Chapter 3: The Most Disgusting Top Lane Champion!

The sounds ringing repeatedly in his mind made Su Mo beam with joy.

The "Gold Finger" that hadn't responded despite his calling for it for ages had finally appeared on its own.

"Open the gift pack!" Su Mo responded in his mind, familiar with the routine.

【Obtained: 1x LOL Prestige Hero Proficiency Card】

【Prestige Hero Proficiency Card: Using this card will raise an LOL hero's proficiency to the top level.】

【When playing with a max-proficiency hero, the host's hand speed, game sense, and laning techniques will be elevated to the maximum level.】

He was just about to ask more, but the system voice rang out again.

【Detected that the host is in a match, activating Choice Mission】

【Choice 1: Win the match, reward 100 Torture Points】

【Choice 2: Lose the match, reward 0 RMB】

【Choice 3: Torture the players in the game, make at least one player break down, reward 1x Prestige Proficiency Card】

【Note: There is no penalty for mission failure. Please make a choice within ten seconds.】

"I choose 1, 2, and 3!"

Su Mo replied tentatively.

【Mission 1, 2, and 3 all selected successfully】

So he could select all of them...

In that case, this wasn't a multiple-choice question at all.

Su Mo wanted to continue exploring the system, but Abu’s voice rang out again: "Everything is fine, right? Then Su Mo, take Maokai. The opponent took Shen for top lane, you just go up there and absorb the pressure."

Abu didn't expect Su Mo to contribute much anyway. In his eyes, as long as Su Mo didn't drag the team down, it would be a massive success.

After all, he was just a rookie, and no matter how you looked at it, he was a cut below Letme, a veteran of the competitive scene.

Su Mo glanced at the stage; both sides had already picked several heroes.

RNG had selected Taliyah, Caitlyn, Lulu, and Shen, leaving the final counter-pick for Mlxg’s jungle.

EDG, on the other hand, had snatched up Ryze, Karma, Varus, and the just-locked Rengar.

The hero selection order in this world was the exact opposite of Earth's.

Support was in the first slot, AD in the second, Mid in the third, Jungle in the fourth, and Top was positioned in the fifth.

This actually gave Su Mo an opportunity.

"Reporting to Coach, I don't want to play Maokai."

Su Mo spoke up.

Now that he had a system, why the hell would he play Maokai?

Playing Maokai only meant getting beaten up; it wouldn't allow him to torture anyone.

Abu clearly hadn't expected Su Mo to defy his orders. He frowned and asked, "Then what do you want to play?"

Su Mo thought for a moment.

There were certainly plenty of heroes capable of torturing people.

For instance, proxy-farming Singed, Grasp of the Undying Teemo, Grasp of the Undying Karma, or various ADC top laners.

But when it came to the most disgusting one, there was someone else.

An elderly hero popped into Su Mo's mind.

"Coach, can you give me a chance to choose my hero?" Su Mo turned his head, looking at Abu with a sincere expression.

Abu hesitated for two seconds before nodding: "Fine, go ahead and pick one yourself."

Abu was very clear about Su Mo’s hero pool; his best were Maokai, Nautilus, and Shen, with Renekton as a secondary option.

Since Shen had already been taken by RNG, Su Mo could only choose between Maokai and Nautilus.

It seemed this kid wanted to play Nautilus.

After all, it was his first time on stage, so he would definitely focus on absorbing pressure. He couldn't possibly pick a Renekton.

Thinking this, Abu agreed to Su Mo’s request.

Both Maokai and Nautilus were functional tanks with crowd control; it didn't matter which one he played.

As long as Su Mo could hold the lane, everything would be fine.

But the next second, Abu’s eyes widened sharply.

Because Su Mo’s mouse was hovering over a hero he didn't recognize.

The hero carried a large clock, his aged, decrepit body slightly hunched as if unable to bear the weight of the timepiece.

"Ancestor, don't you dare..."

Abu hurriedly spoke, trying to stop him, but he was a step too late.

Su Mo clicked the mouse gently and pressed confirm.

