League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 226 Script? Savior!

After the brief meeting, Linko started making phone calls and contacting various parties.

When the club says it will provide support, it's no joke.

After confirming with Park Unryong multiple times that the matter was indeed very promising, Linko decided to go all out—to directly establish an interstellar branch!

Having the support of a professional esports club is definitely much better than going it alone.

The simplest thing is that you can register for the Gold League Master Group, but the preliminary selection has a limit of 128 people. If you are a lone player, even if you have the rank, you may not be able to register.

Of course, secondly, this StarCraft division is also quite convenient. There's only one coach and one player, so there's no need for a dedicated training room. It's a natural fit.

After making a few phone calls, Linko returned to the training room and told his teammates about it.

Unexpectedly, his teammates had no objections to Chen Dongqing's actions.

Linko was somewhat surprised: "None of you object?"

"What's wrong with that?" Xiangguo said matter-of-factly. "He plays other games every day, you've seen it. Chen Dongqing has talent, so let him play."

"It really doesn't matter." Godwin nodded. "As long as it doesn't affect the LOL matches, we can play however we want."

When it comes to playing other games, Godwin has a lot to say.

"Yeah, I have a similar thought," Linko said. "If the League of Legends team's performance is affected one day, then your StarCraft team will have to be put on hold, is that alright?"

Chen Dongqing grinned: "Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

Linko nodded, turned and left the training room, while Chen Dongqing and Park Yunlong started playing StarCraft ranked matches again.

At this point, the champion coach finally began to play his role.

Coach Park approached Chen Dongqing from behind, patted him on the head three times, and said, "Today I'll teach you a formal tactic. This tactic was specially selected for your situation. If you use it well, you might even win the championship!"

Chen Dongqing finally turned around and said, "Speak carefully!"

"This tactic is called Two Ships." Park Yun-ryong instructed Chen Dong-qing to start a custom game and began explaining the details of the tactic to him.

The two barracks quickly produced 14 riflemen, while the Starport used double the number of attachments to rapidly produce two medical transports.

As the name suggests, a medical transport aircraft is a flying unit with two functions: a unit that can carry eight people and a milk carrier.

Two medical transport planes carrying fourteen marines rushed directly to the enemy's base. This was a strategy of safely massing troops four minutes earlier, but once preparations were complete, it became a swift and fierce offensive.

This gameplay requires a high speed of initial construction; if the timing is good, the transport plane will appear at exactly 4 minutes and 35 seconds.

Then, fourteen riflemen, loaded onto two transport planes, will arrive at the enemy's base five minutes from now, followed by fourteen muscular men and healers charging in.

The Korean player INnovation, nicknamed "Lu Bu," is a loyal user of this tactic.

Interestingly, this player also had a younger brother named Gumayusi, who later became the AD carry for T1. Therefore, viewers in later generations also called Gumayusi "Little Lu Bu".

As Chen Dongqing listened to Park Yunlong's introduction, some memories came back to him. He had indeed seen similar tactics in ranked matches, but if he remembered correctly, no one took off precisely at 4 minutes and 35 seconds.

Park Unryong said, "The fourteen gunners that arrived at our doorstep five minutes ago would have been easily pierced if the enemy hadn't been on guard against these two ships of soldiers."

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "What if the other side is on guard and blocks it?"

"We'll lock the stomach," Park Yun-yong said confidently. "If the enemy blocks us, we'll go back and farm, then go for a super multiplier, accumulate four ships for a two-pronged attack or go all in head-on. The key is to charge and rely on skill."

"What if the other side still blocks it?" Chen Dongqing asked again.

"Then we'll lose."

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"If the opponent can block your offensive, it means that you didn't do the details well enough." Park Unryong patiently explained, "Don't think that launching your troops at 4 minutes and 35 seconds is a simple matter. In fact, there are many details involved. Even the Grandmaster level might not be able to do this consistently. You'll know once you try it."

"Furthermore, even if you time the opening perfectly and gather information effectively, you still need extremely strong micro-management skills once you get to the front lines. Theoretically speaking, as long as you do everything perfectly, there is no opponent you can't beat."

"OK." Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction, and immediately went through the opening process in his mind.

With his maxed-out proficiency in the human race, he could even simulate it directly in his mind and then make improvements.

When placing buildings, pay attention to their location to avoid farmers taking detours, as detours waste a second.

Then build a Star Orbiter, construct a Reaper for scouting and defense against fast attacks, a second base, a Barracks, a Supply Depot, and a Factory.

The entire process takes 4 minutes and 35 seconds, during which you operate continuously, and there are many things to pay attention to.

