New Century Internet Cafe.
"Quick, go in, go in! I knocked him up!" Qiu Mengze shouted, slapping his keyboard.
On the screen, a "happy wind man" with a high ponytail was shouting his classic lines as he effortlessly scored a pentakill.
Almost at the same time, the internet cafe's speakers began to announce the pentakill: [Congratulations to the player at computer #68 for getting a pentakill in League of Legends. Your reward is...]
"Holy shit, Xue Rui, your Yasuo is insane!" Qiu Mengze said, his face a mask of shock. The Unforgiven was a champion with an incredibly high skill ceiling, and he hadn't been out for that long. It was rare to see someone play him so fluidly.
This was when League of Legends was at its peak. In an internet cafe with hundreds of computers, more than half were running LoL.
Hearing the people around him yelling "Awesome!" Xue Rui felt a small sense of vanity, which was somehow more satisfying than earning a hundred million.
