Chapter 79: Three-Body Hero vs. Primitive Hero

7 p. m.,

Su Xing sat in front of his computer, ready to go live, while Uzi and the others were already waiting early in YY.

"WTF, it's here."

Uzi laughed when he saw Su Xing appear in YY and said, "I thought you weren't going to go live tonight."

"Huh, why aren't you going live?"

Su Xing was slightly stunned and asked in confusion, "I already promised you all, can I still be a no‑show?"

"I thought you were going to... cough, never mind."

Uzi was about to say something, but then thought it was Su Xing's private matter and not easy to bring up, so he changed the subject: "You have no idea how many people called me today; I've never seen anyone with this kind of clout in my life."

Obviously, the club managers in the industry, besides contacting Huya, also wanted to get Su Xing's contact through Uzi, and in the short time it took to have dinner he fielded no fewer than fifty calls.

Everyone wants to find Su Xing! "We'll talk about that after the stream ends."

Su Xing understood and just smiled, "I have a bad habit: once I schedule what I'm going to do today, I don't like unexpected interruptions during that period."

"I get you, I'm the same way."

Uzi smiled knowingly, glanced at the barrage in his own stream and asked, "Why haven't you gone live yet?"

"Yeah, WTF, my stream's viewer count doubled today, everyone is asking why you're not going live."

AJ added, "I've never in my life been lagged when my stream had over a hundred thousand people spamming barrage."

Even AJ, who usually has only a few thousand viewers online, now has over a hundred thousand in his stream; one can imagine how many others have, and how many will be there when Su Xing goes live.

"The streaming software seems to need an update, just a moment."

After a moment, Su Xing finished updating the software and clicked to go live, but in the blink of an eye his stream was flooded with over two hundred thousand viewers.

"I can't even read the barrage, I'm already lagging."

Su Xing's mouth twitched slightly; the online count in the upper right kept soaring, surpassing six hundred thousand in just a few seconds.

Each single barrage drops like raindrops, a dense blur that he can't make out, making him wonder where Huya's game region got so many viewers.

Meanwhile at Huya's branch, Gao Wen was handling the club executives while constantly coordinating Huya's tech and operations teams to address the lag caused by the massive audience.

There's no choice; if this trend continues, Su Xing's stream could break a million viewers, and failing to handle this torrent of traffic now might cause a server crash later.

"I'm not dousing you with cold water."

Gao Wen, head down on her phone talking to a colleague, addressed the club managers in the conference room: "The traffic Su Xing is generating this time exceeds your imagination; the commercial value behind it is no longer something a few million can settle."

"I believe you all know how much worth a stream with over a million concurrent users has, and the hype is rising as the story ferments; as far as I know, even some official media have started reposting Weibo posts to follow up on this."

"And what you see now is only the beginning; even Huya cannot predict how high the hype will go."

"When Su Xing's fame and hype arrive, you can't imagine it; if he announces a return to the arena now, how many veteran League of Legends players will come back or refocus on the competition?"

"This is not only what you want, it's also what the LPL officials urgently need."

"Moreover, the traffic Su Xing brings can steer positive‑energy public opinion; if you're still thinking you can sign Su Xing for a few million, I advise you to go back now and still make it in time for dinner."

"Even if someone among you can actually persuade Su Xing to return, neither I nor Huya will ever tolerate a deal where a few million could sign Su Xing."

Gao Wen's brief remarks left many in the room feeling as if they had fallen into an ice cellar; her words essentially urged them to back off, plainly telling them that without tens of millions, there's no outcome to expect.

But now the LPL is already in the summer split, meaning even if they sign Su Xing, it's only for one season.

The crucial point is that having tens of millions doesn't guarantee signing Su Xing; it's merely a threshold to meet him.

As for whether they can later persuade his return, that depends on their own ability.

Sure enough, after Gao Wen finished speaking, people began to leave one after another; to the industry clubs, Su Xing is a juicy bait, but you need the ability to actually eat it.

Of course, some retreat when faced with difficulty, while others rise to the challenge.

Besides Guo Hao, those present also included Lan Lianhua from JDG; the two exchanged a brief glance, silently took out their phones, and walked out to find a quiet, empty corner to contact their respective big sponsors.

One is backed by Baile International, the other by JD. com Group, and intriguingly both teams urgently need a strong mid‑lane player while also considering how to boost the visibility of their big sponsors.

Companies of Baile International and JD. com's magnitude invest in esports to amplify their brand awareness.

Money, definitely exists.

After all, companies at this level spend hundreds of millions, even billions, on annual promotion; not to mention tens of millions, a hundred million or two‑three hundred million could be allocated for a pro esports player. The issue is how Guo Hao and Lan Lianhua can convince their respective big sponsors to fund the signing of Su Xing.

