This Lee Sang-hyeok is very strong, but he lacks self-awareness.

At night, inside the EDG base, the training room was still brightly lit, and the crisp sound of mechanical keyboards clicking could be heard everywhere.

Having just finished a friendly match against IG, Zet and Meiko are still arguing about a few key details of their laning phase.

Mouse and Nofe discussed repeatedly how they were facing a formidable opponent, a top LCK top laner who was more than just a utility player.

What exactly does he need to do to match the opponent's strength?

Faker, on the other hand, continued playing ranked games with great enthusiasm.

Unlike other EDG players who prefer playing Korean solo queue, Faker, who was already tired of Korean solo queue, found enjoyment in playing Chinese solo queue, and he only plays on the Chinese server.

Although there are many "actors" (players intentionally throwing matches) in the Chinese server, compared to the tournament-like strategic pace of high-level Korean matches, the more direct gameplay of the Chinese server makes it very easy for him to play.

Lin Xiu, who always considers himself the "King of Roll" and never stops playing duo queue with Faker until the early hours of the morning, behaved extremely abnormally today.

He patted Faker on the shoulder, and under the other's questioning gaze, he unusually turned off his computer at 11 o'clock, saying that his body was out of service and he needed to go back to the dormitory to recharge.

Back in his single dormitory, Lin Xiu locked the door and sprawled out on the bed in a starfish position.

He wasn't asleep; instead, he summoned the system panel, which only he could see, with a thought.

During this time, Lin Xiu has made a fortune by duo-queuing with Faker on stream and dominating the LPL, but there's always been a knot in his heart:

The Faker of this world is really strange.

In Lin Xiu's original impression, Faker was the only true god in League of Legends.

Especially from S13 to S15, after a six-year slump, he was able to return to his peak and write a new epic.

Greatness needs no further explanation.

But what about this guy? He gets so scared of low blood sugar when he sees Uzi, he kneels down when he sees Jackeylove, and he even feels a strange sense of being dominated when he's around Xiaohu.

"Tongzi, come out to pick up the guests."

Lin Xiu muttered to himself,

"After RNG's BO5, you didn't complete any missions against WE, and now you're about to go to MSI, and you still haven't completed any missions. Isn't this gap a bit too long?"

The system panel flickered, and a cold, electronic voice sounded in Lin Xiu's mind.

[Since neither WE nor MSI involves the nightmare of the god-like Lee Sang-hyeok, there are no system missions.]

[However, considering the recent career developments of the god-like Lee Sang-hyeok, we are now releasing an Easter egg, the Source of Nightmare, to reveal some background information.]

As the system loading bar ticked, text and images began to unfold before Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu was stunned. He looked at the explanation given by the system and couldn't say a word for a long time.

It turns out, the whole thing was the fault of the authors of Qidian novels.

The truth revealed by the system seemed utterly absurd even to a transmigrator like Lin Xiu.

In the original timeline, Faker was indeed invincible.

In S13, S14, and S15, he led those four young men to an unprecedented three-peat, making all the challengers from around the world look like mere extras.

Especially the LPL, during those years it felt like a return to the glory days of S3, S4, and S5, being completely overwhelmed by the peak of their "fear of Korea".

But it is precisely because he appears too perfect and too invincible in reality that...

This led countless authors who harbored regrets and passion for the LPL to portray him as the villain destined to be overthrown in their literary creations.

If we can't beat them in real life, surely we can beat them in our dreams?

Thus, in this timeline, a group of extremely terrifying beings were born: fan fiction authors on the Qidian Games Channel.

To satisfy the pent-up frustration of LPL fans that had been building up for over a decade, these authors began to wield their brushes and ink.

In their writing, Faker is no longer the invincible demon king, but has become a background character who specifically provides experience, fame, and honor to the protagonist.

Some authors write that the protagonist transmigrates to Season 3 and kills Faker ten times in level 1, and from then on, Lee Sang-hyeok's hands tremble whenever he sees the protagonist;

Some authors write that the protagonist has a built-in aura of reduced intelligence, and Faker flashes into walls and uses his ultimate in the opposite direction in the finals, practically feeding the championship to the protagonist.

Some authors feature well-known LPL players as protagonists, giving them an epic power boost, making them repeatedly crush Faker in the World Championship.

In this current timeline, Faker was dragged into a professional career simulation by the resentment of these novel readers before he began his professional League of Legends career in Season 3.

In the simulation, Faker is still Faker; he remains terrifyingly strong.

But his opponents are all League of Legends gods who have been buffed by countless authors.

Lin Xiu looked at the "Flying Father Illustration" displayed on the panel, and his eyes twitched involuntarily.

"Damn it..." Lin Xiu rubbed his temples.

"So this Brother Li just escaped from the set of a 'torture the protagonist' novel on Qidian? No wonder he sees everyone as a god and thinks everyone is his father."

"There's really nothing we can do about it. Whether it's reasonable or not, if the author says Faker is going to get solo killed, then he's definitely going to get solo killed."

Lin Xiu finally understood that Faker's current fear did not stem from reality, but from the false memories forcibly implanted into his brain.

In those memories, all the LPL All-Stars were protagonists with their own halos, while Faker was the villain destined to be trampled underfoot in the final chapter.

Take Jackeylove for example. In Faker's simulation, Jackeylove is the perfect chosen one, and every flash is a miracle.

But what's the reality? In that friendly match just now, Ah Shui, in order to click on a sports car, actually flashed and crashed into Braum's Q.

In an attempt to greedily land a basic attack, they disregarded the danger of being ganked, resulting in a successful gank that wiped out their entire advantage.

At that moment, Lin Xiu did see the surprise and doubt in Faker's eyes, the doubt that this guy could have died like this.

The system's voice sounded again.

[Host has now grasped the essence; entering free mode.]

[To completely reshape his divine status, the host must guide him through this real timeline, personally tearing apart the disguises of these "gods."]

Lin Xiu lay back on the bed, looking at the ceiling, a playful smile gradually curving his lips.

The best way to crack the "Flying Father's Guide" is to take him to see how these people make a fool of themselves and die suddenly.

Lin Xiu quickly calculated in his mind:

Uzi is very strong, but his body and mentality are actually very fragile under extreme pressure.

Xiaohu is very steady, but sometimes he is so steady that he doesn't even dare to take a chance.

Jackeylove is very skilled, but his aggressive nature is ingrained in his bones.

Lin Xiu rolled over, already setting the tone for the upcoming MSI in his mind.

SKT, G2, TSM—none of these matter to Lin Xiu.

The important thing is that he needs to unleash Faker's full potential in these matches.

He wants to make these people in the LPL fear Faker!

"I'm sticking with this guy!"

Lin Xiu closed his eyes, a villainous smirk playing on his lips, and gradually drifted off to sleep.