Chapter 504: Stupid to death

A certain live‑streaming platform in Han Guo.

Li Xiang He's expression was a bit weird.

Picture: Made me laugh.

"I've said before…… Blue Steel Shadow isn't suitable for jungling…… VG can win only because the players are strong, it doesn't mean anyone can play…… Sorry, I'll step away for a moment."

Li Xiang He threw down his headset, stood up, and quickly stepped away from the camera.

A few seconds later, a faint laughter came from off‑camera.

……

The scene.

VG player bench.

The classic plot actually unfolded right before his eyes, and Liang Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Happy things must be shared with teammates, so Liang Yan immediately marked the still‑present Blue Steel Shadow corpse twice with a signal (after a hero dies, the corpse disappears upon respawn).

In an instant, laughter burst out in the VG team's voice channel.

"Hahahahaha… holy shit…"

Fu Lan Duo and Gangzi laughed so hard they could barely catch their breath, almost sliding under the table, and Gangzi even twitched his mouse, causing the Q he intended to use for a last hit to fly upward.

Even the usually serious Easyhoon couldn't hold back, laughing as he said:

"How did you manage that?"

"Stupid to death."

Fu Lan Duo said that.

However, objectively speaking, that comment really hit the nail on the head……

While Liang Yan shared the joy with his teammates, he certainly didn't idle; after warding and seeing the situation inside the red buff camp, he immediately flashed over the wall with a quick gun draw, firing two shots to snag the red buff that had just started regenerating.

What happens next need not be elaborated; since Blue Steel Shadow had returned to base at level one, the remaining jungle monsters in EDG's jungle were naturally cleared by Liang Yan filling in.

Liang Yan was very thoughtful, deliberately leaving a set of the most rewarding Stone Armor Beetles for Ai Luoli.

After clearing F6, Liang Yan crossed the mid lane and headed upward.

Ai Luoli, based on the information that the Male Gun was crossing mid lane with red and blue buffs, deduced that the Male Gun had invaded her jungle, realizing her own lower jungle likely had nothing left, so she respawned and rushed straight to the upper area, trying to scare the Male Gun away.

However, the Male Gun wasn't scared at all.

EDG had no lane control in either the upper or middle lanes, unable to provide any jungle assistance. Ai Luoli didn't get a single jungle monster, died and returned to base at level one, even her wages had just started coming in; she had no money, and her equipment upon leaving base remained unchanged from her starting gear.

In a 1v1 situation, a level‑one Blue Steel Shadow versus a level‑three Male Gun—setting aside Ai Luoli's inherently inferior mechanics compared to Liang Yan—even if roles were swapped or Ai Luoli were given a few scripts, there would still be no chance to win; the so‑called 'brute force creates miracles' cannot bridge the massive gap in raw strength between the two.

So Liang Yan completely ignored the Blue Steel Shadow loitering at the edge of vision and, in front of Ai Luoli, cleanly cleared the three jungle camps in the upper area, including the first blue buff.

Ai Luoli wasn't angry, just felt dead inside.

"Brothers, I can't play anymore."

"Level one versus level four."

"It could even be level one versus level five……"

"Is there anything even more exaggerated than this?"

The EDG team voice channel fell completely silent.

Backstage in the EDG lounge, A Bu and everyone else were equally silent.

"It's completely broken."

Changzhang said in a tone devoid of any fluctuation,

"At this point we can only go top lane to leech some experience from A Guang, otherwise we'll drop off."

Changzhang's judgment was correct, and it was also Ai Luoli's only way out; the EDG's in‑game decision was the same, and moreover A Guang actively invited her.

Ai Luoli gratefully went to the top lane and began leeching experience from the Titan's minion wave.

The mechanic that punishes junglers for taking lane experience was introduced later; in the current version, junglers who lane‑farm for gold only incur a gold penalty, which triggers only when their lane minion income exceeds their jungle income; otherwise, experience is free to take.

Ai Luoli came to the top lane, naturally not taking last hits, but simply moving forward to help A Guang with the minions, damaging the minions to make it easier for A Guang to last hit, and together they sped up the lane clear.

Fu Lan Duo naturally wouldn't stand against two people and hold the lane, so she let the two push the lane.

Anyway, the jungler doesn't need her help, so Fu Lan Duo just watched for fun.

After pushing the lane, EDG's two junglers grouped up and ran to the river, ate a river crab, then went to VG's upper jungle to place a ward; seeing that F6 was gone, they went to hide in the left‑side grass of mid lane, trying to catch a mid‑lane wave.

Having been away from lane for so long, Easyhoon naturally became wary and directly retreated, yielding lane priority.

After Scout pushed the lane, the two then emerged from the river; the upper, middle, and jungle trio grouped together and ran downstream, intending to protect Ai Luoli as she went to eat the river crab.

But Liang Yan had anticipated this and certainly wouldn't leave the river crab until now.

The three then proceeded into VG's lower jungle to place a ward, found the jungle similarly cleared, and considered attempting a five‑man dive on bottom lane, but seeing that the crocodile had already pushed and vanished from top lane, the mid‑lane card had also arrived, and the Male Gun had shown up bottom lane grouped with the duo, they weighed the options and EDG ultimately gave up on tower diving.

Mouse directly teleported back to top lane to lane.

Ai Luoli had no choice but to return and eat the Stone Armor Beetles.

A level‑two Blue Steel Shadow killing Stone Armor Beetles was extremely difficult; even with Smite, it still lost half its health before finishing the toughest jungle camp.

Meanwhile, the Male Gun had already reached level five.

"Good heavens…… level five versus level two."

"The gap of three levels in jungle match‑up is terrifying."

"Although there is an experience catch‑up mechanic, it feels like a level difference of at least two gets locked in; basically…… Ai Luoli this game is…… broken."

In this version jungle monsters spawn slowly, so to help Ai Luoli defend the second wave of jungle monsters, the EDG team discussed at length and laid out a careful setup.

But VG had likewise been preparing for a long time.

Around six minutes, a 4v4 teamfight erupted in EDG's lower jungle.

"Ai Luoli rushed in and kicked Jiao Shen! The teamfight started off very well! But the crowd control duration is extremely short and Jiao Shen is too high‑level, making him a bit tanky……"

Scout landed without hitting anyone!

The charged W dodge mockery was also dodged by Jiao Shen! And Jiao Shen, in the instant of pulling back, turned around and hit a wall Q followed by a basic attack, blowing away nearly half of Qing Gang Ying's health—my god!!

Qing Gang Ying is only level 3, so squishy!

Scout's Justice Rush Punch charged forward again! But was pinned in place by Easyhoon's yellow card! Jiao Shen still dared to turn around and deal damage, it's practically dancing on a blade's edge!

After Shuijing Ge's Q landed, Arcane Shift leapt up and a basic attack directly took Ai Luoli's head! The female cop rushed in and a headshot struck the male gunner; Meiko flashed and cast an E trying to bind Jiao Shen! Jiao Shen, with a sliver of health, slid aside to dodge Jinx's skill and entered the brush!

Scout can't escape!

Trying to chase up and replace Jiao Shen, but was instantly killed by a single shot from the male gunner turning around!

His controls left me numb!

It's over, I feel like I've blown up again...