Chapter 165

"What are you laughing at?"

Ye Bo walked into the backstage and found that the top and jungle duo who had gone to the wildcard region and European region to accept interviews were already in the room, laughing loudly.

"Master Ye, why are you so fast? Did the LCK side let you come back so easily?" Barrier asked jokingly.

"I don't know either, that host felt like she was in a hurry to get off work," Ye Bo shook his head and said: "How did you guys finish so fast?"

"The European interview didn't have any content, just insisted on me doing awkward things, wanting me to learn the words you said 'for me' last time," Flandre pinched his throat to imitate the duck voice from the last interview.

"Oh my, Xiaohu!" Barrier stretched out his finger exaggeratedly.

"The wildcard I went to was the Vietnam region... it made me not dare to say more than five words during the whole process! So it ended quickly."

Thinking of the classic jokes made by the Vietnamese translator before, everyone looked at each other and smiled.

"Come quickly, Master Ye, I'll send you a toilet stall position. It's too lively today!"

Ye Bo turned on his phone, and as usual, he first saw the 99+ unread messages filling every app.

He originally planned to reply in bulk as usual.

But when he started to act, he found that the specific number of unread messages this time seemed to be a bit too outrageous!

Compared to the quarter-finals, the semi-finals had perhaps already reached the realm of success, and the attention had increased by more than one magnitude!

From the number of unread messages, one could deeply feel that this time, in addition to relatives, friends, and a group of player friends, even many contacts who were not familiar in the past sent congratulatory messages...

There were even quite a few club management personnel added before coming to EDG.

At that time, when Ye Bo chose a team after reaching the top of the national server, he specifically added information comparisons for 16 LPL teams, and he hadn't deleted them later.

Of course, due to the existence of management regulations, these management personnel didn't talk about "sensitive topics," they were all just polite words of congratulations.

But the purpose was very clear... it was to prepare for the subsequent transfer window!

If the results are good within the region, one can still forcibly say that they only know how to fight internal wars.

If the performance in the group stage is good, one can still forcibly say that BO1 doesn't explain anything.

But after the quarter-finals were over, actually everyone had nothing to say, at most they could be a bit more forced, and insist that it was just a third seed...

But the semi-finals, facing the LCK number one seed that everyone regarded as the favorite to win the championship, facing the "LCK number one mid laner Chovy" that many voices were talking about —————— the result didn't change in the slightest!

Including these club management personnel, they already knew what they had missed.

And in the friend request list, there was even a message from the person in charge of RNG.

Back then, after Ye Bo received the call from the person in charge of RNG, he hung up without even listening to the words. This person in charge felt that this rookie was too "arrogant," and later deliberately didn't make any efforts again.

Can only say if it could start over...

Ye Bo rejected the friend request, then replied to the messages in bulk, and carried out normal communication.

Switching out of the interface, seeing the long string of messages in the pinned "Loving Family," it was clear that they were watching the live broadcast of the event in real-time.

Ye Bo immediately hung up the video call happily.

"Hey Mom! Am I amazing or not!"

Ye Bo held the front camera at close range to ask for praise.

"Son! You played well, son! You, this demolition genius, are too amazing!" Ye Ying's tone was as excited as a female fan in the front row of the audience.

"Why didn't you turn on the camera, where's Dad?"

"Your dad and I were just about to go to work, your dad has a bit of a cold recently~" Ye Ying finished casually and continued: "I feel this demolition genius is very suitable for me, wait for you to come back after the match next week and teach your mom!"

Ye Bo showed a bright smile to the camera.

Although he liked communicating with the audience and fans under the spotlight, in comparison, he enjoyed the current environment more.

"Okay, it's just a pity that I probably can't play Daji this time in this S-series~ otherwise watch me definitely get you a championship skin back!"

Ye Ying's tone clearly carried full smiles, and she corrected him instead: "What Daji, that's Nine-Tailed Fox!"

"It doesn't matter, your dad and I have already agreed, when the time comes, whatever skin you choose, we will both practice that hero together."

"We both believe you can definitely do it!"

The match time for S12 was quite hellish, all starting at five o'clock in the morning in the country.

