The Glory of Noxus

Chapter 254 Screaming Lift Steam Robot

Perhaps the Evolution Day is approaching.

The lower urban areas are gradually getting rid of the chaos and dilapidation of the past, showing unprecedented prosperity.

The once dilapidated and dirty streets are now noisy and lively, with an endless stream of pedestrians.

There is Mrs. Piltover who is well-dressed and chatting and laughing; there is a vendor who spreads a canvas on the barrel and places unknown parts;

Together they form the unique look of the lower urban area.

Huo Jixing walked forward leisurely, observing the surrounding environment with deep eyes.

As he went deeper, the buildings on both sides of the street were quietly changing.

At first he passed buildings decorated with bronze veneers, leaded glass windows and brass eaves.

These clusters of buildings reflect Piltover's technology and prosperity.

In addition, there are densely packed workshops, with steam hanging over the domes and rainbows connecting them.

Many eye-catching warning signs were hung on the barbed wire fence. The writing was mottled and blurred, but the warning messages on them could still be made out.

Bang!

These graffiti seem to tell people who come here that they will soon enter a different world.

But deep in the lower urban area, the gorgeous buildings in front of us gradually disappeared, and older houses appeared.

Although Za'an has always been shrouded in the twilight covered by haze, the bustling and bustling place has not lost any trace.

Huo Jixing followed the crowd and entered the steel platform.

Huo Jixing also saw a lot of graffiti illustrations and texts on the walls outside the platform, which had a vague cyberpunk style.

Huo Jixing waited quietly, his eyes flashing, watching everything in front of him, vaguely recalling the scene of taking the subway when commuting to get off work in his previous life.

There was a dull sound of steel hitting, and the round glass door slowly opened, revealing the clean space inside.

At the same time, Huo Jixing also noticed that the color of the sky began to become a little darker.

"A giant lift?"

Old houses made of limestone square bricks as the main material can be seen with chamfered wood, which looks slightly mottled from a distance.

Red golden light filled his eyes, and countless clouds were entangled together, breaking through the sky.

Huo Jixing heard the sound and saw a strange elevator coming into view at a very fast speed.

Under the steel tower, there is a train platform that resembles a carriage in the previous life.

Huo Jixing roughly scanned the crowd of people waiting on the platform. Mrs. Piltover occupied most of them, and occasionally saw a few Zaun people.

As the screaming elevator arrived, the crowd began to move, like an opened fish can, everyone eager to enter the elevator's cabin.

The hazy Zaun was like a roll of dark green cloth with mixed light and shadow, stretched out on the rocky ground of the canyon.

A harsh roar sounded, getting closer and closer.

The originally clear sky turned into gray clouds, echoing the changes in the surrounding buildings, silently telling the changes in the lower urban area.

Huo Jixing crossed the crowd and walked to the edge of the lower urban area. He saw the cracked and winding ravines, which seemed like scars on the earth, witnessing the vicissitudes and changes of the two cities.

With his extraordinary eyesight, Huo Jixing saw many flickering fires in the dark shadows, like tiny stars.

At that time, he stood in the crowd like this, waiting for the subway to arrive, and then squeezed into the crowded carriage to start a busy day.

Boom! Boom!
Suddenly!

High barbed wire fences surround the gully, warning pedestrians not to get too close.

The staggered smoke exhaust ducts and corroded and aging steel walls filter the light coming from above into strange colors.

But for a moment, a huge clicking sound rushed into the platform like a strong wind, hitting the moss-green walls and making a deafening echo.

The shimmering smoke from the alchemical furnace spiraled upward, dancing in the breeze.

Piltover's wealth also fueled Zaun's growth, making it a dark mirror to the city above.

Huo Jixing's gaze fell into the distance. About three meters away stood three elevator pillars, each about three centimeters in diameter and made of wrought iron.

There was already a huge crowd in front of the platform.

They stood or sat, chatted in low voices or waited quietly.

Screaming lift!
The name of the elevator came to Huo Jixing's mind, and he looked at it carefully.

And in the pervasive haze, the ditch pools were full of water, like emerald mirages, looming.

Huo Jixing walked along the ravine and saw a tower made of steel in the distance, rising straight into the sky, majestic and rough.

Even though there are many people waiting, the air still circulates freely and is not dull at all, indicating that the platform has a good ventilation system.

