When the main crystal, which symbolized the last hope of the LCK, exploded in the last ruthless draw of the Sword Demon, the whole world seemed to have been pressed on the mute button.
One second, two seconds.
After the silence, there was a landslide, a tsunami, a deafening carnival that had accumulated for a whole season, or even an era!
ulatingdie.
Meiko couldn't hold back anymore. He suddenly pulled off the earphones and threw them on the table. He covered his face with his hands, his shoulders shook violently, and the cry that had been suppressed for too long finally escaped from his fingers.
Three consecutive championships, defending the title, in a desperate situation of 0:2, after the man returned, they did it!
"We win... we win!!!" Jiejie suddenly jumped up from the chair, raised his arms and shouted, his face flushed with excitement and lack of oxygen, his voice was hoarse, "Brother Mozi! Five kills! We are the champion!!!"
Scout leaned on the e-sports chair, raised his head, closed his eyes, and let out a long sigh of relief, tears sliding down the corners of his eyes.
Hope looked confused. He looked at the screen and then at the teammates around him, as if he had not recovered from the thrilling team battle just now. It was not until Meiko came over and gave him a bear hug that he woke up from a dream and started laughing.
Su Mo, the center of this storm, just slowly took off his headphones.
He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and took in all the overwhelming cheers, the shouts of his teammates, and his own violent heartbeat into his lungs.
Then, he opened his eyes, and a faint but relieved smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Come back, all are back.
In stark contrast to the volcanic eruption of ecstasy here at EDG, is the deathly silence in the soundproof room at DWG.
【DEFEAT】
The gray words of failure are cold and dazzling.
The director's camera brutally scanned the faces of each team member.
· Nuguri, the top lane talent who was so high-spirited in the pre-game promo, is slumped in his chair weakly at this moment.
He pulled up the collar of his team uniform and covered his face, as if he didn't want the world to see his expression at this moment. Underneath that piece of fabric were uncontrollable shivers and hot tears. He couldn't figure out why Aoun, whom he was so proud of, would be as fragile as paper in front of that sword demon.
Been killed at level three, jumped the tower at level six, and ignored the last wave as if they were super soldiers... The feeling of powerlessness shattered all his pride.
Canyon, the talented jungler known as the "King of the Jungle" who played Jiejie in the palm of his hand in the first two games, is holding his head in his hands and staring at his gray screen.
John Hoaker, the "new king" who promised to start his own era, was sitting blankly at the moment.
His hands were still on the keyboard, but they were already cold and stiff. His eyes lost focus and he stared blankly ahead, as if his soul had been pulled out.
He had imagined countless scenarios of winning the championship, but he never imagined that he would be completely defeated by one person in the most unreasonable way.
From the confident 2:0 to being chased for three consecutive games, especially in the last game, his proud line-up and operation seemed so ridiculous in front of the invincible sword demon.
What new king? What era? It's all become a joke.
Ghost and BeryL in the bottom lane also fell into silent despair.
Ghost leaned back on the chair, raising his head, his Adam's apple rolling, as if he was holding back something. BeryL took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes vigorously with his hands, as if he wanted to erase the nightmare game from his mind.
At the same time, in the DWG lounge, coach Daeny also clenched his hands tightly into fists.
He looked at the final economic data on the screen and the terrifying damage ratio of the sword demon, and a sense of frustration that he had never felt before welled up in his heart.
In the live broadcast, the voice of the commentator was so passionate and harsh:
"Let us congratulate EDG!!!"
At the commentary table, Miller stood up suddenly. With all his strength, he yelled out the words that all LPL viewers had been waiting for too long:
"We are the champions!!! We are the champions again!!! We are the fourth consecutive champion!!! Behind 0:2, when the whole world thought we had no hope! That man is back! Brother Mozi! He told the world with practical actions! The king of LPL has not abdicated yet! The glory of LPL will be defended by us!"
Rita was also choked at the moment. Swallowing, he said intermittently: "I... I don't know what to say... This is e-sports, this is the League of Legends we love! Let two chase three! On the stage of the S finals, we did it again! This is no longer a game, this is the most passionate epic! Brother Mo Zi, he is not a player, he is a god!"
Guan Zeyuan adjusted his glasses, the lenses were already blurred by tears.
He took a deep breath, his voice was thick and nasal, but extremely firm: "I retract all my previous predictions! Science and data are worthless in the face of miracles! Today, we have witnessed history! EDG used their tenacity and courage to complete the impossible task! This The gold content of the championship will be unprecedented! EDG is awesome! LPL is awesome! "
As a commentator, he shouldn't have said such indecent words, but at this moment, Guan Zeyuan didn't care much anymore, he just instinctively vented his excitement.
Similarly, the audience also fell into madness.
LPL official live broadcast room, the barrage has completely flooded the screen.
「We are the champions!!!!!!!!!」
"Ink God! Ink God! Ink God! The eternal God!"
