Gu Yueshuang's main character was too slow in the queue. After she made it to the top ten in the Korean server in solo queue, she didn't touch it anymore and started to play duo queue with her sub-character.

Gu Yueshuang poked Lin Yanqiu: "You should also use your trumpet to queue in duo mode, and switch to a trumpet that queues faster."

Lin Yanqiu was curious: "Does the secondary account also need to be ranked?"

Gu Yueshuang nodded: "Yes, that's why I need a small account that can be exposed."

Xu Qing: "You're not thinking about dominating the charts, are you? How many alt-accounts are you planning to contribute?"

Gu Yueshuang said lightly, "Five of my secondary accounts have been exposed so far."

"How did you find out this?" Lu Minghao looked puzzled. He didn't even know that Gu Yueshuang had so many small accounts.

Gu Yueshuang scratched her head, also extremely confused: "I don't know either. It was dug out of nowhere."

Fang Butao speculated, "It's probably the youth training manager, or the streamer and player you encountered in your smurf ranking match. They might have been livestreaming and the audience dug them out."

This year, Gu Yueshuang's popularity has skyrocketed. Fang Butao is so jealous of her traffic that he even wants to feed her growth hormone so that she can grow up to 18 years old quickly so that she can do live broadcasts to make money to support the team.

Zhou Yao: "But why are you trying to rank up? Just reach King rank on your main account and I guarantee you won't be charged."

Gu Yueshuang chuckled twice and didn't reply.

Gu Yang only gave two words of advice: "Don't lose your touch. The opponent in the next game will be good. If we prepare well, we can win."

Xu Qing was so excited that he stuttered a little: "So, does that mean... we can stay at the top of the standings for a few more days?"

Gu Yueshuang smiled and leaned back in her chair, looking at him: "How many days do you want to stay? Let me give you some advice."

Lin Yanqiu leaned back slightly, blocking her view of Xu Qing, and said, "Let's wait until the regular season is over."

Gu Yueshuang snapped her fingers: "Okay, I'll think about it."

Xu Qing perked up: "Hey? Brother Shuang, can I make a wish?"

Gu Yueshuang: "Tell me about it?"

Xu Qing: "Is it okay to make a wish and eat a lot without getting fat?"

Gu Yueshuang thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "Let Brother Hei bite off a piece of your flesh? You two can eat as much as you want together without gaining weight."

Xu Qing: “???”

Xu Qing's face was sullen, and he acted a little grumpy: "Oh, you guys don't have a support anymore, find a new one."

Yang Lin didn't realize he was joking and enthusiastically said, "It's very easy for our team to find a support. Several young support players want to join us. They say they envy our team environment, where they can learn ward placement without having to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being a caller."

There was a burst of laughter in the base.

Yang Lin: “……?”

Xu Qing: “…………”

Xu Qing said seriously: "I don't plan to retire yet, thank you."

Yang Lin: "...Oh, sorry, I thought our team was going to form a second youth training team."

Xu Qing seemed to be stimulated and began to join the army to rush for points.

The POG players' collective rush for points was quickly noticed by netizens. Esports forums began to discuss whether POG couldn't find a team to play scrimmages with, otherwise why were they all playing so aggressively in Ranked?

[Is it true that POG can't find a team to practice with?]

[Not really. Based on the current situation, other teams should be lining up to play scrimmages with them. They're really strong this season.]

When the new players came for tryouts, didn't they all scrimmages with GGB? Even when they were unstable, they were able to find a top team like GGB. Now that the members are stable, how could there be no one to scrimmages with?

[Could it be that there was some kind of training camp during the holidays, and he suddenly became stronger and naturally gained points?]

What kind of training camp is this during the holidays? A mental hospital?

"When you mention that, it reminds me that it seems like the changes started in the mental hospital."

[Can you tell me which mental hospital POG went to? I'd also like to arrange for my home team to go to one.]

【???】

[Why did the direction of this building suddenly become strange...]

Are you serious?

…

POG also won the third game of the summer season with a score of 2:0.

