Chapter 668: Playing as AI in a Professional Match

On the big screen, M17's mid second tower was quickly destroyed.

In the top lane, Jax arrived at M17's high ground with the minion wave.

In the mid lane, VG's four members likewise led the minion wave toward M17's high ground.

Upon realizing VG intended to end the game in one push, the crowd let out a gasp, and the atmosphere, which had just cooled a bit, flared up again.

In the LPL broadcast studio, the three commentators widened their eyes.

"VG didn't send anyone back; it looks like they're going for a one‑push!"

"But M17's duo has already revived, and the others have less than 20 seconds left; they probably can't do a one‑push!"

In the LPL backstage lounge, a large group of people from RNG and WE were also shocked to the point of disbelief; even Malaxiangguo, nicknamed the "reckless jungle player," couldn't help but turn his head to look toward VG's side:

"Isn't it a waste not to recall with so much money? Do you really play that recklessly?"

Malaxiangguo was looking at VG's head coach Zhu Xiaolong, but Zhu Xiaolong was also quite bewildered, thinking, "Don't ask me—this isn't something I taught!"

In the hotel near the venue, the EDG members, feeling ashamed after losing their first game, had left the scene and returned to the hotel; now they were also secretly watching the match broadcast in the training room.

The members of the other three teams were all on site, so only EDG's people were in the training room, yet the atmosphere oddly felt a bit awkward.

VG's lineup this game is actually very similar to the one EDG used against AHQ in the previous game—just swapping Rek'Sai for Spider, and replacing the mid‑lane safety pick Snake Girl with the top‑lane Jax as the team's safety pick; in practice, both lineups mainly rely on the jungler to set the pace, the duo to sustain early‑mid fight power, and then place a reliable player as the safety.

The results, however, were completely different: EDG playing this lineup got crushed by the provincial team, while VG playing the same lineup treated the provincial team like an AI opponent… truly, without comparison there is no harm.

Although M17's strength is indeed inferior to AHQ's, the gap is still too large.

What's more embarrassing is that EDG was watching the LPL's official broadcast in the training room, meaning they could see the comments.

A flood of comments swept across the screen, dense and thick, quite spectacular.

【VG is indeed awesome, playing as AI in a professional match】

【EDG, come get beaten!】

【EDG has also picked this lineup, so why can VG play it so well? I can't figure it out, it's really strange~】

【Both are Berserker's Greaves, yet the gap is huge】

【Stop believing in Korean imports; take a look at domestic AD carries!】

【EDG has a domestic AD carry, who just turned 17 after finishing the Intercontinental Tournament】

【Zet is just a gift that came with buying the coach; it was originally a temporary substitute for the spring split, and now that Zhao Huang is old enough, he's about to go on stage!】

【Wow, impressive—getting crowned emperor without even playing a match!】

Without a doubt, the most embarrassed person present is Zet—at least a third of the comments flooding the screen are cueing him.

But Zet also feels wronged inside: What champions have I played before? What champion did they have me play last game? You let me, a mid laner, play AD—that's bad enough, but you also want me to play Berserker's Greaves, a champion that requires the audacity to dance on the enemy father's grave—am I that kind of person? I just can't play it, you know!

The second most embarrassed is Ai Luoli.

It's nothing much; the main point is that whenever a team is compared to VG, the gap in the jungle position is impossible to ignore—indeed, there are hardly any junglers in the world worthy of being mentioned alongside Jiao Shen—but knowing that, the comparison still shows a huge gap.

Meanwhile, Meiko felt increasingly pissed off the more he watched.

Xiao Duan isn't even playing better than me—why is his luck so good!

In short, everyone has their own little thoughts.

The training room was so quiet you could practically hear breathing.

In the silence, the broadcast showed VG's minion wave already crushing M17's mid‑lane high ground.

…

Below M17's high ground, the two lane minion waves surged onto the high ground once again.

Rek'Sai and Leblanc had just respawned and were charging out of the fountain, while Ashe dared not stay in the crowded mid lane and went to defend the top lane.

VG's four mid‑lane members rushed forward and began destroying the tower; in just a few seconds, when M17's mid‑lane jungler arrived behind the crystal, M17's mid‑lane high‑ground tower had already been torn down.

Once the mid lane fell, the two side lanes were exposed to flanking threats, so Ashe began to retreat; Jax, wielding Trinity Force and Ravenous Hydra, charged forward and destroyed the top high‑ground tower in under ten seconds.

"M17 has finally all revived, but they've already lost two high‑ground towers in a row!"

"Good heavens, VG, it really feels like there's hope for a one‑push!"

M17's entire team gathered behind the crystal in mid lane, trying to use their numerical advantage to scare off VG's four members and stop them from destroying the crystal.

But VG basically ignored them—aside from Xiao Duan loitering in front of the formation and Liang Yan shielding him, Easyhoon and Sima Laozei were busy auto‑attacking the crystal.

M17 couldn't take it anymore; someone shouted "Go!" and Rek'Sai burrowed forward, with Rambling following, spewing fire as they charged ahead.

"Just as the digging machine popped up, it got caught in a cocoon strike! I can't even recall how many times he's been killed by a suppress in this match!"

At 21 minutes, the enemy jungler Rek'Sai, who was level 11 like VG's support, after being hit by a cocoon strike was almost instantly blown up by focused fire. Xiao Duan then lifted toward the enemy back‑line where enemies were packed, forcing Leblanc to dodge with a hop, while Ashe and Thresh standing together were both knocked up.

Dreamer wasn't failing to react to protect the AD; rather, he had learned from last time when he swallowed too early, leaving the AD unable to survive, so this time he changed his approach, wanting to wait until VG had expended their abilities, then swallow when the AD landed low on health.

However, he overestimated his own AD's durability and underestimated VG's damage.

VG didn't even focus fire on Ashe specifically; it was just Orianna's area‑of‑effect plus a pinpoint Q from Sima Laozei, and then Liang Yan's Venomous Binding followed by a deadly venomous strike that killed her in one bite.

Next was Rambling.

3z's Rambling this game was also terribly underdeveloped—only level 12, two levels behind the opposing Jax, his equipment was vastly inferior; after over twenty minutes he had only a big mask and armored boots, showing that his next item was meant to be Mid‑Asia but he still hadn't even completed a bracer—it was beyond "awful", it needed a capital "Awful".

Consequently, Rambling was incredibly fragile; Sima Laozei felt he hadn't even gotten the hang of slashing when a few auto‑attacks left Rambling wounded, and he finally died to Easyhoon's Rain of Pearls Needle (Q ability Stone Piercing).

Fu Lan Duo rushed down from above, shouting: "Leave a little, leave a little! At least let me scrape an assist so I feel involved!"

Liang Yan quickly retorted: "What kind of involvement do you want? The only kill your team got was the one you gave away; otherwise this game would have been a Linglong Tower, you sinner."

Fu Lan Duo felt wronged and quickly replied: "Who could have predicted that? I only swapped with him that wave because you agreed!"

"Still daring to talk back, Brother Ma, don't leave him any!"