lol: Bind Syndra at the start

He looked up and asked, "I told you that Yodels have better luck than you humans. Were you teleported to the edge of a cliff?"

"Did you just wake up?" Vladimir looked at Heimerdinger.

There was a feeling in his eyes that made the latter feel unfamiliar.

"I've been awake for a while."

"how long?"

"About twenty minutes?"

"Haha..." Vladimir laughed, "No wonder you still have the mind to joke."

"What do you mean?" Vladimir's attitude made Heimerdinger a little confused.

"Do you know how long I've been awake?"

"how long......"

"Three years." Vladimir took a deep breath. "Do you know how I spent these three years?"

"Wait...are you kidding me?"

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Vladimir pointed at himself.

"So what you're saying is..."

"Yes, we were all transported to another place by the Hex Core, but our 'landing points' were not at the same point in time."

"The power of time is involved?" Heimerdinger widened his eyes. The Yodel were not sensitive to time, but he knew that time was a dangerous and mysterious force.

"That's the most surprising thing..." Vladimir looked at Heimerdinger. "These past three years have made me understand why Ryan cares so much about your students."

"Why?" Heimerdinger asked subconsciously.

"Because in this world, your students almost destroyed it..." Vladimir looked at the barren mountains behind him, "Let's find a safe place first. Living people like us have to hide from those mechanical believers now."

Chapter 381 The Disappearance of Ryan

Having faith is a good thing sometimes.

But when this belief slowly seeps into your soul and even begins to control your mind, that belief will become a 'temptation' that is more evil than the devil's whispers.

Vladimir did not follow Heimerdinger's advice and hide in the cave where he 'awoke'.

Instead, they chose a more open area, which was surrounded by barren wasteland on three sides, without any greenery or birds or animals. On the back was a ten-meter-high earthen slope that just blocked their sight and blocked the wind and rain.

Then Vladimir skillfully used magic to build up a fairly decent independent space, and his skillful posture seemed as if he had done this hundreds of times.

Heimerdinger sat on the ground in a daze. He thought for a long time before speaking, "So where are we now?"

"I initially thought we were in a certain future, but after taking a closer look, I think the world we're in is more like a giant illusion, a fiction based on the past of Piltover and Zaun."

Vladimir lay quietly on the slope, cherishing every minute and second of recovery time.

His exquisite scarlet robe looked like a rag picked up from somewhere, and his messy hair made it difficult to associate him with the usual Vladimir.

But this is the real Vladimir.

Three years is not enough to change his personality. For this acting master who has played countless roles, his true personality depends on the 'character' he displays in the given situation!

"What's the basis for your speculation?" Heimerdinger asked. "What is the current state of the world?"

"Do you know where we are now?" Vladimir asked back.

"Desert...Shurima?" Heimerdinger said, looking at the surrounding environment.

"This is Piltover."

"?" Heimerdinger stood up and said with an extremely firm tone, "Impossible!"

"Look to the south. There's a long, deep ditch in the distance." Fredimir understood Heimerdinger's reaction.

He was also surprised when he first learned about this.

The environment of Piltover may not be as good as that of Ionia, but thanks to Zaun as a drainage ditch, the surrounding natural environment is well preserved.

"This is......"

"The Pelt River." Vladimir replied calmly.

"Why did the Peart River dry up?" Heimerdinger still didn't believe it.

As the founder of Piltover, he carefully studied the environment of Piltover when choosing the site.

The Pirt River connects directly to the sea, so it is impossible for it to dry up.

"Because of the war, your student embarked on the path of mechanical ascension, and he succeeded... Not only did he heal himself, but he also healed countless Zaun people." Vladimir's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm, "But he can heal the human body, but not the human soul.

"War will not end, and disasters will not disappear. Do you remember how the last round of Rune Wars ended?"

"It's because everyone has realized the dangers of the Rune War. Continuing the war will not benefit anyone."

"Yes, but in a world where mechanical ascension is possible, the cost of war is infinitely reduced. As long as you have a breath left, you can't die. Even if you die, you can still exist in another form.

“Humanity has lost its fear of war, and its dependence on this world and nature, but humanity still exists, and so do human desires… Although you are a Yordle, you should know how other humans would treat those cold metal men.

“The conflict between humans and metal people cannot be eliminated, and these mechanically modified people seem to have some problems with their brains.

"I initially thought it was humans who started the war, but after careful investigation, I discovered that the metal people were the source of the war. They seem to share a brain. Do you know where this will lead?"

Heimerdinger thought for a moment and said, "Many things that happen to individuals are magnified infinitely?"

"Yes, the metal man is like a sensitive feather. Even if you breathe on him, he will float... Your student has indeed saved countless people, but it is precisely because of his rescue that the number of real 'people' has become increasingly rare."

Vladimir is a scientist, but more than just a scientist.

His long life allowed him to dabble in sociology and philosophy, and the world he witnessed during these three years did indeed verify many philosophical inferences.

Many people have discussed the body and the soul, and which one is the essence of human beings.

And now Vladimir can clearly tell this group of people that only when both the body and the soul are present can you be called a "human being".

