No, where does this portal come from?

After the older Wei calmed down, he was immersed in the sorrow of losing both his parents.

But soon, Wei regained her spirits.

Turning her head to look at the tiny Baobao beside her, Wei secretly made up her mind that she must protect her sister on behalf of her mother in the future!

Chapter 6: Vandel and Hilko

In the bathroom, Wei turned the lock and locked the door.

Soon, the sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom.

Walking to the window and quietly parting the curtains, Lin Yan looked towards the shield-like roadblock set up by the Bridge of Progress.

The iron-gray roadblocks bore the distinctive Piltover logo.

Behind the half-man-high roadblocks were law enforcement officers holding lever-action rifles, apparently fearing that the Dicheng people would rush to the bridge again.

On the bridge, figures were busy cleaning up the scene.

Soon, the bodies and debris on the bridge were cleared away.

In contrast, the scene in the base city was not cleaned.

“The conflict between the Upper City and the Lower City became more pronounced after the Day of Ashes.

According to the normal plot development, Vandel failed to reconcile with Hilko after this incident, resulting in the base city becoming a base city for two people.

After that, the storyline begins with the Battle of the Two Cities. However… since the system indicates that the world line has slightly changed, even if Vandel can't find Silko this time, there will be some subtle changes in the plot.

"I don't know whether the changes will lead to good or bad things." Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly.

After seeing the scene in the "Dumpling Making Universe", Lin Yan had the idea of ​​bringing everything back to normal.

It turns out that Baobao doesn't have to become a troublemaker.

She can become normal and help others shelter from the wind and rain.

The upper city and the lower city do not necessarily have to confront each other. Stalls can be placed on the Bridge of Evolution so that the two sides can exchange what they have.

However, these changes require small opportunities.

For example, Fandel and Silko reconciled, the relationship between the Upper and Lower Cities eased, Hextech wasn't promoted, and Shimmer wasn't popular...

……

……

Bottom city, trenches, old mines.

This is where Vander, Hilco, and Felicia first met.

It can be said that the deepest memories of the three people are hidden here.

It’s a pity that this place was abandoned after the mining disaster, leaving only traces of the Dicheng miners’ former life.

As the plot unfolds, Vandel still hasn't found Hilco.

He went around and around and returned to where the three of them started.

Taking out the pen and paper he carried with him, Vandel looked at the dark mine tunnel in the distance, lit the oil lamp, and wrote a letter to Hilko.

It was about half an hour before Vander stopped writing.

He bent down to pick up the letter and pressed it down with a piece of gravel at his feet to prevent the wind from blowing it away. Then he walked out.

Only when they reached the mine entrance did Vandel turn around and shout inside: "Silko! I know you are here! I can't find you because you don't want to see me and are afraid that I will hurt you again!"

"I can understand that! After all, after failing to storm the bridge, you're going to kill your own brothers... This behavior certainly doesn't seem like a proper leader... I apologize for that."

"You can hide from me, you can hate me, you can even kill me."

"But don't worry, I will bear the consequences of the failed bridge attack. No matter how the people in Upper City blame me, I will handle it all by myself! I only ask that if anything happens to me, please take good care of Felicia's two little ones, as well as the children of those who died in the bridge attack."

"Also, Hilco. I left a letter at the 'rest area'. If you can, you can go and take a look..."

After saying that, seeing no response in the tunnel, Vander's burly body hunched over a bit, he sighed deeply, turned around and walked away.

After an unknown amount of time, a thin figure walked into the mine.

The eyeball, which was inflamed due to river water pollution, has now undergone simple disinfection and is covered with a layer of white gauze.

The wound around the eye was wrinkled due to burns from chemical pollution, and it is still bleeding.

He turned his head to look at the direction where Fandel left, and a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

In fact, Hilco, who was hiding in the dark, heard everything that Vandel said just now.

Not only that, he also saw the whole process of Fandel walking through the streets looking for him.

At first, he thought Vandel was looking for him to wipe out the root of the problem.

But after hearing what Vander had just said, Hilco realized that Vander wanted to find him, but it was not what he thought.

Hilko can be said to know this former brother very well.

That's a total tough guy.

Back in the mines, Vandel had already earned the nickname "Black Wolf". When it came to solving problems, he would rather do things with his hands than with his mouth.

But now...

Recalling how all the strength had been drained from Fandel when he left, he felt angry and a little shaken...

why? !

It's all for the bottom city! But Fandel wants to kill himself!

Looking up at the deep mine tunnel, Hilco walked in with a conflicted heart, wanting to see what the letter from Vandel was.

Cross, cross...

Light the oil lamp.

Hilco picked up the letter on the table.

His eyes fell on the letter, scanning the lines of text on it.

[Silco, I've been looking for you everywhere, but you seem determined to avoid me...

Sigh… How can I put it… I’m sorry, I lost my mind the moment she died.

