732: The quota for the expedition has been determined, and the sword is aimed at S8!
When the dust of this summer's LPL championship has settled, the war has not subsided.
After VG and RNG locked in the first and second seeds, the remaining three strong teams started a fierce battle for the last World Championship ticket.
The two BO5 games were divided into two days, and the expedition ceremony was arranged after the last day of the game, so in theory Gu Xing had a short vacation.
But he didn't plan to go out. After all, his sister and girlfriend were not here. Gu Xing didn't have the leisure and elegance to go out for a walk on the Citywalk, so he simply curled up in the hotel room and fell asleep.
When he woke up again, the sky was still dark. Gu Xing was in a daze and didn't realize it was the next day. He didn't realize until he saw the time display on the phone screen.
Jack, who was in the next bed, was scrolling sideways on Douyin. Seeing Gu Xingyouyou wake up, he quickly raised the volume on his phone, letting the slightly stiff AI dubbing echo in the room.
"Pay attention, this man's name is Xiaoshuai..."
What Durant?
Gu Xing yawned and rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Jack, how is the bubbling competition?"
"I haven't watched it yet. Anyway, today's winner can't get the ticket directly." Yu Wenbo lifted the quilt and sat up straight with a Shiba Inu kick. "Lao Gu, do you want to go out for dinner? I'm almost starving to death!"
Gu Xing was also hungry, so he washed up in a hurry and went to a restaurant of his choice downstairs to fill his stomach.
As a result, as soon as I walked into the restaurant, I saw the royal duo Shi Senming and Uzi.
"Brother Xing, brother Xing," Xiao Ming started to smile as soon as he saw him, and waved vigorously to greet him, "I just thought of calling you to say thank you yesterday, I should prepare some special gifts..."
"That's not necessary," Gu Xing quickly gestured with the Tathagata Palm to indicate that the gift was not enough, "Winning the finals is my job, but I just sent you to the World Championships by mistake. Please give me a meal."
That’s almost enough food.”
Jack, who was putting a box of salted duck on the dinner plate, immediately raised his ears and asked, "What's the treat?"
Yesterday when Gu Xing and Shi Senming agreed to treat guests at the bungalow, Yu Wenbo was fast asleep in the lounge and had no idea about it.
Xiao Ming explained clearly, and Jack immediately held his head high and said, "You just invited Lao Gu but not me, right? Oh, my performance in the finals yesterday was not critical, right?"
"Okay, okay, can I count you in?" Shi Senming agreed wholeheartedly. He was still willing to treat the good brother he had known for the longest time to a meal.
"That's pretty much it..." Yu Wenbo was happy and offered a pie to Shi Senming's side, "When old Duan retires, you kid can come directly to VG and let's play brother LOL!"
"Really?" Xiao Ming rubbed his eyes and started to shine, just like laser eyes.
"Can I still lie to you?" Yu Wenbo patted his chest in an old-fashioned way and made a promise, "Lao Duan will play for another year or two at most. My brothers are young. Until Lao Gu and Lao Duan retire, VG will be a team with the absolute core of our brothers.
!”
"When the time comes, why don't I just ask for concubines to help my brothers? Let Boss Ding pay for it for me!"
He just put his hands on his hips and laughed three times.
Gu Xing complained silently in his heart, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate that you want to get involved in VG's talk in front of me?"
We still have VG shares in our hands, and the budget for the transfer period has to be reviewed by me every year. If you make me angry, I will cut off the support budget later and let you play with the newbies!
Shi Senming almost smiled, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for your good news when I get back!"
"Brother, what made you dissatisfied with me?" Wu Zi asked Xiao Ming half seriously and half jokingly, "Don't you dislike me?"
Hearing this, Shi Senming did not dare to neglect at all, and quickly responded seriously, "It's not me, I don't have it, don't talk nonsense!"
He simply explained, "I'm just looking at you as a puppy. You're going to retire in two years. You have to find a way out for yourself..."
"Ah?" Gu Xing was quite surprised, "Uzi, are you going to retire?"
