There was a ray of sunshine in front of me, and I smiled and continued to sprint forward. Freedom is just around the corner. A deafening thud shook the ground, and I stumbled as I ran, and the room in front of me collapsed. Freedom is just around the corner.

Once again, backup planning is my specialty.

I adjusted my gloves and poured all the energy into the gem. I could feel it actively drawing my energy. My vision began to blur, the world seemed to begin to distort, and the gems were already filled with magical energy. The glove emitted a sky-blue flash of light.

I opened my hand, and a golden arc of light shot out of my palm. The arc was flush with the width of the room, and the huge recoil force forced me to stop, but I continued to concentrate on maintaining the magic. The arc continued to illuminate the surroundings, destroying all obstacles in its path, leaving a narrow gap in the boulder. Exactly my favorite!

I tightened my fists, and the passage darkened again. The ground was shaking with rage, and I staggered to my knees. I had just exhausted all my strength, I could barely move a minute, I couldn't stand at all. A few inches away in front of my eyes, the crack in the ground was rapidly stretching, and my eyes could no longer trace the location of the crack's leading edge. The situation is not good. The tomb was already in danger, so I squeezed all the strength I had left to my feet and ran blindly forward, hoping that there was safety at the end of my life.

I can't see that ray of sunlight anymore. Another collapse – the walls around me were collapsing. I closed my eyes and plunged forward into the cave. There's nothing wrong with praying for good luck, and I've always been unusually lucky. I hit the ground and stood up in a smooth tumble, taking a deep breath of the sweet rainforest air.

Behind me, the entrance to the tomb collapsed completely, spewing out a mouthful of ancient dust. I cleaned the dust off my clothes, skilfully tucked the hair in front of me to my ears, and walked away leisurely.

Destroy the peerless ruins, regain the treasures and magnificence, and prove the legendary adventure.

You have to prepare for lunch.

Jace was a gifted inventor who dedicated his life to protecting Piltoverw and the city's quest for progress. Jace relies on the Hextech Transfiguration Hammer in his hand, as well as his strength, courage, and superior intelligence to protect his hometown. Although the whole city regarded him as a hero, he didn't take that reputation well. Even so, Jace's heart is pure, and even those who are jealous of his talent will sincerely thank him for the protection he has brought to the City of Progress.

Jace was a native of Mrs. Piltworth and was instilled with the idea that the city was a fundamental principle of progress: invention. Found. Try to stay away from Zaun. Jace had an unparalleled talent for mechanical engineering, and he became the youngest apprentice ever sponsored by the Gilpala family, one of Piltover's most prominent families. Prepared for this, Jace gladly accepted the grant and began his early inventions, prototypeing many of Hextech's equipment and designing deformable multi-tools for Piltover's working class: a wrench could be turned into a crowbar, a pickaxe could be turned into a shovel, and a hammer could be turned into a blasting energy cannon...... As long as there is a strong enough battery, it can function. Everything Jace touched would make his peers embarrassed.

Most things were easy for Jace to learn, so he couldn't understand why what he saw as simple concepts would be struggling for his peers. As a result, almost everyone who has worked with Jace will perceive him as arrogant and unsightly, and will never slow down and let others catch up with him. As time went on, Jace became less and less patient. At the same time, his words and deeds are gradually distancing themselves from politeness and elegance.

Only one person can be on par with Jace in intelligence while still being able to maintain his mind in the face of his arrogance and rudeness.

His name is Victor.

At an Evolution Day party, which was mandatory for all to attend, the two met late because they both reluctantly participated in the event. Soon after, they began to work together. Victor expands Jace's knowledge and challenges many of his own assumptions. Jace wants to bring real progress to humanity through diverse technologies, while Victor wants to make up for the shortcomings of human beings through technology, such as physical aging and mental bias. They had been arguing, but their disagreements had never been personal—in different ways, but they knew it was just the same thing. What's more, they both understand what it's like to be alienated by their colleagues: Victor because of his strange ideas, and Jace because of his rude attitude.

Together, Jace and Victor invented an engineering mech for the Piltover dock porters—one that greatly increases the wearer's strength, while being light and nimble enough to sink immediately if you fall overboard. However, there was a serious disagreement between the two at a design point, and Victor wanted to add Alchemy Technology implants to the next version of the model, which would increase the strength tenfold, while also preventing the user from getting tired, flustered, and not disobeying the orders of his superiors. Victor thinks this near-genius feature can effectively reduce the accident rate of engineering, while Jace sees it as an obliteration of free will. The two almost got into a fight over this design issue, and it was Jace who eventually reported Victor's intentions to the Academy. Subsequently, Victor was stripped of all his honor and expelled from the Piltover Academy.

The relationship between Victor and Jace is the closest thing Jace has ever had to friendship. He was distraught by this turn of eyes and resumed his lonely work. After that, he became more withdrawn and impatient with others.

While Jace was alone in his research, Gilpala's expedition discovered a pristine piece of azure crystal in the Shurima Desert. Jace volunteered to experiment with it (and pointed out that none of the other scholars in the group were smart enough to produce any useful results), but instead had the Gilpara Group give the crystal to the more polite scholars as punishment. Unfortunately, months passed, and scholars unanimously agreed to conclude that the crystal was worthless and nothing more than a large stone that had been drained of energy. Disappointed, the heads of the family finally handed the crystal to Jace, believing that no matter how talented he was, he would not be able to get anything out of it.