The next morning, the two teams, YM and EDG, met in the lobby.
Both sides were familiar with each other and greeted each other.
Promise had obviously walked out of the haze of losing in the finals. After watching the BO10 yesterday, his heart surged with the same feeling of rejoicing as Lin Ran. How could he still care about blaming himself for his own mistakes on the field?
The group of people got on the bus and headed to the arena. The on-site director made them rehearse twice for the entrance ceremony before letting them go backstage.
Lin Ran and Ge You were lying on the chairs, playing with their phones in boredom. JKL put the two chairs together and pulled out an eye mask from his bag. He then lay on the chair and started to catch up on his sleep.
The other members of the team were whispering to each other in the lounge. They were talking about yesterday's match and today's third seeded team.
During lunchtime, JKL sleepily took the lunch box from the staff.
At this time, five RNG players were passing by to prepare for the match. JKL immediately raised his voice.
"Master Dog, this red braised pork is too fragrant!"
JKL said as he looked at the fattest player in the RNG team, Ouze. "Oh my, this fat meat melts in my mouth!"
Ouze held the keyboard and mouse helplessly. His stomach growled as he smelled the fragrance of the red braised pork. Xiao Hu beside him laughed like a gay man.
"Are you confident about beating Xi Ye today?" Lin Yan asked with a smile.
"Of course," Xiao Hu said proudly. "I can beat him easily. If I lose today's BO5 match, I'll retire on the spot."
"GG, Lee Yuanhao, your words are a little harsh. I'll record it and show it to your fans." Lin Yan waved his phone and laughed.
Xiao Hu threw the peripheral to MLXG and rushed over to delete the recording on Lin Yan's phone.
The two of them were messing around. Brother Siba, who was talking about military service with the three Korean players of EDG, roared and rushed over to stop Xiao Hu.
At noon, the last match of the bubble match began. YM and EDG's players were watching the match from the backstage.
The host, Ren Dong, was sitting at the side. He was known as the Indestructible Grip. During this year's mid-season competition, he had made Faker lose his sense of direction. A picture of his handshake had spread far and wide.
"You guys are in for a treat this year." Ren Dong's face was full of mystery. "There will be surprises for you guys."
"Is it like last year?"
The Factory Director was happy to hear this. After all, the blue and white porcelain from last year was beautiful and had a clear meaning.
"You'll know when the time comes."
Ren Dong kept her in suspense and turned to look at the screen in front of him. "Why didn't RNG choose Ember?"
"They don't know how to use the matchmaking system." The Factory Director, who had defeated RNG in the semi-finals, chuckled. His face was full of shrewdness. "They just have to burn it."
At first, RNG's coaching team thought that his brother-in-law didn't want to play Ember, so they simply let him out. They didn't expect Mystic to actually choose him.
Out of RNG's expectations, Ember became a key player in changing the tide of the battle.
41 minutes into the team battle with the little dragon, Brother-in-law started from afar. Together with Seer's Grasshopper, they were able to insta-kill Wootz. After successfully taking down the Ancient Dragon Queen, WE steadily leveled RNG.
However, RNG changed their formation quickly. They decisively changed their BP strategy and sent Ember to the ban position. Then, they raised Xiao Hu's tactical priority to the highest.
In the following matches, Xi Ye's nickname as a power bank was confirmed. Xiao Hu used two games of Vampire and one game of Sparrow to perfectly suppress Xi Ye.
3: 1, RNG won three games in a row and defeated WE.
The moment they flattened the base, WE took off their headphones. Their faces were full of bitterness.
This result was not unexpected. They were mentally prepared after the end of the third place match. They couldn't beat YM, EDG, and RNG.
After losing the bubble match, they could only go through ups and downs for another year. They had to continue accumulating strength and wait for the day when they would be successful.
"Congratulations to RNG for becoming the third seed of LPL in S6!" Backstage, the audience could faintly hear the excited voice of the commentator.
"Let's go, let's go. Get ready to go on stage. Don't stand in the wrong position later!" a staff member reminded them.
They put away their phones and formed a long line to the lift platform.
The RNG players were in a hurry. Although they were a little tired, it couldn't hide the joy on their faces. They greeted the familiar faces of the two teams.
A staff member brought their peripherals over. The five RNG players quickly followed behind EDG.
"Hurry up and form a triangle …" The staff member directed a group of esports players to form a triangle. Each team took one side and stepped on the lift platform.
At this time, Su Cheng also rushed to the competition venue. Lin Ran had given her a spare ticket for the team yesterday.
