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Meanwhile, in the official live stream room, the screen was flooded with comments:

"Holy crap, guys, Mozi's coming! That man's coming back!"

"Waaaaah... I knew Mozi wouldn't abandon EDG."

"The king of LPL is back!"

"No? What are you doing up here at this time? Are you out of your mind?"

Major media platforms have responded.

#BrotherMozi, let's fight!

The popularity of this trending topic has surpassed the combined popularity of the other top ten trending topics.

In the commentary booth, after obtaining more information, Rita explained:

"According to the information from the front, EDG's top laner Mo is an emergency substitute arranged by EDG, so he can play if Aodi is confirmed to be unable to play."

"Mozi is a registered and active player. Although EDG officially announced Mozi's retirement, he has not actually cancelled his professional player status. He is still a professional player!"

Miller chimed in, "Then I feel there's hope. EDG with Mozi is the complete EDG. You haven't even beaten Mozi, so what makes you think you've beaten EDG?"

Miller suddenly perked up, as if he had been reborn.

Rita looked at Guan Zeyuan: "Colonel, say something, Colonel."

Guan Zeyuan was still in shock. After figuring out what was going on, he quickly said:

"Brother Mozi...Brother Mozi is back...Even so, I have to say, EDG is still in a tough spot. The score is 0 to 2 right now, there's no room for error. I think DWG will most likely win the championship."

Rita gave a thumbs up: "Well said, Colonel!"

On the stage of the competition, both players took to the field!
The lighting technician immediately focused the spotlight on EDG, and the director gave them a close-up shot.

Team uniforms with three five-pointed stars, spirited young men.

The team jerseys only have two letters: Mo!

"Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi!" The atmosphere at the scene instantly reached a fever pitch!

An astonishing scene unfolded: the audience members who had already started leaving, some even reaching the door, returned all at once!
So majestic!

On stage, Su Mo felt the cheers of the audience. This feeling was both familiar and strange, and her heart raced.

Su Mo waved to the audience, who responded enthusiastically, waving their support signs wildly.

In the commentary booth, Rita's eyes sparkled: "The King of League of Legends is announcing his return!"

"He will bring victory to EDG and to the LPL!"

After interacting with the audience, Su Mo sat down in a chair and put on her headphones.

"Brother Mozi, welcome back!" Meiko's voice trembled with excitement.

Jiejie then asked, "Can you still hold the mouse?"

Su Mo laughed and said, "Are you going to complain that I'm bad at cooking, Xiao Jie?"

Jiejie: ​​"If you're bad at the game, then I'll just go top lane. We can just feed together, since we can't win anyway."

Scout laughed and said, "Everyone seems to have come back to life."

Su Mo turned around and looked behind him; the factory manager was standing right behind him.

"Factory, your tactics aren't working. You can't win a single game. Listen to me instead," Su Mo teased.

The factory manager smirked: "If we lose, I'll hold you responsible."

The director then gave DWG a close-up, especially Showmaker.

Guan Zeyuan interpreted it as follows: "Showmaker is visibly excited right now, or as he said, winning against EDG without Mozi is a regret for him!"

"Now that Mozi is back, Showmaker has a chance to prove himself. Whether he is the new king of this game and deserves the title of GOAT, let's wait and see!"

Both players are ready, everything is set, let's move on to the third round of the ban/pick phase!

In this match, EDG chose the red side, while DWG was on the blue side.

Ban status:
EDG: Jhin, Ezreal, Ziggs
DWG: Camille, Fiora, Orianna
Miller commented, "EDG actually chose the red side in this match? I didn't expect that. Usually, if given the chance, they would choose the blue side."

Rita chimed in, "Moreover, after Mozi came on, the bans changed, both sides changed. EDG chose to target the bot lane? This is the first time I've seen DWG's bot lane being targeted in all this time."

"It's generally believed that DWG's bot lane is rather passive, especially the ADC. It seems that Mozi has his own understanding."

During the hero selection phase, DWG, on the blue side, picked Ornn on the first floor!

Miller commented, "Here it comes! Nuguri's Ornn. In fact, Ornn is the most frequently used Ornn in this World Championship. His Ornn is different from others. His Ornn can solo kill in lane."

EDG secured Ashe and Galio on the first and second floors, respectively.

Rita analyzed: "Galio has many possible positions in the hands of EDG, especially in the hands of Mozi. It's still uncertain where he will go."

DWG picked Graves and Senna on the second and third floors.

Guan Zeyuan commented, "Canyon's Graves is here. He is definitely the best Graves player in the jungle right now. His gameplay is really different from other Graves players."

