An Infinite Journey From the Sea of ​​Stones

"It's the lesions of your organs. You know better than anyone else what the current condition of your liver and kidneys is..."

Victor's expression darkened in an instant. Of course he knew what was going on with this problem that had haunted him since he was a child.

Victor is just one of many children living in the downtown area who are affected by the terrible environmental effects of the terrible industrial pollution.

His liver and kidneys began to gradually change from the day he was born, which made his body's detoxification function gradually decline over time, and his ability to absorb nutrients was also extremely poor.

Of course, when Victor was a child, he could also choose to replace his internal organs with Hex artificial organs-this technology has actually been popularized in Piltover for a long time.

But the most inexplicable disease in the world is not an intractable disease, but always a disease of poverty.

Victor, who was born in Zaun, couldn't afford the expensive hex augmentation device at all, and his parents sent him to the upper city with all their might, but when he could earn money and be able to undergo surgery—

He is terminally ill and there is no cure.

Now Victor puts all his hopes on Jess's research. He hopes that Jess can research the deeper secrets of the Hex crystal, hoping to find a way to save his life before he dies.

But his teacher Heimerdinger resolutely stood in front of them.

If Jess can't publish his research, then the development of Hextech will return to the original point where it couldn't develop on a large scale because of too expensive crystal materials-scientific research requires financial support, and more importantly, manpower.

"You've actually started to give up on yourself." Yun Juan twisted his head and said, circling his fingers

"You know you won't live long, so what if your partner goes against Heimerdinger's words and publishes the research? Do you have enough time?"

Yun Juan's words were like needles piercing Victor's heart. These truths have always been the reality that he, who claims to be rational, is the last thing he wants to face.

"Then what can you do? What do you want to say!" Victor stood up with a bang, and said impatiently

"I just want to ask you, what are you thinking?" Yun Juan tilted his head, and kicked the question back.

"What do you really think about being a Zaunian? Putting aside your research to keep yourself alive...what exactly do you stand for?"

He waved his hand, and without waiting for Victor to answer, he smiled and said

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, I will know the answer when I think about it. But before that, let me talk about my conditions."

He raised a finger and smiled

"There is an original Hex crystal collected by Heimerdinger in the Academy of Science and Magic. When you figure it out, come to me with it, and then we will continue talking."

After all, Victor returned to the original place in a blink of an eye, and everything seemed to be just an illusion.But when he looked at his hand, the gleaming sea snake coin told him that this was not a dream.

......

"So, you're almost knocking Noxus out of the game?"

In a villa in Piltover, Yunjuan played with the silver snake coin in his hand, looked at Elena in front of him and said slowly

"Almost." Elena nodded, and said with a guilty conscience

"I am now a war stonemason of the Zhili and Trifali Council, and I represent the only power of Trifali in Picheng. Therefore, most of the information I submit is directly transferred to the commander... ..."

"He was very interested in artificial hex crystals, but he told me not to panic, just let it be."

Yunjuan showed a clear look

Swain is undoubtedly an extremely meticulous person. Although Yunjuan didn't meet him directly during his time in Ionia, he knew him a lot.

Even without the backstory, Swain is a man who puts Noxus at the top of his game with national honor above all else.

In the first place, he got into position by betraying and reporting his family members. However, he was not because of any despicable reasons, but only because it was beneficial to Noxus.

Such a person would certainly not care about face issues. The Myrdalda family knew Piltover's management and plans very well, but he did not intend to sabotage their plans.

Even though these people are out-and-out royalists, standing next to Darkwill's fatuous emperor, as long as what they do is beneficial to the empire, Swain will not intervene to destroy it.

Compared with fighting over who will control the spoon of the pot, what Swain values ​​more is undoubtedly the order of rotten meat in the pot.

"Does that mean that Noxus will not end in person?" Yunjuan said rather disappointed

"It's so unpleasant. I thought it would be fun to watch."

Elena broke out in a cold sweat, she really couldn't figure out the mental state of her master.Obviously not long ago they were still accusing them of indiscriminately killing innocent people, but now...

"Do you think it would be possible for Zaun to be liberated without Noxus?"

As if he could see through Elena's mind, Yunjuan looked at her, and said leisurely with his hands behind his head

"You don't really think that you can liberate Zaun with those three melons and two dates of yours—oh yes, your purpose is just to destroy it."

