I Gave You a New Name

Boom~

Chu Ran's words were like a sudden clap of thunder, leaving countless viewers, including those in his livestream room, crispy outside and tender inside from the shock.

Abu and the others were all dumbfounded.

What terrifying attack damage!

This was a peak that everyone else, including EDG, would be hard-pressed to reach.

The bullet comments in the livestream room instantly exploded, rolling past like a tidal wave.

66666, I was wondering why the World Championship trophy was always so white and spotless. Turns out it never had any stains!

Bro, I envy your talent, but please restrain yourself. I'm afraid you'll run into some unbelievable luck the day you step outside!

Pfft—I laughed so hard my prostate fluid came out. Whose general was this guy? He was even fiercer than Wu Zai!

Awesome. I've never admired anyone in my life, but I admire you.

Hahahaha, Bible! Welcome the LPL's new Bible!

At that moment, all the Imperial stans in Chu Ran's livestream room went completely insane, baring their teeth at their screens.

If they could beat Chu Ran up through the internet cable, they absolutely would not hesitate. All kinds of greetings for Chu Ran's family tree flooded in wildly.

Ran Chu, just you wait! Just you wait! I'm going to EDG Club right now to kill you!

No wonder a team like EDG was forever destined to stop at the quarterfinals with someone like Ran Chu around.

Ran Chu, is everyone on your family registry dead?

Classic. You can't beat them, so you slander them. I'm thinking, Ran Chu, you don't have any results either. What are you barking about? Is your name on the World Championship trophy? You're just a clown who knows how to ride trends!

Fuck, Ran Chu, can you go back to Gotham? Batman said he won't hit you anymore. Stop being a clown in the livestream room, begging for attention, okay?

Even second place and quarterfinals are better than you, Ran Chu. What the hell are you?

Little Dog was the world runner-up at seventeen. Do you have that? Do you? Ran Chu!

Seeing the dense flood of bullet comments standing up for him, Uzi's anger finally faded a little, though the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Chu Ran's line about the World Championship trophy never having stains had completely broken his defense.

There was no need to think about it. Once Chu Ran ended his stream, that line would definitely become an immortal classic Bible in the LPL.

"What the hell is Ran Chu barking about? He really understands it well when it comes to homophonic puns. He has no honors whatsoever, yet he loves to bark." Xiao Hu frowned and checked the time. It was already 12:30 in the morning.

"Uzi, stop looking. Go take a shower and sleep."

?

Uzi turned around and glared viciously at Xiao Hu, leaving Xiao Hu completely stunned.

"You really like showering?"

Xiao Hu instantly realized he had said the wrong thing. Embarrassed, he immediately changed the subject. "Ran Chu stopped talking. He got flamed until he was utterly wrecked. Uzi, your achievements alone would crush his face."

After thinking about it, Uzi felt that made sense and let out a long sigh.

There was really no need for him to get angry at someone like Chu Ran. As long as he won the world championship, he would slap all these haters' faces swollen.

A fan had once asked him this in his livestream room: "Little Dog, when are you going to win the World Championship?"

Uzi's answer had been: this year, at the Bird's Nest.

Aim for the Bird's Nest and the World Championship title!

But suddenly, just as Uzi was about to close Chu Ran's livestream room, Chu Ran's voice rang out again. "Mm, Uzi becoming world runner-up at seventeen is certainly something, but is there a possibility that I'll become champion at eighteen this year?"

"I officially debuted in the LPL this year. My professional career has only just begun, while your god is already approaching the end of his career. Maybe a New Hero will come out this year, and your god won't know how to play it again, leading to another quarterfinal or semifinal finish. That's not impossible, you know?"

"Of course, there's another possibility."

"It won't matter whether we go to Worlds this year or not."

Hiss—!

Upon hearing that, Uzi furiously slammed the table, producing a violent bang. His eyes were wide as bells, and heavy breaths came from his nostrils.