Heimerdinger understood Vladimir's meaning. As a Yordle who had experienced the Rune Wars firsthand, he wasn't as naive as many of his kind. "So, the human situation is so bad right now?"

"What do you think?" Vladimir spread his hands. "Now the metal men see humans like cats see mice."

"..." Heimerdinger took several minutes to accept this reality, but then he asked, "Then why do you think this isn't the real future?"

Vladimir sat up. "Because I haven't heard anything about Ryan here."

"Maybe he's gone."

"I mean, not at all." Vladimir looked at Heimerdinger. "He never showed up in Piltover, and there's no real peace between Zaun and Piltover. The world as a whole seems free of any shadow of darkness.

"Do you think this could be the real world? I can't imagine any person or any power that can completely erase all traces of the dark existence.

"Then there can only be one truth: Hextech's power cannot replicate darkness, even in an illusion!"

"That makes sense..." Heimerdinger was convinced by Vladimir. The furry Yordle immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Then when we return to the real world, we have to find a way to block Viktor's path."

"That's going to have to wait until I get back..."

Vladimir suddenly stood up midway through his words, and scarlet magic slowly condensed around him.

Before Heimerdinger could even ask, the sound of "clicking" nearby had already answered his question.

"Have you offended them?"

Heimerdinger immediately moved close to Vladimir, knowing that his current position was just a decoration.

"Guess where the information I investigated came from?"

"Then you can definitely beat them." Heimerdinger felt relieved again.

Fredimir was able to survive here for three years, so it is impossible that he would die as soon as he woke up.

"Remember to hold my thighs tightly later."

"I already have it."

"I mean, really hugging him." Vladimir lowered his head and looked at Heimerdinger. "Have you realized one thing?"

"what?"

"My power is based on blood, and these metal men have no blood!"

?

While Heimerdinger was stunned, a person with golden skin appeared behind him.

The scorching laser lit up almost instantly, just as Vladimir was about to use his arm to block Heimerdinger's attack.

A familiar dark purple light appeared out of nowhere and instantly enveloped the metal man.

Vladimir took the opportunity to grab Heimerdinger and turned into a scarlet mist to escape further away.

Chapter 382: Traveling Back in Time

Panting sounds were heard in the cramped space, and this time Vladimir found a more tricky position.

After putting Heimerdinger down, he leaned his back against the mountain wall to rest.

"Are you tired?" Heimerdinger, who had just woken up from the attack by the metal man, realized that something was wrong with Vladimir.

"I just asked you a question, but you ignored it." Vladimir's breathing gradually slowed down, but the strong fatigue was almost engraved on his face.

"what is the problem?"

"Do you know how I've survived these past three years?" Vladimir looked at Heimerdinger. "There's hardly any living people around here, let alone animals. The key to blood magic is 'blood,' and I'm almost running out of energy."

"That's troublesome..." Heimerdinger lowered his head. "Perhaps I can go talk to Viktor?"

"Will he listen to you?"

"...Probably not." Heimerdinger knew that in the real world, Jayce and Viktor had been researching Hextech without his knowledge. In this virtual world, his words would have no effect at all.

He pondered for a moment, then finally looked up at Vladimir and asked hesitantly, "Can my blood be used?"

"You can try it."

Vladimir pretended to grab it.

But just as his palm was about to touch Heimerdinger, he looked at the nervous yordle and laughed, "I'm kidding."

"Are you still in the mood to joke?" Heimerdinger asked in surprise.

He found that although Vladimir looked tired now, he no longer had the sense of urgency he had at the beginning.

"We are saved," said Vladimir, and sat down again.

Heimerdinger is a "scientific researcher", so it's no wonder that he gets confused easily on such a complicated battlefield.

But he couldn't be wrong. When Heimerdinger was about to end his life prematurely, the dark magic he had been searching for for three years finally appeared...

The power of the runes was indeed strong, but he was more optimistic about darkness.

"...Ryan is already trying to save us. Now we just have to wait."

......

......

Ryan also felt a sense of weightlessness in his soul and body the moment he touched the light.

But unlike Heimerdinger and Vladimir, this power can only be regarded as a "push" for him.

He could follow this push and go wherever the Hex Core wanted him to go;

You can also use the power of darkness to resist this push and keep yourself in the real world.

But Ryan chose the third option...

He first "walked" forward in the direction of the thrust for a long time, and then changed direction the moment he sensed the changes in the surrounding space and time.

Thanks to Syndra's countless "dream training" and the selfless gifts of those Ionian spirits, Ryan now not only has rich experience in traveling to the "other world", but also has enough soul power to fight against the rules of those "other worlds".

There will always be all kinds of strange powers in this magical world, but in the final analysis, the essence of these powers is the same.

It is impossible for there to be two rules in one world.

Syndra's dreams, Azakana's and Tam's illusions are nothing more than modifications based on the rules of the real world, thus establishing a set of temporary rules independent of the world.

Just like those new systems that are "self-developed" based on the Android system, its essence is still Android.

As long as it is a system, you can use the same way of thinking to solve the problem.

Ryan, who has read the original novel, knows that if he follows this power to the end, he will most likely be teleported to another timeline or another world like Jayce, Ekko, and Heimerdinger in the original novel.