"Ah, finally not lagging."

After a few short minutes, Su Xing's stream returned to normal smoothness, and his concurrent viewers had already surpassed eight hundred thousand.

Besides the nonstop dense barrage,

even the gift‑send notifications kept coming; in the end Su Xing had no choice but to turn off both the barrage and gift notifications.

"Then log in; Zi Tai's side also has everyone ready."

"Are we going to the match server?"

When the stream ended last night they discussed that today's scrim might be on the match server, so during the day Su Xing pre‑downloaded the match server.

"Huya is planning the Old Man Cup finals around the 20th of next month; by then the LPL summer split will have started, and the match server version will definitely be 14.10."

Uzi explained, "So they also revised the rules today; when we play the Old Man Cup, we'll use the 14.10 version content."

"Got it."

Su Xing instantly understood; it seemed Huya hadn't thought the Old Man Cup through in detail, and the organizers couldn't launch a separate server just for it, so they had to tweak the rules on the fly.

Soon after, Su Xing logged into the game and was pulled into a custom room, where the five members of Zi Tai were already waiting.

"go?"

"go!"

After a brief exchange, both sides launched the scrim, and Zi Tai immediately started banning AJ's champions.

Quisanti, Ornn, Tahm Kench, and even Xiao Duan's Bard were all banned! "Is it really appropriate not to target Su Xing?"

Looking at this BP result, Xiaolongbao hesitated, wondering why Zi Tai's thinking seemed different; usually you target the opponent's best player, right?

"Don't ask; the answer is a unique interpretation."

Zi Tai said extremely confidently: "I thought for several days before I figured out that targeting Su Xing is the most fucking useless approach; who knows what weird stuff is in this person's hero pool."

No need to mention things like Clockwork Sovereign; we also watched their practice match against TES yesterday. Even a champion as obscure as Pantheon can be picked, so how could we possibly target him? So banning anything is pointless; why waste a ban on him? It would be better to pick his weakest teammate to target, like AJ, and directly ban his Quisanti, Ornn, and Tahm—what could he still pick? This way, 957 can freely dominate the top lane and gain a decent advantage, then I can just play safe in mid lane and wait for the team fight.

"But."

Xiaolongbao reminded: "Have you considered that, in some sense, to the enemy you're actually about the same as AJ?"

Is Zi Tai bad? To be honest, playing like this definitely isn't bad.

But whether someone plays badly depends on who they're laning against; AJ losing to 957 in top lane can be said to be AJ being bad, no problem, but similarly, Zi Tai losing to Su Xing in mid lane means Zi Tai is also bad.

Zi Tai: Why are you, kid, just spouting big truths?

"It's not calculated like that; let me teach you." Zi Tai cleared his throat and said: "Assume in top lane 957 can kill AJ ten times, and in mid lane Su Xing can kill me eight times; comparing like that, couldn't we conclude I'm stronger than AJ?"

"In comparison, I've died fewer times than AJ, so wouldn't 957's advantage be even greater? If we still can't win in this situation, then maybe the problem lies with 957?"

Everyone: Zi Tai truly is the livestream's holy body, able to spout a bunch of fallacies with such confidence and righteousness without blushing or racing heart.

I was thinking, the Tian Ji horse race isn't conducted like that, right?

957 fell silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I've read a lot; don't try to fool me."

How could I, Zi Tai, possibly deceive anyone?

Zi Tai glanced at his stream data in his spare time and couldn't stop smiling; Su Xing's traffic was huge today, and even as opponents they benefited quite a bit.

At a time like this, how could we not add some show effects to attract more traffic? Su Xing's stream is nearing a million viewers; even if only one percent of his audience came to check out my stream, that would be a huge gain for me.

Meanwhile, in Su Xing's YY channel, it's all AJ wailing; he never expected Zi Tai to strike at him! After banning Quisanti, the rest are—after all, extremely OP heroes in this version.

But banning Ornn and Tahm—what the hell is that? Can we even leave ourselves a way out?

This is obviously just bullying.

AJ muttered: "No way, after I log off tonight I'll just take a taxi to Zi Tai's place and gank him."

No problem, just play casually.

Su Xing burst out laughing and said: "In this situation, wouldn't winning feel even better?"

That's what you say.

AJ stroked his chin and said: "Things have come to this; all I can do is pull out my own secret skill from the bottom of the box."

It's just Garen, right?

Uzi chuckled and said: "Just pick it, what's there to panic about? I've got you, and even if I can't hold it, there's still Su Xing."

Yeah, then I'll say it first.

AJ laughed and said: "My Garen doesn't join team fights; you guys better prepare for a 4v5."

Hmm, no problem.

