LPL History

Chapter 304 Livestream Room Mocks the World's Number One Player; Champion's Assistant's Reckless Remarks Sow the Seeds of Trouble

The match between LGD and EDG has ended, but a huge storm has already swept through the public opinion circle!

Netizens described Zhou Li's post-match interview as "a performance of unparalleled brilliance that will not be seen again in the next fifty years in the history of League of Legends."

Of course, this "brilliant talent" is just netizens' sarcastic comment about Zhou Li.

Zhou Li's interview immediately went viral and became a hot topic of conversation among everyone in the League of Legends community.

EDG's fans, on the other hand, completely lost their temper and began to cyberbully LGD and Zhou Li.

These fans not only bombarded LGD's official Weibo account, but also stormed the LPL's official Weibo account, issuing a deafening protest.

[It would be an injustice if a player like Li wasn't banned. I will never watch LPL matches again!]

Zhou Li was satisfied as he watched the protests escalate.

Just as he was preparing for the upcoming suspension notice, Chris came up to him to take credit.

"The club has pleaded with the officials many times for your sake. You should remember this kindness, otherwise you'll be suspended like this!"

Seeing Chris's sincere expression, Zhou Li's expression was complicated.

"So I wasn't suspended?"

“We definitely can’t let you get suspended!” Chris comforted him. “Play well, but you really need to watch your words and actions in the future!”

"I'll watch my words and actions?"

Zhou Li pointed to his nose and couldn't help but laugh.

"Damn it, LPL is a bunch of idiots! They don't even ban our matches, what a trash region!!"

The LPL only imposed a symbolic fine on him, without banning him from the competition, which Zhou Li found unbelievable.

What Zhou Li didn't know was that the biggest reason he wasn't banned wasn't because of LGD's pleas, but because of Koro1's female fans!
In fact, initially, due to Zhou Li's disparaging behavior, Koro1's female fans were the first group to rush to LGD and LPL's official Weibo accounts.

But later, someone exposed the conflict between Kou Rou and Mei Kou in Kou Rou's fan group, and even leaked the audio clips from that time.

Therefore, Zhou Li's post-match interview was interpreted as him speaking up for Kou Rou.

When Zhou Li said that the braised pork was inferior to himself, he didn't actually mean it was inferior; rather, he was implying that the braised pork was in poor condition due to the influence of a certain scheming, self-righteous person.

Although the explanation was so flimsy, the female fans of Kou Rou actually believed it!
Furthermore, since Kou Rou himself did not deny the matter in the fan group, Zhou Li inexplicably became a comrade-in-arms who admired Kou Rou.

Ultimately, Zhou Li and Tong Yang didn't actually have any real conflict in the two games, and Zhou Li even subtly mocked the "white lotus" during the match.

When this group of internet leaders began to switch sides, the direction of public opinion changed.

Although Zhou Li is still being criticized by EDG fans, and his arrogant remarks have even drawn the disgust of the general public, these people's influence is still too small.

A massive suspension controversy was thus suppressed.

"This is unbelievable," Zhou Li said, rubbing his chin. "Who's behind all this?"

Leaks like this, which include recordings from the match, are clearly only accessible to key figures in EDG.

But Zhou Li really couldn't figure out who was behind this.
Unable to come up with a solution, Zhou Li simply got up and walked out.

Hey! Where are you going again?!

"Go poop, bro!"

Zhou Li responded helplessly.

He realized that the only downside to his persona was that Chris was now monitoring him around the clock. Even if he scratched his foot, Chris would remind him, "Don't throw your toenail into Taobao Quan's water glass."

He then turned to look at imp.

"Giant Warrior, come with me to take a dump."

Watching the two leave, Taobao Quan curled his lip.

"Two lunatics, they even poop together."

"Or else I'll drag you down with me?"

Zhou Li appeared behind Taobao Quan in a flash.

"How the hell do you appear and disappear like a ghost!"

"I forgot my paper, so I'll borrow yours."
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Douyu live streaming room.

"A white robe, a long sword, and flowing hair—I am Liu."

"Wow, Liu! Still bragging about geoduck! Lu Benwei transformed into a mantis warrior, stealthily moved past, and grabbed PDD's scalp in mid-air with an EWQ, contributing 1,500 Q coins to the audience! Wow, I used Flash to float on water in mid-air and used a Shattered Bone Q to give Liu another 500 Q coins! Yay! Hahaha!"