EDG locked onto Sett on the third floor.

Miller analyzed, "Sett... this champion is also flexible in the current version. He can be played in top lane, jungle, support, or even mid lane, depending on how you choose to play him."

"I noticed that after Mozi came on, EDG's draft strategy became much more open, unlike before when it was completely predictable in advance."

In the second round of bans and picks, EDG added Syndra and Azir to their bans.

DWG banned Leona and Bard.

Rita commented, "DWG actually banned Bard support. Although Bard is also Meiko's signature champion, he hasn't used it like that since Mozi left. It seems that DWG is worried that Mozi's return will awaken Meiko as well!"

EDG got Pyke on the fourth floor!

Guan Zeyuan commented, "EDG's draft picks are really wild. They even picked Pyke. Nobody plays Pyke in this World Championship because he's been nerfed a lot. Meiko feels really different."

DWG secured Zoe and Titan on the fourth and fifth floors.

Finally, EDG locked in Diana directly on the fifth floor!
Rita commented, "It's Diana? If Diana is a jungler... it feels like Sett is a top laner! This is Mozi's first time using Sett."

"After all, Sett is a new champion that came out after Mozi announced his retirement, and he didn't have the opportunity to use him before."

With all ten heroes selected for both sides, the lane assignments began to be adjusted.

After some adjustments, the lineup was finalized:

Red side EDG: Top lane Sett, Jungle Diana, Mid lane Galio, ADC Ashe, Support Pyke

Blue side DWG: Top lane Ornn, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Zoe, ADC Senna, Support Nautilus

Before leaving EDG, Clearlove reminded Su Mo, "Xiao Mo, don't forget, this is a BO1. If you lose, you have to go home. There's no time for you to warm up." Su Mo replied, "You should think about preparing a victory celebration. I feel it's a bit late to start preparing now."

"Haha, sure." The factory manager laughed, stepped forward to shake hands with the coach opposite him, and then headed straight for the locker room.

Su Mo attempted to communicate with the system:
"Max out my Sett proficiency."

[Use one Prestige Mastery Card to raise Sett's mastery level to maximum.]

Once the match begins, the broadcast shows the Summoner Spells and Runes of all ten players on both sides.

Miller began to analyze: "Both top laners have Flash and Teleport, and both have Unsealed Spellbook. In the bot lane, Pyke has Flash and Ignite, while DWG's Nautilus has Flash and Exhaust."

"It feels like DWG's bot lane is planning to focus on farming in this game."

Rita analyzed: "From the perspective of team composition, if it really drags into the late game, DWG's team composition is indeed more powerful, with a very tough front line and many damage dealers."

"However, I believe that with Mozi on the field, it will be difficult for DWG to drag the game out until they want to."

The first wave of minions spawned, and DWG started their jungle clear as usual. Suddenly, five figures appeared!
Rita passionately commented, "Level 1 invasion! And it's all five of them together, even the top laner Sett is coming! Flash + Headscramble, pulls in Senna and Nautilus, and locks them down!"

"Galio flashes, uses W for Durand's shield, Pyke follows up with E, controlling Senna so she can't even use Flash, Senna is instantly killed! Nautilus flashes to create distance, Ashe flashes and uses W to slow, then auto-attacks for damage, Nautilus can't escape either!"

Miller exclaimed, "So exciting? And I feel like I've seen this somewhere before, top laner coming to help with level 1 team fights... Isn't this the tactic Nuguri used before?"

"Helping your teammates is helping yourself, even if you lose a TP, it doesn't matter! I didn't expect Nuguri to be outmaneuvered by his own tactics."

Su Mo teleported directly to the top lane, losing three melee minions in the process.

Jiejie got a kill, and Hope's Ashe also got a kill.

Jiejie got excited: "The enemy jungler is doomed, I'm going to carry this game!"

Su Mo laughed and said, "Xiao Jie, you're not happy, are you? You got crushed by Canyon in the first two games."

Jiejie said indignantly, "I admit Canyon is very capable, but..."

Jiejie stopped mid-sentence, realizing that some things lose their meaning once spoken, so she expressed her anger through actions!
In the official live stream room, the chat was filled with messages:

"Kill! Kill them all! Kill them all back!"

"We'll get our revenge just like we did in the previous two games!"

"That's how you play! That's how you play this game. Forget about leveling up, just keep attacking!"

"Brother Mozi, don't give me any face, kill them all!"

In the top lane, Ornn has a level and teleport advantage, so he's very aggressive. For him, trading blows is always profitable.