Often, if your farmers take a few extra steps or mining is too slow, resulting in insufficient income, this can significantly impact the overall progress.

If you're half a second slower here and half a second slower there, the whole process is more than ten seconds slower than the fastest speed.

Often, in those ten or so seconds, the other side has already set up defenses and is just waiting for you to arrive.

Chen Dongqing simulated it many times in his mind. When he felt that everything was about right, he started a custom simulation game and then confidently started a ranked game!

Park Yun-ryong observed carefully from behind, wanting to see how Chen Dong-qing would perform on his first attempt at playing with two ships.

But the more he looked, the more serious Park Unryong's expression became.

That's incredibly fast!

Although it was Chen Dongqing's first time playing officially, it was as if he had practiced countless times, and all his movements were almost perfect.

Park Unryong kept staring at the time in the lower left corner, observing it carefully.

Whether the construction speed of the two ships is up to standard depends on two key points: the research time for stimulants and the construction time of the transport ships.

Stimulants are a key skill for spearmen, increasing movement and attack speed at the cost of sacrificing their own HP, but it requires a certain amount of money and time to research and unlock.

Generally speaking, if the doping test takes place before 3 minutes and 04 seconds, it is considered acceptable.

How much is Chen Dongqing?

Soon, Chen Dongqing switched to the research institute and pressed the button for doping research.

The time is exactly 3 minutes.

Park Unryong gasped in shock.

This speed is already at Lu Bu's level; Lu Bu's limit is only three minutes!

But this was Chen Dongqing's first time playing!

Immediately afterwards, at 4 minutes and 30 seconds, the double-item setup was switched on, and the construction of the medical transport ship began. The transport ship was spawned at 4 minutes and 30 seconds, and the setup was perfectly executed.

At 4 minutes and 35 seconds, the transport ship was just loading troops and setting sail. These numbers are etched into the bones of the soldiers on both ships!

At this moment, Chen Dongqing sighed.

It's still too slow.

He was a little slow at a supply depot along the way, which caused the population cap to be blocked midway, affecting the construction speed of the marines.

Although the transport plane took off on time, there were only thirteen riflemen on board, one short.

It still has some minor flaws.

But thirteen Marines were enough. Chen Dongqing used Reaper to scout out the opponent's layout early on. He directly broke through the opponent's third base, first crippling the opponent's economy, and then the two Marines maintained good combat power to continue harassing.

But it was at this moment that Park Unryong finally discovered the problem.

Chen Dongqing clearly lost his touch at this point. Although the two ships outside were winning battle after battle, the construction and research of his base slowed down, and he began to accumulate some spare money.

In StarCraft, you can't accumulate too much money, because it means either your research technology isn't keeping up or your subsequent military strength isn't keeping up.

Even if your soldiers are fighting outside, you still have to frequently switch back home to build structures and send troops.

Meanwhile, the reconnaissance aircraft Reaper's investigation progress also stalled, entering a state of information gaps.

However, Chen Dongqing's spearman operation was indeed superb. With just these two ships, he had already gained a huge advantage. The slow pace of subsequent technology was not a problem. In the end, as the technology and the ships caught up, he finally won the game in one wave.

Chen Dongqing turned around and said smugly, "Not bad, Coach Park?"

"Chen Dongqing," Park Yunlong said seriously, "tell me the truth, is this your first time playing with two ships of soldiers?"

The first time with two ships of soldiers, it turned out like this? I might as well just slit my own throat!

I'm trash, I don't deserve to play StarCraft!

Interstellar studies don't exist!

The next day, Chen Dongqing and Park Yunlong were at the base, working together to resolve the problems with this tactic.

Chen Dongqing has a solid foundation, so he can solve any problems very quickly. Basically, if a problem is pointed out in one game, it will be solved in the next game. Therefore, in just one day, Chen Dongqing's playing style has become more and more mature.

A century of shock for Park Unyong.

His score also rose rapidly, quickly reaching 5300 points. (Yesterday, a reader told me that 4300 points wasn't enough to reach the Grandmaster level, so I've changed it to 5000 points. This is just to clarify.)

At this point, the account named ilex officially came into the view of StarCraft players.

Because Blizzard's Battle.net allows duplicate names, many people are discussing who this person is, but no one is connecting this person to Chen Dongqing himself.

The reason is simple: when Chen Dongqing played StarCraft on his live stream before, everyone saw his terrible footwork, and the audience simply couldn't believe that it was Chen Dongqing himself.

Secondly, Ilex's shotgun gameplay is just too overpowered! Forget whether it's Chen Dongqing himself, you have to question whether it's even a human being.

