Rise

London, UK, finals scene.

In the bathroom backstage, Tian Tian hung up the phone and was in a daze for a while. Suddenly he couldn't help but burst into tears.

The man's eyelids couldn't help but twitch and twitch:

"Why are you crying after the phone call is over?"

If he didn't have something suitable at hand, the man could not help but pick up a hammer and hit the fat man on the head. The top laner in the Chinese server, the well-deserved MVP player in today's finals, looks like crying all the time?

The fat man cried and said: "Senior, I am happy——"

It is indeed something to be happy about.

For Tian Tian, ​​not only did he perform at a superb level on the court today, leading the team to win two games and come back from the danger of being eliminated in the group stage, but he also had a relationship with someone he had lost contact with for many years. Fellow teammates reconnected.

It’s just a good thing!

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Tian Tian sniffed and said to the man:

"By the way, senior -"

"Fengzi said that I played so well today and he wanted to treat me to a big dinner."

"But he is not here now, so I have to ask you, senior, to do it for me -"

After finishing speaking, the fat man looked at the man in front of him and cautiously suggested: "I heard that there is a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in London that cooks delicious food..."

No matter how hard it was for the man to maintain the calm demeanor of a senior master, the veins on his forehead twitched:

"Do it for me!"

"That kid from Maple actually dares to make crooked plans on me!?"

…

A sneeze——

Lin Feng sneezed not long after hanging up the phone, then rubbed his nose and made a judgment without blushing:

"Someone must have missed me."

Tang Bingyao on the side turned her head and looked at Lin Feng: "Were you on the phone with Yuanshen just now?"

Lin Feng nodded naturally: "Yes.

"

Then he paused, with an excited smile on his face: "Fat Man won both games today! In this case, the KG team will definitely have no problem qualifying for the group stage!"

Tang Bingyao nodded and added: "I just turned on my mobile phone and saw the battle report on the official website of the national server. It said that Yuanshen's top laner and Riven played very well today, and they carried everyone."

Lin Feng pumped his fist confidently: "Of course! Fatty is my former teammate~ He is already very strong!"

There was genuine joy for the fat man in his tone.

Today, among the "Seven Kings of the World" in the world's professional e-sports circle, there is only one top laner, and that is the top laner Seven of the North American Cog team.

But in Lin Feng's view, Fatty's strength is not weaker than Seven, who is recognized as the top laner in North America. As long as Fatty can maintain his current state, it will be a matter of course for him to become the Seven Kings.

At least, the title of "Seven Kings of the World" should also be expanded to "Eight Kings".

“Anything more is worthless.”

Classmate Xiao Tang commented this way.

Lin Feng nodded in agreement: "That makes sense!"

Indeed, your "Seven Kings of the World" will expand as they say. Today it will be expanded to eight kings, and tomorrow it will be expanded to ten kings. Who knows whether it will become thirty-six kings or seventy-two kings in the future?

Maybe they can all go for the number of Liangshan's 108 heroes.

After the evening game was over, it was getting late. The members of the Thirteen High E-Sports Club didn’t say they were going to hold a celebratory banquet to celebrate, so they waved goodbye and left - after all, it was just the first round of eliminations. There is indeed no need to celebrate grandly.

So Lin Feng and Tang Bingyao went home together again.

Tang Bingyao walked carefully and focused on the grid. After a while, Tang Bingyao looked up at Lin Feng again, curious:

"Who is the senior you talked about on the phone earlier?"

Lin Feng scratched his hair:

"Oh, that senior..."

"He is a very, very powerful person——"

Tang Bingyao: "How awesome is it?"

Lin Feng thought for a while and replied simply: "It's very powerful anyway!"

For him, in that distant S1 season, during the World Finals that year, he almost couldn't pass the World E-Sports Association test because of his age, until someone came out and said a word in an understatement in the end. , to settle all the issues:

"Let's just treat it as an exception."

"Anyway, the World E-Sports Association has no precedent for doing this."

That person was the senior whom Lin Feng called for help when he made an international long-distance call to Hawaii a few days ago. That was also the first time he saw that senior, but before that, he had already known about him. The name of that senior has been admired and revered for a long time.

Then he got to know several other teammates of his senior through that senior, each of whom was also a true legend in the world's professional e-sports circle at that time.

For example, this senior who specially rushed to London, England this time——

"Wait a moment."

Classmate Xiao Tang shook his head in distress and protested:

"It's so confusing. How many seniors are there? Who is who? Isn't the person who went to the London Finals the same person as the person you called for help?"

Lin Feng said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Oh, this time this is Senior No. 3. The one I called last time was Senior No. 1."

Tang Bingyao was speechless: "Can we still call people by their numbers?"

Lin Feng rarely refuted or explained Tang Bingyao's complaints. He just touched his nose and laughed heartily:

"You don't understand this kind of thing~"

Classmate Xiao Tang wrinkled his nose cutely to express his contempt:

"fine."

…

After saying goodbye to Tang Bingyao at an intersection, Lin Feng continued to walk home alone.

Not far away, his steps suddenly stopped.

Then he thought about it, took out his cell phone, and called the number he dialed before.

Du-du-du--

The sound of the phone being connected soon came from the other end of the phone, the unhappy voice of a man whom Lin Feng called "Senior No. 3":

"What are you doing again?"

Lin Feng's tone was extremely sincere: "Senior, thank you, I really trouble you this time."

The man on the other end of the phone twitched his lips and seemed to be sneering: "You know it's trouble, so you gave me a free meal as a thank you?"

Lin Feng was told that he subconsciously scratched his hair and smiled awkwardly: "Ah... senior... this is a misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding!"

"Why didn't I see that it was a misunderstanding?" The man snorted coldly, and then changed his tone: "Forget it, I have to leave anyway. Fatty and his KG team will go out for dinner to celebrate this meal, so there is no need for me. To spend money.”

Lin Feng was stunned: "Senior, are you leaving?"

The man on the other end of the phone was annoyed: "Nonsense, Fatty's affairs have been settled. Why should I keep him here? My own European travel plan is not over yet, okay?"

Lin Feng was silent for a while, and then spoke again, seriously thanking him again:

"Senior, thank you."

The thank you this time was not for himself, but for Fatty.

Because he knew that if it was just a request of his own, even if it was something promised by Senior No. 1, it would not be easy for Senior No. 3 to travel thousands of miles to come to the finals in London, England, just to help." Send a message".

There is only one reason why Senior No. 3 would do this——

He also doesn't want the fat man to perform abnormally due to psychological pressure.

He also attaches great importance to Fatty and even to the current professional e-sports in the national server.

The man on the other end of the phone seemed to raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and then laughed casually:

"There's nothing to thank you for. I watched Fatty's two games today, so it's not like I came in vain. This wave is not a loss."

"If I really want to thank you... you, the new generation of professional e-sports players in the national server, perform well for us and don't be embarrassed."

"What are the Seven Kings and Four Emperors? Our national e-sports circle only occupies one position?"

"What kind of words does this sound like!"

Listening to Senior No. 3's unkind comments, Lin Feng said sincerely:

"Seniors, if you are still willing to continue playing e-sports, you can definitely book several positions."

In this sentence, Lin Feng was indeed not flattering.

But he really knows that even at the age of several seniors, even if their reaction speed and condition are past their peak, if they are willing to return to the professional e-sports arena, they can still maintain a stable position in the world's professional e-sports circle. occupies a place within.

The voice on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and then slowly rang again:

"There's no point in talking about it."

"We, this group of people, no longer belong to this new era."