Chapter 42: Sister Zhou's Mental Breakdown

Su Mo was playing his game while still finding time to interact with his viewers.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Watching the tragic state of Master Yi, PDD exclaimed in disbelief, "No way, Sister Zhou, you've been killed by Shaco three times in four minutes? You're having a miserable time."

Hearing this, Zhou Shuyi immediately felt aggrieved. "The person playing Shaco on the enemy team is too disgusting; they won't let me play the game at all."

PDD froze for a moment, feeling that something in Zhou Shuyi's words was off.

She said the *person* playing Shaco was disgusting, not that Shaco was disgusting...

Wasn't she essentially insulting Mo in a roundabout way?

PDD hurriedly changed the subject. "Cough, Sister Zhou, don't worry. I have a huge advantage in the top lane; I can carry the game later."

With that, PDD pressed Flash, used a red-buffed W to control the Singed, and executed a Q-A-E-A combo to burst the Singed down, securing a kill.

"See, Sister Zhou? With this composition, we can easily crush the enemy in the late game," PDD emphasized again.

Zhou Shuyi nodded. "Alright, Teacher Piao, you better teach that Shaco a lesson later and avenge me."

"No problem," PDD agreed with a nod.

At this moment, PDD was still full of confidence.

After all, Shaco is naturally countered by Renekton; no matter how many kills he gets, it doesn't matter—he can just farm freely in the mid-to-late game.

With one Singed and one Shaco, even if Zhou Shuyi fed infinitely this game, he was confident he could carry.

However, as the game progressed, PDD began to realize the problem.

At the 4:55 mark, Zhou Shuyi's Master Yi died at the Krugs pit once again.

As for the culprit, who else could it be but Shaco?

After finishing the Krugs, Shaco stood directly in the pit waiting, as if he knew in advance that Master Yi would come.

If PDD didn't know that Shaco was a professional player, he might have even suspected that Shaco was using wallhacks.

This Mo guy really seemed to have something up his sleeve.

And this was only the beginning.

At 5:31, Shaco appeared in the mid lane and, with Ryze's assistance, ganked and killed Ahri.

At 6:13, Master Yi died in the top jungle again...

This time, Master Yi hadn't even reached the jungle camp. He had just stepped out of his high ground when Shaco, hiding in the brush, used a Box to fear him, followed by a few auto-attacks to finish him off.

"He's hacking! Brothers, this Shaco is definitely hacking!"

In Zhou Shuyi's stream, her frantic voice rang out. "Everywhere I go, I run into him! He's definitely cheating!"

Zhou Shuyi looked completely broken, repeating herself over and over.

The game was already over six minutes in, and her Master Yi was still level one.

Every time she respawned and stepped out, less than a minute later, Shaco would appear before her face like the Grim Reaper, taking Master Yi's life amidst her terror.

In all her years of gaming, she had never been beaten this miserably.

What infuriated her most was that the Mo on the opposing team must have known her identity, since the viewers were all saying Shaco was streaming.

Yet even so, he kept hunting her down, showing her absolutely no respect.

She was, after all, a top-tier streamer for Shark and an official LPL commentator. Since when did a mere substitute player dare to show her no respect?

She felt a deep sense of injustice.

Zhou Shuyi didn't speak, but her expression had darkened significantly.

At this point, she couldn't care about "entertainment value" anymore; Shaco's behavior felt like a personal insult.

A few seconds later, Master Yi respawned again.

Zhou Shuyi moved her mouse, but she felt lost.

She no longer knew where she was supposed to go.

She felt as if her entire jungle was filled with Shacos; no matter where she went, there was Shaco.

Looking at her level, she was still level one.

She had never felt so helpless.

After a moment of thought, Zhou Shuyi clicked her mouse and began heading toward the mid lane.

She didn't want to go to the jungle anymore; she just wanted to reach level two.

The safest way was to go mid and pretend to gank, just to soak up some of Ahri's experience.

Soon, Zhou Shuyi arrived at the mid lane, using the pretext of a gank to eat Ahri's minions.

Ahri sent a question mark, but Zhou Shuyi ignored it.

But even with Master Yi being so shameless, Ahri said nothing. Instead, she typed: "Sister Zhou, I'll let you take all my minions. Can you add me as a friend later?"

Seeing this, the gloomy expression on Zhou Shuyi's face finally softened slightly.

Given her status and position, this was the kind of treatment she deserved.

Look at how sensible Ahri was, and then look at that Shaco—he's practically inhuman.

Feeling comforted, Zhou Shuyi typed back: "Thanks, but this isn't my account."

Ahri: "..."

Zhou Shuyi didn't care about the Ahri player's reaction; she began following Ahri to soak up minion experience.

What she didn't know was that, at that moment, red marks were constantly appearing above her Master Yi.

...

*Bing! Bing! Bing!*

On the other side, Su Mo was continuously marking Master Yi, signaling the mid-lane Ryze to go deal with him.

Originally, Su Mo had been camping in the brush behind the enemy's blue buff in the bot jungle, wanting to see if Master Yi would come to take it, since the enemy's second blue buff was due to respawn in about ten seconds.

However, Master Yi's movement caught Su Mo by surprise—he headed straight for the mid lane.

Since the distance wasn't far, Su Mo directly called for Ryze's support.

Seeing the mark on Master Yi coming from Shaco, Ryze hesitated not at all, his finger landing on the Flash key.

At the start of the game, he had questioned Shaco's strange behavior, but after witnessing several instances of Shaco's god-like predictions, Ryze had already started treating this 6/0/0 Shaco like a supreme deity.

If a deity had a request, how could he refuse?

...

"Level two! I'm finally level two!"

At the seven-minute mark, Zhou Shuyi's moved voice rang out, sounding touched.

Thinking back to her bitter experiences in the jungle, she felt a pang of sorrow.

Now, she even wanted to type to everyone to flaunt her level and mock Shaco's incompetence.

But she didn't dare, fearing even more frantic retaliation from Shaco.

She only dared to vent to her stream: "If you've got the guts, Shaco, keep coming! If you're so tough, try making it so I can't level up! If you're so brave, come and kill me again!"

Just as she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed a flash of white light nearby.

As the white light faded, Ryze had already arrived in front of her.

With a lightning-fast Flash, Ryze used EW to root the Master Yi hiding behind Ahri.

Zhou Shuyi was a bit stunned, but it didn't hinder her survival instinct: "Save me! Ahri, save me!"

As if hearing her plea, Ahri reacted by using her E skill to charm Ryze.

Seeing this, Zhou Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next instant, her pupils dilated violently, and a piercing scream escaped her mouth: "AAAAAH!!!"

It was Shaco.

Shaco had stealth-approached once again. With the high critical damage of his Q and an E skill, he instantly executed the level two Master Yi.

This scene was a recurring nightmare for Zhou Shuyi.

But in the eyes of the viewers, it was hilarious.

"Hahaha, keep screaming, Sister Zhou! Why'd you stop?"

"Shaco: I've never heard such a weird request in my life."

"LMAO, Sister Zhou's eyes are almost popping out of her head."

"This Shaco is extremely cruel. Even when Sister Zhou goes mid, he still hunts her down, hahaha..."

"This is the first time I've seen someone beat Sister Zhou this badly. I'm calling Mo a God!"

"Shaco jungle is too intense, I'm going to go try it right now."

"..."

Looking at the screen filled with "Hahaha," Zhou Shuyi became even more broken.

Even though the stream's viewership was climbing, the rage in her heart was rising just as rapidly.

"Heavens, can someone please punish this Shaco!" Zhou Shuyi let out a desperate wail.