Accompanying the praises were the criticisms.

Yu Yue felt prepared, but when scrolling down and seeing the haters’ comments, it still felt like a punch to the gut.

[Ignoring the teams’ actual strengths and weaknesses is just being sneaky! QL is currently in turmoil, clearly not getting along with the rest of the team. In this situation, even if JK manages a shutout, so what? This isn’t QL’s true strength at all, you’re just taking advantage of their current situation]

[Yeah, yeah, when you’re ugly, everything you say is right #pickingnose#, carrying away my kiddo]

[Little noobs, fighting!]

[Is this girl a lucky charm? Every time she plays, it’s smooth sailing all the way, shutting out two teams and advancing. Up to the playoffs, they haven’t faced a match with a deficit of over five thousand gold. Didn’t JK used to have a headwind buff before?]

[it’s pure luck. The two teams they faced in the playoffs were all declining teams.]

[The two stronger teams both screwed up even before facing JK]

[No matter how much the league wants to promote female professional players, do they have to make other teams act? Look at LZ and QL, their gameplays are just making my eyes bleed]

[The comment above is hilarious. Even when supporting your home team, you don’t go this far. Why? If your home team wins, it’s natural, but if they lose, it’s because the league wants to promote my kid, so they did match-fixing? Can you please use some common sense? Why didn’t anyone say this when JK was losing terribly in the regular season?]

[Stop arguing, whether they are truly skilled or the opponents are just letting them win, we’ll know in the next match against ARE!]

[Are JK and ARE brother teams, who knows if they’ll throw the match…]

If ARE members saw such comments, they’d probably spit in that person’s face on the spot— —

You’re the one throwing the match!

Your whole family is throwing the match!

Who cares about brotherly love in front of a match? The managers of JK and ARE just wanted to lock the gates of their bases tightly, eliminating the possibility of stealing each other’s tactics.

Yet, the team captains still maintain friendly contact, even going as far as to hype up their brother team.

When the camera on the ARE side turned on, Qing Guang’s sunny face appeared on the screens of the viewers in the live stream, “These three days have been about the gods fighting on the winner’s side, but next week’s first match will be us against JK. The team managers of both sides are now at odds, not allowing us to order from the same place for takeout.”

The comment barrage was filled with “???” flying across.

Expressing the audience’s confusion to the fullest.

— —So your brotherly friendly love between the two teams only exists in eating together?

What kind of plastic friendship is this?

Qing Guang scratched his head, “Yesterday, Da Ming said that there’s a place with amazing iron plate beef, but he stubbornly refused to tell me which place it is, it’s so annoying. Next week, we must beat them up, then, as the victors, invite them to our celebration banquet, and see if they’re mad or not!”

[The hell? But Lu-KPL’s number one Grandet-Qi would be very happy to hear about a meal]

[What kind of plastic brothers are you two?]

“We’re meal pals.” After checking the live stream tasks, Qingguang casually went to the neighboring team’s live stream, “Damn! Da Qing, Da Ming, Ling Chen, Eden, Lu Qi— —everyone from the neighboring team is online! Cool, cool, the team is struggling financially, and the players are forced to work.”

The mid-laner of ARE, Shi Nian, was also live, and upon hearing this, he laughed and said, “During that match against QL, their boss said if they win, they’ll get a bonus. And as soon as that’s given out, the players have to come out and work to cover their daily expenses. I haven’t even been feeling sour for more than a day. Really.”

Various laughter from the audience gathered to form a new song.

Whenever JK’s poverty was mentioned, everyone seemed to have plenty to discuss.

“I remember one year,” Qing Guang sat on his gaming chair and shifted his butt, squinting, “It was the year JK bought back Lu Qi for a few million, I can’t remember the exact time, but it was during the regular season against QAQ. At that time, the whole team was broke, everyone was struggling financially. JK’s minibus broke down, and couldn’t be fixed in a short time. They also couldn’t afford a taxi— —”

Shi Nian stifled a laugh and continued, “Xiao Ruo is a genius, he bought five subway cards and had the starting lineup take the subway to the match venue.”

The top laner, Huo Lang, burst into laughter, “There were also many spectators on the subway heading to the match venue at that time, capturing Qi Ge in such down-to-earth places. That night, the entire internet was filled with candid photos of JK’s team, from all sorts of weird angles, it cracked me up.”

“From that day on, JK was crowned as the poorest team in KPL. Getting their poverty flaunted this way and making it such a unique feature, impressively unforgettable, could probably only be done by them,” Shi Nian concluded.

Qing Guang paused for a moment and saw a few lines slowly drifting across the barrage:

【Just saw someone from JK checking in】

【You guys are laughing so loudly】

【The neighboring meal pal team is grinding their teeth】

…….

Qing Guang:!

Friends! Let me explain!

Qing Guang: “Qi Ge! Qi Ge, are you still there?”

“[Your dad is planting loquats] send you a grenade.”

The gift message that flew by indicated that the captain of the neighboring friendly meal pal team was still lurking in his livestream.

“Thank you for the tip, Qi Ge……” Qing Guang felt something was off as the words left his mouth.

