Chapter 12: The Strongest Transfer Student in History! Whose Crown Prince is This Again?

Hongshan League of Legends Professional Youth Training Base, Wuhu, HUB Province.

Ye Bo, leaving home for the first time, insisted on refusing his parents' company and set off alone for the training base over a thousand kilometers away.

But as Ye Bo followed the Gaode Map all the way, dragging his oversized suitcase, he looked up to examine the building before him.

"Uh, this should be the place, right?"

The reason Ye Bo had doubts was that he had originally assumed this would be a relatively "high-end" place.

After all, in the mind of an ordinary player like him, the impression was that professional players all had annual salaries in the millions, and the stage designs and venue standards for the LPL were all very high.

So the treatment for youth training should be pretty good too, right?

But this building before him looked quite old and clearly had seen many years.

Ye Bo opened his contacts and called Wang Chujun.

Before long, a man wearing a stand-up collar wool sweater with a round face came jogging out of the building, waving his hand at Ye Bo from far away.

"Hello! You're Ye Bo, right?"

"Why didn't you tell me when you arrived at the station? I was thinking of going to pick you up."

Chujun was a coach after all and knew very well how to get along with team members, so he naturally helped take Ye Bo's luggage.

"No trouble at all, this place wasn't hard to find, it's just that the taxi driver was driving a bit fast, and I feel a bit like throwing up now..."

As the two walked inside, Chujun couldn't help but stifle a laugh.

Walking into the base, Ye Bo felt like he had entered the big city, finding everything fresh.

And to be fair, although the building looked a bit dilapidated on the outside, the interior was quite well-equipped.

At the very least, it looked quite professional and had the feel of a training base.

Chujun introduced things along the way.

"This whole building is the youth training base; the upper floors are dormitories, the first and second floors are the training base, and the third floor is for intensive training..."

Through the glass, Ye Bo had already passed several training rooms.

Inside, there were quite a few young people who looked to be about his age, wearing headsets and shouting out their operations.

"So how many people are here now?" Ye Bo asked curiously.

"There are about one or two hundred pure youth trainees in the base. If you add the coaches, team managers, and some logistics staff, it should be about three or four hundred people?" Chujun replied.

"There are that many?"

"It's really not considered many now. Ever since the 'Baby Lock' policy was implemented last year, even youth training has been affected. After all, even the LDL requires you to be an adult to play. If a fifteen or sixteen-year-old comes to the youth training camp, they have to stay for at least two or three years to have a chance..."

Chujun couldn't help but sigh as he spoke.

The "Baby Lock" is actually the "Anti-Addiction Protection" for minors.

To respond to the call, official-level competitions can only comply.

According to the other party, in previous years, the number of online applicants for each youth training camp was 4,000-5,000, each at least at the Challenger rank level.

Then, through online screening, only one or two hundred people who were truly "one in a thousand" would be selected to come to the offline youth training camp.

But in the end, the number of people who could make it from the youth training camp to the LPL each year basically did not exceed 3.

For a group of people who were already "one in ten thousand" among the player base, the final screening was definitely, in the true sense, thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

And coming to this year, 2022, under the prosperous era of having just won the championship last year, the number of applicants actually plummeted to less than 3,000!

This shows the great impact of the "Baby Lock" policy.

While chatting, Chujun first took Ye Bo to a corner dormitory on the fifth floor and knocked on the door.

Inside the dormitory were four faces that looked very unfamiliar.

"Hello, Assistant Coach!"

Seeing Chujun, the four teenagers looked as if they had seen a teacher, appearing somewhat inexplicably panicked for a moment.

Chujun didn't pay much attention and introduced him on his own: "Let me introduce you all. His name is Ye Bo. He will be your roommate for the future period and will also be your mid-lane teammate for the first half of the Summer Split."

"Hello~"

Ye Bo greeted them in a friendly manner, and the other four also nodded quickly to acknowledge.

"You guys help Ye Bo tidy up Xiang Chao's spot." After saying this, Chujun turned his head: "Ye Bo, put down your luggage and come with me for a moment first."

Just after the two left.

The four in the dormitory leaned close to the door, confirmed they had really left, and only then began to whisper.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness... It seems that kid Xiang Chao just performed too poorly; he should have just been eliminated. I thought he had really been discovered for something..."

"I told you guys you were overthinking it. If he had really been discovered, how could he be the only one found out?"

"But tell me, what kind of backing does this newcomer have? To be able to be squeezed in at this time, he must have some big-shot backing, right?"

"Could it be another one from EDG? Don't tell me it's another one of their 'Crown Princes'..."

"That can't be, they already have one 'God Yu' Crown Prince, where would so many Crown Princes come from?"

"Mainly, if he really is some kind of Crown Prince..."

The four people in the dormitory, who were originally heavy-hearted, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Ye Bo arrive.

They turned to gossiping about Ye Bo's identity.

After all, the training camp had been open for more than half a year; if he were just an ordinary passerby, it would obviously be impossible to join through normal channels.

