No one yet knew what kind of storms these young men currently occupying the top ten spots on the S6 end-of-season CN Server rankings would unleash in the LPL Region in the future.
At that moment, the climb was over, and the screen froze.
With trembling hands, Factory Director clicked open the rankings.
The first name he saw was Xu Cheng's—
ID: [Bro! Our family's rich now!]
Rank: Challenger, 1492 points
Ranking: 1
Win rate: 80.1%
Games: 89
...!
80.1%!
80.1%!!
There was nothing else in Factory Director's eyes now, just that dizzying string of numbers—
Challenger, 1492 points. National Server First. An 80.1% win rate...
He'd done it.
He'd really done it!!
This record surpassed the highest in LOL's seven-year history by a full 24.9%!!
The whole internet watched as history was rewritten!
Years later, in S10, a super-genius with the ID Canyou would set a new record with a 78% win rate, reaching the top of the Korean Server and causing an uproar around the world and a stir among the officials.
Now, Xu Cheng had reached the top of the CN Server with an 80.1% win rate. Though the S6 CN Server might not have been as strong as the Korean Server, it wasn't far behind.
And in the eyes of later generations, S6 was still a primitive era. The breaking of this record had already caused an even more unimaginable shock and uproar!
[80.1%! Holy crap! He's a god!!]
[He's too strong, this is ridiculous. With a win rate like that, he can look down on the whole world, can't he?]
[Data Monster! My superhero!]
[I'm on my knees! He's incredible! There are no words for how I feel right now!]
[Congratulations on your ascension, Grandmaster!]
[Congratulations on your ascension, Grandmaster!]
[Congratulations on your ascension, Grandmaster!]
[...!]
The livestream chat went wild, and gifts from the major pro teams flooded in.
At the same time, Factory Director, who'd been ready for this for ages, sprang into action.
There was no need to say anything else now. He didn't even congratulate Xu Cheng. He simply typed out a message at lightning speed—
[Bro, we've played together for so long, so you should know what I do. I've never lied to you. I really am Clearlove...7, EDG's jungler. You're incredibly talented, and I want to invite you to join EDG. You]
He was halfway through typing when Xu Cheng suddenly sent a few messages.
Huh?
Factory Director froze, then hurriedly looked over—
[Xiao Kai, I've got some things going on in real life lately, and I also need to think about my future, so I'm going to take a break for a while.]
[If you want to give me the money, send it to the address I sent you on WeChat. If you don't, that's fine.]
[By the way, whether or not you're a scammer, thanks for keeping me company all this time. Even if you really are one, it's fine. No one knows what happened between us, so no one will laugh at your lack of skill or say you held back your career, haha.]
[All right, that's it for now. I have to get home early today. Bye!]
??
????
Factory Director's mouth fell open. He almost instinctively hit send on his message.
But Xu Cheng's avatar had already disappeared. A system prompt appeared: This player is no longer your friend.
"What... does this mean?!"
"Why'd he run off?"
"Huh?"
Factory Director was completely dumbfounded!
He'd never expected Xu Cheng to reach the top of the CN Server and then make a run for it!
That's right. In his utter confusion, he didn't even notice, let alone guess, what Xu Cheng really meant—
Xu Cheng had said he was taking a break. He needed time to consider what to do next, not that he was quitting the game.
To Factory Director and everyone else, those words were clearly a "farewell letter"!
He'd even deleted him as a friend!
He hadn't said how long he'd be gone. Judging by the way he'd put it, had something happened in real life, forcing him to say goodbye to LOL for good?
That couldn't be!
I've worked my ass off for so long, day and night, waiting for the day I could finally pluck this peach. And now you're telling me the peach ran away on its own?
"Don't go, bro! Hear me out first!"
Factory Director was about to lose it.
"And I forgot to tell you, bro, I'm livestreaming!"
"The whole internet knows you're insanely good now. What are you doing, leaving at a time like this?"
That's right. Every time Factory Director saw the words [No one knows what happened between us anyway], he felt dizzy and wanted to throw up—
The whole internet was watching you. Every club, including mine, was getting ready to lay their cards on the table and recruit you.
I wanted to see your face when you found out!
Now that you've left, won't everyone lose their minds?
Unfortunately, there was no point in sending him anything now, because Xu Cheng was no longer on his friends list.
"WeChat! WeChat! Don't you have his WeChat?"
Abu was just as pale with panic beside him, and hurriedly reminded him.
"Oh, right, right, there's WeChat..."
Factory Director snapped back to his senses and hurriedly opened WeChat. He sent a few messages, and at least Xu Cheng hadn't deleted him there.
But...
Aside from an address Xu Cheng had sent not long ago, one that clearly wouldn't reveal any personal information about him...
No matter what Factory Director sent, the other side remained silent. There was no response at all.
Factory Director cried out, "Damn, I knew it! That bastard added me on a throwaway WeChat account! He's way too damn cautious!"
"It's over, it's all over. The meat was right in our mouths, and it got away!"
"...I told you to talk to him sooner! See? You said it was foolproof, said you understood him. You really understand him, don't you?!"
Abu took a deep breath, his mind just as muddled.
And as the two of them fumed, so flustered they could hardly tell friend from foe and started taking it out on each other—
The livestream viewers, along with the major clubs that had been ready to wage a "bloody battle" against EDG, all went into an uproar!
[???]
[Grandmaster!!! How am I supposed to live without you, Grandmaster!!]
[No way, did he really quit?]
[Taking a break and quitting aren't the same thing, are they...?]
[He deleted his friends, doesn't even want the money, and calls that taking a break? The Data Monster really isn't playing anymore!]
[Don't go! The LPL needs you! Lead us into battle one more time, Grandmaster! Waaaaah...]
[You're the only one who can save the LPL! Waaaaah!]
[Can someone tell me what happened? Didn't they say the Data Monster reached the top? What's going on in the livestream?]
"He ran off? EDG and Ming Kai are such idiots. How could they let him get away?"
"I'm losing it. What do we do?"
"This is great, this is great! The Data Monster and Factory Director were so close, we barely had a chance. Now we're all back at the same starting line!"
"...!"
Some were shocked, some confused, some stunned, some furious, and others delighted at the misfortune...
In short, the livestream had turned into complete chaos.
Before long, the news that the Data Monster had broken the record, reached the top, and announced on the spot that he was "quitting the game" spread like wildfire throughout the Esports Circle and across the whole internet.
In an instant, it was as if the mountains had collapsed and the seas had flowed backward.
Everyone went crazy!
"Find him! We have to find him! I refuse to believe he's played this long without leaving a single trace!"
"Whoever finds the Data Monster's real identity gets a hundred thousand yuan from me! First come, first served!"
"Damn it, Monster Dad, show yourself! This Esports Circle would fall apart without you!"
"...!"
For a time, the major clubs and the entire Esports Circle echoed with similar cries.
Everyone was genuinely panicking now.
They were truly afraid Xu Cheng would never play again. After waiting so long, they couldn't accept that possibility.
Elsewhere.
Xu Cheng had no idea that simply saying he needed to take a break to prepare for a competition had caused such a huge misunderstanding.
He'd been telling Factory Director the truth—
After everything that had happened lately, especially last night, he needed to think about one thing.
His future.
What should he do next?
Should he keep studying as planned, or become a professional player in a field he knew nothing about—a stranger, with a future that was anyone's guess?
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