Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 136 Shurima's Glory
In the next few days, the expedition went all the way south.

After encountering the Sarns robbers, whether it was mercenaries or Noxus guards in the team, they kept a distance from Li Lin intentionally or unintentionally.

The energy shells released by the storm directly annihilated the robbers, and the scene that did not even leave ashes left a deep shadow on them.

Now, they were afraid that this young and energetic young man would be pissed off by a group of rough old men, and the robot that directly controlled him would give him a chug.

Before arriving at the ruins of the City of the Sun, the expedition team encountered another sandstorm with a larger scale than before, and lost four camels carrying supplies.

Fortunately, you have encountered the nomads of many giant beasts once before, and you have replenished the water source in the hidden oasis guided by them.

If you save a little, there is still not much pressure on food and water.

After walking the last morning, the group finally arrived at the ruins of the Sun City, the imperial capital of Shurima.

The Shurima Empire was once a thriving civilization.

Under the guidance of the giant gods and protoss, the ancestors of Shurima established the first solar disc in the western part of the continent, near the original capital of Narimajie, which was the original capital of Mount Targon.

From then on, through the sun disk, the god warriors infused with the "power of the sun" began to appear.

Under the leadership of the first emperor Setaka, the Ascended army was invincible and soon conquered the entire continent of Shurima.

It even occupied the isthmus between the continents of Shurima and Valoran, bringing the former Oshra Vazuan into its own territory.

Later, Shurima moved its capital to the City of the Sun in the center of the continent, thus entering a golden age.

At its peak, the Shurima Empire had at least a thousand Ascended Warriors, most of whom were usually stationed in distant territories and loyal to the royal family.

Yet this golden age lasted just over 2000 years... until the Void Wars began.

Because the Icathians in the eastern part of the Shurima continent were dissatisfied with the slave tyranny of the empire, seeing that their own country had no hope of applying for ascension, the Council of Elders declared war with the Shurima Empire.

Under the brutal suppression of the god warriors, the Icathian soldiers retreated steadily.

However, in order to win the war, the foolish Elders of Icacia desperately released that terrible existence-the void.

They sent people to further tear open the void fissures found underground, releasing twisted and corrupted void monsters.

Several god warriors were instantly corrupted and distorted by the power of nothingness, their soaring power and souls were swallowed by the void, and finally became their nourishment.

The first war of suppression ended with Icacia's tragic victory...

But they didn't think that this kind of corrupting power, which even the god warriors can't resist, is beyond the control of their mere mortals.

The mighty void quickly swallowed the entire Icacia, the rugged abyss tore the earth, and countless evil monsters made by the native creatures of Runeterra poured out of the surface, greedily sucking the life of this land.

Batch after batch of ascended fighters fought bloody and desperately resisted, and even the first-generation ascendant Setaka died in battle, just to prevent this world from being swallowed by nothingness.

It wasn't until the Celestial Warrior Horok closed Icathia's Void Passage with his Netherblade that the decades-long war ended in Shurima's disastrous victory.

At this point, the Shurima Empire began to decline from its peak.

When the last emperor Azir came to the throne several hundred years later, under his wise rule, the Shurima Empire entered the post-peak era.

However, due to the betrayal of his cronies, his ascension failed, and the slight energy dissipated in the collapsed sun disc instantly reduced the entire Sun City to ruins.

The emperor fell and the imperial capital fell.

The Shurima Empire, which has been passed down for thousands of years, fell apart, and its glory is no longer...

Li Lin stood on a small sand dune outside the City of the Sun, overlooking the center of the ruins.

Most of the countless huge golden metal pillars were buried by the yellow sand, and the upper end was eroded by the wind and sand, and it was no longer in shape.

As a heat wave swept past and dust was flying, a corner of the already rusted giant solar disk was occasionally visible.

In the ruined city with potholes and valleys, the drought-tolerant vegetation overgrown everywhere adds a bit of bleakness to this lost imperial capital.

Looking at this scene from a distance, Li Lin felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and couldn't help sighing.

"... Li Lin." Sivir walked up and shouted softly behind him, bringing his thoughts back to reality.

Li Lin opened his mask and turned his head, glanced at Kassadin who was holding Scarash by his side, and the expedition team not far away, then looked away and met Sivir's eyes.

"Let's part here." Li Lin smiled softly, "Thank you for taking care of me all the way. I will buy you a drink when I get back to Nashi Lamei."

There was also a smile on Sivir's face, "Then it's settled."

Watching Sivir return to the expedition team and looking this way, Li Lin finally waved goodbye to her.

Then, he looked at Cassiopeia who was surrounded by guards in the center of the team.

Long before arriving in the City of the Sun, Li Lin discussed the follow-up plan with her.

In order not to be noticed by Sivir, he and Kassadin will first go around the City of the Sun and go away.

After the expedition team entered the mausoleum, he would turn back and secretly follow them and help them secretly.

Sivir led the expedition team up and down the steep slope to the ruins basin, then bypassed various obstacles and headed straight for the center of the City of the Sun.

Li Lin kept staring at their distance until the group of people turned into small black spots the size of mosquitoes.

Kassadin stepped forward and asked in a muffled voice, "Shall we continue our journey?"

With past experience, he could feel that Li Lin seemed to have his own plan.

Coveting the treasures in the tombs of the Emperor and the Ascended?
never mind.

Anyway, whatever Li Lin wants to do, he will support him unconditionally.

After all, his precious Hex power armor and Li Lin's support along the way, he can't repay.

Kassadin would be happy to accept if he could contribute his meager efforts to help Li Lin realize his plan.

"Wait a minute."

Li Lin shook his head, and looked at the time on the display inside the mask—it was past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Although there is a lot of time difference compared to Piltover, it can still be used as a reference.

"Kassadin, I have a question."

"Excuse me, as long as I know."

Li Lin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "According to your experience...how long does it take for an expedition team to dig through the tomb and enter the tomb?"

"Uh... this has to consider all aspects of the situation." Kassadin hesitated, "For example, the depth of the tomb from the ground, the surrounding environment, whether the expedition team's tools are good or not, and so on."

Li Lin realized that he had asked a stupid question, so he smiled and changed his tune, "Then let's talk about what you have experienced in the past."

He knew very well that Kassadin, as a desert guide, helped the expedition team "digging graves" a lot.

In the eyes of Shurima, there is no shame in helping outsiders dig up Shurima's ancient artifacts.

After all, in such an extremely harsh environment, even daily life has become difficult. Who would care about the inheritance of an ancient country that has long since disappeared?
"I used to help a Zaun expedition team open the ancient tomb that Horok had sealed for thousands of years. It took about three days?"

Kassadin thought for a while and continued: "The main reason is that it takes too long to clean up the sundries on the surface. The yellow sand in Dasai is very soft, and they also have Hex instruments specially used for digging."

"Is that so?"

Li Lin looked at the expedition team who could barely see anyone in the distance, and fell into deep thought.

Before he could think too long, Kassadin added: "However, I have brought an expedition here before."

"Oh?" Li Lin suddenly became interested.

"It's just that the expedition team was too unlucky and lost most of the instruments in a sandstorm, so they only cleaned the surface of one tomb and gave up."

Following Li Lin's gaze, Kassadin pointed to the direction where the expedition team left just now.

"If they can find the excavation sites left by previous expeditions, they should be able to go down to the tomb in less than a day and a half."

Li Lin nodded and made a decision: "Okay, then let's go to find a hidden place outside the city to camp, and wait a day and a half to come and see."

(End of this chapter)