The sound of the base being destroyed echoed throughout the stadium. The foreign spectators were so excited that their faces turned red!
Compared to the unfamiliar Lightning Wolves, they were more supportive of YM who had won consecutive championships in international competitions.
The new Swordmistress, coupled with this pentakill, was enough to be the highlight of the MSI!
Many Chinese students even held up YM's team flag and shouted loudly in the stadium to express their excitement!
"Congratulations, YM!"
Zhou Shuyi finally found her presence after the match. She immediately raised her voice. "Clean first victory on the first day of the MSI official competition!"
"Brother Ran's Swordmistress is very likely to be the killer weapon of this season's championship!"
Zeyuan's attention was always on Lin Yan. "I wonder if the other teams can find a way to deal with her before the elimination rounds begin?"
Lin Yan happily took off his headphones and glanced at the data panel. He realized that he had relied on his explosive damage output in the last team battle to suppress the Shiba Inu by a small margin and become the DPS king of the match.
"Your pentakill should be worth 13% of my credit, right?"
Jin Gong looked at Karma 0010's score on the data panel happily. He felt that he should convert to Buddhism and stop killing while claiming credit. "How about me, hmm?"
"You're great!
What about me?
Did I max out my control? "Lin Yan replied with a smile.
If not for Jin Gong's shield with the incense burner effect and his teleportation to cut off the Lightning Wolves' escape route, he might not have been able to get this pentakill.
"Why did Brother Ran get another pentakill?" On the other side, Jack had obviously noticed the slight difference in their damage output and was slightly dissatisfied.
"You should be content!"
Phyllostachys Pubescens was furious. "The pentakills were all taken by your frontliners. Is the jungler responsible for cleaning up your mess?"
Lin Yan finished the drink in his paper cup and patted Xiaosu's shoulder. "If you knew how to play Nanqiang, you wouldn't have this problem, right?"
"Three lanes of minions plus red and blue, I'm so annoyed!"
"That's right, Gao Tianliang. Nanqiang's version has been strengthened. Don't you want to consider it?"
Liu Qingsong wanted to laugh, but he was afraid of being caught on camera. He gritted his teeth and kept a straight face, but his mouth was mercilessly teasing, "Oh, I forgot, you don't know how to play this hero."
"I'll play Lei Feng!"
Mongoose was infuriated. "If you bark again, I'll stuff your head into the toilet bowl tonight!"
Lin Yan didn't care about the thoroughly disappointed Xiao Tian and happily ran to shake hands with the Lightning Wolves.
The camera shifted to the other side of the player benches. On the LMS commentary platform, West Gate and Roast Pork saw that the Lightning Wolves players' expressions were normal. They didn't seem too depressed, so they relaxed.
"Lightning Wolves still need to adjust their condition..." Char-Roast Pork had been the coach of Lightning Wolves back then. It would be unrealistic to say that he had no feelings for this team, including sympathy.
"If they lose this game, they lose. It won't affect Lightning Wolves' ranking," Roast Pork said matter-of-factly. "Anyway, the other teams have to give points to YM. If everyone loses, then relatively speaking, Lightning Wolves won't lose."
"The audience should be more optimistic."
He was well-versed in the theory of integral relativity. This sentence suddenly made the audience, who were worried about Lightning Wolves' prospects in this season's mid-season competition, breathe a sigh of relief.
"... I also hope they can work hard," West Gate Yeshui said after two seconds of silence. "Strive to take down TL in today's second game."
West Gate had joined AHQ since 2013. He didn't have any deep hatred with Lightning Wolves, but their relationship wasn't very close.
But now LMS was declining day by day, and in the entire competition zone, only Lightning Wolves could compete. West Gate couldn't help but feel sad for them.
Lin Ran removed the keyboard and mouse cables from the USB port on the table and coiled them around the device. Then, he used a mousepad to wrap them up and put them under his armpit. He held a glass of water in his other hand and walked off the stage.
"There's an interview on the main stage, just give them the peripherals."
Vincent grabbed Lin Yan and asked him to hand over the keyboard and mouse to his teammates, while he handed over a microphone.
Lin Yan leaned against the wall of the exit passage. There was a period of preparation time for the interview on the main stage, and since he had nothing to do, he simply looked at the big screen in the distance.