Fortunately, these three games of EDG could be called a speedrun. Watching the three games was just in time for work, and the ratings were much better than the last one.

After some pleasantries and care, he hung up the phone, and Ye Bo's face was still overflowing with unstoppable happiness.

Barrier leaned over very enviously: "Auntie is really good, Master Ye, I really envy you."

Ye Bo also felt that he was very lucky to have the same hobbies as his mom, and even be able to discuss his work and hobbies with his mom.

Flandre also seemed to have some feelings, full of pride: "Hey, this is the parent of an esports genius like us. I remember my first computer was when I got full marks in both Chinese and math in elementary school and was first in the class, my mom bought it for me."

"Really, Sheng Sheng Qiang Ge? You even got full marks in Chinese and math!?" Barrier asked with suspicion: "When was that?"

"First grade of elementary school!"

The corners of Ye Bo's mouth split to his ears, and he swiped to exit the interface.

Using the link sent in the group, he accurately teleported to the best squatting position.

Before, he felt it wasn't very good to look at these things, but now every time the match ends and he doesn't open it to look for a while, he always feels like something is missing.

Really fragrant!

The semi-finals had just ended not long ago, and it was still early morning in the country, but the netizens' energy was still extremely abundant.

Looking at the number of participants in the scoring post, it had only been a short while and it had already broken four digits. The popularity of this semi-final could be seen!

Ye Bo clicked in.

What came into view was his own makeup photo, which had unsurprisingly become the hottest floor.

【Welcome to: The comment section that makes the LCK comment section gnash its teeth!】

【☆︶（^v^）︶★: Oi! This Ziggs, feels a bit hot.】

【The true human body of Sylas! He can do things that other heroes can't do themselves. This is simply Sylas himself!】

【The hand was too heavy, it beat Chovy into a wonton! And it's a brown sugar wonton —————— both red and Tang!】

【Master Ye's hero pool is really scary, should I say that his luck is a bit good? It's fine that the meta heroes are all his signature ones, and he can pull out off-meta monsters like Nunu, Pyke, and Ziggs at any time. Don't be too outrageous!】

【This is not luck, this is being chosen by heaven!】

【Carrying the team forward last week, stepping on Samsung directly this week, Master Ye, let's charge again!】

【I choose Ye to be the leader! He can lead the club to win the championship!】

【The plot of the domestic mid laner finally has hope!】

Ye Bo was admiring under the post, and many audiences were spontaneously making GIFs of the wonderful highlights of the match.

From another angle, looking at his own flash of inspiration on the field, he had a different feeling.

And from the perspective of visual experience, netizens thought that the wave where Ziggs did three somersaults in the air, as if starting from the center line of the field, a super "three-step layup" with an ultimate to the faces of the crowd, was the most stunning "Triple-Ring Ejection."

However, Ye Bo himself felt that the most difficult operation was actually that wave of "Forced Kidnapping · Emperor's Divide."

Although "Hijack" looked more flashy.

But that operation, whether for hand speed, reaction, or coordination, could be said to be Ye Bo's own true peak state!

If it were himself who had just stepped onto the professional stage, even if he had practiced this wave hundreds of times in the training camp in advance, the success rate in actual combat would not be very high.

And the reason why he was able to operate that wave, besides the fact that the two were {Sylas} and {Azir}, the two heroes he had used the most recently, relying on the proficiency bonus of nearly "double level seven."

More importantly, there was the {Basic Talent Enhancement} training he had already digested before.

The improvement of various basic talents, although it didn't seem to have too many "intuitive" changes, and couldn't make Ye Bo directly crush his opponents through basic abilities.

But at this extreme moment, it was exactly what tested this ability!

It was equivalent to an existence that could truly raise the "upper limit."

There was also a picture in the floor that was moved from Weibo.

The content of the picture was the photo of Ye Bo's sudden surge of emotion after the quarter-finals ended, standing up and roaring at the audience, which received strange "huge attention" on Weibo.

But the focus of the picture was the comment section!

