Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 1 Good Luck, Mr. Summoner
"Li Ke, this is the last time I will warn you."

"If you can't pay back the money you owe, then you'd better get ready to fight for our Cimu Gang. I really don't have the time to waste with you anymore. How many times have I given you leniency?"

Li Ke got up from the hardwood bed, rubbed his head, looked forward vaguely, and heard the tall and thin man in front of him still talking.

"It's true that we are friends who grew up together, but money is money and friends are friends."

"That's all I have to say, Li Ke, think about it carefully." The man paused, his tone no longer sharp, and he said with some sadness: "Li Ke, the era that once belonged to our Black Alley is over. There is nothing wrong with joining them. Everyone just wants to survive. The Black Alley is no longer the Black Alley."

After the man finished speaking, without waiting for Li Ke to react, he turned around, took two steps, and pushed open the door. But before leaving, he threw a bag on the table, which made a clinking sound.

Li Ke finally came out of his dizzy state. He rubbed his aching temples, raised his head, and looked at the surrounding environment in confusion.

It was a small tin house, probably only a few square meters in size. Apart from a wooden bed, a small table and a few clothes on it, there was nothing else in the room.

"Zuan."

"Marson, the Eye-catching Gang"

The memory gradually became clearer, just like the pain of a migraine dissipated, and Li Ke's mouth gradually opened wider as the memory emerged.

"What a joke!"

"I'm in Zaun? Above is Piltover? This is Runeterra?!"

Li Ke stood up from the wooden bed and looked down at his hands.

"I, I'm playing Riven at home, right? How is this possible?"

"Crossing?"

"Did I travel to the Rune Land?"

"Did he travel to Zaun?"

Li Ke uttered curse words subconsciously and found it difficult to control his emotions.

As the memories were absorbed, Li Ke gained a new understanding of the "real Zaun".

Unlike the bragging and jokes online about me being a mom-hunting killer from Zaun, the real Zaun, especially at this moment, is so chaotic that Li Ke really can't think of any other adjective to describe it except dangerous and chaotic. No, maybe calling it hell is not a bad idea?
At least for him, a young man who had received nine years of compulsory education and had all-round development in morals, intelligence and beauty, life in Zaan was really not a life for a human being. It was an abyss, a bottomless abyss, and few people who fell in would be able to climb out.

But soon, Li Ke showed great adaptability. He first picked up the bag left by Marsson. After opening it, he found a bag of coins inside. There was not much, but it was enough for Li Ke to sustain his needs for the next few days.

"Marson"

Li Ke showed a complicated expression.

Thinking of what Marson said before, Li Ke felt a little emotional. His original self hated his friend Marson, thinking that he had abandoned his ideals and forgotten Lord Vander. But in fact, Marson had done well enough, because if it weren't for him, Li Ke would have been caught by those guys from the Cimu Gang and thrown into the ditch to pick up garbage.

No one would be willing to work as a scavenger in the sewers unless it was absolutely necessary. The wastewater flowing from Piltover filled the underground world of Zaun. The poisonous gas emitted by metal sewage and wastewater from industrial processing could kill people in minutes if there was no protective equipment.

"call."

Li Ke pushed open the door and walked out of the house. He lived in a large tin frame house, which was squeezed into an alley with a number of dilapidated houses. Holding on to the rusty handrails and the iron stairs that were not sturdy enough to creak with every step, Li Ke walked out of the alley and saw Zaan.

The gray-green smog was pungent and unpleasant, and Li Ke couldn't help but hold his breath. If it weren't for the flashing neon lights, it would be really hard for him to imagine seeing the road ahead in this situation.

Not to mention, the haze also contains tiny metal particles, and when the air is inhaled into the lungs, there will be an unbearable burning sensation.

How on earth did the people of Zuan survive in such an environment? !

Have they all evolved a second lung?

Li Ke couldn't help but think. But right now, he should think more about how to make money. As Marson said, this is the last time. If Li Ke can't pay back the gang's money, then there are only two ways waiting for him: become a scavenger in the gutter or become a body fragment of a boxer who loses the fight and is picked up by the scavengers in the gutter.

Taking a deep breath, the time traveler Li Ke followed his memory and tried to find a temporary job in Zaun.
At night, the streets of Zaun became more and more chaotic. Ever since the death of Vandel in Black Alley, the entire Black Alley had completely gone crazy. Hilco took over this place and brought various nightlife cultures to the local area.

These nightlife cultures have not driven the black alleys in a positive direction, but have made them even more chaotic. You can see drug addicts taking drugs on the streets, as well as old drunkards who were thrown out of the bar and were touched by a group of thugs on the roadside. Under the flashing neon signs, girls dressed seductively shout loudly at passers-by.

It was on such a street that Li Ke walked back to his house.

There is no need to lock the door, and no need for a key, just leave it open. Locking the door will make you a target for gangsters, while leaving it open and allowing them to come in and search will discourage them from doing so, as they won't be able to find anything anyway.

Such is life in Zaan.

Li Ke lay on the wooden bed, looking dazed.

His ability to adapt was really strong. It took him less than half a day to accept everything that happened. But even so, Li Ke still felt uneasy.

The identity of a time traveler and partial knowledge of future developments did not help him at all. In Zaun, where fists and money speak, and where violence and chaos rule, it is difficult for wisdom and technology to take root and grow.

Can I really survive in this place?

After a whole day's work, Li Ke still couldn't find a suitable job. There are no stable jobs in Zaun now. Violence has taken over everything, industry has begun to lag behind, and everything is moving towards barbarism.

The timeline he traveled to was the War of the Two Cities, which was also the main world timeline stated explicitly by the designer. He arrived a few years after Vandel's death, when Hilco officially took over Black Alley and began to take over Zaun.

What will happen in the future is a battle between Zaun and Piltover. Anyway, Li Ke remembers that Jinx fired a cannonball at the end of the first season. Needless to say, what awaits Zaun can only be Piltover's crazy revenge.

There’s no way Zaun will be able to withstand the revenge from Piltover.

High technology versus cold weapons, the rich versus the poor. Thinking of this, Li Ke really couldn't imagine how Zaun would win this war.

Or should I run it earlier?

Run to Demacia. If you want to say which country in Runeterra is the best to civilians, it can only be Demacia. It has a strong national strength and will not exploit the lower class people. Although civilians have little room for advancement, at least they will not be forced to become cannon fodder and thrown onto the battlefield to die, right?

Li Ke knows himself well. He really doesn't know how an ordinary person like himself can survive in this chaotic and dangerous world relying on some heroic stories and future developments he learned from the Internet.

As he thought about it, Li Ke gradually felt sleepy.

Lying on the bed, Li Ke closed his eyes.

How he wished he could wake up from his sleep and find that everything he experienced today was just a dream.

Fall asleep,

In his sleep, Li Ke vaguely heard some vague sounds.

The sounds gradually grew louder and then became clearer.

[Game loading]

[Soul Lotus game loaded successfully. 】

[Entering the Soul Lotus——]

【Entry successful! 】

[Good luck, Mr. Summoner. ]

(End of this chapter)