LPL History

Chapter 302 Zhou Li's Deceptive Stratagem Leads to Saen's Slaying of a General; Internal Strife at the State Grid Leads to Twenty Surrenders

The top lane position is slightly different from the mid, top, and jungle positions that Zhou Li has played before.

This position can be a tank that withstands pressure and is sacrificed for the team's tactics, or it can bring about the ultimate individual heroism.

According to the Zhou rites, sacrifice was impossible.

Fate can only be controlled by oneself.

Although the three heroes he currently has at perfect proficiency are all tank heroes that should have been sacrificed.

But who says tanks can't be used for C (C)?
It was precisely because of the public's prejudice against tanks that Zhou Li was able to better utilize this psychological game!

If Zhou Li weren't playing Sai today, but rather a warrior champion like Riven or Fiora, would Pawn's Twisted Fate dare to be placed in this position?

In the fat general's view, he had made a sufficiently cautious decision, but it was still a case of choosing the right dish for the right audience.

Meanwhile, in the live stream, the viewers were already in an uproar when they saw Fat General get solo killed.

Holy crap! The worst Korean player beat the best Korean player in a one-on-one fight?!

What is Pawn doing, giving him this opportunity?

[This is insane! Sion actually built Trinity Force!]

[This Li is a real beast. What's the point of building a Trinity Force on a Sion?]

[How could it be useless? Didn't he solo kill Pawn? He can brag about this for a year.]

[Can it withstand a team fight? You'd be a sitting duck as soon as you walk in!]

[Li: Being able to solo kill Pawn is enough; why bother with team fights? We can just give up the base!]

[Try to understand, they're just too bad at the game, they can't beat the opponents normally, so they have to resort to unorthodox methods every day.]

Regardless of what others are saying, Sion has already demolished EDG's second turret.

This wave resulted in the death of a mid-laner with excellent development and the loss of a second tower, which can be described as a huge loss for EDG.

EDG player seats.

Silence is the word for EDG tonight.

The fact that the fat general was solo killed by a Sion was quite an astonishing event.

After all, Fat General is now EDG's super dad.

Even if we take a step back and say that someone gets solo killed by a Sion, that's a bit too abstract.

But the situation is even more critical.

The fat general had just fallen in battle when news of another victory arrived from the front.

Koro1's troll had just left when Deft made a positioning mistake, giving Imp an opportunity. Even though Clearlove and Koro1 immediately turned around to support, Deft was instantly killed.

The consecutive mistakes made by the two Korean players have clearly dampened the atmosphere within EDG's team.

EDG spent a lot of money to acquire two Korean players this year, which shows their great ambition.

As a result, they got off to a "good start" in the very first game of the Spring Split.

Although the loss in the first game seemed somewhat unfair, as they were caught out and lost the game, netizens didn't blame them, fans didn't blame them, and even they themselves concluded that it was an accident.

But in reality, everyone in EDG understands that although the loss in this game may have been a pity, it wasn't really that unfair!

To understand why EDG, despite not having a high win rate in scrims against LGD, consistently maintained their confidence,

Because in their view, they are a team that excels at operations!

Even if they fall into a slight disadvantage in the early stages, they can still turn the tide in the mid-to-late game through perfect management.

While Sion's tower-stealing strategy may not sound appealing, in a sense, it is also a form of understanding and management of minion waves.
They were essentially defeated in their own area of ​​expertise.

The loss in the previous game already made the EDG players feel very uncomfortable.

In fact, as early as after the first game, apart from Meiko, Koro1 and Clearlove had some doubts about Deft and Pawn's abilities.

In the last game, Clearlove helped Deft a lot, but Deft ultimately failed to achieve a good result.

The same goes for the fat general; he was outmatched by the minions and could only watch helplessly as Sion pushed the tower. GIFs of this had already been circulating in the player community.

Netizens are even joking that EDG spent 10 million to buy a cannon minion.

Such minor disagreements are something that can arise within any team.

But now, the two Korean players have squandered their advantage due to some basic mistakes, which has affected the morale of the EDG players.

It's not that South Korean players can't make mistakes.

But you're getting paid dozens or even hundreds of times more than me, and you still can't help me succeed? What does that mean?
Kou Rou initially didn't want to say much, but at the crucial moment, Mei Kou spoke up.

"I'm speechless. Kou Rou, why are you walking so fast? I already told you the other side might be about to attack."

