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Chapter 366 A Sure Loss, No Profit

At the start of the game, both sides found positions in the river and stayed there, neither seeming to have any desire to attack.

When the game time was close to one minute, the factory manager took the lead in retreating into his own jungle. About ten seconds later, the other players on both sides went online.

EDG's bot lane then followed the minions to their lane, without helping Clearlove take the blue buff, and took advantage of Kalista's absence to quickly push the lane.

In the current version, Varus and Karma can still put up a fight against Kalista and Janna at level one, since their abilities have a longer range and are more powerful.

However, as time goes on, EDG's bot lane will find it increasingly difficult to fight, as neither of them can keep up with Kalista's recovery.

AHQ witnessed this scene, and combined with the fact that the factory manager had disappeared from view of the river beforehand, Mountain immediately made a judgment.

"Kled and Seven might be planning to start in the top half of the map, then go to the bottom lane at level three to look for opportunities. Be careful, I'm going to try to gank top at level three."

The pressure on the top lane has already appeared. At level one, the two players who used Q tested each other once, and Kennen's Q missed and he was hit by Li Chen's skill.

However, Li Chen did not push the lane directly, but instead balanced the minion waves with Kennen.

Ziv didn't feel the suffocating pressure and breathed a slight sigh of relief. However, he didn't dare to push the lane, since Gragas might be in the top lane. He simply farmed minions and gained experience, trying to maintain the current laning situation.

Nothing happened at level one for either side. The camera panned across all three lanes, and the middle and top lanes quickly rose to level two.

Only then did Li Chen begin his first probing move, shifting his position from below the minion wave upwards.

Ziv had been staying close to the bushes to avoid being ambushed by Gragas, but now that Li Chen suddenly had an idea, he didn't dare to immediately switch directions and approach the river. He could only retreat a bit and throw out a Q skill.

However, Li Chen made a 90-degree turn to dodge the skill and then continued to chase after Kennen.

Kennen was positioned closer to the upper wall, and according to the theory of relativity in the Rift, Jayce would definitely close the distance. Ziv couldn't do anything about it and could only use his E to retreat.

Seeing that Kennen didn't dare to engage, Li Chen made a judgment. He chased after Kennen until his E skill was about to end, then countered with a predicted vertical cannon shot, saying at the same time, "The enemy Sejuani didn't start in the top half of the map."

The factory manager understood and continued farming the jungle according to the planned route.

"C-God has become aggressive in the top lane, forcing Kennen out of the experience range. Both junglers are now farming in the top lane. EDG's situation in the bottom lane is still manageable for now. So the first wave of the game will start in the top lane."

Guan Zeyuan has a good understanding of EDG's tactics and can probably guess EDG's thoughts from an omniscient perspective.

Miller nodded slightly: "Kennen missed a lot of Q skills here, and C God hit him with a buffed cannon for nothing. If he moves forward now, C God will definitely jump in and face him. But if he doesn't move forward, he will fall behind in level when the jungler and top laner fight starts later."

C is still controlling the lane, switching between hammer and other forms. At this pace, this wave of minions will be stuck for a long time before reaching the tower. If AHQ comes to defend, then the top jungle will fall. If they don't, the top lane game is basically over.

"So C didn't rush to push the lane at first. He wanted to make sure the minion wave wasn't pushed to the tower before both junglers reached level three and came to the top lane. AHQ was now facing a choice. If they chose wrong, C would take off, and if they chose right, they would only suffer a slight loss." Rita knew exactly how to hype him up.

Faced with Li Chen's slow push, AHQ once again hesitated.

From Ziv's perspective, Li Chen was well aware that their jungler had started with red buff and farmed all the way up. If they had pushed too far into the lane at that time, they would definitely have been caught out at level three.

But now Li Chen still dares to push the lane slowly, either Li Chen is brainless, or it means that Gragas can counter-gank at level three.

So here's the question: would a guy who can dominate countless top laners be a brainless muscleman?

"mountain, I have a feeling that Gragas might come to counter-gank later. They might start in the bottom jungle, and I might get tower-dived later."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jayce, who had been playing the good guy for a while, suddenly launched an attack, changing the form of his weapon and firing a super-powered shot at Kennen.

After Li Chen unleashed his skill, he basically stopped paying attention, since Kennen had no chance of dodging it without using Flash.

Seeing his health drop even further, Ziv drank the health potion with a contorted expression.

At this point, mountain finally responded: "Are you sure? What if he's just bluffing and that old guy isn't actually here... Never mind, I'll take this wave of minions for you later."

Mountain didn't believe Ziv's judgment, but he really had no other choice now.

He currently faces only two paths: either continue to help the top lane as originally planned, or simply ignore Ziv and watch the top laner get pushed through the lane or even tower dived within three minutes.

The second path is definitely not an option, but if he chooses the first path, he has to gamble on whether the factory manager is in the top lane, and then choose whether to gank or counter-gank.

No matter what choice he makes, he's going to gamble. EDG has put him and Ziv on an unequal gambling table; if they lose, they'll be beheaded, and if they win, they'll have their hands chopped off.

Unless he goes to gank top lane, the factory manager isn't there, and he gets the kill, that's the only outcome he'll gain.

As time went by, Li Chen quickly leveled up to level three. Although he had accumulated some minions, his push was slow. He would only be able to push into the tower when the fourth or fifth wave of minions reached it.

After reaching level three, Mountain decided to go eat some crabs to satisfy his craving. As for Jayce, who was pushing the lane, he would observe him for a while longer.

But at this point, the factory manager had already begun to take action. After reaching level three, he did not continue farming jungle camps, nor did he go to lanes to counter-gank. Instead, after confirming Sejuani's location through the vision left by Li Chen at the river entrance, he quietly slipped into the blue team's upper jungle.

"The factory manager was up to something. He entered the jungle from the river entrance behind the blue buff wall and circled around to the tri-bush behind the blue team's first tower. Mountain was still fighting the river crab, and Ziv didn't notice. C's push speed was very slow, which caused AHQ to misjudge."

Miller looked at the oblivious AHQ members and sensed that something bad was about to happen on the top lane.

And that's exactly how things unfolded. Mountain knew there was vision at the river mouth and saw his position, but since Li Chen didn't retreat, he naturally assumed that the barrel was nearby.

So mountain returned to his own jungle to continue farming, but left a ward at the river entrance to keep an eye on Gragas's movements.

Between making a huge profit and suffering a huge loss, Mountain chose to maintain a stable loss of one hand. That way, although it was at a disadvantage in the early stages, at least it still had a chance to continue, and it wouldn't have to take the blame.

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