At that moment, he truly wanted to rush to EDG Club and have an Imperial City PK with Chu Ran.

"What the hell are you laughing at?!" Uzi glared at Xiao Hu, startling him. Xiao Hu immediately forced his smile away, but the bullet comments really were making it hard for him to hold it in.

Holy crap, that actually makes sense!

Worlds is boring. After some research, they decided not to go.

True. Bathing Dog's career has already been concluded, while Brother Easy is only getting started.

Garen builds Last Whisper and Infinity Edge—silence, crit, and defense broken!

I'm an Imperial stan, and I won't be able to sleep tonight.

Chu Ran's words landed a critical hit directly on the hearts of countless Imperial stans, driving them somewhat mad. They increased their firepower even more, frantically clicking report and even leaving low ratings for the Huya app across every major platform.

Huya's moderators and staff in charge were all confused. Who was stopping them from getting off work in the middle of the night?

When they looked closely, they discovered it was Chu Ran.

Well, that was fucking reasonable.

"Alright, it's getting late. Oh, right, I suddenly came up with a very fitting nickname for you guys just now. Looking at how you protect your master, don't you resemble some kind of extremely fanatical fan group?"

"So I'm going to give you a new name."

"GSL!"

"Doesn't it sound nice?"

The moment Huya's moderators heard that, they immediately banned Chu Ran's livestream room and forced him offline.

Too scary. Don't let the blood splatter on me!

As countless viewers stared at Chu Ran's black-screen livestream room, their brains were still somewhat frozen. But immediately after, a surging flood of bullet comments appeared in his darkened room!

Then the entire LPL scene was shaken. Chu Ran's stream that night had left countless Netizens unable to hold it together.

Of course, Abu and the others as well.

Holy crap, that attack damage was way too scary. One person holding off an entire army?

"Why are you looking at me? Didn't you tell me to start a fight with GSL? I followed your instructions. Let's see how much gold we farmed today first."

Chu Ran opened the backend revenue page and checked it. Several figures immediately appeared before his eyes.

603221.52.

"Feels great. Time to shower and sleep!"

Watching Chu Ran's back view, Ming Kai said to Abu, "I think you opened Pandora's box."

"Did I?" Abu froze. Thinking carefully, it did seem that way. Chu Ran had always made subtle insinuations before, but today, he had directly refused to leave Uzi and GSL any face at all.

"I can't hold it in anymore. GSL—how did he even come up with that name?!"

In an instant, while EDG Club was filled with laughter, the entire internet became flooded with trending searches—and it had only been minutes since Chu Ran ended his stream.

#Why is the World Championship trophy the cleanest thing in the world? Because it never has stains!#

#Imperial stans' new nickname: GSL!#

#What the hell is GSL?#

At RNG Club, Uzi stared at Chu Ran's black-screen livestream room. His little fatty face had turned purple-red, and he looked slightly deranged.

"Can you arrange a match between us and EDG right now? Immediately, this instant!"

"IM tomorrow, right? I want to be a commentator. I want to see Ran Chu get smashed with my own eyes! Manager, help me figure something out!"

Uzi swore he had never hated someone this much before. Wu Zai was disgusting enough, yet now there was Chu Ran too.

Back when Chu Ran was on RNG, he should have punched him a few times every day.

Just like Uzi, the moment countless Imperial stans learned they had been renamed GSL, they wanted nothing more than to kill Chu Ran immediately.

The main reason was that not long after Chu Ran spread the new name, it had already been accepted by numerous netizens. They collectively changed their tone from Imperial stans to GSL.

Overnight, the nickname GSL resounded throughout the entire LPL.

Meanwhile, Chu Ran took a shower and checked his Red Temperature Value. He had earned a total of thirteen points. All he could say was that he had profited like crazy this time.

Who told Abu to make him do it?

Anyway, Abu would be there to take the heat. Earlier, he had worried that EDG might not back him up if he went too far.

Now, even if they couldn't handle it, they had to handle it.

