Thanks to Gu Yang's anti-expansion vaccination, POG had a smooth group stage and did not lose a single game, but ran into problems in the quarterfinals.

POG drew the second seed of LCK in the quarterfinals draw, while GGB drew a civil war with FJ.

It's not a good pick for any of the three teams.

Today is POG's BO5 quarterfinals, and before the game, Xu Qing yawned repeatedly.

Zhou Yao wondered: "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Xu Qing: "Not really..."

Gu Yueshuang: "Eat too much? Did you secretly eat high-calorie foods?"

Xu Qing blinked, his eyes full of confusion, as if he didn't understand what the sentence meant at all.

A typical state of confusion.

Lin Yanqiu asked: "Can I come on as a substitute?"

Xu Qing was so frightened that he woke up for a few seconds: "Ah?! No way, are you going to replace me so easily?"

Gu Yang didn't look like he was joking at all: "Not in the first game. We've already submitted the starting lineup. If you want to change the substitutes, you have to wait until the second game."

Xu Qing's sense of crisis suddenly arose.

Gu Yang asked, "Are you going to play double AD? Or let the top laner play support?"

Xu Qing paced back and forth in the training room, frantic and begging, "Brothers, can you give me a chance? If I don't perform well in the first game, you can take me out."

Gu Yueshuang: "Go wash your face first to wake yourself up. Remember to use cold water."

"...I think you want me to die."

Xu Qing instinctively retorted, then realized his chance to play was indeed precarious, so he immediately changed his tone: "Let's go now! It's just cold water, right? Who's afraid of who?"

Xu Qing's heart was bleeding when he said this. He actually had to wash his face with cold water in the middle of winter. It was too torturous.

Lin Yanqiu found a disposable cup and said, "I'll prepare a cup of hot water for him to warm his hands so they don't freeze."

Fang Butao reminded: "Don't make the temperature too high. The alternation between high and low temperatures can easily lead to accidents."

Lin Yanqiu called Gu Yueshuang over: "Come and help me test the temperature. I've been using a hand warmer and am a little numb to the temperature."

Gu Yueshuang: "...Then why don't you just give him the hand warmer?"

Lin Yanqiu thought so too, so he stuffed the cup into Gu Yueshuang's hand and said, "Drink more hot water."

Gu Yueshuang: “…”

There's still water in her thermos!

Forget it, don't bother with him.

Gu Yueshuang drank the warm water silently and waited for Xu Qing to come back after washing his face to discuss tactics.

Zhou Yao stared at his phone, bewildered, wondering, "He didn't stay up late playing ranked last night, so why is he so sleepy today?"

Gu Yueshuang: "Did you eat too much? The competition starts right at dinner time, which is very unfriendly to us."

In fact, they had not eaten dinner yet, but they brought some chocolate, energy bars, bananas and other energy-replenishing foods to fill their stomachs.

"Wow, let me tell you, this water is really cold. It's freezing me to death." Xu Qing came back shivering and snatched the hand warmer from Lin Yanqiu's hand.

Zhou Yao didn't respond, but asked directly: "What time did you go to bed last night?"

Xu Qing hesitated, "It's not that late... I just couldn't sleep... Never mind, I went to bed around five or six."

Zhou Yao: "We all left at twelve o'clock, but you seemed to have slept until two? You should have gotten enough sleep, so why are you still sleepy?"

Lin Yanqiu: "Maybe it's because your sleep schedule is irregular and you didn't get enough rest, right?"

Gu Yueshuang: "He usually stays up late, so this shouldn't be the problem."

Xu Qing couldn't hide it any longer, so he threw in the towel and said, "I didn't fall asleep until almost nine o'clock."

Everyone: “?!”

Xu Qing scratched his head, looking annoyed. "Actually, I tried everything yesterday, but I just couldn't fall asleep. I simply got up and watched two episodes of anime. I thought that wouldn't work, but I still couldn't fall asleep. I tossed and turned until after eight o'clock before I finally fell asleep..."

What’s even more frustrating is that the sleep quality is very average.

But Xu Qing didn't dare to say it, for fear that they really wouldn't let him play.

It's okay during the regular season, but if he misses the World Championship due to personal reasons, he will really regret it for the rest of his life - not to mention that they don't have a substitute support, so they can only rely on him.

Gu Yueshuang sighed: "You should come and ask us. I can recommend you a complete set of advanced mathematics video learning materials, guaranteed to be hypnotic."

Xu Qing: “???”

Zhou Yao: "Yeah, what animation did you get up to watch? You were in class. You used to sleep in class a lot, right?"

Xu Qing: “…Yes.”

Gu Yang clutched his chest with a look of deep sorrow: "As your elder, it pains me to hear you say such things."

Gu Yueshuang nodded: "I understand. Next time I discuss this kind of thing, I will definitely avoid you."