Lu Benwei, a veteran artist and master of complex sentences, is enjoying a solo game with his good friend PDD, complete with red envelopes.

Lu Benwei, who had just won the game, laughed like a baboon, bending over backwards.

"Hahaha, what does Liu have to fight me with? Diamond II? Call him Diamond Pig!"

"That slut has reached rank 6 on the Korean server? Don't listen to his bullshit. I've been rank 1 on the Korean server!"

"Alright, I, Lu Benwei, don't want to waste any more time playing with my defeated opponent! I'll start with a round of Dou Dizhu! What do you say?"

"Let's unleash Lu Benwei's tomato combo! Tomato boogers, tomato pork, tomato chicken, tomato scrambled eggs, tomato porridge, tomato rice, tomato fried rice noodles, tomato fried rice vermicelli, and tomato scrambled eggs with water!"

He took a deep breath and finally had a moment to glance at the comments section.

What do you think of Korean player Li claiming to be the world's best top laner?

Lu Benwei was stunned for a moment.

He then burst into wild laughter.

"Wow, have you seen that interview with Liu?"

“I saw it,” PDD’s voice came through the voice chat, “This is even more abstract than a giant snake skin, it completely baffled me.”

"All I can say is, brother, this brother is very outspoken, but he seems to have some mental issues. He wouldn't say something like that if he wasn't mentally unstable. Even Lu Benwei when he was young wouldn't have said something like that. Lu Benwei could only say '55 Kai, brother,' which is too abstract."

"Hehehe hiccup..."

Liu laughed so hard he squealed like a pig.

"I'm serious, bro, even if you sent Liu up there today, he could beat that Zhou Li guy to a pulp! Wow, I watched his game, this guy's manners are fucking awful, he's always backdooring! If Liu went up there, he could just sit on three Zhou Lis and kill them!"

The same thing is happening in almost every live streaming room.

Deyunse Live Stream Room.

Xiaoxiao and Xika were exchanging sharp comments, one after the other.

Xiaoxiao watched the video, rubbing her bald head and laughing heartily.

"Holy crap, Zhou Li is seriously awesome! Bro, did you see that? This guy just shoved the microphone right into Xiao You's mouth! That's so rude, so incredibly rude!"

Sika then spoke up in a sarcastic tone:

"This Korean player is a fucking monster. He speaks the best Chinese I've ever seen, and he's got a good brain too, you know! This guy is very logical. He says, 'I suppressed Koro1, which means I'm stronger than Koro1, which means I'm the world's best top laner!' That's a perfect logical loop! This guy is really invincible. I have to admit he's the world's best top laner."

Xiaoxiao suddenly lowered her voice and said mysteriously:

"Watch your mouth, bro. I heard this guy seems to have a mental illness. He might come and chop you up."

The two exchanged a glance, then burst into unrestrained laughter. (This was in Miss Ayi's live stream.)

This top-ranked Queen in the Chinese server casually operated the game while chatting and laughing with the viewers in the chat.

"Oh, Zhou Li, it's hard to comment, you know? I can only say it's hard to comment. To be honest, I feel like if it's like this, I could do it myself."

"Huh? This flash-in combo... Oh, I predicted he was coming to gank me!"

"Guys! Wasn't my prediction awesome?!"

VG Esports Club.

"Damn it, how can you blame me for this? Where was I supposed to have any room to maneuver?"

"Why can't you move? You wouldn't have died if you had moved this way!"

Death Declaration and Mata are having a heated argument.

The two were clearly in a highly agitated state, expressing their dissatisfaction in a mix of Chinese and Korean.

Head coach Hongmi was already used to the arguments between the two.

For Redmi, bringing Mata to VG now seems like a less than wise choice.

These two, one a coach who won the World Championship last year and the other a support player who won the World Championship last year, were expected to be a game-changer in the LPL.

However, their results were not good, whether it was the Demacia Cup or the first match of the LPL Spring Split that just ended yesterday.

The biggest problem, however, lies in their bottom lane.

Redmi watched Death's Declaration and Mata arguing in front of him. Who would have thought that these two were so close before the team was reorganized?

Death's Declaration was personally invited to the VG team by Mata.

At that time, Death Declaration was still playing professionally in North America.

One of Mata's conditions for coming to the LPL was that he would only team up with two ADC players.

One is UZI, and the other is Death Declaration.

Mata even personally sent an invitation to Death's Declaration: "Brother! Let's win a world championship together!"

In fact, at this point, Death's Declaration was indeed considered one of the world's top ADCs.

