774: All Good Things Must Come to an End

Gu Xing and others went to the Yuliandong rice cake shop mentioned by Chao Wei with great expectations, and finally tasted the rice cake soup they had been longing for.

"Huh..." Gu Pan took a sip and showed a satisfied expression, "It's delicious."

"I don't think it's good," Gu Xing disagreed, "How can it be called rice cake soup without snow vegetables and winter bamboo shoots?"

Shen Guanshan's eyebrows curved, "Then your requirements are a bit too high, I think the taste is quite good."

Maybe she was in a good mood, she thought everything she ate was delicious.

Jack next to her complained, "No, how can we eat rice cakes without sticky rice?"

The rice cakes made entirely of glutinous rice tasted refreshing, delicious and chewy, but the taste was not too soft and sticky.

He was not used to it.

Chao Wei saw this and quickly explained, "There are many kinds of rice cakes, and there are also rice cakes with glutinous rice, but that kind of rice cake is not good for soup, and it is easy to become sticky..."

"Add glutinous rice?" Gu Xing showed a look of contempt, "It's an insult to rice cakes, just like sweet tofu pudding and Pepsi."

Like many Ningbo people, he has only eaten glutinous rice rice cakes since he was a child.

Song Jinghao, who was pouring Coke into his mouth, paused and took a special look at the brand logo. Seeing that he was not AOEed by Gu Xing, he felt relieved to continue drinking.

"Old Gu, why are you mocking people?" Jack yelled with his neck stiff, "It's okay to talk about Pepsi, but what about sweet tofu pudding?"

"Haha, you are an alien who eats glutinous rice rice cakes," Gu Xing fired at full power, "You will become a coward when you eat it."

He also pushed Chao Wei's arm, "Blue Cat, don't eat things made of glutinous rice, or you will become a coward."

"I listen to Brother Xing and I won't eat it anymore!" Zheng Zhixun made a promise quickly.

Everyone was quite happy arguing.

Perhaps it was because of the excitement after winning the championship, or because they knew that they would meet again someday. With the three consecutive championships, the end of this Galaxy Battleship was not far away, so they especially cherished the few times they spent together.

"Everyone remember to post a Weibo," Jin Wenhe reminded, "I guess there are many fans waiting."

The members of the competition and training department were busy debating about rice cakes before, and then they remembered that they had not yet spoken on social media.

Gu Xing uploaded the photo of him hugging the Summoner's Trophy and the FMVP Trophy and the photo of himself holding the championship medal to Weibo, and simply edited a line of text - {Promised third championship, keep your promise! }

In just a few minutes, the number of replies and likes on the blog soared!

Gu Xing was not surprised.

When he clicked into Weibo, he inadvertently noticed the real-time hot search.

It was all about him.

# S8 World Championship

# VG defeated IG 3-1 in the final

# Virtue's third championship

# Virtue won FMVP for the second time, the first person in LOL e-sports

# Virtue retired and took a rest

No major events happened at home or abroad today. Among the top ten hot searches on Weibo, the entries related to the World Championship occupied half of the country!

As the most popular player among them, Gu Xing can naturally attract a lot of traffic by posting on Weibo.

Thanks to the large number of replies, the content in the comment area is varied.

【Virtue: "Unless I retire, VG will be the first team in the history of League of Legends!" Brother Xing, are you serious? 】

【Please don't retire, Qiu Li Gao! 】

【The most heroic BO5 in the history of the World Championship, the first person in the history of the gods! 】

【I felt awkward when I saw 60E bragging that 'WE was an era back then'. Brother Xing, if you really retire, I can finally experience the feelings of the bread man before】

【I have just been a fan of the VG dynasty for half a year, my house will not collapse now, right? 】

[Boss Ding, what about your money? Help me! 】

[Everyone, be optimistic and choose the champion skin first. I recommend a male gun. The whole silver-white color is the opposite of the gangster godfather. It should sell well.]