This time, Chu Ran did not draw any traits. He put everything into his attributes instead.

After all, he had already drawn three yesterday. That was enough for now.

Operational Ability: 86→90.

Awareness Acuity: 72→81

"Very good. I got stronger again. Time to jerk off and sleep!"

When Chu Ran woke up again, it was already noon.

After washing up and arriving at the training room, he saw the dark circles beneath Abu and several female operations staff members' eyes.

"Holy crap, are you all trying to become giant pandas?" Chu Ran was startled.

The operations staff glared at Chu Ran as if they wanted to kill him.

And he still had the nerve to say that?

If he had not started a fight with Uzi last night, would they have needed to work overtime?

Life at EDG was truly becoming impossible. Chu Ran had not only pissed GSL off half to death, he was trying to take their lives too.

"Brother Ran, take a look at Weibo."

"Oh."

Chu Ran opened Weibo. One notification after another immediately popped up on his phone, continuing for several minutes before finally stopping.

When he opened Weibo's trending list, he found that Weibo had exploded!

Basically, the things he had said during his stream had successfully sparked widespread discussion among LPL Netizens.

Fuck, that Ran Chu bastard, is he sick? His whole family are GSL!

@League of Legends Official, can you ban that Ran Chu bastard already?

The LPL is truly rotten. We love League of Legends so deeply, yet a professional player gave us the nickname GSL. Isn't that too heartbreaking?

Chu Ran must be banned, or I will never touch League of Legends again!

.

Correct!

League of Legends Official was completely numb. You GSL people disown others from their nationality every day. When you flame people, did you ever see those victims demanding that you be banned?

Besides, was Imperial stan even some great title?

But the issue was attracting too much attention now. Without some form of punishment, there was no way to calm these GSL people's anger.

Left with no other choice, they could only fine Chu Ran thirty thousand, hoping that, as a professional player, he would hold himself to strict standards.

When Chu Ran saw the official announcement, his expression instantly darkened.

"Fuck! Why? So Uzi going AFK is professionally ethical?"

"Manager Abu, I don't care. You told me to start a fight with GSL. The club has to pay this fine."

Abu forced out a smile and nodded, regretting it so much his intestines had turned green.

Why had he told Chu Ran to start a fight with GSL in the first place? He should have just let GSL talk about that Dead Sister Bu incident.

Now things were great. Not only was the club caught in a huge controversy, but he himself had not slept all night.

"Starting lineup: Little Ran top, Zhiming jungle, Scout mid, Zet and Meiko bot. No problem, right?"

Suddenly, Zet let out a howl and shouted in Korean, "No problem!"

Scout's lips also curved upward. It was finally his turn to play. Today, he would shock everyone. Facing IM's second team would be easy enough.

Chu Ran, on the other hand, did not look very happy. Deft quickly walked over, patted his shoulder, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? The club is paying your fine. Why aren't you happy?"

"It's not about the fine. It's why does that idiot AJ say he's more handsome than me? And why the fuck does he call me a bastard? No wonder the comments flaming me the moment I woke up were all calling me bastards."

Hearing that, Ming Kai burst out laughing. "AJ is known as the LPL's ancient-style handsome man. He's also copying you by posting on Weibo before the match to build hype. If he beats you, who knows how many GSL people will become his fans."

"Oh? Is my attention really that easy to ride?"

Chu Ran immediately opened the Weibo editor, casually typed out a few lines, added an image, and directly clicked Send!

A short while later, AJ, who had already arrived at the Backstage Lounge in Shanghai's Zhengtai Plaza, saw Chu Ran's Weibo post and was so angry he laughed.

"What did he say?"

IM Head Coach Sun Dayong curiously asked. He was rather interested in Chu Ran.

The attention surrounding today's match was enormous. He had to cherish what might be the greatest opportunity of his entire life.

Just like AJ, why could Chu Ran become EDG's starting lineup top laner while no one considered promoting someone from their second team?