Gu Yang: “…”

It was finally decided to let Xu Qing play in the first game, and leave Zhou Yao and Yang Lin behind to cram in the lounge and learn how to play support.

In this game, the junglers were under great pressure. When they got to the competition field, everyone had a serious face. It was obvious at a glance that this was very different from the relaxed atmosphere of POG before the previous games.

Gu Yueshuang suddenly raised her hand, feeling out of place. "Referee, can I go to the bathroom?"

Everyone: “?”

Referee: "...Go, give a warning."

Gu Yueshuang: "? Is this also a warning?"

She hesitated for two seconds, then took off her headphones and ran to the bathroom.

The rest of POG's teammates looked at each other in bewilderment. Xu Qing grew worried. "Could it be her period? This is truly adding insult to injury."

Lin Yanqiu thought for a moment and said, "Probably not. It wasn't this time last month."

Everyone: “?”

Xiaolin, there's something wrong with you.

Gu Yueshuang ran there and back, fearing that she would be fined by the referee if she stayed in the toilet for too long.

Xu Qing asked cautiously, "You haven't had your period yet, have you?"

Gu Yueshuang frowned: "...What are you thinking? I just drank too much water. Xiaolin prepared a cup of water to warm your hands, but I drank it."

Xu Qing: “???”

You two have a problem.

They were targeted badly in this BP, and it was obvious that they were being carefully studied.

Gu Yang was extremely serious when he was picking and selecting: "Syndra and Zoe are both banned, even Neeko is banned, is it okay to play Twisted Fate?"

Gu Yueshuang agreed immediately: "Okay, I'll think about it."

The hero Card is not suitable for the Book of Death, so she needs to think about the equipment suitable for this game.

Then she quickly regretted it: "Honestly, I haven't taken a card in a game in a long time...why don't we play it safe?"

This was the first time Gu Yang had seen her look so unsure, but he couldn't let her back down. He patted her shoulder and reasoned with her, "You need to stand up in this game. You need a hero who can fight and support all three lanes. Think about it, isn't Card the most suitable?"

Gu Yueshuang: “?”

Gu Yang explained, "Usually Xu Qing will go to support the top lane, and then the top lane will help the jungle, so you have to take care of all three lanes... just in case, the only ones you can choose are probably Galio or Twisted Fate. I'm afraid the others won't have enough damage or support."

Another thing he didn't mention is proficiency.

The hero you dare to use in such situations must be a hero with high enough proficiency, otherwise big problems will easily arise.

The cards were chosen through a compromise of these factors.

"OK."

Gu Yueshuang compromised and began to seriously study the appropriate rune talents for the cards.

Lin Yanqiu would be silent for a while after watching it, and Qin Ye would cry after watching it.

At this critical moment, Gu Yueshuang is still studying rune talents?

It’s like I’m still studying the phonetic symbols of ABCD before the big exam.

Let's destroy it.

Gu Yang knew that this was her temporary memorization method before the final exam, so he said nothing and started thinking about how to come up with the most advantageous lineup.

Lin Yanqiu also looked away silently and began to discuss the lineup with the coach: "The support should take the cat."

Xu Qing: "...You don't distrust me so much?"

Gu Yang said earnestly, "You don't understand. You're in a state like you're driving while fatigued. It would be a miracle if there were no problems."

Xu Qing was speechless.

Gu Yang immediately decided: "Then the bottom lane will be Cat and Ezreal, okay? Xiaolin will use Ezreal to fight alone."

When the game started, Gu Yueshuang was still checking her skill descriptions bit by bit, confirming that the card skills were still the same as she used before.

In fact, according to the pre-match preparations, she was not told that she would use the card, so she had not practiced the card at all this month and could only rely on the skill description to cram.

To be on the safe side, POG didn't even fight in the first level group. A few people went online normally, but the opponent chose to group up and invade the red buff.

Fortunately, in order to avoid a level one fight, POG let Qin Ye start the game alone with blue buff. In this case, it is not a big deal to just exchange jungle areas with the opponent.

But, in a rare twist, mid lane went awry. Gu Yueshuang was pinned down under the tower from the moment she signed up. Although she managed to avoid missing any minions, the opposing team reached level 2 before her, giving them an early lead.

So the opponent started four-on-two in the bottom lane before them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qin Ye directly asked Lu Minghao to TP to the bottom lane to protect it. Lu Minghao said with a bitter face: "I can't go down, he keeps pestering me..."

Gu Yueshuang made a prompt decision and started TP.

The moment the blue beam of light from the bottom lane tower lit up, a red beam of light also lit up.

Before the opponent's mid laner had time to reach the bottom lane, he saw Gu Yueshuang teleporting, so he teleported as well.

The opponent saw that they couldn't cross the tower this time, and that a fight would only result in both sides suffering losses, so they simply gave up.

POG saw that the opponent had given up fighting, and they couldn't win the counterattack, so they simply retreated.

