Chapter 455: Obviously, Qing Gang Ying is that weak……

WE's players never imagined that while they were in a tight spot on stage, their own boss was backstage eating hastily, and while eating he kept giving the opposing team a thumbs‑up……

After Mystic died and returned to lane, he lost an entire wave of minions; if it weren't for the siege engine helping tank the tower on the third wave, the loss would have been even worse.

Nevertheless, even so, the lane situation in the bottom lane was already very unfavorable for WE.

After Qing Gang Ying secured a kill and helped push the lane, the VG duo obtained a perfect opportunity to recall; Sima Laozei's Frost Archer shoved the wave into tower and immediately recalled, updated his gear, and returned to lane, barely missing any minions. Moreover, because the third wave red‑side minion line was blocked in front of the tower, the ensuing minion wave would inevitably push toward the blue side.

Mystic could certainly rely on this wave of counter‑push to stabilize his position, but he couldn't guarantee that Qing Gang Ying wouldn't come back to gank the bottom lane during the minion push.

Although Qing Gang Ying didn't use his flash, Mystic's Caitlyn likewise didn't flash.

Given the opponent's demonstrated Qing Gang Ying skill, Mystic seriously doubted that Caitlyn's sole mobility skill would be snatched away the instant it was cast……

The opponent's Qing Gang Ying proficiency shown in the previous gank forced Mystic to prepare for the worst.

To steady his own farm, Mystic could only communicate with Condi using broken Chinese supplemented by pings, and only with difficulty did he manage to convey his intention: 'I want to push the lane, so please come over and protect me a bit.'

Condi understood how crucial early bottom‑lane advantage was; if even Caitlyn's lane collapsed, WE's entire early game would fall into a severely passive state, and entering Caitlyn's weakest mid‑game in that condition would likely cause WE to crumble completely before twenty minutes.

Therefore, in response to Mystic's plea for help, Condi gave a positive reply.

Condi didn't even touch the two remaining monster groups in his own Shang Ban Qu, cleared the lower half area, then immediately recalled, updated his gear, and rushed down; taking advantage of the fact that Mystic's position hadn't yet crossed the river's midline, he grabbed a quick bite of river crab meat and then hurried straight to the bottom lane to escort the duo.

What was Liang Yan doing during this time?

After helping push the bottom lane, Liang Yan did not recall.

He returned to his own lower jungle, starting with the Stone Armor Beetle and working his way up; while taking the blue buff and the upper river crab, the Zhong Lu lane, which faced no pressure, had Marquis come over to lend a hand, allowing Liang Yan to clear an entire round of jungle monsters very comfortably.

Qing Gang Ying is indeed weak at jungle clearing.

But if he has teammates helping, the situation is completely different.

In the lower half area he gained assists and experience from leeching minion waves; in Shang Ban Qu Marquis helped clear the jungle, so Liang Yan's entire first round rhythm was completely comfortable.

Without comparison there is no harm; Condi, with great difficulty, shielded Mystic while pushing a big wave into VG's bottom turret, and Liang Yan had already finished his river crab and pressed recall.

957's playstyle was very team‑oriented; after clearing the minion wave he ran to the middle of the upper river, looked around, and happened to see Liang Yan's Qing Gang Ying standing on the crab altar as the recall's fading light disappeared.

Condi knew his jungle clear count was probably lagging behind Qing Gang Ying's, and he didn't want to check the comparison for fear it would affect his mood.

But he couldn't help it; after Tui Ge saw Qing Gang Ying, he impulsively hit Tab, and his gaze involuntarily flicked to Qing Gang Ying's last‑hit count.

「Holy…… fuck……」

Condi felt extremely helpless and depressed.

Qing Gang Ying actually led by a full three monster groups!

And his Mang Seng, which is the evergreen of the jungle—indeed could be called the king of the jungle—yet he spent over half a minute as a bottom‑lane bodyguard, and it was all for nothing, because the enemy jungler had no intention of continuing to gank bottom; instead, he was busy farming his own jungle.

I'm so angry!

Obviously, Mang Seng shouldn't be losing to Qing Gang Ying like this!

Condi's chest heaved sharply, he held back a lungful of resentment with nowhere to vent, feeling both indignant and wronged, on the verge of losing his temper.

He really wanted to make up that deficit as soon as possible; his eyes scanned the minimap, looking at his own Shang Ban Qu's Stone Armor Beetle that hadn't been touched yet, when suddenly a idea flashed.

Our Stone Armor Beetle was too far to reach, but Qing Gang Ying's Stone Armor Beetle was probably cleared after he finished his kill; although jungle respawn is slow in this patch, Qing Gang Ying had been running from bottom to top for a while, and his jungle clearing is slow, so after a full round, is his Stone Armor Beetle about to respawn?

Condi acted on the idea: taking advantage of the VG duo being pinned under a big wave sent by their Da Jiu Zi, unable to do anything else, he turned and walked up the side path; when he revealed vision of the red side Stone Armor Beetle camp, sure enough, the icon for a monster about to respawn appeared on the minimap.

Condi felt a surge of joy, greeted the bottom lane duo, and then stood in front of the monster camp waiting for the Stone Armor Beetle to respawn.

However, Condi overestimated his standing within the team.

After Mystic pushed the wave forward, seeing that Condi had no intention of tower diving, he symbolically tapped the turret twice, then retreated into the side brush and pressed recall.

Only Ben's Ka Er Ma was left to give Condi cover.

Miller's game understanding is still pretty high; upon seeing this scene in WE's lower jungle, he let out a puzzled "Huh" and said:

"Something's off—is there a problem with WE's lower‑jungle communication? Condi's here preparing to invade the enemy jungle, while Mystic just recalled directly…"

Wawa suddenly raised his voice:

"If you keep crouching there, Condi, you'll get into trouble—Xin De La is coming from mid lane!"

"Oh wow, Marquis is moving fast!"

"Mystic's recall channel is already over halfway; if you don't leave now, Condi, you'll be left behind!"

"The monster has spawned, Condi rolls up his sleeves and dives in—but Sima Laozei's Eagle Strike comes simultaneously, revealing Condi!"

"Lu Lu comes straight over here, Marquis is already behind the dragon pit, but the teammates' signals were timely—Ben rushed forward, trying to block Marquis!"

Xin De La disappeared from mid lane for about ten seconds; Xi Ye sent out a missing‑in‑mid signal to his teammates, and that signal saved Condi and Ben's lives.

Ben reacted quickly, charging straight from the Triangular Grass thicket toward mid lane; his awareness and mechanics were spot on. First, he used an R‑empowered Soulflare to push Xin De La back, then seized the opportunity to rush forward and pop the Explosive Fruit, finally stepping close to the wall of the Stone Armor Beetle camp, intending to link up with Condi, who was just on the other side.

However, Condi was greedy.