After Su Xing's affirmation, AJ was also forced to pick his signature hero Garen; this scene made some veteran players who came by reputation in Su Xing's stream start to feel nostalgic.

If it weren't for today, when I saw on short videos and Weibo that there's such a pro player, those of us already worn out by life would never have thought of coming back to watch the stream.

That's exactly why, when they see AJ pick Garen, they inevitably feel a sense of familiarity, after all, for those veteran players from a few years ago, Garen is the hero they know best.

Like this, today our stream should have lots of veteran players who haven't played in ages; why don't we play some extremely retro heroes, what do you think?

Su Xing doesn't read the chat, but Uzi does; he noticed that even in his own stream, viewers were saying they even miss heroes like Garen, and suddenly an idea popped into his head.

Then I'll play the Sword Saint.

Bei Shang laughed, indicating no objection; this wave, Su Xing's own traffic is so huge that even his lowly stream, which usually relies on playing with others for a living and has no fame, rarely sees several thousand viewers.

Me too.

Xiao Duan thought for a moment and said: "How about I play the Lute Maiden?"

Sword Saint, Lute Maiden—for the earliest batch of veteran players, these are heroes they're extremely familiar with; indeed, they're a great choice.

Um, what was the mid lane hero that veteran players were most familiar with back then?

Su Xing is also quite interested in this, but since he and Uzi aren't from the same era of pro players, he can't immediately recall what mid lane heroes the veteran players liked to play back in S3.

I'll pick Ashe first.

Uzi laughed and said: "Let me think, what did people used to play in mid lane? Zed? Katarina?"

Lux!

At this point AJ gave a suggestion: "Besides the Demacia Trio, I remember that Garen and Lux are also pretty well known; wasn't there an animated short called something like Demacia something? I forgot."

Then Lux it is.

Just like that, Su Xing's side picked an extremely retro lineup; no matter if they're new or veteran players, anyone who's played League of Legends wouldn't find these champions unfamiliar.

Top lane Garen, jungle Sword Saint, mid Lux, bottom Ezreal + Lute Maiden.

And Zi Tai's lineup looks much more normal by comparison,

Top lane Gwen, jungle Excavator, mid Ice Woman, bottom EFeLiuSi + Renata.

Once both lineups were set, they sparked heated discussion in their respective streams, with interesting comments pouring in one after another.

The streamer's lineup is truly moving to see for old veterans; nowadays, who still plays Lux seriously? Oh, except the bottom lane support sister might pick it.

I can tolerate Garen, I can tolerate Lux, but this Sword Saint coming out first is really hard to hold back.

Ezreal + Lute Maiden—I remember when I first started playing this game, so many people played Lute Maiden, and back then I even spent money to buy an ultimate skin for 199.

199? In the next version, the big fly Hall of Fame skin came out; you guys just found something called 'shocking', overseas leaks gave the price, and after conversion, the Chinese server would be over three thousand—are you scared?

Okay, okay, okay, a skin for three thousand—good thing I got out early.

OK, left side Zi Tai is the new era's Three-Body humanoid hero, right side the streamer and his teammates are the primitive human heroes.

A fitting description.

Gwen, EFeLiuSi—these are truly Three-Body people; they don't even look like they're from the same game as the Sword Saint.

Can the right side win?

Personally, I think there's hardly any chance; once developed, the right side's damage isn't on the same level as the left's—EFeLiuSi, plus a Gwen, I can only say it's like the new era's nukes versus the cold weapon era's swords and spears.

Indeed, mainly because the streamer picked Lux, uh, whether this thing can C or not we won't talk about for now, the legs are too short, the enemy is still Ice Woman + excavator, daring to go into the river lane is a problem.

Lux really relies on prediction; if Q lands it's okay, if Q misses there's really no damage, not to mention Six God, even Six God Ice Woman doesn't lose to you, they still win with stable teamfights.

Prediction? If you're talking about prediction, the streamer definitely won't be sleepy.

At the same time, the live rooms of ten people including Su Xing successively received gifts from the League of Legends official account, and they were even the highest-value gifts on Huya; even though Su Xing had already blocked gift effects, he still received the corresponding notifications.

Holy crap, the official's giving out benefits?!

AJ was the first to exclaim in surprise: 'Thanks to the League of Legends official for sending the treasure map!'

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Bei Shang was also somewhat surprised; he, too, on Douyu received the same-value gift from the official.

Awesome, this is thanks to following Su Xing for the boost.

Uzi laughed: 'Which streamer has ever received a gift from the official? None, right?'

Why is the official sending gifts?

Su Xing exited the Prophet Replay state, and he could clearly feel that since the official started sending gifts, his computer started lagging again.

Forget it, let the viewers in the live room report the official a bit.

(End of chapter)