Chapter 340: Taking Turns to Make Moves! An Endless Stream of Bizarre Confrontations!

"How come Emperor Scale and Alpaca are on?"

Never mind the audience, even the Chinese team players standing on stage were completely bewildered.

Fortunately, the commentators had already received an information update.

"Just before the match, the South Korean representative team's support player Zhao Qianxi applied for a substitution due to 'sudden physical discomfort,' and substitute Kim Hyuk-kyu has come on to play the support position."

The live stream chat appeared extremely lively upon hearing this.

【The Genshin fan is playing deserter~~~ Someone is running away before the battle~~~~】

【The secret second stage of the Ninja Art: Super Escape Illusion: The Shi-Escape!】

【Damn! Why are there so many censored words in this Asian Games stream? Are they even letting people watch!】

【Normal, I can't even type 'Martial Arts Master', it's a violation! What kind of baby bus channel is this?】

【Brothers! The LPL stream seems to have a broadcast! Let's move there!】

By comparison, the LCK stream on the other side, which had started streaming earlier, was also reporting this news through the roaring emperor at the KR commentary desk.

And the LCK stream was already cursing.

【Ya-xi! I knew that bastard BeryL was a mole! He is a mole planted by V5!!!】

【Oppas, you must give him a proper welcome when he's in the military camp, you dog traitor!】

【To be fair, BeryL has a criminal record. I felt he was up to something back then at DWG, otherwise DWG might have won back-to-back titles!】

【Everyone, do you think the other side used off-field tricks? I said back then we had to guard against this! They are here to take revenge on us!】

【It's really possible! Is anyone at the venue? Go watch the network cables and make sure they don't unplug them! Also, be ready to report to the Olympic Committee at any time, don't let them change the rules on the spot, they are definitely here to take revenge on us!】

It is said that those with the heart of a villain see everyone else as a villain.

For a time, the LCK stream was filled with malicious speculation about "off-field tricks."

Meanwhile, BeryL, who was reported as having "sudden physical discomfort," was actually lying comfortably on the back of an esports chair backstage, constantly chewing on healthy, unrestricted snacks he had swiped from the Asian Games Village.

He not only looked perfectly fine, but his face was actually quite rosy, and he was wearing his team uniform as if ready to go on stage at any moment.

At this time, the LPL stream finally connected to the live feed, which had a slight delay.

"Alright, dear viewers, this is still the live commentary brought to you by Wang Duoduo and Chen Jieyan!"

Wang Duoduo’s voice sounded slightly awkward when saying his own name, but his expression looked very happy; he clearly believed his side had gained an advantage from the start.

"The first game really gave everyone a surprise; it was truly unexpected that the South Korean representative team would be missing a person!"

Beside him, Gu Gu also smiled and chimed in: "But I seem to remember this isn't the first time player BeryL has had this kind of accident. Didn't it happen before during the World Championship?"

"Haha, I remember too. That time it seemed like he burned his butt on a radiator, he's just too unlucky..."

One can only say that this kind of thing seems outrageous no matter who it happens to.

Yet it feels quite normal when it happens to BeryL!

After all, during the S9 World Championship, BeryL suddenly posted on a forum that he couldn't play the day after tomorrow—the reason was that he had accidentally sat on a radiator, literally setting his butt on fire.

It resulted in him being unable to sit down to play the match!

Although he only let the substitute play for one game afterward, BeryL gritted his teeth and forced himself to play, competing with the perspective of someone sitting on half a buttock.

Many people also believe this is the reason why that DWG team, which had already been assembled, ultimately hit a Waterloo at S9 and stopped in the quarterfinals, losing to G2!

Seeing the players preparing to head over to flip a coin, Wang Duoduo also gave a final pre-match reminder.

"Before we begin, I must inform everyone that this semifinal uses the 'Global BP' format, which is a best-of-five, and the red and blue sides for the first game will be decided by a coin toss between the players."

Global BP is the current trend, so it is quite reasonable to follow it.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Asian Games originally only played best-of-threes all the way to the finals.

It was due to the South Korean representative team's leadership actively applying for it strongly that it was finally changed to a best-of-five starting from the semifinals.

The management responsible for reviewing the rules didn't understand the game very well, and to prevent the South Korean side from making an issue out of the rules, while also feeling there was nothing wrong with it, they agreed directly without consulting the Chinese representative team.

Little did they know.

This was actually a rule that clearly favored the South Korean representative team!

It was for the same reason as the 6+1 roster.

