"Are you ready?"

Cheng Qing, the temporary team leader, was really competent and helped us arrange all the matters before departure.

The new team uniforms that Cheng Qing designed for us with his own money are extremely refreshing and beautiful, with white background and blue stripes, youthful and powerful. The five VGJ people put on these clothes and had a completely new look.

Thunder and lightning, blue ice water.

"Gogogo!"

"Set off!"

We got on a special bus and our destination was: Mercedes-Benz Center.

Today is the preview day for TI. There will be an opening ceremony in the morning. There will be a variety of exciting and rich programs. Members of all major teams will appear on stage. After that, it will be our wild card game.

Originally, Ti would only open the venue for the main event, but due to the overwhelming response to the International Invitational Tournament and the shortage of tickets, the organizer and V Agency decided to add the wild card match to the Mercedes-Benz Arena, which can not only warm up for Ti6, but also allow these foreign players to compete.

The Kasai team fulfilled their TI dream and had no regrets even if they were eliminated in the end.

Of course, the two teams that were eliminated could never be us.

There are also explanations for the layout outside the venue. All 18 teams have team support locations outside the center. All kinds of support items inside are free. There is also a large mysterious store in the middle, which will suddenly open at a certain mysterious node.

, and the products are limited and will be gone once sold out.

Like a kid who just entered the city, Zhou Haili pressed his face against the car window, looked at the decorations outside, and asked: "Oh my God, this is Ti. Hey, Gai Gou, did you guys have such a grand event when Ti was playing?"

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Liang Fafa shook his head: "Every TI is bigger and bigger, but this time it is really awesome, with all kinds of creative little details. It would be perfect if the scalpers can be dealt with."

"Tsk tsk, if we win the championship locally, will our name go down in history?"

"You've already started to go down in history before even writing your horoscope?"

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The ring-shaped seats gradually climbed up to surround the large stage in the middle. There was a giant electronic screen above the stage to facilitate audiences from all corners to watch the game.

We were the first ones to arrive, so we went backstage to take promotional photos and entrance videos.

"No no no."

The white-haired foreigner in charge of the camera started giggling in English with sign language. After being translated by the team leader, he meant that our expressions and movements were too stiff and we needed to relax a little.

"Everyone thinks of three postures. The first two should be funny, cool, or silly, and the last one should be serious."

After a short brainstorming session, we each came up with a few representative actions.

I put my index finger in front of my lips and made a "shh" motion.

Wang Chenyu wore a very funny mermaid headgear.

Zhou Haixin sat on a chair and polished his shoes with a smile.

Xu Senlin wore empty-rimmed glasses and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

Liang found that he made a "6" gesture with both hands.

It was just past nine o'clock, and the originally sparse seats were gradually filled with people. The contestants also arrived one after another. The opening ceremony began soon.

First, there was a dance with Chinese characteristics. The rogue musical instrument suona was paired with lion dance. The scene and momentum were extremely shocking.

Then came the appearances of the major teams, some of which were random, and some of which were specially arranged.

OG, Liquid, Newbee... When heroic players come forward one after another, and when seed teams one after another walk out of the technological door, there will be warm applause and cheers outside.

The loudest cheers were from Newbee and OG. They were the two most promising teams before the start of this Ti. However, because Newbee competed locally, OG was slightly inferior.

"Are you nervous?" Xu Senlin asked Zhou Haichin with a smile, who was taking deep breaths.

Leather Shoes smiled bitterly: "Nonsense. In the past, foreigners only lost when they played games. It didn't feel like it was a big deal. Now when people play games at home, it feels like losing even a single game is no big deal."

I pretended to be calm: "Don't take it too seriously, just treat it as a normal game."

Wang Chenyu was holding back a smile behind me: "Please stop your shaking legs first."

"Wele VGJ.Thunder!"

"Let's go, let's go."

With the host's loud announcement, all members of VGJ.T finally appeared, and what greeted us was a roar like a mountain and a tsunami...laughing?

"Hahaha……"

"One ki!"

"He's coming, he's coming!"

I was confused by the audience's irrational behavior: "What are they laughing at?"

Leather Shoes stood next to me in a low voice: "Don't you know?"

"You said..." I always have a bad feeling.

"A famous barrage website made a fool of yourself with your splitting video that day, knocking out all the favorites to win. It was so funny that it had over a million views."

"Holy crap, when did it happen?"

"It was just one week into the training camp."

Oh my god, a talented player like me has somehow become a comedian?

It seems that he will have to show off his power in the wild card game later.

The last team to appear is Evil Genius, the TI5 runner-up and our biggest opponent in this wild card round.

Sumail led the team on the stage, holding a shield in his hand, followed by PPD, Universe, Fear, and Zai.

"WOW!"

"EG! EG!"

Thanks to the popularity of the talented boy Sumail, the fans at the scene shouted "EG" loudly, pushing the atmosphere of the audience to the climax.

Eighteen teams formed a circle around the stage, and something was missing on an empty stone pillar in the middle.

Sumail walked to the center of the stage with the shield and put the Immortal Shield on it. The whole place suddenly flashed with golden light, and the spotlights formed a beam, shining on the fascinating shield.

Whoever can win this TI will be its sixth generation owner.

Sumail's next move caused the whole audience to burst into laughter. He tried to take away the shield again, but was quickly stopped by the staff.

This seemingly joking move actually has a deeper meaning. In this Ti, EG is definitely not saving fuel.

All the teams have been assembled, the debut ceremony is over, and then the fat man who loves to hear and see appears again.

"Wele to the iional."

The fat man wearing flip-flops walked onto the stage, and with just one sentence, the audience booed:

"Pay back the money! Pay back the money!"

There were a few players from DC and Liquid around me who didn’t know what it meant. After I translated it to them, we all laughed in agreement.

The serious and solemn TI venue turned into a large-scale meme scene.

Afterwards, there was the usual routine of thanking the sponsors and praising China's customs and customs.

Then all the players went down, except four teams: EG, VGJ.T, VP, and Empire.

On-site grouping, on-site drawing, double elimination system, winner group champion and loser group champion advance to the Ti6 group stage, and the rest can only travel to China at that time.

We sent Zhou Haijun to draw lots. His short calves contain a lot of energy.

In the end, we drew Empire, and EG played against VP.

China and the United States fight against Russia.

VGJ.T’s first battle against Empire, will lightning destroy the city or will the empire rise?

The first game at the Mercedes-Benz Center started at twelve o'clock:
Chapter completed!