732: The Quota for the Expedition Has Been Determined, Aiming for S8!

When the dust settled on the LPL champion this summer, the war did not subside.

After VG and RNG locked the first and second seeds, the remaining three strong teams fought fiercely for the last ticket to the World Championship.

The two BO5s were divided into two days, and the departure 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 there. Gu Xing didn't have the leisure to go out for a walk on Citywalk, so he simply huddled in the hotel room and slept.

When he woke up again, the sky was still dark. Gu Xing was in a trance and didn't realize that it was the next day. He only reacted when he saw the time display on the phone screen.

Jack in the bed next to him was leaning sideways to watch Douyin. Seeing Gu Xing wake up slowly, he quickly increased the volume of the phone's external speaker, letting the slightly stiff AI dubbing echo in the room.

"Look carefully, this man is called Xiaoshuai..."

What Durant?

Gu Xing yawned and rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Jack, how was the bubble match?"

"I didn't watch it. Anyway, the winner today can't get the ticket directly," Yu Wenbo lifted the quilt and sat up with a Shiba Inu, "Old Gu, do you want to go out for dinner? I'm starving!"

Gu Xing was also hungry, so he washed up in a hurry and went to a self-service restaurant downstairs to fill his stomach.

As soon as he walked into the restaurant, he saw the royal duo of Shi Senming and Uzi.

"Brother Xing, Brother Xing," Xiao Ming smiled as soon as he saw him, and waved his hand vigorously to greet him, "Yesterday I just wanted to call you to thank you, I should have prepared a special gift..."

"That's not necessary," Gu Xing quickly made a gesture of the Buddha's Palm to indicate that gifts were not allowed, "Winning the finals is my job, but I just sent you to the world competition by mistake, so a meal is enough."

Jack, who was carrying a box of pressed duck to the plate, immediately pricked up his ears, "What do you mean by treat me to a meal?"

Yesterday when Gu Xing and Shi Senming agreed to treat each other in the villa, Yu Wenbo was sleeping soundly in the lounge and didn't know about it at all.

Xiao Ming explained clearly, and Jack immediately held his head high, "You only want to treat Gu and not me, right? Oh, buddy, yesterday's performance in the finals is not important?"

"Okay, okay, you'll be the one, okay?" Shi Senming agreed without hesitation. He was willing to treat his best brother who had known him the longest.

"That's more like it..." Yu Wenbo happily painted a rosy picture for Shi Senming, "When Lao Duan retires, you come to VG directly, and we can play brotherly LOL!"

"Really?" Xiao Ming's eyes shone out, like laser eyes.

"Can I still lie to you?" Yu Wenbo patted his chest and made a promise, "Lao Duan will play for at most one or two years. I'm young. When Lao Gu and Lao Duan retire, VG will be a team with me as the absolute core!"

"Willn't I just randomly ask Fei to assist me? Let Boss Ding pay for it!"

He almost laughed three times with his hands on his hips.

Gu Xing silently complained in his heart, you want to get involved in VG's decision-making in front of me, isn't it a bit inappropriate?

I still have VG shares in my hands, and the annual transfer budget must be reviewed by me. If you make me angry, I will cut the budget for the support position and let you play with the rookie newcomer!

Shi Senming's mouth was almost crooked with laughter, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for your good news later!"

"Brother, what did I do to make you dissatisfied?" Uzi asked Xiao Ming half seriously and half teasingly, "You dislike me, right?"

Hearing this, Shi Senming did not dare to neglect it at all, and quickly responded seriously, "I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

He simply explained, "I saw that you, Xiaogou, will retire in two years, so I have to find a way out for myself..."

"Ah?" Gu Xing was quite surprised, "Uzi, are you going to retire?"

"I just feel a little tired. Whether I will retire or not depends on the situation," Uzi made himself a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and sighed, "But I have to wait until the contract is over, at least I have to make a decision after S9 is over."

