Void Beetle Evolution Guide

"Rek'Sai? That means we're doomed!"

Rek'Sai is probably the most notorious void monster in Shurima. She is the queen of the Sha, and ancient books from generations ago have recorded the disasters she caused or witnessed records.

She destroyed countless towns and devoured countless caravans, forcing those who were shrouded in her shadow to call the Great Desert where she stayed the Sea of Bones.

And until now, she is still active in the desert.

Talia looked solemn and gloomy. But when she thought about what Kasa had just said, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have missed something.

"Who is the Wild Hunt?"

"It's the shell on my body." Kaisa looked away, looked at her toes and added: "My...other half."

Kassadin's abnormal behavior is worth further study, but Zoran's matter is more important at the moment. Taliyah clenched her fists to encourage herself, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"No matter what, we have to make people here aware of their situation."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to find Zoran's boss and tell him about the situation here."

After listening to this, Kasa shook her head and said, "There's no need to go through so much trouble. I'll just tear down these houses and they'll naturally leave because they have nowhere to live."

"Uh, isn't this a bit..." Talia didn't agree. Kassadin's method was too extreme and too harsh on the townspeople.Mei wants to sing Lin Yongkong sings without Lin Yong......

"They won't obey you. Even if you throw a monster in front of them, they will come up with ten thousand excuses to deceive themselves." Kasa said slowly with the tone of an experienced person: "And the people in this town are all stonemasons and believers. Restoring the statue is like a mission for them. They will never leave easily."

Talia was amazed at Kassadin's observation skills. She was able to analyze so much before even having any contact with him, but she still couldn't agree with Kassadin's approach.

"Isn't it easy to destroy? Destruction is much easier than creation. I can knock down the statue with just one hand, but it is terrible to destroy other people's faith and make choices for them without authorization. Kaisha, wait a little longer, maybe there is a better solution."

Looking at Talia who refused to give in, Kassa sighed: "Another one who refuses to believe in evil. In that case, let's try it your way first."

Kassa felt that Talia at this moment was just like herself in the past, simple and ignorant, thinking things were too optimistic, taking chances, and thinking that everyone would listen to her.

But there was one thing Talia said that she agreed with: destruction is much easier than creation, just like killing monsters is always easier than saving people. Therefore, she chose the easiest way to destroy everything they were unwilling to give up.

"Do you need me to help you resolve your disagreement?" After the two girls finished their discussion, the Wild Hunter suddenly appeared.

"What are you going to do?" Kasha asked.

"Nothing much, just saying hello to her and speaking to her from the heart." The Wild Hunter replied meaningfully.

"No, you can't do that to her!"

He originally didn't want to make Taliyah his follower, because the girl wasn't very attractive, and she was a new friend of Kassadin, so there was no need to cause trouble for Kassadin. But just now, Taliyah said that she could overthrow the statue as long as she wanted, which made the Wild Hunt very interested in her true strength.

However, after being rejected by Kassadin as expected, the Wild Hunt put the matter aside and waited for the right time to bring it up again.

Taking advantage of the sunset, the two girls walked along the river to Zoran Town. Talia wanted to negotiate, and Kassa following her would only have the opposite effect, so she chose to follow in stealth.

As soon as she arrived at the lake, Talia saw a townsman walking towards her. He had a stone-chiseling tool tied around his waist and seemed to have just finished a day's work.

"I will give you water and shade. Excuse me, who is the person in charge here?"

Talia walked up to talk to her. The middle-aged man stopped, looked up at Talia, and after realizing that she was a friendly-looking girl, he answered with a smile.

"It's the master stonemason Noria. Little girl, what do you want from her?"

"Yes, it's very important, please let me see you!"

Talia raised her clenched fist, looking like she was in a state of emergency. The man frowned at her, as if he was troubled.

"Not everyone can meet a master stonemason." He asked, "Are you a stonemason? Or do you come here to be an apprentice?"

"Ah, neither. But I am a weaver."

"Weaver, I'm sorry, we are only short of stonemasons. Food is not abundant in Zolan. If you bring your own dry food, you can stay here, but the head stonemason will not see you."

The man left a piece of advice and walked around Talia. Talia looked at the sun that was about to sink into the horizon, so she simply turned her palm over to pick up a stone from the lake and shouted.

"What if I could control rocks?"

The man who heard the voice turned around and looked at the stone arm that was floating in Talia's hand and still dripping water, his eyes widened in disbelief.

The ability to demonstrate was very useful. That night, Talia met the master mason.

The meeting took place at Noria's home, which was built on a cliff at the feet of the statue. Following the steep and narrow stone steps, one arrived at a corridor.

