Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 332 A Small Outburst, Twenty-One Consecutive Wins!

"I'll order takeout to be delivered here, and Tianye will pick it up later. Then we'll play another round."

Li Luo took out his phone and skillfully ordered three servings of maocai (a type of Sichuan hot pot), signaling Scout to quickly enter the game and continue ranking up.

"Mingkai, are you possessed? Why are you being so intense today?"

Scout, who had been playing as a support character for fourteen consecutive games, was completely bewildered. In each game, his task was very simple once he entered the game.

Push the lane, follow Mingkai's roaming, go wherever he goes.

Numb control, numb killing, numb assists—Scout himself seems to have forgotten that this game can be so simple.
Under Mingkai's command, it was as if the entire map was open, and the people on the other side were like chicks, waiting for the two of them to come and slaughter them.

Even against some of the top solo queue junglers who are usually troublesome in casual games, or against professional mid-jungle duos, the two of them can still dominate their lane.

This feeling
This feeling of being a tool
How wonderful!

Sitting behind Li Luo, Tian Ye showed a similar reaction, his expression betraying his shock as if he had seen a ghost.

"Mingkai, are you sure you're going to be a coach for S10 and not make a comeback?"

With a complex tone, Tianye uttered these words tremblingly, then looked at the long page of victories and MVPs on the screen and let out several deep breaths.

It's almost unbelievable that a familiar teammate could suddenly unleash such incredible performance and dominate the entire game.

"Let's play first. I feel like I can play again, and I'll definitely come back as soon as possible, since I haven't submitted my retirement application to the league yet."

"There's more."

At this point, Li Luo looked up at the others who were all busy at the moment, leaned close to Tian Ye's ear, and told him a piece of news that made his face change drastically.

"Holy crap, really?"

"Fuck!"

Seeing Tianye's performance, Li Luo nodded in satisfaction!
No support player doesn't hate Uzi, but no support player can refuse Uzi!
Even the most popular female characters are no exception!

Li Luo was eager to see how much of a storm Mei Kou, who had abandoned the important task of commanding, could stir up in the S10 version when paired with Zao Zi Ge.

Upon hearing the news, Tianye forgot all about being shocked by his achievements and returned to his seat with an excited expression, unable to sit still.

He would laugh one moment and then furrow his brow the next, leaving one wondering what kind of complicated and bizarre activity was going on inside him.

While waiting for their takeout to arrive, the two continued rehearsing.

Because Scout's score had risen, the two of them indeed encountered a professional mid-jungle duo again in the fifteenth game.

Drx's midfield and jungle combination: Chaowei and Pyosik.

Pyosik, a high-ranking solo queue player in Korea, has not yet appeared in any competitions, but the frequent duo queue training between the two and Pyosik's current ID also indicate Drx's mid-jungle duo for the new season.

Upon seeing that it was Superway, Scout perked up, eager to prove himself.

But the reality is cruel. Just as he reached level 3 and was preparing to call on Li Luo as usual to find his rhythm, another message that numbed him came through.

champion7 killed Drx.Pyosik
First blood!

"He's too inexperienced, too inexperienced. How did a Kindred player like him dare to come and see Lan? Isn't this just giving away his position?"

...

champion7 killed Drx.Pyosik
"As expected, it's still the LCK jungler's playstyle; they always try to trade resources to farm."

...

One kill message after another kept coming from the interface. Scout was still fighting with Chaowei in the mid lane, while Li Luo had already led the bottom lane to break through the opponent's defense.

Especially after Graves directly rushed in and used his EAQR combo to instantly kill the enemy Vayne, Vayne immediately typed "gg" and went AFK at home.

When Lulu, the support player, saw that the enemy's bot lane and jungler had already gotten ahead and that her team didn't have much of an advantage, she also typed "gg".

The fifteenth round, 17 minutes, 27 points added.
That night, a legendary winning streak was born in the Korean server.

That night, everyone in the Master, Grandmaster, and Challenger tiers, as well as professional mid-jungle, professional bot lane, and professional top-jungle teams, remembered this super jungler named champion7. With 21 consecutive wins and 21 MVPs, he went from 0 LP in Diamond 1 to 427 LP in just one day, and in one day, he was parachuted into the Challenger tier of the Korean server.

In particular, in these 21 games, this player used a total of 15 different heroes, and without exception, the score in each game was exceptionally high.

Especially when he picks a strong early-game jungler, such as Lee Sin, Graves, Nidalee, etc., he can achieve an incredible record of more than ten kills without dying.

