Chapter 1
November 11, 2025, 3:00 am.
It has been three days since the DTW "Dawn & Dusk" global finals ended. It should have been time for the major teams to take a break, but the training room of the XY Club was brightly lit.
Sitting at the table was a boy wearing fox fur shoulder guards. Above the snow-white fur was a delicate and moving face with small features that exuded a soft and beautiful feeling. However, at this moment, his expression was as cold as frost. His thin lips were pursed into a straight line, his eyes stared straight ahead without any ripples, and his slender fingertips danced flexibly on the keyboard.
Triple Kill.
Quadra Kill.
Penta Kill!
Ace!
In the picture, the mid-lane Snow Girl who got a pentakill pushed the AD to the enemy's high ground and ended the game in one fell swoop.
Su Zheye moved his left hand away from the keyboard, rubbed his right wrist perfunctorily, and then clicked to match the next game without hesitation.
The live broadcast room ranked first on the platform’s popularity ranking was once again flooded with barrages of comments.
[My brother, can you take a break? You have been fighting for 26 hours straight. Are you going to die? ]
[All the people in XY are dead? No one is here to take care of your runner-up mid laner? ]
[Stop fighting, stop fighting, Brother Su, didn’t you notice that there are no people to queue up in the Canyon of Heroes? You’ve killed so many people that no one dares to log in. ]
Su Zheye originally started the live broadcast just to meet the duration stipulated in the contract. He didn't turn on the camera or the barrage assistant, so naturally he couldn't see the barrage.
But now the matching time is indeed getting longer and longer. Originally, SEA, the team from the Chinese region of the world finals, won the championship for the first time, and countless excited e-sports fans poured into the Summoner's Rift, so it should be easy to get a match.
However, Su Zheye played in the Canyon of Heroes for a whole day and night, and his string of MVP data caused the entire Canyon of Heroes to be in mourning. Countless high-end kings of the road, anchors, professional players, etc. went to play on the Korean server or low-end servers, preferring to be scolded rather than meet the angry Su Zheye.
First world championship.
Hot searches on Weibo, fans’ carnival, official blog blessings, sleepless nights.
Su Zheye thought lightly.
But what does this have to do with him?
Everyone can remember the first place, but no one cares about the second place, especially since both teams in the final are from the Chinese region. Whichever team wins is the glory of China, and they are all equally happy.
——The overwhelming splendor and glory ultimately belong only to SEA, and XY is just the ignored background.
Still no team was matched, Su Zheye stared at the screen in a daze.
He started playing ranked games as soon as he returned to the base. He hadn't eaten or closed his eyes for more than a day and a night. His already fair skin looked abnormally pale, and his usually red lips were bloodless. The light reflected from the screen was projected into his eyes, and they were lifeless.
But he has always been the man of his word in XY. Once the door of the training room is locked, no one dares to come in to persuade him. No matter how urgent the situation is, they can only let him play games with his life.
Su Zheye was still in a daze, completely unaware that the barrage in the live broadcast room and the Internet had exploded at this moment.
【？ ？ ？ ？ ？ My fucking blood pressure has gone up. 】
[Why? ? ? No reason, I'm really confused, XY can obviously win the championship, wouldn't the championship bonus, endorsement fee, and live broadcast fee be attractive? ]
[Straw, go to hell. Su Ge really risked his life on C. Is he worthy of his teammates?! ]
[Brother Su didn't open the barrage. Damn it, can someone from XY confiscate his phone and computer so that he can't see it?]
[I'm not afraid that Su Ge will chop Straw with a knife, I'm afraid that Su Ge will get angry and rush over. Su Ge has been overworked for the past few years and his heart is in bad condition. Help me, and he has played so many ranked games. I'm so scared that I'm shaking all over.]
A friend chat notification suddenly lit up in the lower right corner of the client. Su Zheye opened it and saw that it was sent by a friend.
[cys: Fuck, why are you still fighting?]
[cys: Have you read Weibo?]
[Night: No.]
[cys: Go check it out, the news from your team has already exploded in the e-sports world.]
Su Zheye was stunned for a moment, and then all the fans in the live broadcast room saw him click on the web version of Weibo, and what came into view was the official Weibo of "Dawn and Twilight", one of the most popular MOBA game competitions in the world.
