League: Educating LPL is my duty.

It's currently the World Championship period, so even though Li Chen's form is consistent, he still needs to put on a show and occasionally play ranked games.

After playing a few rounds of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game), Li Chen unlocked the "Actor's Peak" game.

As the current gathering place for high-end players in the Chinese server, the Summit of the Rift is good in every way, except that there are no good spots.

Given the immense popularity of League of Legends, it was destined from the beginning that the Challenger tier would not be peaceful. Now, after half a year of development, the Challenger tier has grown to a considerable size.

As soon as Li Chen created a room and clicked match, he was successfully matched in less than 30 seconds.

"The matchmaking speed on the Canyon of the Gods is really fast these days!" Li Chen's expression was unreadable, but his tone revealed his displeasure.

These days, almost all the people who set up betting odds online are watching his live stream all day long. As soon as they see him start a game, they immediately arrange for a bunch of actors to match with him. If they can match with him, they will cause trouble based on the betting odds.

In response, besides reporting the game after it ended, Li Chen would occasionally play a reverse tactic.

If the production team wants him to win, he'll deliberately lose; if the production team wants him to lose, then he'll really have to see if he can take on five opponents at once.

Some viewers, who knew some inside information, started explaining it to everyone in the live stream.

[You're being targeted, C. In a game of ten, nine of them might be intentionally throwing the game.]

[Be bold, how do you know C wasn't in the show?]

The Chinese server environment is truly awful; I'd rather play on the Korean server.

[Just the other day, someone asked me to pay them, saying they couldn't rank up without paying. It's disgusting.]

Li Chen didn't say anything about the feedback from the fans. The issue of actors can't be resolved in a short time. We'll have to wait until the World Championship is over before we can talk about it.

At this point, the game started to eliminate players. Li Chen was on the fourth floor of the blue team and normally sent Teemo into the "little black room".

However, he soon discovered that neither of his two teammates in the bot lane had banned Kalista, and when the AD carry picked first, they didn't pick Kalista first, but instead picked a trivial champion like Tristana.

Then it was the red team's turn to pick. The first pick was LeBlanc for mid lane, and the second pick was Kalista.

Seeing this, Li Chen immediately guessed that the script arranged by the production team was most likely to let him win.

First, give the opposing team a strong hero to attract everyone to bet on them winning, then make them make more mistakes. These are the usual tactics.

Of course, if too many people bet against him and expect him to win, the production team will adjust their tactics accordingly.

For this kind of cast, Li Chen randomly picked Fiora, intending to increase the intensity of the cast depending on the situation.

After quickly selecting their heroes, both sides enter the game loading screen.

Blue team:

Top Lane - Fiora

Jungler - Lee Sin

Mid Lane - Fizz

ad——Little Cannon

Support - Thresh

Red Team:

Top Lane - Camille

Jungler - Gragas

Mid lane - LeBlanc

ad——Spear of Vengeance

Support - Lulu

Judging from the lineup alone, the red side is much stronger than the blue side. In a typical match, unless the skill gap between the two sides is too large, the blue side will generally have a hard time winning.

I don't know how this lineup can win right now.

[If C's move isn't working, stop playing and let's give the brothers some money in Dou Dizhu.]

Judging from C's expression, he has no intention of winning.

[That opponent's ID looks familiar... Could it be a pro player from another region?]

[ReturnChina, this seems to be Khan's ID.]

Li Chen glanced at the comments and his eyes lit up when he saw someone say that the opposing Camille was Khan.

"Oh my, is it really Khan? What a coincidence, guys. Faker said Khan is very strong and can beat me. Let me test Khan's skills today, okay? I'm going to be serious this game."

As Li Chen spoke, a serious expression appeared on his face, and he adjusted his posture, as if he was really going to give it his all.

Upon entering the game, Li Chen quickly rushed to the top lane to steal the bushes after completing his equipment, while his four teammates grouped up and invaded the red team's jungle.

In a room on a different floor of the same hotel, Khan also discovered that his opponent was Li Chen, and he couldn't help but perk up.

He actually remembered encountering Li Chen once in the Korean server, but Li Chen was playing top lane Soraka, which was incredibly frustrating for him, so it wasn't representative of his experience.

This time, with soldiers facing off against each other, he felt he could get a good feel for Li Chen's true strength.

After the two players logged in, they met near the central bush. Khan's passive ability was refreshed and landed in the bottom left corner, right in front of Fiora.

However, Khan did not retreat to refresh the opening, but instead walked up to fight head-on. Li Chen did not hold back either, and directly used Q to knock out the opening and then used a basic attack.

Khan countered with an attack that triggered his passive ability, and both sides began trading blows in place.

Li Chen attacked again, hitting Khan's shield. After seeing Khan attack him twice, he silently retreated.

Seeing this, Khan activated W, pulled back and forth, seemingly anticipating that Li Chen would slip into the inner circle, and successfully hit Fiora with the outer circle W while retreating.

After being slowed down, Li Chen turned around and walked away. Khan chased after him, wanting to use a basic attack. Li Chen turned around, and Khan also turned around. The two pulled back and forth for a couple of moments, but in the end, Khan was "more skilled" and successfully gained a basic attack.

At this moment, Li Chen's health dropped another notch, and this exchange of blows was clearly a huge loss.

Looking at the contrast in their states, Li Chen's expression turned serious. He silently picked up a tissue and wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

"Brothers, this Khan is really something else. No wonder he's called the best top laner in LCK. He's putting a lot of pressure on me. I lost a lot in this trade. I need to play cautiously from now on. Hopefully, he'll make a mistake, otherwise, it'll be really hard for me to beat him."

Li Chen spoke very seriously, as if he were facing an invincible opponent.

But when viewers saw this, they immediately tore through the facade in the comments section.

[Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, nine out of ten players in this game were trolls.]

[C says: Khan is too strong, I'm no match for him in ranked games.]

[If I don't understand, can I beat them in ranked games? Can I beat them in a professional match?]

Don't ask me that; who can truly explain quantum mechanics?

[If you keep performing, we'll help you promote it.]

Seeing that the viewers in the chat didn't believe him, Li Chen decisively retorted, "You guys are too bad. You can't understand the moves between experts at all. Khan is really amazing. After this game, I need to study his tactics carefully, otherwise we'll really lose."

To prove he wasn't lying, Li Chen played with extra effort, carefully considering every move and strategy, afraid of gaining even the slightest advantage.

However, he wasn't completely giving away his share, as that would be too fake. He would occasionally put up a fight, and overall, the odds were about 40/60, maintaining a slightly disadvantageous position for himself.

As both sides reached level four, they clashed again. Li Chen's health was almost depleted, forcing him to use Flash and retreat back to his tower to recall.