Debuted in the C position of the e-sports variety show

A flickering light suddenly lit up outside the door.

"Happy birthday!"

Lu Xi appeared at the door holding a cake with two small candles stuck in it.

Xia Keke, who tripped over a chair and fell over, said, "..."

Mario was the first to react, and wowed enviously, "Birthday cake! Who's birthday?"

As soon as Xia Keke heard the word "birthday", Xia Keke finally came to his senses and got up from the ground screaming again, "Ahhhh! Wo's birthday!! It's Wo! Thank you Brother Xi!!!!"

Several other people couldn't help crowding around, chattering happy birthday.

Yu You stood there with his arms folded, watching their 308 regiment building with cold eyes, and the more he watched, the more he felt it was an eyesore.

He snorted, and was about to turn around and go out, but he heard Foxtail's surprised voice behind him—"What? Are Xia Keke and God Ring the same birthday?"

"What a coincidence, isn't it? Happy birthday to God Ring!"

"Why did Wo share the cake with him, bro!"

Yu You paused and turned around in a daze.

I saw Lu Xi standing in the middle of the crowd holding a small cake, next to an angry Xia Keke.Two candles were inserted on the small cake, and a white chocolate sign about the same size as the cake was placed. The sign was crookedly written with chocolate sauce - "Happy Birthday, Coco, Ring!"

"I just found out when I checked Weibo today and saw your fans mention something," Lu Xi said with a smile, the light of the candle reflected on his face, flickering on and off, but it was so warm, "Happy birthday, you two Let's blow out the candles together."

"..."

Yu You's eyes were fixed on that piece of white chocolate, and an emotion that Lu Xi couldn't understand flashed in his eyes.

After a while, he walked slowly to the cake, raised his hand and picked up the piece of white chocolate with his ID written on it, "...so ugly."

Then, with the sound of Xia Keke's jumping feet, she ate a whole piece of white chocolate.

Lu Xi was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes with a smile.

After returning to the base after filming the commercial in S City, Lu Xi devoted all his attention to the preparations for the semi-finals.According to the regulations of the program group competition system, No.1 in the standings will play against No.4, and No.2 will play against No.3. Therefore, 308 will face 302, a formidable opponent, in the semifinals.

Several people in 308 froze when they heard the news, and protested angrily to Shiyue, who was acting as their bp coach temporarily, in the name of fighting for the benefits that No.1 deserved.

"Coach Shi, don't you think so? No.1 is forced to fight against No.4. How can this be called a privilege?"

Huwei said, "We should learn from the MSI competition system and give No.1 the right to choose freely. Let No.1 select teams from the third or fourth place for the semi-finals, and No.2 may not be selected."

Xia Keke echoed: "That's right, you can talk to them. The broods should be on par with the international competition."

Shi Yue couldn't laugh or cry, "Are you so sure that 302 won't choose your team?"

"of course."

Huwei and Xia Keke spoke in unison.

"why?"

Xia Keke: "Because we are strong enough."

Foxtail: "Because Ring won't choose our captain."

The two gave completely different answers at the same time, and the 308 training room suddenly became strangely quiet. Several people looked at each other and looked at you with different expressions.

Shi Yue was the first to break the silence, "Why didn't Ring choose Lucifer?"

Xia Keke also turned her spearhead to Foxwei, "Yes, why?"

Huwei pursed her lips and said seriously, "...Of course it's because Brother Xi is strong enough."

"Yes, nest also means folding." Xia Keke nodded with satisfaction.

Shiyue took a notebook and pointed at the back of their heads, "Don't think about it, the competition system cannot be changed. There is also a terrible news. You not only have to face 302, but also face the coach Canggou. Isn't it scary? ?”

This time, members of the coaching observation team were assigned to the four teams in the semi-finals to serve as bp coaches and data analysts, and participated in training guidance.

The bp coach only has two people, Canggou and Shiyue, so one person takes care of both teams.Canggou chose No.1 and No.3 first, and Shiyue was assigned No.2 and No.4.

302's personal strength coupled with coach Canggou's devilish training and tactics, Shiyue's scalp tingles just thinking about it.

"Where's Lu Xi?"

He suddenly realized that the scheduled training time had passed, and Lu Xi was actually late.

Mario said "Oh" and explained for him, "The director team said they have something to do with him."

