Chapter 257: Fountain-diving on-site!

The London venue was extremely jubilant, with glow sticks creating waves of light that rose higher and higher in the stands!

"Push the base! Push the base and we win!" Miller, witnessing the main crystal explode from the commentary desk, reached the peak of excitement. His voice cracked as he roared with genuine emotion: "Three to zero!!!"

"There's no chance at all! Even with both sides swapping tactical systems, V5 remains the final winner! They are the first to advance to the Winners' Bracket Finals!"

WaWa waved his fists, his words slurring: "Gen. G is known as the undefeated king and elite of the LCK this Spring Split, but our V5 plays against elites! We play against undefeated champions!"

As soon as the main crystal shattered, the director immediately shifted the camera to the players' seats on stage.

The stadium spotlights were at full power, aimed at the brand-new MSI background setup in the center of the stage and the stages on both sides, making the stark contrast in emotions between the two teams clearly visible.

The entire V5 squad immediately took off their headsets, huddled together, and laughed and talked excitedly.

The Gen. G players' seats, however, seemed to portray a scene of misery, completely out of place with the roaring cheers of the crowd, their faces looking extremely grim.

But just as the director was about to focus the camera on the winners, their attention was suddenly drawn to an excited figure wearing a V5 jersey, running out from the passage in the middle of the stage with arms wide open.

After running out, that figure actually ran—in an incredibly smooth and natural way—straight toward the Gen. G player stage on the right!

The sharp-eyed director immediately zoomed in.

And Beichuan, who had run onto the stage in a state of selfless excitement, only realized something was wrong when he reached the middle of the player seats.

Looking through the gap in the gaming chairs, that jersey... it looked different from the one he was wearing!

He looked back to the other side and happened to lock eyes with Doran, who was leaning against the edge of his seat with a face full of sorrow. When Doran saw the jersey on the other person, his face turned black instantly.

"Who's shouting?"

Peanut, who hadn't taken off his headset yet, only heard "Nice! Nice!! Nice!!!" constantly coming from right behind him.

He turned to look and saw someone running past him from behind.

"It seems to be someone from V5." Doran's voice grew quieter until it was inaudible, but it still attracted the attention of the entire Gen. G team.

This scene, which was full of entertainment value, appeared in the livestream and immediately amused everyone.

【Holy crap! Chuan!】

【Three to zero!!! V5 is awesome!!!】

【This V5 team is just strong; they can even field six people, and there's even someone specifically responsible for fountain-diving on-site after the match!】

【Strange, isn't Beichuan a jungler? Why did he pick Rakan and even use Grand Entrance?】

【Beichuan walked behind Peanut and whispered against his moist earlobe, his warm words making Peanut instantly feel hot and unbearable: "Is that it? Is that it? Is that it? I feel like I could do it too if I were up there~"】

【Iron horse leaves no trace on frost and snow, substitute rushes the fountain after the match!】

The LCK livestream on the other side had completely exploded.

Countless trolls who poured in to add fuel to the fire were still at it, remotely detonating the emotions that had been suppressed for three games and had nowhere to vent.

【The shame is complete! Are these five Gen. G players Korean? I think they are just traitors sent over by the LPL! They don't even want their faces anymore!】

【They're even mocking us to our faces after the match, it's an insult! They are insulting us!!!】

【Heh, the second seed goes home without winning a single game in an international tournament, and the first seed gets three-zeroed; they deserve to be insulted~】

【Be optimistic, look at the bright side, at least this wasn't done by the same team; everyone being equally rotten means no one is rotten!】

【Where's the referee! Where is the referee! Hurry up and give this person a red card and kick him off the stage—what do you mean he was already off-stage?】

【In our game, this is called sneaking through Yinping and taking Shu Han directly!】

On the V5 side, everyone watched Beichuan running over from the opposite side and laughed heartily.

"Brother Chuan, I was wondering why you hadn't come out yet; turns out you ran to the other side to steal a kill~~" Xun pulled him over and teased him.

"Damn, it's all your fault for urging me on voice chat, I really went the wrong way..."

To be fair, this really wasn't intentional on Beichuan's part.

The coach's position in the backstage area looks at the broadcast position, which is the left side facing the camera—and anyone who has been backstage at a match knows that the backstage entrance position is reversed; the left side on stage is actually the right side of the broadcast position.

The problem is, Beichuan didn't know that!

After all, he had neither been to MSI nor had he ever been on stage at a live event; he had absolutely no experience with this.

The Gen. G members on the other side were demonstrating what it meant to be soul-crushed, with not a hint of spirit visible in their eyes.