After the win, everything was normal when the host interviewed the players individually on stage, and everything was normal when the fans came on stage to shake hands and take photos. However, starting from the post-match group interview, the situation gradually became abnormal.

After all the team members entered the interview room, the staff immediately fastened and locked the door. Still a little worried, they found a stool to put against the door, fearing that the POG team members would escape again.

The POG team members all turned their heads in confusion and looked towards the door, all thinking the same thing:

"Do you really have to be so wary of them?"

And the reporters all have a voice in their hearts -

“Well done!”

The reporters tried hard to stifle their laughter. After hearing the "Post-match interview officially begins," they began asking one by one: "We're from XX Media, and we'd like to ask Frost. Today, four opponents were fighting in the Baron Dragon pit. Your teammates weren't there, and your jungler was still in base. How did you come up with the idea of ​​going into the dragon pit alone against four? Were you feeling any pressure at the time?"

Gu Yueshuang thought about the time the reporter was talking about before answering, "Oh, our jungler said he couldn't come and asked me to stop them from attacking the Baron. I figured there were only four of them, and the dragon pit was a good location, so I just flew down to fight. It wasn't really a one-on-four situation, after all, the Baron was on my side."

Reporters: “…”

Are you thinking about something naughty during this long pause?

Emphasize the point—"I thought there were only four of them."

But you are alone here!!

The most outrageous thing is that Gu Yueshuang was still alive when she was fighting four people alone because Lin Yanqiu arrived and flashed to heal her, saving her life.

The reporter was speechless for a moment, then turned to Lin Yanqiu and asked, "Forest, summoner spells are very important life-saving skills for AD carry. Why did you think of using DF's double flash to save the mid laner?"

Lin Yanqiu said without hesitation: "I didn't think much about it, I just followed my instinct."

Reporters: “…”

Don’t follow your mid laner!

The reporter persisted: "Can you be more specific?"

Lin Yanqiu smiled and said, "If I were to think of reasons now, I could come up with a lot. After all, we won that team battle and the game."

As long as he wins, everything he says is right.

Reporter: "...It's okay, go ahead."

Lin Yanqiu picked up the microphone and began boasting seriously, "First, only if the mid laner is alive can we create maximum damage. The two of us can kill them all. Second, saving her is the best option. If she dies, the enemy will get a huge bounty, and we'll lose out. Third, I don't have a life-saving skill, but if I save her, she'll protect me. It's more useful than the DF combo."

Xu Qing was afraid he would talk endlessly, so he picked up the microphone and interrupted, saying, "Let me reconstruct the scene. In fact, it was our mid-lane ghost who was screaming, 'I can't die! My Book of Death! If I die, I will lose ten levels! Help, help!'"

He finished learning with great emotion, then returned to his indifferent expression.

Haha, DF saves the mid laner twice in a row, and then lets the support sell him? Is there any AD player like you?

The reporters finally gave up on the mid laner's snarky comments and the AD carry's compliments, and turned their questions to the support, who seemed to be showing some emotion. "To Xu Qing, you've taken half of the team's deaths. What are your thoughts?"

There were only 2 deaths in POG in this game, one was contributed by Xu Qing and the other was contributed by Lu Minghao.

He should have mindlessly protected the AD, but this AD always seemed to want to protect the mid laner, and this mid laner was always on the edge of a knife, and his life creed was that wealth and honor can only be achieved through risk.

Xu Qing sighed silently in his heart. He felt so tired.

Xu Qing waved to Lu Minghao across the entire team and encouraged the newcomer, saying, "I hope our top laner will keep up the good work. I'd be honored to let me take on all the team's deaths."

As he spoke, Xu Qing forced a fake smile - Look, my official language is beautiful, isn't it?

In fact, he also wants a good KDA, but unfortunately he is a support. If the team needs to sell out teammates, he will be the first one to be sold out.

Gu Yueshuang took the opportunity to say, "Did you hear that? Everyone, please gank the bottom lane more often and stop staying in the middle lane. There's really no good thing happening to you if you stay in the middle lane."