[Sword Demon:? You guys calculated for a long time and let me run with you? 】

"No one wants you to retire," Gu Pan was also browsing the comments on Weibo, and turned his head to ask his brother, "Are you really not going to play anymore?"

Gu Xing pretended to be pretentious and deliberately said in a literary way, "Don't persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind!"

"Ah..." Gu Pan smiled, "I'll go back to college at the age of 21. By the time you graduate from college, we may have even finished our master's degree!"

"From now on, just call us sisters obediently. If you encounter any questions you don't understand, just come and ask!"

She has long wanted to ride on Gu Xing's head. At the beginning, because the other party was born a few minutes earlier than her, Gu Pan called him brother for almost 20 years. Now she is seizing every opportunity to try to turn things around.

"Nicola, please don't do it," Gu's mother couldn't stand it anymore, and she was very aggressive, "What can I ask you, Gu Pan? You are just above the passing line with 60 points in every subject. It's good enough if you don't fail any subject. You are also a college student, right?"

Gu Pan blushed, "Mom, don't mess with me like this!"

"Besides, how can I get 60 points in every subject?" She argued unconvincedly, "I have courses with full marks, okay!"

"So amazing?" Gu Xing was shocked.

He only knew that Gu Pan had let herself go since her sophomore year, no longer paying attention to academic performance, and investing all her limited energy into entrepreneurship. He didn't expect that she could get full marks under such circumstances. It was incredible!

Gu Pan proudly put his hands on his hips.

Shen Guanshan muttered, "Come on, it's just a full mark in geography, it's not valuable at all, okay?"

Facing her boyfriend's puzzled look, she added, "Introduction to Earthquakes, an elective course, is the most popular course in Peking University. The lecture hall with hundreds of people is full, and the final scores are generally high."

After this, Gu Pan's expression became very embarrassed, and she could hardly maintain her hands on her hips. She wanted to turn into a laser eye and shoot her bestie.

Perhaps it was because of the exchange student experience in the six major French universities in the past six months that Shen Guanshan instinctively raised his hands to surrender in a French military salute, "You can't blame me... I love to tell the truth!"

Gu Pan was speechless.

My mother took the opportunity to interrupt, "So Gu Xing, if you really don't know something when you go back to college, don't ask Gu Pan, just ask Xiao Shen."

Gu Xing readily agreed, "Of course, anyway, she and I are in the same college, and we have many common courses."

He also turned around to find his girlfriend, "You really need to make up for my math when the time comes, because the final exam will be in two months."

After winning the Asian Games championship, Gu Xing discussed with the Fudan Academic Affairs Office and the result was that he would enroll normally, use credits to exempt some elective courses, and must take professional courses at the same pace as freshmen at the end of the semester.

Hearing her boyfriend's request, Shen Guanshan seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked in a mosquito-like voice, "This math you are talking about... is it authentic?"

Now it was Gu Xing's turn to be speechless.

After eating the hot rice cake soup, they finally warmed up their stomachs. A group of people were about to take a taxi back to the hotel when Gu Xing suddenly had an idea.

"Is it far from the hotel? How about we walk back?"

Jack's first reaction was that he didn't want to wander around in the cold late autumn night. He was exhausted after playing the final BO5. As a lazy dog, he just wanted to find a place to sleep and recuperate.

But after thinking about it, he didn't object, "Okay, do you want to come with me?"

Kuro immediately agreed, "I will definitely follow the salesman!"

Duan Deliang and Song Jinghao also agreed happily.

The local Chaowei roughly compared the distance, "About two kilometers, it's not bad to walk back..."

He seamlessly switched to Korean, "Mom and Dad, you go back first, I'll stay in the hotel tonight, and I have some luggage to pack!"

After sending their family members away, the VG team members staggered on the way back.

The temperature in Incheon late at night was close to zero degrees, and there were only a few pedestrians outside. Everyone was shivering in thick clothes, and each person walked along the beach with a can of Coke.

