novellk Chapter 29 The Reward for Conquering Rita
Chapter 29 The Reward for Conquering Rita
Welcome to League of Legends!
As the game sounds began, ten heroes descended into the fountain of Summoner's Rift.
Lin Mo had just bought a Doran's Sword and a health potion when a system notification sounded in his mind:
[The host has been detected interacting with a famous female commentator in a duo queue, triggering a special synergy effect!]
[During this match, the attribute fragment effects dropped by all of the host's passive actions will be automatically multiplied by 3!]
"Holy crap? There's such a rule?!"
Lin Mo's eyes lit up.
If the drop rate is tripled, then the 1% attribute loss from missing a minion would now become 3%! The efficiency of attribute farming would be off the charts!
Before the smile on his face could fully spread, the system's voice came again:
[Ding! Special beginner quest triggered: Completely capture Rita's heart. Current progress: 5%]
[Task Reward: Top-tier prize – 0.1% of Tencent Group shares.]
hiss!
Upon hearing the reward, Lin Mo gasped, froze in his chair, and even forgot to click the mouse.
"0.1% of Tencent's shares?!"
Lin Mo's heart pounded like a drum. He picked up his phone, opened the browser, and typed in "Tencent Group's current market value".
The webpage instantly displayed data: In April 2017, Tencent Holdings' market capitalization was approximately US$4 billion, equivalent to more than RMB 3000 trillion.
So, what does this 0.1% stake mean?
That means it's worth 20 billion RMB!!!
And this is just the market value conversion. If you add the annual dividends... this isn't just financial freedom, it's a direct leap across social classes, instantly becoming a top-tier billionaire!
What's the point of playing professionally then?
"I'm rich! I'm rich..." Lin Mo stared intently at his phone screen, as if he could already see countless banknotes beckoning to him.
"Brother Mozi, are you lagging? What are you spacing out for? The minion wave is about to start, we should go!"
Rita's urging voice came through the earphones, pulling Lin Mo back to reality from his fantasy.
"Cough cough... No problem, no problem. I was just thinking about the laning strategy for this game." Lin Mo suppressed his excitement, took a deep breath, and controlled Hanbing to walk towards the bottom lane.
"Coming right now! Sister Ta, just stick close to me and watch how I do it."
"Alright, I'm Lux, your support, I'll make sure you're well protected!" Rita said, controlling Lux to follow behind Ashe.
Soon, the two arrived at the lower route.
The Draven and Soraka on the opposite side have also shown themselves.
Lin Mo also knew that Draven was a dominant force in the bottom lane in the early game; once his axe hit, squishy champions simply couldn't withstand it.
As expected, the opposing Draven played extremely aggressively, activating his Q skill [Spinning Axe] as soon as he entered lane, crossing the minion wave to try and harass Lin Mo.
Seeing this, Lin Mo decisively took a step back and shrank behind his own ranged units, without even the desire to engage, adopting a strategy of "non-violent non-cooperation".
The first wave of minions began to fight each other.
Lin Mo looked at the three low-health melee minions in the front row, then at Draven who was eyeing him menacingly, ready to kill at any moment. He felt nothing and just watched the minions hammer each other to death.
[Ding! Under Draven's pressure, the host was forced to miss one melee minion, gaining Reaction Speed Shards +1% (x3)! Actual Reaction Speed Shards gained: +3%!]
[Ding! Host missed 1 melee minion, actual gain of Consciousness Fragments +4.5%!]
[Ding! The host has given up struggling, letting two minions slip by. Actual gain: Hand Speed Fragment +6%!]
Faced with a wave of six minions, Lin Mo was forced to miss four attacks due to the pressure, only managing to land two hits by chance using his W skill "Volley of Arrows".
Hearing the series of doubling notifications in his mind, Lin Mo felt incredibly happy.
"System, add all of them to Rita!"
Lin Mo issued the order without hesitation.
After all, the effect is halved when used on oneself, so giving it to Rita is much more cost-effective.
As soon as the command was given, all the attributes were added to Rita.
However, Rita was unaware of the changes in herself at this time.
She watched Lin Mo's disastrous last-hit kill and teased him in the voice chat:
"Pfft... Brother Mozi, your last-hitting is a bit of an eyesore! You missed four minions in one wave, are you deliberately throwing the game?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo began to deceive:
"Sister Ta, you don't understand, do you? This is called strategic retreat! Think about it, how strong is Draven in the early game? If we fight him head-on, one death and the game is over. So I deliberately let him push the lane to wear down his killing intent. When he gets arrogant and careless, and the minion wave pushes into the tower, that might be the perfect opportunity for our counterattack!"
"Let me tell you, this is how I played when I was playing in the LPL, you saw it, right?"
Rita was stunned. Although she felt something was off, she thought to herself, "Your teammates can perform steadily in the game, and you can just sit back and relax under pressure."
But this is different in the Diamond rank of the Rift. These teammates are all acting like they're not normal!
Although that's what she thought, Rita still nodded and said:
"Oh, I see... Then be careful, don't let him wear you down."
The two were chatting enthusiastically in voice chat, but the chat room comments in their live streams were already laughing hysterically.
"Holy crap! I've never seen such a shameless person!"
"To make something out of four cuts sound so refined and elegant, what kind of nonsense is this about diminishing the will to kill? I think you just don't have the will to kill yourself!"
"This guy calls himself a 'carrying a girl'? He's a disgrace to the world of carrying girls! I could do more damage than him!"
"Rita, don't believe him! That's how he played today; he's just plain bad!"
"As expected, this guy didn't disappoint me. He's really slacking off! Slacking off in the top lane, and slacking off in the bot lane too!"
"If this keeps up, Draven might start to wonder if he's playing against bots, haha..."
"The enemy top laner is Saozhu. Once Saozhu's Renekton gets farmed up, he can shred these two cowards in one hit!"
The comments section was very lively.
However, Lin Mo in the game didn't see it; he was still focused on resisting the pressure.
In the early game, Lin Mo and Rita were practically pinned under their tower by Draven and Soraka, barely able to breathe.
Linmerta's attacks were so numerous that he sometimes wouldn't even attack the cannons, generously giving them to Rita instead of taking damage, and focusing on being a companion himself.
However, amidst this cruel "imprisonment" and "leakage," Lin Mo's speed in accumulating attribute fragments was also terrifying!
[Ding! Host missed 1 Artillery Soldier, gained Hand Speed Fragment +5% (x3)! Actual gain: 15%!]
[Ding! Host's tower defense has been completely exposed; actual consciousness fragments gained: 18%!]
"Add more! Fully heal Sister Tazi!"
Time passed by, second by second.
Before we knew it, five minutes of game time had passed.
At this point, the opposing Draven had already out-farmed Lin Mo by nearly 30 CS, and the minion wave was firmly blocked in front of the blue side's bottom lane tower.
In just five minutes, Lin Mo had given Rita an epic boost to her base stats!
Rita, originally a Diamond-level player, had a hand speed and awareness score of only around 50. However, with the massive influx of triple shards, her stats have undergone a dramatic transformation:
【Rita: Current Attributes——】
[Hand speed: 100% (Maximum reached!)]
[Consciousness: 100% (Maximum reached!)]
[Confidence Level: 90%]
Looking at Rita's current stats, Lin Mo tentatively asked, "Rita, do you have any particular feelings?"