"I just feel a little tired. Whether or not I will quit depends on the situation," Uzi served himself a tomato scrambled egg and sighed, "But I have to wait until the contract is finished, at least after the end of S9 before making a decision.
"
Uzi just had the idea to quit last night.
The root cause was that while he was preparing for the training match, he heard the coach informing RNG that RNG could go directly to S8. His first reaction was not just happy, but also mixed with a bit of joy.
Uzi felt ashamed at the time.
You are known as a crazy puppy, but you are so happy that one day you can enter the World Championship directly without having to play the bubble match?
What am I afraid of!
Is it possible that RW, EDG and IG can pose much of a threat to themselves?
But when Uzi thought about it again, it seemed that this was really the case.
In the current version, the Royal Family has no guarantee of winning against the three teams in the bubble match!
The mid and upper swing positions are all in a mess, and the status of Xiangguo has gradually declined with the weakening of the hunger strike style. Uzi can't stand alone!
He was disgusted with his cowardice, so he wanted to take a break and see if he could recover after getting out of the competition environment.
"I've been playing for six years, but I haven't even won an LPL championship..." Uzi was a little frustrated, "Oh, it's hard to stand up."
Gu Xing found that he couldn't put himself in the other person's shoes to comfort him.
LPL champion?
Ever since he started his career, the Silver Dragon Cup has been in his pocket, and the display cabinet at home can hardly fit it!
How can Gu Xing have sympathy with Uzi?
He knows nothing about what it feels like not to win the championship!
I don’t want success to always run through my life!
"It's okay," Shi Senming smiled playfully and hugged Uzi's round shoulders. "After you retire, if I enter the finals, you can come and watch my brother's game live and see how we win the cup!"
The untitled Uzi hates others using championships to stimulate him. He waved his arms impatiently and said, "Get out of here. Even if I take care of my dog, I won't watch you compete!"
Shi Senming didn't take it seriously.
He guessed that Uzi must be joking.
Who wants to miss out on an important moment in a friend's career just to take care of a dog?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The four of them chose their favorite dishes and set up a rectangular table to share.
Gu Xingting likes Nanjing's roast duck. It has a unique flavor when paired with the marinade. After eating two pieces, he will eat a big mouthful of rice.
Jack crossed his legs and looked at his phone. As soon as he opened the live broadcast platform, he let out an exclamation.
"Damn it, RW lost?!"
Gu Xing immediately turned his head and said, "Let me Kangkang... Good guy, the gap is so big?"
Before he went to bed, he thought that today's contest would be evenly matched.
Both teams are in the same half zone as IG in the playoffs. Just take the Ji team as a reference. One team was swept 0-3, and the other team relied on Sapphire's signature Luo Cai to score a point with difficulty. The level should be almost the same.
Unexpectedly, EDG seemed to have found the destiny of the Xia team today, staring at the bottom lane and attacking fiercely!
The RW duo of Sima Old Thief and Bao Lan are not bad in terms of hard power, but you have to see who you compare with.
Among the three LPL seeded one and two teams in the bubble competition, RW’s bottom lane is definitely the worst, if not the best!
Little Peanut stared at the Xia team's shortcomings in the bottom lane and dug hard. Although the top lane Wolves are not very good and can't be considered a world-class top laner because of the heavy responsibility, but in his peak period, he is more than enough to play against the previous top laner Mouse of Guodian. He is completely capable.
Achieve a single breakthrough!
Next, as long as the junior can keep an eye on Doinb and prevent Kim Tae-sang from displaying his proud wandering ability!
RW's three lines were strangled, and the whole team could only rely on Casa's engine to drive the rhythm.
The Wolf King is very reliable. He joins the LPL this year because he really wants to win.
But he alone can't make any waves!
Moreover, the biggest feature of Kasa is that it is extremely powerful in the early stage, which is almost like turning on the radar. It can be called playing the game with the whole map turned on.
But once he got to the mid-to-late stage, he started to get lost. He was like a traveling frog. He didn't know where he was going. He was also a mess in team battles. He was not good at jungle core and couldn't even do damage. He just controlled it and then stood there.
Maintain flatness in front and place all the output tasks on your teammates.
