Lin Feng didn't try to hide anything from his old friend's straightforward question. He nodded seriously and typed a reply.
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That was an admission.
On the other end of the chat window, September Frost Leaf's heart skipped a beat.
In fact, he didn't need Lin Feng to admit it. He could already guess it. Just from playing one or two games with Lin Feng tonight, he could see many details at a glance.
Tonight, Lin Feng's performance was perfect, whether it was in terms of mechanics, hand speed, or awareness.
This wasn't something that could be easily explained away with the excuse of "he's a Ripple."
Even if he was a former professional player, after leaving the competitive scene for many years, his strength would be greatly reduced over time, and he would no longer be at his peak.
September Frost Leaf had experienced this firsthand.
After several years as a streamer, even if he still streamed at least six hours a day, his reaction speed, hand speed, and awareness were far from what they used to be. After all, he was living too comfortably now.
Professional eSports was like rowing a boat against the current. If you didn't advance, you would fall behind.
But the state Lin Feng had displayed tonight was definitely not something a retired professional player could have.
There was only one explanation.
Even during this period of retirement, he still maintained a high enough intensity of training, always maintaining his reaction speed and state of mind above the professional level.
Or perhaps, through intense training and hard work, he was slowly regaining his former form.
Either way, it meant endless hard work and effort.
It meant unimaginable hardships and sweat.
September Frost Leaf's thoughts were a bit absent-minded. He had gone through those kinds of experiences and years. Back in the S2 and S3 seasons, in order to fight for the LPL championship and the S-League, he had also trained hard every day, single-mindedly for a single goal.
Although it was hard.
Every day was incomparably fulfilling.
… …
September Frost Leaf retracted his thoughts and typed a reply in the chat window.
[Even you're coming back.]
[Does anyone else in the circle know?]
Lin Feng shook his head and typed a reply.
[Not many. Just a few for now.]
September Frost Leaf nodded in understanding. "That's true. Otherwise, the entire server would've been alarmed by this news."
These words were definitely not without reason.
Even Shi Hang's return to the professional eSports circle caused a commotion in the local server. If the player who returned was Aple, who was recognized as the strongest mid laner in the S1 season, the one who was able to hold his own against F for five rounds in the S1 world's top professional arena, the entire national server would be in an uproar.
Lin Feng smiled. He didn't say anything to September Frost Leaf.
The conversation between the two fell into a momentary silence.
After a while, September Frost Leaf seemed to be trying to find a topic to talk about.
"You're really in good shape right now —"
"Vayne's performance in the previous round was too awesome."
His words were filled with undisguised admiration and praise for Lin Feng.
After all, Vayne, who had saved the world with a pentakill, was playing like a god. Even many professional A players might not be able to do it easily, not to mention a former professional player who had retired for many years.
However, Lin Feng shook his head and typed a reply.
"It's nothing."
[You were even stronger back then.]
It seemed like a very ordinary, humble reply, but coming from Lin Feng's mouth, he sounded very serious.
September Frost Leaf fell silent.
After a long while, a reply came from the other end of the chat window.
[It's all in the past.]
These words were spoken in a calm and indifferent tone. However, it was as if he was forcefully suppressing some sort of emotion in his heart.
Lin Feng smiled when he saw this.
[Yeah, it's all in the past.
But even now, there are still many people who remember you from back then, right?]
September Frost Leaf fell silent again.
Seeing that there was no reply for a long time, Lin Feng also didn't continue typing. He looked past the computer screen and out the window. The moonlight shone brightly, and his gaze became distant for a moment.
Back then.
… …
Ever since the S1 Season, the professional esports circle had been developing and rising bit by bit. There were two positions that had been constantly producing talented, talented, and incomparably stunning professional players.
One was the mid laner position.
The other was the A position.
In the latter position, from the S1 season to the current S6 season, there were quite a few names that were remembered by the local players, but not many either. However, any professional esports player that stood out in the A position was able to write a heavy stroke in the history of the local LL Esports.
S1 season, "Silent Words."
S2-S3 season, "September Frost Leaf."
S4-S5 season, "Barren Snow Nightsong."
The three of them.
Three of the strongest A players in the Chinese server.
In the past five seasons, it was these three people who held up the highest level of the A position in the Chinese eSports circle. They represented the strongest state of the professional A players in the Chinese server. Even in the world of professional eSports, they were worthy of being called world-class A players.
In fact, the current A member of the G-Hand of God team, "Barren Snow Nightsong," was the most experienced of the three. In terms of strength and record, he was also slightly inferior to the first two.
"Silent Words" was Lin Feng's former teammate, Mo.
He was one of the top three A players in the world back then. He had once fought with Lin Feng and the others to the final finals of the S-League and was one of the five strongest teams in the Chinese server.
Later in the S2 and S3 seasons, although there were not as many top A players in the professional eSports circle as there were in the S1 season, as the strongest A player in the Chinese server, September Frost Leaf was recognized as the world's strongest A player in that era. It was an honor that his predecessor and successor had never achieved.
That was true glory.
It was not something that could really be 'forgotten' just because one said it was.
After a moment of silence, Lin Feng sent another message in the chat window.
[I didn't expect you to retire so early.]
In fact, when September Frost Leaf announced his retirement, it shocked the Chinese server. Almost no one expected God Ye, who was still at the peak of his career, to make such a choice.
However, at that moment, when it came from Lin Feng's mouth, it carried even more weight.
September Frost Leaf was silent for a long time before replying.
[I've played for two seasons. It's about time.]
Lin Feng's eyebrows twitched a little as he read.
[About time?]
[What do you mean by about time?]
There was only one ultimate dream for any professional eSports player, and that was to stand on the world's S-League championship stage and win the trophy that symbolized the highest honor in the highest level of League of Legends.
Therefore, there was no such thing as' about time '.
There was only getting it, or not getting it.
There was another choice —
It was called 'giving up'.
After sending the two interrogative messages, Lin Feng suddenly felt a little tired again. It was his heart that felt tired.
He understood that he had no right or position to question and criticize his old friend.
Everyone had the right to make their own choices.
It was just that September Frost Leaf chose a path that might allow him to live a more relaxed and comfortable life.
Even if that was the opposite of his dream as a professional eSports player.
Feeling tired, Lin Feng did not want to continue this topic and sent another message.
[It's getting late. Let's talk next time.]
[Thank you for tonight.]
The other end of the chat window was silent for a moment before finally replying with a message.
[You're welcome.]
There was no other reply or explanation.
The last two sentences were actually quite polite, but for some reason, there seemed to be a faint sense of alienation between the two.
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