Uzi only had the idea of ​​retiring last night.

The root cause was that when he heard the coach inform RNG that they could go directly to S8 during the training match to prepare for the bubble, his first reaction was not just happiness, but also a bit of relief.

Uzi felt ashamed at the time.

He calls himself a crazy puppy, but one day he feels so lucky just because he doesn't have to play in the bubble match and enters the world competition directly?

What am I afraid of!

Can RW, EDG and IG pose much threat to him?

But Uzi thought about it and it seemed to be true.

In the current version, Royal Club has no confidence in winning against the three teams in the bubble match!

The swing position in the middle and top is a mess, and Xiangguo's state has gradually declined with the weakening of the fasting style. Uzi can't do it alone!

He hates his cowardly self, so he wants to take a break and see if he can recover after getting rid of the competition environment.

"I have played for six years, and I don't even have an LPL championship..." Uzi is a little discouraged, "Oh, it's hard to stand."

Gu Xing found that he couldn't put himself in his shoes to comfort the other party.

LPL championship?

Since he embarked on his professional career, the Silver Dragon Cup is in his pocket, and the display cabinet at home can hardly fit it!

Where can Gu Xing empathize with Uzi?

He has no idea what it feels like to not win a championship!

I don’t want success to be a constant in my life!

"It's okay," Shi Senming said with a playful smile, hugging Uzi's round shoulders. "When you retire, if I make it to the finals, you can come to watch my brother's game and see how we win the trophy!"

Uzi, who has never won a championship, hates others using championships to stimulate him the most. He shook his arms impatiently, "Go away. I will take care of my dog ​​at home and won't watch your game!"

Shi Senming didn't care.

He guessed that Uzi must be joking.

Who would miss an important moment in a friend's career because of taking care of a dog?

The four of them chose their favorite dishes and shared a rectangular table.

Gu Xingting liked Nanjing roast duck, which had a unique flavor when paired with the marinade. He took a big mouthful of rice after eating two pieces.

Jack crossed his legs and looked at his phone. He exclaimed as soon as he opened the live broadcast platform.

"Fuck, RW lost?!"

Gu Xing immediately turned his head to the side, "Let me see... Wow, the gap is so big?"

Before going to bed, he thought that today's game would be evenly matched.

Both teams belong to the same half zone as IG in the playoffs. You can use the Ji team as a reference. One was swept 0-3, and the other relied on Baolan's signature Luo to barely get one point. The level should be similar.

Unexpectedly, EDG seemed to have found the weakness of the Xia team today, staring at the bottom lane and attacking fiercely!

The RW duo of Sima Laozei + Baolan is not bad in terms of hard power, but you have to see who you compare with.

Among the first and second seeds of LPL and the three teams in the bubble game, RW's bottom lane is definitely the worst, and there is no other!

Peanut focused on the shortcomings of the Xia team's bottom lane. Although Langxing's level in the top lane was not good and he could not be considered a world-class top laner, he was in his prime and was more than enough to beat Mouse, the former top laner of Guodian, and he could completely achieve a single point breakthrough!

Next, as long as Xiaoxiaodi can keep an eye on Doinb and prevent Jin Taixiang from showing his proud roaming ability!

RW's three lanes were strangled, and the whole team could only rely on Karsa, the engine, to drive the rhythm.

Wolf King is very reliable. He really wants to win by joining LPL this year.

But he alone can't make any waves!

Moreover, Karsa's biggest feature is that he is very fierce in the early stage, which is almost like turning on the radar, and it can be said that he is playing the game with the whole map.

But he started to get lost in the middle and late stages, just like the traveling frog, confused and didn't know where he ran to, and the team battles were also a mess. He was not good at wild cores and couldn't even make up for the damage. He managed some control and then stood in front to support the tank, putting all the output tasks on his teammates.

However, RW's limited development of the double C can't do much damage at all!

Defeat is inevitable.

