Chapter 674: Advance to the Finals

On the big screen, JT's Ji Di exploded open.

"Congratulations WE!!!"

Wawa shouted excitedly,

"Although the process had some twists, the result was still good! Congratulations LPL, we defeated LMS 3-1 and advanced to tomorrow's finals!"

Miller also smiled: "To be honest, after the first game my heart sank halfway, but in the next three games our team adjusted really quickly; VG steadied morale, RNG played with confidence, and WE showed even more of this team's tenacity!"

"Congratulations WE on the comeback; this game really showed tenacity!"

"We made it to the finals!"

At the moment the match ended, all LPL supporters felt the heavy stone in their hearts drop.

And this dramatic reversal game also set the whole venue abuzz.

In the LPL livestream room, the WE players who almost got the same treatment as EDG nervously retrieved their ID books and were forgiven by the barrage.

"【Congratulations LPL!】"

"【If you're going to watch WE in the future, you should get a check-up first; elderly hearts can't take it】"

"【First twenty minutes feeding shit, last twenty minutes feeding sugar, WE's old PUA】"

"【WE, are you fighting your mom? Condi, you're my god!】"

"【Condi is nicknamed Little Foot God】"

"【Xi Ye is too fierce! Feigning death early, then descending as a god late!】"

"【EDG, come out and get beaten! You're the one who lost!】"

"【Three out of four teams scored, one is the odd one out—I won't say who】"

"【EDG: Can you stop mentioning me after every game?】"

"【You don't know shit; EDG is just raising the intensity for everyone, otherwise LPL winning too easily would be boring】"

"【No, EDG is studying the finals opponent!】"

"【No, don't let EDG play tomorrow; today's performance doesn't deserve the finals】"

"【Tomorrow we play LCK……】"

WE's members returned to the lounge; Condi was drenched in sweat but grinning, and as soon as he walked in he shouted at Homme: "Coach, this lineup is no good—don't pick it again; if I hadn't snatched the dragon today, we'd really have been in trouble!"

Anyway, we won; Homme smiled and didn't hold it against him. Honestly, WE's big early-game disadvantage was obviously Mystic's fault, but in that team fight neither side had pulled ahead when Condi turned and ran into the jungle to farm, so he also bears major blame.

Of course, now that WE has turned the game around and won, everything is easy to talk about.

We took down LMS 3-1; this semifinal went fairly smoothly. As the LPL team's overall manager, Wensen was naturally pleased, but he knew beating LMS was necessary and not worth a big celebration, so he made sure to dampen everyone's over‑excited mood.

"Alright, making the finals is certainly worth celebrating, but don't forget the finals themselves are the main event—save the celebrations for after we beat LCK tomorrow."

Just mentioning LCK caused everyone's heightened excitement to plummet instantly; the lounge atmosphere turned solemn, and members of RNG and WE unconsciously glanced toward VG.

If VG can maintain today's ferocious form tomorrow and crush a LCK team—preferably a strong one—it would greatly boost LPL morale; but if VG falls too, then LPL here would have little hope.

Everyone present understood this implicitly.

After returning to the hotel that night, Wensen called everyone together for a meeting to discuss tomorrow's play order.

This time VG didn't just sit on the sidelines; they actively joined the discussion, with Gao Jun speaking for the team, proposing that tomorrow's finals follow today's lineup approach—first send a strong team in to test the waters, and strongly suggesting RNG go first.

This time RNG didn't make excuses; they simply agreed.

This let EDG and WE personnel quietly breathe a sigh of relief; given today's performance, their condition is merely average and indeed unfit to lead off, whereas RNG has already shown its momentum and will take the field tomorrow with that uplifted fighting spirit—even if they meet LCK's top seed Dragon Pearl, they still have a fighting chance.

Then, regardless of whether RNG wins or loses, VG will appear in the second game.

The remaining two teams will be arranged temporarily based on how the first two games go tomorrow.

Saying it's based on the situation really means seeing if VG can win; if VG wins handsomely, everything's fine, but if VG loses, then it's all over.

The meeting didn't run long; it ended after about half an hour.

After the meeting, each side played a few practice matches before returning to their rooms to rest.

……

The players had fallen asleep, but the netizens' enthusiasm showed no sign of cooling; discussions about tomorrow's final continued on domestic forums.

"【Guess tomorrow's starting lineup—will VG play first or last?】"

"【Some say LPL was double‑killed by LCK in the group stage, so the final is uncertain】"

"【Suggest VG go last, letting RNG and WE go first to wear them down】"

"【Then realize we don't even need VG to play—RNG and WE could crush LCK (in a dream)】"

"【Wake up, upstairs—the opponents are LZ+SKT+SSG+KT, not LMS】"

"【What's there to fear? We have Firrrrrre!】"

"【I want to see Jiao Shen kick Faker's ass again!】"

"【Another Firrrrrre vs. Faker—is this a classic S6 semifinal replay?】"

"【A year has passed; SKT is still SKT, Faker is still Faker, but Jiao Shen is no longer in G2】"

"【Wherever Jiao Shen goes, that's the championship—wait and see tomorrow!】"

Netizens chatted all night, and by the next morning when the sun rose, Liang Yan discovered he was on the hot search again; the top Weibo topic was #FirrrrrrevsFaker#, and its heat score was actually far higher than second place's #Wang Feng August Five Pine Trees Concert#.

Liang Yan felt a bit bewildered; he was jungling, Faker was mid lane, and they weren't even directly opposing—what does this have to do with each other?

Liang Yan felt a bit bewildered—I'm jungling, Faker's mid, and we're not even facing off directly; what does this even have to do with that?

At around 1:00 p. m., the four LPL teams had finished eating in the hotel cafeteria, took a short break, then boarded the bus to the venue.

On the bus many people were yawning nonstop; guessing they hadn't slept well last night, Wensen saw this and began to worry.

With this mindset, are these guys really reliable?

But when he looked at the VG members, he also got some comfort.

However, when he looked toward the VG crowd, he also gained some comfort.

——The VG folks look spirited, at least they don't have dark circles.

Fu Lan Duo was currently leaning on the chair back, chatting with RNG's mid laner xiaohu.

"Hey, sell‑out, tell me the truth—if you were to play against RNG, how would you fare against Faker in lane?"