“Haro！”
Ze Yuan's shout echoed in the room. His voice was filled with disbelief. "Li Zaigan?"
In the tablet, Blind Monk with the ID EDG Haro kicked Ah Guang's top laner Cheyenne with his Heavenly Sonic Wave. Cheyenne touched his eyes and forcefully changed his movement trajectory in mid-air.
Then, a golden flash bloomed in the Summoner's Canyon!
The moment Blind Monk used his Dragon's Tail Whip, he moved behind RW Ember!
"He directly used his R Flash to kick Asura into the crowd of his own people!"
Under Ze Yuan's angry roar, the screams of countless pigs in the Green 'Ao Park stadium could be heard.
Li Qing calmly pressed the stopwatch in the face of RW's concentrated fire. He turned into a little golden man, temporarily allowing him to avoid the opponent's damage.
"Ember couldn't react in time and was instantly melted. RW's team can no longer fight head-on. Doinb's Ryze still wants to use his R Warp Jump to escape with his teammates … But EDG doesn't want to let them go!"
Scout's Zooey's Bubble accurately hit Ryze and interrupted his big move just before it was completed.
RW could only be dragged into the battle by EDG!
RW, who had lost one of their core damage dealers, was no match for EDG. They were defeated and could only reluctantly give up on a few of their teammates to preserve their strength as much as possible.
"EDG will directly turn to the Dragon's Pit after killing them. Baron Nash is definitely theirs!"
The originally tense situation was shattered by Haro's kick. Now that EDG had the upper hand, they returned to the city to resupply and made a comeback. They were valiantly preparing for their own advance!
The bullet screen of the live broadcast of the competition came rolling in.
[What a ruthless Blind Boy!]
[Holy sh * t, Haro, EDG's savior!]
[Ember's face is going to have a size 43 shoe print.]
[GG, EDG, kill them all!]
Lin Yan reached out and turned off the screen of his tablet. He then rolled around in his bed.
Now, his whole body was sore and numb. He kept stretching his limbs, feeling the electric shock from his muscles. He closed his eyes and showed a comfortable expression.
After the celebration party last night, he fought with the other members of the competition department all night long. He didn't go back to his room until four in the morning.
When he woke up, it was already afternoon. Lin Yan took out his tablet and watched two games on his bed. When he saw Haro's kick, he knew that the outcome was already decided.
On the first day of the bubble tournament, EDG defeated RW and advanced to the next round.
Tomorrow, they would be facing RNG. Two teams with countless grudges would be fighting for the last spot in the LPL World Championship.
"Are you going to work?"
Phyllostachys Pubescens yawned as he lay on the other bed and asked, "I haven't eaten anything for a whole day, so I'm starving. I see a lot of food here in Jiangpu. There's a fried bun that's pretty good …"
He had just browsed through his mobile phone and found a lot of Nanjing cuisine on various review apps. He also planned to find someone to taste it together.
His parents were busy with work and did not go to Nanjing to watch the finals. Mongoose, who was not accompanied by his family, was eager to find a companion.
"I'll eat with my girlfriend. You go by yourself." Lin Yan rejected him.
Seeing Phyllostachys Pubescens's depressed expression, Lin Yan felt that his words were too cold and ruthless. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't you come with us?"
Mongoose was happy at first, but then felt that it was inappropriate.
Because of the tight competition schedule, Lin Yan was also very busy during this period. It was not easy to meet his girlfriend after the finals, and later this month, he had to go to Korea to prepare for S8. There was not much time left for them to meet.
Phyllostachys Pubescens thought about it and decided not to go.
He was different from Jack. He did not like to be a third wheel.
Seeing that he insisted, Lin Yan had no choice. He got up, washed up, changed into his casual clothes, put on a baseball cap, and waved goodbye to Mongoose.
He pushed the door open and left the room, coming to the corridor.
Teng Jing had booked a floor of the hotel for the five teams participating in the seventh anniversary of League of Legends. Lin Yan walked all the way to the elevator and saw the doors of the IG rooms open.
The voice of a Shiba Inu came from one of the rooms.
"Old Song, do you know how to play Fight the Landlord?
Play from left to right. Who the f * ck are you? "Jack said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"You've been holding it in!"
Song Yijin's Mandarin was immediately recognizable. "Play from left to right? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Jack snorted and did not say anything.
After a moment, he began to laugh unscrupulously. "You really lost … Ten Fold Aquarius?"
"Song Yijin, your card skills are really bad. No wonder you played so badly in the finals yesterday. There's a reason for that, do you understand?"
