LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

The minibus slowly drove away from the airport, leaving the bustling crowd and deafening noise behind.

Inside the car, Jiejie slumped in his seat, panting heavily, but a satisfied smile on his face: "This is...this is too much! It feels even more tiring than winning the championship, but it's so awesome! Just now, there was a girl holding up a sign that said 'Jiejie, Mom loves you,' oh my god, I have a mom fan now!"

Back at the familiar EDG base, they were not greeted with celebratory champagne, but rather with steaming hot home-cooked dishes and pork rib soup prepared by their aunt.

For these teenagers who had been "tortured" by Western food in Iceland for more than half a month, this meal was far more appealing than any Michelin-starred meal.

A good night's sleep.

The next day, the so-called Business Week kicked off in a way no one expected—live streaming.

"The league and the clubs have discussed it," Abu announced at the morning meeting with a smile. "Taking advantage of the current high level of hype surrounding the MSI victory, everyone must go live this afternoon. Moreover, for the sake of the show's quality, I discussed it with Clearlove, and today Clearlove and Mozi will do a duo live stream."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

Jiejie almost spat out the milk in her mouth, while the other team members wore constipated expressions, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

How about having two people with completely different styles, one extremely diligent and the other extremely lazy, do a live stream together?
What a brilliant plan!

Su Mo yawned and weakly raised his hand: "I object. I demand to livestream myself sleeping alone."

The factory manager pushed up his glasses, his eyes behind the lenses as serious as ever: "This is a task, and I will supervise you to complete it."

At 2 PM, a live stream called "EDG_Mo and the Retired Coach's Forced Business" started on time amidst great anticipation.

As soon as the live stream screen lit up, the factory manager, with a serious expression and upright posture, was on the left.

Less than a minute after the broadcast started, the number of viewers in the live stream exceeded ten million, and the barrage of comments flooded the entire screen like a burst dam.

[In my lifetime! I saw the factory manager and Mo Shen, these two lazybones, doing a live stream together again! My youth is complete!]

[Hahaha, look at these two's expressions! One looks like they're here for military training, and the other looks like they've been kidnapped!]

[Brother Mozi, if you've been kidnapped, blink twice!]

[Everyone stand up! 77777777!]

"Ahem," the factory manager cleared his throat and got into work mode first, "Hello everyone, I'm Clearlove. This afternoon, Mo and I will play a few games together and stream it to you all."

Chen Lie opened Steam and said to the factory manager, "Playing LOL feels like playing against bots, let's play something else."

The factory manager thought for a moment and agreed that playing on the Korean server wasn't very challenging, so he nodded: "What do you want to play?"

"Let's play PUBG," Su Mo's eyes lit up a little. "It's been a long time since I've played, this is a good opportunity to practice my shooting."

So, under the spotlight, two League of Legends world champions actually started playing PUBG on their live stream.

This move, far from diminishing its popularity, actually attracted even more curious viewers.

The two were matched into a four-player squad, and soon, two other random teammates were also matched into the squad.

As soon as I entered the Quality Plaza, a sweet yet slightly boisterous female voice rang out in the team voice chat.

"Wow! We've matched with teammates! Hello, hello? Can you hear me? I'm the pretty, sweet-voiced, and sharpshooting Little Softie! I'll carry you guys to victory this round!"

Su Mo and the factory manager exchanged a glance, both seeing a strange look in each other's eyes.

The live chat exploded instantly.

[Did I hear that right? It's Ruan Ruan? That female streamer from the PUBG section?]

[Hilarious! What a dream collaboration! A newbie female streamer was matched with two world champions!]

[Ruanruan is in danger! She has no idea what kind of monsters she's been matched with!]

As the plane took off, the factory manager professionally pointed out a remote jungle area: "Let's go here and develop our resources first."

Su Mo, however, marked a red dot directly in P City, the very center of the map.

"Go here, it's quick to kill people."

"That's too aggressive, isn't it?" another random teammate said timidly.

The female streamer known as "Little Softie" was very excited: "Great! Let's go to Pochinki! Let's go gunfight! It's time to show off my skills!"

So the four of them parachuted and headed straight for Pochinki.

Upon landing, Pochinki instantly transformed into a hellish scene filled with gunfire.

"Ah! There are people here! Help! I don't have a gun!" Little Softie landed and ran into a full squad, screaming wildly in the voice chat.

"Don't make a sound," Su Mo's voice rang out lazily. He picked up an S686 and walked slowly toward Xiao Ruanruan. "Report your position."

