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"The Summit" has always generated considerable discussion and buzz, otherwise it wouldn't have run for so many seasons. With Du Liangchen and Mei Jing appearing in the behind-the-scenes footage, the show's popularity has soared to unprecedented heights.

Du Liangchen and Mei Jing are trending on social media again.

Previously, on short video platforms, only the fans of the two players and people who were into entertainment gossip would pay attention to and like the videos of the two players competing.

Videos featuring the two, which have garnered millions of views and tens of thousands of comments on various marketing accounts, have once again attracted a large number of gamers and those who appreciate good looks to search for them, thanks to their outstanding performance in the first episode of "Battle Peak".

Exciting and thrilling training clips and videos featuring ambiguous behavior have been revisited and watched repeatedly.

Major marketing accounts once again stepped up their efforts, editing together videos of Du Liangchen's extreme rescue of Mei Jing, which sparked a video of him being described as a "wife-protecting maniac." Any one of these videos easily garnered over five million views and more than one hundred thousand comments.

Seeing the popularity of the two's praise, the "Battle at the Peak" production team, having tasted the sweetness of success, would never let go of Du Liangchen, this cash cow.

The production team even released two trailers within a week, featuring Du Liangchen and Mei Jing, to generate buzz for the next episode.

The second episode aired as scheduled on Saturday.

The first team match after the group stage was between AG and KSG; eStar and EDG.

EDG training room.

Yuan Wenjie: "Coach, I want to play the top lane."

EDG had a disagreement over lane assignments. Yuan Wenjie wanted to play the top lane, but the coach felt that Ruan Boyan was more suited for it.

There's a lot of anxiety about needing to adjust the problems that have arisen in the newly formed team within a day, and also dealing with tomorrow's match.

With the addition of new team member Jiang Jiusheng, all six players will definitely be scheduled to play, leading to more disagreements about lane assignments.

After calming down, Yuan Wenjie finally decided to follow the coach's arrangement and play jungle in the main lane, fearing that he wouldn't have a spot on the field.

Afterwards, the coach assigned each player a different role and then observed their performance.

After an afternoon of training, the coach made some adjustments to the plan, and Yuan Wenjie faced off against Du Liangchen in the first game.

Du Liangchen's top lane skills were simply too formidable. After understanding Ruan Boyan's top lane skills and Jiang Jiusheng's jungle skills, Yuan Wenjie was ultimately allowed to suppress him in the top lane.

Coach Jiu Zhe: "I will try my best to arrange for everyone to play. We should all consider the overall win or loss of the team and come up with the most suitable configuration for the current team."

Ruan Boyan: "I'll follow the coach's instructions. As long as we can win, I don't care if I don't play."

Regardless of what Ruan Boyan was thinking, his words pleased the coach and others, and the tense atmosphere within the team immediately eased.

The coach nodded and continued, "Our team has a total of six people. In a five-person game, it's impossible for all of them to play. Now I'll tell you who will play in the first set."

"Top lane - Yuan Wenjie, jungle - Jiang Jiusheng, mid lane - Wang Kai, marksman - Ruan Bowen... roaming - Li Feng."

Ruan Boyan, who thought he wouldn't get to play in the first game, pointed at himself in surprise, "Me... a marksman?"

Coach: "Yes, you play the marksman role in the first game, and Liu Bing will play in the second game. Her marksman hero pool is too small."

Liu Bing forced a smile and looked at Ruan Boyan, saying, "It's okay. Just like you said, it doesn't matter whether I play or not, as long as we win."

Training continues.

They started training in the positions assigned by the coach. After one game, the coach was speechless and rubbed his face.

"Let me tell you about your performance just now. Why didn't you call out the enemy's position when you saw them moving downhill in the mid lane? Also, the marksman was positioned too far back and wasn't in good condition, so why didn't you go back to base? You were just asking to die."

AG Training Room.

The coach called in a team of players to provide them with one-on-one coaching.

After a day of intensive training, the five teams will compete in a best-of-three (BO3) match at the venue on the second day.

Inside the eStar team's rest area, everyone is making the most of their time to practice their heroes.

Wang Anyu sat down next to Du Liangchen, held up his phone, and said, "Little brother, take a look at this."

"What?" Du Liangchen turned off the screen and looked down. It turned out that he had secretly taken photos of everyone and then edited them and added music.

Wang Anyu asked expectantly, "How do you feel? Is the atmosphere very oppressive?"

Du Liangchen's eyes lit up. "Hmm, very handsome. Send me a copy."

Wang Anyu smiled and raised an eyebrow. "No problem, I'll send it to the group."

Du Liangchen was sitting on a sofa with one person on it. Wang Anyu was sitting on the armrest of his sofa, with his arm around Du Liangchen's shoulder. He was looking down at Du Liangchen and showing him something. The two of them were very close to each other and were chatting happily.

Mei Jing's gaze fell on Du Liangchen, and her bright eyes instantly dimmed. Seeing that he and Wang Anyu had become so familiar in just one day, she pursed her lips.

The change happened in an instant. If you don't watch carefully in slow motion, you won't notice Mei Jing's emotional change at all. But netizens are watching them with an eight-times magnification scope, and the CP fans went crazy instantly, flooding the screen with comments.

Du Liangchen awkwardly dodged Wang Anyu's hand. Hearing Mei Jing's voice, Wang Anyu got up and sat on the sofa next to him.

Yao Xi looked up and saw Mei Jing standing at the door. She greeted her with a smile, "Oh! You're here. Welcome."

Mei Jing: "I just came over for a visit because you guys are about to play against EDG."

Du Liangchen looked up, and Mei Jing's gloomy eyes instantly lowered, her previously expressionless face suddenly turning aggrieved.

