LOL: Let me touch your steel

After saying that, Kassa was afraid that Zhang Xu would continue to invite her to taste it, so she quickly placed Baron Nash's heart on her void skin armor.

Looking at Kassa's actions, Zhang Xu smiled and looked into the distance.

Next is to return to the ancient city...

He wanted to see what secrets were hidden in that ancient city!

Chapter 40: The Tower That Does Not Exist in Time

Purple light kept flickering in Zhang Xu's eyes. These eyes, which were amplified by the steel stacked from the bodies of void creatures, performed extremely well in the dark environment.

Dispel the darkness and see the way forward, while also being aware of the void creatures hiding in the dark.

At the end of the sight is the ancient city.

But Zhang Xu discovered an unexpected situation.

In the direction of the ancient city ruins, a tower suddenly stood up on the ground!

A tower suddenly appeared in the void!

Looking at the tower that appeared and disappeared in his vision, Zhang Xu's expression changed slightly, and his voice became solemn:

"A tower..."

This was a tower they had not seen since they left the ancient city.

The area around the tower is a vast plain with only some ground hernias and their grayish white roots protruding from the ground. The tower stands alone in the middle of the vast plain.

But this scene actually reveals a mysterious atmosphere.

"Why did a tower suddenly appear?"

Kassa tried to look forward and made a confused sound.

She remembered very clearly that after they left the ancient city, they set foot on this open plain, and were attacked by several void creatures on this plain. The surrounding hernias also proved that her memory was not wrong.

But in her memory, this tower did not exist.

The strange contrast instantly made Kassa alert, and she subconsciously turned her eyes to Zhang Xu.

"This tower...seems a little weird."

Zhang Xu nodded. They did not see the tower when they left the ancient city, but when they came back to look for the ancient city, such a tower suddenly appeared, which obviously revealed something unusual.

Moreover, Zhang Xu also guessed the owner of the tower.

The Keeper of Time, Kieran.

A gifted elemental mage from ancient Ecathia.

If I remember correctly, in the background story, Zilean did create a tower and used the magic of time to save countless people of Ekathia.

From a distance, the tower looked like a slender mast standing on the open ground. But when he got closer, Zhang Xu found that the tower was much larger than he had imagined.

"Want to go in and take a look?"

In Kassadin's mind, the answer to this question is actually negative.

She didn't know what the Time Guardian was, nor had she heard of the legend of Kiran. She just instinctively felt that this tower was full of weirdness.

A tower that appeared and disappeared from time to time stood in the void without being damaged by void creatures. If someone said that there was no problem with this tower, she would be the first one to disbelieve it!

"I need to go in and take a look..."

Zhang Xu frowned and walked towards the tower carefully.

If this tower is really Kiran's tower, then it can explain why they didn't see this tower when they passed by here before.

Because this ancient building no longer exists in time!

Kiran used the time magic he mastered to erase the time of this tower and completely isolate the tower from the void.

In other words, it is difficult for ordinary people to notice this tower.

But they discovered this ancient building on the way back to the ancient city... Zhang Xu thought that he might be able to find the answers he wanted in this tower.

Looking at Zhang Xu's actions, Kasa took a deep breath and followed him.

While approaching the tower, Kassa was always alert to his surroundings and to the tower itself, fearing that anything unusual might suddenly happen to the tower.

But fortunately, they arrived at the door of the tower safely.

The gate still looks brand new, without any traces, as if time has really no effect on this tower.

Nothing happened.

But Zhang Xu's expression changed. Although he was just close to the gate, he could still feel a vigorous magical power.

It exists behind this door!

"Be careful."

Kassa reminded Zhang Xu while putting on his helmet and fully opening the wings behind him, maintaining a combat posture.

If there is anything unusual after opening the door, she will immediately take Zhang Xu away.

Zhang Xu slowly raised his hand and placed it on the door.

There didn't seem to be any lock on the door, and it opened with a gentle push.

The moment the door was opened, the magic behind it instantly fell on Zhang Xu and Kasa. Because Zhang Xu stood in front of Kasa, he felt the magic even more strongly.

In just a short moment, Zhang Xu actually felt a sense of time interweaving, as if... he had come to another world.