"It's in that two-story building! There are three of them! Ah! They're charging at me!"

"Bang! Bang!"

Two muffled shotgun blasts rang out.

The world is quiet.

EDG.Mo defeated TigerTV-001 using the S686.

EDG.Mo defeated TigerTV-002 using the S686.

Su Mo slowly reloaded his gun and said to the terrified Xiao Ruanruan on the other end of the line, "There's another one on the balcony. Will you handle it yourself, or should I help you?"

"Huh? Ah! Master! You...you're Mo from EDG?!" Little Soft finally reacted, her voice trembling.

Su Mo didn't answer, but instead threw a grenade toward the balcony.

boom!
EDG.Mo eliminated TigerTV-003 with a grenade.

"Let's go, next one." Su Mo's tone was already calm.

The rest of the game turned into a personal performance by Su Mo.

The factory manager's awareness remained top-notch. He was responsible for command, collecting supplies, and reporting locations, acting like a most reliable logistics minister.

Su Mo, on the other hand, transformed into the Grim Reaper on the battlefield.

Whether it's controlling the recoil of the M416 or the quick-scoping of the 98K, it's as easy as breathing for him.

From being loud and boisterous at the beginning, to being dumbfounded later, Xiao Ruanruan eventually became Su Mo's number one fangirl.

"Ink God! Ink God! I have a Level 3 helmet here! Here you go!"

"Ink God! Someone's hitting me!"

“It’s alright,” Su Mo switched to the 98K, opened the 8x scope, and glanced at the distant hillside. “He can’t fire a second shot.”

boom!
A thousand miles away, a single shot to the head.

The viewers in the live stream have become completely numb.

[Is it open?]

[I finally understand why this person could win the world championship; his dynamic vision and reaction speed are beyond human!]

This isn't just playing a game; this is a game-changing attack!

[This was the most enjoyable game Ruanruan had ever played; she was carried to victory by a god throughout.]

As the game progressed to the final circle, only their team and another full squad remained on the map.

The opponent has occupied the house in the center of the destiny circle, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"It's going to be tough," the factory manager said, frowning. "We're out of grenades. If we rush in, we'll easily get caught and killed."

"Ink God! What should we do?" Little Ruanruan asked anxiously.

Su Mo glanced at the map, then at the endless supply of smoke grenades in his backpack.

"Didn't you say you were really good with a gun?" Su Mo suddenly asked.

"Huh? I...I was just joking..." Little Ruanruan's voice immediately softened.

“It’s alright,” Su-Mo’s lips curled into a playful smile. “It doesn’t matter if you’re not good with guns, as long as you can shout 666. Factory manager, come with me. Little Softie, you stay here and wait for our signal.”

After saying that, Su Mo began frantically throwing smoke grenades around the housing area, instantly enveloping the entire area in a thick white smoke.

"go!"

Under the cover of smoke, he and the factory manager stealthily made their way to the side of the house like ghosts.

“I’ll go first,” Su Mo said. “You follow behind me and finish me off.”

Before he finished speaking, he climbed over the side window and went inside!
[EDG.Mo took down the opponent with an M416...]

[EDG.Mo took down the opponent with an M416...]

EDG.Clearlove was eliminated using the SCAR-L...

Gunshots and knockdown notifications rang out rapidly within five seconds. While Xiao Ruanruan was still trembling in the smoke, the words "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner" popped up in the center of the screen.

In the team voice chat, after a few seconds of silence, Xiao Ruanruan burst into an ear-piercing scream: "Ah! Mo Shen! You are my god!!"

Su Mo's ears hurt from her noise, so he yawned and said lazily, "Basic stuff, don't be ridiculous. Remember next time, don't brag if you're not good at it, or you'll easily get slapped in the face."

This slightly teasing remark didn't anger Xiao Ruanruan; instead, it excited her even more: "Mo Shen is right! I'll never brag again! I'm the number one noob in the entire universe! Please, Mo Shen, carry me again!"

This live stream was incredibly successful.

Countless viewers who came from the PUBG community flocked to Su Mo's live stream to witness firsthand what it meant to have "cross-game talent dominance".

That evening, at the end of the live stream, Su Mo's live stream reached a peak viewership that set a platform record that is almost impossible to break.

His famous quote, "It doesn't matter if you're not good with guns, as long as you can shout '666', it's fine," quickly went viral and became a new esports bible.

