Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 338 Mingkai, he's a good person!

The signing of the contracts between Zaozi Ge and Shengqiang Ge went exceptionally smoothly.

Of course, even if Xu Xiao knew at this point that Champion7 was a result achieved by Clearlove, he would still resolutely replace Zaozi.

Compared to the S8 champion AD carry joining the team, a player who hasn't won a title for many years and has put the club under tremendous public pressure is clearly not a good player in his eyes.

"I'm so proud! If you're not happy playing for Edg, just come back anytime. RNG will always be your home."

Xu Xiao said this very naturally, as if the loan was the player's idea, and not something the club had rashly signed without informing the player.

"Little dog, take care. Once you're with Edg, we'll be opponents, and I won't hold back when we face off in the bot lane."

With Xiao Hu absent, only Xiao Ming saw Zaozi off at the door.

Under the bleak, cold wind, the two were reluctant to part.

But Xiaoming also knew that.
Zaozi is already quite old, and his physical condition doesn't allow him to continue playing at such a high intensity. Perhaps joining Edg and Clearlove to retire and generate some buzz is a better option than retiring.

"I'm fine. I'm going over there to hang out with Factory Manager and Holy Gun Guy. Let's just treat it as a game for fun; we don't care about honor."

With a carefree smile, Brother Zao picked up his backpack from his suitcase, slung it over his shoulder, and waved to Li Luo, who was waiting in the parking lot in the distance.

"Shi Senming, I know you and Yu Wenbo are good friends, but this season you'll see just how strong our 'Sunset Red' team really is, hahaha."

Before leaving, Brother Zaozi made a joke, which immediately made Xiaoming laugh as well.

"Get lost! Isn't it more comfortable for me and the champion AD to lane together than for you?"

The two exchanged a few words of laughter and banter, then watched as the car pulled up beside them.

After hesitating for a moment, Brother Zaozi took two steps forward and gave Xiaoming a domineering hug. Then he turned around, resolutely put the things in the car, and drove away.

Under the rising sun, the light shone on the faces of Mingkai and Zaozi, who were sitting in the front row.

Seeing the two people who shouldn't be on the same team together in the same frame, Xiaoming was momentarily dazed.

Sunset glow, sunset glow?
The morning sun is so bright and dazzling; this is not the glow of the setting sun, but clearly two rising suns!

The team's AD carry was in place, and Flandre arrived not late either.

When the car returned to the Edg base, the two saw Flandre, who was already waiting at the door, looking around furtively.

He still sported the familiar black headscarf and blue mask, and today he even added a fan's suitcase in a flamboyant way, standing out awkwardly against the black and white EDG team logo.

Upon seeing the two from a distance, Flandre waved excitedly.

"Hey hey hey, I just arrived at the Edg base and realized that all I have is Mingkai's phone number; I don't know anyone else here."

Before the S9 World Championship was over, the five members of the Li-Ning team were still in the club, chatting and watching the live broadcast of the S9 World Championship.

With Flandre and SofM leading the way, everyone in front of the team's management patted their chests and made grand pronouncements, claiming that Li-Ning would definitely rise again in S10 and become the new dark horse of the LPL.

But once the S10 transfer window opened, these people all started causing trouble.

First, after Sofm became a free agent at the end of his contract, he chose to pursue his own bright future. Sofm played diligently for the club for three years. Since he wanted to leave, Li Ning had no choice but to let him go.

Less than a day later, Li Ning's mid laner Plex saw that even his senior, SofM, had retreated. He was anxious about his contract expiring and told the club that he also wanted to leave, requesting the club to release him.

There's no way around it. We just let SofM go this morning, and it's not a good idea to stop the mid laner from leaving this afternoon.

After discussing it, Plex went even further. The moment he transferred to WE, he changed his ID from Plex to Hoyoung and switched from mid lane to top lane, completely severing all ties with Li-Ning.

When Saint Gun got home, he was shocked to find that everyone had left before he even left. So he simply stopped training at the club and went out to have fun. That's how Li Luo and Zaozi ended up meeting up with him later.

That evening, after returning to the Li Ning team, Saint Gun, who was now a free agent, was thin-skinned. After downing half a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) at the bottom of the building, he took advantage of his drunkenness and rushed to the manager's office to argue.

Having already let two people go, and seeing that Flandre was also acting cowardly, Li Ning's manager, in a fit of anger, directly agreed to Flandre's departure.