After saying that, he muttered something to Deft, roughly meaning, "It's not your fault, top laner boom."

This one sentence completely ignited the passion for braised pork belly.

"You motherfucker, you blame me for getting killed in lane?! Are you an idiot?! I'll fucking XXXXXX you!"

The braised pork belly was completely unleashed, and her words contained a high level of "motherly" sentiment.

"When the hell did you say the other side might attack?!"

"I already said it!"

"You fucking bastard, go back and review the footage to see if you actually said it or not, you son of a bitch! You're just licking your Korean daddy's boots, giving yourself away for free like this and you still think it's okay? I think you're a real piece of work, you Korean bastard!"

Unfortunately, Zhou Li couldn't hear the extreme greeting from Kou Rou at this moment.

Otherwise, he would definitely have applauded and cheered for the braised pork.

Faced with Kou Rou's torrential curses, Mei Kou remained silent, her eyes reddening, and she occasionally let out a few extremely affected sobs.

Although the two Koreans couldn't understand what Kou Rou was saying, it wasn't hard to tell from their tone that they were having a heated argument.

Deft glanced at Meiko, whose eyes were slightly red, and asked with concern:
"what happened?"

Mei Kou shook her head, her face full of determination.

"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with you."

"Shut up, you innocent white lotus!"

Kou Rou continued to produce, even daring to use the new vocabulary he had just learned from Zhou Li.

For Koro, since he was going to be punished by the club anyway after this outburst, he might as well rant a bit more and make a few more money out of it.

"Alright, that's enough!"

The factory manager glanced at the time in the upper right corner with a headache.

"Stop arguing. There's no point in fighting in your condition. Just call it a day."

In fact, although EDG was at a significant disadvantage at this point, they were not in a hopeless situation.

But with the team already arguing like this, there's not much point in continuing to play.

Zhou Li was still thinking about how to continue "operating" when, unexpectedly, EDG clicked the button as soon as the 20 minutes were up!
Such a swift surrender clearly took everyone by surprise, and a chorus of boos erupted from the crowd.

"What's going on?! EDG has surrendered!"

"To be honest, I feel like they could still put up a fight, but maybe EDG themselves feel that their disadvantage is too great?"

While the doll was still puzzled, Miller noticed something was wrong with EDG.

He noticed that the EDG players looked very grim when they left the field, and Koro1 was walking ahead of them, leaving his teammates far behind.

Zhou Li naturally witnessed this scene as well.

Without a doubt, he knew that EDG had obviously experienced a huge internal conflict.

He recalled that EDG's current roster was originally expected to win the Spring Split championship this year and defeat SKT at MSI to win the MSI title. However, shortly after winning the MSI, Koro1, who had shone brightly at MSI, was benched by EDG. It was rumored that this was because Koro1 became overconfident, stopped training, and disobeyed the coaching staff's arrangements.

But as the saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day. As a major project of MSI, the fact that Koro1 was simply shelved clearly indicates that the conflict between the two sides had reached an irreconcilable point.

In other words, the conflict between Koro and others must have existed before MSI, but EDG had a smooth run in the Spring Split and it wasn't fully exposed, or perhaps EDG didn't have a suitable top laner to replace Koro at that time.

After all, Zhou Li knew very well that Abu, that old woman, was ruthless and merciless when she wanted to take action.

"So the internal conflicts within EDG have erupted prematurely?"

Thinking about this, Zhou Li felt somewhat guilty.

If this causes Koro to lose the MSI championship that should have belonged to him, he'll feel really bad!

Feeling guilty about the braised pork, he decided he would definitely make it up to him later.

The match ended with LGD winning 2-0, securing their first victory of the Spring Split.

But for the team members, there wasn't much joy.

Because both of these matches were won in a rather inexplicable way.

In the first game, Zhou Li won by stealing the tower.

In the second game, before I even got started, the opponent suddenly clicked!

When faced with the question of who would give the post-match interview, everyone started passing the buck.

After all, there's really nothing to brag about about winning these two games.

And the opposing team is EDG.

Although EDG was controversial at the beginning of its formation, after more than a year of operation, coupled with the decline of WE, the team now has a huge fan base in the LPL.

Especially the fans of Kobe and Deft on the other side, the number of female fans is extremely large.

These female fans are a major force on the internet, and their cyberbullying tactics are absolutely terrifying.