He not only received an invitation from Mata, but also from Gorilla, the world's second-best support player.

In the end, Death's Declaration still chose to team up with champion support Mata.

But as the two began competing, they soon discovered that they were very incompatible with each other, and there was no honeymoon period at all. They began to have frequent conflicts.

Having just won the World Championship and received the MVP award as a support player, Mata was extremely arrogant at this moment.

In his view, Death's strength had declined far too much after returning to China, falling far short of his expectations.

Previously, when he was with Samsung White, Mata got used to pointing fingers at Imp and finding fault with him because Imp never talked back or fought back.

But Death's Declaration is not Imp; he is an extremely volatile person.

Moreover, according to Death's Declaration, he also sacrificed a great deal when he came to VG.

From Death's perspective, if he continues to play professionally in North America, he could get a green card in another two or three years.

Moreover, given the less intense competition in the North American league, with his skill level, he could easily have become a regular at the World Championships, instead of being bullied in the LPL like he is now.

Their personalities clashed off-game, and they were incompatible on-game. In addition, VG's performance was consistently poor. Soon, the two of them becoming "normal" became a daily occurrence in VG.

Hongmi, though used to the constant arguing between the two, still felt a headache coming on.

He was especially worried about the upcoming match next week, where he would have to face LGD.
LGD has demonstrated exceptional ability.

At least in Redmi's estimation, LGD is definitely in better shape than VG is now.

Even this champion coach isn't entirely confident about next week's match.

But what worries Redmi is not losing the game.

After all, this is just an LPL Spring Split regular season match.

What worries Redmi most is whether losing to LGD will bring about an immeasurable chain reaction!
LGD's ADC player is imp.

Redmi is very familiar with imp, after all, imp was his teammate last year.

That's why he was so aware of the conflict between Imp and Mata!

Within the team, Imp has always been suppressed by Mata.

Redmi is well aware of the reason why imp joined LGD after all ten Samsung companies came to China this time!

That is, Imp wants to prove himself; he wants to personally crush Deft and Mata, who looked down on him!

Mata was naturally aware of this matter, but he scoffed at it.

Redmi wasn't surprised by Mata's attitude, because he knew that Mata wasn't deliberately looking down on Imp; Mata genuinely thought Imp was bad.

But now that the two teams are about to face off, given VG's current form and the presence of Death's Declaration and Mata in the bottom lane, Redmi really can't guarantee what will happen when facing LGD.

Mata is extremely arrogant and conceited, which Redmi has naturally noticed, but he can't change anything. Mata's personality has always been like this, even before he won the World Championship, let alone now.

In this situation, if they play too poorly, it could be a significant blow to Mata.

Of course, this is not the most important thing.

Redmi glanced at his phone, which was still playing Zhou Li's interview video.

What worries Redmi the most is not imp, but Zhou Li!

While Redmi isn't exactly familiar with Zhou Li, it's not entirely unfamiliar either.

After all, Zhou Li was previously a substitute top laner for Samsung Blue.

What Hongmi couldn't understand was that the Zhou Li of today was completely different from the timid boy he remembered; he was like a completely different person!
As a former coach of the Trinity Star Team, Redmi knows that Acorn is not like the rumors say, who fell and broke his hand in the shower. His hand was broken by Zhou Li with a chair!

I heard that this kid has a mental illness.

Let's take a look at what he did on the field.
Not only did he use taunts and sarcastic remarks during the match to undermine his opponents' mentality, but he also made outrageous statements in post-match interviews.

Look at EDG now, they've been thrown into chaos by Zhou Li just because of one match!

Redmi is genuinely worried that this kid might come up with some outrageous and outrageous statements again.

After thinking it over, Redmi decided to remind Mata that he should not provoke Zhou Li.

He stood up and walked towards Mata.

At this point, Mata and Death's Declaration had ended their argument, which concluded with Death's Declaration angrily slamming the door and leaving.

Mata then started streaming.

"Oh? The Zhou rituals? I don't remember them very well."

Mata is interacting with the comments section.

But one sentence made Redmi's nerves tense instantly!
He was about to speak to stop Mata, but Mata's mouth was obviously faster than his!
"Ah, that kid was really bad, I know. He didn't even get a chance to play. I heard he's got mental problems now? Hahaha, maybe the pressure was too much. But given how he is, he should just retire. I don't consider him a Samsung player, it's too embarrassing, hahaha."

(End of this chapter)