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Chapter 256 LPL in action, be sure to bring back Chen Sheng for his MSI debut
This MSI group stage will be held on May 5th.

After arriving in Sao Paulo, SKT did not rest for long and quickly plunged into intense and rigorous special training.

It lasted until the opening on the 11th, which was a slight relief from this crazy special training state.

Of course, this is not because of the kindness of the SKT coaching staff, but because the timeline has reached the official opening day of MSI.

On the 11th, six o'clock in the morning local time.

Everyone from SKT went downstairs to eat, and met everyone from LPL again in the restaurant downstairs.

This is not the first time they have met the LPL people.

Because the rooms booked in the official hotel are very close to each other, and there is a restaurant on this floor of the hotel, so recently, not only SKT and LPL, but also players from teams from all major competition regions around the world have often met here.

After several meetings, everyone in the LPL who was originally very curious about SKT gradually became accustomed to and adapted to the existence of this legendary team.

"Yiqiu, play well in today's game, it's the first game of MSI debut."

Letme waited until everyone else went to get food before taking the time to get in front of Chen Yiqiu.

Letme raised an eyebrow: "That's not necessarily true, Yiqiu."

"Okay, I understand, thank you, Junze."

"That's a shame."

"With so many LPL teams helping WE train together, the effect should be good, right?"

"You guys should work hard too... I'm sorry, RNG didn't advance this year, so WE should work harder."

Chen Yiqiu could feel the risk of Letme saying these words, and thanked him very solemnly.

"Oh... there is one more thing, brother, I need to remind you."

"...Or, in addition to wanting to defeat you, I also have other purposes."

Chen Yiqiu nodded, that was enough, and did not continue to inquire about these things.

"Sexy...harassment?"

"Hey...it's just...you know."

"Are you trying to 'inquire about the enemy' from me?"

In general, even if Chen Yiqiu occasionally spoke harshly to Bai Yun, Bai Yun would listen stupidly and not dare to refute.

Having made this clear, it would be strange if Chen Yiqiu still didn't understand.

"Do you think WE will be our opponent?"

Otherwise, as Chen Yiqiu continues to rise higher and higher, the pressure from LPL officials will gradually become unimaginable.

After spending a few days together, the two of them had returned to the original way of getting along.

Letme scratched his head anxiously, then said directly: "Do you really think that this LPL is putting so much effort just to win the championship?"

"That's all I can say. If I say any more, I won't be able to get away with it."

"...You mean, it has something to do with me?"

Chen Yiqiu was deep in thought. The two of them prepared a meal and found a seat to sit down together. He raised his head and asked, "By the way, how is the effect of your special training these days?"

Letme: "?"

Chen Yiqiu understood.

"If you had said this before, I would have accepted it, but this time our LPL has gathered the resources and strength of the entire region, and WE are not weaklings. They defeated RNG three to zero in this spring split, which is comparable to your record in the LCK. Same honor."

Not to mention letting Chen Yiqiu come back immediately, but at least keep the possibility of the new season open.

Letme sighed, with a sad tone, a bit sad for Spring and Autumn: "Yiqiu... As the saying goes, home is a safe haven, but in fact LPL has always been your home... Everyone wants you to come back."

LPL has always been your home and everyone wants you back.

There is even a possibility that Jin Yibo will be dismissed from Penguin Headquarters.

Letme shook her head sincerely.

Letme is a good brother. Seeing that Chen Yiqiu didn't ask any questions, he thought of another very important thing. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention here, then he lowered his head and whispered: "Recently... maybe Someone will 'harass' you, so please pay more attention to yourself."

"No, no, no... By the way, do you want to eat fried dough sticks? I specifically communicated with you two days ago. They are all bought from Chinatown."

"I think you really need to be careful, brother... Although I haven't had the chance to train with them these days, looking at WE's current strength, effectiveness, and backup tactics... it's really too much."

Chen Yiqiu pinched two fried dough sticks and motioned to Bai Yun.

Chen Yiqiu was stunned and failed to understand what Letme meant at the first time.

It seems that LPL officials are determined to take advantage of this rare international competition to have more direct contact with Chen Yiqiu.

Chen Yiqiu nodded with a smile.

