Chapter 396

Liang Yan's question mark landed on Fu Lan Duo's corpse:

"What's going on, little bro?"

"I... I don't know!"

"I'm saying, is your recall point a bit off?"

"...... I didn't expect that, damn it."

"The crocodile saw you running over here—what do you mean you didn't expect it? You just drifted."

"Fine, I drifted..."

Fortunately, Fu Lan Duo had brought teleport, so this death didn't affect him much.

But after all, he died once, getting an assist from 957's crocodile; laning Qing Gang Ying vs crocodile was already hard, and after this death, before getting his three-item set he couldn't beat the crocodile at all.

The reason Qing Gang Ying struggles against crocodile is that its tactic horizontal sweep struggles to hit the outer ring; because when Qing Gang Ying casts W, crocodile directly uses E to dash in, auto-attack bites Q then a light scratch, then a second E to retreat, if you lock it down you can combo; Qing Gang Ying can't even put up its passive shield, and doesn't dare to hook wall and kick back, because standing and auto-attacking really loses, making the lane extremely passive.

When Fu Lan Duo died, Liang Yan had already left base; the duo didn't recall because they were in great shape, and after killing Jin they continued to press the lane.

Liang Yan's departure time was even earlier than Jin's; when he returned to bottom lane, Mystic's Jin had just come back to lane, and altogether they missed two waves of minions.

Of course, those two minion waves weren't wasted either—they were eaten by Ben's Fan Mom, giving the support Fan Mom even more level experience than the AD Jin...

Liang Yan didn't continue to gank bottom; instead he dove into the enemy jungle. When he started counter-jungling the three wolves, Condi's blind monk was still in the upper half eating Stone Armor Beetles.

"Jiao Shen took two enemy jungle camps, his development this game is great!"

"He even left a little wolf for Condi, deliberately delaying the monster respawn—too nasty, Condi getting a kill this wave isn't as profitable."

"I feel he might even be losing."

"If Condi after killing someone proceeded to counter-jungle VG's upper half monsters, he'd actually still be profitable, but he doesn't dare, because Jiao Shen went home first, and Condi doesn't know if he'll come to the upper half; once the mantis finishes its items and comes out, Condi can't beat him."

"So the result is that two jungle camps were taken, the three wolves even had a pup left deliberately, and the respawn time for the third trio of wolves will be very late."

"Jiao Shen can even eat a river crab; this wave... really felt great to clear."

The camera suddenly cut to mid lane, where we saw Marquis's Ahri's second Shadow Dash return to its original spot, but the tether was still hanging on Xi Ye's Syndra; Syndra lost half a bar of health, glowing green, while Ahri was almost at full health.

"Wow, mid lane can't even handle Le Fu Lan anymore."

"It's already six minutes, Ahri hit level six."

"This is hard to deal with; it feels like WE got such a strong mid-jungle but didn't accomplish anything in the first few minutes—Condi just picked up a kill, this..."

"Or maybe they just didn't bring out what they wanted."

Condi went home once, then came out to the lower half, threw a Q over the wall at the three wolves' camp, missing any target, realizing the monsters were gone.

But he still went around to take a look.

"Holy shit, this guy is disgusting."

Seeing a lone little wolf in the monster camp, Condi felt both angry and depressed.

But there was no choice; the mantis had already fled, so Condi could only take out the little wolf, then go destroy the scout plant growing behind the three wolves' camp, which happened to show the mantis picking up the river crab and walking toward his own F6.

Condi glanced at mid lane; obviously Xi Ye's condition could no longer cooperate with his invade, and he instantly felt even more depressed.

Liang Yan finished clearing F6, and the red buff nearby just respawned.

"This mantis is so awesome."

Hey, who said earlier? Wasn't it said that this version's resources are scarce? How come I find this mantis has endless jungle to farm?

Remember what the teacher said.

It's not me, you clearly said it yourself!

Cough! Generally speaking, this version is indeed poor, this match is an exception, such situations are still rare.

Liang Yan didn't eat the Stone Armor Beetle; after finishing the red buff, he immediately turned and headed up.

Not yet at Zhong Lu, the top lane avatars were close together; Liang Yan instantly switched his view over, and then saw a breathtaking scene……

The minion wave was controlled by 957; Fu Lan Duo tried to forcefully push the wave in, 957 bit him, unleashed a combo then used E to pull back; Fu Lan Duo happened to be near the wall, thinking of luring 957 over to chip the wave, so he used two E kicks, but 957 turned his head and dodged.

957 obliged him, directly ulting with an E back through, striking and burning; plus having just been hit by a combo, Qing Gang Ying's health instantly dropped below one third.

Fu Lan Duo could only flash to create distance, then ran toward the river.

Liang Yan watched the whole process, speechless for a moment, then slowly typed a question mark.

What are you doing?

……

Who gave you the guts to go kick a level‑six crocodile with its ultimate up?

……

If you keep playing like that, don't ever say Qing Gang Ying was taught by me.

……

Liang Yan now understands how A Bu felt when he cursed Changzhang.

Fu Lan Duo at this time had this style: he loved mechanics, loved mechanics intensely, always wanted to mess around with mechanics, otherwise he felt uneasy all over.

However, mechanics that rely on non‑targeted skills are essentially gambling; and since it's gambling, nobody can win all the time.

So even Liang Yan, with his mechanics stats maxed, will only try to find opportunities via mechanics when the engagement cost is controllable; otherwise he'd rather do nothing.

This Fu Lan Duo play wasn't a mechanics issue; it was that he lacked brain, his hands were faster than his thoughts, and he pressed the button before his mind finished turning.

In fact, most mechanic‑type players are like this—take Uzi and Theshy: such players rely purely on talent, with mechanics instinct being innate; but Fu Lan Duo's talent isn't as high as theirs, so he often goes godlike one moment, awful the next, until he later recognized himself, changed his playstyle, found his own exclusive approach, and became a seasoned veteran.

Why did Liang Yan insist on Fu Lan Duo back then?

Leaving feelings aside, it's because he thought Fu Lan Duo had high plasticity.

Moreover, Liang Yan's plan for this spring split was to basically overhaul VG's three lanes. This isn't easy, so he seized the chance and started teaching right away.

Qing Gang Ying vs crocodile: just remember one thing—as long as teammates don't feed, the offensive pressure isn't on you.

Did we feed in Xia Lu?

Look at you getting all worked up...

Just as he was speaking, the two avatars on Zhong Lu in the mini-map also huddled together.