"Awesome!" Song Jinghao first roared to the sky, wishing he could punch the air to vent his emotions, "I feel good!"

"My career is simply perfect!"

Some things are not convenient to say in front of family members, but they can be expressed unscrupulously in front of teammates. Song Jinghao's tail is now so high that he wants to be lifted up to the sky.

What is the concept of a double-circle grand slam?

Looking at all the top players in the world, Smeb is also firmly in the top spot!

And because the previous dynasty team likes to change the top laner frequently, all the previous champion top laners have only one S championship, and there is no player who can win the mid-season championship!

As a result, although Song Jinghao has one less S championship than VG's jungler and support, he can still lead the same position!

The status of the first top laner in history may remain unshakable for several years!

Smeb was so excited that he picked up the stones on the beach and threw them towards the turbulent ocean in the distance.

In fact, it's not just him. All the VG players have distanced themselves from the honor pursuers behind with this world championship!

Even Chaowei, a freshman, has become one of the best midfielders of the same age group in the world with the S championship, and his future development is promising.

Jack has won two championships and has surpassed Imp, who also holds two S championships, by two mid-season championship trophies. In just two years of his career, he has dominated the shooter honor list!

Everyone was excited and followed Song Jinghao's example, picking up small gravel on the beach and throwing it into the boundless ocean, admiring the masterpiece of water splashing that they had stirred up.

Jack was so excited that he used a stone as a pen, squatted on the beach and drew the VG team logo, and then wrote 2018 Worlds Ch below...

"Hey, old Gu, how do you say champion in English?" As a husband, he scratched his head in distress, causing sand to stain his big head.

Gu Xing brushed it off Jack's head and slowly repeated it to him letter by letter.

Yu Wenbo finally finished his work. He stood up and looked at it with satisfaction. He felt that he was a genius. His painting skills were so superb.

Duan Deliang said leisurely, "Although it is a bit ugly, the idea is quite good..."

He turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone and took a picture of the painting that was hastily sketched.

"Where is it ugly?!" Jack was furious. "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

"If you have the ability, don't take pictures!"

Duan Deliang was too lazy to pay attention to him. He turned around and talked to Gu Xing, "Xiao Gu, you can come to Jining for tourism when you have time. There are many interesting attractions here."

There is Qufu, Weishan Lake, and Liangshan Marsh. The popularity of county-level cities is much higher than that of prefecture-level cities.

Gu Xing didn't pay much attention to the tourist attractions in Jining, but he got important information from this sentence, "Old Duan, you don't plan to fight anymore?"

"Yes, I plan to retire and take a rest." Duan Deliang's face was mostly covered in the dark night, but the fatigue revealed in his tone could be felt, "I have been working non-stop for a long time, and I can't bear to continue fighting."

Unlike the other players, Duan Deliang is the only 16th edition VG veteran left with Gu Xing.

He has more championships, but he is also more tired.

In this line of work, if you want to make a name for yourself, you have to put in more effort than others. Duan Deliang has been working hard for nearly 3 years - especially in the S8 season, various events including the Asian Games have never stopped, and the psychological pressure he faces is quite serious.

After all, losing to the Hanguo team is not just as simple as verbal criticism on the Internet, spraying to retirement is a basic operation.

Duan Deliang is now exhausted physically and mentally, and he managed to win another Summoner's Cup with the team.

Now it is reasonable for him to retire and rest like Gu Xing.

"Ah?!" Jack opened his mouth in surprise, "Old Duan, you want to leave too?"

"Can you not?"

He begged bitterly, "You can scold my sand painting as much as you want, but don't run away!"

Jack couldn't accept it.

The two have cooperated for more than two years, so he is naturally reluctant to let go.

"It's okay," Duan Deliang said with a smile, "I'll tell Brother Wenjun in advance and help you get some good support during the transfer period..."

