The days after winning the championship were calmer than expected.
The finals decided the number one and two seed teams representing LPL in the World Championship this year, while other LPL teams will continue to play in the bubble games to compete for the last two tickets to the World Championship.
As the new champion, WDG team no longer had any games to play, but they did not take a holiday. Instead, they continued to stay in the base and became sparring partners for the bubble match teams.
The same is true for the DZG team. The two strong teams that have entered the World Championship are contributing their strength to the LPL.
On the fourth day after the finals, the last bubble game has come to an end.
Team LBG and Team XY are competing for the last spot in the World Championship.
LBG lost to the veteran LPL team ZY in the last round, giving away their third ticket to the World Championship and falling into the battle for the fourth seed.
Although Team XY's performance in the summer season was not very good, it was qualified to participate in the bubble match thanks to its points in the spring season.
However, this game, which should have been evenly matched and interesting, turned out to be one-sided.
XY team was no match for LBG team and was easily defeated by LBG team 2:0. In the third match point game, LBG now had a big advantage.
"Team XY is completely rotten,"
Roll, who was waiting to participate in the departure ceremony backstage, sighed, "The configuration of these players is not bad, but no one wants to win. It's a pity that all the points we worked hard to win in the spring season were wasted, but they just took up a spot in the bubble match for nothing, and then everyone saw this kind of thing."
Mao Bing propped up his chin and said in amazement: "No wonder the DZG team looked speechless when they mentioned the training match with the XY team. They must be regretting not taking a day off to train with such a team."
Everyone volunteered to stay and serve as sparring partners out of kindness. The WDG team, which had old grudges, would definitely not play a training match with XY, so the DZG team was the one that had been training with the XY team.
"Okay, forget about them,"
Yan Jin closed the notebook in front of him, which had not been written on it, and said, "This game is almost over. Everyone should tidy up their clothes and prepare for the departure ceremony."
Yan Jin rarely makes a conclusion about a game that has not yet ended. In his opinion, as long as the main crystal is still there, there is still a chance to turn around.
But in the current game, there is no possibility of a comeback at all——
Because the disadvantaged team XY had already given up.
If surrender was not allowed in League of Legends games, they would probably have gone on stage to participate in the departure ceremony by now.
Just as everyone expected, the LBG team quickly flattened the main crystal of the XY team without any bloodshed, and easily won the last ticket to the World Championship with a score of 3:0.
All the members of the LBG team that won the game had no expression on their faces. On the contrary, the XY team welcomed the holiday with a relaxed look on their faces. There was crazy mockery in the barrage, and everyone understood that this should be the last time the five players of the XY team would work together.
The war song started, the war drums beat, and 24 players from the four LPL teams participating in the World Championship appeared on the stage together.
They wore the same black uniforms with soaring dragons embroidered on them. They looked solemn as they read out this year's LPL World Championship Declaration together, expressing their determination and belief in fighting for the glory of their region.
They had gone through a summer of fierce fighting and emerged from 17 LPL teams just for the supreme Summoner's Cup.
The lights on the stage are brilliant, and the audience below the stage is cheering and applauding. At this moment, all the players standing on the stage feel more deeply than ever that there are thousands and millions of LPL fans standing behind them, giving them the strength to fight.
After the war song stopped, the stage returned to calm.
The contestants on the stage relaxed and took photos with others, but Lin Mi leaned against Rong Zezhou and whispered, "Ship God, I still feel very magical now."
A few months ago, he was an online anchor who played single-player games every day, and a lol newbie who couldn't recognize all the heroes. But now, he has put on his battle jersey and is about to participate in the world's top competition.
This is partly due to his talent, but more importantly, it is because he has a group of the best teammates.
Lin Mi has never been shy about admitting that he was carried into the World Championship by his teammates.
As the team's "secret weapon", he can indeed produce special effects sometimes, but in fact, there is still a certain gap between him and the top players.
At least when playing solo in the team, he couldn't beat anyone except Hua Shuran, who was a newcomer like him and only played a support role.
But League of Legends is a team game, and he can do much more for the team than what everyone sees.
Now that he has entered the World Championship as a substitute player with the team, he will face even greater challenges. He feels both nervous and expectant.
Rong Zezhou turned his head to look at Lin Mi, and felt that Xiaomi with a confused face was particularly cute.
He deliberately played tricks and reached out to grab Lin Mi's waist, trying to tickle him. However, Lin Mi, whose mind was a little distracted, did not realize at first that it was Rong Zezhou who was playing a trick on him. He subconsciously grabbed the claw that touched his waist and then stepped back.
When they had just participated in the departure ceremony, they were standing on the steps. When they stepped back, they stepped on empty air. Lin Mi screamed and let go of Rong Zezhou to steady himself, but Rong Zezhou was afraid that he would fall, so he immediately stepped forward and wanted to hug him.
The contestants next to them reacted quickly and supported them, preventing Lin Mi from falling. Fortunately, there was no danger and no accident happened.