In the Edg club, the two have stopped duo queuing and started communicating about where there were still problems with their coordination in today's ranked games, and which heroes were more obscure in this version. But Scout and Tianye both knew exactly what was going on.
That peak factory manager!

he!
came back!
In Edg's office, Abu finished a day of communication and helped arrange Li Luo's request to visit Suning and Top Esports.

Sitting in the luxurious executive chair, he stretched out a big yawn.

With his legs propped up on the desk, in the quiet of the night, Abu unusually took out his phone and started scrolling through gossip news.

As the manager of a large club, it's quite necessary to keep up with the gossip every day, as it may be possible to seize opportunities to hype up the club.

But today, a strange trending topic on Weibo caught his eye.

champion7
"What kind of weird thing is this? Even the Champion brand is trying to ride on Mingkai's popularity?"

Before clicking in, Abu even thought of the Champion brand, which was trying to ride on the popularity of Mingkai, who had just transitioned to coaching.

But after clicking in, and with a slight flip through the pages, Abu's relaxed expression disappeared, replaced by a look of confusion and complexity.

According to various Korean streamers today, Edggo AG's mid laner Scout and a mysterious jungler (ID: champion7) duo-queued. They played 21 games from 1 PM to midnight, winning all of them. Furthermore, champion7 achieved an astonishing 21 MVPs in the jungle role.
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According to information revealed by a close friend in the professional gaming community, it can be speculated that this player, champion7, is a professional player already registered in the official League of Legends database. It's a super account that started at Diamond rank, and in the last game of his 21-game winning streak, his MMR had reached a terrifying 30 points. If this momentum continues, Edg may rise to prominence in S10!

From noon until 12:30 AM, Li Luo and Scout engaged in 21 intense matches, winning the MVP award in every single one. Especially considering the sheer intensity of their performance from the very first match this account could be traced back to the last, maintaining such a high level of play is a rare feat among all professional players in the league.

Moreover, in so many matches, some high-level players even saw the presence of one or two actors in their match history. Sometimes it was one, sometimes it was even two. But thanks to the combined efforts of Li Luo and Scout, these actors didn't even have a chance to show off their superb acting skills before the opposing team was forced to type "GG" at home, indicating a push down the middle lane.

Soon, as Abu continued to refresh the page, the exciting kill videos edited by the streamer appeared before his eyes on the live feed.

There's the Graves' lightning-fast combo that can instantly kill, the Lee Sin's exaggerated kicks that can take down three or four opponents at once, and the Spider's unpredictable movements and 360-degree, all-around ability to catch enemies.
This era belongs to night owls. Even though it's past midnight, for those night owls who have just gotten into bed and taken out their phones, the nightlife has only just begun.

Because he frequently provokes Uzi, and because his videos are genuinely entertaining, the OB videos made by Bilibili up-master Huobojun quickly gained popularity, followed by a flood of comments from netizens.

"This Centaur is too aggressive. I've never seen anyone dare to use Centaur to counter-jungle in a game like this, especially this long-distance gank, running directly from the top lane to the bottom lane without even farming the jungle in between. That awareness is pretty impressive."

"Aren't the opponents Doinb and Tian? This Champion7 took on two opponents and got a double kill! Holy crap, this Graves' mechanics are so smooth, and he even uses that kiting attack to dodge skills. I feel like I've seen that kind of movement style somewhere before."

"Isn't that wobbling motion with the A a patent of Uzi?"

"champion7 is Uzi? No way? I was watching his stream this afternoon. He got a 7-game winning streak with Clearlove yesterday, but lost three in a row today, haha."

"Are you guys saying Champion7 might be Clearlove? He's duo-queuing with Scout, and he's a pro player. Does Jiejie have that skill level?"

"Let me check the match history. Jiejie's account was playing ranked games today, so it shouldn't be him duo-queuing with Scout; it must be someone else."

"Could it be the factory manager? If he had that kind of ability, he could be a coach. With 21 consecutive MVPs, he would be a standard core starter on any team, right?"

Seeing the growing number of comments, Abu seemed to remember something and sent a message to Scout on WeChat.

Not long after, Scout's reply arrived, a simple sentence that filled Abu with mixed emotions:

"Champion7 is Mingkai. He's recovered his strength and is very strong!"

Yesterday he was a player struggling in the Master rank on the Chinese server, but today he got a super account and achieved a 21-game winning streak and 21 consecutive MVPs on the Korean server. Who would believe that?
Abu didn't believe it, but he decided to share his doubts with others...

"Yeah, boss, Mingkai got a 21-game winning streak. No, not in the Chinese server, but in the Korean server. The super account I applied for for him this noon, he got a 21-game MVP streak this afternoon. Yes, a 21-game MVP streak."

"Okay, I'll contact RNG tomorrow to see if we can buy it. If not, we'll use the second option."