Qi Ge tipped him ten dollars?

The League’s number one Grandet???

Qing Guang’s expression changed, and after a moment, he said, “Qi Ge, you’re not starting to like me, are you?”

[Qi Ge: What qualifications do you have?]

[Qi Ge is so angry he wants to burst out of the base to fight you]

[It was Da Ming who used Qi Ge’s name]

By the end of the last round, Qing Guang had already sent a friendly duo invite to JK-Time, feeling pleased, only to be coldly rejected by Lu Qi:

“Eating together is fine, but no duo.”

Qing Guang: “……”

You big jerk, it’s obvious you’re still hung up on what was said before about “not only beating JK but also inviting them to a celebration banquet.”

“Just wait a moment.” Qing Guang said to the people in the livestream, “I’ll give it a shot, see if I can get Qi Ge on board.”

He then opened the league group chat, with hundreds of people inside, and accurately found a crude person named “Your dad is planting loquats.

[It’s impossible, just give up]

[I also added Qi Ge, why isn’t it under this name? Does Qi Ge have two accounts?]

[The girl above is so cute. The entire JK team is forced to work, and every now and then, someone would want to add them on WeChat. If too many people add them, won’t it disturb the players’ training and daily lives? So, having two accounts is normal]

[Ummm… So, is it usually managed by the JK operations team or the players themselves? What’s the point of adding them then?]

[Esports players are different from regular idols. If you truly like them, you should only appreciate them on stage and stay away from their personal lives]

[I have no idea about Da Qing and Da Ming, Ling Chen hasn’t checked his WeChat in eight hundred years. Eden’s WeChat hasn’t been released yet— —Lian should be managing it himself, don’t ask me how I know, he’s quite the charmer #flirty#]

[????]

Qing Guang was stuck at the refusal from Lu Qi, but ARE’s mid-laner, Shi Nian’s live stream was starting to get interesting.

[Next week’s first match is against JK, what do you think the chances of winning are? You must have played some practice matches, right? Can you share the results of those practice matches?]

Shi Nian: “No. I can only say they’ve improved quite a lot.”

[We want to hear the truth.]

While controlling Zhou Yu to destroy the enemy’s turret, Shi Nian glanced at the barrage and noticed many people trying to gather information about JK from him.

After some thought, he opened the chat software and decided to play the game while answering the questions, “This is the truth. We are indeed brother teams, but you can always tell if they’re good or not, right? Yes, QL isn’t cooperating well now, but are their five players not skilled?”

[What are the chances against ARE?]

Shi Nian: “I’d say 6-4 in our favor. Hey, I mean, it’s been so long in the regular season, how come JK is still seen as a team fighting to avoid relegation in your eyes?”

[It’s not that high, right? JK now has a female support, inherently flawed. Having a female support is a natural disadvantage. Or were they using Lian during practice matches?]

[Yeah, it should be Lian as the support, otherwise why would it be 6-4?]

[I feel like it’s a 9-1 situation. Eden is really JK’s weak point. They were playing with LZ and QL who were outdated players who couldn’t keep up with the times. That’s why they seem strong and can shut out others. When they play against stronger teams like yours, you’ll see, the support will be the first to get taken down.]

[I’m playing top matches now, never won with a female support, so frustrating.]

[Females shouldn’t play games.]

Immediately, the female viewers retorted:

[Go to hell, just because you have one more doesn’t mean that you can turn into gold or something]

[You don’t deserve to have a mother]

[Orphan]

[Idiot orphan]

[Hehe, females shouldn’t even breathe air, giving you a thumbs up, go back to your grave]

[When my kiddo charged into the fountain to pull the two carry, were you blind?]

Both sides were arguing, and when Shi Nian returned from a small skirmish, he saw the chaotic scene. Annoyed, he scratched his head and said coldly, “Stop arguing. Our team has played against JK before, so as a support, my captain should have a say, right? Let me ask Qing Guang.”

Shi Nian turned to Qing Guang, who was deeply engrossed in a debate with Lu Qi in his chair, and asked, “Captain, who do you think is more troublesome, JK with Lian as support or JK with Eden as support?”

Qing Guang raised his head, looking puzzled.

He had no idea what was happening over there, let alone why his mid-laner was asking such strange questions.

But since he was asked, he had to answer truthfully, “Of course it’s Eden. That girl is fierce as hell, and she really wants to win. Have you forgotten that game where you got killed by Da Qiao at level one?”

“……” Shi Nian fell silent.

He should not have brought this upon himself.

[???? Killed by Da Qiao? A Da Qiao with Sparkforged Dagger?]

[Haha, this support is getting to my head.]

[The mental image is so vivid]

[Embarrassing mid-laner, please leave the King’s Gorge immediately.]

Shi Nian tried to defend himself, but his words sounded feeble and pale, “I didn’t expect Eden’s Da Qiao to have such high damage! Just at level one, the mid-lane clash already ended, and the opponents retreated, but she refused to leave, landed a third skill, then went crazy with basic attacks, and then…”

——First blood!

Damn.