Huo Jixing stood on the edge, overlooking the You Gully below.

The screaming elevator runs on the rails with its huge, round belly filled with countless gears and precision wrought iron structures.

The residents here are all-encompassing and the culture is diverse.

Looking around, he found that the platform looked rough, but the internal space was unusually wide.

"Don't be crowded, there are plenty of places."

The administrator wearing thick goggles came out and shouted loudly, and the bell-shaped sonar horn carried her voice throughout the platform.

Huo Jixing took a step forward, blended into the crowd, and entered the round iron sheet.

The elevator cabin has many levels, and the main support structure is three longitudinal rails, which are vertical to the ground and at the same height as the ground.

Huo Jixing walked to the top floor and could see a little haze on the surface of the glass.

The administrator waited until everyone had entered the cabin, then walked to the glass door, pressed the switch, and closed the solid glass door.

"Let's go to the dance corridor!"

Sonorous! Sonorous!
When the lift is operating, it makes the sound of mechanical parts snapping together and the soft sound of steam being released.

Huo Jixing felt that the elevator was speeding at an alarming speed, and the surrounding environment was changing rapidly before his eyes.

Piltover gradually disappeared, and the surrounding light became hazy.

Fortunately, the lights at the top came on, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

When it reached its destination, the elevator gradually slowed down and finally stopped completely.

"Currently arriving at the station, dance corridor!"

The bored administrator adjusted his thick goggles and spoke loudly.

"Arrived ahead, border market, Thaumaturgy Magic Academy, Plant Cultivation Center."

Passengers began to pour out of the elevator. Then dozens more people entered the elevator and were scattered throughout the cabin.

Huo Jixing stayed where he was and did not go down. The dance corridor was not his destination.

"The elevator is going down!" the administrator said.

She reached out and rang a huge bell in front of her, and started operating the roulette wheel on a bright red stand.

The elevator made a buzzing sound as it continued to sink, and the exhaust hole at the top roared and released a cloud of steam.

Through the glass, Huo Jixing saw the iron spire of the Zaun Tower and the green glass dome of the training tower shining like candles in the dim light.

"Ok?"

Huo Jixing raised his eyebrows slightly, looking up as if he noticed something.

In the dim environment of Zaun, he saw a flash of light shining in a nearby cave.

Immediately afterwards, several Zaun children wearing torn clothes jumped down from the cave and landed on the top of the elevator.

Perhaps noticing Huo Jixing's gaze, a shirtless child from Zu'an with tattoos on his face looked down and met Huo Jixing's eyes. "Damn Piltover," the Zaun child said in a feigned ferocity.

"I feel like my life is very exciting when I run down there to have fun, but I still have to sneak back to Pi City at night."

Huo Jixing could hear the meaning expressed by the child in Zu An through the lips of the child in Zu An and the spiritual power that extended out.

"If it weren't for this, the money Zaun could earn would be much less." Another Zaun child said with a smile.

"The Piltover guys rely on Zaun to make money, and we also depend on them for food. And don't we have many good days in Piltover?"

"Do you remember the fireworks set off at the Gate of the Sun on Evolution Day last year? Do you remember that Piltover girl you fell in love with? This is the intimate relationship between the Piltover guy and us."

"Hey, let me give them something good to see." The Zaun child at the beginning glared at the passengers in the screaming elevator and muttered.

Then he quickly took off his ragged pants, sat down, and pressed his butt against the glass.

"Hey, Picheng guy, is the moon full tonight?!"

The Zaun child slapped the glass with his hand, attracting the attention of the passengers. His butt slid down the glass, and the two buttocks pressed open, opening the eyes of the people below.

"Haha! Haha! Haha!"

The children of Zaun burst into laughter, but the passengers in the elevator turned pale.

The adults shielded their children's eyes while angrily shaking their fists at the young hooligan from Zaun above them.

Seeing the interesting situation in front of him, Huo Jixing laughed softly.

Through the curses of Mrs. Piltover beside him, he knew the origins of these Zaun children.

The screaming is one of the many rituals that the children of Zaun need to go through.

This is the only way to prove that you are a street kid who cannot be messed with.

Huo Jixing thought of the records about Jinx and Wei in his past life memories. They were the idols of these children in Zaun.

Their legend is still circulated on the streets of Zaun to this day.

"Xantai Square!"

When the administrator announced the station, the elevator suddenly slowed down.