It seemed like he had traveled through time again...to ancient Ekasia thousands of years ago!

Zhang Xu subconsciously turned around and found that Kassa also had a look of surprise on her face, and he immediately felt relieved.

Together they broke into the tower, into this ancient building that was thousands of years old.

And Zhang Xu's sight instantly fell on the people in the main area of ​​the tower.

All kinds of figures, tall and short, fat and thin, male and female, young and old, of all identities, almost all maintained the same expression.

Their expressions were terrified, and their postures were as if they were running, as if they were being chased by something.

Of course, the more important point is that they are all still. It is as if they were cast into a state of immobilization, and they are completely frozen in the same position as before being immobilized.

"Are they...alive or dead?"

Kassa looked at these people with some horror, her face full of confusion.

Judging from their clothing, these should be... ancient Ekassia? In short, they don't look like modern clothing. Modern clothing is definitely not as complicated as these people's.

"Perhaps it would be more accurate to describe them as the living dead?"

Kiran did it. He erased time and kept the refugees away from the threat of the void.

But he didn't do it completely, because in this tower, he was the only one who could move freely in this abnormal area.

These people were indeed saved by him, but until Kiran truly understood the mysteries of time and causality, he would never be able to reverse the process and bring them back to life.

"In other words, these people are the ancient Ekassia people from thousands of years ago? Then wouldn't they be our ancestors?"

Listening to Zhang Xu's explanation, Kasa's eyes gradually widened.

"You live in the southern desert of Shurima, not Icathia. Even if they are from the same generation as you, they have nothing to do with you. Moreover, the Icathians probably have no descendants."

"These people here should be the last survivors of Ekassia."

Chapter 41 Exploring the Tower

Kassa tried to touch the people here, but as expected, she failed.

The people here always remain in a rigid and motionless state, without any reaction or response at all.

If there is a response, it would be a truly terrifying thing.

Zhang Xu and Kasa began to explore the tower. This tower, which was thousands of years old, might have certain records that could answer Zhang Xu's doubts.

Just as Zhang Xu felt from outside, the tower was indeed much larger than he had imagined, and the space inside was surprisingly large.

Except for the lobby at the bottom, the entire tower seemed to have many floors, and the spiral staircase in the center of the lobby led to each floor. And each floor had many rooms filled with all kinds of books.

It’s a pity that most of these books are written in languages ​​that Zhang Xu cannot understand.

Zhang Xu found out with some sadness that he only knew simplified Chinese characters, and even some traditional Chinese characters, and at most a part of English. The text on the books here did not belong to any type of language, it was a language unique to ancient Ekassia.

Even Kassa didn't recognize him.

Zhang Xu began to miss Kassadin.

As a caravan guide who has traveled through the desert countless times, Kassadin has extensive knowledge and may be able to recognize these words.

In addition to these rooms and the books placed inside, Zhang Xu and Kasa found some unrotten food. Without the influence of time, these foods were still vivid even after thousands of years, and even exuded an enticing aroma.

Kasa no longer had the desire to fill her stomach, but Zhang Xu still did.

Zhang Xu took a few tentative bites and found that the food here was unexpectedly delicious, in no way worse than the delicacies he had eaten in his previous life.

Much tastier than the meat of void creatures.

After spending nearly half a month, Zhang Xu and Kasa finally returned to the first floor of the tower and returned to the lobby.

They had explored all the floors and rooms except the enclosed top floor of the tower.

Sitting against the wall in the hall, Zhang Xu shook his head helplessly.

He also thought that he could find some records about ancient Ecathia here, or even records about that ancient city and the hexagram.

I did find it, but there are so many books, they can't all be about magic, right? There must be some other records, right?

It’s a pity that they can’t understand it.

It’s still because of the lack of culture!

Otherwise, we would have figured out what the hexagram was by now.

"Zhang Xu, there is something very strange!"

Kasa looked around, her eyes fell on the ancient Ekassia people gathered not far in front of her, with a puzzled look on her face: "Since you said that this tower was created by the magic of an ancient Ekassia wizard named Jilan, then if he is not in his own tower now, where is he now?"

"Since he saved the people of Ancient Ekathia, he must really want them to come back to life, right?"