【@DTW Official Event: Investigation results on match-fixing in the S8 World Finals】
[In the second and third games of the World Finals between XY and SEA on November 8, 2025, XY's assistant Straw engaged in unfair behavior that affected the fairness of the S game. Based on this investigation result, Straw's Huang Zhao was banned for 60 game months. ]
[In addition, some members of the XY e-sports club management were aware of and involved in this situation. The XY e-sports club was fined RMB 7,000,000, and Wang Liangjian and three other members of the management were prohibited from engaging in any work related to the Dawn and Dusk e-sports.]
【……】
Su Zheye was stunned.
At that moment his brain was confused, and his thoughts were floating in the air, as if they no longer belonged to him.
The new game was finally matched, and the confirmation window that popped up covered the official Weibo post.
But Su Zheye was still in a daze.
Suddenly there was an urgent knock on the door, accompanied by Manager XY's worried voice: "Zhe Ye! Zhe Ye, are you still playing?"
The sound that reached his ears was unreal, mixed with the countless noises brought by tinnitus, and it was not clear.
Su Zheye stood up with the help of the table. Just as he took a step forward, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.
Then the pain spread from his heart, and he subconsciously reached for the medicine in his pocket. However, as soon as his fingertips touched the cold medicine bottle, his eyes suddenly went dark, and he fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
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"Brother Su!"
"Brother Su!"
"Are you listening? Zhe Ye!!"
So noisy.
No, it’s not that noisy, because the tinnitus caused by years of staying up late to train and wearing headphones has disappeared. There is no buzzing noise, only this male voice keeps muttering in my ear.
"Then I will just reject your tryout with EFG. Okay, okay, it's my fault. I knew you wouldn't go to another team, so I shouldn't have accepted your tryout. The key is that the salaries offered by other teams are too high. It's hard not to be tempted. My dear brother, I know I was wrong. Please don't ignore me."
Tryout?
Su Zheye slowly opened his eyes.
He was stunned.
What he saw was a familiar layout, it was his single room in XY.
profound.
Su Zheye thought that he must have fainted due to hypoglycemia and was helped in by the club staff.
"What tryout?"
Su Zheye's voice was a little hoarse, and his brain felt a little sore from a hangover. He slowly sat up.
"EFG. Well, didn't they lack a good midfielder last season and that's why they didn't go far? Now they're offering you 40 million in salary, which is much more than what XY gave you. I came here to ask if you want to try out."
"EFG?"
Su Zheye repeated it.
"Yeah, I wouldn't agree if most teams wanted to ask me about you, but I only came to ask you since EFG is in the semifinals of the playoffs. You know, I had dinner with the manager of SEA a few days ago, and their mid laner is going to retire, so they asked you if you were willing to transfer, but I remember you didn't like Gu Yuan, so you didn't respond."
EFG?
Top four?
Cheng Yansheng is a friend Su Zheye met while playing ranked games before he turned professional. He has a wide network of contacts and has acquaintances in almost all the major teams in the DFL (Dawn and Twilight Pro League) in the Chinese region. Because of Su Zheye, he is very familiar with most of the professional players, so during the transfer period every year he serves as an "informant", helping team managers to inquire about potential players and helping players contact potential teams.
EFG didn't even make the playoffs last year, and the news that the boss behind the scenes was having financial problems and was considering selling the team was told by Cheng Yansheng. Let alone 40 million, he couldn't even come up with 4 million now. How could Cheng Yansheng possibly persuade him to go to EFG?
Su Zheye frowned.
Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to realize something and suddenly grabbed the phone.
November 11, 2023.
2023?
Su Zheye's heart trembled, and his voice was tinged with disbelief: "Yan Sheng, what year is it now?"
"23 years."
The other side was very confused: "What's wrong with you? Are you going to the EFG tryout?"
"Wait a moment."
Su Zheye's usually clear voice was a little hoarse: "...I'll call you later."
Then he hung up the phone.
2023.
In 2023...
Two years ago…
Su Zheye opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling, his mind was blank.
Has he...traveled through time?
Rebirth, to be precise?
He was reborn two years ago, at the end of his second year as a professional player.
As if he didn't believe it, Su Zheye sat up suddenly and was about to find something else to prove the time. However, the moment he stood up, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, and then his heart began to beat violently.
He placed his right hand on his chest, lowered his eyes, and stared at his fingertips for a few seconds, as if he realized that although his soul had been reborn, his physical condition was still not good.
Does that also mean that in the original timeline, he died due to a sudden heart attack and could not be saved?
——After his debut, as the captain, he always trained intensively and often stayed up late, which led to his acquired heart disease.
Su Zheye suddenly thought of the official blog post that led to his sudden death in his previous life - his support had played a fake game on the world's highest stage that all professional players dream of.