I told myself that everything I did to you was for justice, and you deserved it.

But in the end, I am not innocent either...]

[…You know, after I had a conflict with you, I met an arcanist who claimed to be able to predict the future.

He told us what would happen after the base city, as well as the fate of me, Benso, Wei, and Baobao.

Actually, I didn’t believe it at first.

But you also know that after experiencing 'that thing', I also had some fantasies about God. After all, she once saved your life and mine in the mine disaster.

So, I think I can trust him this time and change the future that hasn't happened yet.

If you want to see him, go to Junction 32.

If you want to see me...haha...you should know where to find me.

...Riverbed and bubbles.

—Vandel]

The rough letter paper rustled between Hilko's fingers, and the sound of falling water echoed from deep in the mine.

In a trance, he seemed to be back to that sultry afternoon twenty years ago——

In the collapsing mine...

"Hold my hand!" The young man Vander half-stuck his body out of the collapsed crevice, and the blood seeping from between his fingers mixed with mud and sweat dripped onto Hilko's face.

Cold and warm.

Still fresh in my memory.

At that time, Hilko was buried deep in the mine, his right leg was crushed by the steel beam and lost consciousness, and his whole body was almost buried by dirt and rubble.

It was Vandel who dug through the rubble with his bare hands and carried him through the 300-meter inclined tunnel.

When the two men's wounds became infected and they had high fevers, it was Felicia who found antibiotics and changed their bandages while humming a Zaun tune.

He even made a wish: "The three of us will change the city together forever."

He still remembered the girl's eyes sparkling in the alchemical lamp.

I can also recall the shocking scene of a hurricane gushing out from the depths of the mine, suddenly blowing open the collapsed mine tunnel.

Recalling everything that happened at that time, the corners of Hilko's stern mouth couldn't help but curl up a little.

Beautiful... so beautiful...

Everything was beautiful then.

Fandel, Felicia and I fantasize about changing the bottom city.

At that time, I didn’t know how high the sky was, and I just wanted to change without any effort.

Until today...reality dealt him a heavy blow!

He witnessed Felicia's tragic death in front of him, and Vandel pushed him into the river, and finally the two of them broke up...

Is this the price of change?

"Maybe, it's time to try a different approach..." After reading the letter in his hand, Hilco folded it and put it in his pocket.

His eyes narrowed slightly, but his frail body exuded an inexplicable aura at this moment: "Arcanist... in the future...?"

……

……

crunch--

The door of the room was pushed open.

Vander sat in a chair somewhat dejectedly, while Lin Yan walked out of the inner room with a bag of cucumber-flavored potato chips in his hand.

Seeing Vander's dejected look, it was obvious that he hadn't found it.

"did not find?"

"Hmm..." Vandel sighed. "I left a letter with your address on it. Given his personality, he would definitely come looking for you if he could see it."

"Oh... some?"

“Not coming…”

"Tsk~ I'm not lucky."

Putting down the potato chips in his hand, Lin Yan sat down next to Fandel and pointed to the inner room: "Those two little guys are playing in the room. If you want to take them back, take them back."

"Take him back? No... If the attack on the bridge fails, someone has to take the responsibility." Vandel looked through the window at the heavily guarded Bridge of Progress, his fingers stroking the gold badge on the parliament's wanted poster in his pocket.

He understood that this matter was not over yet.

The people of Shangcheng must give an explanation for this matter.

"If anything happens to me... I'll ask you to take care of these two little guys for a while..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Yan immediately waved his hands: "Don't! Don't!"

"I told you, I'm an arcanist who travels the world and I won't stay in one place for too long." Lin Yan said, and seeing that Fandel looked a little lonely, he was silent for a moment before continuing.

"...Forget it, forget it. You, Vander, are the only one who has some credibility. Once you've settled things over there, quickly take the child away!"

"Besides, I'm not good at taking care of children." Lin Yan took a potato chip from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth, continuing, "Don't worry, you'll be fine. After something like this happened, the Upper City Council really needs to make an example of someone to scare the monkeys and appease the people."

"But they're not like you, making important decisions on the spur of the moment."

"The council wants to arrest someone, but not you." Lin Yan sat on the chair and turned to look at Fandel. "Think carefully, after the failure of the bridge attack, did you cause any substantial impact on the upper city?"

"To put it bluntly, the failure of the bridge attack only exacerbated the Upper City's panic towards the Lower City, without affecting the interests of the Upper City's 'powerful oligarchs'.

Even though the relationship between Upper City and Lower City is strained, they still have business dealings. If they were to sever ties, it would be more trouble than it would cost them.

"They need corpses to appease their anger, but not lion corpses." As he spoke, Lin Yan felt his mouth was a little dry. He clapped his hands to shake off the potato chip powder on his fingertips, stood up and made three cups of hot cocoa, then opened the door and handed two of the cups to Baobao who was peeping from behind the door.