A Broken Mirror Reunited in an E-Sports

The game is nearing its end, and both sides have pushed their maps to a similar degree.

Xiao Yin played very invisibly.

The immature BP of Hui Mao had some impact, but the main reason was that he was giving Ci She the C position when they had an economic advantage. At that point, everyone could play as a core, but if they were starting at a disadvantage, they had to selectively develop the C position.

Originally, Ci She was supposed to be the core in this round, but Rong Yi stood out and became the actual C position.

He kept giving Hui Mao and Ci She constant pointers, all of which were instructional suggestions and not telling them his predictions about the situation.

By the late game, Ci She and Hui Mao had forgotten their excitement and nervousness when they first entered the game, and were treating it as a teaching game.

Rong Yi’s instructions sometimes dug a pit, and after Ci She and Hui Mao were killed a few times, they learned from it.

Whenever Ci She yelled that he had died, Rong Yi would happily go and collect the kill.

Ci She waited for respawn and said, “Captain, I remember when I first met you, you weren’t like this.”

Hui Mao pleaded with emotion, “He even gave me the blue buff in the qualifying matches.”

Ci She remembered some happy training match moments, “He even asked me if Xiao She should help the bottom lane and helped me catch it.”

As they listened to their complaints, Rong Yi smiled smugly, his peach blossom eyes slightly curved, and his lips formed a pretty and cute arc.

In the RS training room, it was dull and quiet, but it was completely different on VIT’s side. They were having a fierce “training match”. Even the referees standing on VIT’s side couldn’t help but be confused.

They had never seen a team that enjoyed playing in a regular game so much. Nowadays, 99% of teams use special effects on the field. Every player’s habitual movement is magnified and analyzed. Facial details are zoomed in frame by frame, and every fan argues about who didn’t play focused enough and who should take responsibility for a certain game.

“The last team that had this style was the old RS,” the referee couldn’t help but whisper. “At that time, there were no special effects in the field, and Rong Yi was still the team captain of the small RS team. He was also playing as the starting mid-laner and was in this building as well.”

It seemed like everything had changed, yet it seemed like nothing had changed.

The game continued to be intense even after forty minutes. Xiao Yin intentionally avoided combat, extending the game’s duration. Rong Yi was responsible for stabilizing the mid-lane, allowing the two young players in the bottom lane to roam around freely.

From the referee’s perspective, Rong Yi fought against three opponents while switching the camera angles, then continued to give instructions, “Xiao She, Xiao Mao, there’s a surprise at the dragon pit.”

“I’ll only believe you if you’re a dog,” said Ci She, but he still looked in that direction. “Woof woof, Xiao Mao, let’s go check it out?”

After several encounters, Blade gradually noticed Lang Bai’s jungle habits – he would patiently wait for a long time in key bushes and was accustomed to attacking the weakest point of the opposing team’s lineup when entering the field.

The RS operations were handled by others, but Lang Bai was single-handedly controlling the entire field.

From the audience’s perspective, Ci She and Hui Mao were approaching the Dragon Pit.

However, what was unusual was that the two had been walking together all along, but Ci She took a few steps back, letting Hui Mao walk ahead and crossing the road cautiously, creating the illusion of an auxiliary solo.

Lang Bai first retreated to avoid being discovered by Hui Mao – but then he realized that Hui Mao didn’t explore the bushes, but went to another bush for vision, and Ci She didn’t follow.

In a moment, Lang Bai made a decision: to assassinate Hui Mao!

Lang Bai emerged from the bush and went straight for Hui Mao!

At the same time, Hui Mao flashed in the opposite direction, and Ci She arrived at the scene, controlling Lang Bai and successfully taking down his head!

“Hahaha, he fell for it, Captain! It’s not us who fell for it this time!” Ci She laughed wildly on the mic.

Xiao Yin warned him, “If you keep making noise, I’ll mute you.”

Ci She laughed even more recklessly, “You’re outputting less than me in this game, Yin! You can’t mute your teammate during a match!”

Hui Mao is much more low-key than Ci She, but there is still a happy and excited smile on his face.

With Lang Bai dead, VIT quickly expanded their advantage as they approached the enemy base.

