LPL History

Chapter 3 Zhou Yu cleverly presents the Longzhong Plan, while the big-nosed man uses sophistry in the empty city.

Abu looked at the diary in his hand, appearing somewhat lost.

"Brother, what's going on?"

Zhou Li smiled and gave him a look.

"This contains valuable information that I recorded during my long undercover work here."

Hearing Zhou Li's words, Abu opened the diary with some skepticism.

May 1st, sunny. Today is Labor Day, and I decided to get some exercise. I moved it from left to right; it was heavy, and it burned off all the calories I needed for the day. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go back to sleep.

June 1st, cloudy. Today is Children's Day, and the club organized a Children's Day activity. They all had a lot of fun. I looked down and felt my arrogance prevented me from joining in.

Zhou Li silently turned the diary to the back.

"Look behind you."

Abu was watching with great interest when he snorted.

[May 12th. In the scrim, I filled in as jungler and gave the first blue buff to Ruofeng, who praised him as the world's best mid laner. Dabizi was very happy. Although we lost the match, he treated me to instant noodles from Kangshifu for lunch and even added a sausage for me.]

[May 17th. Smiling spent the whole afternoon nagging at IF because IF had red-temperatured his cannon minion.]

[May 20th. Strawberry has been tanking under the tower for twenty consecutive games; he's either terrible or just giving up.]

[May 27th. IF was dumped by his girlfriend and cried like a child in Big Nose's arms. Seeing IF so heartbroken, Smiling said he wouldn't pursue the matter of the cannon car IF had destroyed ten days prior.]

[May 30th. Dao Ge heard the club was thinking of changing their jungler and was frantic. Big Nose patted his chest and assured him that as long as he was there, no one could get rid of Dao Ge.]

Abu looked at the contents of the diary with a complicated expression.

Although Zhou Li's records seem to be mostly about everyday trivialities, through them he has already figured out the personalities of all the WE members quite well.

"Brother, I'm just here to check things out, you..."

Zhou Li took the diary back from Abu's hand, his eyes sincere.

"Brother, I know who you are. You studied abroad and learned advanced esports club management concepts from Germany. If you want to come to WE, I'll be the first to support you!"

Despite Zhou Li's flattery, Abu remained unmoved, but inwardly he was overjoyed.

He came to WE not for any kind of inspection, but just to make a living.

Unexpectedly, just when he was about to eat, WE's substitute mid-laner brought him a bowl.

In just one minute, he understood the personalities of all the WE members and gained a loyal henchman.

How could this make Abu unhappy?

Zhou Li kept rambling on and on, much like a silly boy who was full of complaints because he couldn't get a starting spot.

Zhou Li brought Abu to the training room, where Joker greeted them and led Abu around the club to observe various activities.

When Zhou Li saw that Abu didn't comment on his outfit as usual, but instead winked at him before leaving, he knew he had succeeded.

The most successful way to infiltrate the enemy is to portray yourself as a greedy and brainless idiot.

As a key figure in the early days of the LPL, Abu would likely be indispensable in driving the development of events.

Zhou Li returned to his own sofa and slumped down.

While eating his country bumpkin snack and watching a pornographic film, the jungler glanced at Zhou Li out of the corner of his eye. "He's lying there like a cripple again. The club has already hired top talent from abroad; they'll kick out some of these lazy bums sooner or later."

Ruofeng glanced at Zhou Li and, seeing that the other party seemed not to have heard Dao Ge's words at all, mentally mocked him for being shameless and said:

"Train hard, the TGA Grand Prix is ​​coming up soon, so get your attitude right."

At that time, League of Legends had only just begun to take off in the country, and the LPL had not yet been established.

The TGA Grand Prix, a major tournament organized by Tencent, is considered an extremely important competition in China.

As the strongest club in League of Legends in China, WE has already won six domestic championships, and they are determined to win the TGA Grand Prix.

As for this substitute mid laner...

In Ruofeng's opinion, Zhou Li was just a freeloader who came to the club to eat and drink for free. However, as the club's operations gradually became more standardized, it was only a matter of time before Zhou Li was kicked out of the club.

Ruofeng, with lofty ambitions, would naturally not waste his energy on such an insignificant figure.

Upon hearing Ruofeng's words, he smiled but remained silent, only continuing to deliver the finishing blows.

Who is the biggest weakness of the current WE team?

It's just that you, Ruofeng, play mid lane and get constantly pressured under the tower, losing lane, and then the jungler gets ganked and fed by the mid-jungle duo.

But since Ruofeng was the captain, he couldn't say much...

"Ruofeng, how come you always get pushed under the tower and can't even show your face when you play mid lane?"

Smiling, her eyes widened suddenly, almost thinking she had spoken her true feelings. She turned her head and saw the unkempt young man wearing a white tank top.

Zhou Li!

What's wrong with this kid?
Ruofeng, who was being relentlessly attacked under the tower by the enemy mid laner, had his sore spot hit, and half of his face turned red.

As a professional player who transitioned from Dota to League of Legends, Ruofeng is already quite old at 22.

The ultimate move he used on creeps in Dota back then, Death Finger, directly pointed him to a bright future, leading him to become the highly respected captain of the "Cosmic Team" he is today.

But it must be admitted that he simply benefited from entering the industry early.

As League of Legends becomes increasingly popular in China, Ruofeng is feeling increasingly exhausted playing in high-level matches.

Being ridiculed to his face like this was something Ruofeng, who always cared a lot about his reputation, could not accept.

Moreover, the people who made fun of him were the people he looked down upon.

His anger was instantly ignited, but his performative personality allowed Big Nose to maintain his composure.

"The current version is a global stream."

He kept his eyes straight ahead, pretending to be very serious about laning, and instantly missed two tower kills.

"Laning phase doesn't determine anything. I was actually deliberately playing weak to avoid being ganked, and then farm up to level six to support my teammates. Also, it makes it easier for the jungler to gank when the enemy is pushing the lane. Your understanding of the game is too superficial. You've been in our club for a while now, so why is your game sense still at the level of a solo queue player?"

Hearing Ruofeng's words, Zhou Li smiled.

"You're bad, so why all the excuses? And you're deliberately playing weak to avoid being ganked? Let me ask you this: when you're being pushed under your tower, doesn't the enemy mid laner roam? Is the enemy mid laner an Earthbound Spirit?"

Zhou Li's tone was originally quite calm, but suddenly he started speaking at zero frames, his voice booming like a bell!
“Answer me!!”

(End of this chapter)