The screen is dim.
The red letters of "Defeat" were splashed like blood on the live broadcast of the 2024 LPL Summer Finals.
As an analyst for the losing team, Lin Feng sat backstage, watching the spotlight fall on the champion team and the golden rain fall. He rubbed his temples, his vision blurred by thirty hours of sleepless data analysis.
"If I could go back to S5, if I could change that year..." This thought flashed through my mind for the nine hundredth time.
Then, my heart suddenly tightened.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw the dazzling incandescent lamp, the old-fashioned curved monitor, the faint smell of smoke on the keyboard, and - the time in the lower right corner of the computer: January 10, 2015, 14:32.
"Lin Feng! Why are you dazed? It's your turn to queue up with the factory director!" A familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded.
He turned his head and saw the face from nine years ago.
Before he could understand what was happening, a large number of images suddenly flooded into his mind: the loss of Tallahassee, the sound of hammers smashing crystals, the dazzling 0-4 record...
"S5 Global Finals... The collapse of LPL..."
Then there is a line of translucent text that appears in front of you, like a game prompt:
[Spatial and temporal anomaly detection]
[Warning: Changes in historical nodes will trigger rejection reactions]
[First rule: no direct disclosure of the future]
Lin Feng took a deep breath and ran his fingers over the mouse pad with the "EDG" logo printed on it.
Nine years ago.
This time, the ending had to be different.