Lin Yan happened to pass by the door. He poked his head in and saw Song Yijin playing Shiba Inu.
"Sharkman, Sharkman!"
Jack hugged his head and wanted to run. When he looked up and saw Lin Yan, he immediately asked for help. "Come save me!"
Lin Yan was silent in the face of the pitiful Jack. He threw a look at Broiler and then slammed the door shut.
However, this room was not very good. Even with the door closed, he could still clearly hear the screams of the Shiba Inu.
There was also a conference room near the elevator, but it was temporarily converted into a training room for the seventh anniversary of League of Legends.
Now that IG and YM had advanced to S8, they naturally would not be training. EDG and RW were still playing the bubble match in Qing 'ao Park.
The only team left that was still training hard was RNG.
Due to their high points throughout the year, they were the best team in the bubble match. They only needed to play a best-of-five to enter the international competition.
However, they only had one chance because they did not have a revival token.
The entire RNG team did not let up.
If they lost tomorrow's bubble match, their entire year of hard work would be wasted.
Lin Yan walked into the elevator and went straight to the lobby of the hotel downstairs.
Su Cheng was staying in the same hotel, but her floor was lower. She came down first and sat there looking at her phone to reply to messages.
"Where do you want to go today?" Lin Yan habitually put his arm around her slender waist.
Su Cheng replied to the message sent by her good roommate in North America. She leaned into her boyfriend's arms and muttered, "How about the Confucius Temple?"
Before Lin Yan could speak, she added, "But I saw that the reviews online are a bit polarized. They say that there are more scams."
"Do you want to go?" Lin Yan did not directly answer. Instead, he asked his girlfriend a question.
Su Cheng thought for a moment. "I still want to see it … I didn't go the last time I was in Nanjing."
"Then that's it." Lin Yan tightened his arms and felt his girlfriend's soft belly. "If you want to see it, then let's go now. Regardless of the reviews, at least you won't have any regrets."
"That's true." After hearing her boyfriend's words, Su Cheng finally understood. "Then I'll call a cab now. Let's eat dinner nearby."
The two immediately set off and crossed the Yangtze River to the Qinhuai District. Along the way, it became more and more prosperous, especially around the Confucius Temple.
Lin Yan only had one feeling.
Squeeze.
It happened to be the weekend, so there were people everywhere around the scenic spots. It was noisy and bustling.
After walking for a while, Lin Yan finally understood why the reviews online were controversial.
There were all kinds of souvenir shops here. The commercialization was too strong.
However, the two continued to walk around with the mentality that they were already here. They realized that the Confucius Temple was actually not bad. It took them two hours to walk around the Jiangnan Imperial Examination Institute Museum on the fourth floor.
The museum introduced the whole process of the imperial examination system from its establishment to its decline in detail. Along the way, it was like experiencing the real experience of the ancient imperial examination.
When they walked out of the museum, the sky was completely dark.
However, the Qinhuai River was brightly lit. The buildings on both sides of the river could be described as brick walls and lattice windows hung from the cloister.
The gorgeous lights and the combination of the ancient buildings didn't look out of place. It made people see a bustling scene.
There was a sea of people, and tourists used their cameras to record everything nearby.
Although the surrounding modern people were holding a variety of technological equipment, they still couldn't hide the historical atmosphere here, allowing people to explore the ancient charm of thousands of years ago.
Su Cheng also used her phone to take photos of the surrounding scenery. She also took Lin Yan in.
"Let's take a photo together." She still wanted more.
The two asked the tourists next to them to help take photos, and then stood calmly on the shore.
Behind them was the ten-mile Qinhuai Scenic Belt, and the old city of Nanjing was rippling in the river.
Su Cheng hugged her boyfriend's arm and smiled at the camera.
Lin Yan glanced at her sideways and found that Su Cheng's dimples were overflowing with sweetness.
He raised the corner of his mouth, and his smile became more and more obvious.
Half an hour later, the two ran to a nearby chicken soup dumplings, intending to sit down and rest while filling their stomachs.
However, there was already a long line in the store. Lin Yan waited for half an hour before he came to the window.
After ordering chicken soup dumplings and crab roe soup dumplings and two bowls of duck blood and vermicelli soup, Su Cheng sat in a chair and began to search through the photos she took today, deleting all the useless ones.
"I changed this photo to the screensaver." She shook her phone at her boyfriend. The bottom layer of the desktop app was the photo of the two of them just now. "Can you change it to this too?"
Lin Yan responded, received the photo sent by Su Cheng, and replaced the photo taken by the two of them at Disneyland as the screensaver.