Because of the director’s "special attention" to the rookie Su Mo, the moment he locked in the hero, his perspective appeared on the big screen.

"I knew you'd pick me~"

The entire arena echoed with this magnetic line.

Zilean, the Chronokeeper!

This was Su Mo’s choice!

The hero he considered the most disgusting to play against, bar none.

If you go for a minion, you get bombed; if you don't, you miss the CS.

Especially in the mid-to-late game when the cooldowns stack up, he could use his E to infinitely slow and his double-Q to stun, leaving opponents unable to move.

Just thinking about it was disgusting.

Before he transmigrated, a certain TikTok blogger had successfully disgusted countless opponents with top-lane Zilean, creating videos that gained hundreds of thousands of followers.

But facing Letme, Su Mo wasn't sure if he could successfully disgust him.

However, he was here to be the scapegoat anyway; playing Maokai meant a guaranteed loss, but playing something disgusting might actually give him a chance to win.

What Su Mo didn't know was the level of shock his choice brought to the audience.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

The arena with tens of thousands of people fell completely quiet in that instant.

Even the commentators, Guan Zeyuan and Rita, briefly forgot to breathe.

Before this, Guan Zeyuan prided himself on his vast experience, convinced that no bizarre scenario could affect him anymore.

But when he saw Su Mo lock in Zilean, he couldn't stay calm after all.

After a few seconds, Guan Zeyuan finally recovered: "This... EDG has indeed given us a huge surprise. I can't even tell which lane this Zilean is going to. EDG already has Ryze and Karma; could it be that Zilean is going mid and Ryze is going top? But according to my knowledge, neither Zilean nor Ryze is in the player Mo's hero pool..."

Guan Zeyuan tried to stretch his imagination, but after a brainstorm, he still couldn't guess where Zilean was going.

Top-lane Zilean?

Even in ranked games, let alone professional matches, he had never seen anyone take Zilean top!

Rita, having just regained her composure, had a flash of insight: "I understand now. This must be EDG’s hidden trump card. They must have practiced this tactic many times in private."

"Oh~" Guan Zeyuan said, half-believing. "Now that you mention it, that’s actually possible. With Coach Abu’s experience, this Zilean pick must be a tactical-level choice."

Rita put on a wise expression: "Absolutely! Coach Abu must have his reasons for doing this! Zilean is definitely a secret weapon!"

Meiko had the same guess as Rita.

Meiko asked quietly: "Coach, is Xiao Mo the secret weapon you've been training in secret?"

Abu’s mouth twitched.

Top-lane Zilean as a secret weapon...

He wanted to become a killer right now and "weaponize" Su Mo into the ground!

He had considered many possibilities, even wondering if Su Mo would pick a Renekton, but he never imagined this bastard would pick an old man to play top lane.

Is this something a human would do?

Abu didn't answer, just stared at Su Mo with a furrowed brow, trying to search his memory for any scene of Su Mo playing Zilean.

But after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

Ever since he had known Su Mo, he had never seen him play Zilean.

Not even once!

This bastard... is going to be the death of me!

Abu cursed inwardly.

"No, you picked the wrong one, right?" He glared at Su Mo.

"Coach, this is exactly what I want to play. I hope you can support me. Even if the audience scolds me later, I won't regret it." Su Mo looked sincere and determined, dropping a hint.

Abu pondered for a moment.

If he guessed correctly, there were probably already quite a few viewers flaming him, the coach.

He could fully imagine how fierce the netizens' verbal abuse would be after EDG lost the match.

It might even affect his future career and reputation.

But what if he clarified later that Su Mo had ignored his instructions and insisted on picking Zilean?

Then all the blame would fall on Su Mo.

People are selfish, after all.

In the end, Abu sighed silently in his heart.

He acquiesced.

Now, he still had one question: Could Su Mo even play Zilean?

Could Zilean even play top lane?

However, before he could speak, someone had already asked these questions for him.

"No, Xiao Mo, are you kidding me?" Clearlove spat, his saliva flying. "You picked Zilean for top lane? Can this hero even go top? And do you even know how to play this hero?"