However, RW's restricted double C can't do much damage at all!
Failure is simply inevitable.
When Gu Xing watched the game through Jack's mobile phone, EDG was already leading 2:1 and had a huge advantage in the fourth game!
RW is no match for Guodian. They are losing every wave of team battles and must sign a cession clause.
After the addition of Little Peanut, EDG's aggressiveness is fully in line with the current version's concept of snowballing all the way with its early advantage, killing the enemy and retreating, and finally getting the Baron by arresting the lost Kasa in the jungle.
Three ways to push to the high ground!
Although Doinb tried his best to find the right time to start the team, Guodian was not afraid at all. He dragged the enemy frontally and relied on the split push of the other two groups to end the game!
EDG heads forward to tomorrow's bubbling finals and will compete with the defender IG!
"Come on, let's watch the fight," Jack, the water post genius, switched over excitedly, "Everyone in there is probably going crazy with joy!"
Gu Xing felt melancholy in his heart as he looked at Casa lying on the table crying in the live broadcast.
He also didn't know if Karsa regretted it.
The opponent initially disliked the loss of competitiveness in the LMS division and could not find a stronger enemy to improve themselves, so they abandoned the secret and turned to the embrace of the LPL.
But if you stay in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan competition areas, you can at least break into MSI and the World Championship, and you can get two guaranteed tickets to experience international competitions.
Come to LPL, you can't even get the third seed!
It’s better to be in the top 16 than at home, right?
"Brother Lan is really not good at this level," Yu Wenbo was still saying happily as he opened the counter bar. "After Luo was banned, he almost died in the field. I feel that only my brother can lead him!"
"Lao Gu, please read this comment!" Jack, like Xianbao, handed the phone to Ye Daddy, "Ho ho ho, your anti-maggot mouth is really poisonous!"
Gu Xing took a look - [It looks like RW! I have long been unhappy with Jin Yu and Chu Nan, and there is also that old thief Sima, who has never even been to the World Championship in his life, making fans brag about it as much as Uzijack
It’s just a level. It’s hard for you to fight in the relegation match for two years. To put it bluntly, the old thief Sima is not as good as Iboy in terms of status in the world!]
It can only be said that Gu Xing recognizes the aggressiveness of Kangba netizens.
Without grades, everyone is treated equally here and cannot be exempted from criticism.
This time Jack aroused his addiction to surfing Tieba. Gu Xing suppressed his inner sadness for the time being and ate roast duck while reading the fun comments from netizens.
However, Maggot Baby's speech still highlighted a ferocious tone, showing no mercy to RW.
When you think about it, you know that they don't have any special feelings for Team Xia.
Although RW performed very well in the intercontinental competition and whitewashed several main players in the team for a while, the effect was very average.
At that time, the LPL United team was leading 2-0, and RW could only be regarded as the icing on the cake, but it was far from being able to turn the tide!
Even if the Xia team loses that game, RNG and VG can close the game and win the intercontinental championship!
Therefore, based on the dark history of the core of the RW team, Kangba netizens are still more sarcastic than complimentary.
[How on earth did Mouse have the nerve to leave this year? It’s bullshit for you to leave EDG, they can crush you if they just find a top laner]
[Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Doinb didn't make it to the World Championship again, what should we do? Can you, the so-called dean, be able to win in the key round? Being tied to the middle lane by Scout is very proud of the local spirit, right?】
[It’s okay, Doinb will start broadcasting tonight: Thank you to the boss of ‘Chu Nan Biss’ for sending me a hundred planes! Oh my god, don’t scold my teammates. It’s Jin Gugu who didn’t play well. Come back next year!]
[Peanut, you will be more useful tomorrow. Xing Ge and Xiao Yang, the three wild kings of S6, have all gone to the World Championships. You can’t be missing, right? 】
[Trivia: Guodian has never missed a World Championship since the year it was founded. IG will clean its neck tomorrow, nimensidingle!]
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gu Xing took screenshots of the next two comments urging Little Peanut, and showed them to Peanut in the backstage waiting passage the next day when he went to the scene.