Zaun's independence can not only be achieved by cutting off from Picheng. The worst part of Zaun's current situation is not the oppression of Picheng, but its inability to be self-sufficient.

Poor geographical environment and harsh ecological environment, as well as declining population quality, even if Zaun is now separated from Picheng, it will soon kneel down and lick Picheng because it can't afford food.

In fact, Elena's method might as well be a solution - kill all the Picheng guys, and then take over everything from them.

This kind of behavior is as simple and crude as stuffing an elephant in the refrigerator, but it is actually a solution that can solve the problem.

However, if she really did this, I'm afraid it's not just Piltrowers who want to mess with Zaun, but also people from all over the world who rely on Piltover for cargo transfer.

Among them, Noxus will definitely not stand idly by. Neither Swain nor Darkwill can let Piltover, which occupies the two continents linking the two continents, be destroyed. will come in to suppress the riots.

"I originally planned to introduce Zaun to Swain." Elena sighed

"But the superiors were not impressed by all the reports I made..."

"Of course they don't catch a cold, because they already have Picheng, why do they need Zaun?" Yunjuan sneered

Although the tenacious Zaun people who refuse to admit defeat always like to say the phrase "Zuan is the future", anyone who is not stupid knows that Piltover is almost a perfect replacement for Zaun.

Among the 'heroes' in the lower city, the only ones who play with technology are Ike, Jinx, Singed, and Victor who is still hanging out with Piltover—and these few, but these three Except for Singed, they all play HexTech.

Although Ike's time travel device sounds so epoch-making and surreal, the fact is that what Noxus needs is not this kind of 'miracle', what they need is real military power.

The power of magic weapons that can bridge the gap between them and the gods of Ionia.

In this regard, Piltover, whose job is to delve into Hex technology, is naturally the most perfect high-ranking substitute for Zaun—the competitiveness of Zaun products has no advantage, and the only one who can be counted is perhaps Singed The alchemy gas that was sold is gone.

What's more, apart from Piltover's own technical accumulation, there is nothing to say about his siphon effect on talents.Their population is also much larger than that of Zaan. With so many transcendences, how can Zaan have an advantage?

"The commander probably has such a calculation in mind." Yun Juan said lightly

"They can accept the plan to support Zaun's internal forces as a pressure and warning to Piltover. But they cannot accept Zaun's complete countermeasures against Piltover, because that is the choice of Noxus!"

Taking the interests of the empire as the starting point, there is no temptation for them to make Zaun bigger.And Piltover is their stable supplier and partner.

This is the reality, Zaun wants to fight independently not only Piltover, but also the country with the largest territory in the world.

"That is to say, there is no hope for us Dicheng people?"

Elena let out a long breath, but from her tone, Yunjuan felt that it was more of a relief than disappointment.

"You can't say that, don't you think I just brought you the eel that can revitalize everyone?"

Yunjuan smiled and pointed to the bewildered Lacus who was curiously playing with the hex meter in his hand.

"She is an expert who can make the situation even more messy!"

30. The Magic of Runeterra

In all fairness, Yunjuan is not the kind of person who messes up the world and then enjoys himself. Although he has done similar things, he can pat his chest and say that he is doing it for justice.

Just like the mess with Zaun and Picheng, it wasn't because of the mission that Yunjuan had no desire to intervene.But since he intervened, he felt that he had the obligation to make things worse.

If only one Noxus enters the arena, then Zaun will not have the possibility of independence.

But what if another Demacia is pulled in?

The situation became complicated and interesting in an instant. Regardless of whether Demacia supports Zaun or not, they will definitely be happy to fight Noxus.

As long as this is enough, Yunjuan feels that he is actually doing a good deed.

It doesn't matter whether Zaun and Piltover play a dog brain or even destroy each other, as long as the conflict between the two big countries is caused, they can have a chance to recover no matter how they stand.

It is possible to completely become a vassal.

After all, the more complicated the situation is and the more muddy the water is, the more opportunity the little fish of Zaan will have.

Thinking about when the people of Zaun erected a statue of themselves a hundred years later to admire him, and honored him as the founding hero or reviled him as an evil fanatic, Yunjuan felt a strange sense of pleasure!

But if it fails, then there is probably nothing left.

But this has nothing to do with Yunjuan, he claims to have done the best, if the people of Zaun still fail to live up to expectations, it is only their problem.

As for the Pittsburgh?Yunjuan naturally doesn't like capitalists, especially a group of capitalists who are still in the bloody primitive accumulation stage and then claim to be civilized and noble.