The two mid laners teleported to the bottom lane at the same time, met each other, and then walked back to the middle lane together. It looked funny and funny.

The players were extremely serious. To them, this was just a normal fight, but the audience was laughing like crazy.

[Hahahaha, what on earth were they both doing down there? They barely stopped for a moment, and the moment TP landed and bumped into each other, they immediately ran off in unison.]

【True·Another Me in the World】

They both teleported to the bottom lane, "Hey bro, what a coincidence." Then they went back together, "Brother, are you going back home too?"

Are they twins from different countries? Why are their strategies so similar? Even their minion counts and levels are the same.

[My youth is over. It’s been a long time since I saw Brother Shuang’s last hit count being the same as others.]

[No, actually, Shuangshuang still has more last hits. She's been pinned down under the tower, and now there's still a wave of minions left to kill...]

At this time, the battlefield was still in a state of chaos. Gu Yueshuang saw that the opponent's mid lane had disappeared and warned, "They may be surrounded again. I'm farming and developing. You guys should avoid them."

If the opponent's mid laner disappears when the minion line and her mana are healthy, it is most likely not because she is returning to the base to replenish her equipment.

So Gu Yueshuang pushed the troops into the tower, and even wanted to take this opportunity to get a layer of plating.

——Although this behavior is a bit risky, if she makes the wrong bet, she will definitely die.

But as she expected, the opponent really went to surround the bottom lane, probably wanting to kill the AD in the cradle in advance.

This time, Lin Yanqiu was not spared from the disaster, and the cat without the pendant naturally followed the gray screen.

Fortunately, the opponent's support was replaced, which helped to recover some of the losses - although the kill fell to Xu Qing.

Zhou Yao in the backstage couldn't help but smack his lips: "Why do I feel this opening is so thrilling?"

Fang Butao: "It's the butterfly effect, right? The lack of support has affected the overall situation."

Yang Lin shook his head: "It's Brother Xu Qing's problem, and also the BP problem."

After he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong and quickly covered his mouth, carefully observing Gu Yang's expression, fearing that he would be fired.

Gu Yang smiled and comforted him: "It's okay, go on."

Yang Lin tried to remedy the situation: "It's not that the coach has a problem, but they didn't get along well with this draft, so they're a little uncomfortable."

Fang Butao continued to guide: "Where is Xu Qing?"

Yang Lin: "The timing of his shield placement just now was wrong. If it had been earlier, the effect would have been much better. At least we could have replaced it, and Captain Lin could have gotten the kill."

Zhou Yao nodded: "He's right, Xu Qing's reaction was indeed a bit slow this time, I wonder if he realized it himself."

Then he gave Yang Lin a thumbs up and praised him, saying, "You are very bold in speaking out."

Yang Lin shook his head repeatedly. He was used to this group of people's sarcastic remarks. For a moment, he didn't know whether Zhou Yao was warning him or praising him.

Gu Yang: "It's okay, just wait until the card reaches level six."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yueshuang's cheering voice came from the voice chat: "Oh yeah! Brothers, I'm level 6, I'm invincible!"

At this time, due to the frequent ganks of the opponent's mid laner, Gu Yueshuang gained nearly twenty more damage than him and also took the opportunity to eat a layer of plating.

Although the opposing mid laner had one more kill and one more assist than her, Gu Yueshuang felt that she had made a profit.

Lin Yanqiu also felt relieved: "It's okay. If I get surrounded again, I can just yell for the card to fly over, right?"

Xu Qing muttered, "Something's wrong, brother... I feel like I'm having Alzheimer's. Why can't my brain keep up? My hands seem to be shaking a little, I feel like I've been drinking..."

Gu Yueshuang directly called out to the substitutes through the in-game voice chat: "Did you hear that, Yang Lin? I'll give you an hour and a half to get familiar with how to use the cat. Kick Xu Qing out."

Xu Qing stopped trying to argue and asked, "Who's going to play the next round? Me?"

Lin Yanqiu said without hesitation: "Let Brother Yao take the barrel. He might be better than you."

Xu Qing was slightly hurt: "...Oh."

Lin Yanqiu: "You have to listen to my instructions now, especially the ultimate and the healing shield... You can use the shield as you like, but listen to my instructions during team battles, okay?"

Xu Qing: "Okay."

Lu Minghao finished the battle and was on his way back to the city when he joined the discussion and spoke up for his friend: "Actually, I think Yang Lin should be played next. The AD player knows what the AD player wants best."

Lin Yanqiu explained: "Brother Yao is better at team fighting. We can play a game by ourselves first to see the effect."

Gu Yueshuang sighed, "Yang Lin said he didn't expect his first use would be as a support instead of an AD."

Backstage, Yang Lin was bewildered. Is this a joke?! You're practicing for the quarterfinals?! Are you kidding me?! And one person playing one set?!