AI Virtual Game Player

The opposing mid-lane Garen and bot-lane support Alistar had somehow made their way to top lane and were even lying in ambush in the brush.

Garen silenced her with his big sword, Fiora dealt damage, and Alistar auto-attacked.

Annie's health bar instantly lost more than half.

Darius hurried over to support, but Alistar's stun skill was released right after, and both of them were controlled at the same time.

Just like that, Annie didn't even get the chance to cast a skill before she died on the spot.

Jiang Wanxin screamed, "Honey, I'm running! I'll avenge you later!"

The low-health Darius flashed away, only for Fiora to flash after him and kill him with her ultimate.

Li Nanguang, who had just arrived to support, could only look at the two corpses and sigh. "They're premade too."

At that point, the other side stopped pretending and started teamfighting.

First the top tower was pushed, then they grouped for a wave at mid tower, taking Annie under the mid tower while they were at it.

After that, they charged toward the lower river.

Li Nanguang placed a ward at the dragon pit. "They're getting ready to take dragon. Big Lin, you two come over and harass them. I'll steal it."

Lin Qiye replied, "Alistar still hasn't used Flash. If we get controlled, the two of us are dead too."

That was what he said, but the two of them still headed toward the river, deliberately spacing out their positioning.

Sure enough, the other side had gathered at the dragon pit. Relying on their advantage in numbers, they paid no attention to the harassment and seemed ready to take dragon in one go.

Just as the dragon was low on health, Li Nanguang's Zed cut in, preparing to finish it off with Smite.

Who would have thought that the opposing Alistar would flash into the dragon pit and release the stun skill he had prepared long ago?

"Fuck." Li Nanguang let go of the mouse and held his head in both hands. "Experts. They're definitely experts. Let's surrender this one."

They should surrender. It wasn't like everyone was playing professionally. They didn't have that strong a competitive streak, and since they knew they couldn't win, there was no need to keep going.

They just waited for the fifteen-minute mark to arrive, then pressed the surrender option.

As for letting Intelligent AI control his character for a comeback carry show, Lin Qiye didn't even consider it. This was a public place. Everyone could see his hand speed and mechanics, so he would definitely give himself away.

As for the other side, they had clearly realized Lin Qiye and the others' intentions too. They showed off their mechanics in every possible way, pushed towers all the way to the nexus, and even wanted to go for fountain kills.

This kind of humiliation made Li Nanguang furious, and he started flaming. "You think stomping noobs in matchmaking makes you something? If you've got the guts, solo us. We'll play for prizes."

So-called playing for prizes was a code phrase around University Town. It meant a match with stakes.

The other side understood. Alistar, who was dancing by the fountain, replied, "No problem. Ten big bills. You dare?"

Before Li Nanguang could answer, the onlookers behind him started shouting.

"Take him on! Don't embarrass Southwest University of Industry!"

"Exactly! Take this game. I'll help you find people. Platinum at least."

Even more people were just there for the spectacle, and they all urged Li Nanguang to agree.

Li Nanguang hesitated, but Lin Qiye was thinking about the benefits of this.

The Internet Cafe had only just gained some fame. If he launched a League of Legends Internet Cafe tournament on top of that, it would definitely make a name for itself in University Town.

This match was a perfect beginning.

He spoke up. "Glasses, play it. I'll cover the prize."

With his good brother's support, Li Nanguang no longer hesitated and tapped on the keyboard. "Leave your QQ number. We'll contact you in a bit. Whoever chickens out is a dog."

"No problem." The other side left a string of numbers.

Now the Internet Cafe grew lively, and people took out their phones one after another to notify their friends.

The boys who had nothing to do at night and were wandering around the dorms and every corner of Fallen Street were immediately drawn over in a wave of gaming fans.

At the same time, Li Nanguang was also looking for temporary team members.

There were plenty of gaming experts at Southwest University of Industry, but not many who could come over and help at this hour.

Li Nanguang made several calls, but still couldn't gather a full team.

Seeing this, Lin Qiye found an excuse and returned to the office.

At the office computer, Lin Qiye tapped on the keyboard.

"Can you play games?"

[No problem at all, but training is required.]

"How do you train, and how long will it take?"

[Please specify the game type.]

"League of Legends. I need you to train a character that can solo the entire match."

[Understood as a powerful game character capable of independently handling all situations.]

[This requires comprehensive analysis of the game data and targeted training for countermeasures against various changes.]

[Some League of Legends data reserves are available. Training can proceed.]

[Since this game had so many characters, fully training them all would require a great deal of time.]

"Then specialize in one character. How long would the training take?"

[Recommendation: use Blitzcrank. He possesses an extremely long-range targeted attack-and-control skill. As long as accuracy meets the standard, he is suited to all kinds of situations.]

[Estimated training time: thirty minutes. This will require all of the Internet Cafe's Computing Power.]

"Then start."

Lin Qiye left the office and announced loudly, "There's a minor issue with the Internet Cafe's equipment. We need to shut everything down for half an hour. Please understand."

Half an hour was not long, so everyone instead gathered around Li Nanguang and started discussing the upcoming match.

"Did you settle it? What's the other side's background?"

"I just looked at their QQ signature. Seems like they're a college team from the coast."

"No wonder they've got some skill. Have you found enough people? If not, I'll go find someone from another school. Someone will definitely come."

Lin Qiye cut in, "I've got an expert here, someone who specializes in Blitzcrank. He's really good."

Li Nanguang immediately grew interested. In high-level games, there were not many people who could play Blitzcrank well. In a match, as long as he managed to hook the other side two or three times, victory was often decided.

"Where is he? I'm only short one support."

"He's out of town. Add him in-game in half an hour."

Half an hour later, the Internet Cafe returned to normal. Li Nanguang could not wait to turn on a computer and log in to the League of Legends client.

Sure enough, he saw a friend request. He accepted it right away, then typed to ask, "You're the one Big Lin introduced? What rank are you?"

The account with a string of numbers as its name replied, "This is a new account. It doesn't have a rank yet. I'm only good at Blitzcrank."

"Fine. We'll play a game in a bit. Just perform well."

There was not much ceremony to this kind of spur-of-the-moment match. Once everyone was present, they could start.

Then both sides picked their champions.

Li Nanguang was still playing jungle, but he had switched to Nidalee.

Then it was Blitzcrank supporting Caitlyn, Gangplank top, and Lissandra mid.

The opposing lineup was: Darius top, Cassiopeia mid, Vel'Koz jungle, Miss Fortune and Thresh bot.

While waiting at the fountain for the match to begin, Li Nanguang typed out some encouragement: "Brothers, play well. Big Lin said that if we win, all the prizes are ours. Two cards each."

Their morale rose at once.

The match began.

Top and mid traded back and forth, probing each other in a stalemate.

The junglers also focused on farming.

But something happened in bot lane.

When both sides reached level two, the enemy Thresh threw out his hook, only for Blitzcrank to dodge it easily.

At the same time, Blitzcrank's claw brushed past Thresh's body and grabbed toward Miss Fortune.