Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 107: The Darkin Beneath Zaun
"Everything about what happened in the Haoshi Mine has been found out. It's right here."

Li Ke sat in his office and looked at Hilco. He saw that he was also sitting in front of Renata and was reaching out to take the document handed over by Renata.

After opening it and taking a few glances, Hilco's brows furrowed.

"So this isn't the first time miners have heard strange noises?"

Renata replied, "We have sent people to ask all the miners who have worked in the Haoshi Mine. The oldest miner among them said that the Zaun people of the past two generations believed that the mine was haunted. The large regular stone wall was also built by the previous generation of Zaun people to block the stone gate."

"Seventy years ago, miners in the Haoshi Mine often sleepwalked in the middle of the night. Several Zaun people fell to their deaths in the mine while sleepwalking. Some miners also ran into the mine like crazy in the middle of the night. The mine boss at the time was afraid, so he chose to block the cave and only mine on the periphery, which reduced the occurrence of such incidents."

"In the decades since then, the miners working in the Haoshi Mine have not heard any strange noises, and no miners have sleepwalked. They have never dared to go deeper, nor have they dared to chisel open the stone walls."

Renata paused, then continued, "But according to Renni's intelligence, she lost consciousness in the Haoshi Mine and walked deeper into the mine, just like those sleepwalking and crazy miners back then."

"Like, what do you think?" Hilco looked at Li Ke.

Li Ke frowned, completely unaware of what was going on.

The mine was haunted, which made Li Ke subconsciously think of mice and Zack, but soon, Li Ke dismissed the idea.

Because mice do not have this ability, it is true that Tuchi is a monster born from alchemy, but Li Ke believes that its physical strength may not be as good as that of normal humans. Tuchi is actually a larger mouse with human wisdom.

Otherwise, it wouldn't hide in the sewers and eat human garbage after mutation.

It is totally incomparable to Mundo and Zac.

It is still unknown whether Mondo is hiding in that ditch, but Li Ke can be sure that he is not hiding in the mine.

As for the demon Zak, he does have extraordinary powers, but Li Ke remembers seeing on the Internet that Zak is a kind-hearted hero. Under his terrifying appearance, he has the heart of a sunny big boy.

Therefore, it can be directly ruled out that Zack was the one behind the cases mentioned by Renata.

So who could it be?

Who is hiding in the shadows and causing trouble in Zaun during this period?

Li Ke thought silently, and suddenly, he thought of a possibility.

"Urgot?"

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Hilco looked at Li Ke and asked, "Who is that?"

"A Noxian, if he was... No, it shouldn't be him." Li Ke's voice became smaller, then he lowered his head and began to think.

No, it won't be Urgot either.

Because Li Ke remembered that Urgot had a movie released, and he went out of his way to learn about Urgot's story.

Urgot is the great executioner of Noxus and possesses terrifying power, but due to a word from a power-seeker, he was thrown to Zaun and became a discarded pawn in the power struggle among the superiors.

Urgot came to Zaun after Swain seized power and gained control of Noxus, and was then imprisoned by the Chem-Baron, where he spent days in darkness and torture.

But the war between Noxus and Ionia had just begun, and Li Keyou was paying attention to the war on the island. After all, his golden finger relied on gods like Ahri.

Swain is still fighting in Ionia, so it is impossible that Urgot did this because the timeline does not match at all.

Or is it an official issue?
Just like the case of Renata and Hilco, the former was clearly a hero created with reference to Hilco, but the timeline of her ascension conflicted with Hilco's timeline.

hiss!
Li Ke felt a headache. The League of Legends universe was huge, but not perfect enough, because the designers responsible for designing the hero stories and backgrounds were different people. They didn't even communicate with each other and would launch heroes and settings according to their own preferences. This led to a lot of bugs in the story line of the League of Legends universe if you looked closely.

The reason for eating the book is the same, it is the official to make the universe more perfect, although they are getting more and more fucked up
Anyway, this really caused trouble for Li Ke.

"Call Vander and let's go and take a look ourselves, Hilco." Li Ke said after thinking for a while.