The MVP of this game was awarded to himself, who had gotten five kills.
10 kills, 0 deaths, and 3 assists. The damage ratio was 32.43%, and the participation rate was as high as 87.5%. This exaggerated data made the MVP without any suspense!
"Let's go." Vincent received the signal from the backstage director and knew that the post-game interview was about to begin.
Lin Yan reluctantly withdrew his gaze from his handsome makeup photo and strode up the steps to return to the stage.
"First of all, congratulations to YM for winning this game!"
The female host, Sjokz, stood in the center of the stage with a microphone in her hand. She was tall in high heels and looked only a little shorter than Lin Yan. "We have invited YM's midlaner, Ran, for an interview. Would you like to say hello to everyone?"
"Good afternoon, my friends from Berlin."
As soon as Lin Yan opened his mouth, the fans below the stage screamed non-stop. Some people even waved their support banners, probably from their colleagues in YM's operations department.
"First question." Sjokz glanced at the card in her hand. "This is the first time Erilia has entered the professional arena after the update, and she even got five kills in her debut. Why did Ran think of using this hero?"
The most unbelievable part came. LCSEU's home ground was in Berlin, Germany. Although English was very popular here, Sjokz still had to use German for official occasions.
Therefore, as a German, she first said the interview question in her mother tongue, then asked Vincent in English.
In the end, Vincent translated the question into Chinese for Lin Yan to answer.
During the translation process, Lin Yan had already thought of the answer to the question. He picked up the microphone and answered calmly, "The lineup is more suitable. I don't want to use Karma to fight Zooey. Dagger Girl is easier to fight. Also, this hero's big move has Disarm, and her passive even has a shield breaking effect. Her strength is higher."
At this time, in the LPL livestream, the audience was discussing.
[Que, Que, Pentakill is really strong.]
[New Dagger Girl, aren't you going to cut it?
This Disarm is giving me a brain hemorrhage!]
[Betty: I can't A out!]
[Fist Games, quickly show off your traditional skills, Dagger Girl!]
[Don't be so awkward. Chun Li left, Dagger Girl is gone.]
The man who was sitting in front of the computer and eating instant noodles to fill his stomach saw this comment and almost choked.
His face was red and he coughed violently. The spicy taste in his mouth wantonly spread and reached his mouth.
The man took off his glasses and wiped away the tears that flowed out from his nose. His broken fingers had already proved his identity.
Chun Li, who had already left Fist Games.
He looked at the people from YM on the computer screen and his heart was filled with unwillingness. The spicy beef noodles in his bowl were no longer fragrant.
Version 8.4 was his last cut. It weakened the five-second tower crossing tactic that YM used last year.
However, YM reacted quickly after a short moment of confusion. The adaptability they displayed made everyone gasp in admiration.
Chun Li was numb.
He realized that no matter how he cut, YM would always be able to react at the fastest speed.
Did the people from YM really respect him?
You can just keep it for a year!
He felt that he couldn't get any sense of professional achievement from being a designer. Therefore, he resolutely resigned and joined the FPX club.
He wanted to experience for himself how ridiculous this YM was.
Chun Li couldn't help but snort coldly at this thought.
The person who took over the designer's job was a ruthless person. His goal was the same as his, which was to do his best to stop YM from continuing to win.
Version 8.9 was about to be released on the beta server. It would definitely give them a surprise.
On the stage of LCSEU's studio, Sjokz listened to Winston's English translation and then translated it into German for the live audience to hear.
She took the opportunity to ask her second question. "Do you think Swordsister will become the most popular mid laner in this MSI?"
If this answer could deceive the other participating teams, Lin Yan really wanted to answer with a 'yes'.
Unfortunately, the coaches of the other teams were not to be trifled with. They must have done a lot of research on Swordsister. Lin Yan was able to become the first hero to use Swordsister in this MSI mainly because he had an advantage in the competition schedule. He felt that BDD and Caps would definitely use Erilya in the following matches.
Seeing that he could not use the interview to gain any benefits, Lin Yan could only choose to answer truthfully.
"The limitations of Swordsister are still too obvious. She can't enter the team battle …"
Upon hearing Lin Yan's answer, there were still bullet screen comments in the LPL live stream.
[Indeed, she can't enter the team battle — I killed all five of FW's players.]
