: The factory manager arrived, and another Faker was scared to tears.

Meanwhile, in Shanghai, on Metro Line 4.

"EDG, this team should be able to take me in, right?"

The train carriage swayed, and Lee Sang-hyeok looked down at the resume in his hand, his fingertips trembling slightly.

As a top solo queue player in the Korean server, Lee Sang-hyeok's talent in LoL was discovered by SKT as early as Season 3, and he joined SKT's second team.

Just as he was beginning to show his talent and preparing to join SKT's first team, he was struck by a time-space curse.

He experienced an extremely realistic simulation of a League of Legends professional career.

From S3 to S15,

In these thirteen years, he became the GOAT of LCK, a mainstay of League of Legends, and even a synonym for Korean esports.

He turned his hero pool into a vast sea of ​​heroes, mastering each one until it became muscle memory.

We thoroughly studied every version change and memorized the characteristics of each competitor.

but,

He never won!

To be precise, he was a master of maneuvering in front of Koreans and a master of showing off his skills in front of Western noobs.

But they have never won against LPL in a World Championship.

He persevered for thirteen years, all for the chance to realize his dream of competing in the World Championship.

But even though his opponents have changed time and again, players like JKL, Bin, and Knight, who debuted five or six years later than him, have already achieved the feat of winning two, three, or even six championships.

He still gained nothing.

Fortunately, all of this came to an end after the S15 World Championship finals.

After waking up from his dream, Lee Sang-hyeok did not rejoin SKT.

Instead, he rejected all offers from LCK teams and chose to leave League of Legends.

Because he knew that LPL was invincible.

The LPL's geniuses were created to win the World Championship and crush the Koreans.

But this time, the worldline seems to have deviated from his simulation.

From S3 to S6, the LCK team won the championship for four consecutive years.

Watching those once-dominant rookies in his region lift up the sacred S-series trophy in his heart,

Lee Sang-hyeok couldn't sit still any longer.

He has decided to return to the league!

However, this time, he did not choose LCK, but LPL.

The reason is simple: Lee Sang-hyeok firmly believes that the LPL is an invincible region.

What a terrifying group of people they are!

Lee Sang-hyeok closed his eyes, and countless terrifying memories flooded his mind.

This was my first time participating in the World Championship in a simulation.

Lee Sang-hyeok led SKT to the finals of S3 with overwhelming force, but they were easily swept by Royal Club from the LPL.

White, the flamboyant mid-laner whom he had judged to be a noob before the match, was subjected to a brutal laning lesson.

He was killed 10 times in 3 games, and his opponent out-farmed him by more than 5000 gold in each game. This was a textbook example of MidGap.

After the match, White's pre-match comment, "I'm evenly matched with Faker," went viral on the LPL forums.

"That's too modest. It's just a roadside stall across the street, a 10/0 chance!"

"The god of humility in ancient Greece."

In the LCK region, Lee Sang-hyeok was subjected to a barrage of criticism.

"Playing Gragas in mid lane and getting spun around like a top? Retire!"

"Like a maggot crawling in the mid lane, the most filial son in the LPL!"

Lee Sang-hyeok was only seventeen years old that year. Facing a crushing defeat and malicious public opinion, he was completely disillusioned and kicked out of SKT.

He then played for several teams in the LCK and even made it to the World Championship finals again.

Every time, he thought he was strong enough.

Each time, he thought he had figured out the version.

Every time, he felt that his teammates from that year were perfect enough.

Every year, he felt it was his most promising year!

But every time he stood on the final stage, facing his opponents draped in the five-starred red flag,

An indescribable fear and sense of oppression would envelop his entire body.

He couldn't breathe.

I was so scared I cried!

Those LPL players seemed to him not as human beings, but as some kind of invincible demon gods.

White's Gragas, Uzi's Vayne, Clearlove's Sejuani, JackeyLove's Draven, Little Cream's Azir, Knight's Sylas

And the most terrifying of all is Bin's despair-inducing weapon mastery.