When Gu Xing watched the game through Jack's mobile phone, EDG was already leading by a big score of 2:1, and still had a huge advantage in the fourth game!

RW is no match for Guodian at all. They are losing every team battle and will definitely sign the terms of ceding land.

After Xiaohuasheng joined, EDG's aggressiveness was fully pulled, which fits the concept of the current version of the early advantage to snowball all the way, killing the enemy and finally relying on the arrest of the lost Karsa in the wild area to get the big dragon, and the three lanes pushed up the high ground together!

Even though Doinb tried his best to find the right time to start the team fight, Guodian was not afraid at all. He held the enemy head-on and ended the game with the split push of the other two lanes!

EDG headed into tomorrow's bubble finals and will fight the defending IG!

"Hurry up and watch the game," Jack, the genius of water posts, switched over excitedly, "I think everyone in there is so happy!"

Gu Xing looked at Karsa, who was lying on the table and crying in the live broadcast, and felt melancholy.

He didn't know whether Karsa regretted it.

The opponent disliked the loss of competitiveness of the LMS region and couldn't find a stronger enemy to improve himself, so he abandoned the dark and turned to the light and joined the LPL.

But staying in the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan region can at least enter the MSI and the World Championship, and get two tickets to experience the international competition.

Come to LPL, you can't even get the third seed!

It's better to play in the round of 16 than at home, right?

"Brother Lan's level is really not good," Yu Wenbo was still muttering happily while opening the Kang Bar, "After Luo was banned, he almost got beaten to death by Tian Ye. I feel that only my buddies can lead him!"

"Old Gu, take a look at this comment!" Jack handed the phone to Ye Dad like offering a treasure, "Roar, roar, Kang maggots are really poisonous!"

Gu Xing took a look——【RW seems like! I have been annoyed by Jin÷ and Chu Nan for a long time, and that Sima Laozei, a low-energy who has never even been to the world championship in his life, is almost as good as Uzi Jack by fans. He went to the relegation match for two years and made you feel annoyed. To put it bluntly, Sima Laozei 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 Kang Bar netizens.

No results, here it is probably treated equally and cannot avoid being sprayed.

This time, Jack aroused Gu Xing's surfing addiction to the forum, and Gu Xing also suppressed his inner melancholy for the time being, eating roast duck while reading netizens' funny comments.

However, the maggot baby's speech still highlighted a fierceness, and he mercilessly criticized RW.

Think about it, you know that they don't have any special feelings for the Xia team.

Although RW performed very well in the Intercontinental Championship and whitewashed several main players in the team, the effect was very general.

At that time, the LPL team was leading 2-0, and RW could only be regarded as icing on the cake, far from turning the tide!

Even if the Xia team lost that game, RNG and VG could still win the Intercontinental Championship!

Therefore, based on the black history of the core of the RW team, the netizens in the anti-bar still mocked more than praised.

[How did Mouse have the nerve to leave this year? You left EDG, it's shit, they can just find a top laner to crush you]

[Wow, Doinb didn't make it to the world game again, what can I do? You are called the dean, can you be the C in the key game? You are very proud to be tied to the middle lane by Scout, right?]

[It's okay, Doinb will start broadcasting tonight: Thank you for the 100 planes sent by the boss of 'Chu Nan Biss'! Oh my god, don't scold my teammates, it's Jin Gugu who didn't play well, everyone come back next year! ]

[Peanut, you should play a role tomorrow, Xingge and Xiaoyang, the three jungle kings in S6, all went to the world game, you can't be missing, right? 】

[Cold knowledge: Guodian has never missed the World Championship since its establishment. Tomorrow, IG will clean their necks. Nimensidingle! 】

Gu Xing took screenshots of the last two comments urging Peanut, and showed them to Peanut in the backstage waiting passage the next day.

"Wanghu, go, go," he encouraged his good brother, "I'm still waiting for you to recommend food to me in Han Country!"

