Chapter 526: 1% approval rating is really too much

【FirstBlood！】

As the spider's second deadly venomous bite gnawed at the marksman's body, the cold and solemn female voice announcement echoed throughout the Rio Olympic Stadium.

The live commentator shouted:

"First blood!"

"Again, this spot!"

"Again, this way of dying!"

"Karsa! Another jungle star has fallen under his strange ambush! He must really want to hug Peanut, hold his head, and cry in pain!!!"

In the LPL livestream room, Guan Zeyuan slammed the table and stood up:

"Dear viewers! Again! From now on, Dragon Pit should be renamed! Or how about calling it Ghost‑bump Pit?"

The audience wouldn't accept that, because this pit already had a name approved by everyone. As early as after last year's World Championship ended, attentive netizens had compiled a map of iconic moments, and this spot in Dragon Pit was where Xiao Huasheng's leopard girl was killed by Liang Yan's marksman in a strange ambush in the first game of the S6 finals; from then on this place has been called the "Express Pickup Point," meaning Xiao Huasheng delivers himself like a courier.

And now, another courier... cough, another victim has been born.

Just as that live commentator shouted earlier, when such a classic scene is replayed on the international stage, it looks like Liang Yan is announcing his return to everyone in this uniquely creative way.

—Although Liang Yan actually came up with it on the spur of the moment.

The whole venue had gone completely crazy, with tens of thousands of spectators shouting in unison:

"Fire!!!"

"Fire!!!"

"Fire!!!"

And in the VG team's voice channel, everyone was also madly sucking up.

Everyone present is a professional player, so they naturally know this iconic moment; as Liang Yan's teammates, they see even more details than the audience does right now.

Too bad the teammates (except Easyhoon) aren't very cultured; they just say "what the hell" and "awesome."

……

In the FW player bench, Karsa's mind went blank.

Suddenly he felt like he didn't know how to play the game.

Why was he there?

I haven't even cleared the F6 Stone Armor Beetles, how could he be sure I'd go eat river crabs?

Even if he guessed I'd go eat river crabs, how could he possibly calculate that I'd appear from that spot? And he had shoes on—he actually went home once!

At that time he was just squatting there; it only shows that he came straight from home to ambush himself!

Pure guesswork or calculation?

How is this possible!!!

With these thoughts jumbling in his head, Karsa respawned numbly and headed out.

Just as he walked out of the spring, teammate bad news arrived.

MMD, who rushed to support Karsa immediately, was blocked by both spider and crocodile, couldn't escape even with a flash over the wall, after being bound by a spider's blind‑side predicted wall‑cocoon, the crocodile flashed in and killed him.

0‑2, a disastrous start.

Karsa completely couldn't play anymore.

And as the announcement of MMD's death appeared, the commentators on the LMS desk fell into a three‑second silence, then a heavy sigh was heard:

"Feeling a bit broken."

"Too strong......"

"A player like a ghost, so scary......"

"It really feels impossible—who could have imagined the first wave's pace would appear like this? Karsa isn't really at fault; he just wanted to use the Explosive Fruit to save a bit of travel time to farm river crabs, and I had lane priority top lane to back him up immediately—who could have thought the enemy would come to ambush him? Anyone would do the same, even if you let SKT's Peanut come, he'd do it like that......"

"Hmm, so Peanut has actually been done this way once before."

"Oh oh, right, last year's S6 finals......"

"By the way, Karsa was suppressed in his strongest first 15 minutes, and then after that, when he's not as good at the next 15 minutes......"

"emmm......"

The commentators muttered dream‑like nonsense for a long time.

And the netizens in the livestream knew this game was basically over, so the barrage started to run wild.

【Karsa: I thought I was here to play MSI, but I ended up delivering courier】

【This wave, this wave is "auto‑feeding".】

【Karsa can now sit at the same table as the world's second‑best jungler Peanut, so we can also say we have a world‑class jungler!】

【Is Jiao Shen hiding a camera there? Why is the script still exactly the same after half a year?】

【Get out of here! This way of dying is too embarrassing—1% approval rating is really too much!】

【I imagined Karsa's mental process for this wave—he spent half a day calculating his route, only for the enemy to be calculating his fate】

……

For FW, this match was basically undertaken with a challenger's mindset, so they picked such an extremely lopsided lineup.

Now the opening was blown apart directly, and more importantly, the core jungler was stunned by Liang Yan's amazing smothering kill; the team relied on the jungler to set the pace, but now Karsa has no voice, and the other shot‑caller, Snake Snake (SwordArt), is playing a soft support Karma that can't set the pace, so naturally there's nothing to say, and thus FW's internal channel fell into a suffocating silence, the team's morale inevitably sliding to a low point.

VG's lineup excels in the early‑mid game, and they are also very good at ending matches when their composition peaks, so this game didn't let FW drag on; it ended just after twenty‑nine minutes, a clean and swift victory.

At the moment FW's base exploded, the venue lights flickered wildly and cheers surged like a tide.

The live commentator shouted:

"WAO!! Congratulations VG on a splendid victory!"

"Looks like a lopsided match, especially between the junglers......"

"4‑0‑9! A familiar perfect record! This is Firrrrrre! He used a flawless performance from start to finish to proudly announce his return!"

VG members left their seats, walking toward the FW player bench amid the crowd's cheers, while the venue camera followed that tall, upright guy.

There were also many European fans who had come from afar at the venue; looking at Liang Yan on the big screen, many of them were moved to tears.

He's back, he really is back!

After half a year away, he returned to the world stage and remains invincible!

……

In the LPL livestream room, Wawa shouted:

Congratulations, VG!! Under the leadership of our brilliant strategist, Jiao Shen, this new team made its debut on the international stage and secured a splendid opening win.