Xu Qing: “?”

I'm still in a "sad" mood! Why did you rush towards the sand sculpture?

Xu Qing waved his hand and pretended to stand up: "Please turn off the cameras, our team may need a real-life PK."

There is Lin Yanqiu between them.

Zhou Yao was delighted: "It's okay. If Xiaolin doesn't go out, Xu Qing will be unable to squeeze out."

Gu Yueshuang also imitated Xu Qing and waved her hands: "Sorry, our assistant was talking in his sleep. Everyone, just pretend you didn't hear it. Let's continue the interview."

There were bursts of laughter in the interview room.

After the reporters finished laughing, they turned to ask the coach, "Is POG's goal this season to win the championship?"

Gu Yang: "Keep a low profile. Let's set a small goal first, to get first place in the regular season, okay?"

There was an uproar.

Isn't this quite ambitious?

Someone muttered quietly, "They are now number one in the regular season."

But someone quickly objected: "It's hard to say, right, since we haven't played against a strong team yet?"

"But they are in the top four of the spring season."

This sentence woke up many people who were still dreaming. Many people still thought that POG was a new team, a rookie team composed of some veterans who seldom played and a group of newcomers who had just come to LPL.

But now some people say that they are not rookies, but fledglings, and have now begun to spread their wings and soar.

The e-sports practitioners gathered here are all people who love e-sports. Everyone basically has their own team to support. Of course, there are also some people who support POG, but they are a minority here after all.

More reporters still support the veteran teams, so they admit that POG is very strong for the time being, but they don’t think POG can beat their home team.

Gu Yueshuang clapped her hands to quiet everyone down. "No need to argue. Old Gu just stated a goal. We can make a final decision after the season is over, okay?"

The last two words "Okay?" were still said in the tone of Lao Gu, obviously supporting their coach.

The reporters sorted themselves out and became fair and open workers again.

After asking questions related to the game, it was finally time for the gossip that reporters love to hear: "I would like to ask what was he doing when he was photographed going to a mental hospital during the offseason?"

Everyone: “???”

How could even this be dug out?

Xu Qing was anxious: "No, has someone been digging up our POG past recently?"

Previously, the base floor plan was exposed, and then the off-season rookie tryout training matches were exposed, and the trumpets of several players were also exposed. Now even the players’ visit to the mental hospital during the off-season has been exposed?

Gu Yang was a little embarrassed and explained, "There's a psychologist I know over there, and I was worried they might have mental health issues, so I took them to see my friend. I thought confidentiality might be better with my friend, but... "

The reporters burst into laughter, and after they died down, someone explained, "Someone took the photo. Maybe your fans are all over the world, everywhere, so there are even mental hospitals."

While explaining, he also teased them a few times.

Gu Yueshuang: "I still hope everyone can focus on the competition..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, the reporters quickly focused their attention on her: "I heard that Shuangge deleted Lu Cheng as a friend and told him that he wouldn't get his time back until he finished broadcasting. Is that true?"

Gu Yueshuang was helpless: "Don't you all know?"

The reporters smiled and asked again, "Is there any contradiction?"

Gu Yueshuang: "There's no conflict, because we haven't communicated privately. We are strangers now. If you have more questions, I hope you can ask Lu Cheng."

A reporter boldly asked, "POG players have been climbing the Korean server recently. I'm wondering if they can't schedule scrimmages?"

Gu Yueshuang slammed the table and stood up, answering, "It was just my personal pursuit of points that provoked my teammates. I hope everyone will stop making random guesses."

Seeing their questions becoming increasingly nonsensical, Fang Butao quickly clapped his hands and called a halt: "Alright, that's all for today's post-match interview."

The POG team members were ready to go off work with joy on their faces.

The reporters quickly stopped them: "Wait! There's still an interview that's owed to us."

The team members' joyful smiles froze instantly—why still have to work overtime? Are esports teenagers also destined to be overworked?

Gu Yueshuang, with a look of despair on her face, was led into the interview room by the staff.

The staff carefully handed over the little bee: "This is our last possession, please don't break it again."

