LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

As soon as Saint Gun pushed open the door to the lounge, before he could even enjoy the cheers from the crowd, he saw Su Mo putting his phone back in his pocket with a contented expression that said, "Finally, I'm off work."

"Brother Mozi! Did you see that?! Heavenly Thunder! Heavenly Prison of Ten Thousand Thunderbolts!" Holy Gun Bro exclaimed like a schoolboy who had just gotten a perfect score and was asking for praise. "I'm just asking you, wasn't that flanking maneuver cool?"

Su Mo walked over and smiled as he straightened Saint Gun's slightly crooked collar: "Handsome, so handsome. Your hands are burning hot."

"That's right!" Flandre chuckled. "But seriously, don't make me take over this kind of job again. You beat them so badly, when I went up there I could clearly feel Wayward's eyes burning with anger. He transferred all his hatred for you onto me!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

At this moment, a staff member, his face flushed, squeezed in: "Brother Mozi! The officials said they want to interview you! You can't refuse. The fans all over the place are chanting your name. If we don't let you go up, they'll probably tear the venue down."

Su Mo sighed helplessly and picked up his thermos: "Fine, I'll go show my face then. Who told me to be so handsome and popular? It's definitely a burden."

"..." Everyone rolled their eyes in unison.

……

The lights on the stage are bright.

The moment Su Mo reappeared on the main stage, the audience erupted in screams.

"Mo!!!"

"King of Singers!!"

"Night Walker!!!"

Various titles were mixed together, creating a deafening cacophony.

The person in charge of the interview today is Yu Shuang, who is dressed in her finest attire.

She wore a well-tailored blue and white porcelain cheongsam, her figure graceful, and her eyes were almost overflowing with smiles as she looked at Su Mo walking towards her.

"Welcome, Mozi!" Yu Shuang handed over the microphone, her voice gentle. "First of all, congratulations to EDG for defeating TES 3-0 and advancing to the finals! At this moment, is there anything you'd like to say to everyone?"

Su Mo took the microphone, looked at the sea of ​​flashing lights below the stage, and smiled slightly: "There's nothing special to say, it's just... the brothers and sisters here have pretty loud voices, remember to drink more hot water when you get back and protect your voices."

The audience burst into laughter instantly.

Yu Shuang couldn't help but chuckle and continued, "Your performance with Vayne in the first game was phenomenal; you completely dominated the top lane. How did you come up with the idea of ​​picking this champion in the counter pick position?"

Su Mo thought for a moment and said seriously, "Actually, it's mainly because... Ornn is too tanky and tough to fight, so I chose a champion that deals more damage."

Yu Shuang then asked the question everyone was most concerned about: "Why did you suddenly choose to rotate players in the second and third games, letting Flandre play? Was there any special tactical arrangement?"

As soon as the question was asked, everyone in the room perked up their ears.

Su Mo glanced towards the backstage area, his tone becoming somewhat languid: "It's not really a tactical arrangement. I just wanted to slack off."

Yu Shuang's lips twitched: "Brother Mozi, you're really honest. But I'm sure the audience here has already guessed it."

After Yu Shuang finished speaking, she continued, "Finally, as the first team to secure a spot in S12 and advance to the Summer Split finals, what would you like to say to your opponents who will be coming up from the loser's bracket—whether it's JDG or TES?"

Su Mo picked up the microphone: "It doesn't matter whether it's JDG or TES, it's the same who comes up."

"I just hope they can keep getting stronger, put more pressure on us, and make the LPL stronger."

……

After the interview, Su Mo left gracefully amidst the screams of countless fans.

As soon as I got backstage, I was surrounded by my family and teammates who had been waiting for me.

Luo Xin, Rita, and Xiao Yu also came today, and the girls chattered around Su Mo.

They didn't have as many reservations in front of their own EDG teammates.

Taking advantage of the moment, Abu clapped his hands and said, "The boss said we won big today, so we must celebrate! The location is already set, a very private seafood restaurant, all you can eat!"

……

Shanghai at night is a vibrant and bustling city.

The EDG team marched in a large group towards the restaurant.

This restaurant is located on the banks of the Huangpu River, offering a stunning view.

Mr. Zhu also went all out, booking an entire huge private room on the terrace.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Everyone's tense nerves finally relaxed completely.

Jiejie drank two beers, her face as red as a monkey's butt, and started bragging while hugging Holy Gun's neck: "Old Li, let me tell you, wasn't my Viktoria awesome today? Those punches of mine, every single one of them landed!"

Saint Gun shoved him away in disgust: "Come on, those punches of yours almost hit the fake monkey! If it weren't for Viper covering for you, you would have been torn to shreds."

On the other side, Su Mo was surrounded by four beautiful women.

Rita peeled a mantis shrimp and held it directly to Su Mo's mouth: "Here, open your mouth."

Su Mo didn't stand on ceremony and took a bite: "Hmm, this shrimp is good, quite fresh."