If you say the wrong thing during an interview, you can expect your parents to be permanently banned by these female fans.

Seeing that everyone was unwilling, Zhou Li sighed helplessly and said:

"Sigh, it's just an interview, is it really necessary? If it really doesn't work, I'll go myself!"

Chris glanced at Zhou Li.

Are you going? Are you sure you want to go?

He didn't really want Zhou Li to be interviewed, because who knows what outrageous things this mentally ill person would say on stage.

What if I offend EDG fans and get cyberbullied, making my mental state even worse?
At least for now, even though the person isn't normal, at least it's still usable.

However, upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Taobao Quan was the first to step forward.

This time, he didn't object; instead, he wholeheartedly agreed.

"You can go! I think you should. You're a big contributor to our victory today, so you definitely deserve to be interviewed!"

Zhou Li smiled at Taobao Quan. He knew exactly what this little brat was thinking.

"Did I ask you? Why are you talking? Shut your mouth!"

"You!" Taobao Quan's face turned a deep soy sauce color.

"Alright, I'll go."

Without waiting for anyone's reply, Zhou Li pushed open the door and walked towards the interview area.

The EDG lounge on the other side.

Abramovich is throwing a tantrum in the lounge!

"Tong Yang! I think you've really gone mad! You've become so arrogant, haven't you?!"

Despite Abu's anger, Tong Yang showed no fear.

“You know best why I’m like this,” he glanced at Meiko, “This jerk’s talking in a sarcastic tone, can’t you, Abu, tell?”

Hearing what Kou Rou said, Abu was clearly even angrier.

How could he possibly tell?! Of course he couldn't! If he had, wouldn't he have become the innocent victim too?!

Abu felt that Tong Yang was beyond saving.

He decided that when he got back, he would give the more obedient Mouse a good beating, so that he could take over the position of braised pork as soon as possible.

Abu turned his head, just about to comfort Meiko whose eyes were still red, when he heard the factory manager speak:

"It's that Zhou ritual again!"

He looked at the television screen.

Zhou Li is giving a post-match interview.

On stage, the host, Xiaoyou, is waiting to interview her guests.

Although Zhou didn't have much interaction with this Xiao You, he still remembered her quite well, after all, her thoughtless sharp tongue was the most interesting thing.

Upon seeing Zhou Li, Xiao You wore a professional smile and was about to speak when she heard the director's voice coming through her earpiece.

"I heard this kid has a mental illness. Be careful when you interview him, and don't ask any sensitive questions."

Next to the director stood Chris, who looked very nervous.

Upon hearing the director's words, Xiaoyou's mouth dropped open in astonishment.

Is that professional player on the other side mentally ill?

This person looks so young, how could they have developed a mental illness? It's so pitiful!

At this moment, Zhou Li had already walked up to Xiao You. Xiao You couldn't help but take a second look and found that the other party had a gentle face and even seemed a little reserved, just like the professional players he had interviewed before who seemed very shy in front of the camera.

"Hello, Zhou Li."

Xiaoyou reached out her hand.

Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, and also reached out his hand, but only touched Xiao You's hand slightly before pulling it back as if he had been electrocuted.

Xiao You was quite close, and could even see that the other person was blushing a little.

The director backstage, watching Zhou Li on stage, asked Chris with a puzzled look:
"Are you serious? He seems really shy."

He turned his head and saw that Chris was now completely pale.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over..."

"What's over?"

"Hurry up!" Chris suddenly shouted, "Stop the interview and bring Zhou Li back!"

The director looked at Chris, who was shouting and yelling, with disdain. He felt that it wasn't the player who was sick, but the coach who seemed to have a mental illness.

"You don't understand!" Chris explained, seeing the director's expression. "You don't understand him! The more he acts like this, the more severe his episode will be later!"

The director silently gave his assistant a wink.

The assistant understood and immediately stepped forward, dragging Chris out.

"Host, contestants, are you ready? The interview is about to begin!"

Xiao You and Zhou Li nodded at the same time.

"Congratulations to LGD for defeating EDG and winning today's match. We've also invited LGD's top laner, Li, for a post-match interview. As far as I know, although Li is a Korean player, his Chinese is excellent. Please say hello to everyone!"

After Xiaoyou finished speaking, she handed the scalpel to Zhou Li. At the same time, she turned to look at Zhou Li.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she suddenly felt that the person next to her had a completely different appearance after taking the microphone!
(End of this chapter)