After doing all this, he quickly took a bite of the soup dumpling and took a sip of the soup inside.
"How does it taste?"
Su Cheng asked him curiously.
"Well … the taste is okay, just barely satisfactory," Lin Yan gave a few moderate comments. "But if you include the half hour of waiting in line, it's not worth it."
After walking around and not eating much during the day, the two were now hungry. They first ate a soup dumpling, and then drank a few mouthfuls of duck blood and vermicelli soup before they recovered.
"After the departure ceremony on Sunday, will you go back to Shanghai with our team?" Lin Yan asked his girlfriend.
"If everything goes well, we should leave a day earlier," Su Cheng took another soup dumpling and said, "I have a class on Monday morning, so I can't skip it."
During the fall semester of the third year, many students from the Fudan University mathematics department chose to go on an exchange program. There were not many students left, so if she skipped class, it would be like setting up a target for the teachers.
She could only choose to watch the departure ceremony tomorrow and take the high-speed train back at night.
Lin Yan looked at his schedule.
The days after the finals were the most relaxing time for him in half a month. There were not many interviews and business activities.
When he went back to Shanghai, he would let them know what cruelty was.
At the end of the regular season, in order to give the team a break, Manager Guo delayed all the business activities until the end of the summer competition.
Now that he won the Silver Dragon Cup, it was almost time to pay back his debt.
Lin Yan thought about this and instantly lost his mood.
"Which train is suitable for you?
I'll go back with you. "
He was eager to go back home. He wanted to go back to his rented house in Tongji Bei Court and enjoy a few days of leisure.
The two of them put their heads together and muttered to each other as they calculated the time.
"Is the 9: 30 PM train okay?"
"Let me take a look at the schedule … No, no, the departure ceremony ends at 9 PM. We won't be able to make it in half an hour," Lin Yan quickly refused.
Su Cheng glanced at the schedule in Lin Yan's phone. "The organizers reserved five hours for tomorrow's bubble match?
It definitely won't be able to play for that long, okay? "
She knew that in this version of the game, the average time for a match was 30 to 35 minutes. Including the BP and intermission, it would only be one hour at most.
The five hours reserved just happened to be the theoretical time for a set of best-of-five matches.
There was nothing wrong with the schedule. After all, they had to prioritize the margin for error to ensure that there was enough time to prevent accidents from happening.
However, Su Cheng did not think that tomorrow's set of best-of-five matches could be played for five hours. On paper, RNG's strength and recent performance were much better than EDG's.
"I can only say that Chengzi, you're still too young to love," Lin Yan glanced at his girlfriend. "Do you know the value of the LPL pause?"
One of the most classic scenes in the LPL was "a five-minute match, two-hour pause".
Back then, after Wang Sicong's Project Banana hosted the LPL live broadcast, this kind of thing became more and more intense. It turned the esports competition into a computer repair competition. Even though Wang Sicong came out and said that the equipment in the stadium was handled by Fist China, the suspension had nothing to do with Project Banana.
There was no conclusion as to who was right and who was wrong. It was inevitable that the netizens would be angry. There were even people who wanted to change Project Banana to a suspension plan. This was enough to prove the power of the LPL pause.
Lin Yan had reason to believe that even if the set of best-of-five matches could not be completed, the timeouts could drag it out to five hours.
Su Cheng did not believe it.
She thought that her boyfriend was talking nonsense.
The next day, she knew that she was completely wrong.
After two consecutive long timeouts, the officials were unable to find a solution. They were forced to use time reversal to rewind time and restart the game.
It could only be said that even though Zhuge Mingkai was not on the field, his legends were everywhere.
"What do you think? Am I good?" Lin Yan asked. "We booked the 10: 20 train, right?"
"Good, good, good." Su Cheng was completely convinced. However, she did not want to talk to her boyfriend. This was mainly because this person whispered the word "pause" dozens of times before the match ended. It messed up her ears. "… When are you leaving? Hurry up."
"It's still early." Lin Yan was unaware of Su Cheng's emotions. He said happily, "After the bubble match, there's no celebrity summoner exhibition match. After the match, there's the departure ceremony."
"I can wait an hour before going backstage."
Now that the game was in the third round, RNG had obtained three match points with a score of 2-0. As long as they did not make any fatal mistakes, Heart and Sun Dayong could already celebrate in advance.
There were many RNG fans in the front row of the stands where Lin Yan was. They were cheering for their home team and were full of confidence that the team would enter the world finals.
