Time always passed by quickly and silently.
June was the time when the China LPL division's summer tournament was in full swing.
God- Hand of God was still far ahead in the summer tournament standings. It seemed that the core of the team, Morning Star and Wildsnow Nightsong, had improved by leaps and bounds in the LPL league after a period of hard training in the European server, causing the other major LPL teams to feel obvious pressure —
"The strongest team in the national server is back!"
There were professional domestic e-sports commentators who were full of praise for Team God.
In addition to the God team, King team and Rapid water team were also very strong. They were closely following God- Hand of God in second and third place on the leaderboard.
"Yuan Shen has been doing quite well recently!"
"It's not just the professional league, it seems that Yuan Shen's account is about to reach the top in the Kings group, right?"
"Team Rapid Water's decision to recruit 'Addisi' back was really right!"
"At present, among the top professional players in the national server, apart from Team God's Star King, Addisi can already be firmly ranked as the second best mid player in the national server!"
All kinds of comments and praises from inside and outside the circle, including from professionals and non-professionals, almost filled the entire network of major League of Legends forums.
And the most surprising thing was …
It was the situation of the second tier of the LPL division.
Since the beginning of the S5 season, the eight major teams of the national server had a fairly clear echelon ranking.
The first tier was Team God, Team King, and Team Dust- Team Dust.
The second tier was Team Rapid Water, Team Bright Light, and Team Black Glory.
The remaining two teams were in the third tier, facing the risk of being eliminated and demoted, and falling into the LSPL First Division.
In the past year or so, although the competition in the first tier of the national server LPL division was extremely fierce, in the second and third tier, several teams and clubs did not seem to be very motivated.
Or rather, it could not be said in such a way.
To be more precise, it should be that the matches of these LPL teams were always somewhat lukewarm.
They were not greedy for achievements, only seeking to avoid mistakes.
It often seemed a little dull, no matter which team won or lost, it could not make people feel depressed or happy — it seemed that no matter what the result was, it was just the same.
"No fighting spirit, no drive."
This was the evaluation of a few LPL teams by a Korean esports coach who had been invited to work in China for half a year.
On the other hand, teams that lacked fighting spirit and drive might be able to lead a stable and comfortable life in their own League region, but when placed in a truly intense international competition, they were destined to be unable to put up a fight against those wolf-like foreign teams.
But this situation …
However, when the LPL Pro League's Summer Tournament entered its most intense month of June, an unexpected change occurred.
The change was in the arena.
No one knew which day in early June, but whether it was the audience who went to the stadium to watch the game, the commentators on the commentary platform, or even the professional commentators who paid attention to the LPL, they were all shocked to discover —
The playstyles of Team Bright Light, Team Dark Light, and Team Dust, who were originally classified as the second tier of the LPL region, as well as Team Dust, who had been pushed down from the first tier by the Team Rapid Water, seemed to have suddenly changed.
It was a drastic change.
In the arena, the lukewarm atmosphere from before was completely swept away. The teams that didn't seek to win but only to avoid making mistakes suddenly began to dare to fight and fight.
They even fought extremely fiercely.
It was incomparably moving.
In almost every game, heads were constantly being killed from the beginning of the battle.
Top laner, mid laner, jungler, and support ADC. The players in every position truly showed a stance of going all out. They desperately fought for every little bit of advantage and fought for every little bit of opportunity with their lives.
The game was intense.
It was also extremely exciting and beautiful.
If it happened once or twice, it could be said that these teams were suddenly on steroids and had a sudden burst of energy.
But after a full half a month, the momentum of the LPL teams in the second tier did not decrease but instead increased. The more they fought, the fiercer they became!
"This rhythm is right!"
At one time, a former veteran professional player of the S2 season, who was a guest commentator for the LPL Summer Tournament, commented with great excitement:
"This is the kind of momentum we want! This kind of drive! "
"What we lack in the LPL region is not strength, but the spirit of daring to fight and fight!"
"Be careful and don't make mistakes … Anyone can just muddle along."
"But only when we are truly determined to fight with our lives on the line can our local server hope to make a name for ourselves in the future international tournaments —"
"This hope …"
"I think we're starting to see it now!"
…
While the Summer Tournament in the LPL region of the League of Legends was being heated up by the fierce competition of various teams and clubs, it was also in early June that the important day that determined the fate of all the high school students in the country quietly arrived.
The college entrance examination.
The date of the college entrance examination in Shanghai began on June 6th.
It ended on June 8th.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. When one looked back, it was already the time to wave goodbye to his alma mater, which he had studied and lived in for three whole years, in the scorching summer of June.
The sun was golden and dazzling.
Large tracts of sycamore trees hung down their long branches, and the lush green leaves appeared full of vitality under the sun.
The atmosphere in the school became relaxed, and it was no longer as tense as it was during the preparation for the exam. At the same time, there was a touch of sadness in the air on campus.
In the classroom, students wrote their classmates' records to each other and carefully wrote down their good wishes for their classmates and friends. Boys and girls quietly gathered their courage to find the person they liked or had a crush on in high school, leaving the most beautiful and precious page of their classmates' records, hoping to ask the other party to write something for them.
Outside the classroom, in front of the school's teaching building, library, or auditorium, groups of graduates gathered together to take photos as a souvenir.
Some would even drag their teachers with them, smiling brightly at the camera and shouting "cheese", preserving the last beautiful scene of their high school memories in the form of photos.
Most of the time, students who had graduated sat together in groups of twos and threes in various corners of the school, chatting and reminiscing about the last three years of high school.
They had graduated.
The memories of his high school days would be left behind as he moved forward.
They were destined to be covered in dust and forgotten little by little.
Those who used to say good morning to you every morning, who smiled and waved goodbye at the school gate every evening, were about to be washed away bit by bit in the torrent of time.
Just like how sycamore leaves would turn from emerald green to golden yellow.
Friendship and camaraderie would slowly ferment in the precipitation of time.
It was sad and intoxicating.
On the 9th, almost all the graduating classes of 13th High School found a hotel to hold a graduation party.
Grade 12 Class 7 was no exception.
That night, almost everyone drank to their heart's content.
There was nothing they didn't talk about, and no one was unhappy.
Lin Feng, Ouyang, Yang Fan, Ren Rou, and Tang Bingyao's small circle also gathered at a table and drank to their heart's content. They talked about many past topics and funny stories, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
However …
Even though they were chatting in such a relaxed atmosphere, everyone was carefully avoiding a certain topic.
It was about that girl.
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