Chapter 487: Dog Eats Dog

On the car back to the base, Fu Lan Duo was watching a livestream with the speaker on.

He originally just wanted to see how the streamers were hyping up VG, but he accidentally clicked into a clown streamer's livestream and found it amusing.

"What so-called half-map one-foot move, what spinning kick, what triple jump—it's actually just that; I'm being honest, this kind of operation isn't hard, you guys know that."

Under the camera, the emaciated streamer was giving commentary in a Northeastern accent, pointing out the situation.

"What's there to be jealous about? I'm not even playing matches anymore, what's there to be jealous about? You're really trying to make me laugh."

"I'm just stating a fact—why hype the operation? This operation itself isn't hard; if you don't believe me, try it in training mode yourself. Is it that you haven't downloaded the game or don't have a computer? If you don't have a computer, go to an internet cafe. You couldn't possibly not even have five yuan for the net fee, and if worse comes to worst, I can sponsor your net fee."

"Really, stop bragging—watching this makes me want to laugh, it's gotten ridiculous."

"Oh my, why are you getting worked up? You've scolded him badly, little brother—what's a brainless fan? Look, hehehe, that's what a brainless fan is..."

Blah blah blah.

Fu Lan Duo laughed uncontrollably.

Sima Laozei was sitting next to Fu Lan Duo; at first he didn't pay much attention, but after listening a while he realized, this guy is cueing Jiao Shen.

Sima Laozei glanced at the screen on Fu Lan Duo's phone and gave an expressionless evaluation:

"Brainless."

Everyone then burst out laughing.

Actually, Sima Laozei and Diangun had been teammates before. To be precise, they were only tentative teammates for less than a month.

The year before last, Sima Laozei was with M3; before the winter transfer window when he transferred to OMG, Diangun joined M3, but Diangun hadn't been registered yet when Sima Laozei left, so they could only be considered tentative teammates.

Moreover, Diangun was never registered on M3's official roster before leaving the team, spending half a year on the bench.

Since they were only tentative teammates for less than a month, they naturally had little interaction, but they still knew each other. If we were to describe Sima Laozei's impression of Diangun, it used to be decent—he appreciated Diangun's relentless pursuit of a professional career—but now it's hard to say.

In Sima Laozei's heart, Liang Yan is the god of LoL, his idol; Diangun belittling—or rather, making a frivolous joke about—his idol is tantamount to opposing Sima Laozei, and his opinion changes instantly.

Fu Lan Duo continued watching Diangun's livestream, finding it highly enjoyable.

"Give me the phone."

Sima Laozei suddenly reached out his hand toward Fu Lan Duo.

"What for?"

Fu Lan Duo asked, but still handed the phone over to Sima Laozei.

Sima Laozei picked up the phone and started typing, sending a bullet comment to Diangu's livestream via Fu Lan Duo's account in lightning speed.

【Are you an SB?】

"Holy shit!"

Fu Lan Duo hurriedly tried to snatch her phone back, but it was too late—the bullet comment had already been sent.

Fu Lan Duo was speechless.

On the other side, Diangu also saw that bullet comment and wanted to retort immediately, but the next moment he suddenly froze, noticing the ID that sent the comment:

And it bore a verification badge.

Since Fu Lan Duo's contract with VG naturally includes a streaming clause, his ID on the streaming platform carries the team name, making it instantly recognizable.

Diangu was dumbstruck, frozen on the spot; faced with such blunt insult from an active player, he didn't know how to react for a moment, his face flushing red then white.

The jokesters in the livestream immediately went wild with laughter.

【Holy shit, Sacred Spear Bro?!】

【No way, it can't be a real person!】

【It's really a person hahaha, I died laughing】

【Great minds think alike; I also think the streamer is an SB】

【666666】

Fu Lan Duo thought it over and still sent a bullet comment:

【If I say that wasn't me who sent that just now, would you believe me?】

But unexpectedly, it didn't go through; instead, a prompt popped up in the message box:

【You have been muted (permanently)】

Fu Lan Duo was speechless again, shoving the phone at Sima Laozei:

"Brother Ma, what a nice thing you've done……"

Sima Laozei glanced at the screen, his mouth twitched, and said:

"Dog eats dog."

Fu Lan Duo: "???"

No way, bro—your comment basically insulted yourself too!

Everyone laughed again.

After returning to the base, Fu Lan Duo still turned on the livestream, publicly clarified the matter—he didn't expose Sima Laozei, but just let Comrade Xiao Wang take the blame……

But afterward, Fu Lan Duo also commented on otto's evaluation of Liang Yan:

"He's too weak; he can't even grasp how subtle those few plays of Xiao Jiao Shen are—he only sees the operation, but fails to understand the underlying operational mindset and teamfight strategy."

"Maybe it's because he hasn't played matches in a long time, his skill can't keep up with the professional level."

"It's not unreasonable that no one wants him."

It's literally heart‑less murder, harsher than what Sima Laozei said.

……

Liang Yan couldn't care less about all this nonsense; fame brings controversy, unavoidable as ever, and in the age of traffic this saying has taken on a new meaning: a crude but apt description goes like this—someone with big fame is like a pile of dung, and flies swarm to it at the scent of traffic.

After returning to the base, Liang Yan first watched a replay of the LCK finals, quickly going through the five games, then opened Mouse Platform, glanced at the Europe Region postseason schedule, saw that today's match was the third‑place game with no G2 participation, lost interest, closed the webpage, launched the game client, and also turned on a livestream.

The Europe Region postseason starts a few days earlier than the LPL; its rules are the same single‑elimination format as the LPL, but unlike the LPL, the Europe Region postseason swaps half‑bracket opponents each round instead of having the two halves meet only in the finals. Moreover, the Europe Region, like the LCK, has only ten teams, with six postseason spots (the LCK has four), so the schedule is comparatively short.

Liang Yan had already looked over the schedule, knowing that the Europe final would start tomorrow night, so he kept it in mind, planning to check it out then.

That night Liang Yan only streamed for two hours before signing off, because he still had to return to the dorm to pack his luggage, and he had to get up early the next day.

……

Getting up at seven in the morning is indeed early for a professional athlete.

Comrade Xiao Wang knocked on Liang Yan's door on time, delivering breakfast while reminding Liang Yan:

"Brother, the 8 o'clock high-speed rail—you have half an hour to prepare; let's meet at the entrance at 7:30."

Liang Yan held the door handle, yawning:

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome, brother, your breakfast!"

Liang Yan took the plastic bag, smelled the fragrance of the steamed buns he liked from a certain shop, his spirits lifted, and his mind became completely clear.