“Ahhhh, my eyes. Uzi is here, Uzi is actually here!!!”

“Smlz, I didn’t think that a cold person like Smlz will actually come to God Kun’s streaming room!!”

“Haha, Smlz is imperious. He didn’t just come himself, he even brought five with him. This time, the bot-lane is definitely a winning lane.”

“The one on top is bull shitting. The strongest bot-lane is Uzi and Mata. My great RNG is invincible!!!”

“In a fair analysis, Uzi’s skill is indeed a little better than Smlz. But in terms of who is most suitable for this match, it is undoubtedly, Smlz and five as they have better coordination.”

“Hurry up and see, Pyl is also here!”

“Holy crap, what situation is this? Is this a mass gathering of the professional players?”

“Haha, Mor is also here. The choice for support is going to be lively.”

“Mor is considered nothing!!! Field is here! Oh oh oh, I am willing to bend over for him!!”

“Field, Field!!!”

“Field, Field, I love you, just like the mouse love rice!!!”

(TL note: This is actually a parody of the song Mice Love Rice)

“The one above is born in the 1980s, right? Auntie, hurry up and go back to feed some milk to your baby. Don’t snatch our Field!”

“Please give me some information, who is Field?”

“Will the one on top please take care. But before you die, I can help you to clear up the confusion. Field is our EDG Support, Meiko. I can predict that you will be flamed by a group of Meiko fans so much that you cannot live properly.”

…

One had to admit that the EDG Support, Meiko was truly very popular. With his sweet-looking face, he was truly able to massacre both men and women.

As more professional players gushed in, Xiao Ran’s head was swelling.

There might be a lot of powerful reinforcements and he was able to pick a lineup as he pleased, but this was a damn hurting matter!!!

Who should he or shouldn’t he pick?

This was really hard to handle.

Just as Xiao Ran was feeling very troubled, Clearlove spoke, “Meiko, don’t play this match. Bot-lane’s coordination needs time to be nurtured. Your Deft is probably in the opposition’s streaming room.”

A joke from Clearlove had caused an uproar in the streaming room, causing a new flood of messages.

When Uzi read Clearlove’s comments, he said, “Then let Smlz and five to play this round. If they lose, I will follow up with the next round and brandish my great Vayne.”

When the others saw that even Uzi had given way, they had abandoned the thought of fighting for the spot.

Furthermore, when Clearlove said that Deft was in the opposition, who would have the confidence to be undefeatable in the lane with Deft?

Among the country’s ADC, there weren’t many players who would dare to claim such things.

After confirming all the positions, Xiao Ran invited everyone and waited for Dopa’s side.

In fact, Xiao Ran could already start an arranged match with Dopa as they both had five members.

Be it Xiao Ran’s side or Dopa’s side, they belonged to each respective team and if they started an arranged match, there would be lesser trouble.

Hence, even though it was a 5v5, they would rather try their luck in the queue and wouldn’t start an arranged match.

Furthermore, this was the fight to decide the no.1 rank in China’s server and an arranged match didn’t involve LP.

“Report, report!! The opposition’s bot-lane is Mata and Deft.”

“WTF, bot-lane is in danger.”

“Smlz, you have to strive hard for China’s ADC!!”

“Good luck five. In this fight against Mata, you have to make your name in this match!!!”

“Latest news, the opposition’s top-laner is MaRin.”

“God damn, this isn’t a fight between God Kun and Dopa, this is obviously a fight between China and Korea!”

“F**k them, the LPL spent so much money to hire these Korean players and they are actually working together to go against our China!!!”

“F**k. Deduct their salary. Damn it, they are already taking our money and they still play against us!”

“That’s right, these Koreans are earning millions annually, they are worth ten times or more than ten times higher than our China players. But there isn’t any difference in skill level!”

“Mother f**k. Who knows the opposition’s jungler?”

“Jungler? Korean jungler? Apart from Vici Gaming’s DanDy and Newbee’s Swift, who else can there be?”

“Hahaha, Korea’s junglers are all used up. Why don’t we lend them one? RNG’s Mlxg or WE’s Condi are all still sitting on the bench.”

“The news is confirmed, the news is confirmed, the opposition’s jungler is DanDy. All of the positions are confirmed. Dopa has already started adding the people.”

It was truly hard to get queued into the same match as there were plenty of players.

But in the elite 5v5 match, there were only a small bunch of teams and it wasn’t hard to get queued together.

After clicking ‘Start Game’, Clearlove asked, “God Kun, what team composition are we going to use?”

“Eh…”

Xiao Ran was actually having very complicated emotions. These were the country’s elite professional players. Was he able to command them?

But Xiao Ran didn’t expect Clearlove to give the authority and asked for his opinion.

No wonder he was an elder class figure. His macro-view was strong and he looked at the bigger picture!