As they were only one step away from the enemy base, Rong Yi suddenly died in a tower dive, and Xiao Yin, who chased after him, was intercepted by the resurrected Lang Bai, resulting in a double kill for him.

Ci She: “?”

Hui Mao: “? Brother Yin, why are you in such a hurry to die for love?”

Wu Dao Gu made a low-key remark: “You guys are too weak.”

As Hui Mao led the team to escape, he asked Rong Yi, “Captain, is this some kind of strategy?”

“No, it’s my mistake,” replied Rong Yi calmly, though his voice had a hint of unnaturalness.

“What about Brother Yin?” asked Hui Mao.

Actually, Xiao Yin’s death was reasonable. Rong Yi had made a mistake and thought he could chase down the mid laner before support arrived. He kept chasing until he was under the tower, but failed to get the kill.

Xiao Yin came over to help him take down the tower, but Rong Yi couldn’t hold on and instead he himself was taken down by Lang Bai.

“As for me…”

Xiao Yin answered in the microphone casually, “I sacrifice myself.”

Capable of reading people’s faces, Rong Yi glanced at him, but Xiao Yin remained calm and steady, meeting his gaze with sharp and composed eyes.

Rong Yi took his hands off the keyboard and pinched his fingers while looking down.

It was just a small mistake, but both VIT’s carries were killed. With Ci She in poor condition, they rushed back to the fountain under the protection of Hui Mao. However, the opponents had already made their way in.

This was a common occurrence in professional tournaments. A single mistake or miscalculation could result in the enemy team crushing through and pushing forward.

Rong Yi instructed from the fountain, “You two, go defend. With proper use of the key, one person should be able to defend the base.”

Hui Mao nodded firmly, “Got it!”

Wu Dao Gu had already been killed, leaving them in a 2v5 situation.

Rong Yi had five seconds left on her respawn timer.

Hui Mao and Ci She furiously tapped their keys as their skills flashed brightly. Ci She squealed and cried out in frustration.

Despite their best efforts, both Lang Bai and RS’s mid-laner did not give them any openings. As seasoned veterans of the battlefield, it was unlikely that any suffocating mistakes would be made in the face of a 5v2 advantage.

On the third second, Ci She was killed, and the crystal was pushed over halfway. Hui Mao had no remaining abilities and was low on health, only having a Flash and recently refreshed skills.

Ci She lay on the crystal, blindly firing off his attacks, “Penta-kill! Penta-kill!”

The Hui Mao retreated while the RS shooter targeted the crystal. The others crowded around the respawn point to prevent Rong Yi from reviving and charging out. They needed to cut off her path.

The Hui Mao used up his last skill and managed to take down the last minion before dying just a step away from the fountain.

There were no minions left, and the RS shooter Yao Cao was able to deal enough damage to the crystal to destroy it, causing the defeat page to appear on the screens of everyone on the VIT team.

However, the atmosphere in the training room was heated.

Wu Dao Gu and Ci She were cheering for the Hui Mao as she made a last-ditch effort to defend their base. “You’re amazing, Xiao Mao!”

Ci She slapped his thigh. “What a pity! If only we had held out a little longer, Rong’s team would have revived.”

Hui Mao found a newfound confidence. “The captain taught us well. We’re familiar with this match now, and we won’t lose the next one.”

The training room was filled with laughter and jokes, and Xiao Yin took off his headphones and smiled lightly.

Rong Yi looked at them and hooked the corner of his mouth. “I believe in you guys.”

No one knew what happened inside the closed training room.

From the outside, the first match seemed chaotic and casual. Despite coming back from behind, VIT lost due to a mistake.

This match ignited the passion of RS fans like a flame.

Before the match, they were not very confident, but now, they felt like RS had the ability to compete with the world champions.

This made them blindly confident.

Both inside and outside the arena, the heat was like a boiling pot about to burst, and RS fans were ecstatic.

Some even boasted and mocked Rong Yi, “Easy said it was just a training match? Whose training match was it? Figure it out!”

The post was bumped to the homepage, creating a stir. The comments section was filled with all sorts of opinions, and even the commentators who had good relationships with RS couldn’t wait to take a jab at VIT.