There are many windows on the outer side of the corridor, and many thin and transparent veils are hung on the windows. When the cool breeze of the desert night blows, the veils will dance with the wind, and standing by the window, you can clearly see the lakeside town below.

Noria was standing in front of one of the windows. When she saw Talia cautiously step into the corridor, she waved at her with a smile.

She was already in her fifties or sixties, wearing a long gown, with gray hair and tanned hands that had become as rough and leathery as from years of beating.

"I give you water and shade, young weaver. What is your name?" As soon as she opened her mouth, Talia felt a strong sense of vicissitudes. Her voice was hoarse by age and her breath was destroyed by stone dust.

"I will also give you water and shade, Great Stonemason. I am Talia from the nomadic tribe." Facing the respected senior, Talia became a little restrained.

"I heard you can manipulate rocks. Can you show me your abilities?"

As if she could see Talia's embarrassment, Noria skipped the detours and went straight to the point.

The girl took out a bag of stones and scattered them on the ground. She imagined the stones as balls of coarse cotton, and then disassembled them one by one in the way of a weaver, and then re-woven them into shape.

The image of Zoran's faceless statue suddenly flashed through her mind. The mysterious glory that was destroyed by the huge sword blade lingered in her mind, so she subconsciously thought of sewing the god's face.

Then she thought of Kassadin. Kassadin's face was the most beautiful face she had ever seen, with delicate features and a sharp jawline that carried a murderous aura comparable to that of a god warrior, but her eyes revealed infinite compassion, making her very suitable as the face of a god.

When she opened her eyes, the stones had been fused into a mask, a face that looked 80% like Kassadin.

Noria picked up the stone sculpture and studied it carefully. Her shaking fingers betrayed her inner throbbing. She gently stroked the eyebrows and eyes with her fingers, not daring to use any force, for fear that the rough skin would scratch this great face.

“Is this the face you chose for the idol, Talia?”

"That's it."

"Why did you think of using a face like this?"

Talia didn't understand the point of the question and answered, "Well, because my friend looks like this, and I used her face as a reference."

"Many artists use real people as models, but I can tell at a glance that this face is extraordinary. This is not a look that ordinary people can have." She coughed twice out of excitement, and her eyes showed a fiery heat that was extremely disproportionate to her old age, as if she wanted to burn away all the turbidity and milkiness accumulated in those blue eyes.

"In the face you created, I see both murderous intent and compassion. This fits the image of Zolani very well. She is both a god-warrior and a healer. It is not easy to present these two completely different temperaments."

"But I don't know Zolani, I only know that she is a great ascender."

Taliyah pinched her sleeves awkwardly. She just pinched her face to imitate Kassadin's, and the stonemason appreciated her aesthetic taste.

The thought of the model hiding nearby made her so embarrassed that she almost dug a hole in the three-bedroom apartment with her toes.

Chapter 58 The True Appearance of the Goddess

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"Did you hear that, Kasa? She said you are a celestial being."

When Great Stonemason Noria expressed her opinion, the Wild Hunt also secretly joined in the booing, which made Kassadin, as the person involved, feel very strange.

There is no woman who doesn't want to be praised for her appearance, even Kassadin is no exception, so she used to care about the negative impact of skin armor.

But when someone seriously praises your face, the shame and embarrassment you feel is beyond words.

If she showed up now and let the old lady know that Talia was not being modest and that the model she was talking about was real, I wonder how she would react.

Kasha continued to listen.

"Talia, how did you get this ability?" The stonemason stepped forward and held Talia's hand, his rough fingers rubbing across her palm lines, as if he was carefully examining a piece of stone.

"It's innate," Taliyah replied.

"I wish I had met such a genius earlier. We have been struggling with ideas in Zoran for decades, but we still can't agree on what kind of face we should carve for the statue. Your work has given me some inspiration."

She murmured, moving her fiery gaze from Talia's hand to her face, "Child, do you want to learn to be a stonemason from me? You are born to be a stonemason. Let's repair the statue together. This will be the greatest work of my life."

Talia was almost tempted by Noria's invitation, but when she remembered the purpose of her trip, she shook her head and refused.

"Big Mason, please let people leave Zolan, it's very dangerous here!"

"Dangerous? How could it be?" Noria said slowly, "Although Zolan is a little remote, there has never been an incident of wild beast attack in the past few decades. This is completely the favor of the goddess Zolani. She protects us and allows us to restore her glory one day."

"It's not that the goddess has favored him. Zoran has been included in the hunting range of the burrowing beasts. The underground is full of tunnels dug by Ax'sai, so no beasts dare to approach here!" Taliyah retorted.