"Go, go, go, go," he encouraged his good brother, "I'm still waiting for you to go to Han Country to recommend delicious food to me!"
Little Peanut dyed his hair white before the start of the playoffs. It has to be said that normal people can't handle this hair color, but it is just right on Han Wanghu, and it makes his skin fair and clear, and his facial features are delicate.
His index fingers drew circles in the air back and forth on his chest in a strange posture, and he closed his eyes to relieve stress.
Song Jinghao has a loud voice.
"Yeah, if you don't make it to the World Championship, don't call yourself someone from ROX in the future!"
As mentioned before, the LPL playoffs started relatively late, and the progress of the bubble games was also slower.
Several major regions, including the LCK, have already competed for all World Championship tickets.
Although KZ, with its two elders Xuan Ming, did not challenge KT from the throne, it was similar to RNG and could reach the global finals by giving away points.
Including VG's Song Jinghao and Kuro, only Xiaohua among the current members of the Tigers has not yet determined whether to advance.
"Brother Jinghao, don't put pressure on me..." Little Peanut's smile contained a bit of helplessness and bitterness, "It's really hard for us to win in this version."
During the six-to-four playoffs, the embarrassing situation in which Guodian had its head shaved off by IG was still fresh in Han Wanghu's memory.
The team's strong solo lane strength can even suppress VG, a world-class mid-to-upper pair, let alone EDG!
It's okay for me as a junior, but how should top laner Wolf Hang deal with TheShy?
Peanut's words came true.
In the first game, Little Peanut wanted to gank on the top lane, relive his playing style in ROX and LZ, and win the game by frequently helping.
TheShy bird is easy to catch.
However, in most cases, Jiang Chenglu was able to handle his troops well before being killed. There were very few cases where he directly collapsed like in the decisive game of VG.
He has quite a lot of experience in line making. As a result, Little Peanut came over to help catch him twice, and TheShy's last hit was still about the same as Wolf Walk!
Then Jiang Chenglu used his strong blood exchange ability to find the flaw in the wolf line and waited for an opportunity to complete a cinnabar!
"It's over, it's over..." Smeb, who was watching the game with his teammates and RNG members in the common room, held his head in his hands and wailed.
Not only him, Gu Xing also felt powerless.
If the top laner didn't have the jungle pouring resources into helping him, it would be fine if he encountered Cinnamon once.
But Little Peanut was almost on the top lane in the first 10 minutes of the game, and Wolf was also defeated by Cinnabar. How do you want the team to play?
This means that all the planning results of EDG in the early stage were in vain!
As expected, the top lane fulcrum that Guodian devoted all its efforts to support did not provide feedback to the team, so it is not surprising that the situation collapsed later!
King Ning went to help the Broilers open up the situation, and then Song Yijin quickly brought his influence to the two sidelines, frequently helping the team gain advantages and snowballing.
In the subsequent team battle, the three armies worked hard and won the first game with overwhelming force!
In the second game, Little Peanut chose the signature spider and continued to want to go on military training.
The script is different this time.
IG obviously saw through the turbulent murderous intention displayed by Xiaohuahua against the top laner in this BO5 game, and specifically asked King Ning to counter squat.
Logically speaking, if there are spiders on the field in the early stage, the upper and jungle 2v2 can often win.
But this time something unexpected happened.
"Wow, what is this guy doing?" Smeb yelled, "Where's the flash? Cross-flash!"
There is also a TV in the common room, but the difference from the one in the respective team rooms is that the former does not connect to team audio.
Because of this, Song Jinghao couldn't understand how the EDG team communicated. Lang Xing had obviously sold himself to the point where he was at low health. As long as he handed over the flash pull in time, Little Peanut would be able to steadily take away a head afterward. retreat!
However, Wolf Walk flashed too slowly. After King Ning beat himself to a bloody pulp, he tried to retreat, but was burned to death by the red BUFF attached to the opponent's basic attack.
TheShy, whose health was also reduced, relied on assists to make a triumphant comeback. After the little peanut finished using his skills, he had no choice but to use flat A to make up for the damage.
Although Jiang Chenglu was killed in the end, he was exposed in front of King Ning for too long, allowing Gao Zhenning to kill him with one attack.