Looking at the V5 members walking toward them, their inner feelings were extremely complicated.

Although they were not eliminated after losing this match and could be said to still have a chance for a rematch, it was still possible to get revenge on the MSI final stage.

But as the first seed, as the only remaining hope for the entire region, and as the team everyone expected to have a fierce battle with V5 before the match—the result was contributing three such incredibly ugly games!

The blow to their own morale and that of the regional audience is hard to describe in words.

Doran, whose mentality was extremely poor, looked like he was slumped on his chair at this moment.

Although he didn't seem to have any major mistakes in these three games, in reality, if you focused on the top lane, you would find that Doran gave away small opportunities for no reason in almost every game; he was definitely a hidden culprit.

It was just that there were more obvious existences among the others, which made him look slightly less miserable.

Peanut next to him still looked normal, his mind just constantly replaying the "Nice, nice, nice" that had come from behind him just now.

Still the same saying, compared to Peanut's Waterloo of a life, this defeat wasn't even particularly slippery.

By comparison.

Chovy's expression was clearly off when he saw Ye Bo coming over to shake hands!

Although this Tristana didn't look as miserable as the Ryze in the second game.

But this was the result after his mentality had nearly collapsed and he had been counter-picked.

Just like that, several bizarre operations in the game kept flashing back in Chovy's mind... especially the humiliation of being solo-killed by that Azir who pushed him into a corner where he couldn't move, and being pinned to the wall and stabbed in front of everyone!

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a tightening in his throat, and the nausea surging up from his chest became even stronger!

He hurriedly raised his left hand to cover his mouth to suppress it.

This scene was just seen by Ye Bo, who walked over and reached out to bump fists. Seeing Chovy reach out with his hand again, he couldn't help but shrink back.

This left hand is no good!

Chovy also knew that Left Hand was a bit "unclean," so he quickly retracted his hand and switched to his right to fist-bump his opponent.

And Ye Bo came to his old teammate Viper and gave him a warm hug.

Viper barely squeezed out a smile in response: "You're too strong; you were really scary when you were on the other side."

Ye Bo knew that it wasn't appropriate for him to say anything comforting at this time, so he just made an energetic gesture of encouragement: "Keep it up! We still have a chance to meet in the finals!"

The smile Viper squeezed out became even stiffer.

Until he bumped fists with another old teammate, Flandre, and separated, and after turning around, it disappeared completely in an instant.

From Viper's perspective, the "key commands" that led to the collapse of the situation in two consecutive games seemed to be his own doing.

In the first game, he commanded the support to gank the mid lane, only to be killed. In the third game, after the dragon was stolen, he commanded a push mid, only to be wiped out!

At this moment, after experiencing it himself, he finally understood the weight Ye Bo carried in the team last year, as well as the "responsibility" he silently shouldered.

Commanding is really not that simple.

A good commander can play a role in turning the tide and changing everything.

A bad commander will directly lead everyone into a ditch, or even directly lead to losing a game!

It can only be said that Viper, having been at EDG for so many years, still doesn't understand the LPL enough.

After all, there is a team in the LPL commanded by an ADC big brother; they are professionally only there to do big things and only there to make a mess!

Actually, there are precedents for everything.

Walking at the end, Deft also nodded to Score, who had also rushed to the stage with a gloomy face.

The other party also barely adjusted his expression to respond.

Deft and Score debuted in the same period, and it was precisely after Deft returned to the LCK from EDG that Score became his first teammate.

If we talk about the KT of the S8 season back then, it was also seen as the "most hopeful to win the championship" LCK team, but unfortunately, it was finally defeated 3-2 by the champion IG of that year, falling on the road to chasing dreams.

Time flies, and the old teammates who debuted in the same period are still fighting on the field, still constantly moving forward to pursue that dream of the past.

Looking at Score himself, he had long since retreated behind the scenes, and now he could only point out the country behind the team opposite him...

Not long after sighing.

Score withdrew his mind, his eyes becoming sharp again as he stared at the five backs in front of him.

The match ended, and the Copper Box Arena was bustling with activity, with no one leaving.

The V5 members received interview invitations from different regions, while Ye Bo and BeryL stayed on the main stage to accept invitations.

During the wait, the local London-accented English commentators were still on stage giving post-match commentary as a bridge.

Ye Bo saw that one of the commentators looked a bit familiar, so he curiously tilted his head and asked: "Brother Yuanshen, can you understand what they are saying?"

BeryL's undergraduate degree played a huge role, and he used broken Chinese to translate.

