Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

"Brothers... if you can, please help me."

Strawberry's voice rang out in the WE team's communication channel, trembling slightly without him even realizing it.

Yes. This well-known player in the Chinese server, known for his resilience under pressure, has been working diligently and conscientiously since joining WE, willingly taking on the role of the sacrificed top laner—a very rare occurrence for him to proactively ask his teammates for this during the opening match of the new season.

He was helpless.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, the fact was obvious: he really couldn't beat HWG's top laner.

From the very first laning phase, that guy on the other side named Zhang Hai was as slippery as an eel.

He was farming minions, and the enemy used the bushes to block his vision and came up to poke him with basic attacks;

He created some distance, and the other side turned around and fired a powerful cannon shot at him with such precision it was as if they had a lock-on cheat.

The most frustrating thing was that he finally mustered up the courage to activate W and try to trade some damage, but the opponent immediately activated E to speed up, turned around and created distance, acting as a completely different person from the Jayce who had been relentlessly pressuring him.

There are also bushes.

Jayce's superior range in his ranged form, coupled with his ability to repeatedly enter and exit bushes to block vision, meant that Jayce was constantly either losing health or on his way to losing health throughout the game.

I didn't manage to finish off many enemies, but I used up all my health potions.

When he reached level three, he only greedily picked up a siege minion. Strawberry was sure that he only greedily picked up that one minion, but the opponent seemed to have prepared in advance, and a precise combo sent him back to the fountain.

Giving up the first blood wasn't the end of it.

And that Lee Sin, even though he had already been solo killed, the enemy jungler still insisted on tower diving and ganking him again.

As soon as I stepped outside, my health bar dropped significantly again.

Before long, a huge gap opened up in their levels; he was only level three, while his opponent was almost level six.

"If no one comes to the top lane soon... it's really going to collapse."

Strawberry added this sentence in a very low voice.

He played for WE for almost two years, always bearing the pressure and taking the beatings himself, enduring as much as he could. But this time, for the first time, he realized that simply enduring wasn't enough.

If the top lane collapses in less than ten minutes, it's not something you can achieve by simply saying "dragging it out to the late game."

Besides... even if we can really drag it out until Varus's power spike, wouldn't that be the enemy Orianna's power spike?

There was a two-second silence on the channel.

Mingkai was silent for a moment, then quickly glanced at the minimap. Twisted Fate was huddled under the tower, farming minions; his development wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. Looking at the yellow-carded figure pinned under the tower by Orianna, unable to move, he felt a dull ache in his chest.

But he couldn't completely ignore whether Strawberry lived or died.

"I'll do it as soon as possible." Mingkai gritted his teeth, trying to keep his voice calm. "After ganking the bottom lane, I'll see if I can get you a dragon's worth of gold."

He added, "Ruofeng, find a way to get rid of the clockwork and fly to the bottom lane. We'll have a four-man gank on the two."

"Um."

A thick nasal sound squeezed out of Ruofeng's throat.

They neither said yes nor no.

Ruofeng didn't know how to describe it to his teammates.

They're saying they can't provide support?

What was his purpose in choosing those cards?

But how easy is it to get rid of the entanglement of the clockwork... no, it can't even be called entanglement, it's that he wants to catch his breath under the suppression of the clockwork while also keeping the bag closed?

The bot lane duo remained silent, not because Smile and Curly were aloof and taciturn.

The pressure from SMLZ and White Crescent was immense. Despite the jungler's constant ganks, Varus still couldn't gain a substantial lead. With the thought of a boss silently accumulating energy in the mid lane who could strike at any moment, Smile couldn't spare any extra energy to communicate.

Time ticked forward, second by second.

In the commentary booth, Miller suddenly sat up straight, his eyes lighting up: "Oh—the piercing arrow successfully hit Zyra's health! Jarvan IV is moving down, and the blue team's vision shows Lee Sin is still in the top half of the map. WE is going to get serious this time, a classic four-man gank bot!"

"That's right." Su Xiaoyan continued, her speech unconsciously quickening. "Twisted Fate is about to reach level six, and his ultimate is ready. If he gets a yellow card this time, the bot lane duo will definitely die."

Killing, pushing towers, taking dragons—the pace of the game instantly takes off!

At the front of the stage, countless WE fans held their breath, eagerly anticipating the scene they had envisioned becoming a reality.

"I'll go first!"

Having eaten two sets of stone golems from the prince, his experience level had now reached level six.

The purple energy of the [Chains of Corruption] burst from Varus's bowstring, skimming along the gap in the minion wave and shooting straight at Ezreal who was last-hitting a minion!

"They've made their move!" Miller's voice suddenly rose. "Smile initiated with his ultimate, aimed directly at Ezreal!"

As the decaying vine rushed towards him, Sima Laozei's pupils shrank drastically.

In a split second, only one thought crossed his mind—he couldn't use E, because the ultimate would pin him to the landing point.

flash!

boom!

With a flash of golden light, Ezreal vanished from his spot, the chains of corruption grazing past his disappearing afterimage.

the other side.

Knowing that the opponent intended to tower dive, White Crescent didn't hold back her skills either, using Flash to create distance.

"Zyra used Flash too!" Su Xiaoyan spoke rapidly, "Both Flashes were used, WE is going to...

In the game, the moment he landed, Sima Laozei used his E skill to avoid the Prince's follow-up EQ combo.

Mingkai's halberd missed its mark and stuck into the ground with a thud.

"Within our HWG team, I don't need you to conserve your skills. With the tactical focus shifting towards the upper half of the map, your only task is to use everything you can to ensure your survival, which is victory."

At that moment, the bot lane duo simultaneously recalled their teammate's reminder during training.

Yes, if it's clear that there's no way to give the bot lane duo more resources, they don't need to save their summoner spells to consider carrying the game later.

"Beautiful! HWG's bot lane maneuvering was so calm!"

Meanwhile, in WE's team voice chat, Mingkai's voice was incredibly urgent: "Skills used, all skills used, Twisted Fate! Twisted Fate uses his ultimate, landing with his yellow card to stun and secure the kill!"

"Card--"

"Where are the cards?"

Mingkai shouted twice, and the symbol of the Eye of Destiny slowly appeared above Summoner's Rift. The giant golden eye opened above everyone's heads, like an invisible net covering the entire map. However, the iconic ring of card magic landing effects was still nowhere to be seen.

It did not land.

No yellow cards were issued.

There was nothing there.

The five members of WE were stunned for a moment.

The director's camera cut between the mid lane and the top lane for half a second before finally focusing on the bushes outside the red buff wall.

The next second, the system's kill announcement coldly echoed throughout the canyon—

HWG-Emperor has eliminated WE-Misaya!