No wonder, after five rounds of fierce battle, with himself ranking first or second in KDA and output, making a solo kill in the laning phase and having a perfect start in the team fight, XY still lost.
Su Zheye slowly closed his eyes.
There was no anger, no questioning, only bewilderment and confusion.
Why.
He couldn't figure it out.
Although he does not have the highest salary contract in the DPL China Division like himself, Straw also has an annual salary of 9 million, not including income from live broadcasts and endorsements.
Straw's family is not poor, and he has no worries about food and clothing. However, it turns out that there are people who can abandon their dreams and the spirit of e-sports in pursuit of more money, regardless of the hard work and efforts of their teammates day and night.
And some people in the management of his club, the club where he stayed for three years instead of a higher-paying contract, knew about this and condoned it.
Su Zheye just lay on the bed and let his mind go blank, tossing back and forth between the two shocking facts of the match-fixing and his rebirth, trying hard to accept it.
His throat was dry and uncomfortable. After a long time, he slowly stood up, took the cup and wanted to go downstairs to get another glass of water.
Sure enough, everything was arranged the same as it was two years ago. The calendar at the stairs clearly showed 2023. No matter how much Su Zheye wanted to convince himself that all this was just a dream, he could no longer deceive himself.
He had always been in poor health and was used to drinking warm water. He slowly walked into the kitchen to boil some water, then leaned against the cold wall, tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and let out a long breath.
The gurgling sound of the kettle made Su Zheye's already troubled thoughts even more confused.
Suddenly, the sound of conversation came from outside, approaching from far away.
"Who is that sister? She's quite pretty."
"Who else could it be? Straw brought her here. It seems to be a female anchor. She's waiting for him to pack up. Straw wants to take her out to play for a few days."
"I'm jealous. I hope there's a sister who would like me."
"Forget it, with Brother Su around, how could my sister fall for someone else? Brother Su's face is attractive to both men and women - ah, Brother Su!"
Su Zheye turned his head slightly and saw the two Ueno brothers walking into the kitchen while chatting.
Su Zheye has always had a good temper and is very nice to his teammates. Ueno and Ye were not embarrassed because they were caught teasing him behind his back. Instead, they smiled and greeted him: "Good morning, Brother Su, have you eaten?"
However, today was a little unusual. Su Zheye did not reply, but looked straight behind the two of them.
Li Nanxuan was stunned for a moment, then followed Su Zheye's gaze and saw Straw hurriedly walking into the living room with a bag slung across his shoulder and a suitcase pushed across his shoulders.
"Let's go, let's go."
There was some impatience on Straw's face, but it had to be said that among professional e-sports players, he was still relatively handsome, and he was the kind of cool handsome that girls liked more.
"The car I ordered has arrived."
The girl took his bag and said, "Let's go."
"Hurry up. We got back so late from the dinner party yesterday and didn't get up in the morning. We're almost late for the plane - damn it!!"
Straw was suddenly hit by an external force. He had no idea what was happening and fell towards the table beside him.
"Fuck you, who is having a seizure?!——…Brother Su?"
No matter how bad Straw's temper was, he didn't dare to provoke Su Zheye. He was inexplicably pushed to the table by the latter. He raised his head and met the boy's cold eyes.
It was an expression he had never seen before.
After spending a year in XY, Straw and Su Zheye had become very familiar with each other. He knew very well that Su Zheye was not furious at the moment.
...It's more like a kind of incomprehensible and sad feeling.
Straw's heart skipped a beat. He didn't think of resisting for a moment. He opened his mouth and uttered after a long while: "Brother Su..."
Su Zheye didn't say anything, but his raised fist did not fall.
The two Ueno brothers at the kitchen door were startled, and after they came to their senses, they rushed over to pull Su Zheye.
"What the hell? Don't do it, Brother Su. Calm down."
"How did Huang Zhao offend you? Brother Su, let's talk it out."
Straw also came back to his senses from his daze. After Su Zheye was pulled away, he stood up, his eyes uncertain, and asked tentatively: "No, Brother Su, why do you want to hit me for no reason? Did I provoke you?"
Su Zheye's lips moved, and he uttered a few words in his slightly hoarse voice because he didn't drink the water: "You owe me."
Then he didn't look back and walked straight out of the base gate.
My mind was in a mess. I didn't know why, but the moment I saw Straw, I felt a surge of anger that I couldn't suppress.
He wanted to beat Straw up to relieve his anger.
But when it came right in front of him, he still couldn't bring himself to do it.
