In the League, but with the Taiwan Server System

In the League, but with the Taiwan Server System Author: Do You Drink Cola?

Synopsis:

Good news: I got hit by a truck, but I didn't die.

Bad news: I transmigrated to Ionia in the middle of a war.

Good news: I have a system.

Bad news: It's the Tencent Server System.

To survive in war-torn Ionia, Chen Ce had no choice but to use the Tencent Server System.

[Log in every day to receive 10–100 Essence!]

[Complete missions for tons of rewards!]

[Don't throw away unused equipment. Try fusing three together!]

[Start with 0 Essence. Skills can only be obtained by spending money!]

For two years, Chen Ce had been screwed over by the Tencent Server System. Two whole years.

As a transmigrator—and one with a system, at that—he had fought with everything he had, yet could barely keep himself alive.

In the end, he couldn't even save his own life.

After being surrounded by the Noxian Legion of invaders, his entire squad was wiped out.

Lying in a pool of blood, he finally couldn't hold back and cursed the Tencent Server System to its face.

And it was precisely because of that outburst...

[Taiwan Server System has descended!]

Chapter 1: The Taiwan Server System Crushes the Tencent Server System!

The ravens cried mournfully.

They had spotted food, and the smell of carrion was drawing them in, but the dying man's faintly twitching fingertips kept them from approaching.

Chen Ce lay on his back in the blood-soaked mud, his vision already stained red.

He weakly reached out to the side, but his hand touched only a cold corpse.

The impatient ravens drew closer. They were ravenous.

Chen Ce felt their sharp pecks, and the ravens' blood-red stares fixed on him.

At death's door, all he could do was force open his already ruined throat and summon the last of his strength for one tragic cry:

"Fuck the Tencent Server... I'm gonna fuck your mom...!"

Chen Ce had transmigrated to the world of League of Legends two years ago—yes, Runeterra.

As for why... that's not something I can reveal. It was probably just that the mental attacks from Teacher Dashun, Teacher Daba, and Teacher Dashi were so terrifying that they sent a player trying to climb the Summit of the Canyon rankings straight to the grave.

Chen Ce had transmigrated to Ionia, the homeland of Blade Dancer Irelia, Karma the Enlightened One, and Akali the Rogue Assassin.

His timing couldn't have been worse: the Noxian invasion was in full swing.

Fortunately, as a transmigrator, he'd received a bit of beginner's luck—he had a system.

Mm... The good news was that he had a system.

The bad news was... it was the Tencent Server System.

[Log in to the Tencent Server System every day to receive 10–100 Essence!]

[Essence can be used to exchange for champion skills. The cheapest only cost 450 Essence! (Note: Exchanged champion skills start at level one. To reach level two, you must exchange for the same skill twice. To reach level three, combine two level-two skills, and so on~)]

[You can accumulate "experience" by fighting champions. For every 100 experience, you'll receive a reward chest, which may contain a random champion skill or mysterious equipment! (Note: Reward chests require a key to open. Keys can be exchanged for in the shop for only 3,000 Essence~)]

[Too much useless equipment? Try fusing three together! (Note: Each equipment fusion costs 1,000 Essence~)]

[This system offers tons of daily missions. Complete them for great rewards! (Note: If you don't complete a daily mission on the day it's assigned, your progress will reset the next day~)]

[If the host feels there are too few or too troublesome ways to obtain Essence, this system can also offer a direct exchange option: exchange one day of your lifespan for one Essence. Exchange over 1,000 Essence at once to receive an additional 50 Essence!]

[The Tencent Server System wishes you a pleasant life~]

That was the system, all right...

At first glance, it seemed pretty good. It had a bit of everything, and the ways to obtain Essence weren't all that demanding. The cheapest champion skills cost only 450 Essence, which wasn't too expensive.

But... in reality, it wasn't like that at all.

First, there was the problem with skills. All the 450-Essence skills were useless, downright malicious skills. Take Kog'Maw's passive and Sion's passive, for example—they were skills you could only use after you died...

Meanwhile, genuinely useful skills, like Way of the Wanderer, cost tens of thousands of Essence, and that didn't even include the cost of upgrading them. Each upgrade cost twice as much Essence as the last...

Then there were those reward chests. After painstakingly finding a friendly champion to spar with for half a month, you might finally save up 100 "experience." Then you'd spend 3,000 Essence to open a chest, only to get a bunch of junk skills or equipment you couldn't even use...

And that so-called equipment fusion system was nothing but a damn Sword Graveyard. More often than not, fusing three pieces of equipment gave you the exact same piece of junk you started with...

There was no need to even mention the daily missions. They were called "daily" but read as "screw you." They were usually impossible tasks like "kill 100 Void creatures" or "remove a scale from Aurelion Sol the Star Forger," and if you couldn't finish them that day, your progress reset the next day!

The last option, "direct Essence exchange," was the worst of the lot. It took years off your life and was stingy to boot. Even a dog wouldn't take that deal!

All in all, this goddamn Tencent Server System was pure trash, the sort of thing no sane person could have come up with.

Honestly, even Karthus would have wasted his ultimate on the Tencent Server System's home.

So... Chen Ce had spent the past two years living a life worse than death.

