A long time later, Hextech Academy.

A certain classroom that was not supposed to be in session was extremely busy at this time.

This classroom was filled with students from Zaun, and the person teaching them was the great Professor Victor, who had previously stood up for the Zaun students and won a lot of favor.

But the content of this lesson is not about Hex Technology.

Rather, it is a historical paper:

"Zuan, where did it come from?"

Those who can sit here are all college students and smart people.

Under Victor's explanation, they quickly realized the value of this article and the theories and ideas it wanted to express.

In a nutshell, this article explains:

What is this world like and why is it like this?

It also leaves readers with a question - after knowing what and why, what should we do next?

So the discussion began.

"I think the words in this article are a bit biased..."

The starting point of the discussion actually started from questioning what.

Although the students here are all Zaan and poor, their thoughts are completely different.

After all, Victor is just a scholar who has stayed in the ivory tower for a long time.

In his imagination, he raised his arms and gathered his followers... This beautiful picture did not happen in reality at all.

Just listen to the student question:

"This article describes Piltover merchants from 300 years ago as butchers, executioners, and genocidal madmen."

"But Piltover's history textbook records that their original war actions on the Shurima continent were entirely out of necessity for self-defense——"

"Everyone needs to know that the natives of Shurima are not white rabbits. They can scalp people."

"A slap can't make a difference...Since the Shurima natives can kill the merchants of Piltover, why can't the merchants of Piltover fight back against those barbarians?"

Some students expressed such views, causing an uproar at the scene.

"This is nonsense!" Lina looked at the speaker with some annoyance:

She knew this person.

This guy usually likes to make some weird remarks about "the air in Piltover is sweet and luxurious" and shyly squeezes into the circle of Piltover locals.

If it weren't for the strong discriminatory culture in Piltover, he really wouldn't be able to squeeze in.

I'm afraid he won't even be here with his fellow Zaun friends now.

"Asshole, don't you feel blushing when you say such strong words?"

"What do you mean a slap can't make a sound? Could it be that those Shurima natives across the sea slapped Piltover, thousands of miles away, first?"

"Is it because you stepped on the horse because of the toilet? I usually just lick Picheng Guy's butt, but now I even say that Picheng Guy's shit tastes good! Fuck me!"

Everyone present was Zaun, so Lina simply stopped pretending.

The student was scolded so hard by her, and seeing that no one around him supported his idea, he had no choice but to shut his mouth in despair.

But at this time someone expressed a new view:

"Everyone, I think this article does a good job of analyzing the process and means used by Piltover business owners to achieve primitive accumulation. But the colonization and oppression mentioned in the article were almost 300 years ago.

"

"Now in the entire Rune Land, only the Noxus Empire is still doing this kind of bloody colonial business."

"And today's Piltover merchants are no longer the Piltover merchants of 300 years ago - what do the mistakes made by the predecessors have to do with the current Piltover people?"

"They are now civilized, progressive, follow business rules, and are engaged in hex technology, machinery manufacturing, maritime logistics, luxury goods trade... and other serious businesses."

As he said this, the student gave his opinion on "how":

"I think we shouldn't look at them from an outdated perspective."

"What's more, we are all students at the University of Piltover now - we don't need to change anything, we just need to work hard to integrate with them."

Unlike the previous weirdo who was cleaning up the land for the colonists, this student's speech won the approval of many students present.

Yes, it’s not like they haven’t seen what Piltover looks like now!

The world's best quality of life, the world's best welfare benefits, the world's best cultural environment, the world's best scientific and technological level... It is no exaggeration to say that it is a beacon of human civilization!

What does this have to do with the bloody and brutal colonial empire 300 years ago?

Never mind how people made money before, but they are rich and civilized now, right?

"Is that what everyone thinks?"

Seeing the excitement among the people under the podium, Professor Victor finally stood up:

"Do you all think that there is no exploitation and oppression of people in Piltover now?"

"This..." If Piltover students were asked to answer this question, they would 100% answer no.

After all, even the lowest commoners in Piltover can afford to live in an apartment, buy a car, and watch Zaun jokes every day.

Oppression? Where does the oppression come from? Why don’t we Piltover people feel it at all?

But everyone here is a student from Zu An.

Are they still unclear about whether the Pilgrim guys are oppressing them?

“It’s not that the rich people in Pi City no longer oppress, it’s not that they don’t suck blood anymore.” Lina unknowingly became the “class representative”: “They just extended the blood-drawing tube from Pi City to Za’an and overseas.

It reaches a place where the people of Piltover cannot see!"

"That's why they can prevent blood from getting directly onto their hands and shamelessly flaunt themselves as civilized and elegant!"

"That's right!" Victor glanced at Lina with admiration, and added: "Especially with the invention of the Hex Flying Gate in recent years, it is foreseeable that Runeterra will become more and more connected economically in the future.

overall."

"The goods produced in Piltover can be sent to Noxus and Demacia within a day; the minerals and raw materials excavated from Shurima and Ixtal can also be transported to Ancestor within a day and night.

An’s processing factory.”

"I personally call this the 'globalization' of Runeterra."

"So a strange situation will become more and more obvious as globalization advances:"

"That is, the extremely poor in a country may not even be within the borders of this country - but appear in another country thousands of miles away!"

Victor's words were like enlightenment, making everyone wake up.

Everyone is from Zaun, so this is very easy to understand.

There is no need to think about future globalization, because the rich in Piltover have been doing this to Zaun since 200 years ago.

Zuan is Picheng's mines and factories, providing minerals, chemical raw materials and machinery parts to Picheng at the lowest prices all year round.

Most of the profits were taken away by Piltover business owners, while the garbage, sewage, alchemical gas, and the drain on manpower were all left behind in Zaun.

The alchemy barons who rule Zaun have never concealed their cooperation with Piltover business owners.

They would even openly show off the big Piltover families standing behind them as their competitive advantage.

There are also a group of alchemy barons represented by Lenata. After they made a fortune by exploiting the Zaun people, they simply made their business bigger and stronger, reaching across the canal, and even moved their corporate headquarters to Piltover—

—

He made it clear that he wanted to integrate with the rich people in Pi City, pursue an "international strategy", and become a "Mars company".

After all, Piltover has been conducting invisible colonial plunder on Zaun for the past two hundred years, and those alchemy barons of Zaun...

Rather than ruling Zaun, they are more like working as dogs for the rich in Piltover.

No, dogs are somewhat emotional.

Everyone thought of the new word mentioned in that article: "comprador?"

"That's right, there is Piltover's economic colonial plunder on the outside, and Zaun's comprador rule and oppression on the inside. This is the current situation of the Zaun people!"

"You can acknowledge Piltover's progress and civilization, but you must not ignore that this so-called prosperity is based on their plunder of Zaun, Shurima, and more poor areas!"

Victor's words were so resounding that all the students present pondered over them.

And then he continued:

"Actually, that classmate just now was right about one thing."

"You are all students at the University of Piltover now - you don't have to change anything, you just need to work hard to integrate here."

Piltover University is the top university in Piltover and the best scientific school in Runeterra.

The Zaun students who can study here are all top talents drawn from among the thousands of Zaun people. They are the high-quality fresh blood that Piltover always needs.

In other words, when these students step foot here, they are already vested interests in the future.
To be continued...