These scientists were all stung by this article and even cursed without mercy.

Completely ignoring that just a few minutes ago, I was praising this article for its unique insights and accurate analysis.

"You..." Victor was speechless.

But he soon figured out the reason behind this huge contrast:

A few minutes ago, these people were scientists and spokespersons for advanced productivity.

But now, their identity is just the rich people of Pi City——

In this chaotic world where magical power is absolutely dominant, only the rich in Piltover can have the opportunity to receive a systematic and complete scientific education in a safe environment and stand out in Piltover's academic circles.

Therefore, most of Victor's scientist colleagues came from wealthy plutocrats in Piltover.

Even if they are not born into wealth, after becoming scientists of this level, they have already established inseparable interests with the major families in Piltover during the process of transforming scientific research results into commodity production.

Of course they will not have any good opinions on this spicy article.

Especially the old scientist who had the biggest reaction just now and slapped the table angrily...

This guy simply came from a branch of the Myrdalda family.

The Myrdalda family's origin is in Noxus. They are not only wealthy merchants in Piltover, but also the military leaders of Noxus.

Therefore, the caravans of the Myrdalda family are still following the invading legions of the Noxus Empire on conquests to this day, looting, burning and killing, and engaging in the dirty business of colonial plunder and slave trade.

The bloody colonial history Livy wrote in his article was like slapping them in the face by naming them over a period of 300 years.

What about other families? Are the businesses that these old money are doing now really clean?

"Professor Jess!"

At this time, the scientist from the Myrdalda family stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction:

"I think we can vote now to decide whether to recruit Lina into the research team."

"Huh?" Jace was slightly startled.

He was still asking naively: "But no one has reviewed classmate Lina's thesis design yet..."

"Don't read it!" The professor frowned coldly: "She would excerpt this kind of distorted article in her notebook, which is obviously an ideological problem. She is probably a person who hates the Piltover Council.

extremists!"

"Recruiting such a person with ulterior motives into the research team and letting her come into contact with our cutting-edge Hex technology research in Piltover, isn't this inviting the wolf into the house?"

"anyway..."

"This girl didn't even write her last name. Is she still a Zaun?"

As soon as he said these words, the atmosphere at the scene became a little subtle.

Because everyone knows that there is a Zaun here.

Everyone secretly went to see Victor.

Victor's face was gloomy and uncertain for a while, and finally he changed his usual low profile and raised his head in a tit-for-tat manner:

"Professor Myrdalda, I would like to ask you something:"

"There is a problem with my thinking... Translate, what does it mean that I have a problem with my thinking!"

"Aren't we scientists? Scientists don't even read scientific papers, but use a historical article to judge a student's thoughts, and then decide whether the student will stay or go based on the so-called ideological errors and regional origin?"

"Then what kind of scientists are we—"

"How about working as an immigration inspector on the canal bridge!"

"You?!" Professor Myrdalda was so angry that his beard trembled.

"Victor, calm down, calm down..." Jace hurriedly grabbed his friend.

This was also the first time he saw Victor being so irrational and angry.

"Jace?" Victor looked deeply at his best friend: "Do you also think that classmate Lina has some ideological errors?"

Jess was speechless for a moment.

Then he replied: "Classmate Lina just excerpted an article, how can it be considered as having a problem with her thinking... Young people are always curious about many things... Wasn't it because I was doing private research a few years ago?

The forbidden Hextech gem blew up the entire building by mistake...Haha."

"That is to say." Victor suddenly felt a little disappointed: "Do you think Lina is right, but the article is wrong?"

"This..." Jess thought about it seriously, and finally answered frankly: "Yes, I think there are indeed some problems with that article."

"First, the historical materials he gave are not found in any historical records, and many contents cannot be verified."

"Second, this article does have...a somewhat extreme view."

"The author almost describes all of the greatest and most prominent business families in Piltover's history as bloody executioners, shameless robbers, and cruel slave traders."

"It's like none of our Piltover entrepreneurs are clean."

"But is that really the case?"

Jess debated with Victor seriously:

"In fact, many of the business owners and businessmen I know are gentle and elegant gentlemen, motivated and hard-working strivers, and good people who are enthusiastic about charity."

"If nothing else, let's just talk about our Tallis family——"

"My great-grandfather was just an ordinary blacksmith. He owned his own hammer-making factory in Pi City solely through his own hard work and struggle."

"For generations, our family has only been dedicated to forging hammers with better quality. We have never stolen or robbed others. All the accumulation comes from our own hard work and sweat."

"Victor, look:"

"Are we, the Tallis family, also bad guys who burn, kill, and loot?"

The history of the Tallis family's fortune is indeed clean.

In recent years, Tallis has been able to rise from an ordinary family business to the wealthy Piltover family it is today, all thanks to Jace's genius and great contribution as a scientist. There is nothing worthy of criticism.

To say they are bad people is of course an injustice.

It is true that business owners are not all bad people. Many of them are very good people. So that article must be extreme.

"This..." Victor couldn't help but remain silent.

He always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know how to refute it.

"Okay, okay!" At this time, Professor Myrdalda became impatient: "Since Professor Jess also knows that this article is problematic, let's just show our hands and vote!"

"Those who agree to give this classmate Lina an extra quota can raise their hands now."

There was an awkward silence.

Victor was the first to raise his hand: "I agree!"

Then, a female researcher named Skye, after secretly glancing at him, also raised her hand nervously in the strange eyes of everyone: "I, I also agree..."

The third person who raised his hand after hesitation was Jace.

"Professor Jess?" Everyone was a little surprised.

Jess, however, just considered his explanation: "I do think the article's point of view is wrong...but since the research group is recruiting apprentices, it should mainly depend on the academic level of the students, right?"

"Her standards are indeed not bad, and she meets the requirements of our research group."

"So I still suggest that everyone take a look at Lina's thesis design before making a vote."

He set an example for everyone very openly.

However, no one present looked at Lina's paper.

No one raised their hand again.

There were a total of 11 people present, but only Jace, Skye, and Victor raised their hands in approval.

8 to 3, the outcome is decided.

"This..." Jess hesitated as if he wanted to say something. But faced with such a firm and clear stance from his colleagues, he had no choice but to hesitate and acquiesced to the result.

"Professor Victor, I suggest you just throw away this notebook." Professor Myrdalda threw the notebook back to Victor and went to debug the experimental equipment without looking back.

The same goes for everyone else.

No one cares about that article anymore, and no one cares about Lina, who they have never met.

Victor looked silently at the backs of these colleagues who usually cooperated well with him, but today were firmly in opposition to him, and remained silent for a long time.

He seemed to finally see something clearly.

Jess and Skye wanted to pay attention to him again.

But Victor held Lina's notebook tightly and walked forward without looking back.

"Victor, where are you going?"

"Back to the office, there are still some issues to study."

"Huh?" Jess looked complicated: "What are you doing on your own? How far is our experiment going..."

Victor didn't answer.
Chapter completed!