“…”

Gu Yueshuang silently complained in her heart, then don’t let me come.

The staff member added nonchalantly, "If you break it again, you'll have to pay for it."

Gu Yueshuang pretended to leave: "Or let's find someone else to interview you."

…

When the interview was finally over and the children finally got off work, the first thing Gu Yueshuang did when she got back to the car was to yell, "Holiday!"

Gu Yang: "I'll take half a day off and come back for training tomorrow night."

Gu Yueshuang protested, "Huh? Why only half a day? I need to sleep for three days and three nights! Interviewing is too exhausting."

Fang Butao showed her the schedule: "We play GGB in four days."

Gu Yueshuang immediately changed her attitude when she encountered a strong enemy: "Okay, just let it go for one night."

Xu Qing waved his hand and said, "Let's go back and put away all the game consoles first. We'll have a good night's rest. We'll be ready for battle tomorrow!"

Lin Yanqiu asked, "Are you still trying to get points?"

Gu Yueshuang: "No conflict."

"good."

Xu Qing was puzzled: "What are you two talking about?"

Gu Yueshuang said nonsense seriously: "We are discussing how many times you take Heige for a walk a day."

Lin Yanqiu smiled and nodded, letting her do whatever she wanted.

Xu Qing: "? Are you still human?"

Lu Minghao was curious: "What are the contents of the general interview? Brother Shuang's interview seemed to be very long."

Zhou Yao explained, "Most of the material these media outlets produce throughout the season is just random gossip. They might even make you recite tongue twisters, and there are some cutesy things like 'little lucky mud'. So everyone is always really resistant to it, and it also takes up our rest time."

Fang Butao was worried that they would pass on this rejection to the newcomers, so he quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "It's actually mutually beneficial. They usually help us promote a lot."

Xu Qing scoffed, "That's because our grades are good. Look, if your grades are bad, no one will pay attention to you. Wasn't Brother Shuang scolded badly at the beginning of the year? No one spoke up for him."

Fang Butao patted him, signaling him to stop talking: "Just cooperate, and don't say these words outside."

Gu Yueshuang shrugged nonchalantly: "Just ignore them. Why do you care what a passerby thinks?"

She was actually okay. Since she looked photogenic and had decent talent, the media staff were very nice to her from the beginning.

Xu Qing, an old unknown, has played in the LPL for a long time and may have seen a lot of flattery and bullying.

Gu Yueshuang couldn't empathize with him, but she couldn't persuade him to be magnanimous either.

Fang Butao wanted to persuade the team members, but after thinking about it, he felt it was unnecessary, so he said, "But you should be careful about what you say outside. If something happens, we will have to treat them to a meal, and this kind of money will not be worth spending."

“…”

In order to keep the money for himself to eat and drink, Xu Qing decided to swallow his anger.

A few people returned to the base, had dinner and started playing ranked games.

When several people were queuing, they all opened the GGB game and started studying it.

Gu Yueshuang watched a while and felt something was wrong: "Why did Pigsy change his style after losing at MSI?"

Lin Yanqiu paused for two seconds and speculated, "They don't dare to fight anymore. Korean-style operations are too terrifying. Once GGB makes a mistake, it's difficult to recover. The opponent is like an intelligent AI and never makes mistakes."

Gu Yueshuang suddenly realized: "Oh, they are learning Korean-style operations now, right?"

Each major region has its own style. LCK is famous for its operations. They avoid fighting in the early stages. Even if they meet, both sides will stop fighting and try not to cause bloodshed. The game may end directly with a team fight - often ending with single-digit kills.

Therefore, their games are not very interesting to watch, but when facing them, there is always a strong sense of pressure, for fear that a mistake will make the game irrecoverable. They are extremely good at snowballing and responding to changes with constancy.

The European region loves to explore new rosters, always coming up with bizarre, off-meta lineups. POG at the beginning of the year was a bit like them, as was WWW, a team from this region. Overall, this is a fun region, always coming up with unexpected lineups that leave everyone scratching their heads.