Before the playoffs, Peanut dyed his hair white. It has to be said that normal people can hardly handle this hair color, but it is just right for Han Wanghu, which makes his skin white and his features delicate.

He drew air circles back and forth on his chest with a pair of index fingers, with a very strange posture, and closed his eyes to relieve stress.

Song Jinghao's voice was loud.

"Ah, if you can't get into the World Championship, don't say you are from ROX in the future!"

It was mentioned before that the playoffs on the LPL side started relatively late, and the progress of the bubble game was also slower.

Several major regions, including LCK, have already competed for all the tickets to the World Championship.

Although KZ, which has the two masters of Xuanming, has not challenged KT from the throne, it can also enter the global finals by taking the route of points guarantee, similar to RNG.

Counting VG's Song Jinghao and Kuro, only Xiaohua among the active members of the former Tigers has not yet determined whether to advance.

"Brother Jinghao, don't put pressure on me..." Xiaohuasheng smiled with 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 of Guodian being shaved bald by IG made Han Wanghu remember it vividly.

The strong single-line strength of the Ji team can even suppress VG's world-class mid and top, not to mention EDG!

Xiaoxiaodi is fine, but how should the top single Langxing deal with TheShy?

Peanut's words came true.

In the first game, Peanut wanted to gank the top lane, revisiting the play style in ROX and LZ, and won the game by frequently helping the top lane.

TheShy was easy to catch.

But Jiang Chenglu was able to handle the line before being killed in most cases, and it was rare for him to collapse directly like he did in the final game against VG.

He had a lot of experience in laning, and the result was that Peanut came to help gank twice, and TheShy's last hits were still about the same as Langxing!

Then Jiang Chenglu used his strong blood exchange ability to find Langxing's flaws and waited for an opportunity to complete a Dansha!

"It's over..." Smeb, who was watching the game with his teammates and RNG members in the common room, held his head with both hands and wailed.

Not only him, but Gu Xing also felt powerless.

If the top laner hadn't been helped by the jungler's resources, it would have been fine if he had encountered Dansha once.

But Peanut was almost killed in the top lane in the first 10 minutes of the game, and Langxing was also killed by Dansha. How do you let the team play?

This means that all the planning results of EDG in the early stage turned into useless work!

As expected, the top lane fulcrum that Guodian helped with all his efforts did not provide feedback to the team, and it was not surprising that the situation collapsed later!

Ning Wang went to help Rouji open the situation, and then Song Yijin quickly brought his influence to the two sidelines, frequently helping the team to gain advantages and snowball.

The subsequent team battles were even more desperate, winning the first game with a crushing momentum!

In the second game, Xiaohuasheng chose the signature spider and continued to want to train the top lane.

This time the script is different.

IG obviously saw through the surging killing intent that Xiaohuasheng showed against the top lane in this BO5, and deliberately asked Ning Wang to go to counter-camp.

In theory, with Spider on the field in the early stage, the top and jungle 2v2 can often win.

But this time there was an accident.

"Wow, what is this guy doing?" Smeb yelled, "Where's the flash? Use it!"

There is also a TV in the common room, and the difference from the one in each team room is that the former does not connect to the team voice.

Song Jinghao also couldn't understand how the EDG team communicated. Langxing had obviously sold himself to a low health. Next, as long as he used flash in time to pull away, Xiaohuasheng could steadily take a head and retreat!

However, Langxing used flash too slowly, and only thought about retreating after Ning Wang beat him to a low health, but was burned to death by the red BUFF attached to the opponent's basic attack.

TheShy, whose health was originally low, relied on assists to triumph and recovered. Xiaohuasheng had to bite the bullet and use basic attacks to make up for the damage after using his skills.

In the end, although Jiang Chenglu was killed, he was exposed to Ning Wang for too long, allowing Gao Zhenning to take the head with a burst of output.