【So handsome and sunny, I love it, I didn't expect an internet-addicted teenager to be handsome too...】

【Family members, who understands, I only play Honor of Kings, but I was actually attracted by an LOL player, tell me his Weibo quickly!】

【Okay, I've tagged him for you @Daidaidashixiong】

【I really like this kind of contrast between an innocent big boy off the field and killing everyone on the field, ah ah ah ah ah ah.】

【The comments from this group of people are a bit scary.】

【It's like this, classic watching esports games just for the face. People post so many GIF operations, but no one in the comment section discusses the operations!】

Ye Bo looked at the comments in the picture, which gave him even more goosebumps than seeing those suspected gay comments before.

He couldn't help but be glad that he didn't download Weibo!

Hurriedly exited the post and slid down.

Right next to it was Chovy's scoring content.

The number of comments here was almost on par with Ye Bo's.

And in such a three-zero match, having such a level of popularity, besides the crushing, one can imagine why!

【Chovy: Sorry, the minion addiction acted up, hehe.】

【Chovy clasped his hands together to ask for help from the Hall of Valor, and the only response was a sound of unknown language: 'Enter the ¥@ top four%... even if successful!'】

【Not buddy, is your Hall of Valor serious? Did you connect to the obstetrics department by mistake?】

【No! This should be a hammer, because Chovy doesn't know Chinese characters, he used voice input, and it was directly transferred to the 'Infant Hall'!】

【Really amazing, these left and right hands, it's like me in another world. Left hand collector, right hand Hydra —————— one only knows how to K, one only knows how to farm!】

【I can only say it's a pity, Chovy was born in the wrong era. Now Red Alert games aren't popular, otherwise he would simply be invincible! Just crazily farming minions outside, if you want the base, I'll give it to you, anyway, I can pull out ten base vehicles!】

【Does Chovy have OCD? It feels like as long as you suppress him by a little bit of CS, he seems to have to chase it back immediately, even the Dragon Soul and Elder Dragon can be ignored —————— so I have a plan, when playing against Chovy, you can give all the minion waves and jungle monsters to the mid laner before the resource team fight. If the CS exceeds Chovy, Chovy will be anxious and ignore the resources and go to farm!】

Compared to these general global comments.

Some people also discovered more outrageous details when reviewing the match after the match!

For example, there were several waves where there were clearly opportunities to roam, but the Ryze in the third game just didn't choose to roam, preferring to go around the road to eat an extra bite at his own F6.

For example, some people also discovered that the GEN team seemed to know about this "little hobby" of the opponent.

The whole team, including Ruler, everyone, even when "clearing wards," would specially hold back and leave the 1 minion kill for Azir to A —————— even if the AD had already raised his hand, he would immediately hold back the blade!

Wave after wave of outrageous operations triggered a sharp review.

【It is recommended to send Chovy to the 38th parallel immediately, there are many minions there! That is the place where his talent should be exerted!】

【Good, good, go be a filler baby, right?】

【First of all, putting aside the base, I just ask you, is his CS high or not!】

【Don't blacken him! Do you know how expensive the plane tickets are during the epidemic? Chovy is farming three lanes to scrape together plane ticket money for the whole team! He warmed me and I cried!】

【Is there a possibility that Chovy has a system, and the system requires him to suppress ten minions before he can join the team fight?】

【Wrong! Actually, Chovy signed a 'Minion Contract.' As long as the CS per minute is lower than a certain number, he will be deducted wages. It's from the same law firm as Left Hand's 'KDA Contract'!'】

Although GEN could be three-zeroed, it certainly couldn't all be one person's fault.

For example, some people also made an objective evaluation of the performance of the whole GEN team in this BO5 —————

"Master Roshi would have to say after watching this match: Oh my, Turtle!"

However, because the performance of the opposing mid laner in the three games formed a sharp contrast, plus the performance of Ryze in the third game could indeed be called a disaster, it led to him becoming the attractor of the main firepower.

And under this post, people were discussing and analyzing why Chovy would have this kind of performance year after year.

Obviously, despite the reasons for the LCK region and Riot officials wanting to "create a god" to replace the aging Faker.

But since Chovy could become this candidate, his talent and strength were naturally beyond doubt.

Debuting at his peak, during his debut in 2019, he once achieved a terrifying record of 44 kills, 1 death, and 60 assists in more than a dozen games, creating the world's first outrageous record of "100+ KDA"!

