"Are you sure you've got this? Absolutely certain there won't be any problems?"
EDG was especially busy today. The management staff hurried back and forth through the training room, periodically pulling out a contract to revise.
Abu, standing nearby, asked in a serious tone.
He was no longer as dismissive of Xu Cheng as he'd been at first. After observing him for so long, everyone at EDG—
from the big boss, Ai De Zhu, down to the players—was now looking forward to Xu Cheng joining them.
As everyone knew, Data Monster had only one friend in the Esports Circle: his Ancestor Saiwen, Ke Li Er La Wu!
"Absolutely no problem. I know him."
Factory Director smiled with complete confidence.
Give me a break.
He was Ke Li Er La Wu, Zhuge Kaiming! Was his reputation for nothing?
Even though Xu Cheng still held on to that last bit of wariness toward him, after spending so much time together, Factory Director was already seventy or eighty percent sure he could win him over.
"Don't worry. The other clubs don't stand a chance. After all this hard work, tonight... we'll finally reap the harvest."
Factory Director reassured Abu, then turned serious. "But before that... there's one more thing."
"Can he reach the top tonight, or not?"
"It's almost time. Let's start streaming."
Factory Director glanced at the time and started his livestream.
As soon as the stream went live, its popularity shot up in leaps and bounds, visibly climbing by the second—
Lately, Factory Director wasn't the only one who'd gotten used to waiting for Xu Cheng every afternoon. Countless viewers and people in the scene had also gotten into the habit of gathering in Factory Director's livestream.
It seemed to have become one of the Esports Circle's daily routines.
Watching Data Monster mess around and clown on stream, then casually reveal his terrifying talent, was a rare bit of fun during this boring Off-season.
Especially today.
For everyone who'd followed the whole journey, it felt like the finale.
Could Xu Cheng reach number one while maintaining that absurd win rate, the one that had already set a historic record?
Super-talented players like Ah Shui, who still ranked above Xu Cheng, were sharpening their knives, eagerly awaiting the showdown.
For all the clubs, tonight was also the end of a long race to keep pace.
After all this time maneuvering against each other, they'd all sensed that the others were ready to lay their cards on the table.
So.
Everyone had shown up. Even the owners and managers had made time to enter the livestream—
just like Ming Kai, they believed tonight would be a season of harvest for the LPL.
As for who would come away with the prize, that depended on each club's ability.
"Tonight... it's quite the crowd."
Factory Director glanced at the livestream's VIP list, then at the stream, where the viewer count and gifts were both through the roof.
"Thanks for all the support... I'll skip the small talk and check if he's online..."
Factory Director checked Xu Cheng's ID. As always, he came online right on time—not a minute early, not a minute late.
[Bro, bro, I'm ready over here. We're at the final stage of the event, so don't let up now!]
[Let's start.]
Xu Cheng wasn't as talkative as he'd been in the previous few days. Factory Director was a little surprised, but didn't think much of it.
Once everything was ready, Xu Cheng began his push for National Server First.
In his very first ranked game, he ran into Ah Shui, Liu Qingsong, Lin Weixiang, Dopa, and the other strongest opponents on the CN Server.
His teammates weren't bad either, but after nearly forty minutes of hard fighting, they still lost.
His win rate dropped a little. No matter—he queued again.
After that, Xu Cheng's results kept going up and down. His points continued to rise, but at a pace several times slower than before.
More often than not, he'd win two games, then lose one.
The battle was so tense that viewers across the internet watched with pounding hearts. Factory Director was sweating bullets.
S6!
What a great season. This clash of the gods brought together nearly all the pillars of the LPL Region in the years to come!
"Damn, I can't hold him back! This guy keeps getting stronger the more we play. I don't think we can stop him!"
Ah Shui and the others were sweating too. After an entire afternoon of grinding, Xu Cheng had climbed into the top five.
His win rate was now holding steady at 79.4%.
The scores among the top five weren't far apart. If he won just a few more games, he'd take first place.
"It's fine. Just do your best."
