Chapter 11: Factory Chief, I'm Your Fan!

April 17, Sunday.

The third game day of the playoffs, the day of the semifinals.

In the afternoon, the team gathered and headed to the match venue.

"Where is Dade? Why didn't Dade come?" Lin Ke looked around in the car.

Cui Jiaolian replied, "Yuzhen said he's not going to the venue today; anyway, he can't play."

"No, he has to go."

Lin Ke said firmly, "If the situation changes, it's better to have him present than absent, right? Duo Xun, go get Dade up here, and tell him to remember to bring his bag."

"OK." Swift acted quickly.

Doinb felt a sudden tightness in his chest.

"What does that mean?"

"Going to the venue is going to the venue, and you specifically told him to bring his external equipment bag— isn't it said he can't play in the playoffs?"

"Dongmen, what should we do?"

Da B nudged Xu Dongmen, who was sitting by the window with earphones listening to music, with his elbow; the latter completely ignored it.

"What's there to panic about? Relax, it's fine." Xu Dongmen kept listening to music.

Dade got in the car, and everyone set off.

At this very moment, the first semifinal match has already begun.

"Holy crap, I looked away for a second and RNG is already up 2-0?"

"The mid/jungle gap is a bit big; Mlxg has leveled up."

"I feel like we're behind across the board; RNG's form is kinda scary!"

RNG vs WE!

2-0, RNG has taken three match points.

"Go, tell Lao Huang to drive faster; if we're late we'll get fined, and the officials are being harsh!"

Lin Ke glanced at his watch.

It's 2:30 now; this match started at 1:00.

If they keep playing like this, WE won't even last until 3:30.

The penalty fees are trivial; the main worry is that rushed timing will affect the match.

The good news is, WE won back one game in the third.

At that moment, the QG crew happened to arrive at the Hongqiao Tianji Performing Arts Center.

They went backstage, found a makeup artist to tidy up, and everyone instantly felt much more energized.

"Holy crap, Mlxg got the big dragon taken again!"

"Hahaha, RNG made a mistake; the marksman and the Spear of Vengeance didn't coordinate well!"

"Condi… really is the Son of the Dragon, huh?"

After that big dragon skirmish, RNG collapsed like a mountain falling.

WE forced a 2-2 tie, dragging the match into a deciding game.

Even though several walls separated them, Xu Dongmen and the others could still hear the cheers coming from the venue.

As expected, this game's MVP was awarded to Condi.

In the regular season, this guy once snatched two big dragons from Mlxg in a single game, causing the latter's mindset to explode.

Semifinal history repeated itself—Mlxg flung his headphones on camera!

"Now it's really hard to say; I feel like there's a real chance to come back from 2-0 to 3-2."

"A WE win is good for us; I hope they can keep the momentum and take it!"

Lin Ke dropped the act.

If we had to pick a final opponent, we'd definitely choose WE.

These past few days, our scrimmages against RNG have mostly been losses; later on, they didn't even want to play us anymore.

If we say we have a 70% chance to beat WE, switching to RNG drops it to about 30%.

Heaven won't cooperate!

In the upcoming fifth game, RNG kicked off with a 5-0 mini-surge.

Under twenty minutes in, they led by 5K gold.

This time, RNG didn't resort to wave-style tactics again.

Steady and solid, they dragged the game out to 40 minutes before ending it, giving WE no chance at all.

After the match, Mlxg accepted an interview, publicly blaming the beef noodles ADC, saying that Nami, who lost the dragon in game four, bears full responsibility because he didn't pull out his spear.

That's exactly why RNG swapped the AD in game five, replacing Nami with Wuxin.

Winner takes all, loser is the bandit!

Even if Mlxg might be trying to shift blame, the fifth game was indeed his carry.

Besides blasting the ADC, he also couldn't resist mocking his old rival Condi.

He directly stated on stage that his rhythm in these five games completely crushed him!