Many high-ranking players have uploaded videos of their matches against Ilex online, and the perfect shotgun play has sparked countless discussions!

[If this isn't a script, I'll eat it!]

[Who can pull off this kind of scattered rifleman maneuver? Even ByuN couldn't do it!]

ByuN can still play at his peak, but he can't play like that every time.

[And this two-ship troop tactic is ridiculously reliable; is it really like a reincarnation of Lu Bu at his peak?]

I heard the StarCraft AI is really strong, it can even beat professional players. Could this be AI playing?

That's quite possible; they're probably being used in ranked matches to learn and grow.

On March 15, 2016, the artificial intelligence AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol in the Go tournament, and artificial intelligence officially became famous overnight.

At the same time, Google has also announced that AI will be tested in various fields, not only chess, but also e-sports games. So when such a top player appeared in the Chinese server, everyone else naturally turned to artificial intelligence.

In this group discussion, even professional players spoke up, saying that this person's skills were terrifying and that they had never seen such a player in China.

CN StarCraft is a stagnant pool, purely wildcard level. Let alone winning the world championship, even reaching the quarterfinals is a pipe dream.

In this situation, it's no wonder that people would question the sudden emergence of a super expert of this caliber.

Amidst the clamor of discussions, Sun Yifeng, formerly the top Bug player in the Chinese server, released a recording of a match he played against ilex a month ago. He had saved the recording of that match, and unexpectedly, it came in handy now.

In this match, ilex's awareness was terrible and his tactics were practically nonexistent, but his sniper skills were still dazzling!

It seems that this player's tactical system has grown rapidly in just over a month, which is more in line with the characteristics of AI!

Meanwhile, many people were making jokes and praising Sun Yifeng, calling him things like "the only insect king who defeated AI."

At this point, Sun Yifeng publicly stated that if this person was real, he and Huang Xudong would jointly fund the competition to help this person play and revitalize CN StarCraft.

For a time, he was all the rage. At the same time, some players believed that this Ilex was the real person, but they also hoped that Ilex could come out and say a few words, or even do a live stream to prove himself.

A Zerg player named slike even stated directly that if ilex is a real person, then he should go to the GPL to have a go. He genuinely didn't believe there would be such a player in China. With a professional player directly contradicting him, countless viewers followed suit, and for a time, the voices condemning scripts and AI became loud and noisy.

At the same time, at the QG club, after being reminded by the club's operations staff, Chen Dongqing also saw a series of comments on the StarCraft forum.

He didn't expect that netizens this year would have such strong imaginations; they could connect something as simple as trying to get a high score to artificial intelligence.

At this point, Linko asked, "So what are you going to do? Are you going to do a live stream to prove yourself?"

"I'll prove it myself, that's for sure. I'm not one to keep things bottled up," Chen Dongqing said. "But I want to make this a bigger issue!"

"So, what are you planning to do?"

Chen Dongqing asked, "Has the interstellar tournament organizing committee approved it?"

"I just submitted the application today," Bnabazi said. "But that's not a problem. It's easy to get approved. QG is considered a top-tier club in the world now, so they have that much influence."

"Well, how about this?"

On the second day, at noon, QG Club's official Weibo account released a new announcement.

QG Esports Club officially announces the establishment of a new "StarCraft II" division.

The team members are: Coach: Park Un-yong, Player: ilex (Chen Dongqing)

Ilex will represent QG Club in the GPL Gold Professional League. Let's wish him the best of luck!

Chen Dongqing doesn't hold grudges overnight. Despite facing criticism, he chose to announce it to the world in the grandest way possible!

QG Club originally had absolutely no connection with StarCraft, but this Weibo post immediately caused a huge uproar in the StarCraft community.

Because of winning the LOL Grand Slam last year, QG Club is now a world-class club with a very high reputation!

With such a club backing it up, the information must be true!

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

No, it really is ilex from the League of Legends side!

How did Ilex grow from a complete novice to this level so quickly?

And just then, another bombshell dropped—ilex started streaming!

As a top streamer on Douyu, Chen Dongqing received countless push notifications as soon as he started his broadcast. This time, almost all the players who were interested in this matter crowded into the live broadcast room.

Looking at the barrage list, Chen Dongqing saw countless new level 1 accounts sending comments and knew that interstellar players had entered.

Moreover, the direction of the comments was uniform.

His own fans are asking why he's crossing over into StarCraft, since as a professional player in League of Legends, this crossover is just too outrageous.

StarCraft players are all asking if Ilex is really him, and they want to see him play a game.

