Under the control of the intelligent computer, two mechanical engineers immediately stepped forward and deployed a "steel barrier" to protect Hewlett and Shulai, preventing them from being injured by the broken stones.
"Stop moving!" Li Lin hurriedly stopped Malphite, "You're going to collapse this mine!"
"Oh, sorry."
It calmed down again, and its big eyes, which were covered by dust and looked a little confused, blinked again and again, staring at the yellow round amulet pendant that Li Lin showed, which was somewhat similar to the sun disk.
"I remember now. This is... the Ascended Amulet! Back then, every Ascended was equipped with such an amulet... It can bring blessings of power from the sun disc."
Ascendant Talisman...
Shu Lai looked at Li Lin with eyes filled with shock, and couldn't help but gasp again.
"This was given to me by Azir, the Shurima Emperor," Li Lin explained.
"Shurima... Ever since I became conscious, the Shurima Empire has ceased to exist." Malphite's voice was filled with a hint of sadness.
Apparently, it still retains some memory of its time as a single stone entity.
"The Desert Emperor has returned, in the form of a perfect god-warrior. You may be able to find him in the former imperial city, the City of the Sun." Li Lin said with a smile.
In the original worldline, Malphite was unaware of Azir's resurrection.
Azir didn't know that the monolith that was once able to fight against the Void could actually give birth to such a consciousness.
If he had his help, Malphite would return to Azir's army, adding a general whose strength was no less than that of a god-like warrior, and it would be much easier to solve the problem of Xerath.
“Azir… I understand.” Malphite sighed. “Perhaps he can restore me to my original form… I don’t like the way I am now.”
Azir definitely can't do it. Ne'zuk is still alive and you're the only remaining fragment of the Monolith...
I can only say maybe, if I have time to thoroughly study rune technology.
"By the way, Malphite, you mentioned earlier that there are vines of the Void corroding the real world underground here... Do you know exactly how many there are?"
The topic finally returned to what Li Lin was most concerned about.
"Not only are there vines, there's also a group of monsters similar to manta rays... But don't worry, I've already swallowed them into my body, and it won't be long before I can crush them."
Malphite chuckled softly, and more rubble fell from the ceiling. "But don't dig too deep, there will be more of these monsters."
Li Lin frowned and asked, "A manta ray corrupted by the void?"
"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, that's what you little people call it. I heard the sailors describe it when I was drifting around the ship."
As he spoke, Malphite frowned again and blew out a cloud of dust.
"But I don't know why, those little people on the boat were yelling at me and attacking me with their metal hooks and cannonballs... I just wanted to say hello to them."
"They might be frightened." Li Lin didn't know what to say. "After all... uh, you're so big, they might mistake you for a scary sea monster."
"Then I'll be more careful next time... and surface early to say hello to them."
Well……
Li Lin fell silent, and Shu Lai beside him couldn't help but chuckle.
She suddenly felt that this rock creature who called himself Malphite was quite cute.
Li Lin took a deep breath. Unconsciously, he was led off the topic by Murphy and lost the initiative in the conversation.
I can only say that great intelligence is contagious...
"Let's get back to the point," he said. "Do you know where the manta rays underground come from? Can we eliminate their source?"
Malphite was silent for a few seconds, his crystal yellow eyes flickering with a serious look. "I don't recommend you go there. Even I can't guarantee I can escape unscathed."
"Hmm? What if Grand Maester Nasus could help?"
Since they are void creatures from Runeterra, they should be creations of the void corrupting the material world.
Unless it's a monster like the Beast of Calamity, created by the watchers of Freljord who infiltrated the material realm themselves, and even Avinia, the incarnation of ice and snow and the demigoddess of winter, is helpless, and can only be solved by mutual destruction, other void creatures should be inferior to demigods.
After a long pause, Murphite exhaled heavily, and the sweeping airflow almost blew Hewlett and Shulai away.
"I don't know..." Its voice sounded even more dull. "It's a city swallowed by nothingness... Pervis... Inside, there is a being that even makes me tremble."
"What?!"
Now, it was finally Li Lin's turn to be shocked.
A void creature that even Malphite could tremble with fear...
How is this possible? !
"That area, southeast of Koharise, once housed a vibrant city."
Malphite frowned in thought, tiny fragments of memory flashing through his mind.
That is the memory left over from when it was still part of the monolith.
"Yes, Belvis, the border between Shurima and Icathia... That city, when we flew over it as one, was swallowed by the abyss.
"But at that time, there was no such terrifying existence. Otherwise, we wouldn't have flown to Icathia and would have crashed as early as Belvis."
Hearing Moffitt's description, Li Lin couldn't help but hold his breath.
A single stone that could single-handedly counter the combined might of tens of thousands of outstanding elemental mages and a dozen god-like warriors...
Just how strong is that guy?
Not to mention Shulai, who can understand Shurima.
She knew every word they said, but when they were put together, she didn't understand what they meant.
"...Is it a monitor?" Although he didn't want to think about it, Li Lin still raised the question in his heart.
"Observer? No no..."
Moffitt denied it, "Compared to an individual, it's more like... uh, a collection of consciousness, if you can describe it that way.
“If I go deep into that area, I will be swallowed up instantly, leaving me with no chance of resistance. So I advise you not to go to Koharise, especially to Belvis, which has been swallowed up.
"The void there is beyond our reach... so we can't solve the source of the corrupted manta rays."
There is nothing that cannot be solved, even the observer...
Otherwise, this world will have no future at all.
Li Lin felt heavy-hearted. "Thank you for your advice, Malphite. It's very useful to me."
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