Noria pondered for a moment, and seemed to realize a frightening fact from Talia's words.

But then she began to pray devoutly, and the more devout she was, the angrier Talia became.

"It's okay, the goddess will protect us."

"How can it be okay? Those guys are man-eaters! Do you want me to open a road leading underground and then put the monsters in front of you before you believe it?"

Noria knew she couldn't deceive herself anymore, so she spoke to Talia earnestly.

“Even so, we will not leave until the statue is restored.

An elder stonemason once showed me a picture faded by time. It showed clear water pouring down from the top of the cliff, forming two elegant arcs in the air and sliding down from both sides of the statue.

In that picture, the lake in the center of Zoran Town was as rich as a full moon and as clear as a dome. It stretched and narrowed into the distance, and finally became a river rushing into the land of Shurima.

In order to recreate that scene, our group has persisted here for decades. How can we give up halfway when we are almost done? "

She sighed and said, "Just once is enough. I just want to see the blue river flow again in my lifetime."

"Why do you think that Zoran will return to his original state after the statue is repaired?" Taliyah felt it was unreasonable: "I have the ability to communicate with rocks. I can tell you very clearly that the statue is just an ordinary statue. It does not have the ability to make the river flow again!"

"Whether she is real or not, as long as we believe it, it's fine."

Noria's blind faith in the goddess finally annoyed Taliyah. She threw all respect for elders and shouted angrily, "Don't you all want to die?"

The stonemason just shook his head after hearing this. "To be honest, I have a heart disease. My mother had it, and so did my mother's mother.

I don't have long to live, but I don't want to die without seeing my greatest work completed.

I don't want to move any more, kid, you go and persuade others.

But I want to tell you that those who can gather here for decades and never leave are the most devout believers and the most dedicated stonemasons.

The Zolani Idol is not only the greatest work I have ever done in my lifetime, it is also the greatest work they have ever done in their lifetime.

If you really want to help us, please help us speed up the process and finish this work before the void destroys this place."

The weight of the years took shape on Noria's body, and a deep sense of fatigue emanated from her bones, but Talia was so shocked by the determination to die in her words that she was speechless for a long time.

At this moment, she suddenly understood what Kasa had said to her and felt powerless.

——People who are unwilling to accept reality cannot be awakened, because they will always find ten thousand reasons to deceive themselves.

Just as Talia fell into deep self-doubt, a hand was placed on her shoulder.

Turning around, I saw that Kassa had actually lifted her invisibility and couldn't help but appear in front of Noria.

"Kasha, I'm sorry—"

She was full of frustration at the moment and was about to say something, but was stopped by Kassa.

"That's enough, Talia. You've tried your best. Leave the rest to me."

She stood in front of Noria, looking down at the follower of Zolani. In front of her, the respected stonemason seemed to have turned into a hunchbacked old woman.

After all, she is a well-informed stonemason, and many of Noria's works are themed on void monsters.

Not only was she not startled by the sudden appearance of Kassa, she also did not pay too much attention to the monster shell on the latter. She just looked at the face carefully with the eyes of examining a work of art, and even slowly reached out to touch Kassa's cheek.

"Little girl, your face is even more perfect than Talia's sculpture. I was wrong." Noria exclaimed sincerely.

If sculpture is not created, it is just imitation and can never be as perfect as the real person. If it is created, it will begin to lose its authenticity.

"But that's still not Zolani's face." Kasha said calmly: "Great Stonemason, can you carve Zolani's true face?"

“Although I can’t find any reference, I will do my best to pick a suitable face for the statue.”

"No matter how you carve it, it's impossible to restore it 100%, because that's just what you imagine Zolani should look like. Can you accept the imperfection of working hard for decades and finally putting a face that doesn't belong to Zolani on the statue?" Kassa asked.

Noria frowned slightly, the answer was obviously no.

Taking advantage of the other party's pursuit of perfection, Kai'Sa continued: "I know where to find references. I know how to restore Zolani's true appearance."

"Do you have an image of the goddess? Or a carving?!" Noria instantly became very interested in her words.Mei wants to sing the praises of Lin Mei is empty without Lin...

"Zolani is not dead. She disappeared because she became a darkin weapon and was sealed away. Only I know where she is sealed."

Kassa glanced at Talia next to her, and added to the stonemason: "As long as you lead people to evacuate Zolan, I will tell you where to find the dark weapon. As long as you get the weapon, Zolani will come back to life, and then you can see her face.

I swear that what I say is true, or the jackals will take my soul away."

Kassadin was not bragging. She really knew where Zolani was sealed. It was in Wuji Village in Ionia.