Chapter 358: Is Ye a Genetically Modified Human!? Setting Out, S13!

By the time Ye Bo arrived at the Shanghai venue, his teammates were already waiting at the entrance.

The five of them, including Beichuan, ran toward him from quite a distance away.

The short-term loan contract for Beichuan, who had been loaned to BLG during the Summer Split, was something He Youjun had specifically mentioned when asking for Ye Bo's opinion, noting that the loan period lasted until just before the World Championship.

Originally, V5 still needed to consider whether to call him back, or at least squeeze some leverage out of his uncle.

Unfortunately, it was ultimately WBG that defeated BLG in the Regional Qualifier to secure the final fourth seed spot, so Beichuan naturally returned to the team to head to S13 together.

Seeing his teammates after a long separation, Ye Bo was in high spirits: "Brother Yuanshen, what's with those dark circles? You didn't stay up all night playing Genshin Impact during the National Day holiday, did you!"

"Wrong!" Beryl waved his finger with a proud look on his face and said solemnly: "Not just Genshin Impact!"

Xun teased: "Master Ye, you look like you're in good shape. You've been resting well these past few days, huh~"

"That's for sure. I'm certain someone must have been slacking off, almost getting crushed by me in a 1v2!"

The group laughed and joked as they walked into the backstage area to wait.

On the way, Beichuan also shyly joined the conversation: "Not to mention, Master Ye's livestream yesterday was too viral; it even spread to overseas websites. I could even see posts discussing that match when I was scrolling through Twitter in the middle of the night!"

"Why are you scrolling through Twitter in the middle of the night... Brother Chuan, take care of your health." Xun gave a cheeky, annoying grin.

"Get lost! Didn't you guys see it? That thing should be very popular; I saw millions of discussions on YouTube and Twitter early yesterday morning!"

"For real?"

Xun, who loves surfing the web, was feeling a bit existential after finishing that match last night, so he went straight to find Shengqiang Ge, who everyone knew was still training to climb the ranks during the holiday, and the two of them duo-queued all night.

The bot lane duo at the base didn't usually spend much time surfing the web.

As for Ye Bo, he was a bit busy.

Just then, the Shanghai venue was still preparing for the departure ceremony, and with nothing to do, the group started eating melons online together.

"Brother Chuan, what keywords should I search?" Xun turned his head to ask.

Beichuan recalled: "Search Master Ye's ID followed by 'genetically modified human'!"

"?? What the heck?"

Everyone was bewildered when they heard this.

As the search results popped up, the discussion surrounding the topic was actually extremely heated, even hanging on the {Twitter Trending List}!

As a niche event originating outside of the mainstream overseas web, this level of spread was absolutely outrageous.

When all the overseas viewers saw with their own eyes the operation completed in an instant as the two screens switched back and forth via Alt+Tab, especially after seeing the final "One Person, Dual-Open Fusion Technique," the comment section and the live chat were clearly going a bit crazy.

[Must eat sour radish!? Oh my god, holy crab, what the f***!!!]

[Is Ye a bit too overpowered?]

[It's no exaggeration to say that if I were the opponent, seeing this first-person video, I would really report this as a script!]

[Ye is too insane. I just want to wait for the World Championship to start now. I must go to the venue this year to appreciate his operations————so does anyone know what to bring to Korea? If I can't eat their kimchi, will there be nothing for me to eat? Do I need to bring a case of US military rations?]

[Is this real? I mean, is this really something a human can do?]

[I now think what Joshrt said on 4chan might be true...]

Below the topic section, there were quite a few images and links to click through.

Shengqiang Ge, who had been addicted to Valorant for a while, saw a familiar ID: "This Joshrt, isn't he the head coach of the G2 Valorant division?"

"Right, he is the 'culprit'!" Beichuan nodded in response.

The foreign 4chan forum is roughly equivalent to the domestic Anti-Pressure Bar.

The difference is that there are very few public figures on the domestic Anti-Pressure Bar, at most only a few team managers acting crazy, while abroad, due to the beloved freedom, public figures basically like to act crazy in public!

And the cause of the matter goes back to the evaluation made on the forum by Joshrt, the head coach of the G2 Valorant division, after seeing the video.