Before the interview ended, Mlxg answered the final question: who he favored to win the upcoming second semifinal.

EDG vs QG!

That question was directed at the right person.

Neither team could possibly meet RNG before the finals; RNG has basically been scrimmaging against these two squads these days.

Based on the scrimmage content, both sides seem to be in a 60-40 situation.

EDG 6, QG 4.

This is not only the opinion of the spicy hot pot, but also the mainstream view.

Both teams have the same regular-season record, both 12-4, but EDG's head-to-head points are higher than QG's.

As the league's overlord, EDG's foundation is also deeper.

In the previous round, advancing from the six-team stage to the four-team stage, they easily swept the formidable Snake 3-0.

In every respect, EDG shows an advantage.

Everyone get ready, it's our turn to go on stage.

Fifteen minutes before the match started, Xu Dongmen and his teammates sat down together in the battle seats.

The coaching staff made good on their promise, he started in the semifinals.

Dongmen, let's warm up a bit.

Before the match started, Xu Dongmen and Doinb started a custom game.

He played Cassiopeia, Doinb played Ryze.

This matchup is also the first mid-lane champion pick in today's RNG vs WE game.

Little Tiger withstood Xiye's counter.

Doinb wanted to test whether his Ryze could hold up!

Not only did it hold up, it also turned around to suppress Xu Dongmen.

In several consecutive solo games, Doinb won them all.

"What's up, Dongmen? Are you not feeling well today?" Da B looked worried.

He knew very well that Swift was staring intently from backstage.

If the situation went wrong, Xu Dongmen would be taken off.

"Could it be that I'm not in bad form, but that you, Ying Bi Ge, have practiced your Ryze to perfection?" Xu Dongmen smirked.

"Huh? Really?" Doinb pointed at his own nose, feeling secretly pleased, yet deep down he had some doubts.

Has it really been practiced like this? How does it always feel like something's missing?

"Brothers, go into the room, the match is about to start." Tian Zai Mo Ri spoke.

He is the QG captain, responsible for communicating with the referee.

When Xu Dongmen and the others entered the match room, the five EDG members were neatly lined up, having arrived a step earlier.

EDG, Koro1

EDG, Clearlove

EDG, Pawn

EDG, Deft

EDG, Meiko

"Boss, I'm your fan!" Xu Dongmen typed excitedly.

Before S6, who among junglers didn't have Ke Li Er La Wu as their idol?

Ming Kai replied with a face emoji.

"Boss, today I want you to raise pigs in your jungle!" Xu Dongmen boldly spoke into the mic.

"Try it." Clearlove remained aloof.

"Hehe, I've already been studying the finals opponent!" Xu Dongmen started talking trash.

Boss sent a string of periods.

That young opponent over there, how come he seems not so smart?

With this still being a new-gen jungle genius, has the LPL already reached the point of lacking successors……

Under the referee's signal, the match began.

Game 1, QG was on the blue side.

QG banned: card, big tree, bull head.

EDG banned: Lulu, Varus, wine barrel.

Both sides' ban slots were almost entirely used for banning.

No need to mention EDG—Xu Dongmen, Doinb, and Wu Zhi each got one, highlighting an even distribution.

QG is similar—Pawn's card has a 100% win rate this season.

The big tree in EDG's hands is practically a towering ancient tree.

The bull head counts as a meta champion.

"Dongmen, can I take it?"

"No problem."

After a brief exchange, QG directly locked in the Leopard Woman as their first pick.

Across the whole spring split, the jungler with the highest appearance rate is the Male Gun, exceeding 120 games.

Next are the spider, wine barrel, thousand pearls, and Rek'Sai, ranging from 60 to 80 games.

The Leopard Woman's appearance count is only around 50 games.

This is not because nobody wants to pick it, but because they can't!

Although it has only been played about 50 times, it has been banned over 100 times.

Its ban-pick rate exceeds that of the Male Gun, ranking first among junglers.

—Wildness, will make them feel fearful!