"Let two chase three! The script didn't even dare to write like this! I cried!"
"The Battle of the Great Colonel to Confer the Gods! The reverse prediction is watertight!"
"If Sword Demon releases a champion skin, you must buy it! I said it! Who is in favor? Who is against?"
"The Nuguri people have become stupid, and Aker has been psychologically affected!"
"This is the LPL! Never give up! Fight to the end!"
At the same time, the live broadcast room of South Korea's LCK was a purgatory of wails and anger.
"Ah Xiba! What is this fight? Five people caught one and five were killed in reverse? Are you professional players?"
"Canyon is a waste! He can't use his big move at the critical moment! Do you want to keep it for the New Year?"
"Aker? What new king? Untitled super Faker? Bullshit! Being beaten like this by a retired person is shameless!"
"Nuguri is a coward! There has been no such person since he was single-killed at level three!"
"Disband! DWG! You are a disgrace to the LCK! Give the championship to the LPL!"
"Why let Jian Mo go? Has the coach's brain been kicked by a donkey?!"
"Go to the sea! Don't come back!"
At the same time, in China, the same carnival is being staged in countless places.
In a male dormitory of a university in Shanghai, the moment the EDG base crystal exploded, the whole building erupted with an earth-shattering roar.
Before the dormitory supervisor could curse, he saw countless students rushing out of the room, running wildly in the corridor, hugging and shouting.
Someone stretched out the flag with the EDG team logo out of the window and waved it wildly. The entire campus was completely ignited by the cry of "We are the champions".
Jackeylove looked at the screen at the TES team's base, sighed longly, and then laughed again: "This is called playing a game... Brother Mozi is still the same invincible monster."
Left hand and Karsa looked at each other and smiled. In their eyes, there was both the joy of winning the LPL championship and a trace of regret for not being able to take revenge personally.
On the competition stage, everyone in EDG stood up and walked towards the DWG player seats.
Su Mo was walking at the front. He saw Nuguri with his head lowered and Aker with empty eyes.
He stretched out his hand.
Aaker was stunned for a moment, and then slowly raised his head. The eyes that were once full of confidence and sharpness were now only blank.
He mechanically stretched out his hand and shook it with Su Mo.
"You are very strong." Su Mo looked at him and said calmly.
Haaker's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only said a hoarse and helpless word: "Congratulations."
The handshake session is over, and in the center of the stage, the Summoner's Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor of League of Legends, is quietly waiting for its owner.
Amid the host's passionate introduction, five EDG players and the coaching staff came to the stage.
The eyes of both Abu and the factory director were red.
When Su Mo was the first to receive the heavy trophy from the award-giving guest, the flash lights and cheers in the audience reached their peak.
He raised the trophy high without any hesitation!
"EDG!!!"
He turned around and handed the trophy to Meiko and Scout beside him, the two veterans who had accompanied EDG and himself all the way.
Then Jiejie and Hope.
Five people jointly lifted the golden trophy.
The golden rain then fell, falling on their team uniforms, falling on their smiling faces, falling on the trophy, reflecting the bright light.
At that moment, time freezes.
A miracle that allowed two to chase three.
The myth of the return of a veteran.
The golden rain is still falling, dyeing the entire stage into a glorious sanctuary.
· In the afterglow of ecstasy, the EDG players finally calmed down a little bit of their excitement. They stood side by side in a row, with coach Abramovich and the factory director behind them. Everyone's face was filled with happiness and pride in the aftermath of the disaster.
At this moment, the slim host Yu Shuang, dressed in an elegant blue and white porcelain cheongsam, walked onto the stage with her signature, warm and calm smile.
Her appearance was like a breeze, calming the overly enthusiastic atmosphere at the scene and drawing everyone's attention back to the center of glory.
"Welcome back, Summoners!" Yu Shuang's voice clearly spread through the microphone to every corner of the venue, and also to the screens of hundreds of millions of viewers around the world.
Her voice had an imperceptible tremor, which was the excitement infected by this epic victory, "I don't even know what words to use to describe my mood at the moment. Four consecutive championships, letting two chase three, on the highest stage of the League of Legends Global Finals, EDG created history and created a miracle!"
She turned to the EDG players around her, her eyes shining with sincere admiration and joy.
"First of all, I would like to give the first question to our captain, our veteran, Meiko." Yu Shuang handed the microphone to Tian Tian whose eyes were still red, "Meiko, when we were 0:2 behind, I believe that not only us, but maybe even you yourself felt tremendous pressure. What was the atmosphere in the team at that time? ? How did you adjust your mentality and finally complete this incredible reversal? " Meiko took the microphone, took a deep breath, and tried to make her voice less choked: "To be honest... at 0:2, the lounge was very depressed, and it felt like the sky was falling. Each of us... didn't know what to do."
He paused, glanced subconsciously at Su Mo beside him, and then smiled. There were tears in the smile, and there was endless trust.
