Chapter 353: Gold medal! Glory and pride!

The spotlights on the arena dome converged on the central stage, and the roars of tens of thousands of people in different languages collided and merged in the air, finally turning into a deafening tsunami of cheers.

"Congratulations to the Chinese team! Becoming the champions of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Esports League of Legends event!"

"After 5 years! The League of Legends Chinese national team has once again won the championship!"

Wang Duoduo shouted passionately from the commentary booth.

"At the same time, I must tell all the viewers."

"The first esports gold medal in the history of the Asian Games also belongs to us! Belongs to the Chinese esports League of Legends event!"

The scene ignited again.

Because the League of Legends event was deliberately scheduled for the first match, this was also the first gold medal born in the Asian Games esports event.

And at the very beginning, the one that should have opened first was actually the "Honor of Kings" event.

—After all, the probability of the Honor of Kings team not winning gold was lower than the possibility of "Saudi Arabia first beheading Taipei, then beheading South Korea, and finally defeating CN to win gold in one fell swoop"!

But in the end, due to the perfect performance of the Chinese national team, and the expectation that the final was almost a sure thing.

This honor ultimately fell to the League of Legends event, which had the most suspense and attention.

This time.

The Chinese national team did not disappoint anyone.

And although the Asian Games, in terms of "gold content," certainly cannot compare to the S-series, or even the intensity of MSI.

After all, five temporarily assembled players training together for a month certainly cannot compare to a team that has been polished into an iron plate.

But this was the first time an esports event had stepped onto a traditional sports extravaganza like the Asian Games—no matter how it develops in the future, at least the first champion of the Asian Games will always belong to League of Legends!

At the same time, being able to openly represent the country to raise the national flag and play the national anthem, wearing a team uniform embroidered with the national flag, hanging a gold medal, and receiving honors recognized and acknowledged by the state.

The special significance attached to this is something that no amount of so-called gold content can compare to.

It's probably like the Champions League and the World Cup in football; the competitive pressure of the latter is significantly lower than the former, but every high-level football player will definitely want to go to the World Cup to represent their country!

It's like South Korea; even if they win 10 S-series championships, they don't have the qualification for "military service exemption"—only an Asian Games gold medal or an Olympic medal can have this privilege!

The barrage in the live stream room was also celebrating.

【Damn, it feels so good, brothers!!!】

【We are the champions! We are the champions again! We are still the champions! We are always the champions!】

【To be fair, Master Ye's record should already be the "Fastest Grand Slam in History," right? He won a Prestige Grand Slam in his first year! It really feels like there will be no one after him!】

【Do we still need to add so many qualifiers? How many of the things and operations he has done will have anyone after him~~~】

【It really is, I unilaterally declare that if Master Ye finishes killing from EDG, and can really lead V5 to complete the Golden Road this year, he will be directly booked for the status of the greatest mid laner in history!】

【I can only say Master Ye deserves it!!】

All the Chinese spectators who came to the scene to watch the match seemed to share the honor.

Everyone's face was full of genuine joy and pride, and Ye Bo's parents in the front row were also infected by the atmosphere of the scene, shouting along with a group of young people.

"That's great, son! You're the best!"

"You are Mom's pride!!!"

Ye Ying, who was shouting like a fan girl, had tears welling up in her eyes as she shouted, but the pride and honor on her cheeks were overflowing.

Ye Xiong, who was beside her, reached out and touched her shoulder; although he resisted shouting along, he was also looking at the center of the stage with a brighter smile than ever before, his eyes also filled with relief and pride.

"Uncle! Auntie is so passionate!" A student-looking fan next to them struck up a conversation with Ye Xiong: "Are you also Master Ye's fans!! I am too!"

"He is my son."

Ye Xiong said faintly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was clearly thicker, almost having a tendency to become a crooked mouth.

However, the student fan who heard this had a weird look on his face, turned his head, and whispered to his companion.

"??"

"I've seen a lot of mom fans, but this is really the first time I've seen a dad fan."

As middle-aged people of the older generation, let alone traditional world events like the Asian Games, even winning a gold medal at a municipal games would be an incredibly glorious thing.

In their impression, those who could stand in that position at the Asian Games were all people who could only be seen on TV.

But at this moment, the one who was shrouded in the central spotlight, receiving everyone's attention and cheers, was their own child.

After shaking hands with Karsa, SwordArt, and the others from the Taipei team.

Ye Bo and his teammates returned to the center of the stage with smiles on their faces to bow and pay tribute, then walked back to the player tunnel to prepare for the later award ceremony.

Just as they stepped into the backstage, Clearlove and the EDG jungle-support duo were already waiting at the door, hugging everyone tightly with extreme excitement.

"Yo ho! Mooched a gold medal, mooched a gold medal~~~~" Barrier joked with an optimistic mentality.

And Meiko, who was listening on the side, showed a slightly awkward expression.

After all, Barrier had played a game before when they played against Vietnam in the quarterfinals, but he really hadn't played a single game, and at least he had played two games in 2018.

But soon he let it go.

With his state this year being even worse than Liu Qingsong's, and the opponent almost being broken through in the last few games, Meiko knew very well that if he had gone up, the result wouldn't have changed, and it might have even been worse.

"Substitute Grand Slam" is a substitute Grand Slam.

How is a solo champion not a champion? How is a 10th-anniversary skin not a skin!

How is a substitute Grand Slam not a Grand Slam!

And Clearlove looked at Ye Bo, his eyes filled with intense emotion, as if he had thousands of words to say but didn't know where to start.

"Master Ye, I didn't expect that both of my dreams would actually be realized. Thank you."

Flandre, who was beside him, was a bit curious and started to cosplay Wang Feng's swivel chair question: "Manager, what is your dream?"

Ye Bo actually knew.

Because he had watched a documentary a few years ago, and Clearlove, who had already retired at the time, once said that his dream after that was to "make up for the regrets of his player days."

He wanted to be a coach, lead a team to win the championship, and even eventually become the head coach of the national team to compete in the Asian Games and the Olympics...

Presumably, even Clearlove himself didn't expect it.

His previous goal was "indirectly completed" last year due to the pandemic—and this year, thanks to a casual recommendation by Ye Bo at the time, he actually overtook on a curve and truly completed the second one!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying that Ye Bo helped him complete it.

"Where are we even at~" Ye Bo said to cheer him up: "Let's work hard together! I'll see you on the field when you officially coach next year!"

Clearlove was just about to say something, feeling a bit moved. ===== CHAPTER 354 =====