"What is more important than training..."

Shi Yue whispered, "Okay, let me tell you something first."

To be precise, the matter of the director team looking for Lu Xi is indeed more important than training.

The selection manager brought Lu Xi to the top floor of the training room. They usually train downstairs, while most of the director team work upstairs.And the person waiting for him inside turned out to be the chief director.Besides the chief director, there was also a very familiar figure sitting there with his head down, looking at something similar to a contract.

"Director Yan." Lu Xi greeted, and the person sitting at the table turned around, and it was Yu You.

Suddenly, Lu Xi's eyelids started to twitch wildly, and he had a vague premonition, "Director Yan, what's the matter?"

The chief director turned his head and retracted what Yu You was looking at, "Then you go back first, I will talk to Xiao Lu."

Yu You got up, glanced at Lu Xi's face, then walked away from him, and closed the door of the meeting room.

Lu Xi hesitated and sat down in Yu You's position just now, only to see the chief director turn around and turn on the projector, and a data sheet for calculating points occupied the entire wall of the screen.

"This is……"

"This is the points evaluation of everyone in the previous points competition."

The chief director turned on the infrared pen and cast the light spot on the middle column of the ranking. Lu Xi followed the red light and noticed his name at a glance—the current ranking is 22nd.

Although he was dissatisfied, Lu Xi was not surprised that he dropped to this rank.There are a total of 9 teams in the base, and their 308 is the last among the top four teams, so the current rating of the entire team is above the middle.However, in the teams at the back, there is no lack of special thighs in the team, and the overall score is raised with the personal score.

It was true that Lu Xi had the highest rating in the team before, but since the loss to 302, his status has declined, and his rating has plummeted.Being held back by the subsequent results, although some teams did not make it to the semi-finals, some players ranked ahead of Lu Xi in terms of points.

"You know, our next round of elimination will be 45 to 20."

The chief director knocked on the table, looked at Lu Xi, "Xiao Lu, your current grades are a bit dangerous."

Lu Xi pursed her lips, "I... will try my best."

"Doing our best is not enough," the chief director coughed. "The competition system will soon go to the process of 45 to 20, and then the top 20 will form a team for the final selection. To tell you the truth, we have to make a final selection in advance. Finally, the candidates for the limited team will be screened and negotiated with the relevant teams.”

"Advance?" Lu Xi was stunned, "How come? According to the competition system, isn't it..."

The chief director laughed, "Silly boy, you wouldn't be so naive to think that the effects of all variety shows are real, would you? Whether it's the previous men's team audition or the live voting of some shows, the backstage will always be changed. Our show Of course there are no exceptions. Think about it, the final limited team will go to LPL this summer. If you go to LPL, you will meet the original home team of the players, which involves the interests of the team. How could we not negotiate with the club in advance to finalize the final starting lineup? Candidates?"

Lu Xi was dumbfounded, his expression dazed, and he opened his lips for a while before making a sound, "But... we are not voting but a competition."

How will the program group control the winning or losing of the game?

"Yeah, so we're looking for you."

The chief director said straight to the point, "You are now on the verge of being eliminated, but since you are the most popular contestant on the show, in order to ensure the broadcast volume and discussion popularity of the show, we cannot let you be eliminated so early. If you are eliminated, we will not let you be eliminated. It’s good to explain to the fans.”

Can't let him be eliminated...

Thinking of Yu You who just walked out, something flashed into Lu Xi's mind, his eyes shrank suddenly, "You mean..."

Seeing that he seemed to understand, the chief director pushed over a contract, "What about us now, I have a proposal for you. In the next semi-final, Ring will lose to you, which will ensure your promotion. We will arrange Your team will face Ring in the finals, but when it comes to that, you have to make sure that Ring's team wins."

Lu Xi even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, "Are you... are you asking me to play fake matches?"

"What a counterfeit match!" The chief director waved his hand, "This is not a professional game, but a variety show. In the show, this is called... script. Look, you lost to Ring in 5v5 twice before, and now It’s No.4 playing against No.1. What do audiences like to watch? Of course, it’s the next game. So judging from the effect of the program, it’s more exciting for your team to win.”

Lu Xi clenched his hands hanging under the table slightly, suppressed his anger, and said as calmly as possible, "A wonderful game depends on strength."

"Yes, yes, that's true. But now you..."