One of the three official commentators at the London venue was Froskurinn, nicknamed "Cat," a foreign female host who used to work at the LPL English desk and was well-known for her white-haired look that resembled Riven's original art.

At the same time, she was also well-known as the most "orthodox" "LPL fan" and "Uzi fan" in the foreign region!

You could hear a thing or two from the post-match commentary.

Cat shook her tattooed arms and said bluntly: "So crazy! V5 is too strong; I think this team definitely has the possibility of taking over from EDG as the new face of the LPL!"

"Especially in my opinion, Ye is already a local player who can rival Uzi as the greatest in the LPL! He is simply even more terrifying than Uzi was at his peak!"

The neutral commentator Pierce next to her chimed in: "Oh, you know, I've always been a fan of Ye; he's incredibly strong!"

"As for the other old champions, I wish them good luck."

But another bearded commentator who supported the LCK region was very dissatisfied with the remarks of the two, especially the such praise for the "culprit" Ye.

He couldn't help but subconsciously retort: "You can't say it like that; Uzi has the only Asian Games championship in the world right now—you know, there have been 12 S-championships, but only one Asian Games championship! I don't think Ye is there yet!"

Pierce continued to chime in: "No no no, I don't think so; just tell me... does the Asian Games have skins?"

Cat stopped refuting when she heard the former praising her idol, just following along: "But I think Ye will definitely represent CN in the Asian Games in the second half of the year; this is worth looking forward to!"

The bearded man continued to refute: "Hmph, don't be happy too early; when it comes to heritage, the LCK region is deep; the Asian Games are not about a single team..."

"Besides, this MSI is not yet decided; Gen. G is clearly in extremely poor condition today, and I am still very optimistic that Gen. G can adjust and kill their way back to the finals!"

"The most competitive JDG in the losers' bracket has already lost to them before; will they lose if they fight again? I don't think so."

Talking about the LCK, Cat continued to smile and retort: "If historical matchups can be used as a reference, then MSI doesn't need to be played; in the past five years, the LPL has won four MSI championships; MSI is their home field!"

The bearded man looked disdainful: "Heh, let's wait and see."

Ye Bo listened to BeryL's translation and couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.

"Why are there so many trolls abroad too?"

Because there were still many segments on-site today, the interview process on the main stage was very simple.

Ye Bo was mainly asked some questions about game operations, and he still "smuggled private goods" to promote his team's highlight videos.

While BeryL was asked some global questions.

Such as his views on this match.

He was also very humble, answering in slightly stumbling Chinese: "This bo3, we did quite well; there are good things and shortcomings, and overall there are still many places that can be made up for..."

The translator translated the original sentence as usual, but it ended up stunning the host on-site.

"B, bo3?"

"Oh oh oh bo5, sorry, my Chinese is not very good, hehe."

Actually, it was mainly because this was the first time MSI used this {all-bo5} double-elimination format; otherwise, this stage of MSI had indeed been a bo3 stage in the past.

Subsequently, Ye Bo and BeryL also answered some interesting questions about the team, such as the answer about the command authority, which were all answered frankly.

It's just that the frankness of the two had a bit of an "angle deviation."

Ye Bo said: "We usually command together, there is no need to listen to anyone in particular, this is more conducive to checking for gaps and reducing blind spots in vision."

BeryL answered: "It's mainly me; usually when Master Ye is operating, I am the one commanding, and when the opinions are the same, I am also the one commanding; only when the opinions are different is it him commanding."

【Summary: Listen to me when there's nothing going on, listen to him when there's something going on!】

【This Original God brother's aggressiveness is really boundless: "I thought we were playing a bo3?"】

【Oh my, this bo3 is not bad, V5 didn't even think Gen. G could win a game!】

【Didn't expect Brother Yuanshen to be the king of trash talk! Think about how someone racks their brains to squeeze out a few farts in the BB space every time they win a match, but it's not as good as someone's casual talent—I want to howl~~~】

【The farce is completely over!】

【Don't be anxious, the farce is over, the comedy is about to begin, JDG, put in some effort! Send Gen. G to catch up with T1's flight!】

In addition to V5 facing the winner of the lower half 2-0, G2, which is fixed, and the winner of the final 3-0 will go straight to the final stage.

The other teams need to continue to compete for seats.

Of course, everyone knows the suspense of the confrontation between the other teams; only the battle between JDG, who just sent T1 away, and Gen. G, who was just knocked over, will be the most important focus battle.

Obviously.

The confrontation in the lower half is more cruel, and it is even very likely to create new history...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 258 =====