LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 325 The Fall of China's Twin Stars

When Chu Ran finished speaking, countless viewers at the venue and in the live broadcast room were stunned, but then bursts of laughter filled the entire venue and the live broadcast room.

[Haha, no, Chu Shen's mouth really does seem to come from Bengbu.]

[I suggest Knight improve his Mandarin. Who would have thought that a domestic mid-laner speaks Chinese worse than a foreigner?]

[I can't take it anymore, this is hilarious! This is Chu Shen!]

[There's one thing I don't know: does 369 not know how to play Gnar or Gragas?]

It seems he really doesn't know how; he only knows a simple hook.

Fans of the Top team were immediately furious, considering that Top had amassed a considerable following during the Spring Split regular season this year.

[But you are truly ardent with your horse.]

[What are you pretending for, you beast? I'm not even qualified to challenge you. Two-time champions are nothing special?]

[Wait and wait until the time comes for the beast to be whipped by Top.]

Chu Ran's chaotic interview plunged the LPL into even greater turmoil, and countless EDG fans had already fallen silent.

However, as soon as this incident occurred, many haters immediately joined Top's camp, and heated discussions were launched again on various forums.

Phrases like "They won against EDG by luck and it's a mess" and "Everyone knows what a third-rate team EDG is this year" keep popping up.

At the same time, Chu Ran and IG dominated the trending topics list, with Chu Ran's popularity directly accounting for half of the LPL's traffic.

#Chu Shen's first match back in the LPL: A crushing defeat against his former team EDG!#
#IG sweeps EDG 3-0!#
#Chu Shen graduates, LPL welcomes the Great Demon King again!#
#Chu Shen declares Top is not qualified to challenge him!#
Half an hour after the match ended, each trending topic had already garnered over 10,000 comments, demonstrating just how popular Chu Ran was.

At the same time, inside the Top Club.

At this moment, Knight and 369 were sulking and gritting their teeth, their anger rising as they read the comments from netizens.

"I'm fed up. What is he pretending for? It's so annoying." 369 was a little annoyed. He originally really wanted to defeat Chu Ran to prove himself, but Chu Ran's words in the interview made him break down a bit.

He really doesn't know how to play Gnar or Gragas.

But what does this have to do with me challenging him?
Can't we fight with weapons like the Sword Demon anymore?
Just then, he heard some gibberish beside him, and it took 369 a while to understand what Knight was saying.

"Relax, you know this guy, he's always been like this. He's just getting the hype going, so when we beat him, we'll get even more traffic."

Knight confidently declared, "So what if I'm a double champion? I think I can do that too."

"Anyway, it's 3-0, so you can do it too, right?" 369 laughed, and a moment later, he immediately posted a Weibo post in response to Chu Ran's interview.

Weibo Top 369:

I admit I don't have a deep understanding of Gragas and Gnar, but I think beating IG shouldn't be a problem.

His Weibo post quickly attracted countless viewers and amusement-seekers, and the number of comments rose at a visible speed.

[Support! Top beat IG, I will never criticize you again in my life.]

[I have no idea what Ran Chu is pretending for; people like him should be banned.]

[I'm not a fan of anyone, just a casual observer. As a senior who has won two Grand Slams, isn't it a bit too much to show such disrespect to juniors? Take Uzi, for example, who was once the number one player in the LPL and the world's number one ADC, but he was always very humble and refined.]

[You call me humble and refined? You've started using euphemisms and historical records, haven't you?]

[Oh right, right, right, after the first year of esports, we've forgotten all about what Bath Dog did.]

[It wasn't Top who started this, saying Chu Shen should retire, that Chu Shen's two championships were just for show, that Chu Shen in S7 was worse than 369, and that Chu Shen in S8 was worse than Knight. Are you Top the only ones allowed to criticize him here?]

[This is outrageous! Only the officials in Guanzhou are allowed to set fires, but the common people are forbidden to even light lamps.]

These remarks left many Top fans speechless, because during the time Chu Ran was away from the LPL, whenever Top made a brilliant play, they would compare him to Chu Ran.

In layman's terms, it's about putting down one and praising the other, relentlessly criticizing Chu Ran's past performances as a top laner and mid laner to highlight the strength of 369 and Knight.

Moreover, Top not only didn't stop it, but actively promoted it, which infuriated many of Chu Ran's fans at the time.

Chu Ran had also been secretly watching, and now that he was back, he naturally wanted to settle all of this score.

While the online uproar was raging, Chu Ran and his group concluded their victory celebration at a restaurant.

Rooike and the others never stopped praising Chu Ran.

With Chu Ran's return, a huge weight has finally been lifted from their shoulders. They were initially worried about being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

But Chu Ran's performance today truly amazed them. After the match, their confidence was restored, and they believed that they would definitely win the championship.