Lin Yan also realized that what he said did not seem to match his performance in the previous match, so he added, "Of course, under the circumstances of crushing the opponent's equipment and level, as well as the double protection of Morgana and Karma, a normal warrior hero can charge in like that.
"However, if the team's economy is balanced or only has a small advantage, Swordsister will be in an awkward position. Unless she can hit the enemy's back row with the disarm effect, she'll die very quickly when she enters the game," he commented objectively. "This hero can easily win the line but not the game, just like Draven. Therefore, I think the selection rate of Swordsister in this MSI will not be particularly high."
After listening to Winston's translation for a while, Sjokz nodded to show that she understood and translated the answer in fluent German.
"Last question." She raised her head slightly and looked at Lin Yan. "In this season's mid-season championship, the European representative team, FNC, performed quite well. They completely crushed team TL in the opening match …"
At this point, several audience members shouted and interrupted her.
The scene was like a gunpowder keg that had been detonated by the captain. The audience kept shouting "EU" and "NA". At first, it was only a few people celebrating, but in the end, everyone in the stadium joined in. There was also a very rhythmic sound of support sticks clapping.
In the mouse channel's live broadcast, the Europeans who did not make it to the scene used various expressions to mercilessly mock the North American team.
As for the North American audience, it was as if they had eaten Old Eight's secret dumplings. Their cheeks turned into the color of pig's liver. In the end, they were infuriated and ran to TL's Twitter to curse.
Sjokz was very happy with the rhythm that she had set. She raised the corner of her mouth and showed a bright smile. "Ran, what do you think of FNC's performance?"
The sentence was relatively simple. Lin Yan understood this question when Sjokz communicated with Winston in English.
He understood in his heart.
In the past two years, every time he went to a competition, there would be a bunch of people coming up to Lin Yan to ask his opinion of the local teams or famous players.
It was as if getting a compliment from him was a particularly great achievement.
However, Lin Yan would not be stingy with his compliments most of the time. After all, he would not lose anything by praising his opponent.
"FNC is a team with a long history and a strong team," Lin Yan thought for two seconds and thought of an answer. "They even won the S1 World Championship. This year, Caps has grown a lot. With the help of bwipo and rekkles, I think FNC will do well in this mid-season competition."
Sjokz and the live audience were quite satisfied. When Lin Yan came down from the stage, the applause and cheers did not stop for a long time.
The next players to come up were KZ and EVS.
Khan's champion face appeared again. He was full of pride and looked like he had won the game in advance.
The poor Vietnamese brothers had a gloomy face. Today was simply a hellish game for them.
After playing KZ, they still had to face YM later.
It was destined to be two rounds of torture.
As expected, KZ completely destroyed the Vietnam team during the match-up phase. Khan controlled Qing Gang Yin to complete three match-up solo kills. BDD and the Xuanming Elders did not disappoint them as well. In the end, there was no room for Little Peanut to perform — he only needed to clear the jungle to win.
Lin Yan sat in the backstage lounge and watched the entire process of the massacre.
"I can't tell anything from this!" Jack sighed.
Just as they expected, KZ would definitely not use any tactics in the match against EVS. They would just crush them in three ways and rely on their individual skills to win.
"The Vietnamese team's standard is a little green." Guo Hao looked at the time and saw that it was already one in the afternoon. He felt a little hungry. "Let's eat something?"
According to the schedule, YM's next match against the Vietnamese team was at four o 'clock in the afternoon. If they were to play against a team of KZ's level, they would probably have to suffer a little more and endure not eating to maintain the blood flow in their brains.
However, the Vietnamese team seemed to have lost their focus and were lying flat on the ground. They did not have much intention to resist.
Under such circumstances, it was reasonable for them to eat something to fill their stomachs.
"Can we eat pork knuckle?" Jack's expression changed instantly when dry rice was mentioned. He raised his hand and asked.
"Let's eat at night. If we order takeout, the taste is too bad." Guo Hao planned to look for Winston and ask if there was a delivery number for a burger shop.
He ran back and asked his teammates what they wanted to eat. Lin Yan asked for a burger with white bread, ham, beef patty, and arugula, a glass of lemonade, and a serving of red fries. He felt that he could accept all the food in the set meal.
"Lin Weixiang, what do you want to eat?" He asked Lin Weixiang loudly but did not receive any reply.