"Why cross over into another field? Just having some fun." Chen Dongqing replied with a smile, "Don't worry, it won't affect LOL. I know what I'm doing."

The fans were relieved to hear this. They knew Chen Dongqing's usual style. What would be outrageous to others was normal for Chen Dongqing.

As for the requests from StarCraft fans, he naturally fulfilled them directly.

He quickly logged into StarCraft 2, and countless viewers in the live stream checked his account ID first.

ilex#15574396

I checked the rank again.

Grandmaster, 5300 points.

Wow, it really is me!

In just over a month, how did he go from a novice to a master?

The thief is a scoundrel.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing started a ranked match.

In the 5300-point ranking match, Chen Dongqing used the same old two-ship soldiers combo, easily defeating his opponent.

Fighting against the top group is like frying fish.

For the rest of the afternoon, Chen Dongqing was in a state of rampage. With a score of over 5,000, almost no one could withstand his consistent punches every 4 minutes and 35 seconds. Even if they did manage to withstand it, they would be caught off guard and in disarray.

Throughout the afternoon, Chen Dongqing was in a state of constant flight, and his score soared from 5300 to 5500.

At this stage, ranking up becomes quite slow. The points gained from winning are not proportional to the points lost from losing. You have to maintain an extremely high win rate to rank up. Chen Dongqing has to stay focused throughout the game, which is tiring.

Of course, the afternoon's competition had completely won over the audience.

Some StarCraft players who watched Chen Dongqing's last StarCraft live stream were full of questions, wondering how Chen Dongqing had grown so quickly.

Their first thought was the same as Park Unyong's—was this guy pretending to be something he'd never been before?

Fans who don't play StarCraft are smug—I told you, Brother Tree is a top-tier player in every game, StarCraft is nothing special!

Some new StarCraft players were utterly awestruck, their minds filled with only one thought—"CN StarCraft is saved!"

That very night, countless esports media outlets and StarCraft forums saw a dramatic shift in public opinion, with various posts appearing frequently!

[The greatest gaming genius of all time!]

[CN StarCraft is saved!]

[A single, masterful trick can conquer all; the god of two ships!]

[Ilex: The Hope of CN Interstellar!]

In just one afternoon, Chen Dongqing transformed from an artificial intelligence and script dog into a hope and savior.

Countless people are eagerly anticipating Chen Dongqing's performance at the GPL Gold League next month.

If he can really achieve good results in the Gold League and represent the country in the tournament, then .CN StarCraft will truly be saved!

But at the same time, our savior of Chinese StarCraft is about to start preparing for the LPL matches.

On February 19th, QG's matches continued, this time facing Snake, the last opponent in the first round of group matches.

Crystal was unable to play in this match due to a hand injury, so today's AD carry was mint, and the mid laner was former IG top laner Zz1tai.

Anyway, almost all of Tiger Fang's dogs from later generations are here.

The strength of this version of Snake Team can be considered average, placing it in the upper-middle level of the league.

However, compared to the level of last year's World Championship quarterfinals, they are obviously far inferior. They are not even a match for FPX and are currently only ranked third in Group A.

However, it's clear from the new week's matches that the buff to Ardent Censer hasn't made conventional enchanter supports like Lulu and Nami stand out; Zyra and Karma still dominate the bot lane.

The main reason is that the first tower is too important. If Zyra is not nerfed, other supports will not be able to play.

In this match, QG first picked Jayce for Chen Dongqing to win the first game, and then picked Varus, the strongest AD carry in the current version, for the bottom lane in the second game, and then paired him with Lulu to test the strength, which also achieved good results.

Varus, having absorbed Lulu's shield in the late game, directly tanked all of Snake's heroes and pushed all the way to victory.

"Alright, congratulations to QG! They've finished the first round of the group stage with a perfect 5-0 score!" Haokai shouted. "Let's rest for 12 days, until March 2nd. The inter-group round-robin continues!"

Back at the base, everyone in QG was quite relaxed.

I only played one match after returning from the Lunar New Year holiday, and then there was another 12-day break. The recent match schedule has been too easy.

Of course, it wasn't a leisurely time either.

QG still needs time to gel and adapt to the new version.

Shi Senming and Jian Zihao started duo queueing again.

Through day-to-day training, the duo of QG's bottom lane has become increasingly coordinated, and Shi Senming has become more and more integrated with the team.

Chen Dongqing's ranking score also rose higher and higher, reaching 6000 points with a 95% win rate, before finally stopping his frenzied ranking climb.

On March 1st, registration for the GPL Gold League officially started. With the backing of QG Club, it was not difficult for Chen Dongqing to obtain a spot in the preliminary rounds. From this step, his professional StarCraft career officially began.

