League: Educating LPL is my duty.

Soon, under the guidance of the Riot Games staff, everyone was assigned to dormitories, and Li Chen was once again sharing a room with Clearlove.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Chen said impatiently, "Factory, send me the photos quickly, I want to post them on Weibo."

While posting photos, the factory manager rolled his eyes and said, "You, you want to grab every bit of attention, aren't you afraid of the backlash if you lose at MSI?"

"What's there to be afraid of? My son and I will work together to sweep the entire MSI. Just wait and see how the netizens praise me then."

Upon receiving the photos, Li Chen immediately opened Weibo and began editing his short post:

Thank you for your concern, even if it's not real. My team and I have successfully arrived at the hotel. We ran into the SKT team at the entrance and made a bet with Faker: whoever loses this MSI will buy a Coke. Do you guys think I should ask Faker to buy an iced one?

Photo!

(Bear with hands on hips)

#RNG Club# I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to tag you guys!

After this period of operation, Li Chen's Weibo followers have exceeded 2.5 million and are still rising, showing a clear trend of challenging for the number one spot in the LPL.

Although China is eleven hours ahead of Brazil, and it was around 1 a.m., Weibo and the League of Legends community are never short of night owls.

So as soon as the Weibo post was published, many fans immediately started commenting wildly.

[Holy crap, are you crazy? Betting Coke with Faker? Don't you know he'll do anything for Coke?]

[It's over. I thought EDG had a chance this time, but now they're really doomed.]

[You actually dared to dream of Faker's Coke? Isn't that just asking for trouble?]

[If you don't understand, just ask. Do you really not want to win anymore?]

Asking a guy who drinks one can of Coke for the whole team to buy you a Coke is worse than killing him.

[Faker: I wasn't originally that serious, but now I have a reason to win.]

Li Chen selected some representative comments from the numerous comments and began to reply to them, setting various goals and creating his own buzz.

The phrases "god丶CfakerMSI bet on Coca-Cola" together are like a bombshell in the League of Legends community, quickly trending on social media.

Many streamers also took the opportunity to ride the wave of popularity, providing viewers with various analyses of the highlights of this MSI competition.

And regardless of their true thoughts, at least for now, the vast majority of streamers are still expressing optimism about EDG. After all, this is an international competition, and it's not a good thing to have a biased opinion.

What if EDG falters in international competitions again?

That's easy to say. Who is EDG? They really don't know each other and have nothing to do with each other!

Even Riot Games, in an effort to promote MSI, retweeted the post the next day and commented: "Who gets to drink this can of Coke?"

As a well-known and entertaining team in the league, and having advanced directly to the group stage alongside EDG and SKT, G2 naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass by, and also posted a Weibo:

I'm planning to drink two cans, have you bought them yet?

Below is a picture of a hooded man carrying a greatsword, with the name G2 on his back, chugging a can of Coke.

On either side of him lay two small figures, with the team names EDG and SKT hanging on their foreheads.

In response to these provocations, SKT simply issued three stars, and nothing more was said.

The collaboration among the three teams confirmed to participate in the group stage has successfully pushed the upcoming MSI tournament to a new peak in popularity.

Some overseas League of Legends fans also got to know the ID god丶C for the first time through this interaction. Some bloggers even seized the opportunity to start uploading Li Chen's highlights, helping Li Chen gain his first batch of fans overseas.

For example, ESPN, a well-known commentary website, also gave its commentary on Li Chen:

We noticed some new faces among the teams participating in this League of Legends MSI Mid-Season Invitational, among whom god丶C from the LPL region's EDG team is undoubtedly the most dazzling new star.

You may not know this player before, but he is not a true newcomer. In the past three years, he played for the LPL team RNG for two and a half years, but unfortunately he did not get a chance to play.

After god_C terminated his contract with RNG last June, he was unable to find a new team until January of this year, when he joined EDG and took to the field as the starting top laner.

However, all teams participating in this MSI tournament, please give this player enough attention, because in the past Spring Split, god丶C has already demonstrated his strong dominance on the field.

Within four months, god_C played a total of 18 major matches and 38 minor matches, winning all of them. He had a total of 286 kills but only 8 deaths, which is an extremely terrifying statistic.

Although the LPL region performed poorly and its strength was questionable in the two World Championships of S5 and S6, this does not mean that god_C did not have the ability to become a world-class player. The following data chart will be the best proof!

(god丶C Octagonal Data Chart)

[Oh my god, are these really stats from a match? I can't believe it.]

In the LPL region, are players like these destined to be substitutes?

I've watched this player's highlight reels; they're amazing! His Riven has become my idol!

[I'm looking forward to his performance at MSI. Facing top players from various regions, I wonder if he can still pull off these kinds of plays.]

As Li Chen gradually gained fame overseas, the popularity of MSI also reached its peak, and the MSI competition officially kicked off at 1 pm on May 11.

As the opening ceremony music played, the six teams took turns to appear on stage, with SKT receiving the most enthusiastic applause, followed by G2.

However, to Li Chen's surprise, he seemed to hear some people shouting his ID amidst the cheers. Although there weren't many, there were indeed a few.

Riot Games, understanding the importance of generating buzz, arranged for the opening match of MSI to pit the two most popular teams, G2 and SKT, against each other to give MSI a good start.

Due to the tight schedule of the MSI tournament, each team has two matches per day. EDG's two matches today are the second match against Flash Wolves and the last match against TSM.

Both teams fought their way up from the play-in stage, and EDG had basically figured out their strength. They had also played scrims, and although Li Chen didn't play, he just had A Guang play with them, but their win rate was still very high.

What truly caught EDG's attention was SKT. This team should never be underestimated; no one knows what kind of fighting power they might unleash.