"What a loss of blood!" Xiang Guo was stunned and said bluntly, "What is the top laner thinking in his head? Both the labor and management can play better than him with their feet!"
After some discussion, Gu Xing felt that Liu Shiyu's words were quite offensive at first.
But then I thought about it, coming from the mouth of Xiang Guo, it seemed a lot more normal and reasonable.
"It was originally a zero-for-one fight, but it ended up being two for one, with two heads missing!" Gu Xing shook his head repeatedly, unable to watch any more.
In the early stage of laning, the economic experience gap brought by two heads can completely determine the direction of the entire game!
"No, no, top laner GAP!" Liu Shiyu said, "As long as the road is normal, EDG can compete with IG!"
Gu Xing felt it very clearly next to him.
The overall strength of the LPL this year is much stronger than usual.
In previous bubble matches, you were allowed to have 1-2 shortcomings. As long as the team leader is strong enough, it won't be a problem to get you a ticket to the World Championship!
But this season is completely different!
RW has a gap in strength between the top and bottom wings, and was severely punished by EDG; today's Guodian is even more outrageous. They only have one shortcoming in the top lane, Wolf, and it stands to reason that they can enter the World Championship and win the quarterfinals. It is not a problem to continue the tradition of EDG over the years, but in front of the defender IG, the shortcomings of the top lane are infinitely magnified!
If you want to seriously enter the World Championship through the summer LPL competition, you must not have any shortcomings!
With this kind of compatibility between the lineup and the version, it will be a favorite for the championship even in the World Championship!
Gu Xing could only lament that his own competition area was booming.
With the arrival of two strong players, Casa and Peanut, as well as the overall high quality of the league's youth training, looking at it, LPL is already a scene full of competition and vitality!
After losing two games in a row, Lang Xing's mentality collapsed visibly, and he started to shut himself up with a slumped face.
Little Peanut no longer blindly trusts his teammates and chooses to give the ball to himself. In the reverse version, he takes out a male gun to fight in the jungle, hoping to turn the tide and lead the team to a bloody road.
Unfortunately, things didn't work out as expected.
Before he could brush up, it collapsed on the road.
Langxing's self-confidence was completely destroyed, and he became more and more cautious when facing TheShy. Even blood exchange became very difficult.
Jiang Chenglu was unreasonable and seized every opportunity to expand his advantage crazily, causing the wolf line to retreat step by step. In the end, he could only huddle under the tower and last a few hits!
Peanut had some advantages in the jungle, suppressing Gao Zhenning for a while, but the good times did not last long. TheShy and Song Yijin saw that the situation in the jungle was not good, and immediately turned around to help, making it difficult for Han Wang to expand his matchup advantage. .
In the mid-term team battle, TheShy's sword demon caused a bloody storm, and EDG ran away, not daring to start a head-on battle with the opponent.
IG easily expanded its advantage and eventually bulldozed the Guodian base before Little Peanut took over the game!
"Three to zero! Three to zero again!"
Gu Xing could hear Zeyuan's impassioned voice in the stage commentator's seat backstage, "IG took revenge for being swept by EDG in the 2014 Spring Finals and eliminated EDG in the last game of this year's LPL!"
"They ended EDG's record of never missing the global finals since the team was founded, and allowed themselves to enter the World Championship again three years later!"
Song Jinghao sighed briefly and collapsed on the chair in silence.
He doesn't want IG to advance, and he even wants Team Ji to die quickly.
The reason is not only that there are two old acquaintances in the EDG team, Peanut and coach Nofe, but also because there is TheShy in the IG team!
If Jiang Chenglu fails to enter the World Championship, Song Jinghao will dare to make bold claims that he will be the number one top laner in the S8 Global Finals!
The remaining chickens and dogs are no match for him!
However, Guodian failed to live up to expectations and allowed IG to successfully break through. For a time, Song Jinghao experienced the two hazes of a strong enemy coming back and missing out on the World Championship with an old friend, and he was extremely disappointed.
Little Peanut followed his teammates and walked back to the backstage passage with his head lowered, his bright white hair hanging down and listless.