"Uh~"

Du Liangchen scratched his face, confused as to why the person seemed to think he had bullied him from the moment they met. He blinked blankly and asked, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Mei Jing walked behind Du Liangchen and placed her hand on his shoulder. "But this is your first time competing in a formal event, you're a little nervous. Aren't you nervous about going on stage soon?"

Du Liangchen nodded, put his hand on the hand that was on his shoulder, naturally moved his buttocks to the side to make room, and pulled him to sit down, "I am a little nervous, here, let me show you a video."

Mei Jing took his phone, and the gloom in her heart was instantly dispelled by Du Liangchen. Before she could even feel happy, her brows furrowed again. "Your hands are so cold. Looks like you're really nervous. Here, warm your hands so you won't be in bad shape during the match." She took a bottle of milk out of her pocket and placed it in his hand.

Du Liangchen's dark eyes lit up instantly, "It's hot!"

Mei Jing turned to look at him and smiled gently, her eyes curving into crescent shapes, like a summer breeze that brushed against her heart, bringing a touch of warmth.

"Ah, I guessed you didn't eat much this morning, so I brought this to tide you over." He unlocked Du Liangchen's phone to show him the video Wang Anyu had just posted in their group chat. No one saw him secretly sending himself a screenshot of Du Liangchen's part.

The other five people, seeing the two sitting close together on a small sofa with their eyes sparkling as if they could smell the melon, lost all interest in the game.

Wang Lin looked the two of them up and down with her eyes, "You two have a good relationship. You even brought each other milk because you were worried that the other wouldn't eat breakfast."

Mei Jing's eyes were open and honest, yet also filled with helpless indulgence at Du Liangchen's willful refusal to eat properly. "He has a bad stomach; if he doesn't eat, he'll get low blood sugar."

AG defeated KSG; eStar defeated EDG.

With the airing of the second episode, the entire internet is filled with entries and videos related to "The Peak of War".

Overnight, the official account gained hundreds of thousands of followers, and the comments section was filled with obscenity that couldn't be restored.

Here's what happened: In the second episode, viewers who were watching the show with an 8x zoom lens suddenly noticed that Du Liangchen and Mei Jing's mouths had suddenly cracked, and both of them had cracked at the same time. The comments section was already flooded with messages from fans of both sides.

This immediately drew in readers who were already interested, who started screaming and flooding the screen with comments. After learning that the two were not only athletes and academic achievers, but also classmates, they became instant fans, and countless fanfictions sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

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When the assistant relayed the online feedback from the latest episode to Du Langyue, her face immediately darkened, and she threw the pen in her hand away.

“The contract clearly states that no shots that could cause misunderstandings are allowed. Now they’re playing this trick. If you go and negotiate with them, and they make all sorts of excuses and refuse to film, then they’re the ones who breached the contract first. Go directly to the legal department to terminate the contract and follow the contract.”

Seeing that the boss was angry, the assistant didn't dare to breathe loudly. "Okay, I'll go and negotiate with them right away."

Liu Yue received a call from her agent, Wang Keran, as soon as she arrived at the recording building.

"Hey, ma'am."

Where are you now?

"Just arrived at the recording building. What's wrong, sis?"

Wang Keran's tone was very serious, giving Liu Yue a bad feeling.

[The production team breached the contract by maliciously editing ambiguous scenes between Du Liangchen and Mei Jing, which attracted attention online. All filming is now suspended. I'm taking Du Liangchen to a hotel to await the outcome. I still have some things to finish here, and I'll head over there as soon as I'm done.]

Liu Yue glanced at Du Liangchen, "Okay, sis, I understand."

Du Liangchen: "What's wrong?"

Liu Yue leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Something happened. Sister Wang called and said we can't record anymore. Let's go back to the hotel and wait for news. Let's go."

Du Liangchen frowned as he glanced at the open elevator, then followed Liu Yue away.

Upon arriving at the hotel, Liu Yue briefly explained the situation to them. Du Liangchen took out his phone and saw that Mei Jing was looking for him. He told her that something had happened and he couldn't record for the time being.

With some free time, Du Liangchen turned on the latest episode to see what was going on and what explosive interactions the production team had edited to make the CP fans go crazy like it was Chinese New Year.

"Good heavens, with these comments on, I can't understand the video at all. It's terrifying." Du Liangchen was so frightened that he quickly turned them off.

Because of Du Liangchen's last-minute walkout, the AG team was unable to compete, and the entire production team panicked.

"The tickets have already been sold, what are we going to do now that we're short one person?" The producer slammed his fist on the table in anger. "Who does he think he is? How dare he boycott the show? I'm going to get a lawyer and sue him."

"He's just an athlete, what's so amazing about him? Does he really think he's so great? Without him, I can't even record this show! I'll 'kill' him. Find someone to temporarily fill in for me. The entertainment industry has no shortage of celebrities."

The director quickly stopped him from making a dangerous statement, "I'm afraid that won't work. Mr. Du is the second largest investor in our program. If we anger our big spender, we're finished."

"Why are you bringing up that shrew Du Langyue when you're talking about Du Liangchen?"

Director: "Ahem~ Du Langyue is Du Liangchen's aunt, his own aunt! What do you say?"

The producer froze, staring at him silently for a while, before finally losing his temper. "Why don't you say anything more!"

The director felt wronged. "I only found out three days ago when Mr. Du contacted me to terminate Du Liangchen's contract. I managed to retain Du Liangchen by threatening to pay the penalty for breach of contract. I never expected that this episode would cause such a huge backlash online, and even crashed the blog server."

The producer cursed in frustration, "Woco! It's all over now, get him out of the contract immediately."

The assistant, who had been keeping a low profile, had to step forward and ask, "How much is the penalty for breach of contract?"

The producer was furious, "What the hell do you want? Do you want our show to get funded? You idiot."