Chapter 28: You're really not lying to me, are you?

There weren't many surprises; G2 lost the second match.

This opening match ended with OG2 0-2 G2.

Compared to the first game, G2's performance in the second was slightly better—just a bit better—but the match still lost its suspense within ten-odd minutes.

Looking at the specific combat process, the mid and bottom lanes have serious problems.

But strictly speaking, it's actually a BP issue.

Ka Lao Si naturally assumed that his own bottom lane was EU's top duo, picking a long-range EZ that could just scrape by, then pairing it with a Tahm that could protect and withstand; even facing the patch's enfant terrible Lu Xi An, the lane would surely be fine.

After all, Lu Xi An's current patch strength isn't in laning; it mainly comes from how well he synergizes with two items.

Around twenty minutes, when Lu Xi An completes his Nightmare Black Cleaver, his damage is simply heaven‑shattering, earth‑crushing; at that point, no normally farmed tank can stand before the two‑item Lu Xi An.

Ka Lao Si just thought, anyway I'm destined to lose the early‑mid game, so I might as well give up, suffer a bit in the early‑mid, as long as I drag the game into the late game, G2 will surely win!

Ka Lao Si's calculations were not bad.

He felt that, relying on his own players' skill, as long as they didn't repeat that kind of rookie mistake from the last game, it was impossible for them to collapse again in the early game.

And then it collapsed.

In Liang Yan's view, G2's collapse was entirely expected.

Top lane: Wukong vs. Maokai.

Jungle: Thresh vs. Elise.

Mid lane: Viktor vs. Zed.

Bottom lane: Ezreal + Tahm vs. Lu Xi An + Nautilus.

All three lanes are terrible matchups; the jungle is hard‑countered, the lanes can't help the jungle and the jungle has no time to look after the lanes—what the hell are we playing?!

Such a lineup is a classic example where a single weak point triggers a chain reaction, inevitably leading to total defeat.

Setting aside laning, this lineup is also incoherent, with no clever synergy between any pair; it looks scattered and is actually even more scattered.

Liang Yan truly has no idea where Ka Lao Si gets the courage to pick such a lineup.

Moreover, the facts prove that AP is truly unsuited to play Viktor, that steady‑as‑she‑goes champion; he drifted through the game like a sleepwalker, his whole play just a muddle.

Perhaps Ka Lao Si's real intention was just to have AP muddle through this game?

Forget it, he's the boss.

We lost, we lost—doesn't that suit our wishes?

But……

Losing a match is really infuriating!!!

Liang Yan forcefully exhaled the pent‑up gloom in his chest, stood up, and walked out with the team.

Today there are still two other teams' matches.

Ka Lao Si said he wasn't watching anymore; he'd go back and review thoroughly.

Liang Yan, on the other hand, felt there was nothing worth reviewing.

Having lost two games in a row, it's purely a matter of mentality and BP; the rest is just cohesion—what's there to review? Just practice and be done with it!

But he's the boss.

……

After G2 lost 0‑2, European netizens rejoiced wildly.

The whole European internet was filled with celebration.

After the day's third match ended, Ou Cheng, known as the European senior brother (Rekkles), was asked by the host in the post‑match MVP interview:

"Throughout the whole spring season, from regular season to playoffs, you've been almost completely suppressed by G2, to the point that some viewers say FNC has lost its European dominance, G2 is destroying the dynasty you once built and will become the new dynasty. So after watching G2's match today, what does player Rekkles have to say about this?"

"eeeee……"

Ou Cheng rubbed his nose, as if he hadn't heard the host's question, smiled, raised his hand and shouted greetings to the fans below chanting his ID, then turned back to the microphone and replied in a casual tone:

"The G2 of the spring season might indeed have some real strength, but the reason we kept losing to them in the spring season isn't really about their strength difference; it's that our own team lacks sufficient cohesion."

"This current FNC lineup is incredibly strong; we'll once again turn this place into a scene where FNC crushes other teams. As for G2, I don't have much to say. However, I think……"

"Viewers will remember them."

Rekkles turned toward the audience and shouted:

"Do you agree?"

The audience shouted in unison:

"G28!"

"G28!"

"G28!"

Ka Lao Si, watching the livestream at the base, was so angry he nearly flipped the table on the spot.

The debrief meeting had already ended.

It was already past nine o'clock at night.

The training room lights were bright, and everyone was freely doing ranked practice.

Ka Lao Si suppressed the urge to flip the table, stood up with a dark face, paced back and forth in the training room, absentmindedly glancing at each teammate's screen, wanting to say something but not knowing what, feeling suffocated inside.

Then he saw Liang Yan had just finished a ranked game; the result screen was in Korean, so he must have been playing on the Korean server.

So he walked up behind Liang Yan and casually asked:

"Are you playing on the Korean server?"

Liang Yan hummed in affirmation.

Ka Lao Si casually glanced at Liang Yan's record.

Thresh, 13‑2‑4.

Ka Lao Si was slightly surprised, nodded and said:

Pretty good, how many points?

Seven hundred plus...

As he spoke, Liang Yan glanced at the upper right corner of the settlement page, then corrected himself:

Oh, it's eight hundred points.

Eight hundred... eight hundred?!

Ka Lao Si reacted, utterly shocked.

This account is one Liang Yan casually picked from the desktop documents on the day he first arrived—a Han Fu account he has been playing on and off until now; the match count isn't high, but his win rate is sufficient, and after that recent match he gained a dozen or so points, officially crossing the 800‑point barrier.

Ordinary people might not find this score remarkable.

Converted to the national server, 800 points isn't all that surprising—after all, people grind points heavily, the top rank often hovers around 1400‑1500, and in some major regions 800 points isn't even necessarily Champion tier.

But an 800‑point score on the Korean server at this time belongs to the top‑100 ranks.

That's why Lao Zhang, at 900 points, could get Ka Lao Si to sign despite the risk of taking on a 'skill‑showoff brother'.

Liang Yan, however, said, "I'm also at 800 points?!"

Ka Lao Si has also been paying attention to Liang Yan's training these days, knowing he occasionally plays the Korean server, but not as much as the European server.

I originally thought Liang Yan might just be a Korean server Diamond I or Master at best, given his low match count; even with many wins, his score wouldn't be that high.

Unexpectedly, Liang Yan isn't Diamond I or Master—he has already entered the Korean server's top 100!

What kind of point‑climbing speed is this?!

Ka Lao Si felt there must be some reason he doesn't know about, for example:

"Are you sharing this account with someone?"

"No, just me using it."

Liang Yan replied, feeling quite puzzled inside.

Why would Ka Lao Si ask that? This isn't the LPL, so there's no shortage of Korean server accounts—one can connect directly, unlike the LPL where playing on the Korean server requires scientific means.

He didn't realize how shocked Ka Lao Si felt at that moment.

Just one person?

In such a short time, just casually playing…

And he made it into the Korean server top 100?!

Unheard of!

"I mean… you're really not lying to me, right?"