League: Educating LPL is my duty.

Due to the tight schedule, Tencent Esports convened a meeting that evening with all team members to discuss the next tactical plan.

Mr. Chen, the representative sent by General Manager Jin, opened the curtain and revealed the schedule for the upcoming group stage matches.

"This intercontinental tournament officially starts on July 6th. The group stage is on the 6th and 7th, the semi-finals are on the 8th, and the finals are on the 9th. The schedule is very tight, and there is basically no time to adjust your form in between, so everyone needs to get ready in the next two days."

According to the current group stage schedule, WE has no matches on the first day, but EDG and OMG will play against LCK teams. OMG will play two more matches, and RNG should have no problem playing against the Taiwanese team. The main issue is that OMG needs to prepare well.

On the first day of the group stage, the pressure was put on OMG, which made the former dark horse feel a little bit of pressure.

However, WE is under the most pressure right now because both of their matches are on the second day, and the two teams they have to play against are both teams that went to MSI this year: FW and SKT, the top teams in their respective regions.

To put it bluntly, if they had performed even slightly worse, they could very well have ended up with a 2-0 score.

At this moment, EDG was the most relaxed. Clearlove, sitting next to Li Chen, asked, "You're good at predictions, right? Do you think we can get first place in the group stage?"

Li Chen turned to look at the factory director, his gaze somewhat surprised, as if he was astonished at why the director had said that.

Why are you looking at me?

"I see you haven't washed your face. Go back, wash your face, and go to sleep before you talk to me."

Even Li Chenmeng wouldn't dare to do something like this, given that she came in first in the group stage.

He still vaguely remembers that although LPL won the Intercontinental Cup in the original timeline, its performance in the group stage was not good. It was a huge disappointment, winning only two out of eight games and finishing last in three regions.

With him on the team, we might win one or two more games, but we'll definitely have to play in the semifinals. We can't compete with LCK for first place.

He could even imagine how netizens would criticize the other teams after the group stage was over.

After a brief meeting, everyone immediately got into training mode, splitting into pairs: EDG vs. WE, and OMG vs. RNG.

The training camp lasted one day on the 5th, and the competition officially started on the 6th.

On July 6th, at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, during the opening ceremony of the Intercontinental Tournament, the host began inviting teams from each region to take the stage.

As the host team, the Taiwanese team was the first to take the stage, and the audience gave them a lot of applause and cheers.

Next up were the LCK teams, who also received a lot of cheers from the audience.

The host then announced, holding a teleprompter, "Next, let's welcome the teams from the LPL region: EDG, RNG, WE..."

Li Chen stood at the front of the line and was the first to walk onto the stage. However, this time the cheers in the venue almost disappeared, with only a few people shouting "LPL, go!", "EDG, go!", or "C, go!"

Without these people, the entire venue would have been almost like a silent library.

Although Li Chen was prepared for this, his expression still darkened slightly.

Lee Sin, the top laner with the highest rank, has never lost a game since his debut and has gained countless fans. Even in the MSI finals, the cheers from the audience for him were only slightly less than those for SKT and Faker.

He even thought that with his looks, he would be very popular in the LCK, but now he was being ignored on his own turf, which was simply unbearable.

Even Li Chen was furious about this, not to mention the rest of the LPL. This kind of treatment almost wiped the smiles off everyone's faces.

At the LPL commentary booth, it wasn't time for the commentators to speak yet, but Miller couldn't hold back any longer: "This... I feel like our players must really miss our home stadium. I hope they can feel the anticipation of the countless Summoners watching on screen."

[Damn, these bastards, their preferential treatment is so obvious, it's outrageous.]

They really gave them too much credit; they've forgotten their own names.

"Damn it, buy tickets, buy tickets, I want to go to the show!"

[Knowing they can't win, they resort to these dirty tricks to ruin people's mentality, huh? These CS players.]

[C, give me a severe beating and thoroughly humiliate them.]

In the VIP section of the front row of the audience, two girls sat together, holding up support signs, their eyes practically spitting fire as they looked at the quiet crowd around them.

"Sisi, don't be angry. I'll let your electronic husband beat them up later."

"Don't get angry, why bother arguing with them? Let's grab the tickets first!"

As she spoke, Xixi took out her phone, opened QQ, and entered a large group of 3,000 people called "C Out Blackie Campsite" and started sending messages: "Those who can come to watch the semi-finals and finals, please grab tickets. After watching the game, contact me to reimburse your ticket and travel expenses."

C's thigh: Sister Xixi is awesome, I really can't stand these Taiwanese people.

C (with a strand of hair sticking out): I'm here, where are you, Sister Xixi?

C, pointing out fingernails: These people are shameless. No need to report, I have to come!

C's Brain: Something's not right. Sister Xixi is telling us to fight for semifinal tickets. Does she think LPL definitely won't get first place in the group stage? Does C have some inside information?

The girl next to her saw the message Sisi sent and couldn't help but purse her lips slightly: "You're being too much of a stepmother! But are you sure they'll make it to the semifinals? What if they go straight to the finals?"

Sisi relayed the message to other groups, adding, "They can't get in. C himself said it's basically impossible for them to make it directly to the finals; they'll definitely have to play in the semifinals."

"That's it, then it's all for naught. They might not even be able to beat LCK in the finals. Is your husband's grand slam in a year just going to be ruined like this?"

Upon hearing this, Sisi couldn't help but lightly tap the other person's head: "Shut your jinxed mouth and eat your popcorn!"

By this time, all the teams had returned to their respective regional backstage areas. In the LPL's rest room, everyone, from top to bottom and inside to outside, had a very grim expression.

It's no longer a conflict between teams; they've all been insulted.

At this moment, Li Chen spoke first to the EDG players: "Tomorrow EDG plays JT. I'll name a number: a 15-minute speedrun of the Linglong Tower. Any objections?"

The factory manager raised his eyes: "You're the boss, what you say goes."

"Damn it, ****, take care of them, just kill them." Spicy Hot Pot's temper had long since reached its limit, and he cursed at the other party.

Feng Ge then stepped forward and declared, "We'll take on AHQ today and teach them a lesson!"

Li Chen recalled RNG's defeat to a certain team in history and reminded them, "AHQ is also a team with a chance to play in the World Championship, so don't be too careless."