Someone who can make a person lose consciousness directly cannot be an ordinary being. At the very least, he is a mage. It doesn't make sense for a mage to appear in Zaun at this time.

Li Ke does not allow outsiders to enter Zaun now.

"Okay, I'll go call Vander." Hilco nodded, then looked at Renata, "What are you standing there for?"

Renata's body froze, and she looked at Xierko with scarlet pupils. The white metal fingers on her alchemical limbs popped out and pointed at her face. She said gloomily, "I have to go again?"

"if not?"

"Okay, I'll go." Renata smiled, but her smile was not happy.

At exactly four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ke, Fandel, Shilko, Singed, Jinx, and Wei all arrived at the scene.

Marsan led the team to surround the mine, while Singed bent down and touched the stone beside him and began to study it.

"Did you find anything?" Li Ke asked Singed.

The reason for looking for Singed was naturally because Singed was the one among the scientists in the two cities who knew the most about the "mysterious unknown".

Although Heimerdinger has lived a long life, he only remembers and learns things that interest him, unlike Singed, who is good at a wide range of things.

"I actually found something." Singed narrowed his eyes, rubbing the sand collected from the ore on his fingertips, and continued: "Li Ke, there is blood in these stones."

"blood?"

"Yes, and it's not dried blood, it's fresh blood. Moreover, it seems to be the blood of many kinds of creatures." Singed said seriously.

He stood up, looked at Li Ke, and said, "Don't go in yet. Give me ten minutes. I'll analyze what kind of creature's blood is in here."

After saying that, Singed took out a test tube bottle, threw the ore fragments into the bottle, and began to shake it.

He started doing the experiment on the spot, and Jinx came forward to help him.

Eight minutes later, Singed's eyes gradually became serious.

"We have analyzed it, Li Ke. The blood in these ores comes from rats, bats, various insects, humans, and a creature whose identity cannot be determined." Singed frowned. "It can be called blood, but its activity is too strong. I have dissected thousands of creatures, but I have never seen blood like this."

"This last type of blood has a higher internal activity than the beast blood I created in Fandel's body."

You know, the blood in Fandel's body is more like a burning mixed light, which has a higher activity than the light that is burning all the time.
Singed looked at Li Ke and continued, "So are you sure you want to go in? Li Ke, this will be very dangerous. I guess all this blood was sprayed out by that "creature" when it was hunting and killing other creatures. There is also a mysterious power in this blood. Perhaps this is why Ren Ni was confused."

"Where there is more blood, the strength of the power is higher."

Singed said seriously. "Singed, do you think we can just leave this matter alone? It seems to me that this problem cannot be solved by just abandoning the mine and sealing off a few walls."

"I really have no idea. If my guess is correct, the creature is getting stronger and stronger. Decades ago, our ancestors were able to isolate it from the outside world with just a stone, but now, it can't be blocked by just a few doors."

Singed bent down and inserted the instrument into the mud. After taking it out, he put the mud on the instrument into a test tube. After taking a look, he said, "Although it is still small, this land has been deeply affected by it."

"After staying here for a long time, you will be affected by it. Examples like Renni will appear one after another, and the scope is constantly expanding." Singed said seriously.

"Then I am the one who should go in even more." Li Ke said.

"Haven't you asked the goddess? She should know what happened." Singed thought for a moment and said.

Li Ke's expression became even weirder. Of course, he communicated with Jana as soon as possible, but all he got was a vague answer from Jana.

Janna told Li Ke that she did sense a strange, weak force in Zaun, but she was also weak. She couldn't detect that existence, find it, or observe it. But Janna said that this breath was a little familiar to her.
The atmosphere of Zaun that Janna felt was familiar, yet unfamiliar.
That's really terrifying if you think about it carefully.

If it is really what Li Ke thinks, then escape is the worst option.

Because if the opponent really becomes stronger and stronger by absorbing blood, then even if Li Ke's soul strength suddenly increases by 20 points, he will still be no match for the opponent and will be kicked to death like a stray dog ​​running on the side of the road.

