Chapter 428: The Strong Grow Stronger

RNG's Ji Di just exploded, and on the big screen at the venue the words "VGWin" appeared as well, the intense music rising and falling with people's excited heartbeats.

Wawa shouted: "Another twenty‑minute speedrun, VG is too strong!"

Miller sighed and shook his head: "The 4‑1 lineup was being poked through one punch after another by Wei… I feel RNG really has no way left, they truly can't win."

Although Liang Yan wanted to hone the team's late‑game ability, the enemy dared to run a 4‑1 comp in front of him, so Liang Yan had no choice but to help the enemy cure their amnesia, reminding them what a 4‑1 comp is—a one‑way street to death.

2‑0, the two games together took just over fifty minutes.

First in Group A, thoroughly crushed.

Everyone felt a shock that was, nevertheless, expected.

Guan Zeyuan laughed and said: "Although VG no longer needs to prove anything, they have once again demonstrated their strength with a clean, decisive victory!"

Eleven wins in the big matches, twenty‑two wins in the small matches—this record almost guarantees the top spot in Group B.

In theory, that's not absolute, after all there's still…

Wawa's sentence was cut off halfway by Guan Zeyuan:

"Ah? Is there still a theoretical possibility? You mean VG will lose consecutively in the final round‑robin of the group and drop to second? I don't think that exists. The theory is that VG currently holds a 100% win rate; according to the Matthew Effect, once a trend diverges it will keep expanding—strong get stronger, weak get weaker—so VG would become even more invincible afterward, right?"

"What is the Matthew Effect?"

"A scientific theory."

"Is there such a scientific theory?"

"Yes, bro, yes."

"Teacher Guan Zeyuan really has a high level of knowledge; all the commentators should look up to him."

"Brother, are you trying to praise me to death……"

"No way, I'm genuinely praising you!"

"But getting back to the point, VG's playstyle is now so rich it's frightening—split‑pushing, teamfighting, macro, excelling at everything; I even see a shadow of peak SKT."

"Teacher Miller, you can't be spamming that now—MSI is just over a month away; we'd better keep something in reserve……

In the post‑match interview segment, Fu Lan Duo, who hadn't shown her face for a while, stood on the stage.

Interview host Ren Dong asked:

"After today's win over RNG, it means you've beaten every LPL team this season and have a perfect record—how do you feel now?"

Fu Lan Duo: "Happy."

"Then how confident are you about keeping the winning streak going forward?"

"The regular season?"

"It's a bit hard to lose."

"Huh?"

"We're terrifyingly strong now."

"... Alright, what if we include the playoffs?"

"The playoffs… it depends on how the patch goes; if there aren't major changes, I think it'll also be hard to lose."

"That means you have to win all your games to take the title, and it would be VG's first LPL championship."

"Yeah, that's our boss's goal."

"If we really achieve that goal, will the VG boss give us a reward?"

"Yes, a big bonus was paid out today."

"Today? Was the bonus paid out?"

"Yeah, didn't someone say earlier that if any team in Group A could beat us once, they'd get a 50,000‑yuan reward? Our boss thought that was too petty."

"... So what did you do instead? Can you answer that question?"

"Sure. We give each member 100,000 yuan for maintaining the winning streak."

"Good heavens, has it already been paid out?"

"Yeah, just paid out—in cash."

"?!"

Ren Dong froze on the spot.

The audience downstairs exclaimed, and the whole venue erupted.

The RNG members, who had returned to the backstage lounge and were watching the livestream, heard this and were also shocked, looking at each other for a moment, then their gazes unintentionally drifted toward their own team boss.

Bai Xing's face flushed red then turned pale.

Finally, he gave a couple of cold chuckles.

"Who can't brag? And they're handing out cash—how much would each of their many teammates get? Do you know how much a million yuan in cash weighs? That's twenty‑to‑thirty catties to lug around? You're kidding!"

The sourness in his words could be smelled from several kilometers away.

Everyone awkwardly echoed a few words, then stood up and left, preparing to get in the car and return to Ji Di.

As it turned out, they ran into VG people in the parking lot.

As the RNG members just got into the car, they saw the VG group coming out of the opposite elevator, all smiles. Support Xiao Duan was tossing around a square bundle wrapped in a newspaper, shouting, "Hey, this 100,000 yuan isn't heavy at all—why don't you all give it to me so I can check if it really weighs dozens of catties?"

The others chattered:

"Don't show off, you—if they snatch it from you later you'll be happy!"

"What's there to fear, there's no one else around."

"There are people—yeah, there are people."

Xiao Duan looked up and saw the RNG members in a nearby car watching him through the window; his face stiffened and he felt a bit awkward.

Xiao Duan: "……"

RNG members: "……"

Bai Xing sat up front, his face dark as he barked at the driver:

"Come on, what are you spacing out for!"

The driver pressed the accelerator, and the car moved off.

After pulling out of the parking lot, Malaxiangguo muttered under his breath:

"Damn, that's awesome, they actually found gold……"

A hundred thousand dollars isn't much to him, after all he earns a seven-figure annual salary, but being handed cash directly was still a bit shocking.

Moreover, they gave each team member a hundred thousand.

By comparison, someone ended up embarrassed.

……

Around ten o'clock, the VG crew returned to the base after eating and drinking their fill outside.

Entering the training room, each with a belly bulging like a pregnant woman's, they slumped in their chairs; seeing this, Zhu Xiaolong didn't schedule training, so everyone relaxed—some opened web pages to read comments, some played on their phones, some played other games.

Liang Yan adjusted the webcam mounted above the screen, picked up the mouse, didn't open the game client, just opened the streaming software, preparing to go live and chat with fans.

Fu Lan Duo sat in her seat, leaning over:

"There's a really hot game lately—want to give it a try?"

Liang Yan glanced at the exploding chat as the stream started, then asked casually:

"What game?"

"This one!"

Fu Lan Duo swiveled her chair so Liang Yan could see her computer screen.

Liang Yan turned his head and saw a Steam store page.

"PUBG: Battlegrounds"

PUBG，PLAYERUNKNOWN】SBATTLEGROUNDS

The early access version is now blazing hot on launch!

Peak concurrent users on day one broke 150,000—come join the action!

Price: 98 yuan

Liang Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Oh, so the chicken dinner goes live at this time?