I've Been Waiting Ages for You to Build a Team [Esports]

(Bonus chapters are up. The new novel, Becoming a Legend Again in an Esports Novel, is now available.) After placing 16th at Worlds, Bai Yu was chewed out by a hater on a live interview stream: "You're just eye candy, completely useless! If you can win a championship, I'll stick my head in a toilet right here and let you kick it around like a ball!" He smiled without arguing. After returning home, he made several calls. "I'm building a team. Want in?" The esports scene was rocked by an earthquake. First, the number-one FMVP jungler didn't renew with his old team, apparently having found a new one. Then the prodigy ADC everyone wanted was photographed at three in the morning, cheerfully dragging a suitcase and listening to music as he headed to the base of a shabby team whose entrance needed a windbreak board. Next, a top laner who had already achieved everything and retired to enjoy his twilight years logged into his long-neglected account and began an intensive rehabilitation program. Finally, an all-around mid laner who had transferred to North America and sworn never to join another LPL team suddenly appeared at a domestic airport, walking lightly. That very day, news broke that he had just paid a staggering penalty fee and was preparing to join a domestic team. There were also major investors, renowned managers, ace coaches, top-tier stars, and all kinds of people from the scene arriving one after another. Even their substitute was a godlike ADC who had once won Worlds. Everyone was going crazy. Whose team was this wreck, anyway? Bai Yu: Sorry, it's mine ^^ * The year Bai Yu debuted, stars shone brightly and glory seemed endless. He was one of the superstar players famous around the world. After reaching his peak, he watched the region decline and the gods fall, until the day came when he, too, was about to become a thing of the past. After careful consideration, he called them. "There'll be no salary at first, no fans, and losing later might be humiliating. Are you still coming?" "Of course." "I'd definitely come." "It's just embarrassment. I've got thick skin." "If you're building a team, I'm coming." One person didn't answer. Bai Yu gripped his phone, listening to the steady breathing on the other end. The rookie who once hadn't even been qualified to compete alongside him had now become an all-around king who struck fear into everyone's hearts. Bai Yu's eager expression couldn't quite hide his embarrassment. "What about you, Lu Sheng?" A chuckle came from the phone. "Sure. One championship for one night together. You can sign me for as long as you want." Bai Yu: ...? #ReunionAfterLongSeparation & WolfishAmbition# Sensitive and prone to overthinking, but actually a powerful captain on the receiving end x a straightforward, take-action-first, no-nonsense Bking on the pursuing end [Reader's guide] 1. The one on the receiving end is everyone's ideal. 2. The pursuer is direct and younger. 3. The one on the receiving end has a weak heart and might faint after a match. 4. Some ensemble cast, beautiful and tragic group bonding, no secondary couples. 5. The matches serve the plot. 6. The game is League of Legends, using the author's version. Recommended upcoming novel: Don't Mess with Him [Esports] Blurb: #The master of flirtation, with stats to prove it# When Gu Qinzhou was preparing to return home and pursue his career, a friend made sure to warn him: Never mess with a player whose ID is Just, also known as Bai Zhuo. There were two reasons. First, Bai Zhuo had phenomenal gaming talent, a brutal playstyle, and a petty streak. The last person who offended him was killed so many times they quit the game, and the grass on their grave is already two meters tall. Second, Bai Zhuo was incredibly good-looking. Every teammate who played on his team fell for him, without exception, and every departure ended in a spectacular mess. Gu Qinzhou, a top talent and straighter than a steel pipe, scoffed. "Let him try." Later, Bai Zhuo really did join his team. On his first day, he wore a black baseball jacket with silver earrings, sucking on a lollipop. Gu Qinzhou's first impression was that he looked obedient, but probably wasn't. He was definitely absurdly handsome, though not nearly as exaggerated as the rumors claimed. That was until they were assigned the same room. Bai Zhuo took off his shirt, revealing evenly defined back muscles and a slim, strong waist. He casually took a cigarette from his pocket. "Got a light?" Before Gu Qinzhou could react, he leaned over and took a couple of drags from the cigarette in Gu Qinzhou's mouth. Then he smiled at him. "Thanks, bro." Gu Qinzhou took a deep breath. ...This is damn addictive. * Bai Zhuo spent his entire professional career paying off his family's debts. His bank account was usually empty, and he often couldn't even afford a meal. There was no helping it: he had to find someone on the team who looked well-off, praise him like he was the greatest thing since birth, then smoothly mooch a meal. But as he kept mooching, the other guy suddenly looked at him, conflicted. "Xiao Bai, I know you don't care about ceremony, but I think we should make things official if we're going to be together." Bai Zhuo: ...? Bro, I'm just trying to get a meal. You're not trying to sleep with me too, are you? Recommended upcoming novel: Becoming a Legend Again in an Esports Novel Blurb: #The global level of competition drops a thousandfold, but I keep my original skill level# One day, former grand slam champion Lin Luo opened his eyes and found himself transmigrated into a cannon fodder character with the same name in an esports novel. In the book, the protagonist is an all-around player who can wipe out the heavens and earth, defy the sky and the earth, and even challenge the gods. Lin Luo is a minor cannon fodder character who gets sacrificed in Chapter Three on the protagonist's path to godhood, then gets dragged out repeatedly to be trampled on until the ending. Lin Luo: ...Was this written by a hater? The System tells him that if he wants to survive in this novel, he must earn enough achievement points to avoid the tragic fate of becoming cannon fodder. Lin Luo had already planned to lie flat and wait for death. But after opening the game, he thought, That's it? Unusual things start happening in the calm gaming world. First, an unknown rookie account reaches the top of the national server. Then an unheard-of rookie streamer casually posts a tutorial video that changes the whole professional scene. Even stranger, the players everyone considers geniuses have recently been getting beaten up in regular matchmaking games... At first, no one pays attention. Until a strange rookie appears on the professional stage. In one year, he switches clubs three times, goes from substitute to starter, and changes roles from support to jungle, ADC, mid, and top. He dominates championships both at home and abroad, wins even when his teammates collapse and they're ten thousand gold behind, beats the world's number-one mid laner with an underpowered champion at Worlds, and once again reaches the top of both servers. Audience: ? How has he become a legend again and again? * At first, Lin Luo thinks this is just an esports world full of plot holes. After all, in the author's world, anyone can jungle, matches are a joke, and the protagonist can massacre opponents in their fountain in seconds or pull off the classic one-versus-five at the dragon pit. The game's version has more holes than a sieve. Until he realizes that this world has a life of its own. Whenever something unreasonable happens, the version gets patched in time. He immediately rolls up his sleeves, ready to show this world what real professional play looks like. Theme: Fight for your dream once more.