1RomanceEB Chapter 4: Forging the Glory of LPL – Our Duty Is Inescapable
Chapter 4: Forging the Glory of LPL – Our Duty Is Inescapable
The IG players rushed onto the stage like madmen, and Wang Sicong, Su XL, and Sima Ning also ran up.
"Holy crap! Gu Yi, you're amazing!"
Everyone hugged Gu Yi, so excited they were incoherent.
A moment later, Aunt Yu, dressed in a traditional Chinese cheongsam and holding a microphone, walked towards Gu Yi and Jie Q La Wu with a smile.
When I saw Q's outfit, I blushed a little.
When Aunt Yu saw Q's blushing face after receiving the dance, she felt that the child had finally grown up.
She smiled and handed the microphone to Gu Yiwen.
"Gu Yi, hello! First of all, congratulations to IG for winning the championship!"
"Thanks!"
"Everyone knows you have a hand injury, why did you insist on playing at such a dangerous match point?"
Gu Yi smiled and took the microphone.
"Because it is our duty to forge the glory of LPL."
His clear voice carried throughout the stadium through the speakers.
"Wow!"
The scene erupted in cheers.
The regret of last year at the Bird's Nest was completely made up for at this moment.
"Gu Yi!!!"
In the stands, the Chinese spectators who came to Incheon to watch the game stood up, clapped loudly, and cheered in unison.
At this moment in the live stream room
The enthusiasm of netizens reached its peak.
Holy crap!
"IG is awesome!"
"I cried! It's our duty to forge the glory of the LPL! This line is so inspiring!"
"Gu Yi is a legend tonight! Not only is he amazing at the game, but he's also such a smooth talker. I'm a fan now!"
"I give that show-off a perfect score!"
"Those who criticized Gu Yi before, apologize to me now!"
"This is what an S-series champion should look like!"
Aunt Yu was stunned, not expecting Gu Yi to say that.
At this point, Q-Spicy Dance finds Gu Yi for help.
"Teach me to say a sentence."
"I can't figure it out!"
Gu Yi said in a low voice.
He didn't want to teach him to say, "Tonight I am the chosen one, and the only one," because that would steal his thunder tonight.
Q-Spicy Dance rolled her eyes in exasperation.
"I'll do it myself!"
Soon Aunt Yu looked at the Q-Spicy Dance.
"Please agree to the interview soon."
Gu Yi smiled and handed him the microphone.
Aunt Yu asked with a smile.
"Following up on the Q-Dance combo, which hero would you like to choose for the championship skin?"
Following Q's hot dance: Kai'Sa bar.
Aunt Yu: Your birthday is coming up soon, what's your wish?
I was very excited to receive Q's hot dance.
"My birthday wish was this trophy and the clothes I'm wearing! I just never expected to win the championship in my first year."
"It feels like a dream. The trophy was really heavy, and my shoulders are sore. Thankfully, we didn't let everyone down."
"Awesome!"
"Versailles!"
The stage was once again filled with cheers.
Gu Yi looked at Q's sexy dance and realized that she was just putting on a big show, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"Even cheating can't beat a naturally talented player!"
Principal Wang didn't expect IG's players to be so pretentious, and he handed the trophy to Q-Spicy Dance with a smile.
"The trophy is indeed very heavy, you can take it."
"Gu Yi, here you go!"
Little did she know that Q-Spicy Dance would be handed over to Gu Yi.
Gu Yi missed catching it, and the trophy fell straight down.
"Be careful!"
The crowd gasped in surprise.
Q-Spicy Dance and Lemon King, hurry up and catch them together.
Gu Yi smiled awkwardly, because he had been playing video games non-stop while his hand injury was recovering, and now he was exhausted.
His fingers are still trembling slightly.
"Get to the hospital right away!"
Principal Wang's expression changed, and he gave the order.
"Walk!!!"
Su XL quickly arranged for Gu Yi to leave, while the others stayed behind to be interviewed by Riot Games, Korean media, and the Chinese press corps stationed in South Korea.
Netizens were moved by this scene.
"Gu Yi is really going all out!"
"Exactly, he played before his hand injury had fully healed, and now he can't even hold the trophy securely."
"This is what a real professional player is like!"
Behind every champion lies countless sacrifices and pain.
The news of IG's victory caused a sensation on Chinese social media platforms.
The game just ended,
The related topics swept across major platforms like a tsunami, with Weibo, Douyin, Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu all falling victim to the trend.
The hashtag "#IG wins the championship" garnered over 3 million views in ten minutes and over 5 million views in half an hour, with over 100 million discussions.
Weibo's servers were on the verge of crashing several times.
The online frenzy spread to offline, creating a series of hilarious and memorable scenes.
University dormitories became hotspots for revelry.
Outside a male dormitory at a university, a student, shirtless, was running wildly while waving an IG team flag and shouting...
"IG is awesome!"
"Gu Yi is awesome!!"
"LPL is awesome!!!"
Some people even ran naked around the playground, drawing cheers from the students watching, until security guards chased them away.
Besides universities, the streets and alleys were filled with people celebrating.
For example, on the Bund in Shanghai, people held up signs supporting Gu Yi and shouted slogans. Some even set off fireworks. The scene was packed with people, and traffic was congested at one point.
These crazy celebration videos went viral on Douyin.
Netizens made many jokes about it.
"These young people... they've all gone mad!"
at the same time,
The trending topics list was completely dominated by IG and Gu Yi.
18 out of the top 20 trending topics were related to it.
That's absolutely outrageous!!!
#IG 3:2 FNC wins the championship#
#LPL's first S-series championship#
#Gu Yi: It is our duty to forge the glory of the LPL!#
#IG is awesome!#
#IGNeverWorkOvertime!#
#Gu Yi hospitalized with hand injury#
#IG's famous streaking moment after winning the championship#
#Gu Yi Steals the House and Becomes a God#
#Gu Yi is really good-looking#
#PrincipalWangEatingHotDog#
Even more dramatically, topics related to RNG were passively propelled to the top of the trending searches by this celebration, becoming the subject of ridicule among netizens.
#RNG (crying)#
The accompanying picture is of RNG bowing after being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
#Why not ban Galio?#
#Stain Comparison with Q-Spicy Dance#
#RNG fans are devastated#
Top trending searches across the entire internet (sorted by popularity):
Netizens made fun of it.
"How can there be such a huge difference between two world championships?"
Some people even joked about it.
"RNG's PR team worked overtime overnight, fearing that netizens would dig up all the old grievances."
Although the topic was somewhat joking.
However, this also indirectly confirms the immense buzz surrounding IG's victory.
Even competitors were dragged into the trending topics.
Meanwhile, countless players logged into League of Legends tonight; Tencent is winning like crazy!
Two hours later, after finishing their interviews, IG and the others went straight to Samsung Hospital without even having a celebration party.
At this moment, the doctor in the hospital, holding the test report, spoke seriously to the IG members.
"His hand muscle strain is severe and requires a long period of rest. He cannot engage in high-intensity gaming for six months, otherwise he may really be crippled."
Everyone fell silent.
Six months is too long.
Having just won the world championship,
That was when his net worth was at its peak.
It's a real shame that I can't play in the competition.
Unfortunately, they all forgot.
Gu Yi's contract will end in a few days.
Just like Duke, who was a substitute, he was officially announced to be leaving the team on November 7th, right after the 2019 World Championship ended.
In the professional League of Legends scene, most players are between 18 and 20 years old. Gu Yi, at 21, is already considered an older player, not to mention he's injured.