However, the marketing accounts that had been filming the contestants around the stage captured the accident, and a set of screenshots that looked extremely horrifying dominated the headlines of major marketing accounts.
"A well-known e-sports player harassed his teammates with his sexual harassment, almost causing a disaster. How many unspoken rules are there in the e-sports circle?"
Roll looked at his phone and read every word, "Wow, this title is good and eye-catching."
"Dirty Hands" Rong Zezhou glared at him and said, "Shut up!"
Roll stiffened his neck and glared back: "Why should I shut up? You dare to do it and you are afraid of what others will say?"
Rong Zezhou stood up angrily and grabbed a baguette in his hand.
Roll immediately ran behind Yan Jin with his head in his hands, sticking half of his head out: "Xiaomi, can you please control your man? As the leader of the team, how can you ignore this kind of bullying in the team?"
Lin Mi calmly drank the milk: "Sorry, I can't help you. After all, I'm just a poor little girl who was "hiddenly ruled"."
Rong Zezhou: ...
Rong Zezhou put down the baguette in his hand and apologized sincerely: "I will definitely not make trouble outside next time."
Lin Mi looked at her boyfriend with a smile: "Oh? Then what you said during the interview doesn't count?"
Someone said in front of everyone that if he won the world championship, he would kiss him on the stage.
Rong Zezhou's face was full of confusion.
He must have wanted very much to fulfill his promise, but his grandfather had already warned him seriously not to bully Xiaomi in public again.
He felt that what his grandfather said made a lot of sense. What if Xiaomi's relatives felt that he was disrespectful enough?
His great image of upholding male virtues must never be shaken!
"Why don't we just forget it?"
Rong Zezhou asked tentatively, "After all, the impact is not good, so let's handle our private affairs privately."
Lin Mi picked up the baguette that Rong Zezhou had just put down and tapped it lightly on his palm: "I hate it most when people lie to me."
Rong Zezhou: ...
Rong Zezhou swallowed his saliva and made a final effort: "Of course I really want to, but your parents will be there to watch the game. If I really do that, can I still walk out of the competition venue alive?"
Lin Mi looked at Rong Zezhou with a half-smile: "If you are scared, I can change someone else. I think roll can also be used as a makeshift."
Roll felt the hairs on his body stand up in fear, and immediately shook his head vigorously: "I don't think it can be done! Can you two not bring me into your quarrel? I haven't offended any of you!"
Rong Zezhou looked at Roll with disdain and said sincerely: "Xiaomi, even if you want to piss me off, why don't you find someone similar? Him? Haha."
Roll was extremely angry: "What are you talking about? What's wrong with me? Why do you, a "dirty pig hand", talk to me?"
Yan Jin was annoyed by his noise, so he stood up, covered Roll's mouth and dragged him out: "We have a training match with the North American team today, so you two should solve it yourselves before the training match."
Then he dragged the roll away without looking back.
Lin Mi listened to Roll's unwilling whimper and suddenly burst into laughter. He blinked at Rong Zezhou and said, "Ship God, did you smell a sour smell just now?"
Brother Yan’s point is so obvious, it’s a pity that some people are so slow that it’s outrageous.
Oh, it’s so hard to find a good couple.
Rong Zezhou immediately shook his head: "I didn't, how could I be jealous of Roll!"
Lin Mi: ...
It really is true, birds of a feather flock together.
This one isn't that strong!
Forget it, for some couples, it’s sweetest when they’re secretly supported by each other.
…
Because this year's World Championship is held in China, the four LPL teams participating in the competition have relatively loose schedules.
They don't need to prepare for visas, don't need to adjust to jet lag long in advance, don't need to worry about food and climate change. They just need to calmly adjust their status and prepare for the new version.
During this period, the WDG team also slowed down the pace of training. Apart from a fixed bo5 training match every day, it did not make too many requirements on the players' ranks. Instead, it stipulated that the lights in the training room should be turned off on time at 12 o'clock every night, and required the players not to stay up late, go to bed early and get up early, and adjust their physical condition.
After a period of adequate sleep, a healthy diet and moderate exercise, Lin Mi felt that he had more energy than before when he stayed up late every day. His brain worked faster and he had more ideas.
Lin Mi's little notebook for recording inspirations contained many more lineup ideas, which he put into practice one by one in training matches, refining them and leaving behind only the tactics that were worth practicing.
The other three LPL teams that had been playing training games with them also gained a lot of inspiration from them. They became visibly more flexible in selecting players, and they also practiced some strange heroes during their normal ranks, leaving the spectators with a lot of question marks.
Oh my god, how come all the LPL players were infected by that group of weird people in WDG?
What the hell are these rank players practicing? Coaches from other regions, do you believe they will use them in the World Championship?
We didn’t believe it before, but now——
Haha, this world championship is exciting!