Doing the dirtiest, most exhausting system missions, earning the smallest and most useless rewards, and constantly watching out for Noxian invaders who might chop off his head...

In two whole years, he'd only exchanged for one barely useful skill—Xin Zhao's Three Talon Strike, and even that was only level one.

As for equipment... after being screwed over a few times, he never wanted to touch those damn Sword Graveyard Chests again.

With nothing but that level-one Three Talon Strike, he'd barely managed to survive two years in war-torn Ionia. He'd killed a few Noxian invaders and earned a few insignificant merits.

But... if you walk by the river often enough, sooner or later you'll get your shoes wet.

Eventually, things went wrong.

The Noxian army surrounded his Resistance Army squad, wiping them out in barely half an hour.

The enemy had also stabbed him through the abdomen, leaving him at death's door.

With his last breath, he cursed the rip-off Tencent Server System to its face—the first time he'd raged at it in two years.

Now he lay on his back, letting carrion-eating ravens peck the rotting flesh from his body.

Death was just around the corner.

Maybe I'll get to see the legendary Kindred... he thought, the lamb in the mask...

His blood-blurred eyes slowly closed.

He quietly waited for death to come.

But just then, a strange voice suddenly rang out in his mind—a voice different from the Tencent Server System's. He knew the Tencent Server System's voice far too well. He was certain this wasn't it.

[Host can no longer tolerate the Tencent Server System. Taiwan Server System has descended!]

[The Tencent Server System is dead. The Taiwan Server System shall rise!]

[From this day forward, no more exploitation by the Tencent Server System! No more unfair treatment!]

[Taiwan Server System has removed the Essence system!]

[Taiwan Server System has removed the daily mission system!]

[Taiwan Server System has activated the [Long-Term Mission System]. Missions have no time limits, and progress will never reset!]

[Taiwan Server System has removed the [Skill Level System]. All skills are max level as soon as you obtain them!]

[Taiwan Server System has activated the [Champion Interaction System]. Simply interact with a champion—whether through affection, dislike, friendship, or hostility—to receive a chest, and no key is required to open it!]

[Taiwan Server System has improved the reward chest system and equipment fusion system, and removed the chance of receiving duplicate skills/equipment!]

[Taiwan Server System has given you a beginner's gift: [Choose a Skill] ×1]

[Choose one of the following three skills: [Meditation]; [Wild Cards]; [Event Horizon]]

Chapter 2: The Tencent Server System Was No More...

If this had happened at any other time, Chen Ce might have needed a moment to decide which skill to choose.

Meditation, Wild Cards, and Event Horizon—each had its own merits.

But now, he had only one choice.

[Meditation]

It was the only one of the three skills that could save his life.

After making his choice, he almost instinctively used the skill he had just learned.

In an instant, he felt his mind go completely blank, his consciousness entering an incredibly strange state.

In that state, he felt no physical pain at all, only a sense of mental relaxation.

Before long, his wounds healed at a visible speed, his sluggish blood vessels began flowing again, and his heart, which had almost stopped beating, became stronger than before.

That was the power of max-level Meditation.

After the brief meditation ended, Chen Ce wasn't completely healed, but at least he was no longer in danger of dying. He could move around normally, too.

He looked around. All his former comrades were lying on the ground. They were all dead.

"Sorry..."

Chen Ce went from one fallen comrade to the next, closing the eyes of those who had died with them still open. His heart felt heavy.

But... this was the norm.

The norm of war.

It was a stroke of luck that the Noxian Legion that had wiped out their squad hadn't come back.

After he finished, Chen Ce recovered a few of the newer weapons scattered across the battlefield, then composed himself and headed back the way he'd come.

At sunset, Chen Ce finally spotted a familiar cluster of buildings on the horizon.

The Resistance Army headquarters in Placidium.

This beautiful land had once been one of the holiest places in Ionia. Many people traveled long distances to study at its famous academies or meditate in its lush, untamed magical gardens. But now, the war had turned it into an entirely ordinary place.

Even so, Placidium had still given rise to Ionia's most outstanding Resistance Army leader—Blade Dancer Irelia.

At just fourteen years old, she had single-handedly severed one of the arms of Jericho Swain, a Noxian general, securing victory in the so-called Battle of Placidium, a battle hailed as a turning point in the war.

From then on, she became famous throughout Ionia and gradually rose to become the supreme leader of the Placidium Resistance Army.

And what Chen Ce had to do now was find the legendary young woman of the Xan House.

He dragged his exhausted body into the leader's office.

The beautiful and powerful Blade Dancer was sitting at her desk.

Her red bodysuit and silver armor clung close to her smooth, fair skin. Her long black hair, unbound, fell to her waist, and her pale blue eyes were as keen as a hawk's.

Years of training had given her legs clearly defined muscles. Framed and tightened by over-the-knee stockings, they showed a hint of softness, full and shapely.

Her still-developing chest rose above her slender waist, the bodysuit outlining a youthful beauty unique to her age.

Her delicate features made her look less like an outstanding Resistance Army leader and more like a stunning dancing girl adored by thousands.

The blades, each formed from a fragment of the shattered Xan House crest, hovered in a row behind her, elegant and deadly.

Her appearance was as exceptional as her skill with a blade.

"Good evening, Miss Irelia..." Chen Ce greeted her, looking rather weak.