In the room, the table is bright and clean, and a variety of instruments are placed in a dazzling manner.

This is a simple version of the laboratory, which was specially built at home by Peach to facilitate experiments.

As a mad alchemist, how can you not have a laboratory at home?

Lu Yang and Peach were standing in front of a metal table, and there was a tray on the table, on which a white gauze was spread, and the blue-green crystal fragments were lying quietly on it.

"I must warn you once again that the energy contained in this is so great that even the smallest fragment can blow your home and half of the street into the sky."

"Although the energy inside is not active, and the possibility of being detonated is very small, once it is stimulated, within a radius of 100 meters, except for me, it will die."

"These words are definitely not alarmist!"

Lu Yang's repeated warnings made Peach's high mood gradually calm down.

Madness doesn't mean looking for death.

She could hear the seriousness in Lu Yang's tone, and the caution in her heart was mentioned again and again.

An hour later.

Shui Mi Tao put down the tools in his hand, shook his head, and said calmly: "This method doesn't work, let's change it." ”

Another hour passed.

Peach put down the tool, thought for a while, and said, "It's okay, change another one." ”

Another hour......

"No, another one."

One-hour, two-hour, three-hour ......

Change...... Change...... Continue to change ......

……

Peach slammed a beaker-shaped glassware on the table and muttered to herself, "Why? Why is it that there is a clear fluctuation in energy, but no matter what method is used, its properties cannot be measured? ”

Lu Yang was also thinking.

While supervising the peaches, he has also been using his own methods to study, and he has also gained very little.

The only thing that is certain is that it can indeed affect one's spirit, especially when Lu Yang's divine consciousness is close, there will occasionally be a momentary trance, and a strange scene will flash.

The gap between Lu Yang and the existence above the demigod level was too big, and he couldn't figure out why this phenomenon occurred, and he couldn't even determine whether this was a phenomenon that all Hex crystals above the demigod level possessed, or if it was the unique characteristics of this crystal.

"Forget it, let's do this today." Lu Yang persuaded.

After a whole night of failure, Peach's mood has become a little manic, and this state is not suitable for continuation.

She took a deep breath, shook her head, and said firmly: "Try one last time, if it doesn't work, you can only go to the academy laboratory, the conditions here are still too simple." ”

Looking at her clear gaze, Lu Yang thought for a while, but nodded in agreement.

After a series of complicated operations, Peach brought out a pot of bubbling suspicious liquid.

Lu Yanghu wondered: "What is this?" ”

"Simmons liquid, something that increases energy activity under special conditions."

As she spoke, she brought over the vessel containing the mysterious crystal shards, a light yellow liquid that had just been concocted, and a special machine.

"After mixing these two liquids, you can effectively XX@@$$OO (if you don't understand), and then use this machine OO$$@@XX (if you don't understand)."

"Ahem......" Lu Yang twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a dark face: "Are you sure there is no danger?" ”

"Don't worry, I've done similar experiments countless times before, and I haven't had a single accident." Peach said categorically.

After pondering for a while, Lu Yang did not stop it.

This night, she did a lot of experiments, and he couldn't understand many processes, but this time the materials she took out were too strange, and Lu Yang couldn't help but interject.

Since she said that there was no problem, Lu Yang was still willing to believe her.

After all, Eddie was in the bedroom next door, and she wasn't going to joke with her sister's life.

However, Lu Yang didn't notice that when Peach eyes drooped, his gaze flickered.

She wasn't lying, she was hiding a little bit of the truth.

……

The initial experiment went well, and the gauges at both ends of the machine began to glow softly.

This means that things are going well, and the energy is being collected and interpreted.

"Great, to succeed ......"

There was a hint of a smile on Shui Miao's face, and her tone was a little excited, but before she finished speaking, her face changed.

The glow on the gauge suddenly rose a few levels, instantly becoming dazzling, and the machine began to squeak as if it were overwhelmed.

Lu Yang's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "What's the matter?" ”

Peach tensed her face and quickly reached for the machine, but the next moment her face was as pale as paper, and she muttered, "It's over." ”

There was endless regret and remorse in his voice.

The light on the measuring instrument became more and more dazzling, and it was no longer possible to look directly, and in Lu Yang's divine sense, dense cracks appeared on the crystal fragments.

Click, click...... Bang!

In Lu Yang's suddenly shrunken pupils, the crystal fragments exploded directly into powder, forming a dust-like vortex.

Something even more terrible happened.

Lu Yang felt that a special wave spread rapidly, and where the wave swept, the space was distorted and time was confused.

All of this, to say a long story, was actually done in an instant, and by the time Lu Yang reacted, it was already too late.

"The traverser died in an experimental explosion?"

The funny thought passed away in a flash, Lu Yang was not ready to give up, he sank into the sea of consciousness for the first time, communicated with the Immortal Sword, and prepared to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and the dead horse became a live horse doctor.