"Brother Mozi, I want to be fed too!" Luo Xin said, not to be outdone, picking up a piece of abalone.

"I want me too!"

Seeing this, Jiejie shed tears of envy.

"Is this the vicissitudes of life?" Jiejie said bitterly, taking a bite of garlic. "Why do I only have garlic to eat?"

Meiko nodded: "Luckily, I'm about to find a partner. You can continue eating your garlic from now on."

"No, Brother Ye, why don't you invite your future girlfriend's best friend out for dinner again? I want to try a little harder. Don't bring Brother Mozi this time; he always steals the spotlight..."

……

Everyone was eating and chatting, and everything was great.

After finishing their meal, Chen Lie and his younger sisters went home together.

As soon as she got back, Luo Xin said, "Quick, quick! Log in! Let Mozi play LOL ranked with us tonight!"

"We're going to assemble an invincible team and wipe out the gold-tier games in Ionia!"

As they spoke, the group entered the e-sports room.

There are six computers in the room, so it's perfect for five people to play together.

Su Mo looked helplessly at the four women on either side who had already put on their headphones, and then sat down in the middle.

“It’s not just the Gold rank,” Su Mo raised an eyebrow. “I’m just picking up Challenger players. The opponents we get in Flex Queue are at least Master rank.”

"Oh, you don't need to worry about that." Rita skillfully logged into a borrowed Silver-ranked alt account, tossing her hair. "We've already prepared alt accounts! As long as you carry us with your alt, it'll be a game-changer! You know what 'smurfing' means?"

"Alright..." Su Mo sighed and logged into a diamond-level alt account that he hadn't used in a long time. "It's a promise, don't blame me if you lose."

"We can't lose! We're very strong!" Xiaoyu clenched her little fist, making a firm promise.

The five-person convoy was assembled, and positions were assigned in advance.

Top laner: Luo Xin

Jungler: Rita
Mid laner: Xiaoyu

ADC: Su Mo

Support: Yu Shuang

"Match found! Let's go!"

Upon entering the BP interface, Luo Xin immediately locked onto Teemo.

"Top lane Teemo, the king of torment! This game I'm going to make the enemy top lane Darius feel the pain!" Luo Xin said confidently.

Rita then locked in Lee Sin: "Brother Mozi, watch my Insec kick this game! I've been practicing it lately!"

Xiaoyu chose Lux for mid lane, focusing on her long range and safety.

Yu Shuang smiled and locked on Yuumi (the cat), saying, "My champion is great, no skill required. Mozi, I'll attach myself to you, I'll handle the 'hahaha,' you handle the rampage." Su Mo sighed and locked on Draven in return.

Since the goal is to take on four people at once, then this kind of violent attack is necessary.

Welcome to Summoner's Rift!

The game has just started three minutes ago.

Bad news came from the road.

"Aaaaah! This Darius has no sportsmanship! He has Ghost, I can't outrun him!" Luo Xin screamed.

"Luo Xin, you're a long-range fighter against a short-range fighter, and you got solo killed at level one?" Su Mo added mercilessly, "Don't call yourself Teemo anymore, call yourself ATM."

"A mistake! This is a mistake!" Luo Xin stubbornly insisted. "Sister Ta Zi, come help me! I'm going to die!"

In the jungle, Rita's Lee Sin is outmaneuvering the Blue Buff.

"Don't rush, don't rush, I'm farming!" Rita shouted, but the next second her Q skill went way off course, dodging the blue buff in front of her. "This mouse is faulty! It's definitely faulty with the mouse!"

Bottom lane.

Su Mo's Draven was indeed wreaking havoc.

Even with Yu Shuang's cat clinging to him the entire time, Su Mo still managed to keep the opposing Lucian and Nami trembling under their tower thanks to his terrifying positioning and axe-catching skills.

In five minutes, Su Mo had already secured four kills, while the opposing AD carry and support each died twice.

Ten minutes passed.

The score was 15:14.

Su Mo's side has 15 kills, while the opposing side has 14.

Su Mo had a score of 15-0, while the other four girls combined had a score of 0-14.

"This game is too hard!" Luo Xin looked at her 0-6 score and put on a mask of pain. "Why is Darius still dealing so much damage?! Mozi, help! He's going to push the high ground!"

At this moment, the enemy Darius was already in a killing frenzy, and led the jungler and mid laner to charge directly to the top lane's second tower.

"Don't panic."

Su Mo's voice remained calm, like a pillar of strength.

On the screen, Draven, wielding two spinning axes and carrying a Yuumi, activated his W skill and charged like a mad dog from the bottom lane river toward the ruins of the second turret.

At this moment, the enemy Darius was already in a killing frenzy. He activated Ghost and even tried to tower dive and kill Xiaoyu and Luoxin, who were trembling under the tower.

"Sister Shuang, use your ultimate skill, E skill!"