By that time, the entire Zaun will be destroyed. Unless Janna regains her strength and fully recovers, no one can stop this disaster.

So, you can't escape, you can only face it.

Li Ke took a deep breath, raised his hand, looked at Fandel and said, "Come on, Fandel, let's go in together."

Fandel nodded and walked into the mine first.

Li Ke looked at Xierko and said, "The rest of the people are waiting outside."

He looked at Silko, and Silko also understood what Li Ke meant.

He grabbed Jinx who was trying to follow Li Ke secretly.

After entering the mine, Li Ke and Vander soon arrived at the place that Renni mentioned.

Li Ke stood in front of the boulder with a frown on his face. He could smell a pungent smell of blood at the tip of his nose, and strange lines appeared in front of Li Ke.

This should be the effect of elemental affinity, allowing Li Ke to see the "magic" in the air.

Zaun is a place lacking in magic, but the magic before him was chaotic and frenetic, rushing in front of Li Ke like a wild beast.

"Do you smell it?" Vander was very sensitive to the smell of blood. His nose twitched on his big face and he asked Li Ke.

"Hmm, a very pungent smell of blood."

"Singed is right, there are living things in here." Li Ke reached out and touched the stone surface, then he punched the stone wall hard and smashed it.

"Boom!"

The mine trembled, the stone walls broke into pieces, and Li Ke and Fandel went in. Then, both of them held their breath.

What is in front of you is an empty underground world, or what the Haoshi Mine should look like. As a mine, the original scale of the Haoshi Mine was too small, and it did not look like the mine that had been mined in Zaun decades ago.

There was pitch blackness before their eyes. The pungent smell of blood mixed with the stench of decay made Li Ke and Vander feel very uncomfortable. At the innermost part of the mine, there was a faint red light.

Walking forward, Li Ke reached the edge of the deep pit emitting red light, and then he frowned.

"This"

In front of me was a huge abyss with a radius of about twenty meters. It was bottomless and full of red liquid flowing in it. It didn't look like blood, but in fact it was more like boiling and burning lava.

"Is there a crater underneath?" Vandel said subconsciously as he looked at the situation below, but he quickly shook his head and said, "No, there can't be a crater under Zaun, otherwise the explosion hundreds of years ago would have definitely caused an even greater disaster."

"So, what is this, Li Ke? You look like you know something." Vander looked at Li Ke and asked in a deep voice.

At this moment, Vander felt the manic atmosphere in the pit and felt his body trembling with tension, and the same was true for Li Ke.

Who knows what's underneath that red liquid!

"Darkspawn."

"Fandel, this is the Darkspawn."

Li Ke said with a complicated expression.

That’s right, the one who caused all this was not a hero who had not yet appeared in Zaun, but the Darkin!

There is a Darkin beneath Zaun?!

"Wait for me here, Fandel."

Without waiting for Vander to speak, Li Ke suddenly leaped out and jumped into the abyss.

It's not that Li Kru was reckless, but Janna said that she was weak, but the other party was also weak, and both sides could not find out each other's true situation. This is probably the reason why it has been silent and dormant in Zaun.

Li Ke wanted to investigate, get close to it, and then go to the Soul Lotus to find Ahri with this information.

Now only Ahri can help me.

Seeing Li Ke jump down, Vander was horrified and reached out to grab Li Ke, but he missed. Then he quickly lay down and looked, and saw Li Ke's figure landed on a protruding stone, grabbing the wall with his hands, moving towards the bottom little by little.

"Oh shit!"

You want me to stay here?

Fuck you!

If something really happens to you here, Baobao will hate me to death!

There was a crackling sound, and Li Ke looked up to see Fandel using a pair of large claws to embed into the wall and slide down.

"Okay. Then, let's go and take a look together." Seeing Vander following down, Li Ke laughed.

Hopefully, this Darkin is still at its weakest period right now. The best-case scenario is that it is still sleeping.

Otherwise, Li Ke really doesn't know what Zaun dares to use to resist the Darkin now.
After all, every Darkin has the power to destroy a country.

(End of this chapter)