"They are much better than me."

Jack replied without hesitation, "How is that possible? Old Duan, you are the best support!"

Duan Deliang's smile deepened, "Don't comfort me, I still have some self-knowledge. Now my state is declining, and my strength is obviously declining."

In the finals of this World Championship, he has already recognized the reality.

In the past two S games, Duan Deliang had to at least make some highlights to show his status as a master of operation.

However, looking at the S8 World Finals, he played very few wonderful operations!

In the finals, he even dragged Jack to the bottom lane for three games, and there was not much pressure. It can only be said that he carried out the task assigned by the team to himself, and there was a bit of suspicion of taking advantage of the situation.

The root cause is the decline in strength.

To be fair, Duan Deliang's peak period has lasted long enough.

In the past two years, at the critical moments of VG's victory or defeat, his operation never went wrong, relying on the steady and accurate skill casting to make the opponent suffer!

Now he is slowly starting to decline, and he is considered to have a relatively long peak period among all professional players.

If it were another support, it would not be a big problem to continue to mix for two years - this position does not require much operation, and if it declines, there will still be games to play.

But Duan Deliang has relied on his operation since the beginning of his professional career to stand out among all the supports!

Without operation, his poor overall view makes it difficult for him to take on the responsibility of command in the first-line team.

After thinking about it, it is better to retire.

Anyway, the money is made. Without counting this year's bonus share and skin money, Duan Deliang has nearly 30 million in his hands. The housing prices in his hometown of Jining are not high, and his wealth is completely enough to live a stable life as a rich man for the rest of his life.

Seeing that Duan Deliang was determined to leave, Jack couldn't help but lower his head, with melancholy and frustration on his face.

"Old Gu is leaving, so should you..."

Gu Xing added, "Mai Bo and Rui Xing are also going to retire."

Jack took a deep breath.

Shangzhong's departure was a stab in his heart.

Even though he was said to be mature beyond his years, he had been with the champion members of VG for two years, and the relationship between them was beyond words. Yu Wenbo couldn't recover for a while, and even the strength of skipping stones on the water was a little lighter, and there was not much reaction when the stone hit the water surface.

"Let's go, let's go quickly," Jack said viciously, "Just wait and see, buddy will win another S championship with Chaowei next year and make you die!"

"Don't be angry," Gu Xing stroked his hair, "Even if we don't retire during this transfer period, we will leave sooner or later, you and Lanmao are young."

Jack was silent for a long time before accepting the reality.

"...That's true."

"Don't worry about one thing, the lineup next year will definitely not be bad," Gu Xing fed a sweet date, "Boss Ding is ready to maintain high investment, and asked me to prepare to negotiate during the transfer period. You will not treat VG unfairly if you renew your contract."

"I don't care about the lineup, even if I slump to the last place, I won't leave..." Yu Wenbo reluctantly accepted, "But for the sake of old Gu, I won't care about it."

He really doesn't care about the lineup next year.

Yu Wenbo's main point is to repay a favor. Since Gu Xing led him to win the championship and is a shareholder of VG, he is unwilling to leave unless something big happens.

"Come back often after retirement!" Jack shouted at the top of his voice, "Don't leave me alone!"

The loud and clear shouts spread across the empty beach, announcing the collapse of VG's Galaxy Battleship that had been maintained for two full years.

…

After staying in Han Country for just one day, VG boarded the plane back home.

Having just won the championship, they couldn't stop and had to attend the LPL's year-end awards ceremony.

At the same time, the first shot of the transfer period had already been fired.

There was another team that announced its collapse faster than VG.

WE.

957 announced his retirement, and Xiye and Mystic, the double C who had walked hand in hand since the difficult and hard times, also became free agents, which basically meant that their fate ended here.

60E cried and cried in major e-sports forums such as Weibo.

0, who they had placed high hopes on, completely fell apart!

The root cause of the disbandment was the lack of results.