Even if he was beaten up, what would it matter? It would not change the fact that he had missed the world championship for three years, nor would it change the fact that he had died of a sudden heart attack. The person being beaten might not even know why he was beaten.
This feeling of having no place to vent anger is so uncomfortable.
I can't even stay at XY base.
The cold wind of November had already begun to take on the force of a severe winter, pouring into the thin lapels without mercy, but Su Zheye seemed unaware of it.
In his previous life, he didn't pay much attention to things other than the game, but he had heard fans' praise for his "one-man defense of a city throughout his career."
Some people also say that Night is not only a defender, but also a carrier. He has brought XY into the World Championship for three consecutive years, and his mid-lane Snow Girl is known throughout the world.
From the S5 season in 2022 to the S8 season in 2025, Su Zheye boasted that he had a clear conscience towards XY, and could even be said to have devoted himself to the cause. Even the daily quarrels and cold wars between teammates, and the team's listing to buy players during the transfer period, were all mediated by him.
Then what.
Then XY's reward to him was that XY's assistant player Straw had engaged in improper behavior that affected the fairness of the S-League in the World Championship, and some people in the management of the XY e-sports club were aware of and involved in this situation.
Su Zheye closed his eyes.
I don’t know how long it was before the ringing of his cell phone woke him up. Cheng Yansheng called again.
His fingertips were cold and stiff from the cold wind. Su Zheye slowly took out his cell phone and took it.
"Brother, EFG is waiting for a reply. It's a high salary! Come on, have you considered it?"
Without waiting for Su Zheye to speak, Cheng Yansheng said to himself: "Forget it, I'm asking nonsense again. Do you still want to stay in XY? If you are sure, I will turn down any other team that approached me."
"Why are you so indifferent to me today? Are you busy? If you are, I will take it as your consent."
Su Zheye moved his lips, but just as he was about to speak, cold wind suddenly rushed into his throat, choking him and causing him to cough violently.
"Damn, it's cold. If you're not feeling well, wear more clothes."
Cheng Yansheng kept muttering like Xianglin Sao: "Are you smoking again? Smoke less and wait until I come to find you. Drink some hot water, Brother Su, you go ahead and do your work. I'm hanging up now."
Su Zheye covered his mouth, paused for a moment, and finally said, "No."
Cheng Yansheng: “Ah?”
Somehow, Su Zheye suddenly recalled the interview at the end of S8 and the FMVP of the World Finals. SEA jungler Gu Yuan said with a cold expression: "XY's mid laner is very strong, but our teamwork is better."
The world championship that year was the jungle-core version. SEA has always been centered around the jungler, and the mid laner is always a functional hero, commonly known as a mixed mid laner. The economy and resources of the entire SEA team are tilted towards the jungler, and Gu Yuan did not disappoint. In the finals, when the SEA mid laner was killed by Su Zheye five times in a row, he still single-handedly accounted for more than 35% of the team's output in every game, and snatched the Summoner's trophy, which symbolizes the highest glory, from Su Zheye.
Dog stuff.
Su Zheye slandered in his heart.
He spoke slowly, "Make an appointment for a tryout with SEA."
Cheng Yansheng was stunned: "Ah?"
Su Zheye exhaled a breath of warm air into his palm and gathered his scattered shoulder-length hair: "I'm going to be Gu Yuan's dog."
The author has something to say:
*A saying in the e-sports circle, which roughly means to serve as a tool for the other party, give up resources and money, and be ready to support at all times. In short, do whatever it takes to make the other party play comfortably.
【【Mine Clearance + Instructions】】
1. The characters are not perfect. They are bad in the early stage, not responsible for their feelings and their own bodies, have low moral standards, and only care about the game.
2. The bottom was reborn two years ago. In the past life, he slept with someone else during these two years. They were his only and fixed sex partner, and they only dated before he was diagnosed with heart disease. After rebirth, he only slept with the top. In both lives, he only liked the top. There would be no sex partner entanglement, etc.
3. The game is self-made, MOBA5v5, refer to League of Legends Dota, etc. Not playing it will not affect the reading, but I try to make it understandable to everyone
4. The first half has too many romance scenes, while the second half has too many career and competition descriptions.
5. Because I want to write about the Olympics, the timeline is 2023-2024
6. The author has played in the diamond or platinum rank of League of Legends in recent seasons. He has played every game of the home team since 2017. He has discussed the game settings with people who have played in the league in detail. I hope to bring a more professional reading experience.
7. I refuse any guidance on writing. There are so many good articles on Jinjiang. If you don’t like them, just click the cross. Hello, I’m fine, everyone is fine. [Bow
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