Overnight, three of the original five players who were tasked with reviving Li Ning's glory were gone.

When ADC Ashura returned, he realized, "Oh no! I've been working like crazy, feeding everyone and dealing massive damage. I thought we'd all gelled well this season and make a run for it, but now everyone's gone!" In a fit of rage, Ashura, still a bit groggy after breakfast, stormed into the manager's office and yelled:

"Li Xuanjun is a heartless bastard. He promised to fight together in S10, but now he's all gone. I'm angry just thinking about how these three betrayed me. Manager, trade me out to make room for the team to rebuild!"

Ashura spoke with such confidence and arrogance that he completely stunned the manager.

However, what he said made sense. Since three people had already left the team, it didn't matter whether it was three or four.

On the same day, Ashura found himself a new team, and the second party in the contract was none other than Top Esports.

After Flandre left, the entire team instantly fell apart and collapsed, leaving only the support player, Duan Wangye, alone in his room.

A day passed, and seeing that Duan Wangye still hadn't come to ask to leave the team, Li Ning's manager was so moved that he called Duan Wangye and told him that he would get a raise next season.

While officiating a wedding back in his hometown, Duan Wangye took a break to answer the phone and was initially delighted to hear that the team was going to raise salaries. However, he soon began to feel uneasy. After talking to Ashura privately, he learned that he was now the only one left in the team.

As a result, the master of ceremonies, Prince Duan, returned to the capital overnight, submitted a lawsuit, and thus regained his freedom.

At this point, all five starting players of the former Snake Team, now the Li Ning Team, have left the team, leaving the once-powerful squad as an empty shell.

However, at this time, no one could have imagined that the source of Li Ning's disintegration and collapse was sitting right inside the Edg club.

Slip!

Slip!

"One more bowl, one more bowl, this is so delicious!"

The staff at the base were quite surprised to see this refined-looking young man finish a bowl of hot dry noodles in just a few bites.

Where did Mingkai find such a starving ghost? He can eat three bowls of hot dry noodles, which are so greasy.

Sitting to the side, Brother Zaozi was also eating heartily, completely ignoring the beads of sweat dripping from his head.

"The food at Edg is just so good! Our base hired a Huaiyang cuisine chef, and I've been eating it every day until my mouth is so dry," Zaozi said, slurping incoherently.

He is also from Hubei, and grew up eating Hubei food.

Unfortunately, RNG Club had to cater to everyone's tastes, so they chose Huaiyang cuisine, which is more inclusive, so even people who don't like it can eat a couple of bites when they're hungry.

Looking across all the clubs, only the factory manager has the authority to lead everyone in eating Hubei cuisine and learning the Wuhan dialect every day.

"Holy crap, Jian Zihao, you're here!"

Early in the morning, Mei Kou rubbed her still sore eyes and groggily walked downstairs.

From a distance, he spotted three people slurping in the restaurant, but he didn't notice who they were, assuming they were just the rest of the club members.

Only after he stepped inside did he blink in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that Brother Zaozi was sitting inside.

"What's wrong? Isn't Tianye welcoming me?"

"Brother Zaozi said without even looking up," he said.

Even before he transferred to EDG, the two had been teammates many times and often duo-queued together in ranked games. Not to mention now that he has transferred to EDG, the two will be able to play at a top-notch laning level without much practice, even if they have to go to a match soon.

"Welcome, welcome, a warm welcome to Uzi, the eternal god, taking off, taking off!"

Mei Kou was as happy as a child, chatting happily while taking her breakfast, her mouth never stopping.

After Meiko sat down, Scout followed her into the restaurant. He was a little surprised to see the two of them, greeted them, and then sat down with his breakfast.

Thanks to the LCK's comprehensive youth training system and the quality of Korean players, the players there rarely question the team's roster choices. Simply put, if the coach tells you where to play, you play there; if he tells you to go east, you don't go west.

In this set of rules, Scout is naturally a top performer.

Just from the wide grin on Scout's face while he was eating, Li Luo could tell just how much these two gods had boosted the team's morale after joining Edg.

Gradually, all the people who were still in the base came in one after another, and greeted the two of them warmly.

After learning yesterday that he was going to transfer to Suning, iboy, who was usually listless, changed his previous dejected state. He washed his hair early in the morning and went to the restaurant to say goodbye to everyone and start the second milestone of his professional career.