She was now standing in the front row with a camera hanging around her fair neck. Knowing that the departure ceremony was about to begin, she held the camera and prepared to take a few handsome photos of Lin Yan as a souvenir.
In the stadium, a golden light shot down from the top of the stage and focused on a point in the middle of the stage. Then, the golden light spread around the venue like water waves.
The audience raised their voices to cheer for the teams they supported. The players below the lift platform were still squeezed, but it didn't stop them from posing.
Xiao Hu crossed his arms in a very manly manner. He looked straight ahead with a cold expression, trying to act cool.
To Lin Yan, Xiao Hu looked more and more like a comedian. Every time he saw Xiao Hu's face, he wanted to laugh.
However, he wouldn't pose like Xiao Hu. Lin Yan discussed with his YM teammates. They felt that it was a little disrespectful to put their hands in their pockets, so they decided to stand there as punishment.
Passionate background music began to play, and a blue light filled the entire stage.
The next moment, all the lights in the stadium gathered on the giant screen above the stage. The Summoner's Trophy, which symbolized the S Tournament, appeared on the giant blue screen.
Then, a triangular metal frame slowly descended from above. On each side of the triangular frame hung five hangers. On each hanger hung the trophies for this year's World Championship.
At the same time, the lift beneath Lin Yan's feet also slowly rose.
As the lift continued to rise, the cheers from the surrounding spectators grew louder and louder. The noise assaulted Lin Yan's eardrums.
There seemed to be a problem with the lighting. When they appeared in the middle of the stage, the overhead spotlight actually only shone on Xiao Hu's head.
So what if it shone? Why did it have to flicker, making Xiao Hu's face turn blue.
However, Xiao Hu still had a big heart. At this time, he didn't forget to continue posing. Crossing his arms in front of his chest was a man's romance. He couldn't stop.
Lin Yan heard faint laughter from the spectators' stands in the distance. Then, even Ouze and the Factory Director couldn't help but laugh.
Xiao Hu curled his lips and smiled devilishly. Then, he hugged his chest even tighter.
Finally, when Lin Yan and his fourteen companions reached the center of the stage, the Conquest also landed in front of everyone.
Lin Ran finally saw the full picture of the Conquest that Ren Dong called a "surprise".
The main body of the clothes was bright red. The LPL Professional League logo was printed on the left chest, and a rose-gold five-clawed golden dragon spread out from the back of the shoulders on the right chest.
It looked very earthy.
What's more, the entire clothes were extremely loose. The material was also quite ordinary. It was like a school uniform that had been dyed and changed.
It was many grades worse than last year's blue and white porcelain Conquest. Lin Yan suspected that there was something wrong with Tengjing Sports' aesthetics. If this set of clothes were hung in the mall, it would probably be a lousy item.
However, the fifteen players present were all people who had been through a lot. They took off the Conquest from the hanger in front of them and put it on their own uniforms without changing their expressions.
"Scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"
"Hahahaha, I'm really laughing at this golden dragon. It's so old-fashioned and awkward. Who designed this?"
"Yesterday, it was a BO10. Today, it's a shoddy Conquest. It's just a game skin, isn't it?"
"Don't say anymore. Old Ma has to take the bus."
The bullet screen was filled with endless ridicule.
The moment she saw the Conquest, Su Cheng laughed out loud. She kept taking pictures with the camera in her hand. She seized the opportunity to record Lin Yan's dark history.
"Don't you think it's a little ugly?" Xiao Tian said as he put on the clothes. He was now a little doubtful of his own aesthetics.
His junior, whose Chinese had improved by leaps and bounds, was an honest person. He nodded repeatedly. "It's so ugly."
"What's a surprise?
What's a f * cking surprise? "JKL began to joke.
"Wear your clothes. Don't make a sound at this time." Lin Yan warned.
He put on the Conquest and zipped it up to his head.
Even if he had a good figure, it was hard to tell with such a loose shirt. It was just that Xiao Tian and MXLG, the two skinny monkeys, had a hard time. They didn't have much meat on their bodies to begin with. When they put on such a jacket, it felt as if they were about to fall off when the wind blew.
The live host began to ignite the atmosphere of the audience. "The road to S6 is right in front of us. I hope that all of our friends in the audience and you in the live broadcast room will cheer for the three LPL teams!
Their names are … YM, EDG, RNG! "
Mist surrounded Lin Yan's feet. The moment the host finished speaking, accompanied by the cheers of the audience, several pillars of air suddenly erupted from the edge of the stage!
The curtains fell on the 5th anniversary celebration and the expedition ceremony!
One month later, the three teams would represent the LPL in the S6 global finals in Amairican on the other side of the ocean!