On March 2nd, the inter-group round-robin tournament began, and QG once again had a match on the first day, and their opponent was also a very big name.

EDG is the top team in Group B!

Chen Dongqing sat on the bus heading to Zhengda Plaza, looking at the opinions on the forum on his phone.

Today's match is absolutely the focus of attention.

QG and EDG are the two teams with the largest fan base in the LPL. When they face off, the resulting drama is absolutely massive.

Both sides' fans have their own arguments and neither is willing to give in.

Go EDG! QG, this overconfident team, doesn't deserve to win!

[Haha, why would a StarCraft pro player bother playing LOL? They should just go back to StarCraft!]

With a Tangmen mid-laner already serving as a cautionary tale, and they're still doing this arrogant thing, I really don't think QG will go far.

[They've already reached the Finals MVP level, how far can they go?]

That happened last year. What does last year have to do with this year?

I was thinking that Brother Tree didn't play LOL last year either.

Chen Dongqing's announcement of his foray into interstellar travel has recently caused quite a stir.

Actually, their own fans don't care about this situation at all; they all express understanding.

But the haters get easily excited.

Chen Dongqing has been strong and successful since entering the professional scene, and his private life is clean, so there's nothing to criticize him for. Now that his haters have finally found an opportunity, they're naturally going to unleash a barrage of attacks.

But do you think EDG has the upper hand in public opinion?

Actually, that's not the case; they were at a complete disadvantage.

[EDG should stop mocking QG. They were capable of a blitzkrieg against Poland, and they still have the nerve to bark like dogs?]

[Haha, even at a time like this, Piggy is still putting up a good fight against the odds. Comparing head-to-head records and current situations, in what way can you compare to QG?]

[The piglets suggest we just lie low and let them mock us, otherwise it'll be even more embarrassing if we lose!]

[QG, go for it! 2-0 victory!]

During the recent Spring Festival holiday, EDG also pulled off a super big event.

Blitzkrieg Poland.

During the Chinese New Year holiday, the League of Legends competition at IEM Katowice in Poland was in full swing. They should have invited an LPL team to participate in the competition, but QG was not interested in such a small competition, so QG directly refused.

So the tournament organizers continued down the line and found EDG.

EDG could have simply refused, but they didn't; instead, they pulled a trick.

They still chose to withdraw, but they blamed the Polish embassy, ​​saying that the visa problem prevented them from getting a visa and they were forced to withdraw from the competition.

What was originally just a simple attempt to shift blame took an unexpected turn by EDG. They clearly didn't anticipate how fierce the Polish fans' offensive would be. Seeing this, the Polish fans launched a blitzkrieg against Poland, overwhelming the embassy's Weibo account.

This is where the show's entertainment value comes from, because EDG never even submitted an application.

The Polish embassy directly stated that it had not received EDG's visa application, effectively sending EDG into a deep crisis.

EDG is still stubbornly insisting that they can't get their visas because they haven't been able to obtain their Shanghai temporary residence permits.

The piglet turned right and headed straight for the Shanghai police's official Weibo account, only to find out that the account said applying for a temporary residence permit only required going to one's own community, and that it was not difficult at all.

Everyone can see that EDG has no intention of participating in the competition at all, but they are lying and shifting the blame.

The anger of countless viewers was ignited, and even the most die-hard EDG fans were caught in the middle, with many unfollowing the team. EDG's official Weibo account was also bombarded by casual fans for days, and even the most loyal EDG fans are still unable to hold their heads up high.

Even now, despite some negative public opinion surrounding QG, EDG remains at a significant disadvantage.

At that moment, Linko called out from the front of the bus, "You've all seen the recent media coverage, right? Today's match is extremely important, so do your best not to lose!"

After saying that, Linko looked at Chen Dongqing and laughed, "Especially Chen Dongqing, you know how much trouble you've been causing lately, right? You'd better play seriously today!"

"Don't worry," Chen Dongqing said confidently, putting away his phone. "I've experience dealing with A-Guang!"

The interstellar portion of the story was developed more during the Spring Festival holiday, and most of it was foreshadowing.

With the prelude over, the LOL competition returns to normal. The GPL Gold League storyline will be intertwined with the LOL regular season as a small side story, taking up very little screen time. Its main purpose is to add some fun to the relatively boring second half of the regular season.

PS: Thank you FladQWQ for the 600 Qidian Coins reward, thank you clown joke for the 1000 Qidian Coins reward, and thank you daxiabiedawowo for the 100 Qidian Coins reward.

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)