EDG had many problems this year. Factory Director's retirement as a second-string player, Meiko's chaotic command, iboy's quick reaction, whether he could make any new improvements, and whether Ray could complete the task given to him by the team …
They had been solving these problems all season long.
However, unfortunately, they could not solve a single one.
Even if they managed to surpass RW in one go, when faced with a strong opponent, RNG's previous loopholes and flaws exploded together.
The second prince, Haro, was firmly in the starting lineup. However, he was still inexperienced when faced with RNG's Saucepan and Casa's jungler lineup.
The top laner, Ray, could not take advantage of Yan Junze. As for iboy and Meiko in the bottom laner, they could only say that it was a success if they did not get killed.
In contrast, all they had to do was withstand the pressure from their junior. Once their teammates suppressed EDG's sidelines and jungles, victory was in the bag.
Unfortunately, they could not hold on this round.
Their junior's Zoe had gone crazy!
The piggies in the stadium had been silent for a long time. At this moment, they could finally hold their heads high and vent all their previous depression and unhappiness. They were on par with the RNG fans in the stadium of Qing 'ao Park!
EDG relied on their mid laner to pull back a game. However, Heart had plenty of bans. They banned Zoe in the fourth round, not allowing their junior to strike while the iron was hot and continue to carry.
Just five minutes into the game, Ouze and Xiao Ming made a lane kill. After pushing the minions, iboy lost a wave and a half of minions.
Then, during the eight-minute vanguard team battle in the canyon, Uzi controlled Kesha to activate her R [Hunter's Instinct] and fly to the flank. Akashic Rain poured down and killed their junior in a single hit!
"iboy used Magical Crystal Arrow, but Uzi used [Purification] to dispel it. He turned around and continued to attack!"
Hao Kai's unique oxygen tank commentary made it obvious. The more intense the game was, the more his vocal cords were torn.
"RNG has won this team battle!"
He roared. "In just nine minutes, RNG has expanded their economic lead to 2.8K!"
Lin Yan saw this and felt that the game had lost its suspense.
He kissed his girlfriend lightly and got up to rush backstage to prepare for the battle ceremony.
He went around the periphery of the stadium and found the way to the backstage.
The rest of YM and IG were now gathered in a large lounge. Jin Gong and a few Koreans were talking about something. Jack was still watching the game with his legs crossed.
At this time, RNG had taken down EDG's midlane. They did not choose to destroy their opponent's base. Instead, they steadily returned to the city to replenish their equipment and health, not giving their opponent any chance.
"No more, no more!" Shiba Inu stretched his back and looked relieved.
The frequent pauses from before had probably affected his mentality.
Phyllostachys Pubescens was still watching LCK's game.
Today, the competition in the neighboring area was also the last bubble match.
GEN G versus KZ.
On the way back from the Confucius Temple last night, Lin Yan watched the duel between GEN and Griffin.
In the last five rounds, showmaker managed to suppress the Super Mighty Blue Cat by moving around. He won by a hair's breadth and advanced to the last round of the bubble match.
KZ was the last goalkeeper.
However, in just two hours, KZ was beaten until his scalp was numb. Khan's champion face was long gone. BDD's face was puffed up like a bun. He was completely lost.
"Oh my god!" Liu Qingsong was dumbfounded. "Is he really going to win against all three of them?"
GEN was ridiculously strong as he defeated SKT and Griffin. It looked like KZ was about to be beaten up too!
"This bubble match is too valuable." Red Rice could not help but lean back. "Double Champion, League Newcomer, and Spring Season Champion, none of them are GEN's match!"
At 44 minutes and 30 seconds, GEN demolished KZ's base. With a crushing score of 3-0, GEN obtained the last ticket to the international competition in the LCK area!
Although GEN had changed their name, they did not take down the title of King of Bubble Matches. For two consecutive years, they had advanced to the international competition through the bubble match system.
Showmaker smirked with an unruly expression.
Khan was dumbfounded. He had not realized how he had lost.
Little Peanut, who had a delicate face, smoothed his bangs. He could not smile anymore.
As the Spring Season Champion, he had obtained a lot of points. However, in the end, he did not enter the international competition. This was a great humiliation!
Meanwhile, in the Qing 'ao Park Stadium, RNG also obtained victory and became the third seed in LPL's international competition!
Ten minutes later, RNG's members and the coaching staff rushed into the room.
Their faces were filled with joy, and they began to chat with a few familiar members of the team.
EDG, who had lost the bubble match, could only leave the field dejectedly. The little junior was expressionless. He could only accept another year of failure.
It seemed that he really had to accept the fact that he was Pawn's replacement. However, the results of his team were far inferior to Fat General's.