Back at the club, the team didn't give up. They immediately started playing ranked games to maintain their skills and prepare for the upcoming match against Top.

After Meiko and Jackeylove finished a few duo matches, they immediately started browsing various mobile forums and burst out laughing.

"Ran-ge, the netizens are arguing fiercely right now. Your appearance has made LPL incredibly lively." Meiko laughed out loud. "These Top fans are really going crazy. They're attacking anyone they see, just like GSL."

"You know what, there might be GSL in disguise among them," Jackeylove chimed in, then quietly liked many of the comments from netizens.

As a senior member of the Anti-Gang forum, he truly admired the talent of these netizens, especially after seeing their rating posts for today's match against EDG.

Without hesitation, he clicked on it immediately, and what appeared before his eyes were the scores of the ten players from both sides.

【Scout】

[0 points. A stray dog ​​on the roadside, all it does is bark. It even said it could lead EDG to the championship without Chu Shen. After today's match, everyone knows that Chu Shen was the biggest contributor to EDG's championship victory.]

[0 points. Do you even understand the value of EDG's two championships and Chu Shen's two FMPV titles?]

【IBoy】

[3 points. Aside from his reaction time, he wasn't good in any other aspect. What kind of three new generation AD carries are they? He's not even as good as Jackeylove.]

[5 points, that's really a shockwave. Jackeylove barely even responds to Qs anymore, and Iboy is still praising your reflexes.]

【Mlxg】

[4 points, damn it, stop messing around with your stocks and get back to training, okay?]

[5 points. Disgusting. After winning the championship, they became arrogant and started tanking, thinking they're a stock market god, like Warren Buffett.]

Upon seeing the rating for Mala Xiangguo, Jackyelove couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

"Sigh, Master Chu, Teacher Guo said before that you taught him how to trade stocks, and now he's addicted to the stock market."

Hearing this, Chu Ran was stunned. He was speechless. He had originally wanted to drag Spicy Hot Pot away from RNG so that the Guo Fei Te incident would never happen again.

However, it still proves the saying that a person's character is difficult to change.

No wonder everyone says they like the spicy hot pot on the field, but dislike Liu Shiyu off the field.

After Chu Ran left EDG, Spicy Hot Pot gradually let loose and I heard that he rarely trained anymore, and instead focused on studying the stock market.

He even uttered a classic line during his live stream: "My buddy makes way more in the stock market in a day than I do on my live stream."

Then he was once again given the nickname "Stock Warren Buffett".

"Tsk, don't talk nonsense. What do you mean I taught him?" Chu Ran shrugged. "I recommended a few stocks to him before, and I told him to sell them in a few years, but he wouldn't listen. What could I do?" "Hey, Master Chu, which stocks did you recommend?"

At this moment, Rooike suddenly interjected, and Chu Ran didn't hide anything, telling him directly that it was Xiaomi and Intel.

Anyway, he now understands that some people are just born unable to make money; for example, some people sell their stocks as soon as they see them rise a little.

What can we do then?

Jackeylove glanced at it and then invested a small amount of money, since he didn't have much money himself.

Then I looked at the rating post on the Anti-Fighting Forum again.

【Easy】

[10/10, a being beyond gods.]

[Full marks, absolutely full marks! Chu Shen is simply a monster. Who can be proficient in top lane, mid lane, and jungle? This is a professional match!]

[Chu Shen doesn't even need a rating anymore. I feel that with Chu Shen in this form, this year is LPL's most promising year yet.]

[I'm laughing so hard. So beating EDG is their best chance this year? Can FPX even beat RNG?]

Seeing this, Jakceylove closed the anti-fan forum, glanced at Chu Ran, and then asked, "Brother Ran, what do you think of FPX this year?"

It's worth noting that FPX is widely recognized as a dynasty this year, relying solely on their mid-jungle synergy. Although it's an open secret, other teams simply can't break through it.

"What a bunch of lousy fish. If you break their mid-jungle synergy, this team is just second-rate." Chu Ran replied noncommittally, leaving Jackeylove and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

Chu Ran is the only one who could call this year's biggest dark horse team a complete scumbag, but he certainly has the right to do so.

If it were someone else, they would only think that Chu Ran was faking it.

At the same time, TheShy's question to Chu Ran interrupted their discussion because Chu Ran was playing jungle.

He's different from Ning Mazi; Ning Mazi protected the top laner.

However, Chu Ran focused more on the mid lane while centering his own position.

Correct.

He plays jungle carry.

Therefore, TheShy often finds himself alone in the top lane. This time, facing Top, TheShy aims to break through 369's defenses from the top lane alone.

"It's actually very simple to beat 369. Just make sure you have good vision, then play against him in lane and take the turret plates. He's not that strong."

