Chapter 2: A Miserable Task That Kills a Teammate in a Duo Run

“Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the task.”
“Reward: Viper Queen proficiency maxed.”

Accompanied by a crisp system notification sound, Chen Yan felt a warm surge flood his mind, countless insights about the Viper Queen flooding in.

In that instant of receiving these memories, he seemed to become a master who had played the Viper Queen countless times, reaching an unparalleled pinnacle of understanding—no one could surpass him.

“As expected, cheating really is satisfying.”

Chen Yan’s eyes gleamed brightly.

Completing this task had boosted his power tremendously.

If he were to compete with SCOUt for a starting position now, SCOUt wouldn’t even be worthy of carrying his shoes.

But at the moment, he wasn’t very interested in a professional career.

Streaming daily to earn money without needing to train was simply too comfortable—why bother with a career?

His thoughts returning to the present, Chen Yan exited the settlement screen and immediately noticed a friend request.

Hide On bUSh.

That ID stunned Chen Yan.

If he wasn’t mistaken, that ID seemed to be... Faker?

The chat erupted instantly.

“Holy shit! Faker actively added Yan Dog as a friend?”

“Can’t believe this.”

“No way! It’s fake!”

Chen Yan’s public image had always been that of a terror in the Rift.

So seeing Faker add him as a friend made everyone present feel as if the world had collapsed.

“Speak up, haters!”

Chen Yan slammed the table and shouted, “Come on, everyone in chat, one sentence each: Yan Ge is awesome!”

“Yan Dog is awesome!”

Some spammed praise, others spammed nonsense; the chat was a chaotic mess.

Chen Yan didn’t care. The show was already entertaining enough. He clicked to accept Faker’s friend request.

At the same time, he muttered, “Your Yan Ge’s strength is just that powerful; even three-time champion Faker is bowing to Yan Ge’s skill.

No choice—the true strong always shine, even buried underground.”

“Come on, those without a fan badge, get one! With the ‘iYan’ fan badge, wherever our Yan family army goes, we have face.”

Chen Yan rambled nonstop, and the viewers in the stream were left speechless.

“Damn, that’s seriously impressive.”

“I went to brush the Yan family army at Big Si Ma’s place and got banned for 360 seconds.”

“Changed the badge, and everyone’s asking whose wild dog the ‘iYan’ badge belongs to.”

“Our Yan family army really is impressive in every way.”

“I know you all act tough, but deep down you’ve already been conquered by Yan Ge’s power.”

While interacting, Chen Yan accepted Faker’s duo queue invitation.

Faker: “Viper Queen is very strong.”

Chen Yan quickly typed a string of Korean replies.

The crowd was not surprised; Chen Yan often pretended to be Korean by speaking fluent Korean.

Sometimes they even joked that Chen Yan was from Korea.

Chen Yan: “Your Ryze is strong too, but I single-handedly killed you three times.”

The chat exploded—

“Translate! Translate it!”

“Translation incoming!”

After translation, the chat burst into laughter.

“Byd, Faker, show some modesty! Yan Dog is still pretending.”

“Classic ‘pretend Korean’ segment.”

“What LPL couldn’t do, Yan Dog did!”

“I dub Yan Dog the pioneer of cold resistance.”

…

Meanwhile, at the SKT base,

Faker stared dumbfounded at the chat replies.

Bang, sitting nearby, nearly burst out laughing, “This must be a newcomer; he didn’t even recognize you.”

“Also, he’s kind of pretending.”

“Interesting,” Faker smiled slightly. “Let me see his skill level.”

Faker wasn’t angry; instead, he grew deeply interested in Chen Yan.

When he saw the ID, he assumed it was someone from LPL.

But judging by the fluent Korean, it seemed more like a local, which stirred Faker’s admiration for talent.

He didn’t mind bringing in a rival or even nurturing a successor for SKT.

“Duo queue?”

“Sure.”

Chen Yan replied, “But I’ll go mid.”

Faker: “No problem, I can jungle.”

The duo queue began, and Chen Yan immediately changed his stream title to “Carrying Faker to Rank Up.”

Instantly, the stream’s popularity surged again.

Faker was a household name in LOL; nearly everyone recognized him.

And Chen Yan’s title created a sharp contrast—one was the terror of the Rift, the other a triple champion. The title suggested the terror was carrying the triple champion, sparking curiosity.

Many expected it to be a gimmick, but upon joining, they found it was indeed Faker.

Chen Yan saw the rising viewer count and loudly urged fans to join the Yan family army.

Suddenly, the screen flashed brightly.

Match found.

【Ding! System match task triggered】

【System task issued: In this match, use Anivia to kill duo queue teammates three times with Anivia’s wall.
Current progress: 0/3.
Reward: 30,000 Huaxia Coins】

Hearing the system’s prompt, Chen Yan was a bit surprised.

System tasks were actually hard to trigger; below Diamond rank, they almost never appeared.

At Diamond level, roughly one in a hundred matches triggered a task.

Unexpectedly, today, playing in Korean Master tier, he triggered two tasks in a row.

The odds were no less than hitting a double legendary card in a ten-pack pull in some game.

But this task was somewhat cruel—he had to kill his teammates three times.

Chen Yan was already used to the system’s nonsense; there were plenty of ridiculous tasks, and this one was relatively normal among them.

“What jungle champion will you take?”

“Lee Sin, I guess.”

But as soon as Faker said that, Lee Sin was immediately banned.

Faker: “?”

The chat filled with question marks and laughter.

“Newbie!”

“Hahaha!”

“Faker: So they’re going after me?”

“Poet ready!”

Actually, Chen Yan wasn’t deliberately targeting Faker. Lee Sin’s mobility made it harder to accidentally kill teammates, but the show effect was undeniable.

When it was Chen Yan’s turn to pick, he chose Anivia without hesitation.

Any more delay would be disrespectful to the 30,000 Huaxia Coins.

With Lee Sin banned, Faker finally picked Poppy jungle.

Lineups were soon locked. Chen Yan’s team was on the blue side: Fiora top, Poppy jungle, Anivia mid, Caitlyn bottom, and Xerath support.

The lineup was all-star sugar.

The opposing team’s lineup was actually better: Maokai top, Kha’Zix jungle, Lissandra mid, Varus bottom, and Braum support.

“We’re gonna lose.”

“Yan Dog can’t play Anivia, he’s intentionally throwing.”

“This streamer’s shameless, all for views.”

Watching Chen Yan’s every move, everyone assumed he was purposely messing with Faker to gain traffic.

Chen Yan didn’t bother explaining.

Once the game started, they moved to their lanes.

With Braum on the enemy team, they chose to invade the jungle at level one.

Faker’s Poppy was caught in the river.

Faker calmly flashed away.

But then, suddenly, a wall appeared before him.

Faker: “……”

The next second, Poppy was chased down and killed.

“First blood.”

The system kill notification sounded.

Current task progress: 1/3.

“I swear… it wasn’t intentional, guys. Can you believe me just once?”