Of course, this was also because Ye Bo hadn't had the chance to introduce himself yet.

Especially since he hadn't revealed his Canyon ID.

Otherwise, these people who stayed in the training camp every day and did nothing but train or surf the web would definitely know about the "Canyon Auntie" whose traffic had exploded over the past two days.

On the other side, Ye Bo, following Chujun toward the office, was also listening to the other party talk about some matters regarding the youth training camp.

"Youth trainees and practice trainees?" Ye Bo asked curiously in return.

"Yeah, or you can understand it as passerby players and club players; that's about what it means."

"Come to think of it, you were originally supposed to be a pure passerby youth trainee, but we reported you under the quota of 'Team Practice Trainee', and only in this way could you enter halfway."

"But don't worry, this is absolutely not considered pulling strings; it's completely reasonable and compliant. Many big clubs do this."

Chujun gave Ye Bo a rough explanation of the situation at the youth training camp.

80% of the youth training camp's players come from online-recruited passerby players, who undergo online assessment and screening through self-registration based on their rank scores.

And the remaining 20% are their own practice trainees "sent" by LPL clubs, which are players who have actually already signed contracts with LPL teams.

These practice trainees are mostly here because they are underage or for other reasons; in short, they are just here to "gild" themselves or "grind experience," and their strength is indeed mostly significantly higher than these passerby players.

The four in the dormitory naturally thought Ye Bo was in this situation.

"Take a look, these few are your current competitors, so to speak?"

"The competition for other positions has nothing to do with you, and the five records you need don't have any requirements for wins or losses, so you just need to show the difference between yourself and the mid-lane players on the LDL stage as much as possible."

"The LDL is scheduled to stagger with the LPL, so you still have about 1 month to prepare."

Ye Bo took the list handed over by the other party.

On the list, everyone's prefix was arranged according to "Position + Number," which is said to be assigned based on the rank score before entering the camp, followed by the name and "self-written ID."

Ye Bo saw the three people Chujun had marked for him.

mid01, Lin Yuhong, tangyuan.

mid03, Cai Zijun, milkyway.

mid20, Li Jingtai (Korean), fisher.

"There aren't many mid-lane players this year. According to my observation, there should only be these three; the others won't pose much of a threat to you."

"Of course, the more important ones are 01 and 20."

"20 is a Korean practice trainee sent by EDG. They bought him from the T1 youth training camp. Because he doesn't have enough matches, they have to send him here to play a few LDL games to grind his match count."

"As for 01, let me tell you quietly, he has actually been internally purchased by RNG. I estimate that by the end of this year, he will be pulled up to the first team."

Hearing this sudden keyword, Ye Bo immediately asked in confusion: "Internally purchased by RNG? Don't they already have someone? Then why did they come looking for me last month!"

"Ha~ RNG, just get used to it."

Chujun didn't say much more about this topic.

But that meaningful smile made Ye Bo instantly understand, sighing in his heart that he had almost fallen into a deep pit.

But thinking about it this way... the starter who suppressed the old veteran Bo for two years, could it be this tangyuan!?

Chujun talked about some more issues regarding the LDL competition format.

The "LDL Secondary League" has a total of 24 teams.

In addition to the second teams of the 17 LPL league teams, there are 7 additional "third-party teams."

And the final result of the youth training camp is also for these 24 teams to digest the youth talent selected that year.

The purpose of these third-party teams is to be able to expand the absorption channel for civilian players to a greater extent, and also to let more passerby players have the opportunity to show themselves on the competition stage.

Of course, this can also attract more private capital; after all, not everyone can compete for the sky-high seat fee of the LPL.

The TO team where Chujun works is one of them.

And PDD's YM team is also the most famous existence among these 7 teams.

In short.

After listening to the whole thing, Ye Bo had a brand-new understanding of this LDL league, which he had almost never paid attention to before.

"Why do I feel like this LDL is so much like a 'Sect Grand Competition' between big clubs? Isn't this just a 'Youth Battlefield' for the 17 LPL teams!"

Feeling that something was strange, Ye Bo suddenly blurted out a cheeky remark.

After being stunned for a moment, Chujun laughed and mocked himself: "Don't even say it, it really has that feel."

"Anyway, for third-party teams like us, except for Teacher Piao's YM which could still compete for a ranking before, the other third-party teams are basically here to accompany the run."

"That's also why my goal has always been the LPL, because the LDL really has no future."

Ye Bo was even more confused upon hearing this: "Then I understand it even less. There are no promotion or relegation tournaments anymore, so from this perspective, these third-party teams should have absolutely no profit to be made. They can't possibly be earning much money at all."

Regarding this point, Wang Chujun was just a worker, so naturally, he could not provide an answer.

"I don't know either. Perhaps those bosses also have an esports dream?"

"Alright then~"

Although many things in the youth training camp were somewhat different from what he had imagined.

But it was clear that Ye Bo still felt very excited and curious about everything here.

Because by coming here, he could be considered to have officially set sail on the first step of his professional career.