"I won't eat anymore. I've been a little constipated recently and don't want to eat anything too oily."

"Yi Qiu, although I don't have much favorable impressions of the RNG management, but it's really okay for you to say that in front of me."

Chen Yiqiu asked back.

Letme smiled, quite proud.

"Hey, why are you so polite to me? You don't know..."

Letme's tone was cheerful, but also a little inexplicably excited: "Ever since we met before, everyone has known that I am so close to you... Oh, the one who caught me and asked questions about me has an even worse attitude towards me. An 80-degree turn.”

"Brothers didn't get this kind of treatment before. Even Bai Laoden was a lot more polite to me. Just tell me, brother has a good face."

"Haha, if you need, I can come a few more times."

Chen Yiqiu was not stingy in offering help to make Letme feel better.

Besides... didn't you just say a few more words to him in front of the crowd?
The importance LPL places on him is beyond his imagination.

To be precise, it should be that Chen Yiqiu still lacks a certain degree of understanding of his current status internationally and in the LPL competition area.

After all, it has been a year and a half since he left the LPL, and half a year has passed since the winter switch.

In the past six months, his impression of the LPL and his popularity in the LPL region have remained the same as half a year ago.

But in half a year, in the e-sports circle that was changing so quickly, he couldn't understand it in detail.

It's really inconvenient for people to live abroad.

Besides, he is usually so busy during training and competitions that he has no time to study these things carefully.

The two talked for a while and had breakfast. Someone from SKT already came over to call Chen Yiqiu.

The LPL side is similar.

The time has come and it’s time to go.

Chen Yiqiu said goodbye to Letme, returned to the team, and then everyone boarded the bus to the venue of this year's MSI group stage.

……

The 2017 MSI Mid-Season Championship Invitational, like the play-in tournament, will be held at the CBLOL studio in Sao Paulo.

After arriving at the venue, everyone from SKT quietly entered the backstage lounge.

Despite this, many foreign fans who had already gathered outside the venue early along the way were captured. The cheers and screams never stopped wherever they passed along the way.

In comparison, other teams from the same region did not receive this treatment from SKT.

As the team with the most popularity, the most honors, and the most fans in the league today, SKT has unparalleled dominance overseas.

This can be seen from the fact that there are so many SKT fans in the LPL division. To put it bluntly, most people in this world respect the strong, and if the strong can maintain their dominance, their fans will grow more and more until they become true history. Super dynasty team.

The current SKT is actually at this level, but if they lose games one after another and lose the S championship trophy, the building may collapse in an instant.

This is why Lee Sang Hyuk has always said that it is easy to win the championship but difficult to hold the position. It is the same as winning the country and defending the country.

"This is SKT, awesome."

"Everywhere you go, you get this treatment. It's always the home court, right?"

Everyone in the LPL who was on the bus behind SKT felt emotional when they saw this scene.

"Yiqiu is really good at it now. When will I be able to get to this point?"

Yan Junze looked longingly at the SKT people who walked into the passage without looking back as if they were walking with wind, and said something with emotion.

"Haha, what's the honor and level of others, and what's your level? You really don't have any AC numbers in your heart."

When Uzi heard this, he felt inexplicably harsh and couldn't help but reply.

"..."

Letme doesn't dare to talk back to Uzi. Since the puppy joined RNG, the team's original core Xiaohu has long been relegated to the second line, let alone Letme, who was just promoted this year.

The same goes for spicy hotpot.

All I can say is that the past was before and the present is now.

Times have changed, and the core has become a tool man. The bot lane AD is the boss of the team.

"You can't say that. Didn't Chen Yiqiu gain his current popularity by winning a S-level championship? Our LPL has not won an S-level championship in so many years. If anyone wins the first one, he will definitely be defeated in an instant. ”

Xiye said plausibly: "Especially this year's S competition is held for the first time in our country. Everyone, we will give you a preview today. You will definitely win!"

"I'm super, I'm so shocked!"

"6!"

"I have to give you a thumbs up for these words!"

Everyone in the carriage heard the sound and suddenly felt a lot more energetic.

No one wants to look up to others all the time, especially if there is one of their compatriots. It would be fine if SKT were all Koreans, but it is obvious that in this historical SKT, Reaper is the core of the core.