The summer storm quietly began during this joyful yet breathtaking live broadcast.

The live broadcast of Su Mo and the factory director's "cross-border law enforcement" had a far greater impact than anyone imagined.

The next day, when Jiejie, sporting dark circles under his eyes and still half-asleep, opened his phone, he discovered that the headlines in the entire e-sports and live-streaming world were dominated by his most respected Mozi.

#Mo Shen flirts with female streamer#
#It doesn't matter if you're not good with guns, as long as you can shout "666"#
#LOL champion plays PUBG with his feet#
Various absurd and hilarious hashtags dominated the trending topics, and the female streamer known as "Yitiao Xiaoruanruan" gained millions of followers overnight, leaping from a second-tier streamer to a top influencer in the PUBG community. Countless players flocked to her stream just to hear her vividly recount her experience of being carried by a "god" the previous day. "Why?!" Jiejie wailed in the training room, "I'm a champion jungler too! I want to carry girls too! I want to be on the trending topics too!"

Meiko passed by and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically: "Forget it, the effect of your live stream will probably be #Champion Jungler Gets Carried to Chicken Dinner by Female Streamer#."

The huge success of this live stream has also shown new business opportunities to major sponsors and live streaming platforms.

On the third day of the business week, EDG Club received an invitation from the top peripheral brand "Alienware" to host an exhibition match called "Champion's Canyon VS King of Guns".

The game being played is not League of Legends or PUBG, but a recently popular tactical shooter called Valorant.

EDG will be represented by Su Mo and Jiejie.

Their teammates and opponents were carefully selected by the platform: four top female streamers from different game categories.

"I protest!" Su Mo raised his hand in the conference room. "I just want to play League of Legends."

Abu adjusted his glasses and pulled out a contract: "This is part of our sponsorship contract with the aliens; it's an obligation we have to fulfill. Moreover, they specifically requested your participation."

Su Mo: "..."

At 8 p.m., the highly anticipated exhibition match officially began amidst great anticipation.

Su Mo and Jiejie were assigned to the same team.

When they entered the team voice chat in the custom room, two distinctly different female voices rang out almost simultaneously.

"Wow! It's Mo Shen and Jiejie! Hello! I'm Xiaoruanruan! Mo Shen, keep cheering 666 for you this round!"

This voice naturally belonged to "Little Softie" who was carried away last time.

The other voice, however, was calm, pleasant, and carried a hint of mature womanly charm: "Hello, Brother Mozi, this is Jiejie. I'm Miss, and I'm very happy to be on the same team as the champion."

Miss!

The moment the name was mentioned, the live stream chat exploded with comments.

If Xiaoruanruan is a rising star among live streamers, then Miss is a living legend in the live streaming world.

She was a professional gamer before transitioning to streaming, where her top-notch game knowledge and cool personality have kept her as the number one streamer for years.

She and Su Mo, one is the queen of the live streaming world, and the other is the god of the e-sports world. When these two are on the same team, the show's entertainment value is off the charts!
"Hello." Su Mo was as concise as ever.

Jiejie exclaimed excitedly, "Wow! It's Miss! I've seen your videos, your marksmanship is amazing!"

"You flatter me," Miss chuckled, then turned her attention to Su Mo, her tone carrying a playful challenge, "I've heard that God Mo is not only good at LOL, but also a great shooter? I hope you won't disappoint me."

This slightly provocative remark excited the viewers in the live stream.

[Here it comes! The Queen versus the Gods! The tension is rising!]

[Miss is testing the waters with Mo Shen!]

[Brother Mozi, quickly fight back! Let her know who's in charge!]

Su Mo ignored all of this and simply said, "Look at the map and pick a hero you're comfortable with."

Games start.

The map is titled "Suspended City of Asia and the Sea".

Jiejie instantly picked Phoenix, a simple and straightforward breakthrough champion.

Little Ruanruan chose Saint Prayer, a healer, clearly intending to be a freeloader.

Miss chose Jetwind, a Tier 1 duelist in the current version, an assassin-type hero known for his mobility.

When it was Su Mo's turn, he scanned the hero pool and finally locked onto a hero that no one expected—Banqi, a vanguard known for his information gathering and powerful control.

"Doesn't Mo Shen play Jett? How do you kill people with this?" Jiejie asked, puzzled.

Miss was also a little surprised: "Using Initiator? You don't like getting kills?"

"The number of kills isn't important," Su Mo said lazily. "Winning is all that matters."

