Seemingly Upgraded Abilities

The two-horse carriage was moving at a high speed. Li Ke had no desire to run into the Noxus assassination squad trailing them, so he kept accelerating, accelerating, and accelerating further.

After all, there is a saying: when a carriage is heading down a slope, someone always has to step on the gas.

"So, is this your reason for crashing our carriage into a cliff?"

Shen's eye twitched as he looked at the carriage smashed against the rock face. Although it was still functional, it would surely fall apart if not repaired by the time they reached the next town.

"Can't be helped. After all, I'm just a weak and helpless, bottom-tier swordsman. It's only natural to be worried about being hunted by Noxus, isn't it?"

Li Ke scratched his head sheepishly. His carriage-driving skills were actually quite mediocre; he had been performing well above his level earlier. Now that the urgency had subsided, he naturally crashed.

"Forget it. In any case, the next village is close. Let me take the reins..."

Shen didn't want to say anything; he just felt mentally exhausted.

When he first met Li Ke, he thought he was a man of measure. After getting to know him better, he found him to be a man of style with a humorous way of speaking.

Upon further contact, he discovered a hero who cared for the world and traveled the four corners of the earth—a man with the makings of a king!

But after getting familiar...

"This guy is an idiot! A moron, a total jerk!"

After cursing Li Ke in his heart using the insults he had learned from him, Shen felt much better. The feeling of having his worldview constantly shattered finally dissipated.

It couldn't be helped; he had been having his mentality toyed with by Li Ke for the past few days. Three days ago, he was still a disciple of the Balance, strictly adhering to the Balance Code, abstaining from alcohol and meat during missions, and upholding the principle of hidden operations and the balance between the mortal and spirit realms.

Now...

Shen picked up a meat bun and sighed helplessly.

He had been corrupted by Li Ke.

He might still look like that same disciple of the Balance, but a conflict had emerged in his philosophy. The Balance Code, which he once considered the ultimate truth, now seemed utterly ridiculous no matter how he looked at it.

All of this was because of the Ionia Five-Year Plan that Li Ke had given him.

It was too detailed, too perfectly aligned with his own desires!

It was as if it had been written after his own research and investigations!

How could there be someone in this world who understood him so well?!

It was unbelievable!

"Sorry, sorry, it really was just a moment of carelessness."

Li Ke yawned as he spoke. This was indeed his fault; he had been mentally drained and lost focus, which caused the carriage to hit the rock. However, he was so handsome—how could he show weakness in front of Shen, who wasn't as handsome as him?

So, naturally, it was his driving skills that were lacking, not his ability to stay up late compared to Shen!

His kidneys were much better than Shen's! So there was no such thing as a "kidney deficiency" preventing him from staying up!

He could even pee further than Shen!

He had specifically compared it!

"I get the feeling you're thinking about something very rude, but never mind. You should get some rest."

Shen felt a subtle sense of irritation. Although he didn't know why, looking at Li Ke's smug expression, he knew this brat was bad-mouthing him in his head again.

He turned his head away, his heart filled with melancholy.

Because in just three days, he had learned so many of these words from Li Ke, and he was using them quite fluently in his mind...

What kind of person had he become?

Could he still be considered the First Disciple of the Balance?!

Li Ke was finally able to rest for a while. Lying on the carriage that was about to fall apart, he intended to close his eyes and sleep. He felt that since he had run away at such a cost, the Noxus assassination squad shouldn't be able to catch up to them.

This time, he had been extra careful; he hadn't let a single person escape and had killed them all. If they could still be tracked after that, wouldn't the Noxus soldiers have satellite positioning and divine vision?

Thinking this, Li Ke closed his eyes.

However, the moment his consciousness began to drift into a stupor, he felt something was wrong.

His ability...

It had strengthened.

The power of The Void suddenly surged significantly, and a suction force identical to the one he felt when initiating a simulation appeared within his soul.

"What is going on?"

Li Ke was quite astonished and subconsciously asked the question in his heart.

In an instant, the image of Shen looking at the Ionia Five-Year Plan appeared before his eyes. At the same time, some distorted and blurry 'system text' appeared along with this image.

"Change fate."

Is my ability generated by changing the fate of others?!

As soon as this thought rose in Li Ke's mind, his consciousness was sucked into that void, plunging into total darkness.

In the darkness, Li Ke felt himself drifting through countless rivers. In his muddled state, he seemed to have arrived in a strange world.

Everyone in this world had their own vegetable garden. The gardens were quite magical; crops could be harvested every few hours, but the more valuable the crop, the more time it required.

To increase his earnings, Li Ke constantly planted flowers, bought land, and purchased all sorts of fertilizer.

Finally, after much effort, his fields expanded to four plots.

However, a problem arose: because there was no surveillance, everyone would steal each other's crops. Li Ke bought a dog, but the dog ended up greeting the thieves instead.

Reflecting on his failures, Li Ke decided he could no longer sit idly by. He had to take the initiative, so he abandoned his fields and rented a truck to go steal crops instead.

And then, he successfully escaped poverty and struck it rich by driving a truck to steal vegetables, stewed the dog, and began running rampant through the countryside with his stolen goods.

Then...

Then he woke up.

It was all so abrupt, yet his mind was filled with countless experiences of farming, and in his hand...

"An ear of corn??"

Li Ke stared at the corn in his hand, a string of question marks appearing over his head. If he remembered correctly, this was the very thing he had just dreamed of—the kind of corn from his dream that could mature in just over a dozen hours.

But how could it possibly be in his hand?!

"Wait..."

Li Ke bolted upright from the carriage, nearly scaring Shen, who was in front, into jumping off. Shen looked at Li Ke, then at the corn in his hand, with an expression of utter disdain.

"I think the farmers have it hard enough as it is; there's no need for you to steal their corn, is there? Even if you have to pay a little money for it, it's not shameful."

Li Ke replied instinctively.

"Shameful? It's damn shameful! I, Li Ke, run rampant through these lands! Since when do I have to pay to eat corn? Besides, corn! Of course, it tastes better when you steal it!"

"Huh?"

Shen's expression was incredibly strange, and Li Ke couldn't help but cover his face.

Because those memories of running rampant were from his dream; in reality, he was quite well-behaved near the Wind-Riding Dojo.

"A slip of the tongue, just a slip of the tongue."