If they could enter the World Championship once and make WE famous again, the team could last another year.

Unfortunately, the team has been in the 0th form for a total of 3 years, but the league results have been declining. This year, they didn't even make it to the bubble game!

The WE executives moved to Bengbu, and the talented newcomers in the team are getting older. The old veteran 957 is now out of gas.

When will they rebuild?

They decided to enter the replacement period of the old and the new early, and even found an ADC.

The old dream promoted from the second team has a pretty face.

As for why Gu Xing can understand it so clearly...

Because this year's award ceremony was held at the WE home stadium in Xi'an.

I think after Qujiang and the LPL official discussed it, they wanted to use this opportunity to promote their home stadium.

As soon as Gu Xing arrived at the backstage, he heard the WE members who came to accompany him mumbling about which clubs they should go to for trial training.

"Brother Xing, are you short of people?" Kangdi also approached Gu Xing with a shameless face, "I can go to VG, and I don't mind a lower salary!"

Mainly the platform.

Even if VG didn't win the third S championship, it was still the top club in the LPL region.

Not to mention after winning three consecutive championships!

At present, the dominance of the hardcore VC in major e-sports forums is terrifying. They go everywhere to start groups. The number of fans is not to mention half of the LPL. All 13 teams put together may not be as good as VC!

Kangdi is eager to go to a strong team to prove himself. VG, which currently has a vacant jungle position, is undoubtedly the best choice.

In the past, it was equivalent to taking advantage of a lot of fans left by Gu Xing for free. Who wouldn't want this?

Gu Xing glanced at him, showed a formulaic fake smile and refused, "Sorry, your playing style may not be in line with our requirements..."

Kangdi broke the casserole and asked persistently, "What aspect is it specifically?"

This stumped Gu Xing.

I just thought of an excuse to reject you. Is your EQ so low?

Gu Xing had to make up a story on the spot, "... You like to fight for punishment too much, which is contrary to our VG's consistent steady play style."

Kangdi sighed softly, "That's true."

He had many conflicts with VG, and the opponent's play style can only be described as steady.

Basically, they would not give the opponent a chance to fight for punishment, and rarely rely on the jungler to jump into the dragon pit to fight for punishment with the opponent's players in a disadvantageous game to try to turn the tables.

It is indeed completely different from Kangdi's self-proclaimed identity as a master of fighting for punishment.

"Let's cooperate again if we have a chance in the future." Kangdi saw that VG really didn't intend to take him, so he simply stopped while he was ahead and went to greet other club management, as if he was treating the award ceremony as an autumn job interview.

Gu Xing was not short of people around him. Rouji and others quickly filled the gap left by Kangdi's departure, and talked about him.

It can only be said that successful people are like this, and there is always no shortage of brothers around them.

Not only him, but also the other five VG players who also attended the award ceremony were surrounded by many players, holding them up high like the stars surrounding the moon.

"Brother Xing, who are you going to send to the German Cup?" Song Yijin was particularly concerned about this question.

Starting this year, the German Cup and the award ceremony were officially separated.

Previously, they were combined into one, and the ceremony was held after the German Cup finals on the same day, which led to the famous scene when Mr. Dai left the LPL division at the end of S6.

This season, the two types of activities were completely separated. According to Gu Xing's guess, it should be related to the intensity of the events. Now the mid-season schedule between the spring and summer seasons is getting longer, and the German Cup no longer needs to be divided into multiple events each year as before, and then the national finals will be held at the end of the year. Instead, it is only held once a year. There are too many participating teams, and the schedule calendar has also been lengthened. It is obviously not realistic to hold it together with the award ceremony.

"It should be the second team," Gu Xing shrugged, "Anyway, we are all here to train, so we should give more opportunities to the young people."

Song Yijin was excited when he heard this, "Okay, okay, our IG's first championship is coming!"

"Why, you want all the main players?" Shi Senming asked with concern.

