aaron chose based on experience became the culprit that slowed down his research and development.

It wasn't until he went to Piltover University and broadened his worldview that he was able to break free from this invisible constraint and change his original research direction.

Now, it's time to determine the direction of research and development.

Aaron stared intently at the various options on the panel, carefully analyzing them.

Options like "infrared detection" and "electromagnetic shortwave interaction" sounded pretty good, but Aaron didn't even consider them for half a second before skipping them out.

On the contrary, Aaron readily selected all the ambiguous options, such as "sensing a certain energy" and "releasing special energy fluctuations".

He reminded himself that no matter how scientific the name "Anti-Demon Self-Defense Armor" sounded, the more unscientific the research direction, the better...

This is the unique mouth and teeth of Runeterra!

[Selection complete, 74 categories selected]

[The black box is using your brainpower to generate the "Demon-Resistant Self-Defense Armor Research and Development Plan (Trial)". Please keep your consciousness stable.]

The black box beeped as Aaron checked the box.

He could clearly feel that the knowledge he had learned or mastered was being rapidly scanned and systematically arranged according to the options he had selected.

This didn't make him feel tired; instead, it allowed him to stand at a high vantage point and look down on how to use his current knowledge and skills to construct the "anti-magic armor."

Of course, the result of the first generation will inevitably be not very good.

The "Research and Development Plan for Anti-Demon Self-Defense Armor (Trial)" has been completed and uploaded to the Black Box database.

The proposed solution has 32 theoretical flaws and 2 gaps in understanding, making it unsuitable for physical simulation experiments.

[Cognitive Gaps: Practical Application of Sample Demon-Slaying Runestones and Conventional Magic Transmission]

[Theoretical flaws: Sensing magic module (no corresponding knowledge), magic feedback module (no corresponding knowledge)...]

Aaron listened attentively to the lengthy content that followed, which included a brief overview of the shortcomings of the black box's 32-bit processing theory.

After listening, he had only one very direct feeling:

Regarding the development of this new order, "Anti-Magic Armor," almost all the unavoidable problems mainly revolve around one thing—

That damn, alluring thing, which I had to get my hands on sooner or later...

magic!

"It's like asking someone who has just learned how to make fire by rubbing sticks together to understand how an internal combustion engine works, and then expecting him to build a car."

Upon thinking of this, Aaron couldn't help but chuckle to himself, muttering a rather inappropriate analogy under his breath.

He was the one who had just learned how to make fire by rubbing sticks together.

The Cheng Ying mecha was the spark he accidentally ignited.

Although Aaron didn't quite understand the principles, he was becoming increasingly adept at maneuvering the mecha, much like he was going through the initial adjustment period with a friend.

The fundamental truth of Runeterra lies in the combination of magic.

He found it difficult to say for sure that his mech hadn't been imprinted with any magical elements or similar markings.