However, the system did not display a [Task Completed] notification.

This was actually within Ye Bo's expectations; after all, he hadn't even signed a contract yet, having only signed an "Entry Responsibility Agreement" with the official youth training camp, which clearly did not count as "joining a professional team."

As for the TO team, being able to attract such an "internet celebrity" to draw traffic for them was simply something they could only wish for.

As for Ye Bo himself, he could use their slot to participate in the LDL tournament a month later to earn a ticket and get an early opportunity to showcase himself.

This was a win-win situation.

Just like that.

Ye Bo bid farewell to Wang Chujun and took his [mid21] name tag.

He returned to the dormitory with the status of a "transfer student."

The four people in the dormitory seemed to still be gossiping; hearing the knock on the door, they immediately closed their mouths in tacit understanding and got up to open it.

"Hey, you're back, brother!"

"So, uh... the assistant coach just went to find you, was there something up?"

Ye Bo shook the name tag in his hand and replied naturally: "Nothing much, just telling me about the camp regulations since I just arrived."

The other four exchanged glances and immediately gossiped as they sought to verify their previous guesses.

But just when Ye Bo confessed that he was actually the "Canyon Auntie" who had been the talk of the entire internet for the past two days—

All four of them were visibly surprised and shocked!

"Holy crap! So it was you!"

"I was just saying you looked quite familiar, and your voice too. Wow, man, your stream's camera—don't tell me you were using a landline phone?"

"My god! I watched that match; solo-killing Coin Brother, hard-carrying against JackeyLove and Chicken Lord—a real big shot has arrived!"

"Take off!"

Ye Bo was besieged by a round of flattery from these four, and even for a social butterfly like him, it was a bit embarrassing.

He scratched his head and exchanged a few polite words with them.

However, he suddenly thought of something else.

"There's one thing I need to tell everyone first..."

"That, uh, I might... sleepwalk."

Obviously, no one took this seriously.

But soon, Ye Bo let these few people know the meaning of "sleepwalking."

According to the four's retelling, and whichever big-mouth among them complained about it elsewhere.

This matter was now known to everyone throughout the entire youth training camp, sparking countless discussions.

"I heard that Ye Bo guy, every night when he sleeps, both his hands keep moving rapidly as if he's 'typing on a keyboard' and 'moving a mouse'! Sometimes he even says strange sleep-talk!"

"No, no, no, the scariest part is that even his sleep-talk is all kinds of gaming jargon..."

"Really?"

"Truer than real pearls! One time at three in the morning, he randomly roared, 'Just kite them!' 'Don't waste your ultimate!' 'Is this support Poppy even human?' It scared me awake!"

These supernatural rumors, combined with Ye Bo's subsequent performance, immediately began to become highly entertaining.

Ye Bo truly did not live up to Wang Chujun's expectations.

In the weekly group training at the youth training camp, the TO team led by Ye Bo changed its bottom-tier status and began to reverse the situation with an extremely high win rate!

Second only to the group where mid01 and mid20 were, they leaped to become strong contenders for the "Black Card Team" within the youth training camp.

Originally, everyone in the youth training camp had only heard that an "internet celebrity" had arrived, and that he could sleepwalk, so they watched with a mocking and teasing attitude.

But gradually, it began to evolve into the look of watching a "monster."

"No wonder he's so fierce; damn, is he actually training even while sleeping!"

"Hey, no, he's solo-killed Doinb before, so it's normal for me to get solo-killed, right?"

"Those princelings are annoying enough, and now, damn, there's actually someone coming to the youth training camp to smurf!"

"Going home, going home! Forget being a pro, I'm going to go work in construction!"

If it weren't for the fact that he had already started being precisely targeted with bans, many coaches believed that the TO team even had the strength to challenge for the number one spot within the youth training camp.

And among all this, Ye Bo's performance was absolutely in a league of its own.

It could even be said that he completely overshadowed the existence of his four teammates.

Even the head coach in charge of the youth training camp, Mr. Abu, said bluntly while watching: "This person is definitely the strongest trainee in the last two and a half years; it feels like he's on par with the iBoy I coached back in the day!"

However, when Wang Chujun heard this, he clearly twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment.

He did not quite agree with this statement.

In his view, Ye Bo's performance was definitely more than just a little bit stronger than the former youth training camp bully iBoy!

And what was even more terrifying was.

Ye Bo's evolution speed seemed to be increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye every day.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and it was the midsummer of June.

The summer seasons of the LPL league and the LDL secondary league were both about to officially kick off!

The competition starts tomorrow; I will write the LDL stage in detail~

Rest assured, I will gloss over the bad things and won't feed you guys any crap.

Guaranteed to be nothing but satisfying!

[PS: Today's match was truly dogshit!!! Good thing the protagonist hasn't chosen a team yet; what kind of anti-gank awareness is this from the streamer!]

Asking for votes during the new book period! Asking for follow-up reads!

Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets!

Thanks to the brothers for the support!





(End of chapter)