"Three on the field," Song Yijin grinned, "Shyshy and Ning will rest, and I will participate with Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong."

"Hehe, I had five starters at that time, and I was very arrogant, as if I had locked the championship in advance!" Shi Senming curled his lips in disdain, "Rouji, don't underestimate VG's second team, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in it, all talented, and everyone speaks very well..."

He played in the second team for two days during the offseason and watched the training games between VGP and RYL.

It can only be said that the opponent was very heavy, and the Royal Club had no ability to resist!

In addition to the top laner 3sik, the mid laner Angel and the shooter Able, Shi Senming also paid special attention to the support players in the same position.

It is said that the guy is a newcomer who just joined from somewhere else this summer. His ID is very easy to remember.

Missing.

Judging from the paper strength alone, Shi Senming judged that even if VGP's monster newcomers have not fully grown up, it is not a problem for them to become the starting lineup of the weak LPL team.

If IG only has three starters, it may really suffer!

Rouji didn't care.

No matter how strong the second team is, it is still the second team!

What can they rely on to fight with our three starters?

VG sent out the entire second team lineup, which means that the German Cup championship is already in IG's pocket!

Gu Xing didn't want to think about trivial matters such as the German Cup. He looked around the backstage.

Thanks to his height, which is better than most professional players, Gu Xing can see every player in the spacious room without standing on tiptoe.

He found his target and waved to greet him.

"Wang Hu!"

Little Peanut, who had a gray hair, was playing and laughing with his teammate Lang Xing. Suddenly, he turned around and saw Gu Xing's face. His smile immediately became brighter and he jumped over.

"What are you looking for me for?"

"Come here, I want to tell you something..." Gu Xing pulled him to a corner and whispered.

Not long after, Little Peanut burst into a shrill cry, "Brother Xing, are you serious?"

"Ah Yixi, I really thought you were joking before!"

Lang Xing heard Little Peanut's scream mixed with excitement and was completely confused.

What happened?

…

“Welcome to the 2018 League of Legends Awards Ceremony!”

Dressing in a dark red Tang suit, Ren Dong strode onto the stage of the Qujiang WE home court and said loudly to the players in the audience, “This year is definitely a fruitful year for our LPL. From the mid-season tournament in the middle of the year to the first gold medal in the intercontinental tournament and the Asian Games exhibition event in the hot summer, to the global finals across the autumn, the LPL region has won all the official championships!”

“This awards ceremony is also intended to summarize the 2018 season and commend the players, coaches and clubs who have added luster to the region.”

“First of all, the Best Rookie Award!”

He smiled, “Please invite the 2017 Best Rookie Ming to come on stage to present the award!”

Shi Senming walked quickly onto the stage, and when he opened the envelope in his hand, the specific information of the candidates was given on the big screen on the scene.

This year is not only a fruitful year for LPL’s international awards, but also a large number of fresh blood in terms of rookies.

The best of the best were chosen, and the final nominees were Knight, Zoom, Xx, and Chao Wei.

To be honest, there was no need to choose. Winning the world championship in the rookie year basically determined the award, not to mention that the other three candidates did not even make it to the global finals.

Shi Senming glanced at the contents of the envelope, his expression was calm, and he was obviously prepared.

", Congratulations!"

Zheng Zhixun, who was over 185 cm tall, combed his hair into an adult look and put on a straight suit. He looked quite handsome.

Just don't laugh.

But when he saw Gu Xing sitting next to him, his irregular teeth couldn't help showing, and he took the initiative to stretch out his arms to hug his own jungler.

"Hurry up," Gu Xing couldn't bear it, and urged the small mid-lane to go on stage quickly, and reminded him by the way, "Speak to thank the club and fans, and then go down."

Chao Wei didn't listen at all, and rushed to the stage with his long legs.

I kept coughing, it's a bit hard to bear.

The main text will be finished tomorrow.

PS: EDG killed the opponent so quickly, is Ale gone now?