——A region that is completely opposite to the LCK.

As for LPL, because there are more teams, the styles are more diverse. Some teams learn Korean-style operations, some imitate the European style of happy life, and more people uphold the consistent spirit of LPL - fight if you don't agree.

They are extremely aggressive, which can be seen from the playing style of the national server. No one likes to last hit, and they will even give up the cannon soldiers if they can get the kill.

——Gu Yueshuang is a typical example of someone who was brought up in this kind of environment.

Most of them play on the national server first, and only after reaching a high rank will they go to the Korean server to experience the competition style, but the blood in their bones will not change.

Xu Qing: "No way, they were also beaten silly? How can the half-baked operations they learned beat those operations machines?"

Gu Yueshuang: "In fact, the European style is quite restrained by the Korean operation."

Xu Qing: "Ah?"

Lin Yanqiu explained, "She's right. Korean teams are good because they can predict your next move. They seem like an impenetrable wall because they know what their opponents are planning and can take precautions. But the European region always makes some confusing moves."

Gu Yueshuang nodded and concluded, "It should be that random punches can kill the master."

Lu Minghao: "In that case, we should also be quite restrained in using Korean-style operations?"

Zhou Yao: "Not necessarily. You can guess what we want to do at a glance."

Several people looked at each other and said in unison: "Fighting."

The serious atmosphere of POG was broken by laughter.

Gu Yang also speculated, "It's probably because the pressure you feel when you're actually facing off is different, which makes people nervous and leads to mistakes. Every year at the World Championships, many players experience mechanics errors, and that's probably due to a problem with their mentality."

Lin Yanqiu waved his hand: "If you haven't fought before, you won't know. Let's deal with the opponent in front of us first."

Upon hearing this, Fang Butao leaned over and asked, "Can I help you guys schedule an LCK practice match?"

Xu Qing rubbed his hands eagerly: "I want to give it a try."

Gu Yueshuang and Lin Yanqiu said in unison: "No appointment."

The two looked at each other——

You go first.

【You first.】

Gu Yueshuang said succinctly, "Appointing them for a training match will disrupt our rhythm. Let's not aim too high. Let's take it one step at a time."

——She was like this in spring. She thought she had a long-term vision, but ended up finding out that she was overambitious and incompetent.

These are lessons learned through blood and tears.

Lin Yanqiu: "That's what I meant."

Gu Yueshuang: "It seems there is nothing to study. They don't dare to fight now, so they just want to avoid fighting in the early stages. Isn't fighting the end of the operation?"

Just when she had successfully entered the game, Gu Yueshuang turned off the match video in frustration and anger, saying, "I'm playing ranked, I won't watch anymore."

Lin Yanqiu wondered: "Are you angry?"

Gu Yueshuang grew increasingly angry as she spoke. "Yeah, just stick to your style! You just lost a match, why are you so shaken? If you can't win, just admit you're not as skilled as your opponent, then go back and keep practicing. You'll win one day! But once you start copying your opponent's style, you really can't win."

Gu Yang poured cold water on him: "But have you ever thought about this? This style may not necessarily win the LCK, but it can win the LPL."

Gu Yueshuang was even more furious. "What's the point?! If we win, are we going to Worlds and getting beaten by LCK? We might as well stick to our style to the end, win honorably, and lose with dignity."

Xu Qing was puzzled: "But what's there to be angry about? We also have teams that play operations in our region, and I haven't seen you get angry."

Gu Yueshuang: "It's not that I'm mad at them for playing operations, it's that they weren't originally that style. Because they lost to the operations team, they started learning to play operations. The result was a complete mess. Have you heard of the saying 'imitating the steps of Handan'?"

Xu Qing shook his head honestly: "I haven't heard of it."

Gu Yueshuang was furious: "..."

Lin Yanqiu suppressed his laughter and comforted her: "It's okay, I've heard that they are illiterate, just ignore them."

Gu Yueshuang slammed the table: "In short, playing games makes people happy! But the way they play obviously makes people unhappy! That's why I look down on them!"