48: Chapter 48 Welcome to League of Legends!

Shenzhen University, male dormitory. Saturday.

Liu Yang's alarm went off at nine o'clock.

He rolled over and sat up, fished his phone out from under his pillow, and confirmed the beta test notification text message one more time.

It was still there.

The date was correct.

It was today.

He put on his slippers, walked over to the opposite bed, and nudged Old Zhang, who was still snoring.

"Old Zhang, get up and come with me to the internet cafe."

Old Zhang rolled over, covered his head with his quilt, and mumbled in a slurred voice.

"It's only nine o'clock, why go to the internet cafe?"

"We agreed that on weekends, no one is allowed to get out of bed before twelve!"

"The league of legends beta test! I managed to snag a qualification, I have to go to the internet cafe and try it out."

Liu Yang said as he put on his jacket.

"You know my crappy laptop can't play any games."

Old Zhang poked a messy head out from under the quilt.

"Is it that game made by IceFrog?"

"Yeah."

Old Zhang was still hesitating, wanting to sleep a little longer.

Suddenly, the dorm leader from the lower bunk opposite poked his head out, his expression lecherous.

"Liu Yang, are you sure you're taking Old Zhang to the internet cafe? You aren't taking him to do something else, are you?"

The dorm went quiet for a beat.

Then, several people burst out laughing at the same time.

Even Fatty Zhou, who usually slept the soundest, woke up.

Hearing this, Liu Yang's expression changed.

"I'll say it again, that time it was a problem with Weikan's algorithm; it gave random recommendations. I'm straight!"

"Didn't you guys download Weikan later to test it and find out the algorithm was all messed up?"

"Why do you still not believe me!"

The dorm leader waved his hand helplessly.

"Alright, alright, can't take a joke?"

Hearing this, Liu Yang couldn't help but look at Old Zhang, who was holding back laughter.

"And you, you were the one shouting in the dorm building. Now, no matter how I explain it, I can't clear my name."

"The whole class now thinks I'm not straight."

"Even the girl I confessed to before who rejected me thinks I'm gay."

"She even came to me and said..."

"She said she knew when I confessed to her back then, it must have been intentional to avoid criticism, just using her as a cover. She felt bad about rejecting me because she hadn't realized it back then, and now she's willing to pretend to be my girlfriend to save me from the criticism."

Listening to Liu Yang's words, everyone was almost rolling with laughter.

They naturally knew about this incident too.

But after laughing for a while.

The last roommate, Fatty Zhou, took over the conversation.

"The most infuriating thing is, you bastard, after hearing her say that, you actually agreed."

"Are you even human?"

Liu Yang coughed twice, pretending to be very casual.

"Haven't you guys heard of the phrase 'fake it until it becomes real'? I was just getting close to her under the guise of being gay, what the hell do you guys know."

After saying this, he grabbed his backpack and turned to walk toward the door.

"Are you guys going or not?"

The next moment, Old Zhang turned up the volume on his phone, and soon, the voice of the streamer Old C sounded in the dormitory.

"How was this trash feel designed? This is way too hard to play, right?"

"No, no, there isn't even denying, there's no skill involved at all."

"Not fun, not fun, this is purely a trash game."

"There's absolutely no strategy to speak of here."

After a few sentences, Old Zhang yawned and exited the live stream again.

"Forget it."

"Looking at Old C's review, you can tell this is a trash game."

"The mechanics are too simple, no depth, not fun."

Liu Yang zipped up his jacket.

"Everything he says is gospel?"

"He's a veteran dota player with tens of millions of fans online, could he be wrong?" Old Zhang trusted Old C very much.

The dorm leader's voice sounded again.

"Some game influencers on Douyin are also streaming it, and the reviews seem pretty good."

Old Zhang waved his hand.

"Those Douyin influencers are obviously paid to advertise it."

"I don't believe it."

Fatty Zhou sat up from under the quilt.

"That makes sense."

"And Old C's reviews are always accurate. Last time, that new MOBA, after he trashed it, it really did die within a month."

Liu Yang picked up his earphones from beside his pillow, wrapped them twice, and stuffed them into his pocket.

"Whether it's fun or not, I'll only know after I try it myself."

"Whether they are praising it or trashing it, you can't trust them; you have to play it yourself to know."

"People like you are the easiest to get led by the nose online."

He took two steps toward the door, then turned back around.

"Are you guys going or not?"

Old Zhang covered his head with the quilt, just sticking out one hand to wave at him.

"Forget it, I want to sleep a little longer."

The dorm leader also rolled over.

"I'm not going either, a game like league of legends definitely won't take off; it's just riding the coattails of dota 2."

"You won't be able to play more than a few rounds before coming back."

Liu Yang didn't say anything more.

He pushed the door open and left the dormitory directly.

Although the buzz for league of legends was decent, at this moment, indeed, not many people were optimistic about it.

Soon, Liu Yang left the school.

On the street behind the school, the internet cafe was already filled with quite a few people.

After scanning the code to add money, Liu Yang walked to a window seat, sat down, and pressed the power button.

He then found the official website for league of legends and clicked download.

The internet cafe's connection speed was fast, and the progress bar finished running in no time.

The installation package finished downloading, and it started installing automatically.

The progress bar reached the end.

A new icon popped up on the screen.

A golden fist.

Liu Yang stared at that icon for a while.

Then he took a deep breath.

He double-clicked the icon.

The screen went black, and a login box appeared.

He entered the beta test account that had qualification, a blue client appeared in Liu Yang's eyes, and then he entered his ID.

Liu Yang thought about it, and without hesitation, he entered:

"Old Yang is not gay"

After confirming, it automatically entered the tutorial.

A ray of light emerged from the darkness, and the distant view of Summoners Rift slowly unfolded on the screen.

The background music began with low-pitched strings, gradually incorporating drumbeats.

In the distance were the outlines of defensive towers, the runes on the tower tips glowing with a faint blue light; three minion lanes crisscrossed and extended across the map, and the vegetation in the jungle swayed gently.

A line of text appeared in the center of the screen, accompanied by a system prompt:

"Welcome to league of legends!"