Lin Yan could only look over and realized that Lin Weixiang, who had not been on the field, was using the computer and internet provided by "Fist" to play ranked matches on the European server. Wearing headphones, Big Eyebrows were furrowed and looked very focused.
Lin Yan was very interested. With his hands behind his back, he walked over leisurely like an old man taking a stroll in the park.
Lin Weixiang was playing Knife Girl.
After witnessing Lin Yan take down the MVP with the remade Knife Girl, he was itching to play as well.
Two minutes later, Big Eyebrows complained in dissatisfaction. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as his main Crystal shattered into pieces.
"My teammates in the European server are really bad!" Lin Weixiang's face was red with anger. "They can't even carry this!"
Lin Yan was silent.
If he had not seen Knife Girl's final score of 0 kills and 10 deaths, he would have believed Lin Weixiang's nonsense.
"Bok bok bok bok bok …" Jack ordered two burger sets and ran over to join in the fun. Lin Weixiang had not closed the data panel after the game ended and was caught red-handed by Shiba Inu. He immediately laughed at him.
"How dare a super ghost like you talk about teammates?" He was merciless. "Brother Ran, you're super ghost. You made everyone laugh!"
"If I were your teammate, I could ping you to death!"
Lin Weixiang glanced at Shiba Inu lightly. "I'm angry because 'my teammates can't carry me', not 'I can't carry my teammates'. Is there something wrong with your reading?"
Jack was stunned.
He recalled Lin Weixiang's words and understood it according to what he said. It seemed that there was nothing wrong.
But how could this guy say that his teammates can't carry him? How could he say it so confidently?
When it was almost two o 'clock in the afternoon, the takeout that everyone ordered was finally delivered. Lin Yan opened the burger wrapper and watched the game while filling his stomach.
He had to admit that the burger was beyond his imagination.
The soft white bread was slightly sweet, the arugula was slightly bitter but had a unique flavor. Together with the juicy fried beef patty and the warm mayonnaise, it was absolutely delicious.
"This burger is delicious." The old foodie Jack also praised. "The red fries are delicious too!"
It was Lin Yan's first time eating fried red fries. He dipped it in some ketchup and stuffed it into his mouth. As Jack said, it was indeed sweet and delicious with a unique flavor.
Even Red Rice was full of praise for the burger. Seeing everyone's reaction, Guo Hao decided to include this restaurant as a necessary takeout for this trip to Berlin, just in case.
In the next game, FNC easily defeated Flash Wolves, while TL lost to KZ.
These two games ended very quickly, which led to YM's game being brought forward.
…
In the rented apartment in Tongji Beiyuan, Shanghai, the crisp sound of typing on the keyboard suddenly stopped.
Su Cheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the chair, stretched lazily without caring about her image.
Her pajamas moved up along with her arms, revealing her tempting snow-white waistline.
She scanned the small paper and made sure that the format and content were correct before sending it to the teacher's email.
She glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer after completing a week's homework. It was already ten o 'clock in the evening.
Because Germany was implementing daylight saving time in May, the time difference between the two places was reduced by one hour.
In other words, it was exactly four o 'clock in the afternoon in Berlin.
Su Cheng remembered her boyfriend's game schedule. This was the last game of the first day of MSI.
YM versus EVS.
Although the Vietnam division had been in the limelight for the past two years, it was still a wild card division after all. There was a huge gap in strength between them and a team like YM.
According to the audience's standards, if this game was dragged to 25 minutes, then they could have a meeting with YM on the esports forum tonight.
If YM lost, they would probably be whipped until the end of MSI. No matter how many fans they had, it would be useless.
Su Cheng was very confident in her boyfriend's strength.
She was sure that YM would win this game, so she chose to turn on the livestream before going to bed. She wanted to watch the game and have a good dream.
Su Cheng ran to the bathroom and squeezed some toothpaste. While brushing her teeth, she went back to the bedroom to see how the BP was going.
She found that the livestream was actually a replay of the opening game between TL and FNC!
What's going on?
Is the game over?
Su Cheng frowned. She quickly ran to the esports forum to see the current affairs comments with her toothbrush in her mouth.
It was quite big.
The game was 15 minutes and 57 seconds long. The headcount was 21: 3.
Shark was crazy.