"How about long-range top laners?"

Upon hearing TheShy's words, Chu Ran was stunned. "You should play more warriors. Once you've mastered all the warriors, then you can consider playing ranged top laners."

TheShy scratched his head. He had never understood one thing: why Chu Ran was so resistant to him using those long-range top laners.

He doesn't allow himself to play champions like Lucian and Neeko, and even Jayce is sometimes banned. He can only play Akali on rare occasions.

Chu Ran was also doing this for TheShy's own good. Now that TheShy is in his prime, and unlike in his previous life, he didn't lose his hand. He doesn't practice many mainstream top lane heroes and keeps playing long-range top laners.

In a year or two, something like the i series or the horse head will pop up again.

TheShy had no room for rebuttal to Chu Ran's opinion, and could only sigh inwardly as he continued to train his pool of warrior and mage heroes, while AD top laners were completely excluded.

Time flies. After Chu Ran returned to LPL, his daily life became somewhat monotonous, consisting of training and handling club affairs in a repetitive cycle.

However, the LPL is very lively, with countless forums and video platforms filled with discussions about him and IG, and the upcoming match between IG and Top has attracted a lot of attention.

Fujii also promoted it vigorously, talking about the clash between the old and new generations of LPL, and they brought the topic to the top.

When the competition opened that day, the entire stadium was packed with people, with countless people holding up glow sticks and support signs to cheer for the two teams.

The competition hasn't even started yet, but the live broadcast rooms on various platforms have already started a war, with all sorts of pessimistic predictions and mockery emerging one after another.

Meanwhile, within the RNG club, Ning and Uzi even went live together to commentate on the match, and the popularity of their live streams skyrocketed.

"It's impossible, guys. If IG beats Top today, I'll eat shit," Ning Mazi said confidently.

"I analyzed it from multiple perspectives. EDG lost to IG so badly before because no one knew that Ranchu had returned. They didn't study his champion pool and jungling style. In the past few days, Top has already thoroughly studied Ranchu."

"Top lane 369 holds off TheShy, mid lane ZuoShou holds off Rooike, and bot lane Jackeylove will feed on his own. As long as the jungle doesn't let Rancho develop too smoothly, it'll be fine."

After Ning Mazi finished speaking, Uzi quickly chimed in, "Indeed, Top has a higher win rate in today's match. If we limit Ran Chu's hero pool, what will he play? And if we directly enter his jungle, making it impossible for Ran Chu to farm in peace, he won't know how to jungle anymore."

Their words were immediately echoed by many others.

[However, this beast can only bully Spicy Fragrance; his ability to forage for wild vegetables is truly masterful.]

[That's true, and Rooike might not be able to beat the left-handed player; the left-handed player is very strong.]

[If you don't have lane priority in the mid lane, then you won't know how to jungle.]

[I'm ecstatic! A mid laner who got thrashed by Godv, a Diamond-level gatekeeper, can actually brag about this?]

[A notorious mid-laner using Earthshaker, have you got the nerve?]

[Hehehe, do you even know the mark of weakness on the left hand? If you're so tough, then come and grab the left hand today!]

"My God! Left Hand got ganked and killed by Chu Shen again! In the first six minutes, Chu Shen's Lee Sin ganked mid lane three times in a row. Is this Chu Shen's jungle Lee Sin?!"

Countless netizens were just arguing that if Chu Ran were banned from playing the jungle carry champions he performed well against EDG, he would stop playing jungle.

But as it turned out, they were wrong. In the very first match, Chu Ran completely destroyed their left hand, and what followed shocked countless netizens even more.

Chu Ran dominated the bottom lane and the top lane, roaming freely in the top jungle.

The entire BO5 match lasted less than an hour and a half, including rest time and the draft phase, and the score was a huge 3-0.

In an instant, the teams that supported Top before the match, both at the venue and in the live broadcast room, fell silent, with only the shouts of many fans supporting IG echoing through the sky.

"My old swan!"

"Congratulations to IG! They defeated Top Esports 3-0 again, and the entire BO5 series lasted less than an hour and a half!"

"This is IG!"

"IG will never work overtime!!!"

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan and Miller roared at the top of their lungs, instantly igniting a frenzy both online and offline!

At this moment, the director gave 369 a close-up, showing him with tears in his eyes and his pockmarked face filled with despair.

Upon closer inspection, tiny pearls were even seen jutting out from their eye sockets, leaving countless viewers stunned.

这 是
Did you cry after being beaten?

It seems like the last player to be brought to tears in a match was Jian "Uzi" Zihao, the world's number one ADC!

When Top's head coach went on stage to comfort 369, the scene and the live broadcast room turned into a boiling ocean!
(End of this chapter)