Li Yingcan took a quick glance inside the lounge where YM, IG, and RNG were with his peripheral.
His eyes were full of envy.
There was still a thick fog in front of him. He could not see where the road ahead was.
What followed was an exhibition match.
Teng Jing had invited a group of celebrities. Lin Yan glanced around and found that he did not recognize any of them.
This was also very reasonable.
"We might as well invite Jay to play Blademaster," Phyllostachys Pubescens muttered.
They were not interested in watching, so they simply put on the Conquest that the staff handed over.
"Hohoho, it's finally our turn this year!" Lin Yan took the jacket and looked at it. He was overjoyed.
This year's Conquest's color scheme was black + red, pieced together with a colliding design.
This happened to be YM's main color and matched the team logo on the chest very well.
"Do you still remember what happened last year?" The salesperson said with a croaky voice.
Jack added, "Of course. Brother Ran is a very vengeful person."
The S7 Conquest's color scheme was black and gold. It was a typical RNG color scheme. At that time, Lin Yan had complained for a long time, saying that Teng Jing was giving preferential treatment.
Now, this black and red uniform looked like it was custom-made by YM.
Lin Yan looked at the English words printed on the back of the Conquest — ALL WE FIGHT FOR.
This was the promotional slogan for the 2018 LPL Summer League.
The players of the three teams all put on the Conquest.
Everyone looked at each other.
"Hahahaha, Jack, your outfit …" Xiao Tian stopped and laughed.
"Don't laugh!" Shiba Inu's face was red and he wanted to hold down his jungler.
After sealing Phyllostachys Pubescens' mouth, Lin Yan laughed again.
"Jack, this outfit really doesn't suit you," he commented.
This year's Conquest was a long design. Lin Yan looked very tall in it because he had long legs. If his legs were short, it would look a little awkward.
Unfortunately, Jack was the one with the shorter legs.
"You can even design clothes in a crooked way!" Shiba Inu was indignant. "There aren't many LPL players who are tall, okay?"
Lin Yan glanced at it and realized that it was true.
In YM, Lin Weixiang, Lin Yan, and Jin Gong were taller. In RNG, Casa was the taller one. In IG, The Sh and Ning Wang were the taller ones. Bao Lan wasn't short either.
Other than that, most of the players were around 170cm.
Lin Yan felt that there weren't many players who were taller than Su Cheng.
It was a little hard on them to wear such long outfits.
"Get ready, we'll be going on stage soon!" Winston reminded them.
The exhibition match was about to end. According to the schedule, the next event was the departure ceremony.
After 15 minutes, the three teams arrived at the exit backstage.
The host, Ren Dong, said loudly, "After the celebrity summoner exhibition match, it'll be the departure ceremony for our LPL division!"
After watching a boring exhibition match, the live audience also came back to their senses.
"First … is the third seed of the LPL, Royal Next Giveup, determined to achieve a breakthrough this year!"
The moment the RNG players appeared on stage, deafening cheers rang out from the stands!
"Next up is the second seed, Invictus Gaming, who has undergone the fourth transformation!"
"They're charging into the world finals with a brand new lineup. Other than the Rookie, their lineup and team style are completely different from three years ago. They're going to set off a whirlwind in this year's global finals!"
Since there was no IG competition today, there were even fewer dogs at the scene.
Luckily, there were many passersby in the audience. They gave IG a long round of applause.
"Finally … let's welcome the first seed of the LPL division, the double champion of the global finals, Young Miracles!"
Lin Yan and his teammates wore Conquest and walked out from the backstage tunnel.
Waves of cheers rose from the stage. In just an instant, it was extremely exaggerated!
In the livestream, many people's attention was focused on Lin Yan and the others' outfits.
[F * ck, this Conquest is amazing!]
[It's a cricket!
Here's the question, where can I buy it?]
[Compared to the people next to him, Brother Ran's legs are too long!]
"YM intends to defend their title this year and work hard for their third summoner trophy!"
The lights on the stage flickered endlessly and finally focused on all the players!
"Summoners, the teams representing the LPL division for S8 have been assembled. They will head to Korea in October to fight for this honor for themselves, their teams, and their division!"
The audience in the stands shouted the names of the teams they supported. The sound of YM quickly suppressed the other two teams and lingered in the stadium!
"RNG, IG, and YM will carry the faith and strength of millions of viewers in the entire division." Ren Dong's voice was full of passion. "Let's wait and see. Prepare for the upcoming global finals!"
Dry ice spewed out from around the stage. The sound of air whistling echoed throughout the stadium!