How to Prove

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's question, Ryze fell silent.

Although it's unclear where Yuan Chen heard this from, only those who experienced the Shadow Isles incident truly know about the Sentinels... This isn't entirely true, though, because the Sentinel tradition began when Fuguang Island was destroyed.

Over the past millennium, the Sentinel organization, though still rare, is not unknown.

"Who told you that?"

"What I saw."

Yuan Chen said, "Although it's just a few words, judging from your reaction, at least the general content is correct."

As he said this, Yuan Chen's expression became somewhat complicated.

The plot Yuan Chen was referring to was none other than the synopsis of the first official League of Legends novel, "The Ruined Curse King".

In the game, the storyline of Ruined Curse has been criticized. However, the novel and the game's storylines were not released at the same time. Similarly, while the storyline of Ruined Curse still has some illogical or unconvincing aspects, it is indeed the officially recognized main world storyline.

Unfortunately, I don't know how much of the original, unaltered nature of this world I live in still remains.

Thinking it over, Yuan Chen said, "The Ruined Curse originates from the fusion of the World Rune hidden in the Helia Fountain of Life and the power of the King's Blade [Sanctity], a sacred artifact inherited by Camavor."

It's understandable that you believe you caused the destruction of Helia... or rather, Fuguang Island, but if you believe that only you can bear all of this and change it, then that's an insult to the Sentinels of Light who are still on the front lines fighting against the ruins."

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, a few flickers crossed Ryze's eyes. After a moment, the emotion in his eyes was no longer as resolute as before; in fact, it carried a hint of uncertain anticipation.

"You only know all of this? Do you know how to change and prepare everything?"

"... Cannot be confirmed."

Yuan Chen shook his head. Upon hearing this, Ryze's expression returned to its dejected state.

"About 80%," Yuan Chen said with a hint of uncertainty in his voice. "There's an 80% chance of stopping the spread of the Ruined Curse... well, maybe even 90%, but I'm not sure how much this world has changed."

"Ah?"

Lost and found, found and lost again, then lost and found once more.

If it were anything else, it would be fine, Ryze believed he could remain rational, even making a detached judgment as if it were none of his business.

But ironically... Ryze played an indispensable role in the destruction of Fuguang Island, as Yuan Chen mentioned. In fact, it was the destruction of his homeland that shaped Ryze's current ruthlessness and decisiveness.

How should I put it? It's somewhat like the Daoist mindset.

It was the tragedy of the destruction of Fuguang Island that forged Daoji, making Ryze, after much painful reflection, willing to endure a thousand years of loneliness, gritting his teeth and constantly running through the most dangerous and darkest corners of the world, facing enemies alone and defending this world.

They had already given up hope, and were even afraid to go back to that place of sorrow... but suddenly they heard that there was still a chance to save everything...

How could Ryze remain calm about this?

In other words, over the past millennium, Ryze's mind and soul have been honed to an unparalleled level of resilience. For anyone else, such sudden and dramatic ups and downs, such emotional turmoil, might have driven them to the point of being unable to breathe or think.

Even now, upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Ryze couldn't help but breathe heavily, unable to control himself.

Yuan Chen said helplessly, "I admire you very much, Ryze. So I'm willing to tell you some secrets... Although this might not be considered a secret within the Yuentar hierarchy, my future self has traveled to the past."

As he spoke, Yuan Chen recounted how his future self traveled to the past and disrupted part of history.

These secrets shouldn't have been revealed to others so easily.

For example, Yuan Chen revealed all his trump cards before the war began. Only under such a dire crisis could he take such a risk. Otherwise, most of the time, Yuan Chen would carefully hide his cards and wait for the right moment to act.

Ultimately, trump cards are finite; once used, they're gone. In the war against the Void, Yuan Chen's trump cards were completely depleted, forcing him to resort to unconventional trump cards like the Oshirresh Mark, which inflicts significant damage on both sides.

The masters of Yuentar need not worry... for long before the final battle began, in order to prevent themselves from dying in the battle and having their memories acquired by the Void, thus deciphering more useful and deadly information, they had inscribed forbidden spells within their souls using the Vidalion Loom.

This is to ensure that the message will not be leaked. In fact, even if someone's soul is possessed by another's magic, the relevant memories will be erased immediately.

Of course, this applies to mortals, or rather, to people whose fate cannot be determined by Yuan Chen.

Ryze is not included.

It's safe to say that anyone who's read the script knows there's absolutely no concern that Ryze will leak the secrets... Or rather, if Ryze were to leak the secrets, then it would be like Batman starting to kill people—the world would be doomed.

Thinking about it this way, the reason my future self avoids anything related to Helia is largely to ensure the safe birth of "Ryze," a completely trustworthy person...

After all, the grand schemes played in Ancient Shurima were far more complex than the warlord era, where constant warfare reigned supreme. The world's own corrective forces would do their utmost to mend the traces left by time travelers, allowing fate to return to some of its original trajectory.

Although Yuan Chen didn't know much about this, he mentioned in the revelation his future self left him: Every chaotic era is the era when the spacetime correction power is strongest.

We've gone off on a tangent.

Composing himself, Yuan Chen briefly recounted the story of time travelers.

After a long silence, Ryze looked at Yuan Chen again, his tired eyes filled with complicated questions, and asked, "I can't believe your one-sided story... How can you prove it's true?"

"Proof, please..."

Upon hearing Ryze's question, Yuan Chen stroked his chin. Proving it... was indeed difficult. After all, Styraatu were Yuan Chen's people, and even as witnesses, they couldn't convince the ever-serious Ryze.

Similarly, if Ryze is convinced, he will receive unimaginable assistance on his future path... essentially equivalent to having a top-tier expert available whenever he needs help.

After thinking for a moment, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he exclaimed, "Zilean! Zilean can prove all of this!"