"Let's go, get out of the car."

Xiye didn't say anything more and took the lead to get off the bus.

After this period of resource help from the entire competition region and the results in training matches, Xiye is now looking forward to this MSI and is extremely confident.

He has never been the kind of person who is timid in foreign battles. The more competitions he enters, the better his condition will be.

He doesn't even believe that there really is such an invincible existence in this world. Unless it is a real god, there will always be a time when SKT will fail and even the dynasty will collapse.

So since SKT will collapse sooner or later, why can't they be the ones to bring down SKT?
Everyone walked into the backstage of the venue together with high spirits.

……

At the same time, another part of the scene.

Everyone from LZ who had just arrived yesterday and paid their own money to watch the game walked together and talked softly.

"Have you heard? It seems like all the strong teams in the LPL region are here this time."

"So many people are here? What are they doing? Do you want to watch the game at your own expense?"

The Rat King was puzzled.

"NONONO."

Gloria shook his head: "They all came here to train with WE. The entire coaching staff in the division worked hard together. It's really shocking."

"...It's amazing, they are so united."

Khan couldn't help but click his tongue when he heard this: "The LPL is really united. There is no way we in the LCK can do this."

What he said is true. Although it is different from the LPL he was in before, it is undeniable that no matter whether the LPL division wins or loses this time, the spirit of unity in other divisions is not available in the LCK for the time being.

This may also be related to the fact that LCK has always occupied the majority of international championships.

The competition area is recognized as the strongest competition area in the global league. Everyone is usually very competitive and would like to beat someone's head into a dog's head.

Where can we achieve this kind of heart-to-heart mutual help?

It would be good if there are no stumbling blocks.

Of course, whether this kind of unity is of any use, or whether the LPL division is truly united this time, we have to wait until the results of this MSI come out.

"I hope they can give Wanghu some help this time. The world championship... we didn't have the chance to win it at first. I hope he can win it and realize his dream."

Although Rat King and Grella have now left the Tigers and come to LZ, the friendship between the Tigers last year will not change.

That's why they paid out of their own pockets this time and came to the scene to support Xiao Huasheng.

For no other reason than to witness the last remnants of the Tigers break through the regrets and shackles of the original Tigers and successfully reach the top of the world.

"It will definitely happen. Yi Qiu and the others are so strong. SKT...these three letters have always been legends."

Gloria whistled, and at this moment, they seemed to have switched roles again.

From the position of being an enemy to SKT, I switched to the position of a supporter.

This is not a contradiction, and only they, who were once SKT's biggest opponents, understand the power and terror of this SKT team.

——They will bring a dominant visual feast to the world.

"Let's go, it's time to enter. Let's cheer for Wanghu together."

Everyone in LZ looked back and found a crowd of people behind them, striding into the venue.

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the MSI opening ceremony officially began.

SKT became the team that played in the finale of this year's opening ceremony, and they were different from other teams. After taking the field, Lee Sang Hyuk held the last MSI championship trophy in his hand, which heralded SKT's glory last year.

Last year, the same SKT team won the 2016 MSI Mid-Season Invitational championship, thus beginning their year-long legend of dominance.

In the passionate voice of the Brazilian host, the five SKT starters for this year's MSI appeared one after another. The spotlight shone on the seven SKT players in the center of the field, wearing new black and white team uniforms.

Everything is ready, SKT and other teams come off the stage, and the grand opening ceremony ends.

Five minutes later, the first game of this MSI officially started.

But SKT is not in the opening sequence.

This is also understandable. According to international practice, the opening match will be played by a local team.

And in order to get a good start, the host division will always arrange a weak team for its home team.

This MSI is no exception.

It lasted until today's third game, at 4:30 local time, SKT's first MSI schedule this year began.

In the 2017 MSI Mid-Season Invitational Championship, SKT’s first match was against WE.

This matchup was due to the "special relationship" between Chen Yiqiu and LPL, as well as various grudges last year, SKT stepped on RNG's lead and won the championship, etc.

It can be said that ever since the championship of this year's spring split was announced, it has been highly anticipated and attracted millions of attention.

So when the two teams sat in the game seats, the climax of today's MSI officially began.

(End of this chapter)