Chapter 41: The Ruins
Now the entire Shurima Desert has completely changed into a different shape, and when viewed from above, the current Shurima Desert has become much larger, and many places have been revealed. But there are too many collapsed places, and the original desert map no longer has any effect, and now the caravans and adventurers who have survived in the desert and have not entered the desert too deep have chosen to go back from the original way, knowing that something bad must have happened in this desert, and it is no longer suitable to go.
Some dry branches and the ruins of some houses are revealed, large and large, and from such fragments we can see the former glory of Shurima. A rich oasis kingdom, once the most powerful kingdom, but destroyed in the last rune war, how tragic the rune war was, the answer can be found from the destruction of the former powerful imperial kingdom, the rune war is equal to the end of the world, the stronger the city-state, the greater the impact of the kingdom.
Ezreal had been walking on Galen's back for almost a day, unattacked by any dangerous creatures, and the journey had been peaceful. Ezreal walked to a ruin, desolate, full of ruined walls and withered trees. Walking through the streets of Shurima's former city, Ezreal looked at the high and low walls, some of which were still a man tall, some of which were only the foundations, and from time to time he would step on tiles that were not completely broken, making a clattering sound. Because of the silence around him, Ezreal could clearly hear his footsteps, which felt a little eerie, but the city was too big to go around, so Ezreal had to bite the bullet and walk forward.
Ezreal had walked for a long time with Galen on his back, and now he was very tired, and the sun was almost setting, so it should not be long before evening. The ruins of the city were so big that Ezreal had no choice but to stay here and rest for the night, praying in his heart that nothing bad would happen. Ezreal didn't dare to think about the bad place, and if he did, he would probably run away. Now it is better to find a more complete house and settle Galen, and after a while, I found a relic that none of the four walls have collapsed, and after putting Galen in it, I walked out, thinking about what to do tomorrow.
Ezreal really wanted to fly out with Galen to activate the Future Warrior mecha, but Ramos said that he must not fly, and he couldn't help but believe Ramos's words, after all, Ramos didn't tell a lie, and even praised himself for being handsome, and everything made him have no reason not to believe Ramos. The more he thought about it, the more chaotic it became, Ezreal simply didn't think about it, and hurried to do something meaningful while it was still dark.
Ezreal found that this was a rare ruin, and he could record that after so many days in the desert, he was either running for his life or playing, completely forgetting his original job, forgetting that he was here to explore. Now that I finally remembered that I still had a task, I began to take out my notebook and pen, which I hadn't used for a long time, and looked at it as I walked, stopping from time to time to record what materials these buildings were made of and how strong they were. Ezreal also found a few pieces of broken ceramics with some incomplete patterns on them, so he put them away and studied them slowly. Ezreal did not let go of a little of his humanistic archaeological value, and recorded all of it.
Ezreal forgot the time as he remembered it, and after more than an hour had passed, and the sky was almost completely dark, and he could barely see clearly, Ezreal stood up, stretched, and returned to the house where Galen had not completely collapsed. Ezreal memorized a dozen pages of things, wrote densely, and happily muttered to himself, saying: "Even if this task is completed, so many things, if you expand it a little, you can produce a very thick book." "If Galen were awake, he would have said that Ezreal had no work ethic, and that a little bit of something would make a book.
Ezreal glowed a little with his mech, looked at what he had written down, and added something that felt imperfect, and it was quickly corrected. Ezreal finished all the work and began to rest. But the desert began to blow a strong wind, and the wind blew through the ruins, and at one time there was a whining sound, and then it made a whining sound, and Ezreal was so terrified that he could not sleep.
The more Ezreal listened, the more frightened he felt, such a sound was really terrifying, although it was just the sound of the wind, there was no other sound, but the sound was too harsh, and the sharp wind sound was like a ghost crying wolf, which made people feel very uncomfortable to listen to. Ezreal wanted to distract himself and think about other things, Ezreal remembered the party in Piltover before, playing games, dancing, drinking and so on, remembering that scene, and then looking at himself now, the gap was too big, Ezreal was a little sad, and he didn't think about those good lives, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt bad in his heart.
Ezery began to think of the moment when he met Galen after the crash, and remembered the feeling he had never felt when he was with Galen, Galen was always so wooden, always making himself angry, and he was angry more often these days than in previous years combined, and when he remembered that he was angry, he still felt good. Galen gave himself a different view of things, let his emotions fluctuate a lot, without so much flattery, without so much hypocrisy, everything was so real.
