$500 million dollar lottery ticket, please.

You walk into your local gas station, and all you want to buy is a pack of gum to chew on to kill the time during the long drive home. You hand the cashier a twenty, which she takes in exchange for what she says is his last lottery ticket.<br><br>"You never know," she says, handing you your change. "You could be a winner!"<br><br>You rip up the ticket when it's revealed on live television that you've missed winning the jackpot worth roughly half a billion dollars by one single number. You throw the ticket out the window, rip your shirt, and beat your fist against the steering wheel. Why does the world hate you? Why can't anything go right?<br><br>The next day, you receive a mysterious letter in the mail addressed only to "the person who almost won the jackpot" from "a friend". <br><br>Read it.<br><br>You look down to see a man standing on your front door step. How did he get through the gate? You try to hide behind the half-opened door, and threaten, "I have a shotgun!"<br><br>Your mysterious friend replies, "Then I'll die knowing that, even though the world is a terrible place, it's nowhere near as terrible as the people who live in it."<br><br>You open the door to let the man in, and the two of you sit around your coffee table. The letter that was included with his arrival stated that, though you didn't win the jackpot, you won the most powerful prize in the universe. His name was Shang Li, which he claims means nothing more than "Fata Morgana" in Chinese. He tells you that you've been chosen to become the wielder of the world's most powerful wand.<br><br>"What wand?" You ask. You were never in the draft, and you're pretty sure you would have heard about a wand.<br><br>"What?" Li asks for clarification, eye twitching.<br><br>"You said I get a wand," You say. "I don't see one."<br><br>"Here." He hands you the ticket stub, which you hadn't gotten around to throwing away yet. You look down at it in confusion, which only becomes more confusing when you notice your ticket is now in Mandarin.<br><br>"Wait," You say. "You're Shang Li?"<br><br>He nods. "The one and only. Along with you, my friend, you are now part of a mystical group of people who have been given the power to change reality. And you have been chosen to be my ally in the battle against the forces of evil!"<br><br>"Like who?" Something about this guy, even though he doesn't seem too crazy, gives you a bad feeling.<br><br>"Not all wands are good," Li says. "And I believe that someone has just received the evil wand."<br><br>You look down at your Chinese ticket stub. "So what do we do?"<br><br>Li smiles. "Let's go on an adventure."<br><br>What happens next?