They all appeared objective and sincere: “It seems that VIT still has some immaturity. It’s not quite what we expected.”

This is the level of commentary in the league’s comment section. The salary and conditions are not very high, and compared to conveying the actual situation of the game, they tend to hype things up.

Only in the training room, the five silent coaches could see everything clearly. They could see the state of VIT’s five players.

Not only were they not chaotic, but they were extremely precise and calm.

Rong Yi was not fixated on winning the first game of the BO5. Because if VIT wanted to end the game quickly, RS wouldn’t have had a chance to win ten minutes ago.

This is true teaching and training.

With just one game, Hui Mao and Ci She had already started to practice and become familiar with RS’s game style.

In the second game, the referees were switched.

Entering RS’s training room was like being shrouded in black mist.

RS had never won such a suffocating victory before.

The sudden headwind and the sudden win were both frustrating. VIT’s styles were not predictable by them.

Unexpectedly, Rong Yi’s performance in mid lane was beyond their expectations. The other four players were also shrouded in mystery – they had no specific playstyle, only a high win rate. Sometimes they played aggressively, sometimes defensively, and alternated between going all-out and avoiding combat, like four AIs hiding in the darkness.

Especially Xiao Yin, who roamed in the jungle position throughout the game and no one saw him throughout the match, except for the time he helped Easy withstand tower damage.

This created a sense of fear as if they were being choked by the Grim Reaper.

The second game began quickly.

This time, Rong Yi didn’t take an active role in teaching, instead relying on Ci She and Hui Mao to lead the way.

In this game, VIT had the first move, with Rong Yi taking the lead.

“The opportunity has finally come to VIT. Last game, their lineup was too weak, so Easy must ban Lang Bai in this game,”

The commentators and audience were both excited and believed that Rong Yi must take revenge for the previous match: “They definitely have to ban Di! And then they should pick the Earth Mother for VIT’s support Hui Mao, only then can they turn the tables!”

However, Rong Yi surprised everyone by almost simultaneously banning three champions: Yin, Meng Luo Luo, and Chord Girl.

Then he picked the Memory Key and gave it to Hui Mao, shocking not only the spectators but also his own teammates.

Lin Yi, who was live streaming, almost spat out his food when he saw Rong Yi’s ban-pick: “Damn, why did Easy ban his old…old friend’s champions? Isn’t he a jerk! Xiao Yin was banned in the first game, and now even his own teammate bans him in the second game! Is there no justice in the world!”

Inside the RS team, everyone had a faint premonition of something the moment Rong Yi finished his ban-pick. Only the newly appointed coach Zhou didn’t understand what was going on: “What is Easy doing? Is there a new system?”

It wasn’t until VIT’s lineup was fully selected that everyone saw what was happening. VIT chose the same lineup as the previous game, an inferior lineup with a farmed mid-laner and a bottom-lane synergy between the support and marksman.

At the same time, Rong Yi’s ban of Meng Luo Luo, a common pick for RS’s mid-laner, meant that Vincent Cat, the champion RS’s mid-laner was forced to pick, was not ideal.

Only the marksman and jungle positions could make further adjustments, but there were no better options than the previous game.

This was Rong Yi’s BP strategy, to replicate the situation of the previous game. This was a true training match!

Suddenly, all the spectators outside the arena fell silent.

VIT, and especially VIT’s Easy, were even more insane than anyone could have imagined.

He didn’t care about winning, and he never thought about how he could shine in the game.

He just wanted to continuously experiment and upgrade with a disadvantageous lineup and a few young players.

This was the ultimate humiliation!

Lang Bai sat in his chair, his mouse pointer hovering over the “Di” option, his fingers shaking with anger, almost unable to click.

For the first time, the best choice on the field had suddenly become the opponent’s shit, and he had to eat it even if he didn’t want to.

Coach Zhou still hadn’t realized what was going on.

But after the BP was over, the mentality of the entire RS team had started to crumble.

The lineups were locked in, and except for Yao Cao switching to a similar position as the AD carry and Wudao Gu changing to the top lane, the lineups for both sides had hardly changed from the previous game.

