Chapter 142: You

【Victory!】

SPY's crystal base was blown apart by violent energy into flying fragments, which gradually assembled into a line of 3D text announcing G2's victory.

Only then did Liang Yan Cai finally relax his breath, take off his headset, and hear the tsunami-like cheers and the commentator's congratulations.

"Congratulations, G2!"

"Congratulations, G2! Two‑zero!"

"Wow! Everyone, both in the venue and watching on screen, I have an idea: we need to give the jungler a 'C'. I personally think only then can we adequately describe Firrrrre's performance in this match!! Because he is truly too… Carry!!"

"17 kills, 0 deaths, 6 assists—holy cow! What kind of god is this leopard girl?!"

"A killing god, must be a killing god!"

"The match had over forty kills total—an extremely rare occurrence—and he alone accounted for nearly half of them! What does that show?"

"Are the teammates just feeding too much?"

"Indeed, they're feeding a lot—the mid and bot trio together gave away almost twenty kills, and the support alone fed nine… but that's not what I want to say. What I mean is, for Firrrrre this match was essentially a one‑versus‑five!"

"The bullet comments also had something to say:"

【Couldn't it be a one‑versus‑nine?】

【Maybe it's one‑versus‑eight; the mid and bot three are a bit personified, but Island's performance seems normal enough—he was only solo‑killed once, and the other four times he was caught and killed.】

【Already over? Holy crap, I thought we'd go on for thirty-plus minutes and then make a big comeback, but it actually ended?】

【You're not going to take your phone with you, are you?】

【Just bought a Fruit 7, worried it'll get smelly.】

【What are those block characters saying? I'm curious—can someone translate them?】

【They're saying Firrrrre is badass.】

【That's a must!】

【But G2 changed players in the next game (although that's just my guess).】

……

"Come on, man, you call killing seventeen 'easy'?"

"Walking through the backstage corridor, Lao Zhang couldn't help teasing Liang Yan about his performance."

"Liang Yan rolled his eyes: 'It's not like you guys got carried away and fed like crazy, old man— I'm exhausted. Good thing the enemy was also overextended, otherwise this game wouldn't have been so easy.'"

"Lao Zhang immediately passed the buck: 'I didn't feed at all! But do you think this was easy?'"

"Not bad—it's easier than an AI match."

"???"

"Just play more AI matches and you'll understand."

"Lao Zhang certainly won't play more AI matches, so he'll never understand:"

"In a pure beginner AI match, you can even run into gods who feed the computer twenty‑plus kills, and there's more than one per game."

"Liang Yan had deeply felt this during those months of grinding points, in an era when League of Legends' popularity was still surging and new players kept flooding into the game—such a match would pop up every few days."

"The two chatted in Chinese, but the mid‑and‑bot trio behind them could already understand over eighty percent; hearing the conversation, they shrank their necks even further."

"Just a moment ago on stage he was only thinking about the thrill of combat, but now he's starting to feel afraid."

……

"As expected, upon entering the lounge, Ka Lao Si rose to his feet, glaring fiercely at the mid‑and‑bot trio and said:"

""Lu Ka, Wen Xi, Mi Xi, come with me!""

"Wen Xi and Mi Xi were the bottom‑lane duo's self‑chosen Chinese names for a while; they started as a joke, but as everyone got used to calling them that, the names gradually replaced the original ones."

"The three, necks hunched, followed Ka Lao Si out the door."

"Liang Yan suddenly turned back and called out to Ka Lao Si:"

""Right, coach, let's swap players for the next game—I need a break.""

"Ka Lao Si and Lao Li, sitting in his chair, both froze for a moment; then Ka Lao Si said nothing, thought it over, nodded and said okay, then glanced at Lao Zhang:"

""Zhang, you taking a break too?""

"Lao Zhang said no problem."

"Ka Lao Si chuckled, but the instant he turned his head his gaze turned even more menacing, and he glared fiercely at AP."

"AP felt a looming disaster, and his face instantly fell into utter despair."

"After the four left, Tang Anna curiously asked Liang Yan:"

""Why change players?""

"Lao Li also scooted his chair over."

""Really, are you exhausted?""

"In front of Lao Li, Liang Yan didn't keep making excuses about needing a rest; he openly looked at Lao Li and smiled:"

""The venue's really lively—don't you want to experience it?""

"Lao Li blinked, then gave an embarrassed smile."

""Ah… well, I can actually hear the outside noise from in here. Listen.""

"At that moment the sound coming from over there was the commentary booth's announcer; back here it wasn't as loud, but it could definitely be heard."

"Liang Yan gave a smile, patted Lao Li's shoulders twice, and said nothing more."

""Go up and give it a try.""

"Lao Li said okay, then gave a shy smile."

"He had actually played in similar venues before, but back then League of Legends' popularity was nowhere near today's, the audience was far smaller, and the venue was tiny."

"So strictly speaking, for Lao Li this kind of venue was indeed his first time."

Ka Lao Si came back quickly.

Among the three, AP's leg was limp, Zven and Mithy swayed their hips, and their walking postures were a bit odd.

Liang Yan wanted to laugh a bit, couldn't help asking:

"No, you really hit them?"

The three almost felt wronged enough to cry.

Liang Yan was speechless.

Looks like they really got hit……

Moreover, it looks like Ka Lao Si didn't hold back; even a big foot could possibly kick.

Liang Yan carefully observed the three's hands, and there was nothing abnormal; it seems Ka Lao Si also knew they couldn't strike hands before the match ended.

Hmm, then Liang Yan felt relieved.

……

When the announcer announced G2's substitution decision to the audience, there was a commotion on that side.

For SPY, this was undoubtedly a huge piece of good news.

Originally YamatoCannon was prepared to tell everyone, "Just have fun in the final game," but G2 actually made a substitution!

It wasn't really unexpected; G2 has done this kind of thing more than once or twice.

The surprise was genuinely a surprise.

"The opportunity has come!"

YamatoCannon again started cheering up the SPY members,

"From now on, we should forget this is a Bo5 and treat it like a Bo1 in the spring regular season, bring out all our strength, and win this game!"

Seeing this, the commentators were also amazed, guessing what kind of stimulant SPY's management had given these people—could it be a bonus incentive?

"Speaking of this, have you two noticed anything odd about G2's side?"

Speaking of this, have you two noticed that something's a bit off on G2's side?

"Perkz's walking posture seemed a bit off when he just went on stage."

When Perkz just went on stage, his walking posture seemed a bit off.

"It seems so; I don't know if I'm mistaken. But look, their atmosphere really is quite weird—am I mistaken? It feels a bit tragic."

"It seems so; I don't know if I'm mistaken. But look, their atmosphere really is quite weird—am I mistaken? It feels a bit tragic."