In Piltover, he was hailed as the explorer of the first year, with countless honors and the admiration of thousands of people, and he gradually lost himself. So far, it seems that I have not experienced enough, just like now, I will be afraid, I am not as brave as others think, I am just an explorer, I can't be regarded as an explorer. When Ezreal had cleared his mind, he looked at Galen, who was still unconscious, and Ezreal said to Galen, "I will surely wake you up, my good friend." ”
When Ezreal finished speaking, he felt a lot more relaxed, not so scared, and wanted to sleep, but then there was an ethereal singing, which was particularly good, and Ezreal appreciated it seriously, thinking that he hadn't heard such a beautiful retro song for a long time, like a silver bell, giving people a refreshing and beautiful feeling, and Ezreal began to become obsessed. After a while, Ezreal had already indulged in it, slowly losing her sense of self, and began to instinctively walk in the direction of the song.
But Ezreal was lucky, because he was afraid that something strange would happen to this ruin after the night, Ezreal put on the Future Soldier mech before dark, and before he gave any command to drive, the mech would not move. The weight of the mecha is not large, but Ezreal's own strength is smaller, and he can't move at all, and the unconscious Ezreal keeps trying to get to the direction of the sound source, but he just can't walk. After a while, Ezreal was overwhelmed by the weight of the mecha, and Ezreal suddenly came to his senses and said, "I fell to death, how can this mecha move, I didn't give any instructions to this mecha, it's not a mecha, it should be me moving, but why should I move." Ezreal muttered to himself.
At this time, there was an ethereal and beautiful singing, Ezreal heard it again, and finally remembered that it was the seductive voice that made him lose his self-consciousness, in order to prevent himself from losing consciousness again, Ezreal gave the mecha an order: "Vivian, help me monitor my brain waves, and if I enter a subconscious or unconscious state, immediately wake me up by coercion." Vivian, the master of the mecha, responded: "Yes, master, I will start monitoring your brain waves now, and if there are abnormal brain waves, I will wake you up as soon as possible." ”
Ezreal heard Vivien's answer, and said helplessly, "Vivien, is there any better way to wake me up than to use electricity?" "No, master, if you can't accept it, do you want to cancel the wake you up?" Vivien returned mechanically. In order to save his life, Ezreal made up his mind and said: "Use electricity, use electricity, no matter what, I will enter an abnormal state, you must wake me up." Vivien said directly, "Yes, master!"
Ezreal made arrangements to make sure she didn't get lost before she settled down. The singing still hasn't stopped, it's still so beautiful, but Ezreal doesn't dare to appreciate it seriously. Ezreal tried to calm himself down, not to think about the song, but he thought uncontrollably, and his heart itched to see what was making the sound. Ezreal's reason told him that he must not go, and that it might be very dangerous to go, and his heart has been entangled, Ezreal sat down and walked to the right, back and forth, hesitating.
Eventually, Ezreal's true nature comes out, and his curiosity about the unknown overpowers reason, and Ezreal decides to find out where the song came from. Ezreal once again issued a series of orders to the mech, making sure that he would not get lost as much as possible, and then he was reassured. Ezreal began to walk in the direction of the source of the sound, the desert tonight does not talk about the moon, there are not even stars, it is pitch black, and there is no way to see the road at all. Ezreal had no choice but to use his mecha to emit a ray of light from his head, illuminating the road ahead like a miner's lamp, walking on the ruins step by step, stepping on the tiles from time to time, making a cracking sound that made it even more eerie.
Ezreal's attention was attracted by the song, and he mustered up his energy to pay attention to the song, and at the same time to prevent himself from getting lost, so he didn't care about how the surrounding environment was, and only used a small part of his attention to see the road ahead, and as he walked, the song became louder and louder, and Ezreal felt that the attraction of the song was getting bigger and bigger, and he was a little dizzy, and the mecha began to remind, and Ezreal made up his mind and said: "Vivien, stimulate my mind with an electric current and make me completely sober." A not-so-strong electric current passed through the mecha to his head, and Ezreal suddenly felt a tingling and sourness, and the person suddenly came to his senses, and continued to walk forward with this sober energy.
After a while, Ezreal could already hear voices coming from a short distance, but there was a high wall in front of him, blocking the view from ahead. Ezreal looked at the wall, and then looked at the direction of the wall's extension, and looked at the building, it used to be a large opera house, it was originally a very tall building, but looking at this height, it should have collapsed a lot, but it was still three or four meters high, and it was impossible to see what was inside. Ezreal thought that the song should come from the collapsed opera house, thought for a while, turned off the lights of his mech, and walked cautiously to the dilapidated opera house. Ezreal's palms were sweating, and he was indescribably nervous now, silently praying in his heart that there would be nothing strange in it, but he subconsciously thought in the direction of something strange, and he was even more nervous.
After walking for more than ten meters, Ezreal walked for five or six minutes, and finally reached the wall, climbed up from the collapsed debris, and finally reached the top, and could see the situation inside. Ezreal saw a beautiful woman in white singing, but only saw the perfect body, not the face.