Joshrt: "Not trying to be a buzzkill, but based on my years of coaching experience, this is almost impossible for a human. I guess it might be some kind of 'entertainment livestream' effect; it's probably someone on the side using dual screens to help with the operations~"

"If this is real, then I can only say there's a reason why CN's FPS scene is bad————it's because all their true 'geniuses' have run off to fields they shouldn't be in!"

"Though actually, I'd rather believe these are all genetically modified humans created by CN; I've actually had suspicions about this for a long time!"

Joshrt's first part was still relatively normal, just guessing that Ye Bo might be creating entertainment effects, and then thinking that this kind of ability is useless in MOBA games.

After all, the {positioning} and {hand speed} abilities Ye Bo displayed in the video don't actually provide much of an advantage in a MOBA game like League of Legends, which doesn't require high DPI frequency.

At most, it's like the death-crit effect Ye Bo showed when playing Yone before————it's hard to crush opponents through pure "numerical values" like in an FPS gunfight.

The problem is.

Joshrt specifically put the word "genius" in double quotes, and the next paragraph even brought up an outrageous "android" remark!

Coupled with the current year of 2023, where almost all international FPS tournaments in the CN region have been thoroughly beaten by Europe and America, Europe and America are quite superior in this regard...

Which made the whole passage sound exceptionally sarcastic!

At the same time, Dylanfalco, the coach of the G2 League of Legends division, also liked and retweeted this post, not knowing if it was for content or something else.

And what's outrageous is.

Quite a few European and American netizens actually seemed to believe it!

[Facing genetically modified humans, the West will have no chance of winning; China will dominate this world.]

[In fact, it's just that the other side has blocked the information. China has actually been using human gene-editing technology for decades, while Western countries refuse to use this technology for ridiculous reasons...]

[No wonder their traditional sports projects have been getting stronger and stronger these years! I knew something was wrong!]

[Oh no! Our country is going to perish! Is it too late to apply for CN citizenship now... Or should I apply for a Taiwanese one first to overtake them on a curve?]

Below the cyber-national-perishing, there were also domestic fans who had crossed mountains and seas to watch and were refuting it.

[Why are the LoL division people joining in the fun? It's one thing for those FPS people to have a sense of superiority, but do you LCS and LEC people have no self-awareness?]

[Fun fact: Joshrt is of Korean descent, and Korea was just beaten up at the Asian Games. Those who know, know~~~]

[Give it a rest. If such technology really existed, would it be used for esports? The Great East would definitely give it to the football team first!]

[It's so outrageous that I think the other side might be doing abstract humor, but after thinking about it, they might actually think this way. After all, white people can't accept others being better than them!]

"This is too abstract," Shengqiang Ge sighed.

"It's a good thing. When the time comes, we'll go and give G2 a good spanking; it'll be so satisfying!" Xun couldn't hold back his laughter.

But as he spoke, he suddenly turned his head to the side with a strange look, his tone hesitant.

"Master Ye, speaking of which, you aren't actually a robot, are you?"

At this moment, Ye Bo suddenly became stiff, slowly turned his head, and said in an eerie tone: "What. Do. You. Think."

"Holy crap!!"

The group burst into laughter.

And Beichuan raised his hand again and said: "This is just a small joke. If you ask me, the real joke is over at the LCK side. Do you know what they said after losing the Asian Games..."

He had just wanted to continue, but suddenly caught a glimpse of his two big brothers in the bot lane, and his voice stopped abruptly.

"Ouch, I saw that," Beryl said bluntly, directly complaining: "That person is a real idiot!"

"Too embarrassing!"

Deft also showed an awkward expression————but with his shy personality, it was clearly an awkwardness of "shame," after all, that was something done by people from his own country.

Seeing the reaction of the two big brothers, Beichuan dared to continue searching to show everyone.

The matter goes back to the public opinion earthquake triggered in Korea after the CN national team's Asian Games documentary was released.

Because coincidentally, the KR national team's Asian Games documentary was released on the same day!

And KR's documentary, whether from the perspective of the script or the promotion, revealed a festive atmosphere everywhere. In the words of netizens, it was [celebrating a funeral as a happy event].

Although this is actually quite normal.

After all, even if esports is a pillar industry supported by the state in KR, it's impossible for all Koreans to understand League of Legends.

In the eyes of those who don't understand, being able to win a bronze medal at the Asian Games is already a pretty good honor!