"Oh, it's over."
Listening to his old friend's question, Shi Hang touched his nose. He did not wait for Golden Shanshan to continue asking for the result. He took the initiative to give an understatement.
"We lost."
In today's LPL pre-season, there was a match between Team Rapid Water and Team King.
It was also Shi Hang's first match after returning to the professional esports circle.
However, today's first match was not very smooth.
"We lost?"
Golden Shanshan frowned, forgetting the previous conversation with Shi Hang about the National High School League.
"How did we lose? Did we not play well?"
Shi Hang smiled. "I'm doing alright. It's mainly because I've retired for too long. I'm still not used to the pace of the current LPL competition. Also, I don't have enough chemistry with my new teammates."
Golden Shanshan listened with some regret.
"I see …"
"It's a pity. Today was supposed to be your first match back. A good start would have been the most auspicious —"
Then, he could not help but feel a little worried for his old friend. "Have you adjusted your mentality well? This is only the first match. There are still more matches to be played. Don't be discouraged because of this small setback."
Such a worry was not unreasonable.
Golden Shanshan was very clear that the players on the Internet had high expectations for the return of the "Addisi" of the S1 season.
But the higher the expectations, the easier it was to magnify this negative emotion when disappointed.
The current national server … was a little impetuous.
The mentality of the local players wasn't very healthy. Sometimes, when they liked a pro player, they would worship him to the heavens. But in the blink of an eye, when they realized that their expectations had been dashed, they would immediately start to criticize and criticize.
This was also a test of the psychological quality and resistance of the professional players.
At this moment, there was no need to go online to browse the forums. Golden Shanshan could guess that there must be all kinds of bad comments about Shi Hang among the players. Rumors were probably flying all over the place.
However, in the face of his old friend's concern, Shi Hang seemed quite relaxed and calm.
"Don't worry."
"I can still handle this small matter."
"And today, Team King really did play well. Round God and top laner, they almost carried the whole game. Haha —"
Golden Shanshan was a little annoyed.
"You still have the time to praise others?"
"With this in mind, you should first think about how to play well in the upcoming matches! You've just returned. There are so many players on the server, and even many people in the circle are watching you. They're waiting for you to prove your strength! "
"By the way, who did Quick Water play against in the next match?"
"Next round?" Shi Hang rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then laughed and answered, "If I remember correctly, it should be Team God!"
"Holy sh * t, you're going to fight God in the next round?!"
The Golden Sparkle was in a mess. She was completely nervous for her old friend.
"Why the f * ck are you guys so unlucky? You met King in your first match, and now you're going up against God in your second match!"
"He's been recognized as the strongest player since Season S5!"
There was something else Golden Shanshan didn't have time to say. Team God, known as "Hand of God," just so happened to have the number one midlaner on the server, and one of the "Seven Kings of the World," "Star Emperor," Morning Star.
To have Shi Hang and Morning Star face each other in the middle lane was practically the most unlucky situation for a midlaner who desperately needed to prove himself.
But Shi Hang's tone was still as calm as ever.
"Don't worry, I know."
"Anyway …"
When the last sentence was said, Shi Hang's lips curled up into an extremely flamboyant smile on the other end of the phone.
"No matter who my opponent is in the next match, I won't give up so easily."
…
Not only did Shi Hang's first match after returning to the professional scene in Season S6, but for Lin Feng, his path to the top of the Korean Champion's leaderboard had also become somewhat unsmooth.
After defeating Fudan University and advancing to the finals, according to the final schedule of the National University League, the next day was another day of rest, and the finals would be held on the third day.
And from the night of the semifinals until the next night, Lin Feng's solo ranking on the Korean server had been fluctuating.
Victory, defeat, victory, defeat again …
After making his way to the top 20 of the Korean Champion's leaderboard, Lin Feng finally encountered a rather difficult solo period. His rise to the top of the leaderboard was met with great resistance.
At this level of ranking, it was very difficult to rely on a midlaner to carry the entire game by himself.
First of all, the random midlaner's opponent was not weak in the slightest.
Second, and more importantly, was that by this time, the ID cn hook2 had begun to attract the attention of the Korean Champion's leaderboard players, and they began to target it.
This made the pressure on Lin Feng even greater.
The difficulty of every Korean server's King's Roulette Qualifier match was no less than when he had played in the professional scene back in the day.
Of course, Lin Feng knew that the main reason for this was that his current strength was not at his peak.
Otherwise …
No, there was no "otherwise."
In front of the computer screen, Lin Feng shook his head. His gaze once again became sharp and focused.
There was no point in making excuses or exonerations.
Because no matter what the reason was, it could not be an obstacle for him to break into the top 5 of the Korean Champion's leaderboard.
Even if there were obstacles.
He would cut his way through the obstacles head-on, and kill his way to the top!
And so, the solo matches continued.
It was another cycle of victories and defeats. Several times, Lin Feng's ranking on the leaderboards did not rise, but instead fell. Countless Chinese players who had been paying close attention to the rankings of cn _ hook2 couldn't help but feel a pang of anxiety in their hearts.
But perhaps Lin Feng's luck was not too good that day. Apart from team practice, he spent the rest of the day until late at night, and he only managed to advance his ranking by two places.
Eleventh place.
The threshold to the top 10 of the Korean Champion's leaderboard was right in front of him. It was so close, yet so far away.
After another solo match, Chu Fang, who was in the same room as Lin Feng, saw the faint exhaustion on Lin Feng's face and couldn't help but speak up.
"Lin Feng, let's call it a night.
Tomorrow is the last day of the finals. Rest well and work hard to become the champion. "
Lin Feng paused for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Mhm."
"It's the last day."
At the same time, there was only one day left for the quest assigned to him by Senior One.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng stood up from his seat and gazed out the window. His eyes flashed with an incomparably fierce fighting spirit.
"Tomorrow."
"I must complete both quests! — — "
At the same time, in another high-rise apartment in Beijing's Chaoyang District, a man in his thirties, wearing a windbreaker, was also quietly standing on the balcony, gazing at the deep night sky above the capital.
The night breeze was slightly chilly.
It blew up a piece of paper in the man's hand.
On the paper was the list of the top 8 teams in the National University League, and the name "Lin Feng" was clearly marked out.
The man's expression was calm, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
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