"You tied me here for something like this?"

Lux stared at Yun Juan with her big eyes wide open, and said angrily

"What! Such a thing..."

"Are you Demacias willing to do such a thing?" Yun Juan directly interrupted her, looking at her with a smile

"Miss Crown Guard, don't you know how closed your country really is? For so many years, you have been managing your own one-acre three-point land."

In fact, there is nothing to blame on this point. Although Demacia has almost never made any moves to expand abroad, and even the code of conduct is closed to the outside world, that is because there is no need for them to go out.

Because of the Rune Wars, most of the land of Noxus is now located in the east of Valoran, and this land was the worst place that was ravaged by the Rune Wars.

And the area established by these Demacia refugees is an area that has not been affected by the Rune Wars at all, that is to say, Demacia's self-enclosure is completely based on "My Demacia has a vast land and abundant resources, and there is everything."

"We once liberated the Noxus slave arena!" Lux retorted, raising her small head in dissatisfaction.

"Now our royal steward, Uncle Xin Zhao, who is also an Ionian, was liberated by us."

"Yes, but your aunt obviously didn't tell you that the main purpose of that operation was to kill Sion, the hand of Noxus at that time, and you also succeeded." Yunjuan said squinting

"Destroying the slave arena is just a convenient move, or even just a move to disrupt the status quo. Do you believe it when you come to liberate a city from a long distance?"

——Of course I don’t believe it, although Lacus is a naive child, she is not stupid, she can even be said to be ice-snow smart

The reason why she showed such cerebral palsy in the "original plot" is that this girl has no experience and was given PUA by Silas.

Yunjuan would be more than happy to help Demacia eliminate this hidden danger in advance, but it's not for the sake of Demacia, but...

"Okay, just prepare two good dresses according to the original plan."

"Why two sets? I didn't participate!"

Ari, who has always looked like an iceland fox since just now, so his sense of existence is extremely thin, raised his hand and said dissatisfiedly

"Because your definition is a pet held in the arms of a noble lady." Yunjuan squinted at Lacus, she is indeed holding Ahri in her arms now

"An eleven or twelve-year-old girl hugging a furry and cute animal can give people the impression of 'pure and innocent' with great efficiency. While lowering vigilance, it can also be used as bait."

"I'm 13 years old, I'm not a child anymore!" Lux retorted with her lips pouted

"Yes, you are not a child anymore, so today's homework is doubled!" Yun Juan showed a devilish smile

Lax's face turned pale in an instant. After being captured by the pirate Yunjuan these days, it can be said that she has experienced the most difficult and inhumane experience in her life.

It's just that this kind of torture doesn't come from the body but from the spirit.

She can't remember how many papers she has done these days, and how many times she has been forced to release magic by Yunjuan!

"You need to practice hard. Your talent is both a gift and a curse. Besides, your magic is too valuable to me." Yunjuan took out a pink jewel-like Things, shaking in front of Lux's eyes, revealing an indescribable smile

"If you get more than [-] points in today's paper, I will give it to you~~~"

"What's that?" Lux asked curiously looking at the pink thing that looked like an egg or gem.

"A thing that transforms you."

......

'Whoever masters the runes is equivalent to understanding the mysteries of magic'

A bald mage with blue skin once said such philosophical words, as if all the magic in this world came from world runes.

This is a correct but also incorrect statement.

World runes are indeed incomparably wonderful products. They can easily endow the user with the power to destroy the world, and they can also give the user the ability to see through and explore the mysteries of magic.

But in essence, the magic of the era without world runes still exists and even overflows.For example, the necromancer magic in the era of Mordekaiser's rule, the ascension ceremony in the Shurima Empire period, the astral mage who died in Icacia, and all kinds of magic now.

Excluding extremely special acquired cases, every magician's magic range and magic strength are almost doomed at birth.

There is no such thing as "cultivation" in the magic of Runeterra, only the exploration and research of the knowledge it belongs to, and even so, it is doomed to be unable to break through its natural shackles.

It's like you have awakened the talent rune of fire magic, so no matter how hard you try in this life, it is impossible to condense a water ball.Even if you can raise your hand and burn a city, you can't make a glass of water.

The cruel truth is like this, even the strength of magic power is born-geniuses like Lux and Syndra are destined to stand at the pinnacle of mages the moment they are born.