League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 139 NXG Youth Training Phase 1!
After boarding the vehicle, the young people looked left and right, constantly examining the interior space.

It wasn't that they were so unsophisticated that they'd never ridden in a Wuling van before; it was mainly the NXG's unique base vehicle design that immediately captured the aesthetic preferences of these e-sports enthusiasts.

Zhu Xiaolong was also somewhat surprised; the interior space of the base vehicle was larger than he had imagined.

It carried more than a dozen people at once, and it felt about the same size as the passenger minibuses back home!

"Is everyone here?"

"Master Zhou, everyone is here, we can set off at any time."

"Alright, destination Qixia District, NXG Esports Club base. Ladies, buckle up and hold on tight, the old driver of Mount Akina is officially off!"

All I can say is that enjoyable work and reduced financial pressure are the best medicine for humankind. If you didn't look at his appearance, you would hardly believe that Mr. Zhou, who is holding the steering wheel and speaking in a trendy manner, is a middle-aged man nearing fifty.

While saying he was an experienced driver from Mount Akina, making the young people who weren't wearing seatbelts nervously fasten their buckles, Mr. Zhou actually drove very steadily.

The ride, including over speed bumps, wasn't too bumpy.

After the car had been driving for a few minutes, Wang Wang, sitting in the passenger seat, kept observing the group of future youth training players in the car through the rearview mirror. Considering that it would take about half an hour to get from the train station to the base, Wang Wang took the initiative to start a conversation, "Let's all introduce ourselves. If nothing unexpected happens, you youth training players will be playing together in the future."

"Let's start with that handsome guy by the window!"

Most 15- or 16-year-olds are rather introverted. To avoid awkward silences, Wang, who also manages the mental health of the trainees, simply called on someone who appeared to be quite confident to start the conversation.

For Chinese people, starting anything is always the hardest part. But once someone takes the lead, there won't be many obstacles to the progress afterward.

"My name is Zeng Zhi, I'm seventeen years old, my Chinese server ID is Alvin, I mainly play top lane, and I'm good at champions like Renekton and Shyvana... I'm currently the Challenger rank in Crystal Scar!"

The slightly older youth who was singled out by Wang Wang did not disappoint him; he raised his hand and fluently introduced his personal information.

Yes, his language communication skills are quite good, which is relatively rare among top laners.

Wang Wang silently gave the first top laner a good impression score in his mind.

NXG arranged for him to pick up the youth training players, and even had a self-introduction session on the way. Of course, this was not done casually; it was partly due to their initial assessment of the players.

After Zeng Zhi finished speaking, he put his hand down and then followed the second player, "I... I am Wang Shengkai, I am fifteen years old, ID: kai, I have always played the support role, and my rank is Diamond I with 40 LP in the Balanced Order."

"Duan Deliang, seventeen years old this year, support role, specializes in Thresh, Blitzcrank, Alistar, and is the strongest Challenger in Ionia..."

Xiao Duan's self-introduction was standard, but at this moment, other information was not important. When they heard that he was the strongest player in Ionia in the support role, everyone in the car focused their attention on this young man who was somewhat reserved and shy.

"Damn, in such a competitive region like the first server, he managed to reach Challenger rank using only support skills. That's incredible!"

"Before I came here, my friends all told me that the competition at NXG might be fierce, but I didn't expect it to be this insane..."

Inside the carriage, the e-sports enthusiasts, who couldn't keep their mouths shut, whispered among themselves.

Just then, a burly young man from Northeast China, whose height was so exaggerated that his head almost touched the roof of the car, gave Duan Deliang a hearty laugh. "Hehe, Li Weijun, ID: Vasilii, you can also call me Death Declaration, nineteen years old, main AD position, good at Varus and Caitlyn, Diamond 1 with 77 LP in Ionia."

"Hey support bro, let's duo queue together at the club, solo queuing as an AD carry is just too painful."

"well……"

Dude, are you sure you're not a top laner with that physique?

Everyone inwardly grumbled, and looking at Death's Declaration, who resembled Lu Zhishen, they felt a chill run down their spines.

What if this person lost the competition and is now challenging us to a real-life PvP match?

Following the declaration of death was a young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, a slender figure with shoulders like a pine tree, and a handsome profile that was somewhere between boyish and young man. Anyone who saw him would exclaim, "The male protagonist of a campus romance novel has appeared in the world."

"Tsk, the team's next face of the team, I wonder what the show-off Xu Jing will think when he sees him." Wang Wang muttered to the team's AD.

