Chapter 19: Full Health Revival

Liang Yan's livestream video of him kicking someone spread wildly across the domestic internet.

Netizens had mixed opinions about it.

Most Tieba users were praising:

【How come there's still such an awesome Chinese person? That's insane!】

【This guy is awesome! If he returns to China to go pro, I'll definitely be his fan!】

On Hupu it was also all praise:

【I would call him, Jiao Shen!】

【The young guy's temper is a bit fiery; my comment is: Nice kick!】

【Someone said he's a streamer's brother; that streamer is being evasive and doesn't dare to say, so that rumor is probably true.】

【Someone knows this person's livestream room number? I want to send rockets his way.】

【Forget it, he's in Europe, if he goes live it'll be on Mouse Platform.】

But on some platform it's like this:

【This is too violent…】

【Scared, could he be hyper-masculine? Can he still go pro like this?】

【I also think being this violent is not good; abroad you should still pay attention to your image.】

……

【SB】

After the stream, Lao Zhang still couldn't resist scrolling through netizens' comments again, once again experiencing what human diversity is, and couldn't help replying to a comment with two letters.

Then he began to think about the upcoming arrangements.

He had already contacted G2 boss Ka Lao Si, just as Liang Yan said, a very enthusiastic person, who invited him to a tryout with all travel expenses covered.

All Lao Zhang needs to spend is the time to fly to Europe.

The visa is a bit troublesome, but it's just a matter of following procedure; G2 will assist throughout, and with the documents sent from there, the process will go quickly.

His contract with the current streaming platform is also lenient, because the platform hadn't expected him to reach this point when they signed, so there aren't many restrictions.

So what Lao Zhang mainly needs to consider now is how to explain things to his streaming fans.

Once the visa is approved, he will inevitably have to stop streaming for a few days.

If he passes the tryout, he might even stop streaming for a long period thereafter.

Among his tens of thousands of followers, some have been with him since his obscure days, watching him grow to where he is today; these people are less like fans and more like friends, and though few in number, they are what Lao Zhang values most.

Lao Zhang can't just disappear without a word.

Lying isn't necessary either.

He just wants to go pro; that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhang opened a fan group, tagged everyone, and spoke:

【Brothers, I have something to tell everyone

【In a bit I might have to stop streaming for a few days

【To attend a tryout

【I won't say which team for now; I'll let you know the results when they come out】

The group instantly exploded, with everyone asking for details.

Lao Zhang kept his mouth shut.

……

The world is just a giant makeshift troupe.

Ka Lao Si's official announcement post blew the minds of the entire Europe Region.

What?

Four starters left in a day?!

Countless people asked in the comment section:

【Is G2 going to disband?】

It's not unreasonable for European viewers to think that.

Although G2 were the spring season champions, precisely because of that, after they turned in a terribly poor performance at this MSI, European viewers have been criticizing them ever more harshly.

After all, G2 is a new team, with no real roots in Europe.

To put it without exaggeration, in the Europe Region, 80% or even more of the viewers are fans of traditional powerhouses like OG and FNC.

G2 snatched those powerhouse teams' MSI slots, yet performed so weakly—mainly because their 2-8 record looks awful compared to NA's runner-up—being drowned in other fans' saliva is to be expected.

Put bluntly, G2 in Europe is already on the verge of being unable to get by.

And just at that moment, Ka Lao Si announced that four starting players were leaving the team, even including the jungler who was a key contributor to their spring season championship.

To outsiders, this basically looks like G2 announcing its disbandment.

This is just too absurd.

Nobody expected G2 to fall so quickly.

This left many people feeling inexplicably lost.

The villain fell too fast, leaving everyone unprepared.

The originally chaotic Twitter comment section, under Ka Lao Si's official announcement post, actually became harmonious and friendly.

However, this friendliness lasted less than a day before being broken.

The next evening, Ka Lao Si again released a major official announcement:

【G2Esports Personnel Change Announcement】

【Today, I am very happy to announce here: the disbanding G2 has been saved, we have recruited three players with top-notch strength!

【Welcome @Zven, @Mithy, and the legendary jungler @CyanideFI, joining our G2 family!!!

Good fellow, this really is a good fellow!

Yesterday the team was still on the verge of disbanding, today it has fully revived——from a certain perspective, it can even be called a nirvana!

Not to mention how shocked the European netizens were, even domestic netizens exploded upon hearing the news:

【G2? Holy shit, isn't that the team where Jiao Shen is?】

【Feels like EU is about to change……】

【OG's duo have been poached, now Xpeke is going to cry his eyes out】

【My goodness, G2 is basically milking OG for all it's worth!】

【Zven and Mithy, this pair of traitors, ungrateful! Speaking of which, these two guys aside, isn't CyanideFI Xpeke's bro? How could he also be poached?】

【Looks like the boss of this new team called G2 is really rich!】

【If you don't know, just ask: who is CyanideFI?】

【Even CyanideFI doesn't know…… S1 champion jungler, legendary tier!】

Ka Lao Si's confidentiality work was quite outstanding; even his own players didn't know who he had contacted before meeting him in person.

Until evening, Ka Lao Si personally drove to pick up the three players and brought them to Ji Di; after a simple settlement, he gathered everyone to hold a small welcome ceremony.

When everyone saw the three players, their eyeballs popped out.

Being able to see one of his most admired LoL players here, Liang Yan was also quite excited; he chatted with CyanideFI for a long time, took out his phone to take many photos together, and even gave him a nickname "Lao Li".

CyanideFI, the legendary jungler of Fnatic(FNC), whose real name is Lauri Happonen (LauriHapponen), is the youngest S-series champion in League of Legends history; due to changes in tournament rules, no one will be able to break this record from now on.

Perhaps by today's standards, CyanideFI's strength isn't that legendary, but for fans familiar with the Europe Region, he is the epitome of Europe's golden age; his career is a microcosm of the entire Europe Region's glorious era, and the glory and decline of both are filled with consistency.

After participating in the S4 World Championship, FNC's championship roster disbanded, Xpeke left FNC to found OG, and Cyanide announced his retirement.

However, in the summer of the S5 season, Cyanide returned as a substitute for OG team; actually this is an honorary status given by his old friend xPeke, Cyanide does not play in matches, and if one must describe his role within the OG team, it is equivalent to a spiritual totem.

Nowadays, Cyanide is basically in a semi-retired state.

Liang Yan never expected that Ka Lao Si could actually recruit this big shot.