A cold light flashed in Rong Yi’s eyes. “I won’t coach you this game.”

Ci She yelled out, “Come on! I’ll definitely be the MVP! You don’t need to teach me anymore!”

The game started.

In both games, VIT simulated disadvantageous BP lineups, but it didn’t mean that nobody took the games seriously. On the contrary, they wanted to play seriously and constantly tried to counter RS’s strongest compositions.

In this game, everything seemed to be going smoother than the last. Clid didn’t evaporate on the spot anymore and even managed to withstand three consecutive ganks from Lang Ya.

Ci She was almost in tears of relief: “Wuwu, I’m alive, I didn’t die, thank you, my support dad, thank heaven and earth…”

After failing three ganks, RS had to change their strategy to focus on farming while Lang Ya silently farmed in the jungle. However, Xiao Yin was no longer hiding in the shadows and cleared out the jungle area near RS.

RS’s rhythm had a significant break.

In the top lane, Wu Dao Gu and Rong Yi teamed up to kill the enemy’s top laner. With VIT’s aggressive counterplay, they began to gain the upper hand.

The audience was already starting to feel mystified.

“Was the previous game played in a different world? Why is there such a big difference with the same lineup?”

“Did they open the game in the wrong way, and is this actually the first game?”

“VIT, they’re not crushing it?” Someone accidentally blurted out the truth, “Easy was right, this is just a practice match! They’re testing out coordination against RS!! My god.”

RS, on the other hand, Lang Bai’s mentality was gradually exploding as Xiao Yan cleared out the jungle area.

He encountered a world-class jungler like Yin for the first time, and he even doubted whether Xiao Yin had full-map vision.

He couldn’t find him, but Xiao Yin could easily move in and out to loot all the resources.

Xiao Yun’s mentality was also about to explode.

His Earth Mother was taught to him by Rong Yi, but now, the enemy’s support Hui Mao had him firmly locked down.

In the first game, the enemy support was obviously still inexperienced, but in the second game, he had grown at a terrifying rate.

Another thing that made people’s mentality explode was Rong Yi’s ubiquitous1 scouting.

He knew all their habits, knew when they would place fake wards, knew everyone’s intentions and plans to retreat. They were exposed in front of him, with nowhere to hide.

Sometimes he didn’t even use skills, just walked lightly from there.

It’s like using his cold and gentle voice to say, “I know you’re here.”

At this point, all the netizens couldn’t hold it anymore.

“What does ‘top tormentor king’ mean? This Easy is the real one. The first time I’ve seen a mid laner being tortured like this.”

“It’s too scary, too scary. When I imagine myself as part of the RS team, my mentality has already exploded.”

Exploring bushes and finding enemies, camping and being detected, fighting dragons and being detected, recalling and being detected… time and time again, Rong Yi’s global presence allowed him to play as a roamer despite being at the bottom of the team in terms of economy, but he disrupted the entire game.

In the 23rd minute, Xiao Yun made an obvious mistake – unable to resist Rong Yi’s taunting, he used a skill to chase and control Yin, but this action caused the team to distance themselves and left AD Yao Cao and jungler Lang Bai unprotected.

Xiao Yin was already fed, and he directly followed up with a double kill, taking two heads!

In the 30th minute, VIT won with a score of 9:1.

The event organizers discussed for a long time.

Although Xiao Yin had the highest KDA, the MVP of the game was undoubtedly awarded to him.

Lin Yi shouted and cheered outside the arena, and the phrase “top torture king” was shared by netizens. Some people even made small videos of Rong Yi’s instant vision control and shared them everywhere.

“I’m laughing so hard at this VIT mid laner, he has full map vision and knows where everyone is.”

“Easy is so funny, the mid laner can still play like this! My mentality is also crumbling!”

“VIT is really special. Last game, Rong Yi was just working, and now he’s become a god.”

“How can they have the same lineup and yet play so differently? I’m so interested! Their style is too wild!”

“Easy, I would like to call him the top mid laner of the League.”

Note :

“ubiquitous” means present or existing everywhere, or being everywhere at the same time