However, he suddenly felt a lightness in his body and seemed to float.

"Already dead?"

Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes with an inexplicable mood, but found that he was lying on a net, in one of the nodes, with him as the center, extending countless lines, each line has another node, and on the node, there is also himself.

A realization welled up in his heart.

"It's a long time."

In the next moment, Lu Yang returned to the laboratory, and the peach was still in place, but his eyes were full of panic.

Lu Yang looked around, everything was intact, and the terrifying space-time vortex did not cause any substantial damage.

"What just happened?" Peach said in disbelief: "I seem to have seen a lot of myself." ”

"That's the nature of this crystal, or rather, its power."

After a pause, Lu Yang's eyes showed a strange light: "Time and space!" ”

"Time and space? Is it possible to travel through time with it? Peach exclaimed.

"It should be possible, but it's ......"

Lu Yang's face suddenly became ugly: "You were too reckless this time, we were almost killed by you." ”

"I'm sorry."

Peach turned white, she didn't defend herself, and her heart was full of joy and fear.

"What the hell is going on?" Lu Yang asked.

He was puzzled.

Why are peaches so reckless?

Now that Eddie's illness has a solution, there is no reason for her to take risks!

Moreover, there is still a risk that will spill over to Eddie

Peach smiled bitterly.

"The experiment was not entirely without danger, and the reason why there were few accidents was because it was controllable. Once there is an abnormal situation, as long as the switch is turned off, the instrument will stop functioning, the experiment will be automatically stopped, and the accidental germination will be stifled,"

"However, when I was about to turn off the switch, time and space should have been out of order, and I couldn't find the location of the instrument at all, so I ......"

Speaking of which, Lu Yang already understands everything.

He was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Forget it, this time it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, and I have figured out the secret." However, this crystal can no longer be studied for you. ”

Peach nodded gloomily and did not resist.

In order to avoid estrangement, Lu Yang still explained: "It's too dangerous. Neither its special nature nor its energy level is destined to be viewed with common sense. The slightest carelessness can cause irreparable disaster, and what I said before about blowing up half of Zuan City is by no means an exaggeration. ”

Peach whispered, "I understand." ”

"It's good to understand, it's not that I'm reluctant to use it for you, it's that it's really too dangerous." After hesitating for a moment, Lu Yang still said: "In the future, Eddie's heart core can't use this crystal, not to mention whether it's dangerous or not, and other parts of her body can't withstand this level of energy." ”

"Hmm."

Explaining these clearly, Lu Yang also had a lot less worries.

Ahem, after all, the relationship has changed a little, if you still use the violent and coercive attitude before, then you won't be a ruthless scumbag......

After a while, Peach's spirit perked up a lot, and she reluctantly looked at the crystal fragment, and she asked curiously, "Then how do you plan to study it in the future?" ”

A thing that can affect time is in front of me, but I can't study it. Even if the reason is good, as a mad scientist, my heart is still full of great loss.

"I've pretty much figured out the general situation."

A piece of information swiped through Lu Yang's mind, and finally, it converged into a relatively complete story.

The story involves three people: Victor, Jace, and Ike.

An expedition by Piltover found a piece of sapphire in the Shurima Desert. But when they returned to Picheng, after expert research, they found that it was just a worthless stone that had been drained of energy.

Eventually, the crystal reached Jace's hands.

Jace sensed something extraordinary, but no matter what method he used, he couldn't solve the secret, until a few months later, he suddenly thought, since the whole crystal can't be experimented with, can he take one of the pieces and study it?

Jace succeeded, but inadvertently unleashed an astonishing wave of energy.

If nothing else, it should be the one that scared Lu Yang a few days ago.

In Victor in Zaun, this energy fluctuation was also detected.

At this time, Victor had been expelled from the academy and returned to Zu'an, and at this time, most of the structure of his body had been mechanically enhanced, and his personality and personality had been weakened, but the dream of improving human society had been strengthened and magnified, and it had become an obsession and a kind of fanaticism.

He called his practice of replacing the human body with machinery, weakening emotions, and reducing the influence of human nature on behavior, as glorious evolution.

Even in the more liberal Zaun, Victor's ideas are stunning. Although not everyone can accept it, however, for those who are cornered, Victor is often their only chance.

Some, especially those saved by Victor, even saw them as saviors, and later formed the official Order, the Glorious Evolution Order in Zaun and Picheng.

Although, Victor does not agree with them, and even, this fanatical sentiment is exactly what he is committed to eliminating, which has to be said to be a great irony.

Not long ago, a poison leak occurred in a ditch, hundreds of residents in the workshop forest area were poisoned and dying, and even their spirits were infected, and only Victor was willing to save them and could save them.

Victor took them back to his lab to try to repair the physical and mental damage, but the toxin had invaded their brains, and even he could only slow down the deterioration and not completely remove it.