"What a loss!" Xiang Guo, who has lived in Bengbu, said bluntly, "What is this top laner thinking? I can play better than him with my feet!"

To be honest, Gu Xing felt that Liu Shiyu's words were quite offensive at first.

But on second thought, coming from Xiang Guo's mouth, it seemed much more normal and reasonable.

"It was originally a stable zero-for-one fight, but it turned into a two-for-one, just two heads short!" Gu Xing shook his head repeatedly, not wanting to watch any more.

In the early stage of the laning phase, the economic experience gap brought by two heads can completely determine the direction of the entire game!

"No, no, top laner GAP!" Liu Shiyu was disappointed, "If the top lane was a little more normal, EDG could compete with IG!"

Gu Xing felt it very clearly next to him.

The overall strength of LPL this year is much stronger than in previous years.

In the previous bubble games, you were allowed to have 1-2 shortcomings. As long as the team leader was strong enough, it would be no problem to take you to the World Championship!

But this season is completely different!

RW had a gap in strength between the upper and lower lanes, and was severely punished by EDG; today's Guodian was even more outrageous. On the surface, they only had one shortcoming in the top lane, Langxing. It should be no problem to make it to the quarterfinals of the World Championship and continue EDG's tradition over the years, but in front of the defending IG, the flaws in the top lane were infinitely magnified!

If you want to make it to the World Championship through the LPL games in the summer, you must not have any shortcomings!

This lineup and version fit, it must be a favorite to win the championship in the World Championship!

Gu Xing could only sigh that his own division is thriving.

With the arrival of two strong players, Karsa and Peanut, and the high overall quality of the league's youth training, LPL is already a scene of vitality!

After losing two games in a row, Lang Xing's mentality collapsed visibly, and he began to shut himself up with a sullen face.

Xiaohuasheng no longer trusted his teammates blindly, and chose to give the ball to himself. He took out a male gun to play jungle against the version, hoping to turn the tide and lead the team to fight a bloody road.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

Before he could start to brush up, the top lane collapsed.

Lang Xing's self-confidence was completely destroyed. He became more and more restrained in front of TheShy, and even the exchange of blood became very difficult.

Jiang Chenglu was unyielding and seized every opportunity to expand his advantage crazily, causing Lang Xing to retreat step by step, and finally he could only shrink under the tower to make up for the enemy!

Xiaohuasheng did take some advantage in the jungle and suppressed 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 support, making it difficult for Han Wanghu to expand his positional advantage.

When it came to the mid-term team battle, TheShy's sword demon set off a bloody storm, and EDG fled, not daring to engage in a head-on battle with the opponent.

IG easily expanded its advantage and finally flattened the Guodian base before Peanut took over the game!

"Three to zero! Three to zero again!"

Gu Xing could hear Ze Yuan's impassioned voice on the stage commentary seat in the backstage, "IG avenged the 2014 Spring Finals when EDG swept them, and eliminated EDG in the last game of this year's LPL region!"

"They ended EDG's record of never missing the World Finals since its establishment, and allowed themselves to enter the World Championship again three years later!"

Song Jinghao sighed briefly and collapsed on the chair in silence.

He didn't want IG to advance, and even hoped that the team would die quickly.

The reason is not only that EDG has two old acquaintances, Peanut and coach Nofe, but also because IG has TheShy!

If Jiang Chenglu can't enter the World Championship, Song Jinghao will dare to make a bold statement that he is the No. 1 top laner in the S8 World Finals!

The remaining chickens and dogs are definitely not his opponents!

But Guodian was too disappointing, and IG succeeded in breaking through. For a time, Song Jinghao experienced the two hazes of a strong enemy's comeback and his old friend missing the world championship, and he was extremely disappointed.

Peanut followed his teammates and walked back to the backstage passage with his head down. His bright white hair drooped and looked listless.

Gu Xing couldn't bear to see him 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. After a long silence, he patted his friend's back.