"Honestly, it's been ages since I've had this much fun playing. No matter how intense things get normally, it's nothing like having everyone pull together and work toward the same goal!"
Ning Wang grinned. "Bro, no matter how things turn out tonight, we've been absolutely fired up!"
"More hype than a protein shake!" Xiao Tian said sarcastically, and then they all queued up again.
"1470... First place has 1489, so he's only 19 points behind... Almost there. Two more wins at most, and he'll hit both the score and the win rate!"
In the livestream, Factory Director had long since held his breath, staring fixedly at the leaderboard.
The viewers' comments flew by—
Everyone knew the moment they'd been waiting for was about to arrive.
"It's over. He's at 1480 now, and his win rate has climbed too. One more game, and he'll reach first place and an 80% win rate!"
A second computer beside him displayed the latest match results.
Everyone's hearts tightened.
Here it comes. It's finally happening.
"One last game... and time's almost up. The leaderboard's about to refresh. If he loses this one, there won't be another chance this year."
Xu Cheng's rise in the rankings was one reason for the rush to gain points during this period. Another important factor was that S6 was about to end, and S7—the new season—was about to begin.
After tonight.
S6 would vanish like smoke in the wind, and a brand-new legend, S7, would officially begin.
At this moment, at this point in time, every escape route Xu Cheng had was already blocked off.
"Let's go all out one last time for S6!"
In their group chat, Ah Shui rallied everyone. Countless super-talents who'd later become household names clicked the ranked queue for the final time in S6.
Xu Cheng did the same.
Buzz.
He found a match.
"Who's on whose team? Who got matched with Data Monster?"
Ah Shui asked anxiously.
Since the matchmaking system didn't put players into fixed teams, sometimes a game's odds shifted dramatically the moment the teams were assigned.
Like this one—
[It's over! Fate's on Data Monster's side! He got matched with Ah Shui and Dopa...]
[Looks like he'll probably win...]
[Let's go, let's go, let's go! I can't wait!]
[Let's crown the new king!!]
"Ah... honestly, that previous game already decided the outcome."
Ah Shui sighed.
How many tense, dangerous games had Xu Cheng been through during this stretch?
He'd survived countless hell-difficulty matches. What difference could this last one make?
The result had been decided long ago. They just couldn't bear to give up the thrill of pushing for points together, all of them burning with the same goal.
And they couldn't bear to let go of S6.
Next year, they'd enter the LPL. After that, they probably wouldn't get another chance to throw themselves into something like this together, with the same wild abandon, even when they were old...
Of course, even though they knew they probably couldn't change the outcome, everyone still gave it everything they had.
It was the sincerity they'd brought to this group effort, and the greatest show of respect they could give Xu Cheng.
When Xu Cheng's team finally destroyed the enemy's Crystal Nexus and the screen froze,
it was as if everyone let out a long breath.
They'd reached the finish line of this marathon.
Whatever the result, they'd done everything they could and had no regrets.
"Congratulations! Data Monster is a beast! First on the CN Server with an 80% win rate—the highest in seven years. A new record!"
"Congrats, my Monster Dad! I used to doubt you, but now I'm willing to call you big brother!"
"Hahaha, that was so satisfying! We lost, but the rest of us still placed pretty well..."
Everyone laughed and joked around, not all that down or disappointed.
After all, they'd started out as a bunch of lazy guys with terrifying skill but mediocre rankings.
Who'd have thought that after Xu Cheng stirred things up, their rankings would all end up so high at the end of S6?
Now, time had passed, and everything was set in stone.
Here were the final King rankings of S6:
1. [Bro! We're rich now!] 2. [Zuo Shou] 3. [Ning God] 4. [Xiao Wang Ba] 5. [JackeyLove] 6. [Ming God] 7. [Xiang Xiang Da Cong Ming] 8. [Dopa] 9. [Si Po Shang Kou] 10. [MLXG]
With a true wise ruler on the throne and a court full of fierce ministers!
S6, full of thrilling rivalries, had ended. The legendary classic S7 had begun!
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