Victor slipped open their skulls and slowly filtered the toxins from the blood with a mechanical device, but with his current technology, he simply couldn't do the task, and most of the people here would die unless the efficiency of the dialysis plant was greatly improved.

It was at this point that Victor detected a huge fluctuation in Picheng's energy, and he immediately realized that this was the source of energy he needed, and with this, he could improve the dialysis device and greatly increase its efficiency.

He didn't hesitate to find Jace, hoping to get the crystal.

The two, one silent and cold, the other arrogant, and conflicting ideas.

At a disagreement, the two fought, and in the end, Victor emerged victorious and snatched the crystal.

However, he ignored the piece that had been cut off by Jace.

This is a hex crystal that is at least a demigod, and has a lot of magical abilities, and when the mother body is complete, the fragment will be summoned, creating a traction to the mother body.

Following this call, Jace found Victor's lab.

This time he came prepared.

Jace attached the only remaining piece of crystal to a transformer warhammer he had invented, and after gaining endless energy, the warhammer was completely transformed, from a blasting device to a powerful weapon.

On the other hand, after getting the crystal, Victor immediately set out to save the poisoned patients.

Even, in order to avoid a physical collapse in the process of filtering toxins, he has prepared a steam robot for each of them, at least to ensure that even if the treatment fails, their lives can continue in another form.

The treatment is going well, the toxins in the blood are getting less and less, and the damage caused by the toxins in the body is gradually reversing.

However, before the treatment was completed, Jace came to him.

When he broke down the door, the first thing he saw was hundreds of dead people with their heads cut open, and he even thought that the brains of these people had been transplanted into the robots next to them to make the Iron Soldiers.

Although the ideas are not compatible, but the same talent, the same is not understood, Jace has always regarded Victor as a confidant and friend.

Seeing is believing, Jace tries to convince Victor to give up Glorious Evolution, and he even apologizes for his recklessness.

For the arrogant Jace, it was something that had never happened before.

Unfortunately, Victor couldn't stop his actions, and he couldn't convince Jace to accept his ideas, as he had proven yesterday when he asked for the crystal.

One is taciturn and not good at words, the other is arrogant and arrogant, self-righteous, and the two end up facing each other in life and death.

Unlike last time, this time Jace had an extra transcendent weapon in his hand, and despite the help of many robots, Victor failed.

Jace used the hammer to shatter the crystal, and the huge impact broke and even destroyed the entire laboratory, and although Victor escaped, the people he tried to save were left with no bones left in the destruction.

This is a complete tragedy, the personalities of the two, the philosophies of the two, and the extraordinary talents of the two have all decided, even if there is no such incident, there will be a next conflict. This is a tragedy caused by a misunderstanding, but it is also an inevitability of chance.

Victor eliminated most of his emotions, without chagrin, without hatred, and immediately threw himself back into his glorious evolutionary enterprise. And Jace, after returning to Pit, reported the "facts" he saw and was honored as a hero.

For those who know the truth of the matter, the title of "hero" is an out-and-out joke. It's a pity that the only person in the know is indifferent to these things.

In fact, Jace is not a hero, but a butcher.

However, things are often contradictory and multifaceted, and although Jace is responsible for the greatest guilt for the death of a hundred people, he did all this out of a righteous mentality, and even changed his nature for a while.

And in the truth, Victor, who is relatively on the side of justice, cannot be said to be without a little responsibility in this tragedy. He forcibly took Jace's crystal and planted the root of the tragedy, and after Jace came to the door, he tried to kill him without saying a word, which led to further escalation of the conflict.

It can be said that his series of behaviors are also an important reason for pushing things into tragedy step by step.

The other side.

After the crystal is shattered, it disappears in the shockwave.

According to the normal trajectory, it changed hands several times, and after a few years, it was finally picked up by a white-haired teenager in Zuan.

His name is Ike.

Also a talented teenager.

He was also the first to discover the true power of crystals, and that was planes.

Ike even invented a device called the Z-Actuator, which gave him some control over this space-time ability.

Specifically, it is to go back in time and go back to the past.

Although the time is measured in seconds, the talent is still breathtaking.

You must know that even Lu Yang, who has divine sense, is very difficult to do this, and Ike has succeeded with just one mechanical device.

Terrifying!!

It is worth mentioning that the heroes of Zaun are either non-human or mentally problematic, decent human heroes, and Ike is the only one.

It's a pity, by mistake, now that the crystal fragment is in Lu Yang's hands, Ike may not be able to become the assassin of that time, but with his intelligence, even if he doesn't have this ability, he will definitely be able to shine.

By the way, and Jace.

Now that he knew that Jace still had a crystal shard in his hand, and that it was probably the last one missing, he would also lose his transformation hammer.

Since the intelligence is amazing, then do intellectual labor, climb the technology tree, this kind of fighting, killing and killing, or leave it to a traverser like yourself.