LOL: I'm in the LPL, that's my fight!

Chapter 44: What to do if the U-turn goes to the other side?

This is thanks to the recent World Championship.

As the platform that owns the broadcasting rights for the event, Huya successfully converted this traffic into the City Championship that it just took over.

Although the core purpose was just to promote Crush, the popularity of the entire live broadcast room still soared like a rocket.

The screen was flooded with comments, and the gift effects were almost non-stop. The number of viewers jumped from several thousand to tens of thousands, and then rapidly approached six figures.

Meanwhile, in the MC team's rest room, the faces and ears of the five young men were heating up at a visible speed, just like the rising popularity of the Huya live stream.

It's not that the air conditioning isn't cold enough; it's that my heart is beating too fast, and the blood is rushing too much, causing my face to turn red.

"fa, fa, fa!"

"Xu Dapao, Xu Dapao, what the hell kind of fortune did you draw?!"

"I don't know, I really don't know!" Xu Wen raised his hands to his chest, making an innocent surrender gesture. "Just a tiny tap—yes, just a light tap of 'Confirm'—what does the opponent automatically assigned by the authorities have to do with me!"

"Heh." Assistant Li Nan gave a wry smile, crossed his legs, and stared at the ceiling. "We've been set up by capital. If they wanted us back on the assembly line to tighten screws, they should have just said so. There was no need to arrange it like this, really no need."

What arrangements?

I once dreamed of roaming the world with a sword, but two of my men died just as I left the village.

Who's the kind person who sets up an epic boss in front of the newbie village?

In a city alliance championship, the average level of the players on the participating teams is at most "King's Gatekeeper", and a large number of teams even have members with ranks below Master.

To put it simply, it's just a group of amateur players getting together for fun, trying their luck, and seeing if they can take the first step towards becoming professionals.

So you tell them that the first battle in their journey toward their esports dreams is against Crush?

Crush.

Currently ranked number one on the Chinese server's Rank leaderboard, he is jokingly referred to by countless high-ranking players as "Mid-lane Luck Man".

Yes, that's right, it's the dump truck you're thinking of that's essential for off-road adventures—the Dayun Heavy Truck, known in the industry as the "King of the Road," the ultimate vehicle that can wipe out anyone it hits.

As for why it has this nickname?

That makes it even easier to understand. In the high-elo Chinese server, Crush, with his brainless jungler who only knows how to ruthlessly execute orders, crushes any opponent from start to finish, from the laning phase to the end of the game.

A person's character is reflected in their ID; they crush everyone they meet—isn't that exactly what Dayun Heavy Truck loves to do?

After crushing it, not even a crumb remains.

"Actually..." Top laner Lin Mo cleared his throat, trying to make his voice sound more relaxed, "If you think about it from another angle, today's match might just be a chance for us brothers to make a name for ourselves."

As someone who was given a "protagonist's name" by his parents from birth, Lin Mo was always the kind of "other people's child" from a young age.

His academic performance was outstanding, and he excelled in moral character, intelligence, physical education, aesthetics, and labor skills. Even his teachers praised him, saying, "This child is too perfect; he will definitely become a pillar of society in the future."

Even when it comes to gaming, he's the best in the city. In the entire MC team, he has the highest individual rank—the Grandmaster, no doubt about it.

But it was precisely this life of being told "things are going too smoothly" during interviews that made Lin Mo feel utterly weary.

It's going too smoothly, like a stagnant pool.

So he secretly ran away from his parents and, together with a wealthy patron he met online and a few like-minded friends, formed this MC team.

I dream of one day making it into the LSPL and becoming a real esports player.

Unexpectedly, he, who had always had a smooth journey, encountered a wall called Crush at the very first hurdle on his e-sports path.

By the way, when did League of Legends release a champion called the Wall?

To be honest, the moment Lin Mo saw the draw results, his heart sank – because no one knew better than him, who was also in the King rank, how terrifying the man on the other side was.

Just a few days ago, he was matched with Crush in ranked games and won the whole game without even having to think. The opponent was crushed.

That feeling of effortless victory, as if we were on completely different levels, still lingers in my heart.

And now, this ultimate luck car has driven to the other side and become their opponent. ...

No.

As the captain, I can't think like that.

How can someone be afraid of a match before it even starts?

Gurgle.

Lin Mo swallowed hard, forced a smile, and said with an optimism that even he himself didn't quite believe: "Think about it, everyone—if we can beat BJBS, or even if we can't win but perform exceptionally well in the competition… with the attention this city championship has garnered, isn't this our chance to become famous overnight?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the team fell silent.

Mid laner Wang Hao was the first to raise his hand, his tone so sincere it sounded like he was reading a party membership application: "Xiao Lin... let me ask you something, when you said that, did you even believe it yourself? I'll be frank—I can't beat Crush, so I don't believe it."

"I don't believe it either." Jungler Xu Wen chuckled self-deprecatingly, took off his glasses to wipe the lenses, then put them back on. "The kind of team that even a mid-jungle duo couldn't beat."

"To be honest, the last time I was matched with him, our mid and jungle were completely crushed in three minutes."

"However—" Xu Wen suddenly dragged out his words, his lips slowly spreading into a slightly irritating smile.

"We may not be able to beat them, but that doesn't stop us from taking a piece of the pie from BJBS."

"Absolutely!" Assistant Li Nan slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "You think I'll just accept my fate and carry buckets into the factory? We'll see after we've done it! Even if I'm a piece of iron, I'll heat it up first!"

"Compared to disappearing into obscurity on the road to pursuing our esports dreams, we've already made a profit by having tens of thousands of people as our audience."

"Let's just do it!" the group shouted almost simultaneously.

The air in the lounge suddenly became warm, as if someone had added some dry firewood to the stove.

"Um...that..." Lin Mo weakly raised his hand, his face showing three parts embarrassment, three parts seriousness, and four parts utter despair. "Judging from this atmosphere, should I say something like—'Your son is unfilial'?"

"roll!"

"screw you!"

"Go die if you want to!"

The MC team burst into laughter, the sound bouncing off the walls and shattering the tension that had been hanging in the air.

……

The five MCs had finished calming down, and the event organizers were also ready.

Once the room is set up and the OB account is ready, pull the two teams of players in and they will automatically be hung on the tree.

"Alright, both teams are ready, let's officially begin the draft phase."

"Blue team BJBS, Red team MC!"