LPL History

Chapter 84 The Divine Assistant's Bold Words Rebuke Zhou Lang; An Unknown Youth Shakes Mount Fushan

As WE advanced to the OGN finals, the internal battle between Azubu Frost and Azubu Blaze, both from the same team, also took place that evening as scheduled.

Ultimately, Azubu Frost, who was not favored before the match, defeated the spring season champion Azubu Blaze 3-2 after a five-game battle, advancing to the grand finals.

Zhou Li's post-match remarks have fueled the extreme anger of the Koreans.

Azubu Frost immediately gained everyone's support and backing.

On Korean online forums, Korean netizens left messages hoping that Azubu Frost could sweep WE 3-0 and send Zhou Li swimming back home.

Frost's support player, madlife, also publicly stated that they would definitely defeat WE and prove that "Korea is stronger than China."

The online discussion was in an uproar.

Zhou Li, the instigator, was in a great mood having a team-building activity with his teammates at a Chinese restaurant.

The players have three days of rest between the semi-finals and the finals.

After being cooped up in the hotel for a whole day, Zhou Li couldn't stand it anymore.

Because the food at the hotel was absolutely fucking awful.

Left with no other choice, Zhou Li ran downstairs to the convenience store, thinking of getting a cup of instant noodles.

As a result, after the boss learned that Zhou Li was Chinese, he watched Zhou Li finish a whole bucket of instant noodles.

While watching Zhou Li eat, she kept asking him questions.

"Is it delicious? Is it delicious? Our South Korean instant noodles are a world-famous delicacy."

Even Zhou Li couldn't find a way to complain about such a boss.

After all, the people of South Korea are eating instant noodles like gourmet food. Living in such dire straits, it would seem rather cruel and sarcastic to mock others.

But Zhou Li couldn't live on instant noodles alone.

On the third day, Zhou Li, who had lost five pounds, decided to treat his teammates to some Chinese food.

Even though it was agreed that he, Zhou Li, would treat them, Strawberry and Ruofeng insisted on paying the bill.

The two almost came to blows.

I find the Zhou Li (Book of Rites) very annoying.

If he hadn't gone out without money, he would have paid for it himself.

After a satisfying meal, the group strolled back to the hotel. Zhou Li stopped in front of an internet cafe, looking at the posters outside.

"What's wrong, Brother Zhou? Do you want to try out a Korean internet cafe?"

Hearing Strawberry's words, Ruofeng also looked over and said with some surprise:

"An i5-3570 processor, a GTX 960 graphics card, and a 27-inch monitor... This is better than the computers in our club!"

Smiling, he added:
"The key is their internet speed; the ping for League of Legends is within ten milliseconds..."

Mingkai's eyes widened.

"Really? I thought it was just during our matches that we had such low latency."

Seeing the envious looks on everyone's faces, Zhou Li couldn't help but sigh that there was a reason why South Korea had become a major e-sports powerhouse.

Think about what internet cafes in China are like now?

The mainstream models still feature GTX 500 series graphics cards and dual-core CPUs, and the monitors are generally 19-22 inch LCD screens.

As for delays, that goes without saying.

These are just some internet cafes in big cities. In some slightly less developed towns, there are still all sorts of small, unlicensed internet cafes operating.

Some have computers in their basements, while others have several computers set up in their homes, using Double Swallow keyboards and mice.

"Let's go in and experience it."

Zhou Li spoke, then pushed open the door and went inside.

As soon as Zhou Li entered the internet cafe, the sounds of mechanical keyboards clattering and clattering filled his ears.

The receptionist at the internet cafe was a rather cute-looking man in a Hummer. Seeing Zhou Li and the others enter, he smiled and said:

"Welcome! Are you here to participate in the competition too?"

"Contest?"

Zhou Li paused for a moment before noticing another poster next to him.

[Hanjiang Internet Cafe's First League of Legends SOLO Challenge Tournament]

"You only need to pay 15,000 won to participate in the competition. The registration fee will be added to the prize pool. You only need to achieve a 20-round undefeated streak in the SOLO competition to win all the prize money in the current prize pool! If the challenger defeats the defending champion, he can inherit his winning streak. The prize pool has now accumulated to 1.5 million won, and the winning streak has reached 15 rounds!"

Hearing what the internet cafe receptionist said, Zhou Li couldn't help but feel a little tempted.

That's roughly 10,000 RMB.

He just treated everyone to dinner, which cost him a lot of money, so it's good to recoup some of it now.

Although Ruofeng ultimately paid the money, he also paid for his emotional well-being, so he had to make amends.

Zhou Li explained the SOLO tournament, and to his surprise, Ruofeng immediately pulled out some money from his pocket and said:

"Brother Zhou, I'll participate."

It's clear that Ruofeng also really wants to recover his losses.

Zhou Li regretfully expressed his desire to participate as well. After friendly discussions with Ruofeng, Zhou Li generously conceded and decided to let Ruofeng participate in the competition, but the prize money would be split 30/70 between the two.

If the wind is three, then the Zhou rites are seven.

After paying the registration fee of 15,000 yuan, Zhou Li and the others sat down in the hall.

A flat-screen TV was hanging in the lobby of Hanjiang Internet Cafe, playing an OGN match.

Ruofeng went to the competition area alone.

Zhou Li wasn't worried that Ruofeng would lose.

If Big Nose, as a professional player, can't even win in a competition held in an internet cafe, then he might as well jump into the Han River and apologize to the water monster.

However, less than half an hour later, Zhou Li saw Ruofeng walk back with a livid face.

He blinked in surprise and said:

"What's going on? You'd better go take a dump."

Ruofeng scratched his hair in frustration.

"That person is pretty impressive..."
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"Oh!! Sang-hyeok! Well done!!"

A middle-aged man in a suit waved his fist and shouted excitedly, his incongruous attire immediately attracting everyone's attention.

Next to him sat a young man who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing glasses, staring intently at the computer screen, his keyboard clattering loudly.

"Wow! We won! Seventeen consecutive wins! Keep it up, we'll be getting our prize money soon!"

Lee Sang-hyeok removed his hands from the keyboard, flexed his fingers, and whispered:
"Junxu, if we win, can I really go pro?"

Next to him was Cui Junxu, the top spender in his live stream.

"Don't worry," Choi Jun-wook patted Lee Sang-hyeok on the shoulder, "The owner of this internet cafe is my friend. He knows all those people who run professional esports teams. As long as you win the match, I'll just mention it to you. With your skill, it'll be no problem at all."

Upon hearing Choi Jun-wook's words, Lee Sang-hyeok nodded, his face expressionless, but his eyes revealed a resolute determination.

It's not that he doesn't care about such a large sum of money.

After all, for Lee Sang-hyeok, who was born into a single-parent family and whose family was not well-off, it would take him an unknown amount of time to earn such a large sum of money through live streaming.

But compared to that, he cares more about whether he can become a professional player.

Because he knew that this was the way to completely change his life.

This young man, who became famous in the Korean server with a rank of 2500 points under the ID "goden sad," is currently sitting in an internet cafe. Apart from his top-ranked friend, no one knows his name.

(End of this chapter)