After finishing his call with Ed Zhu, Abu, who was lying in the chair, suddenly felt a surge of energy welling up inside him, and his cold blood reignited!

The fighting spirit that had cooled down after Edg's attempt to break through to the quarterfinals was reignited by Mingkai's strength!
Many big moves that were difficult to execute during the transfer window have become clearer with this record!
Edg! Are they about to rise to prominence?!

"In short, Scout, you need to pay more attention to lane pressure champions this season. I feel that teams with strong mid and jungle can really dictate the pace of the game this season."

"Okay, Mingkai, but are you sure you don't want to make a comeback? I feel like you're even stronger than Jiejie now, no, you're ten times stronger than him."

Scout, who was born into a Korean trainee background, clearly doesn't understand what esports or interpersonal relationships are, and bluntly stated.

"Yeah, if you come back, we can strengthen our top lane. We need to at least reach Worlds this year, Mingkai. Don't hesitate, tell Abu you're coming back!"

Tianye anxiously added, "Given Clearlove's performance tonight, it's hard to say what the World Championship results will be, but it's unlikely that EDG will fail to qualify for the World Championship like they did in S9."

"I'll go to a few other clubs tomorrow to see if they have any promising rookies. There's no rush for my comeback; I haven't retired yet. If I need to play, I'll just notify the league in advance."

Hearing Li Luo say that, Tian Ye and Scout were relieved, and then the two started chatting away again.

"Last year, FPX won the championship, and it seems the league is going to take action. Their mid-jungle-support synergy is unstoppable. If it's not changed, it will still be a bug-like tactic this year. I feel the jungle role needs to be adjusted. In the current version, the jungler's importance is still slightly less than that of the laner."

"Yeah, look at the current rankings on the Korean server's ranked ladder."

As they were talking, Tianye gestured for Scout to open the ranked ladder. With Scout's gesture, the top ten players appeared on the screen.

First: Grf Tarzan
Second: Kz Cuzz
Third: Grf Viper
Fourth: Skt clid
Fifth: Dwg canyou
Sixth: Dwg showmaker
Seventh: Grf chovy
Eighth: Ym xlb
Ninth: dopa
10th: KT Kingen
The preseason top ten rankings changed almost daily, but unprecedentedly, all AD carries and supports dropped out of the top ten, and those who made it into the top ten were basically players in the mid, top, and jungle positions.

Based on this list, the reinforcements made by Suning and Top Esports become quite intriguing.
Top Esports (TES) has probably already started contacting strong junglers, and Karsa is one of their targets. RNG probably doesn't even know that TES has already been in close contact with Karsa.

Based on snippets of information revealed by the former Top Esports manager, it is estimated that Karsa had already begun looking for a new team after S9.

The best proof is the statement made by the manager of Top Esports: he wants to find a team that can compete for the World Championship and the title together.

During his two years with RNG, Karsa realized that the team was unable to achieve greater success, so he chose to leave.

Therefore, based on Li Luo's deduction and the news of Uzi's retirement in later years, the RNG club was probably in a state of panic at this time, and everyone's morale was low.

If RNG wants to achieve something in S10, they must acquire a competitive jungler, and in the past, RNG chose Xiaolongbao.

If it weren't for Ah Shui's cousin, and RNG had managed to recruit Ah Shui, pair him with Xiao Ming, and acquire a decent top laner, they probably could have made it to the World Championship again in S10.

After some thought, Li Luo felt the matter was becoming increasingly troublesome.

If Edg wants to acquire Uzi, they must get JackeyLove to join RNG.

If RNG wants to acquire JackeyLove, they need to find a way to get Top Esports and Suning, who are competing for JackeyLove, to give up the competition, and also get rid of JackeyLove's cousin who isn't very smart.

However, this matter involves many teams, and we still need to discuss the specific procedures with Abu.

At least before acquiring Uzi, it cannot be revealed that the person behind the ID champion7 is him. RNG needs to make them think that Edg bought Uzi just to create hype and not to win the championship before they might release him.

As for Uzi, after checking WeChat and finding Uzi's WeChat ID, Li Luo carefully crafted a message and sent it:
[Hey puppy, do you have time to talk? Please try not to tell your teammates. I'd like to have a private chat with you.]

Zaozi Ge's reply was also very quick, almost a minute later:
Okay, no problem. I'm free these few days, and there's nothing going on at the club right now. Just send me the location, and I'll come over.

As veterans from ancient times, the two have a good relationship in private, so communication is naturally not a problem.

A line of text appeared in the message box:

Okay, I have to go to Top Esports and Suning tomorrow. I'll contact you when I get back.

(End of this chapter)