Moreover, Sett was carrying Unsealed Spellbook instead of Conqueror, which greatly reduced his intimidation.

Whenever Su Mo goes up to finish off an enemy, Ornn will use his abilities to trade damage, and Su Mo can only keep using his W, Charged Fist, to offset some of the damage.

Miller commented, "Although it helped his teammates gain an advantage, it has to be said that the top lane matchup is really difficult. Ornn is not weak in the lane, in fact, he is very strong, and he is ahead in teleport and level."

After Su Mo's health was low, he chose not to use any medicine and relied on his passive health regeneration. As long as he could control his health and avoid being killed in one-on-one combat, he would be fine.

With three minutes remaining in the game, Ornn's rank has risen to level three.

Su Mo's Sett has gone home; if the fight continues, he might get solo killed.

Ornn was already controlling the minion wave, waiting for Su Mo to come out.

Graves has also spawned near the top lane.

Guan Zeyuan commented, "The top laner is now seven CS behind, which is more than a wave of minions. Moreover, Sett will lose minions when he recalls to base to replenish his supplies. It's so frustrating."

Miller analyzed, "I feel the biggest problem is that Diana's combat power is limited because she's not even level six, so she can't come to the top lane to help."

"So what we just said, that helping your teammates is helping yourself, doesn't hold true yet. We'll have to wait until Diana and Galio reach level six."

Just then, the situation changed. In the bottom lane, the minion wave pushed towards the turret, and Diana placed a ward behind the turret. Galio then teleported over!
Immediately afterwards, a blue team teleported to the bottom lane turret.

Rita commented, "They're going to tower dive! DWG's bot lane duo got double-killed at level 1, so they're behind in levels and have only just reached level 2!"

"But Ornn also has Teleport, he's looking for an opportunity... wait, why is Mozi here?!"

Everyone discovered something terrifying: Su Mo's Sett was also in the bot lane!

He walked all the way from home, which meant he essentially abandoned the top lane minions!

Galio teleported down, and at the same time, the EDG team made their move!

Pyke used his E skill to go directly to the enemy Senna, and then Senna and Pyke simultaneously used Flash!

Miller exclaimed, "Predicted Flash! Crowd control! Pyke E-Flash controls Senna and Nautilus! Ornn uses Teleport! Galio's Righteous Punch, Durand's Shield controls both."

"Sett used Skullbreaker to pull the two together, Ashe dealt damage, Senna was too squishy and was instantly killed! Zoe's Sleepy Trouble Bubble hit Diana, but Pyke was the one tanking the tower, he had already pulled her out."

"Keep attacking! Zoe's out of abilities, she can only take hits. Now Sett is tanking the tower! Ashe is chasing Zoe and dealing damage. Zoe flashes to dodge Pyke's Q, but then, a deliberate punch!"

Su Mo's Sett took down Zoe with a single punch, but he himself was hooked by Nautilus, and Ornn, who teleported down, knocked her up, securing the kill.

One for two!

Su Mo commanded, "We can go now. These two are tough to kill."

The teammate chose to pull out, and the objective has been achieved; the enemy Senna is still level two.

Guan Zeyuan exclaimed, "This is too violent! The previous matches were quite peaceful at the beginning, and they usually started to exert their strength after ten minutes. But after Mozi came on, EDG started to exert their strength from the very first minute!"

In the official live stream room, the chat went wild again:
"Kill them! Fight them like this!"

"Want to develop? Impossible!"

"This is how this game should be played, understand?"

"Pure violence, ultimate enjoyment!"

In the audience, in the first row, the TES players were watching with great excitement.

Jackeylove exclaimed, "That's how you should play a game: just give it your all, and if you can't win, great."

Yuyanjia said, "No wonder EDG banned Ghost's bot lane and banned all the long-range, weak champions so they could keep tower diving. I guess they'll continue to target the bot lane later."

After replenishing his supplies, Su Mo returned to the top lane. Although he lost the minion wave again, he managed to get a kill this time, which was acceptable.

The key point is that the enemy bot lane is currently in an unplayable state; they could be killed in lane if given even a slight opportunity.

But Meiko happened to be playing Pyke, a champion that's easy to find opportunities with.

Sure enough, five minutes into the game, Jiejie's Diana ganked the bottom lane again. Pyke went in stealth to hold the enemy, and a Q skill pulled Senna back. Ashe and Diana followed up with damage and secured another kill!

At this point, everyone in the solo lane is level 5, Ashe is level 4.5, and Senna is only level 3! (End of Chapter)