Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Clack!
Turning the pencil in hand, it accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. A test paper was on the table, scribbles on it. It didn’t look like the answer was good.
From the way it was written, you could feel the restlessness and worry from it. Luocheng couldn’t concentrate even though the questions were easy to answer.
He glanced to the side, Feifei was seated beside him, looking fashionably beautiful in her long boots. She was concentrating on answering the questions, her pen flying across the paper as she wrote with confidence.
Ah, a typical studious girl.
As though aware of his gaze, Feifei paused and looked up, making eye contact with Luocheng. He smiled at her, but Feifei merely bit her lip and looking like she was making a difficult decision, she unrolled the part of the question sheet which was complete and pushed it more toward Luocheng’s side.
“…” Luocheng was speechless.
Hey beautiful, that wasn’t what I meant.
Luocheng was restless not because he couldn’t answer the questions, but because today was the first match of the preseason for Team Skycrown!
The game had started but Luocheng had no clue of the situation right now. The media also needed to wait for the results of the game before being able to watch the footage, and that made Luocheng even more worried.
If they didn’t qualify for LPL from this preseason, Team Skycrown’s days would be even more difficult than it was currently. There seemed to be no more competitions that they could participate in, could it be that they had to rely on boosting?
But it wasn’t as if they were guaranteed to receive a client list if they were to go into boosting. Regardless, Feifei had misunderstood and Luocheng had had no intentions of copying her answers. However, Luocheng also felt that such a kind gesture shouldn’t go to waste, or it would hurt the other person’s feelings…
***
After handing in the paper, Luocheng hurriedly turned on his phone and gave Lin Dong a call.
“Lin Dong, how was it? Was it a win or a loss?” Luocheng asked anxiously.
“We’re on the way back.” Lin Dong’s voice sounded heavy.
Luocheng frowned, judging from his voice, it didn’t sound good. He then gave a call to Zhou Yan, but the latter didn’t pick up.
Zhou Yan wasn’t able to joke, of this Luocheng was aware. If he picked up and didn’t laugh while telling him that they had won the game, then it must mean…
Walking toward Team Skycrown’s residence, his mind was in a whirlwind of thoughts. They had lost this round, it was a piece of information that was too sudden.
He blamed himself, thinking why hadn’t he just skipped the test. If he had been at the venue itself, they would probably have had a better attitude to turn around the match and win.
Reaching the shabby house, Luocheng pushed the door to enter, seeing the five of them sitting around the table in the living room, heads hanging, a little frustrated…
Wait a minute?
If they were frustrated or disappointed, they would be smoking, instead, why were they eating with chopsticks?
“Here here, cheers!”
“Haha, did you see Sun Liang’s face, priceless!”
“That dog from that club, I bet he was the guy from the Taobao shop that deliberately sabotaged me, not letting me have a good life. Now that we’ve formed a team and managed to get into the preseason and even won, his face was so black! Damn, still want to c*ckblock us? He must really think that he’s all that in the e-sports circle!” Da Luo exclaimed.
The five of them held their cups up and drank, drinking white wine on a cold day really was refreshing.
But Luocheng was super annoyed!
What the hell, they had purposely tricked him!
Even Zhou Yan who couldn’t lie to save his life had teamed up with them to trick him!
“Haha, boss’ here! Come and sit here quickly! Our man Lin Dong finally allowed us to have some meat!” Da Luo laughed as he gestured for him to come over.
Luocheng walked over to sit and swore loudly as he raised his middle finger at them once he had settled down.
It was good that they had won.
Since he had left the classroom, Luocheng had been thinking a lot about what would happen to Team Skycrown after this, if he should find some way to earn some money to maintain their livelihood…
They had won, and that was good.
Winning this match and going on to promote themselves at the LPL next year, there would be sponsors who would be willing to invest in them, and that was where they would rake in the money.
With the money they acquired, they would be able to leave this moldy shabby house and change their computers as well as their internet plan.
Just one more match, it was the last haul!
There were six placements in the preseason, the first six would directly qualify to enter into the LPL.
Team Skycrown had already won one round in the preseason, and the next match would be the determining match as to whether Team Skycrown would enter the LPL. If they could take it, then they would directly qualify for the LPL Spring Season!
***
After their celebration dinner, Team Skycrown went back into training again. During the month of the competition, Team Skycrown had trained consistently, even after finishing a match, they couldn’t afford to let their guard down.
For other teams, they were already well known in their own area and had some sponsors backing them up, hence, they could afford to lose. Team Skycrown had none of those, let alone a channel to build their network. They didn’t even know where to start anyway.
The only thing they could do now was to get the qualification to enter LPL, and as long as they could get in, they would be regarded as a blockbuster and people would naturally initiate contact with them.
Unconsciously, this crucial final game had a lot of pressure, and even Luocheng who was not playing felt inexplicably nervous.
***
The last round of the stage was set up here, right inside the science and technology exhibition hall!