And why, after Abu had been promoted to manager, would EDG rather hire an LCK coach like Nofe than give Sun Dayong a chance?

People fought for pride; Buddha fought for a stick of incense.

The entire internet was watching this match. While GSL only hoped that IM could beat up EDG, this was an opportunity for every member of IM.

If they performed well in this match, even if they could not make it onto EDG's first team, they could still catch other clubs' eyes. Maybe they would embark on a path toward promotion and higher pay.

Everyone was making a living in the LPL. Who would not want their own value to rise a little higher?

After hearing Sun Dayong, AJ immediately handed his phone over. "See for yourself. This guy is really something."

Sun Dayong looked carefully. Several lines immediately appeared before his eyes.

EDG-Easy:

@IM-AJ, bastard, please fucking call me handsome. Is there anyone in the LPL more handsome than me?

Once the match ends, the entire internet will be filled with two kinds of cries.

One will be screams, for me. So handsome!

The other will be wails, for you. So fucking bad!

The moment Chu Ran's Weibo post went out, Weibo directly exploded.

People from every side gathered in his comment section to show off their skills.

Handsome? My ass!

Ran Chu, what kind of workhorse are you? Screams will all be for you? Since you like screaming so much, why don't you go get an endorsement from Scream energy drink?

Get lost. You have no skill, yet you fucking love pretending. Is pretending an attitude too?

I don't even know what you'll play after Camille and Fiora are both banned today. Ban two champions and you'll retire on the spot.

?? Watch what you say. What do you mean you're the LPL's most handsome? Are you more handsome than our Rui Can?

Today's protagonist is our Little Junior. Stop fucking stealing the spotlight. Just honestly play a tank and wait for our Rui Can to carry.

Ran Chu really had no self-awareness. He seriously couldn't tell the difference between the big joker and the little joker. The screams were for our Rui Can, got it?

EDG's Backstage Lounge.

Scout looked at the comments on Chu Ran's Weibo and immediately laughed. "Sorry, my fans were a little rude. Don't take it to heart."

"Don't worry, I'm not that petty." Chu Ran waved his hand.

"Then play a tank later. I'll carry this game. Top laners should be playing tanks, looking after the jungle and supporting mid and bot. We'll split the minion gold seventy-thirty."

"Why do I only get seventy percent?" Chu Ran raised an eyebrow. The words somehow sounded familiar.

Meiko laughed and softly chimed in, "Brother Ran, that seventy percent belongs to them. Whether you even get thirty depends on the mid laner and ADC's moods."

"Whose moods?"

"His? Or his?" Chu Ran pointed at Scout and Zet.

Nofe cut in from the side. "That thirty percent depends on how well the AD carry and mid laner are doing, so I think you'd better play a tank in the first game. As a top laner, as long as we win, what's the difference between getting carried and carrying? It's not embarrassing."

"A little embarrassing."

"You don't need to worry about it. Just play a tank later. I'll carry this game, and you protect me while I play. Jungler, come mid more often. If you don't want to play a tank, hurry up and notify Ah Guang now. Let Ah Guang come."

Chu Ran froze and looked at Scout in disbelief. People said Scout was overbearing, but he had never expected him to be this overbearing.

The match hadn't even started, and he was already making arrangements?

Playing a tank wasn't a problem. After all, this was the era of the Three Divine Generals of top lane, along with tank Fizz top. But the way Scout spoke rubbed Chu Ran the wrong way no matter how he heard it.

And he even told him to get Ah Guang here. Was he threatening him?

Pawn would never force him to play a tank or a fighter. They would discuss it together.

Chu Ran had never suffered this kind of grievance in his life. So Scout was bringing LCK bullying into the LPL now?

There wasn't anyone in this world born capable of bullying him.

Thinking that, Chu Ran grinned and crooked a finger at Scout, signaling for him to lean closer.

Scout walked over in confusion, and several words instantly Jumped out of Chu Ran's mouth.

"Do you think you're worthy?"