In fact, Clearlove knew that this group of people would yield. If he was leading, the others might not raise any objection but the important point was whether they would listen.

But it was different if Xiao Ran made the decision.

Firstly, everyone was here to help him. They had also had the opportunity to form the best team and go against the Koreans because of him. It was very reasonable to follow his lead.

Secondly, these people had queued with Xiao Ran in matches before and the only difference was the number of matches. Be it as an opponent or a teammate, all of them knew that Xiao Ran was a person adept at leading others. Previously, most of the people had once doubted his predictions, but after verification, his command accuracy was at an astounding 100%!!!

Clearlove had even discussed with Aaron whether to recruit God Kun into EDG. But due to various reasons, they had given up.

(TL Note: Aaron is EDG’s Coach)

After all, EDG’s current lineup was very stable and it was also their strongest lineup. If they casually changed it, there was a huge risk.

Xiao Ran had only started for a short time and was still a rising talent that had to be tested.

Hence, Aaron and Clearlove decided to observe first and if they really couldn’t resist, they would recruit Xiao Ran to the second team first.

In today’s no.1 rank match, it was also considered a small task that Aaron had given Clearlove: To carefully observe Xiao Ran’s skills.

Since Clearlove had spoken, everyone agreed.

Xiao Ran cleared his throat before speaking with appreciation, “Firstly, I would like to thank all your great players for turning out and assisting me. I know that all of you have busy training schedules and don’t really have time to play ranked matches, hence, a Korean has been allowed to occupy the no.1 rank of China’s server for many years.”

“Our goal and wish are all the same… That is to take back the spot of China’s no.1 rank!”

“All these years, we have frequently witnessed Korean players’ pride and arrogance. Our China is a grand and great country, we are not inferior to any of the elite countries.”

“Right now, China’s server had been dominated by foreigners for many years and to us, Esports players, it is a kind of humiliation!!”

“Let us take back the no.1 rank of China’s server together. Not only so, but we will also bust down all of their lanes and show all the Esports players in the world that our great China isn’t inferior to any country in any aspect!”

“I, Xiao Ran, swear as a descendant of the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Thearch: If I don’t win and reach the no.1 rank of China’s server, if I don’t blow off the opposing Korean players, I will retire from the streaming world and never come back!!! Those that wish to cheer us on, please type 1 to support us!!!”

After this series of statements, the entire streaming room had exploded, every viewer had flared up with boiling blood as though they were in a frenzy.

“111111111! Host, if you really do it, I will clear out all my wealth to make sure you are the no.1 rookie.”

(TL note: 1 in Chinese can be pronounced as ‘yao’ which sounds like ‘want’)

“111111!”

“11111!”

“Putting aside everything else, I fully support the host just because of these statements. Host, if you really reach the no.1 rank in China’s server, I will not brag, I will immediately gift you with $50,000 worth of presents.”

“11111!”

“11111!”

“1111, support the host! China’s server no.1!”

“111, God Kun, if you reach no.1 rank on China’s server, I will clear my entire wealth and deliver you to the no.1 spot on Douyu.”

“111, if you fulfill the Esports dream of China’s descendants, I will repay you to become the no.1 Douyu streamer.”

“111, if you fulfill the Esports dream of China’s descendants, I will repay you to become the no.1 Douyu streamer +1.”

“111, if you fulfill the Esports dream of China’s descendants, I will repay you to become the no.1 Douyu streamer +2.”

“1111, host is formidable!”

“11111, host is an iron-blooded man!”

“1111, god damn it, a few statements from God Kun had made my entire body heated up.”

“1111, a fine statement of ‘I swear as a descendant of the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Thearch’, a fine statement of ‘Our China is a grand and great country’, host, we all support you!”

At this moment, everyone’s blood was boiling and the screen was filled with 111. Not a single person didn’t support Xiao Ran.

Even Clearlove, Flandre, five, and the normally cold and indifferent Smlz couldn’t help but grip their fists tightly.

Just as everyone’s blood was still burning hot, Xiao Ran spoke righteously in the team voice chat, “All my great gods, I have already sent out my declaration, so all of you have to support me. I don’t have any request for all of you, I just need all of you to unconditionally follow my commands. If someone doesn’t listen and cause the loss of this match, you will become China’s sinner, isn’t that right?”

The four individuals who were flared up were suddenly stunned and immediately realized it.

WTF, this Esports’ scheming prostitute. Is his earlier blood boiling statement just to take hold of the morality and control to make us obey his commands?

The f**k, who wouldn’t listen to him in the game, wouldn’t we have to carry the burden?

Damn it, why do I feel that I am on a pirate ship.

F**k, no way, I have to discuss it with the coach again. I cannot allow this calamity to come into our team…

A ‘dong’ had pulled everyone back from their thoughts.

The game had entered the pick and ban screen.