The other person introduced himself: "My name is Lin Dao, I am fourteen years old, ID: Free, I mainly play mid lane, and I am good at Zed, LeBlanc, and Orianna. As for my rank, I just entered the Challenger tier in Ionia yesterday."

hiss!
Fourteen years old?
No way, where did this invincible kid come from!
The phrase "a 14-year-old King of Ionia" caused everyone in the carriage, especially Death's Declaration, who had just finished introducing himself but whose rank was only Diamond 1, to blush furiously.

Nineteen years old... Fourteen years old...

The death declaration fell into a daze, somewhat questioning the meaning of life, and he didn't even hear the subsequent self-introductions of Zhu Xiaolong and others clearly.

I could only vaguely make out a few IDs.

"Zhu Xiaolong...Han Zhijun...ID is seeker...Theking...XuanXuanPi!"

……

"We've arrived. Young man, watch your step as you get off the bus."

Wang Wang jumped out of the car first, opened the car door and said, "Take your luggage, I'll arrange your dormitories first."

"Brother Long, I can do it myself."

Seeing the row of houses with the NXG eSports Club sign hanging in front of him, Xiao Duan felt a surge of excitement. His hands, which had been struggling to carry his suitcase, suddenly burst forth with energy.

"Huh, what's going on? This isn't what I saw online." Death's Declaration was the fourth person to get off the bus, looking at the building in front of him in confusion.

“This is our club’s youth training camp,” Wang Wang explained, pointing to a three-story building a few hundred meters away with his right hand. “The headquarters is over there, but you can only go there after you’ve been promoted to the first team.”

"Our dormitory conditions are limited, with four people in each room. You are the last batch to arrive, so several contestants have already moved into the dormitories before you. If there is anything inconvenient, please let me know."

Wang Wang opened the door and pointed to the glass door on the first floor, "The training room is on the first floor, but there are no requirements for you tonight. The manager will personally explain the club's specific trial and management arrangements to you tomorrow."

Limited conditions?

The conditions are actually better than I imagined.

Zhu Xiaolong followed behind, carrying a red and white canvas bag, watching Wang Wang push open the door to a dormitory room on the second floor.

He glanced around briefly. The space was indeed small, but it was very clean and tidy. There were two iron bunk beds like the ones in their dormitories when they were in school. The two beds were against the wall, and there was a cabinet at the foot of the bed. To the right of the entrance was a small bathroom with a washbasin.

There's even a balcony...

Zhu Xiaolong has been involved with esports teams for the past few years and has been invited to participate in esports events more than once, so he has a fairly good understanding of their living conditions.

Before coming here, he was prepared to accept the basement as an option, but the living environment far exceeded his expectations.

Not only him, but the other contestants also showed surprise in their eyes.

After all, even if you can endure hardship, who would refuse the chance to live a normal life?
"The students whose names I call go to the first dormitory: Zeng Zhi, Wang Shengkai, Pi Xiaoxuan..."

Hearing that his name wasn't on the list, Xiao Duan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If possible, he still hoped to live in the same dormitory as his good friend, Brother Long.

"Duan Deliang, Zhu Xiaolong, and Li Weijun, you'll be staying in room 205." Reaching the end of the corridor, Wang Wang pointed to a dormitory room that was noticeably larger, saying, "Due to the room's design, this room is about a third larger than the others, but that's why it's been allocated five rooms. Two other contestants moved in before you."

Five people!
How will five people live together? Will one person sleep in a separate bed?
The three of them entered the room with doubts, and just then, Zhu Xiaolong and the others suddenly understood what the five people the staff had mentioned were all about.

On the right side of the room, near the window, all the way to the washroom, there was an oversized wooden bed.

"Hello, Brother Wang!"

A monster, or rather a giant nearly two meters tall, bent over and walked out of the washroom, standing in front of the three of them.

"So you're my new roommates now."

Gulu!

Death's Declaration swallowed hard, staring at the humanoid Titan's outstretched right hand.

He originally thought that as a strong man from Northeast China, with a great physique since childhood, he was definitely one of the top muscle warriors in the e-sports circle, but he never expected that there were other experts.

Wang Wang looked helpless, glanced at himself and said to the three of them, "His name is Jiang Hong, his Chinese server ID is Nexus, he also plays top lane, and he joined the club a day earlier than you."

"Hello!"

"Hello...hello...hello."