"Come on, come on, I will go to Hanguo to watch your game." He forced a smile.

Gu Xing pursed his lips and encouraged, "Try harder next year, you are still young."

Ut is only 20 years old now, and he will have at least a few years of professional career in the future. He believes that with Peanut's strength, it is not impossible to return to the world championship or even win the world championship!

"... I hope so." Peanut's eyes were red and he was about to cry. He turned around and said a few words to Smeb.

Song Jinghao is a man with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Before going on stage, he put pressure on Peanut. When he saw his younger brother lose the key game, he still couldn't bear it and hugged him to whisper a few words.

"Three teams that have advanced to the world competition, quickly change into the battle uniforms!" Vincent rushed in and handed them a pile of clothes with everyone's ID. "Follow the pre-rehearsal process when you go on stage later!"

Little Peanut knew that he shouldn't stay here. He looked back with great reluctance, staring at his opponents and old friends who were happily changing into new clothes, and then turned and left the backstage.

Gu Xing unfolded the battle uniform and expressed his true inner evaluation, "Wow, it looks much better than the previous two years."

The team members on the side laughed out loud.

The shroud that fell from the sky in S6 and the RNG version of the black and gold expedition war suit in S7 left a deep impression on them. It is hard to imagine who made such a great work.

In comparison, this year's expedition war suit can be regarded as of high quality.

The overall structure is a windbreaker, with a pure black front and half red on the back. It is also printed with the words "ALL WE FIGHT FOR", which is quite straight when worn.

The 0 members who entered the World Championship for the first time were very rare, and they took selfies in front of the mirror with their mobile phones.

"Brother Xing, Jack, you two must remember the Western House, don't forget it!" Da Mei regained his sanity from ecstasy and reminded with a smile.

"Don't worry, I won't forget it!" Gu Xing smiled and responded, "I will take you and Liu Qingsong to eat after the expedition ceremony!"

Lin Weixiang's smile became deeper.

Hey, I can win the bubble game and realize my long-cherished wish to enter the World Championship, and I can also get a Western House hot pot for free.

Win-win!

When Shi Senming heard the word Western House, he always felt that something was wrong.

Is it, what went wrong?

But before Xiao Ming could figure it out, Vincent interrupted his thoughts, "Come on, come on, hurry up and get on stage!"

The three teams lined up neatly and gathered outside the passage, listening to Ren Dong's extremely loud voice on the stage.

"Today, all the seats for LPL to go to the 2018 World Finals have been settled. Please shout out the names of all the participating teams with me!" The Undying Grip waved his hand, "No. 1 seed Vici Gaming, No. 2 seed ROYAL NEVER GIVE UP, No. 3 seed Invictus Gaming!"

All members strode onto the stage to greet the cheers of 30,000 people in the audience!

During this period, Ren Dong was still speaking emotionally in the narration.

"They will go to the Cold Country in half a month. During this period, they will definitely prepare for battle and aim at the Summoner's Cup that the region has guarded for two years, and defend the glory of LPL!"

"Let us look forward to what wonderful performances the three representative teams will contribute in the global finals!"

Gu Xing enjoyed the flash photography from all directions and the ribbons falling from the sky, and made up his mind secretly.

This will be the last global finals of his career. He will not leave any regrets and compete for the unprecedented three consecutive championships in the S game!

After the brief departure ceremony, Gu Xing took Jack to meet Shi Senming.

"What's the situation? Aren't you two?" Shi Senming was surprised, "Where did these two idiots come from?"

"Who are you scolding?" Liu Qingsong replied angrily.

"Shi Senming invited me and Jack, and Jack and I invited Da Mei and Song Song," Gu Xing smiled happily, "Each of us pays our own bills, the relationship is very simple."

Xiao Ming's lips opened and closed, and he was shocked and couldn't speak for a long time.

The world championship will start in the next chapter.