"Until...until Brother Mozi said he was going to play. At that moment, I don't know how to describe it, it was like a moment, all the pressure was gone. We knew that as long as he came back, we would still be the invincible EDG team. He is our backbone, our anchor."
These words caused another round of cheers from the audience. Yu Shuang smiled and nodded, turning the microphone to Scout.
"Scout, your perfect ultimate move in the decisive game sealed the victory for the team. How did you make that decision at that time? What made you dare to flash forward and look for opportunities in that situation?"
Scout took the microphone, but the light in his eyes was extremely bright: "Because I know that as long as I can pull them together, Brother Mo Zi and his teammates will be able to complete the harvest. This is a tacit understanding between us... that does not require words. I will always believe in my teammates."
“Always believe in your teammates!” Yu Shuang repeated and handed the microphone to Jiejie, “Jiejie, the roundhouse kick in the fourth game, the countless key team starts and protections in the fifth game, your and Mo Zi’s top and jungle linkage is like art. What’s it like to fight side by side with him again?”
Jiejie looked a little shy. He scratched his head and grinned: "It's...a very familiar feeling, as if he has never left. When playing with Brother Mozi, you just have to do what you have to do, because you know that he will always appear where you need him most. I...I just need to kick people in his face!"
These simple and trusting words made the whole audience burst into laughter.
Finally, the focus of the whole place, the eyes of the whole world, were gathered on the man who was as calm as water from beginning to end.
Yu Shuang slowly walked up to Su Mo, with a strange look in her eyes.
She organized her words and asked the first question in everyone's mind in the most resonant way.
"Brother Mo Zi," her voice was gentle and powerful, "Welcome back. I want to ask a question for all the viewers. After being behind 0:2, at the most critical moment of the team, what made you decide to reconnect? What kind of belief made you choose to put on this jersey again on the edge of the cliff?"
He looked around at the sea of red under the stage, his eyes calm and profound.
"I saw my brothers struggling." His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard throughout the audience through the speakers, "This trophy belongs to LPL, and it belongs to EDG. And I am a member of EDG. Protecting our own things, this... is not a belief, but a responsibility."
There are no heroic words, no passionate declarations.
One sentence "It's a responsibility" is more powerful than any words. It hits everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
This is not just self-confidence, it is an innate responsibility that belongs to the king.
The scene erupted into thunderous applause.
Yu Shuang was also deeply touched by this simple answer. She calmed down and asked the second question, which was also the most crazy question for everyone.
"In the final round, facing DWG's perfect lineup, you locked up the Sword Demon who was abandoned by the version. What were you thinking at that time? Aren't you worried at all that that hero will be kited to death by them? Is that choice a confidence, or...a kind of gamble?"
This question asked everyone's thoughts.
When Su Mo heard this, the corners of his mouth curved up in an imperceptible arc, which was an almost joking, contempt for the rules.
"In League of Legends, there is no absolutely perfect lineup, and there is no absolutely weak hero." He paused, his eyes swept across the audience, and finally seemed to penetrate the screen and look at the hundreds of millions of viewers. "I'm not here to study the strength of heroes, I'm... here to end the game!"
Boom! !
If the previous cheers were like a tsunami, then now, it is a planet impact!
The whole place exploded!
This sentence is domineering and arrogant, but it is irrefutable!
Because, he really did it!
He used the most unreasonable way to tear up the most perfect theory!
Yu Shuang felt that her heart was about to beat out. She suppressed the shock in her heart and asked the last question.
"Brother Mo Zi, the fourth Summoner's Cup is an unprecedented achievement. What are your plans for the future? Will you continue to stay in the game? Finally, do you have anything to say to all the fans who support you, support EDG, and support LPL?"
Su Mo was silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking.
"Let's talk about the future in the future." He answered calmly, "Now, I just want to enjoy this moment with my teammates."
He turned his gaze to the audience, to the lights and flags waving for him, and his eyes softened:
"Again, I thank you all, thank all the viewers."
"Thank you for not giving up on us and still choosing to believe when we were 0:2."
His voice passed through the noise and reached everyone's ears clearly.
"The LPL's success today is not due to one person, but to all of us."
"As long as we are still here, as long as you are still supporting us."
He paused, slowly. He raised the microphone in his hand as if he were holding up a scepter to declare victory, and spoke loudly every word:
"LPL will always be the champion!"
The moment the words fell, the audience burst into the warmest cheers!
“Brother Mozi!!”
“LPL is awesome!!!”
「Champion!!!」
Yu Shuang knew that the interview could be over.
Any words are redundant at this moment.
She took a step back with a smile, leaving the stage and the whole world to these five new kings.
Su Mo handed back the microphone and turned to stand with his teammates.
In the midst of the golden rain flying all over the sky and the deafening shouts, the five of them once again raised the glittering Summoner's Cup high above their heads!
That moment, a legend, creates eternity. (End of chapter)