(The main reason this chapter is called special is because the OCD writer wants to make up the number of chapters.) ）

(There is a surprise in comparison to the Explorer's Journal reading in the League of Legends universe - under the competition of Trist and Graves, Ezreal has grown more than it should have been.) ）

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My name is Ezreal – from Piltover, the greatest explorer of the progressive city of Hex.

Well, while the grinding bureaucrats won't admit who I am - they're jealous and unequivocally unhappy with my unusual way of thinking, these bastards won't get stuck in anyone's application for membership but me!

Shit (crossed out).

Luckily, I got a big job, a job that really made me famous.

The Zuans have made a big hole in the ground, and dozens of people have not been able to get out, and in this case, the great explorer Mr. Ezreal will step in and save the world himself.

In desperation, the bureaucrats of the Explorers' Guild finally recognized my status and promised me to become a high-ranking adventurer of the Explorers' Guild as long as I succeeded in relieving Zaun of trouble.

This is long overdue!

Below is a list of items.

* Shurima Magic Gauntlet (Best Weapon)

* Reinforced leather jacket, made of sea dragon skin, Trist guy is still a bit level, at least in terms of equipment and dress up (of course, it has to be tailor-made, purchased from Mrs. Morkin, the price is so expensive that I want to burst into foul mouth, I once thought I spent not gold hex but copper hex)

*Sea dragon leather wax-impregnated canvas boots (ditto)

* Cave exploration equipment (long enough rope, lighting tools, and some other gadgets)

* One-handed pickaxe (necessary supports, I don't have the mad strength of Graves, he can even hold Trist with one hand and hang both of them on a rock with the other!) ）

* Insulated cloak (hopefully the temperature under the ground is within its operating range)

*Light Feather Brand Glamorous Explorer Pomade 1 can (a glossy appearance is one of the necessary ways to expand your business)

Ready, go underground!

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Damn, there's more to this than just a ruin!

On the way down, I had already encountered more than one wave of attacks.

If it weren't for the great Mr. Ezreal, if he had changed his role, he might have fallen halfway through!

I'm a battle-hardened man, but in good conscience, I've never tried it in such a place—it's clearly a magical laboratory of the ancient Shurima!

As we all know, the ancient Shurima is very evil, the magical civilization of that ancient empire has developed to a rather incredible point, a large number of magical relics from thousands of years ago still have a lot of inspiration for us, and now in front of me is a large laboratory that has never been before!

Curiosity and excitement made my blood boil – but I took off my gloves, squeezed a little conditioner into my hand, and straightened my hair.

I need to calm down, the door to the lab is intact, so where are the people who disappeared before?

Sure enough, just as I was fixing my hair, the enemy appeared.

Robot? Or something else?

In these fiery stone figures, I saw a distinct Gushurima style, and the age of these creations must have been at least in the late Third Dynasty, and many of the patterns on them appeared after that—although the scholars of Picheng studied them for several years and did not understand their meaning.

The burning stone men are so powerful and perfectly coordinated that I can now understand the feelings of the missing hapless.

Thankfully, I was able to move around the space.

After making sure there were no attackers, I turned on the expedition light on my head as much as possible, and was finally able to observe my surroundings.

Following the regular footprints on the ground, I found the unlucky ones from before.

Apparently, these unlucky creatures had just arrived here and had been subjected to a premeditated encirclement attack by the Stone Man, and they had lost consciousness before they even had time to send an effective signal.

It seems that this is a ...... Curse?

But that's not something I should be concerned about, so I sent a signal to the Zaun guys outside to get these unlucky guys out - dessert is over before dinner, and dinner is about to begin!

Wait, there seems to be a special shielding enchantment here, my signal sending failed.

Damn, the Hextech Engineering Institute should have been given a portion of the funding to the Explorers Guild, and they assured me that this thing would transmit a signal - no matter what the conditions!

Forget it, if it comes, it will be safe.

I took out a clockwork pigeon, tied a note to my foot and released it, and I needed to use a bit of the old way when the equipment of the Hex Institute of Science and Engineering was unreliable.

(Well, The Clockwork Pigeon is from Miss Oriana, who is a gentle woman...... I'll admit I kind of like her. ）

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Significant discoveries.

Zuan was once the city of Wasrima, and its full name is Oshra Wazouan, and like other pronunciations in the Wasri Mah language, "Wa" is only indicated in written records, not pronounced.

Although my uncle worked on a similar topic during this time, it was clear that I was once again ahead of the theory.

Thanks to my gauntlet, which seems to have a natural restraint on Shurima's things, I actually have time to fully decipher most of the inscriptions in this laboratory, "The Day of Fire" and "The Guardian of the Spring Equinox", and it seems that the owner of this laboratory, called Kalikan, should be the guardian of Vazuan?

I bet he won't be as competent as Jana, no wonder the Zuans don't remember it at all.

There's a small door in the lab, and my sense of direction assures me that it ends in the Piltover River, which may have been a tunnel or something in the first place.

Strictly speaking, I've done my job, and as long as I leave along that gate, across the Piltover River, I can get back to the surface and finish my expedition - but there are quite a few gates in the lab that are clearly holding something, and if I leave now, I'm afraid that the things behind these gates, Zuanlao will not be willing to share academics.

So, shoot them with an arcane ray - while I promise I won't actively destroy the ruins, things like firefire are always inevitable, aren't they?

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Ahh

I was wrong!

I shouldn't have opened the door!

Damn it, what the hell is this!

Is the entity immune to pure spirits?

Isn't this a puppeteer's laboratory?

How could such a strange thing happen?

Oh my God, they're immune to my arcane rays, are these spirits immune to energy?!

Going to die, going to die, going to die - wait, who's this guy who popped up?

Well, while his cloak looks a bit old-fashioned, the staff is pretty flashy......