“Ahh—”
Lin Mi, who was eating, suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and asked in confusion, "I didn't bring any new lineups to the training match yesterday. Why are there people scolding me behind my back?"
Rong Zezhou reached out and touched his forehead, and said worriedly: "Are you catching a cold? Why don't you go to the hospital?"
Lin Mi rolled his eyes. "First, I feel great. I'm full of energy and I even want to go out and run around the fountain with Da Tao. Second, no one would go to the hospital just because they sneezed. The doctor would think they were crazy."
Rong Zezhou recalled the size of the fountain in his base and the stupid way that Da Tao kept circling around it for some reason, and solemnly suggested: "I think you should go to the hospital. Your idea doesn't sound very healthy."
Lin Mi: ...
Why do I feel like I'm not the one who needs to see the brain?
Roll walked in from outside, sat down next to Lin Mi, and said with a smile: "Xiaomi, are you free today?"
Lin Mi looked over in confusion, and Rong Zezhou immediately said vigilantly: "He is not free, he has to go to the hospital."
Roll was startled: "Go to the hospital? What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Lin Mi covered Rong Zezhou's mouth: "I'm fine, I'm very healthy, coach, you don't have to pay attention to him."
Roll looked Lin Mi up and down for a few times, and only felt relieved when he was sure that his face was ruddy and he could easily control their team bully with one hand: "The alliance is going to take a group of promotional photos for the world game. I think you are the best at our team. You can go there this afternoon."
Rong Zezhou: “Ah, ah, ah, ah!”
Don't go, there will definitely be traps!
Unfortunately, his mouth was covered, and Lin Mi didn't understand what he was saying. She just nodded and agreed: "Okay, just send me the address. Do I have to go alone?"
Roll looked at Rong Zezhou with a smile, and while he was being restrained by Lin Mi and had no power to resist, he pulled him into the pit as well: "Why don't you go with Azhou? You two will have a companion on the road."
Isn't that equivalent to taking couple photos with her boyfriend?
Lin Mi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly agreed on behalf of Rong Zezhou: "Okay, okay, let's go together!"
Roll was satisfied, sent the address to Lin Mi, and left happily.
Rong Zezhou grabbed Lin Mi's hand and pulled it down, sighing: "Xiaomi, why are you so naive? You went when I asked you to go, and you helped him count the money after he sold you, and by the way, he even sold your boyfriend as well?"
"Isn't it just to take a promotional photo?"
Lin Mi was puzzled. "Isn't it normal to cooperate with the alliance's propaganda? Don't be brainwashed by those intrigue TV dramas. There are not so many traps for you to fall into!"
Rong Zezhou looked at his boyfriend with an indescribable look.
Hey, what should I do if my boyfriend is too naive?
I always feel that if I let it out, someone will cheat me.
Forget it, I can only guard it myself.
Lin Mi happily drove to the address sent by Roll with her boyfriend. As soon as they entered the door, they were led into the lounge by the staff.
In the lounge, DZG team's Magic Card, LBG team's Zhenxin and ZY team's support Popping Sugar all collapsed on the sofa with pale faces, as if they were not there to take promotional photos but to wait to die.
"Fuck, you guys from WDG are really good. You actually managed to send two people here!"
Moka sat up in shock. "Tell me, what exactly did your coach promise you two? Did he promise to let you play Teemo in the World Championship?"
Lin Mi was confused: "Isn't it just a promotional photo shoot? Why do you all have such expressions? Hasn't the makeup artist arrived yet?"
Zhenxin and Popping Candy also sat up straight, and together with Moka, they looked at Lin Mi with sympathetic eyes.
"I thought my team's coach was good enough, but I didn't expect that there are always people better than you."
I was filled with genuine sympathy. “How could there be such a cruel coach who actually deceived our lovely e-sports little brick!”
Ever since Roll specifically pointed out in his championship speech that Lin Mi held several positions in the team, netizens have nicknamed Lin Mi the "little brick of e-sports" who can be moved wherever he is needed.
When Lin Mi first heard about this new nickname, he almost challenged Roll to a duel.
How could he, the former most handsome ancient-style man on Maoer Live, be chased by someone and called a brick?
This title doesn't suit him at all, okay?!
Lin Mi immediately put away the smile on his face and looked at Zhenxin with a cold look, which made Zhenxin tremble all over and quickly raised his hands in surrender: "This is not a nickname I gave you. If you want to kill me, please go to your coach. Also, you don't really think we are here to take promotional photos today, do you? How can you only let one person from a team take promotional photos?"
Glancing at Rong Zezhou, who was standing next to Lin Mi with a gloomy face, Zhenxin added, "Of course, your team sent out two people."
Lin Mi: ...
Is one person or two people the key point?
Can someone reliable come and explain to him what is going on?
Rong Zezhou: ...
He said that Roll had a fake smile on his face and must have bad intentions.
Alas, his simple-minded boyfriend, now he knows that people’s hearts are sinister, right?