"I can't think about it anymore."

Lee Sang-hyeok shook his head, as if trying to shake off all those dark memories.

Subway announcement: "The Shanghai Circus station has arrived. Passengers who need to disembark, please prepare to get off."

He stood up, pulling his hoodie down even lower, revealing the eyes beneath the brim that had once made countless LPL viewers exclaim, "I'm terrified!"

At this moment, there was no confidence or certainty, only anxiety and unease.

He walked out of Exit 4 of the subway station and headed towards the EDG eSports Club.

Today, he is just an ordinary applicant for EDG.

—Or rather, a deserter who wants to start over.

......

At 8:00 AM sharp, in the conference room on the third floor of EDG.

Abu and Mingkai sat in the middle of the long table.

Abu was dressed casually, while Mingkai was wearing an EDG team uniform with the gold "Clearlove" logo on the cuffs dazzling the eye.

Lin Xiu was assigned to stand aside and his task was to record and assess the psychological qualities of the newcomers.

The door was pushed open, and a boy wearing a black hoodie walked in, his hood pulled low, revealing only the lower half of his pale face.

The moment he looked up, Lin Xiu almost stood up—that face was exactly the same as his last memory of him from his previous life, only much younger.

I was so scared I cried!

Lee Sang-hyeok's gaze did indeed lock onto Ming Kai, LPL player number 0001.

It's Pig Girl Goddess!

Lee Sang-hyeok instantly experienced a PTSD attack, with countless unpleasant memories flooding his mind.

"Faker was fooled by Clearlove's feint and flashed into a wall!"

"Clearlove predicted Faker's flash position, and Sejuani's ultimate hit! It's a win!"

"The factory manager's Centaur Warrunner used his ultimate to pass through Faker's Sylas's Frostbite ultimate, terrifying Faker. With a swift movement, Faker fell!"

"The wheat has ripened thousands of times, and Brother Fei has been captured and killed eighteen times in one go."

"Little Fei! The most filial son in the LPL!"

Lee Sang-hyeok's knees buckled, and he almost collapsed to his knees.

He was somewhat unable to distinguish between reality and memory; all that flashed before his eyes were mocking comments, and all that filled his ears was a cacophony of laughter.

Everything felt like a tide rushing into his nostrils, making it hard for him to breathe.

"No...don't..."

He fell to the side, but thankfully his right hand was still gripping the doorknob tightly, his knuckles turning white.

"Hey! Are you alright?"

Lin Xiu was the first to rush over, grabbing his shoulder and helping him to a chair nearby. He then shouted towards the outside of the conference room, "Team doctor! Glucose!"

Abu panicked too: "Sit down first, don't be nervous, we're just chatting."

Mingkai scratched his head, awkwardly pulling over a chair: "Am I that scary-looking?"

It took Lee Sang-hyeok a long time to calm his breathing, and his face returned from deathly pale to a pale, normal white.

"I'm sorry... I just didn't sleep well."

"I understand, I understand," Abu said repeatedly, trying to comfort him.

"Fill out the form first, just to go through the process."

Lin Xiu handed over an A4 sheet, his fingertips trembling even faster than Lee Sang-hyeok's pale face.

At that moment, the system interface was flashing wildly in front of him:

[Lee Sang-hyeok, a god-like being in League of Legends, has been detected!]

[Lee Sang-hyeok, a god-like being in League of Legends, has been detected!]

[Lee Sang-hyeok, a god-like being in League of Legends, has been detected!]

【Bind on?】

[After completing the binding, you will receive a newbie gift pack.]

[New Player Gift Pack: 3% Divine Synchronization, 3 Random Hero Full Proficiency Cards]

Without any hesitation, Lin Xiu chose "Yes."

[Binding successful. Bound to League of Legends God-level Character - Lee Sang-hyeok. System will automatically update...]