It was also at this time that the naughty children of Zaun were caught off guard.

Before the naked Zaan child could put on his pants, his feet slipped and his body slid outward along the curved window line.

He moved his hands and feet desperately, trying to grab something, but his sweaty palms kept slipping, and his feet kicked wildly.

No matter what, as long as it can hold him back.

Unfortunately, there was nothing.

"Don't, don't, don't"

The child in Zu'an suppressed his face and blushed, panting heavily, and rolled from the top of the arc to the edge.

"Jana on top!"

Suddenly, a strong wind emerged out of thin air outside the screaming elevator, blowing the Zaun child over, just in time for him to see a copper hook supported on the side of the elevator.

He twisted his body as hard as he could and threw himself forward. The wind behind him seemed to push him, no more, no less.

He hung on the copper hook with his fingers, and finally saved his life at the gate of hell.

At the same time, in front of the children of Zu An, there was a roar.

It's a copper-colored mechanical arm!

With the sound of steam, the mechanical arm grabbed the Zaun child's body in mid-air and dragged him back to the platform of Xutai Square.

Mechanical flying claw!

Huo Jixing looked along the copper-colored mechanical arm, his eyes narrowed, and he saw a huge metal robot standing outside the elevator.

Steam Bot Blitzcrank!

Huo Jixing directly recognized the metal robot's identity based on its appearance.

Because the metal robot’s design is unique and eye-catching, it’s hard to ignore.

It has a round metal head with blinking blue eyes that looks both sturdy and cute.

The shiny copper-colored metal body is oval-shaped, with white steam filling the back, adding a sense of mystery and technology.

The slender metal arms falling on both sides of the body are almost as high as the body.

The copper-colored mechanical flying claw, which was about the same size as the Zaun child, was retracting into its right hand, leading the embarrassed Zaun child to the platform.

"Whirring whirring!"

The child of Zu An survived the disaster. After taking a breath, he looked at the huge robot in front of him, shrunk his body, blended into the crowd, and disappeared.

Blitzcrank saw this and didn't care. As an iron giant, he habitually walked the streets of Zaun, trying to improve the underground city and help people in trouble.

However, Blitzcrank's body is too large, and the inner space of the Screaming Elevator cannot accommodate him.

Blitz also understood that he did not enter the cabin through the door, but hung outside the cabin, firmly grasping the bottom iron rod with both hands. Below the iron rod was the glass window frame made of ribbed steel.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A dull sound sounded, and Blitzcrank lay firmly on the screamer.

The metal body made a clanging sound, attracting the eyes of many passengers, and disgust was written on the administrator's face.

But no one dared to stop Blitzcrank from taking the ride.

"Down!"

The administrator rang the bell as he spoke, causing the screeching lift to hum.

Then the elevator continued to descend underground, steam gushed out from the exhaust pipe above, and fog formed on the glass windows.

In the following time, the elevators stopped one after another, and new passengers were welcomed into the cabin.

A pair of couriers entered the cabin carrying tightly tied packages, followed by a group of alchemy technology researchers.

There was also a group of cheerful alchemical punk teenagers who entered the cabin. Judging from their purple faces, it could be guessed that they had just drank Shimmer.

Huo Jixing still stayed where he was, looking at Blitzcrank with interest through the glass window frame made of ribbed steel.

According to the information from the Reiser Guard Secretariat, the steam robot Blitzcrank was originally created to enter the most dangerous and harsh environment in Zaun City to deal with hazardous waste.

But his evolution has gone far beyond the design scope of the source program.

Because he has a genius inventor and the mysterious power of Hextech.

Blitzcrank lay motionless against the glass, listening carefully to the sound of the screaming elevator.

To him, the screamer was not a single sound.

It is a harmonious symphony of noise, a melody composed of thousands of different sounds.

Blitzcrank was immersed in the melody, and his body moved slowly.

When he turned his blue eyes, he unexpectedly saw Huo Jixing looking at him and the smile on his face.

Blitzcrank quickly responded to Huo Jixing's smile, and a tiny electric light flashed in his blue eyes.

He believes that he is already almost human and should learn to be polite.

Huo Jixing nodded slightly to Blitzcrank and looked back.

Immediately, his mind fell on the child from Zuan just now, as well as the wind and catkins that appeared out of thin air.

"Eye of the Storm Janna!"

(End of this chapter)