League: Educating LPL is my duty.

On the way back, the teams rode in separate cars, and the atmosphere in the car with EDG was pretty good.

The factory manager in the back row was a little worried: "We lost two games today. Tomorrow's games will be even tougher. RNG is playing KT, and WE is playing Flash Wolves and SKT in a row. It feels like these three games will be very difficult to win."

Li Chen took out his phone: "It's not particularly difficult to play. If RNG lets Uzi play, they have a chance against KT. It's not a game they're bound to lose."

"Will they let Uzi play?"

The factory manager's tone was full of disbelief, and he snorted, "If Uzi doesn't play, they can say they're not at their full strength if they lose, but if they actually let Uzi play and still don't win, who knows how much they'll be criticized online."

Li Chen raised an eyebrow and shook his phone screen, saying, "We don't even need Uzi to play and lose the game; the internet is already starting to criticize us. If we don't play well tomorrow, everyone except us will be criticized, and we might even be caught in the crossfire."

"What's going on? Let me see!" The factory manager immediately leaned over.

The phone screen displays the scores for today's RNG match, and the comments from netizens are mostly heartfelt.

RNG Overall: 3.1 points

I thought you guys were going to put on a show, but you just made a huge mess.

[You brag all the time, is this all you've got?]

[After losing to LCK, they're now losing to Taiwan. If they keep going like this, they'll have nothing left to lose. They've lost all sense of shame.]

My suggestion is to disband immediately!

Top laner Letme: 4.3 points

Even with half a C, the score shouldn't have been this bad. (4 points)

[Playing Camille with a hook, the jungler charges while you retreat, the front line is under pressure while you keep farming.] 2 points

[The carry was switched out early and kicked in to instantly kill the AD carry.] 5 points

Jungler mlxg: 4.6 points

[You're brave, so what?] 5 points

[What were they hitting? The literal meaning.] 3.5 points

[A starvation jungler? You didn't say you'd starve to death!] 4 points

Mid laner xiaohu: 3.5 points

Summer is here, and it feels like I'm closing my account. (5 points)

[Are you sure you can do it? You can't even do a fancy trick.] 3 points

[No advantage in lane, and incredibly timid in team fights!] 3 points

adY4: 5.9 points

What can the substitutes say? Just being willing to step up and contribute is enough. (7 points)

[Your professional career ends at the Intercontinental Championships.] 5 points

Support Ming: 2.1 points

[Is this your command strategy? Should we focus on the dragon or the team fight?] 1 point

I've seen plenty of players pull opponents along, but I've never seen anyone pull their teammates along. (2 points)

[Without Uzi, you're playing with style!] 1 point

Coach Feng: 5.3 points

[If you don't play well, it's not your fault.] 7 points

[What's the point of having you if you can't gain an advantage in draft picks?] 3 points

Li Chen scrolled through the entire RNG comment section from top to bottom and couldn't find a single positive comment, which gives you an idea of ​​how upset everyone was about RNG losing the game.

The factory manager glanced at Li Chen's face and said, "If you want to laugh, then laugh. Don't hold it in!"

"What's so funny? Let's laugh tomorrow!"

Li Chen appeared unusually calm at this moment, not for any other reason than that he absolutely could not allow the peeping tormentors at the hotel entrance to capture his smiling face when he got out of the car later.

After returning to the hotel and having dinner, Chen called all the teams together for a short meeting. It was the same place, with the same people, but the expressions on everyone's faces weren't as relaxed as last time.

"Today's match is over, it's 2-2. All three of our divisions are tied at the same score. Just now, General Manager Jin called to ask about tomorrow's match, how confident we are, and how many points we can get."

Chen said with a serious expression, "Let's all discuss our tactics. No matter what, we must get at least two points tomorrow. Even if we don't get first place, we absolutely cannot be last. That's our bottom line."

Losing to LCK in the Intercontinental Cup is not particularly embarrassing for LPL, after all, the audience is used to it, and there was EDG to save the day before.

But if the final score is even worse than LMS, then it will really become a joke.

Now that OMG's group stage is over, they've fallen silent and are too lazy to talk.

Abu then spoke first: "EDG will definitely have no problem beating JT tomorrow, this point is a sure thing."

When facing EDG, Chen's expression softened considerably, and he nodded slightly: "Everyone knows EDG's strength; they can get points against anyone. The main concern is RNG and WE. Can either of you manage to secure one or two points in the three matches?"

Feng quickly said, "We're doing our best, but Uzi's hand injury hasn't healed yet, and Y4's synergy with the team isn't good enough, which is affecting their performance."

The atmosphere in the office fell silent once again.

The remaining WE team is under immense pressure.

After all, they are playing against Flash Wolves and SKT tomorrow, neither of whom are easy targets. Apart from EDG, who else can confidently say they can get points?

Mr. Chen expressed his understanding and skipped over WE, saying, "Let the players rest first. The team coach and manager should stay and discuss how to arrange the team order for the semifinals."

The meeting ended, a night passed, and the group stage proceeded as scheduled the next day.

Today's first group stage match is still a clash between LCK and LMS, and the two teams are MVP and M17, whom OMG played against yesterday.

As expected, the outcome of this match was that M17's resistance quickly collapsed after 20 minutes, and MVP ultimately won.

Then came the second game, a match between LPL's RNG team and LCK's KT team, which was also a match that LPL was paying close attention to today.

If LPL wins this match, they will still have a chance to take first place in the group stage.

However, as the game reached the forty-minute mark, the LPL commentators' voices predictably became somewhat subdued.

Guan Zeyuan said in a deep voice, "After a fierce battle lasting for forty minutes, KT finally won this team fight. RNG was completely wiped out and could no longer stop KT's advance. This game should end here."

"This game is over. Currently, the LCK region leads the group stage with a score of 4-2, and we are tied for second place with the LMS. Next up is the match between EDG and JT. I believe EDG will never let us down."

Wawa steered the conversation directly to the next match to prevent RNG's poor performance from affecting online opinion.

However, netizens have no intention of letting RNG off the hook. They didn't criticize them too harshly yesterday because there was still some hope, but now they've stopped pretending.

Still praising EDG? Besides EDG, is there anyone else they can boast about?

[You lose to everyone you beat, a complete sweep of defeats all year, huh?]

[And then there's WE, can they beat Flash Wolves and SKT?]

[EDG and C gave me the wrong impression; I almost really thought LPL had risen again.]

[EDG is just a showpiece; they may be kings among monkeys, but they'll be exposed as weak when facing top teams.]

Why even bother fighting? Let's just swim back!