Upon seeing Uzi, iboy's expression changed slightly, but he still smiled and sincerely said:

"Dog Bro, Edg is counting on you. You know my style; if this path doesn't work, I have to try other paths."

Li Luo, who came from Uzi's timeline, also knew that the two had a very good relationship, so he wasn't too surprised.

After all, although the new generation of ADCs are all very arrogant, when they actually interact with Uzi, they are all extremely humble.

If it weren't for the fact that Zaozi Ge (Zhaozi Ge) doesn't have an S-rank crown right now, he could probably be considered a legend even if he just retired.

After breakfast, because there were new people arriving today and some were leaving, everyone sat together for a while to exchange greetings and blessings. The cook also gave Jianxian and Xiaozhao handmade gifts.

The atmosphere at parting was a bit melancholy. Li Luo asked the staff to help Zaozi Ge and Shengqiang Ge clean their rooms, and then personally drove Jianxian and Xiaozhao to the club.

Suning's location is in the bustling city center. After planning the route, Li Luo took Jianxian to the RNG base. Unfortunately, the veterans of RNG have left, the newcomers have stayed, and most of them have no feelings for the club.

Left with no other option, Li Luo had to call Xiao Ming again and ask him to help Jian Xian move the things inside.

Before leaving, Jianxian seemed to know that this departure meant saying goodbye to Edg forever, and he was quite reluctant to part. After watching Li Luo's car drive away from a distance, he followed Xiaoming step by step into the RNG base.

The road to Suning was a bit congested, but honest SofM had already arrived at the usual spot to wait for Li Luo.

The three got off the car and parted ways.

"Brother Mingkai, thank you for taking care of me all these years. I, Hu Xianzhao, will always remember your kindness and will never forget it." After taking down her luggage, Xiao Zhao solemnly bowed to Li Luo.

"You made Edg what it is, and Edg made you what it is. We're even. Besides, we're all still in the professional scene. If you want to come back, you can come back to Edg anytime. The team has plenty of food for you, so don't be shy," Li Luo said casually.

Sofm, his eyes flashing, solemnly said, "Brother Mingkai, if Xiao Zhao comes to Suning, I guarantee no one will dare to bully him!"

Only the two of them knew the influence this man held in the League of Legends community, and what his actions today meant.

Being able to meet such a great mentor on your professional journey is probably the luckiest thing for any professional player.

Having said all that needed to be said, Li Luo, who couldn't bear to see farewells, didn't say much more, smiled calmly, and then took his leave.

As Xiao Zhao watched the departing figure, his gaze seemed to drift back to the moment when the factory manager came to the station to pick him up to go to Edg.

Sofm turned around, saw iboy's expression, and waved his hand in front of iboy's eyes: "Xiao Zhao, let's go. Mingkai is a good person, someone we all should respect. But if you want everyone to respect you like that when you go to Suning, you'll have to prove yourself with skill and results."

Xiao Zhao felt embarrassed by what he said, lowered her head, and shook her head.
"Mingkai is a good person!"

Li Luo didn't come specifically to see the two off; he also had some things to take care of himself.

He had already learned about Zaozi's physical condition during their breakfast chat that morning. Compared to the numerous early problems he had in S7, most of them had already flared up and worsened into the middle stage by this point.

Especially for the most severe type 2 diabetes, at this stage, it can no longer be controlled by a healthy diet, and medication is necessary to maintain one's hemoglobin level.

The main reason why type 2 diabetes is called terrifying and difficult to cure is that it itself has little impact, but it causes a great many complications.

The patient needs to take medication every day. While the medication is taking effect in the bloodstream, it is also interfering with the patient's mental state.

Just like when he was young, he could stay up all night and still go to class all day without feeling tired, but later he couldn't recover for several days after staying up all night. That's how Zaozi's mental state is now.

If you concentrate fully on one game, the side effect is that you'll feel listless and unable to focus on the next few games.

And this is only the mental problem; there are various physical injuries, with lesions appearing in the shoulder joints, lumbar spine, wrists, and other parts of the body.

So the most important thing now is to improve Zaozi Ge's physical condition.

The healing cards within the system cannot be used by others, but the prescriptions in the Wanderer's Codex can be dispensed.

Given the miraculous effects of these prescriptions in Uzi's timeline, Li Luo believed that it wouldn't be long before everyone in this timeline would once again witness just how terrifying Uzi was at his peak.

(End of this chapter)