Gu Xing couldn't bear to see him look like that, so he stepped forward and gave him a hug.
Han Wanghu was not very tall, so he could only rest his head on Gu Xing's shoulder. He was silent for a long time before slapping his friend on the back.
"Come on, come on, I will go to Han Kingdom to watch your game live." He forced a smile.
Gu Xing pursed his lips and encouraged, "Just try harder next year, you're still young."
Peanut, who was born in 1998, is only 20 years old now and will have a few more years of career in the future. He believes that with Peanut’s strength, it is not impossible to return to the World Championship and even go one step further to win the World Championship!
"...I hope so." Little Peanut's eyes were red and she was crying. She turned around and exchanged greetings with Smeb.
Song Jinghao is a talkative person, and after putting pressure on Peanut before going on stage, he couldn't bear it when he saw his little brother losing a crucial game, so he hugged him and whispered a few words.
"Three teams that have qualified for the World Championship, hurry up and put on your clothes!" Vincent rushed in and handed them a pile of clothes with everyone's ID, "When you go on stage later, follow the pre-rehearsal process!"
Little Peanut knew that he shouldn't stay here, so he looked back with great greed, staring at his rivals and old friends who were happily wearing new clothes, and then turned and left the backstage.
Gu Xing started his conquest and expressed his inner evaluation, "Oh, it looks much better than the previous two years."
The team members on the side laughed out loud.
The Shroud of Heaven in S6 and the RNG version of Black Gold Conquest in S7 impressed them so much that it was hard to imagine who had done this ruthless job.
In comparison, this year's expeditions can be considered to be of high quality.
The overall structure is a windbreaker. The front is pure black and the back is half red. It also has the words "ALL WE FIGHT FOR" printed on it. It looks quite straight when worn on the body.
The IG4.0 members who entered the World Championship for the first time were very surprised and kept taking selfies in the mirror with their mobile phones.
"Brother Jack, you two must remember the bungalow, don't forget it!" Da Mei regained his senses from the ecstasy and reminded with a smile.
"Don't worry, I won't forget it!" Gu Xing responded with a smile, "I'll take you and Liu Qingsong to eat after the expedition ceremony!"
Lin Weixiang's smile became deeper and deeper.
Hey, I can win the bubble game and realize my long-cherished wish to enter the World Championship, and I can have a free meal of hotpot in a bungalow.
Win-win!
When Shi Senming heard the word bungalow, he always felt something was wrong.
Is there something wrong?
But before Xiao Ming had time to think about it, Vincent interrupted his thoughts, "Come on, come on, hurry up and get on stage!"
Three teams of people were lined up neatly and gathered outside the passage, listening to Ren Dong's loud and clear voice on the stage.
"Today, all the seats for LPL to compete in the 2018 Global Finals have been settled. Please join me in shouting out the names of all participating teams!" Immortal Grip waved his hand, "The first seed Vici Gaming, the second seed ROYAL NEVER
GIVE UP, third seed Invictus Gaming!”
All the members strode onto the stage and greeted the 30,000 people in the audience who cheered in unison!
During this period, Ren Dong was still narrating emotionally.
"In half a month, they will go to the Cold Country. During this period, they will be working hard to defend the Summoner's Trophy that has been guarded for two years in the competition area and defend the glory of the LPL!"
"Let us look forward to what wonderful performances the three teams will contribute in the global finals!"
Gu Xing enjoyed the flash photography from all directions and the colorful ribbons falling in the sky, and secretly made up his mind.
This will be the last global finals of his career. He will definitely leave no regrets and compete for an unprecedented three consecutive S-game championships!
After the brief expedition ceremony, Gu Xing took Jack to Shi Senming's appointment.
"What's the matter, aren't it just you two?" Shi Senming looked surprised, "Where did these two idiots come from?"
"Who are you scolding?" Liu Qingsong shot back angrily.
"Shi Senming invited me and Jack, and Jack and I invited Damei and Songsong," Gu Xing smiled happily, "Each of us pays our own bills. The relationship is very simple."
Xiao Ming's lips parted, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.