Do you have this strength?The chief director hesitated to speak, and tried to persuade, "Actually, this script will only be beneficial to you, not harmful. After all, you won't be able to make your debut in the end. In exchange for this..."

"What do you mean I can't make a debut?"

Lu Xi frowned, and finally couldn't help interrupting him.

The chief director glanced at him in surprise, "Didn't your team manager tell you before you came here?"

Lu Xi: "Say what?"

"He told me not to take you into consideration, MARS won't let you go."

When Lu Xi came out of the conference room, he was in a daze.My mind is full of the director's phrase "Mars won't let anyone go".

——Although the Mars team does not want you, they are also afraid of letting you go to the new team. If your condition improves, you will become a threat to Mars.

- Harm, the club has such considerations.On the one hand, they sent the players here, and on the other hand, they were afraid that the final limited team would be too strong, and instead block their own team's way.

Thinking over the chief director's words again, Lu Xi felt that his previous thoughts were naive and ironic.He actually tried to return to the LPL arena through such an entertainment variety show...

No one can really understand what it's like for him to live every day after returning to the second MARS team.How proud he was before, how much he hated himself later.The title of Little Yukie used to satisfy his vanity, but later it was more like water plants in the swamp, wrapping around his neck at night, dragging him into the abyss of doubt and depression.

Over the years, Lu Xi's ego has been inflated in the greenhouse of flowers and applause, like a balloon inflated by the outside world, the bigger it is, the more it cannot tolerate sand, and the bigger it is, the more fragile it is.Finally, at the moment of MSI, he was severely pierced by a sharp thorn. He also tried to save the "ego" after it exploded, but the pinhole on the balloon never disappeared. No matter how hard he tried and how he pretended to be indomitable, he could only helplessly and helplessly watch the balloon being refilled. The "gas" leaked out from the invisible stab wound on the body little by little...

The comments in the forum were not wrong, he lost to himself.He's scared.After that game, he began to be afraid of his role in the team, he was afraid of rushing to the front, he was afraid of making mistakes, he was afraid that because of his own mistakes, the LPL would fail, Mars would fail and a game would be lost .When he starts to get scared, he has already lost his responsibility as an adc, and also lost the qualification to return to the game.

So Lu Xi was afraid day after day, and felt ashamed of his timidity day after day.

He has been playing games with himself, and the pain of punching is double.

Lu Xi also thought about giving up, but he couldn't forget what he said to Yukie before leaving the team. As long as he is still moving forward, this hurdle will not stop him.

But why he had already forced himself to move forward, and this hurdle still blocked him to death, telling him over and over again——Lu Xi, admit it, you have been defeated.As long as you stop thinking about getting up, there will be no pain.

Whether to continue fighting or to let him go, two voices are fighting each other in his heart, on the surface the former has the upper hand again and again, but the weakness of the latter often shakes him shamefully at night.

Applying to Luo Su to participate in the "Ace Project" is the last chance that Lu Xi finally made up his mind to give himself.

For the last time, try to get up.He promised himself that as long as he can make his debut as an ADC in this limited team, he will choose to believe—believe that Lu Xi can still be saved.

So it doesn't matter if he is in a bad state for the time being, and it doesn't matter if he loses confidence after being beaten by Yu You, because this is the last chance he has limited to himself, and he will go all out to the last moment.

And now, they told him, this opportunity, which he regarded as his last hope, turned out to be nothing more than a mirage.

It is impossible for him to debut, he was abruptly deprived of the opportunity to say to himself "you can still be saved".

Lu Xi walked to the window and stopped, with his hands propped on the window sill with some loss of strength, he bowed his waist and laughed silently, his shoulders trembled slightly.

...he seemed like a joke.

At the other end of the corridor, Yu You leaned against the wall at the corner, frowning, as if he had been standing here for a long time.

He turned his face slightly, and took a step forward with some hesitation. Out of the corner of his eye, he lingered on the back of the window for a moment, and finally retreated to a corner where the person could not see.

——The program group hopes to build a team around you, but the exchange condition is that you have to obey the program group's arrangement.

——First, this time the semi-finals will be lost to Lu Xi; second, the team must be selected according to the roster of the program group in the final round.

——As long as you sign this agreement, we can guarantee your debut position, and...

——Lu Xihui will be your best stepping stone.