Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 35 Redemption (Bonus Chapter)
It took RNG almost a whole day to finally finish filming their pre-match promotional video.

Aside from Xiaogou, Xiaohu, and Master An, there are individual documentaries for the three of them. Everyone else just makes a brief appearance and strikes a pose.

This was specifically requested by RNG's big boss.

At this point, everyone in RNG, from the big boss to the cleaning lady, has completely broken down.

The big boss even stayed at the Wukesong Arena for several days in a row, watching everyone train.

RNG can't afford to lose this time.

Professional athletes' breakfasts are usually arranged and planned by a dedicated nutritionist.

Players cannot eat anything else casually, especially for major competitions like the S-series finals.

RNG only brought one substitute jungler. If any one of the starting five underperforms, this championship is basically handed to SSG for nothing.

The S7 tournament officially kicked off on November 11th. For the five days prior, everyone's daily schedule was forcibly adjusted.

I get up at 10 a.m. and go to bed at 12 a.m.

Since the match doesn't start until 3 PM, waking up early will affect your performance. It's more reasonable to adjust your wake-up time to 4-6 hours before the match.

Inside the vast Wukesong Arena, the RNG players were already eager to compete, playing on home turf and in top form.

Every morning after waking up, I first do a customized training session.

Practice your fundamentals in a custom room.

Online players practiced last-hitting and laning against each other using different heroes.

Junglers practice jungle clearing order, speed, and vision control with different heroes.

Cultivate the habit among players of noting down enemy ward placement locations, ward disappearance times, and summoner spell cooldowns.

They practiced their movement by throwing skills at each other.

Simulate the operation of a line-switching station.

The monotonous, one-hour single-player training session was tedious.

We finally made it through, let's move on to the next part.

In the afternoon, it was time for the training match.

During this week, the big boss secured training sessions with three teams: IG, EDG, and WE, in rotation.

At this moment, all the domestic LPL teams were united as one, and everyone had the same dream: to lift the trophy on home soil.

Regardless of which LPL team this is, everyone else will do their best to help.

During the intensive training matches, RNG quickly became familiar with the three-core system of mid, top, and jungle that they had previously struggled with.

Furthermore, on this basis, RNG has consolidated its old tradition of "four protect one".

There are wins and losses.

Without exception, the four-protect-one lineup was basically successful. Although some games were very difficult, Li Luo's outstanding performance led to a successful comeback.

They played until dinner time before taking a break.

After eating the meal prepared by the nutritionist hired by the big boss at a high salary.

After the match, everyone reviewed the training session together, identified problems, and offered suggestions.

In the evening, players are allowed to rank themselves freely.

Everything proceeded as expected, and even Li Luo gained a new understanding of the game.

The completed promotional MV for the finals went viral online as soon as it was released.

Click on the video, and under the dimly lit overpass, Uzi slowly walks out of the shadows and heads forward.

"I've never played well."

Uzi's voice narration flowed from the speakers like a gentle stream.

"I always falter in international competitions." "I'm getting old, past my prime, I need my teammates to carry me."

"I'm toxic; I fight without thinking."

With each word of repentance, darkness, like an endless giant hand, enveloped Uzi's head, devouring him with its own lust.

"I just got lucky. I'm a deserter, so why should I come back?"

The scene flashes to a coastal highway next to a city, where a lone car with its headlights on drives through the darkness.

"I'm considered a veteran professional player. When I first started playing competitively, there weren't many heroes available."

"There are no villains either!"

"So many years have passed, and I am both a hero and a villain."

As he spoke, the background suddenly changed to the S7 World Championship arena, and Uzi, dressed entirely in black with glowing eyes, gradually walked out.

"People either love me or hate me."

"They think they understand me, but they don't."

"The most heartbreaking matches of my professional career were all against SKT."

As these words were spoken, the video transformed into a passionate narration.

"The puppy is down, Royal Club is going to lose, it's over! Congratulations to SKT for winning the match, Royal Club will be the runner-up."

From S3 to S4 and then to S6, the screen kept flashing images of SKT defeating Royal Club.

Faker is like a god, relentlessly punishing these young men with dreams in every video.

"This puppy is throwing his life away! This choice is terrible, his teammates can't keep up!"

The black and white image shows Uzi burying his face in his hands and lying on the keyboard in anguish after losing the game.

"I've never made that kind of mistake before, and there's never been a match lost because of me."

"I'll keep going back to that terrible decision I made, over and over again, thinking about how stupid I was."

"How much did I cost the team?"

"I've played professionally for six years. If you've played at a high level for that long..."

"You basically have no life left to live."

The scene then shifts to a black-and-white hospital, where all the professional players are lying in beds receiving treatment.

"My passion for live streaming isn't as strong as my passion for playing professionally. Not being able to play with a perfectly coordinated team makes me feel very uncomfortable."

"That's when I realized I loved competing, and I didn't want a mundane life."

"I reached the World Championship finals twice, but ultimately fell short at the last moment."

"Later I finally won and tasted the sweetness of victory, and that's what I wanted, you know?"

The video showed Uzi lifting the Solo Cup trophy at the S6 All-Star event.

"But I want more than that. I don't just want to win the All-Star game; I want to win the World Championship."

"I hope we can be remembered as the first LPL team from China to win a world championship."

In the video, Uzi stands on a huge stage, facing the dazzling spotlight, looking at the excited audience below.

"So why did I come back?"

"I'm coming back to win the championship!"

Uzi's music video abruptly ended, but the barrage of comments flooded the screen like a depth charge.

loveUzi: I'm not saying anything more. I'll cry when LPL wins a championship.

Liuhua is the cutest: RNG is truly a traditionally strong team, and Uzi is a veteran player in the series. I sincerely wish RNG can win the world championship!
Walking Drift: I'd rather stay in Bronze forever than lose a championship in the LPL!
Happy Yasuo Loves Dancing: All-Chinese Team, Charge! Four Chinese Can't Win the Championship! Five Chinese Can!
After the flood of comments subsided, Xiao Hu's documentary resumed playing.

(End of this chapter)