"Alright!" Yu Shuang's hands were no longer sore, and she typed away on the keyboard.

Yuumi unleashed her ultimate ability, and the golden ripples instantly slowed down the three enemy players who entered the fray.

Su Mo entered.

There are no fancy footwork moves, only extreme violent aesthetics.

Welcome to the Draven League!

Two massive axes traced deadly arcs through the air, slamming into Darius, who was now covered in Bloodrage.

One strike! Critical hit! Red numbers appear!

Two strikes! Darius's health bar instantly dropped by half!
The Darius player was clearly a hot-tempered guy, immediately pulling out his E [Iron Hand].

Su Mo's fingers twitched slightly, and his E skill was almost predictively thrown out, interrupting Darius's action in mid-air and knocking him back slightly.

Catch the axe, refresh W, and chop again!
The Darius who was just moments ago so arrogant, chasing Luo Xin all over the map, didn't even manage to touch Su Mo's clothes before letting out a scream and collapsing to the ground.

"The end!"

Following closely behind were Zhao Xin and Orianna.

Rita's Lee Sin emerged from the jungle at that moment, shouting, "Brother Mozi, I'm here to save you! Yiku!"

She touched her eye, then moved closer with W, and flashed with R...

That kick sent the fully healed Zhao Xin flying straight into Su Mo's face!

"Holy crap!" Su Mo's eyelids twitched. "Sister Ta, are you trying to kill me already?"

Despite his verbal complaints, Su Mo's movements were so fast that only afterimages could be seen.

He used Flash to create distance, dodging Zhao Xin's stab, then turned around and landed two critical hits, instantly melting Zhao Xin.

Then he chased after the clockwork and started hacking away.

Double Kill!

Triple Kill!

Quadra Kill!

The last remaining support, Nami, was so frightened that she used Flash to escape.

"Don't let him get away!" Luo Xin, taking advantage of the situation, controlled Teemo, who was down 0-7, and activated Little Mo's dash to chase after him, hoping to get an assist.

Su Mo activated his W skill for speed boost, and then unleashed his ultimate ability, "Two giant axes rolled out, predicting Nami's movement."

"brush!"

Two sharp blades slashed through the air, and Nami fell to the ground.

"Penta Kill!!!"

The sound effects of the pentakill echoed throughout the entire canyon.

"We won! We won!" Yu Shuang shouted happily. "Did I do a pretty good job as a keychain?"

Looking at the big "Victory" on the screen, Luo Xin sighed deeply and slumped into her gaming chair, like a salted fish that had lost its dreams.

"I'm not playing anymore..." Luo Xin took off her headphones and rubbed her temples. "This is too much like being in jail. Even though I won, I had no gaming experience at all. It was just watching Mo Zi Ge's solo show on a black and white screen."

Xiaoyu also raised both hands in agreement: "My hands are sore too, and I've been getting killed so much, I'm not in a good mood."

Rita immediately closed the game interface: "Sure enough, playing too many smurf games gets boring, and Mozi is too strong, making us seem superfluous. Let's go watch a movie in the living room!"

Su Mo looked at the women who had been so enthusiastic about taking down the Gold Bureau, but were now complaining bitterly, and smiled helplessly: "Alright, let's go home then. I'm tired too."

……

The five moved to a spacious living room.

Su Mo sank into the soft leather sofa, holding a thermos in her hands.

His four younger sisters sat around him like stars around the moon, some peeling oranges, some holding potato chips. The latest variety show was playing on TV, but clearly no one's mind was on the TV.

"Brother Mozi, have a cherry." Xiaoyu held a bright red cherry to Su Mo's lips.

Su Mo opened his mouth and ate it, saying indistinctly, "Sweet."

"By the way," Rita said suddenly, crossing her long legs, "we've made it to the finals, so who do you think will come up from the loser's bracket to fight us? JDG or TES?"

The question immediately put the previously somewhat relaxed atmosphere on a slightly more serious level.

After all, these are hosts and commentators, all of whom are professional esports practitioners.

Su Mo swallowed the fruit in his mouth: "If we're looking at the ceiling, TES's 'Sailor Combination' is indeed very strong. But if we're looking at consistency..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "I think it's most likely JDG."

"Why?" Luo Xin asked curiously, "TES lost to us today, but they are very resilient."

"Because of Coach Hongmi," Su Mo pointed out incisively, "JDG's tactical execution is too good. Moreover, 369's evolution this season is obvious to all. As long as he doesn't roll a 3, JDG's top, mid, and jungle coordination is very tight. TES relies too much on the individual performance of its players. Once JackeyLove or Knight goes cold or makes a mistake like 'catching a Q and dancing wildly,' JDG won't give them a chance."

Yu Shuang nodded thoughtfully: "Indeed, I could feel it when we played TES today. As long as we shut down their bot lane, their rhythm was disrupted. But JDG... Kanavi's jungle carry is more difficult to deal with." (End of Chapter)