Feeling that the other person's palm was almost able to envelop his entire hand, Xiao Duan suddenly understood what the idiom "small and exquisite" meant, which his teacher had explained in class before.

Nexus...Nexus?
This is Ultraman himself.

After arranging the dormitories, Wang Wang turned and left, as several other contestants were waiting for him to settle in.

"Phew... I'll get out of bed and sleep here."

As soon as the staff left, Death Declaration immediately threw his bag onto the bed on the left.

The club prepared bedding for the athletes in advance, and after washing it, they specially hired a housekeeper to help them make the bed!
Zhu Xiaolong and Xiao Duan exchanged a glance and had no objection.

While the physique of the man in the death announcement isn't as outrageous as the Ultraman guy next to him sleeping in a custom-made king-size bed, it's still a bit too dangerous for him to sleep on the bed.

"Brother Long, I'll take the top bunk," Xiao Duan offered.

"Okay, you go up first, I'll help you carry your luggage up."

Zhu Xiaolong and Xiao Duan were packing their luggage, taking out their clothes to put in the closet, while Death Declaration curiously moved to Jiang Hong's bedside.

Hey bro, how old are you this year?

"I was born in 1996, I'm seventeen!"

"How much, how much?"

The death declaration caused his mind to go blank. Seventeen years old?
What!

At seventeen, you're already nearly two meters tall; by the time you're eighteen or twenty, you'll be at least 2.2 meters tall.

You're the Yao Ming of esports, right?

"We still have one more player?" Death's Declaration forced himself to accept the fact and asked again.

When it came to his last roommate, Jiang Hong seemed to just realize something, "Oh, I almost forgot, he went to play ranked games on the first floor with Xiao Qin from the next dorm."

"rank?"

"Is this part of the club's assignment?"

"No, we arrived early yesterday due to special circumstances. The club staff are still busy with All-Star merchandise sales, so they only let us play ranked games for now. We'll make arrangements for everyone tomorrow."

He was going to go anyway; he just went to the restroom.

"Are you going?"

After putting their things away, Long and Xiao Duan exchanged a glance. "It's still early, let's go together."

The group of us in the room have been playing League of Legends all night long more than once or twice. It's only a little past nine o'clock now, and even though we're in bed, we can't fall asleep.

To be honest, they were quite interested in trying out the club's esports peripherals.

I saw online that NXG's computer mice and other peripherals are sponsored by Logitech, a major peripheral manufacturer. Isn't that better than the pseudo-mechanical keyboards they sell in those old, run-down internet cafes in third-tier cities?

On the first floor, Zhu Xiaolong and his two companions met their last teammate in the training room.

"Liu Shiyu, ID: MLXG, main jungler, Ionia Diamond 2 rank..."

The extremely thin Mala Xiangguo stood next to Jiang Hong, who was two meters tall, creating a striking contrast.

Jiang Hong had just mentioned his roommate in the next dormitory. This refined young man, who showed no signs of being a gaming addict, stood up from his gaming chair and introduced himself: "Qin Huan, ID: luster, AD position."

……

"Everyone is here?"

"The first batch is all here, hehehe, I can test the quality of these newcomers tomorrow."

The staff dormitory at the youth training camp is located on the second floor, right next to the players' dormitory.

Mo Ziye leaned against the balcony railing, talking on the phone with Jiang Ming, who was far away in Shanghai, while looking towards the first-floor training room with its lights on.

"The youth training camp is crucial to the future of the club. In the first week, don't rush into any overly profound tactical training. First, improve their discipline and basic skills."

"For the City Alliance Championship, first make two teams based on the list I gave you. Pay close attention to the players on the list. If there are any omissions or players who do not meet the requirements, add them to the list. The rest will wait for me to come back."

"Okay, Brother Ming!"

Mo Ziye then asked, "Would you like to say a few words to the contestants at our first meeting tomorrow at noon?"

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Ming pondered for two seconds, "No, I'd rather not. Youth training management is all your responsibility. My current role is the coach and captain of the LPL All-Star main team. If I'm distracted by the club, it won't have a good impact if word gets out."

Jiang Ming places great importance on teaching by example. Even if it's just showing his face on the computer and saying a few words, he doesn't want outsiders to find fault with him, saying that he's "physically present but mentally absent" and not fully committed to competing for the honor of the region.

Before the defeat, things might be fine, but if anything unexpected happens at the All-Star game, those who are eager to get a piece of the NXG club's traffic will definitely flock to it.

(End of this chapter)