Global BP is a completely different thing in a best-of-three versus a best-of-five—and it just so happens that the Chinese representative team has a "loophole" in this regard!

At the same time.

This is actually the reason why the South Korean team wanted to pull this "substitution farce" in the first game.

Backstage, BeryL watched Ye Bo get up to flip the coin; even his hand holding the snack couldn't help but stop, and his little fists clenched.

And when Ye Bo saw Deft walking toward him from the very edge, he asked with some concern: "What's wrong, Brother Genshin?"

Deft looked into the other's eyes, seeming to avoid them for a moment.

He feigned calmness, lowered his head, and replied: "Um, I have an upset stomach, I might be fine in a while..."

"Heads or tails."

The neutral referee saw that both sides could speak Chinese, so he simply asked in Chinese.

Both sides stated their choices, and after getting the answer, they walked back to their player benches; when Deft turned his back, there seemed to be some apology in his eyes.

"The Chinese representative team has won the coin toss! They have chosen the blue side for the first game! The match is about to begin!"

The commentary desk quickly reported the side selection result.

"Damn!!" BeryL clutched his head in distress upon hearing the result.

"Master Ye's luck is definitely not right!"

Since the venue only allowed the head coach + one person on stage—the "real coach" who appeared for the South Korean team in the first game was Danny.

Hong Mi and Jin Jingzhu, sitting backstage, both looked toward the side in confusion.

Unfortunately, although both of them had worked in the LPL, their Chinese was terrible; Danny was the only one in the coaching staff who could communicate with BeryL in Chinese.

Hong Mi did offer some comfort: "Don't worry, didn't we have a plan ready? Da Ren and Zhengjun will handle the BP well."

Jin Jingzhu also chimed in to agree.

Only Score, sitting in the center main seat, looked on with disdain and mocked bluntly: "Hmph, leaving the first game to Liang my lord, a guy who almost couldn't even make it out of the regional qualifiers in the LPL—you guys are really trusting!"

"If we lose, this guy! He takes full responsibility!"

The bullying patriarch Score had always been an absolute autocrat within the Gen team, but his authority had weakened significantly after coming here.

Naturally, he was still a bit unhappy inside.

The others didn't dare to say anything, and even had to force a smile along with him.

After all, Kkoma, the only one who could suppress him, was standing on stage, and given Score's seniority, even Li Xianghe sitting next to him had to respectfully call him 'brother'.

"BP has begun! Blue side is the Chinese representative team, red side is the South Korean representative team!"

"The Chinese representative team starts by sending Jax to the ban list, while the South Korean representative team counters by sending Akali to the ban list!"

Wang Duoduo's "standard terminology" was already practiced and proficient; he had specifically studied with Guan Zeyuan to memorize hero names, deliberately avoiding all nicknames and abbreviations.

He could even provide popular science for the audience.

"The Chinese representative team's Akali is undoubtedly something the opponent dares not let out, simply because in the hands of the Chinese representative team's captain, its deterrent power is unparalleled! All the world fears it!"

"As for the Chinese representative team, they banned the powerful Jax from 13.9; it looks like they still want to snatch the meta-strong K'Sante."

First round of bans—

CN: Jax, Gwen, Fiora

KR: Akali, Nautilus, Neeko

As everyone expected, the blue side took K'Sante with their first pick, clearly following the same tactical strategy as before.

"No problem, then we'll take it directly!" Danny, the actual head coach at the venue, commanded excitedly over the voice comms.

The red side immediately made their hero selection.

"The South Korean representative team has picked Aphelios and Varus!?"

"Double marksmen! And it's double marksmen played by the South Korean representative team's two AD players!"

"This can be considered making the best use of everything; after all, if a substitute player can directly play the heroes they are most familiar with, they can also perform at their best. Then the Chinese representative team should also have to pick double marksmen to respond."

The commentary desk speculated on the intention.

The Chinese representative team's player bench at the venue also fell into deep thought.

Looking at it, it really did seem quite reasonable.

Since Deft likely wouldn't achieve particularly good results playing a conventional support, playing the marksman heroes he was most familiar with to play the laning phase was clearly the only way to maximize his utility.

"Master Ye, what are we picking this game?" Head coach Ming Kai turned his head to ask.

"Zeri + Ashe? Jinx + Ashe? Or Tristana + Ashe?"

"I feel..."

Ye Bo did not answer immediately.

He was still thinking about the loose thread he had vaguely sensed just now.

Ye Bo discovered that Deft had been avoiding his eyes the whole time he was speaking earlier.