At that time, everyone even said that this was an unprecedented record that would be difficult for anyone to break in the future!

However, the first year was a quarter-final due to lack of experience, the second year was a quarter-final due to still growing, the third year, the fourth year, the fifth year...

These continuous setbacks could already be said to be a problem with his mentality.

【I can only say that the talent is indeed there, but this world has never lacked talented people. The one who can truly walk to the top is not necessarily the one with the most talent!】

【Geniuses are often sensitive and fragile. Those who can stand up again after breaking are actually the true geniuses.】

【Pointing at Ye, right?】

【That's not right either. Master Ye has never broken either. Why can he have this mentality? In the end, it's just not being in the right position, being blown to a position that doesn't belong to him and being reluctant to come down. You can't blame others for affecting your mentality.】

Ye Bo had some feelings when he saw these words.

Chovy's laning was indeed the opponent he felt was the most "exquisite" so far, with almost no obvious flaws, just a difference in playstyle.

Ye Bo could even clearly feel that if we only talk about "talent," the other party should still be above his current self.

So having talent alone might really not be enough.

At least, everyone's degree of "desire" for the championship is really different.

Thinking of this, Ye Bo turned his head and silently looked at Flandre, who was still laughing and playing with Barrier.

Flandre, who debuted in S4, could also be considered to have debuted at his peak, a proper genius teenager back then.

However, if you only look at his professional career for the first seven years, he didn't even enter the S-series once. The closest time even brought him serious injury sequelae, but it was still a step away.

Just looking at these seven years, there must be quite a few people who would say: "What roadside," "CJB," "Empty name"..........

But if he had given up at that time, or just "laid flat" and gave up on himself ————— then there would be no legendary story of entering the S-series for the first time in the eighth year and directly becoming the first domestic championship top laner.

As for mentality.

Ye Bo still had to think of the help Old Deng Bo gave him.

Although in essence they should be considered the same person.

But without Old Deng Bo, he didn't know if he would have such a firm heart when he reached this step.

"Master Ye, why are you looking at me like that... I report! Zhao Lijie just opened a small account under the post to stir things up, it has nothing to do with me!"

"Hey!! Master Ye, don't listen to his nonsense, I didn't stir you up, I was stirring up the Factory Manager, stirring up the Factory Manager is easy to get experience points............. Ouch!"

A flick to the head instantly invaded the jungle: "Zhao Lijie, I haven't settled the account from just now with you!"

"Bullying, someone is bullying..."

At this time, Meiko and Viper also returned after accepting interviews one after another.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw Chang Wei beating Lai Fu.

And just as everyone was packing their things and preparing to leave, Meiko suddenly handed his phone to the Factory Manager.

"Factory Manager, look who this is!"

Everyone curiously leaned over.

I saw the video call interface on the phone screen, which was exactly a gentle and shy face, with a fleshy big round face next to it.

"Oh my, Hyuk-kyu!"

Mingkai looked happy when he saw his old teammate.

"Long time no see." Deft on the other side greeted in fairly standard Chinese.

"Congratulations on entering the finals, I knew you guys could definitely do it."

Deft's congratulations were clearly sincere.

Just like the EDG group was also nervous watching their matches before, they all hoped that each other could go further............. until this scene at this moment.

Both sides greeted each other, and Mingkai enthusiastically introduced everyone to the other side.

On the opposite side, there was only the bottom lane duo who were stuck together, and Beryl waved at everyone foolishly.

"Really, I am looking forward to this final, no matter the result......... this should be the best ending," Deft said with a smile, his words seeming to have deep meaning.

Mingkai hugged Ye Bo, Meiko hugged Viper, and the top and jungle brothers stood on the side.

"We are too."

"Hyuk-kyu, this time we are different, we won't show mercy!"

Mingkai said while patting Ye Bo's shoulder toward the camera.

There seemed to be a cluster of hot fire in the eyes of both sides.

Besides the burning desire for the championship, there was something else.

However, Ye Bo noticed.

Beryl on the side seemed to have been "curiously" looking at himself............

(End of chapter)