The science and technology exhibition hall was close to the urban area, adding on to the fact that it was a weekend, it was expected that countless e-sport enthusiasts from Shanghai would come and watch the match in person, maybe even those from the other nearby cities.
Apart from being broadcasted at the venue, the entire process of the competition would be broadcasted on many other media channels such as Youku, 56.com, Tudou, Tencent, PLU, GTV, SiTV, and many other channels.
There would be thousands of people watching the broadcast in person, and tens of thousands watching from the other media sources!
You could say that this was the first time that Team Skycrown would be playing in full view of the public eye, and it was the best opportunity for Team Skycrown to make their big splash. In any case, it was necessary to show the strongest side of Team Skycrown, taking the chance to stand out completely!
It was such an important match that Luocheng needed to follow them, and he deliberately found an excuse to take that day off and postponed the exam he was supposed to be taking on that very day.
Mr Fang helped Luocheng a lot on this matter as it was impossible to apply to postpone an exam without sufficient reasons.
Luocheng was a freshman, and he had a few extra subjects to take exams on compared to the others. The other members of the E-sports Club had already finished this semester’s courses.
The competition was held in Shanghai, and their master—Team Skycrown was participating in it. They had said that they would go in person to watch the match and to cheer for them.
***
The competition would start at 3PM in the afternoon, and after eating their lunch, Luocheng led Team Skycrown into the new science and technology exhibition hall.
Previously, the National Internet Cafe League had been held in a small exhibition hall, and it was inferior compared to the current hall. It was hard to compare with this new exhibition hall in all aspects.
At noon, Luocheng and his friends were all backstage.
Lin Dong was a bit more familiar with the media people, and after being backstage for a while, Lin Dong, Xiao Bei and Luocheng saw an acquaintance—Zhang Aijing, the analyst of Team 71!
Aijing had appeared on LOL media a lot of times, and her analytical abilities were considered to be the top in the country. The strength of Team 71 was a far cry from the other LPL teams, and to be able to maintain their position among the top four of LPL, it was due to the efforts of this outstanding analyst.
Lin Dong was quite familiar with Aijing, so when their eyes met, her mouth curved into a smile. Her eyes brightened and sparkled as she glanced at Luocheng in curiosity.
In Aijing’s database of information, there were several key players that still had blanks in it. In this LPL preseason final stage, one of her objectives was to collect information on these two teams, and the other was to see if she could complete her information on the Fighting Hawk.
“Hi, Wu Sen. Long time no see.” The guy beside Aijing greeted Wu Sen as he waved a hand at him.
“Forgetful Laughter, haha, you’ve gotten fatter.” Wu Sen said as he walked over, patting the guy he called Forgetful Laughter on his stomach.
Forgetful Laughter, this was a name that Luocheng had heard of, more accurately, he’d heard of many times!
Forgetful Laughter was the Top player of Team 71, he was also the number one Top player in the country, a player with outstanding individual strength!
The two aces of Team 71, one of them was definitely their Top—Forgetful Laughter, and the other was their analyst—Zhang Aijing. Both of them were the carry’s of the team, and as long as they were there, it didn’t matter if the other team members changed, it wouldn’t affect their placement in the top four!
Regarding masters, Luocheng had always been particularly interested. He took a meaningful look at this player called Forgetful Laughter.
Forgetful Laughter had a tall build, he could easily stand beside Zhou Yan and not lose out in size. His person resembled a hero, being a Top was like being a bully, the amount of players who could go against him in lane were so few that it could be counted with your fingers!
“Da Luo, against Forgetful Laughter in lane, what are the chances of you winning?” Luocheng asked Da Luo who was standing beside him quietly.
Da Luo didn’t reply, but stared intently at Forgetful Laughter. His competitive spirit was exceptionally strong, meeting the national number one Top player here, you could imagine how Da Luo was feeling!
That’s right, this was war!
“Da Luo?” Luocheng asked.
“Oh, sorry. What did you say?” Da Luo asked as he pulled himself back to reality.
“I asked you if you went against Forgetful Laughter in lane, what are the chances of you winning?” Luocheng repeated his question.
Although Da Luo’s fighting spirit was geared up for war, he was never arrogant. He shook his head and said, “Not getting dominated would be possible, but depending on the Jungler and team combination, at most, it would be a ten percent chance.”
“Ten percent?” Luocheng was shocked.
Luocheng was well aware of Da Luo’s ego, and with his abilities now, he could be the talk of China. What he didn’t expect was that against Forgetful Laughter, Da Luo would admit that the odds were only at ten percent.
How low could the chances get?
And how strong was Forgetful Laughter to the extent that he could bring down Da Luo, who had always been prideful?
“I’ve met him in ranked games a few times, and if we were in the same team, I’d give him Top without any reservations. If I was in the opposing team and playing Top, I could come to a standstill with him in lane. However, the longer the game gets, I wouldn’t be able to beat him, he’s that good at seizing opportunities.” Da Luo explained.