The game loads, and their opponents are a team led by two other well-known female streamers.

In the first game, we were on the attacking side.

"A-level team, a rush!" Su Mo's command was simple and direct.

"Isn't this too direct?" Jiejie was a little hesitant.

“I’ll scout ahead,” Miss said, already preparing to use Jetwind’s Tailwind ability to move. “I’ll draw the firing line, you guys follow.”

However, Su Mo stopped her: "You don't need to. Follow behind me."

After saying that, Su Mo's traitorous spirit directly unleashed his reconnaissance skill, "Shockwave," deep into A University.

A blue ghost wolf sprinted out and instantly discovered that there was only one defender inside point A.

"One person at point A, behind the box." Su Mo called out the location while simultaneously switching to a flashbang.

"Snapped!"

The flashbang exploded precisely above point A, blinding the poor defender.

"Enter."

Before Su Mo could finish speaking, Miss and Jiejie had already understood and rushed inside.

They easily took the first point.

In the following rounds, all the viewers witnessed what a "tactical mind" really is.

Su Mo's cunning was like having a cheat code activated across the entire map. Every scouting skill he used was as precise as a scalpel, always finding the weakest point in the opponent's defense. Every control skill he used made his opponents suffer immensely.

His marksmanship was terrifying to the extreme.

He seemed to have no need to actively seek out enemies; they would always walk right into his line of fire.

Every time his "thug" fired, it was a crisp and deadly single-shot headshot.

Miss, who initially took the initiative, gradually became Su Mo's tagalong.

As soon as Su Mo gave the signal, she used the Jetpack's maneuverability to cut in from the most tricky angle and finish the job.

The two exchanged almost no extra words, yet they displayed a chilling tacit understanding.

"Point B cleared, the terrorists move in."

"OK," Miss replied, and gracefully glided into point B.

"Watch out for the A short route retracement."

"Understood, I'll set up the gun."

One attacks and one defends, one advances and one defends, as if they were one.

Halftime score: 12-0. An unbelievable score.

The opponents were completely stunned. The team voice chat was deathly silent, except for Xiao Ruanruan's constant exclamations of "Wow! Mo Shen is so handsome!" and "Miss is so amazing!"

After the switch of offense and defense, the opponent symbolically won a "pistol round" before being completely crushed.

13:1, game over.

Back in the room, Miss was silent for a moment in the team voice chat before slowly speaking, her voice carrying a complex meaning: "I take back what I said before. Your talent in other games is even more unreasonable than your talent in LOL."

"Not bad," Su Mo replied calmly. "The main thing is that you played well. You knew when to advance and when to set up your gun. You're much better than some reckless brutes who just charge forward."

"Hey! Who are you implying something about?!" Jiejie was innocently caught in the crossfire.

Miss chuckled at his seemingly sarcastic but actually complimentary remark: "Then I'll have to be serious next time and see if I can snatch the MVP from you."

"You can try it."

In the second game, the two were assigned to different teams.

Miss became Su Mo's rival.

This time, all the viewers are looking forward to a real "battle of the gods".

However, the course of the match once again exceeded everyone's expectations.

Su Mo chose Jetwind, while Miss got Shadow.

After the game started, Su Mo did not engage in a "royal city PK" with Miss as everyone had imagined.

Instead, he started to "stir things up".

He used the Jetwind's mobility to fly and teleport all over the map, specifically to find that trembling little softie.

Little Softie was carefully setting up her gun at point A when Su Mo suddenly appeared out of nowhere and instantly killed her with a short shotgun.

As soon as Xiao Ruanruan moved to point B, Su Mo appeared out of nowhere from behind her and finished her off with a small knife.

Throughout the entire match, Xiaoruanruan had a terrible gaming experience, and her live stream was filled with her screams of both anger and laughter.

"Aaaaaah! The God of Ink is here to kill me again! I hate you!!"

"Waaaaah, why did Mo Shen only kill me! Miss is right next to me, why didn't you kill her!"

Miss, on the other hand, felt an unprecedented sense of frustration.

Despite her exceptional marksmanship and awareness, she couldn't find Su Mo at all.

She wanted to challenge Su Mo to a one-on-one duel, but Su Mo was like a ghost, toying with her teammates from the other side of the map.

She led the attack, while Su Mo circled around to their rear, cutting off their entire retreat.

The feeling was like a top-notch swordsman punching cotton, having no way to use his strength.

In the end, Su Mo led his team to a crushing victory with 30 kills. (End of Chapter)