Just as An Xin had said, Lin Feng had been to Guangzhou.
That was during the Chinese server's S1 season. The entire League of Legends professional esports circle hadn't truly developed yet. There wasn't a complete league system yet, and Shanghai wasn't recognized as the home base of the LOL professional esports circle.
At that time, there wasn't even a formal LPL. Lin Feng and a few other teammates had just formed a new team, and they were also looking for competitions to participate in.
Guangzhou was one of them.
It was just that these things happened too long ago. With a certain someone's memory, it was normal for him to forget such a thing.
But An Xin's reminder reminded Lin Feng of the past.
"That's right, there seems to be such a thing!"
Lin Feng slapped his forehead in realization.
"At that time, I took the train to Guangzhou with Fatty, Ah Qiu, Eleven, and Ah Mo. We stayed in a small, run-down hotel. Even when we went to the internet cafe to train, we had to bargain with the boss … Hahahaha, it was really miserable!"
Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh when he talked about the hardships he had gone through in the past.
Tang Bingyao and Zhang Hao couldn't help but gape. They didn't expect the early days of the Chinese esports scene to be so miserable.
Ceng Rui was also speechless.
Compared to Tang Bingyao and Zhang Hao, he knew a bit more about the early days of the League of Legends scene.
Back then …
It was really hard.
Every pro player, even if they were the strongest in the past and could stand at the very top of the pyramid, couldn't compare to a normal pro player in every aspect.
When there were no sponsors, they lived in a rented house and ate instant noodles and porridge. When they didn't have the money to buy a computer, they could only go to an internet cafe and train together.
When they went to a tournament, they had to tighten their belts and take the cheapest bus or train to the city.
When they went to a foreign city, some of the poorest teams didn't even have the money to stay in a hotel. They would just spend the night in an internet cafe. But the next morning, they still had to wake up with dark circles under their eyes to force themselves to fight.
But it was in those times …
However, there were still many world-class professional players emerging in the professional esports circle. They were completely unaffected by the terrible environment at that time. They were still able to produce results that were not inferior to the strong European and American teams in the World Professional Tournament.
That was … something that made the current professional esports players feel ashamed of their inferiority.
Back then, that group of people were truly fighting for their dreams.
Ceng Rui looked at Lin Feng with a complicated look in his eyes.
Previously, when he saw this information, he couldn't help but admire the pro players of Season S1.
But he had never thought that …
One day, Maple, the legendary mid laner who was recognized as the most dazzling talent in the S1 season, would actually stand in front of him.
It was so surreal that people couldn't help but feel dazed.
Especially when Ceng Rui thought about the person standing in front of him … his teammate. Back then, he was able to fight against Han Shihao in the final ring of the S1 World Finals. Ceng Rui's heart couldn't help but tremble when he thought about it.
That's Han Shihao!
Currently, the server's publicly recognized strongest midlaner, who was also one of the "World's Seven Kings", Team God's "Morning Stars", was almost completely suppressed when facing the world's number one midlaner. It could even be said that they didn't have much ability to fight back.
(Back then …)
(This guy in front of me is actually that strong?)
Ceng Rui couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.
…
"Hahaha, but it's different now!
"This time, we're going to Guangzhou to fight in the top 36. The Shanghai Esports Association will pay for our flight and accommodation!
"We're going to make it!"
Someone's cheerful voice destroyed Ceng Rui's agitated mood in a second.
Ceng Rui's eyelids twitched slightly. He took a deep breath and expressionlessly confirmed a fact.
I really shouldn't have the slightest bit of admiration for someone.
"But we can't be careless this time," An Xin said with a smile.
An Xin said with a smile, "None of the teams in the top 36 are weak. Even if they are not strong enough, they should not be much weaker than a team like Shanghai Finance College."
Ceng Rui adjusted his mood, subconsciously rubbed his temples, and nodded.
"Mhmm, this year's top 36 … is probably a level higher than the average level of previous years.
"Beijing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Zhongzheng University, and Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology. These are all veteran strong teams in previous high school tournaments.
"And —"
"It's the other two teams representing the Esports Association like us."
Ceng Rui paused and continued.
"The Beijing Esports Association and the Guangzhou Esports Association."
…
Lin Feng and the others didn't know much about the Beijing Esports Association's representative team, but they didn't know much about the Beijing Esports Association's representative team.
"I heard that the Beijing Esports Association is very secretive."
Ceng Rui rubbed his temples again and said calmly, "I specifically asked President Chu.
"I specifically asked Guild Leader Chu. He said that it's almost impossible to obtain the recordings of the Beijing Esports Association's matches from the North China region. We've only seen one and a half of their matches so far, and they've always sent out two substitutes. Their true core top and mid laner have never played before."
"So … it's hard to analyze.
"I can only be sure that they are really strong."
Zhang Hao couldn't help but ask, "What about the Guangzhou Esports Association team? Is there any information on them?"
Ceng Rui raised his eyebrows.
"Not really."
"On the contrary, the Guangzhou Esports Association team seems to be quite high-profile. Maybe they are very confident in their team's strength and don't bother to hide anything."
An Xin nodded. "Mhmm. The champion of the South China region is the Guangzhou Esports Association team. They won 3-0. They have a lot of momentum."
Ceng Rui nodded. "Mhmm."
"The core trump card of their team is Glee, the foreign mid laner that Korea invited. You all know the strength evaluation index. It's stable at the A + level. If you compare it to our LPL professional players, I don't think he's inferior in terms of pure CC."
Ceng Rui paused for a moment before turning to Lin Feng.
"But someone like that shouldn't be too much of a problem for us, right?"
Seeing Ceng Rui looking at him, Lin Feng patted his chest confidently.
"No problem! I'll definitely beat him! Hahaha, you guys don't have to worry about the mid lane. "
Ceng Rui ignored the latter half of the person's boast and turned to look at Tang Bingyao.
"The other part is something you and I need to pay attention to."
"Recently, I heard from Chairman Chu that the Guangzhou ESPORTS Association has recruited a new ADC at the last minute. He's also a Korean foreign player. According to Chairman Chu … the Korean ADC's strength evaluation should be at least A-, maybe even A."
Tang Bingyao was stunned. Then, she nodded her head.
"Okay.
I'll be training hard from now on. "
"When did Chu Bro say anything about this? How come I didn't know about it?" Lin Feng asked curiously.
Ceng Rui replied expressionlessly.
"It was yesterday when Guild Leader Chu called you. At that time, you wanted to go out to buy a midnight snack and felt that it was too troublesome to listen to the team's information, so you directly handed your phone to me."
Lin Feng was stupefied. Is that so? "
Ceng Rui took a deep breath and adjusted his mood, which made him want to beat someone up.
"So …"
"There's another thing about Zhejiang University. You probably don't know about it yet."
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