novelhk Chapter 19: Don't let it be another ominous sign!
Chapter 19: Don't let it be another ominous sign!
"Why are you online today?"
The white path is a bit strange.
A month ago, the two became friends on the ranked ladder and briefly duo-queued a few times.
Because of Wa's live streams, offline events, and various commercial orders, Dan hasn't been able to play CS for more than half a month.
【Monkey King 123: Bro, the bastards say I'm no good at CS, come with me and teach these little brats a lesson】
"My gun is also itching for a shot!"
Looking at the message, Bai Dao smiled, turned his head, and rubbed his wrist.
It's been a long time since I duo queued with Dan, and he misses it too.
Upon accepting the invitation and entering the room, Bai Dao had to remove one of his earphones.
"Holy crap?! Bro, your account got hacked?"
In the voice channel, Danking intended to exchange a few pleasantries, but when his gaze casually swept below Bai Dao's avatar, his voice suddenly cracked.
The badge has a bronze sheen.
At this moment, below the white path's portrait, the extremely large S badge was not only wrapped in crimson lightning, but also had two demonic horns growing from its top!
Demon King S!
For a top-tier professional like him, it's a piece of cake.
For a well-known solo queue player, reaching Demon King S rank in two months is a bit difficult, but still acceptable.
But Kunkun had been hanging out in C+ for a month!
Is this someone riding on Musk's rocket?
Meanwhile, the comments on Danking's secondary screen exploded like it was Chinese New Year.
[Are you from that village, Egg Beast? Brother Kun is a huge star on Douyin now.]
Egg, why don't you take another look at the leaderboard?
Today is Kun Ge's battle to reach the top, Egg, don't let him down!
"Second on the entire platform? Only two stars behind?"
Danking quickly opened the Perfect Rankings list and glanced at it, then gasped, nearly choking on a betel nut.
"I'm just lucky, my hands have been feeling hot lately."
Faced with Danking's shock, Bai Dao simply smiled nonchalantly.
With the help of muscle recovery drugs, I've been in great form these past few days.
They weren't intimidated at all when they encountered professional players participating in the Shanghai CAC.
He killed Togo twice!
"Damn... I'm impressed."
Danking gave a thumbs up and then started the matchmaking process.
Ding--
Map loading: Mirage
The game entered warm-up time, and Bai Dao habitually pressed the TAB key to scan the opposing team's ID.
At this level, most of the IDs are quite familiar.
You can tell how strong someone is just by glancing at their ID.
Today, however, the ID on the other end of the line feels both familiar and unfamiliar.
[Violent Gun Master]
【Shenzhen Yekindar】
【Long Qirui】
【m0NESY1221】
[Shroud from C9 team himself]
Without needing a screen full of bullet comments, the white path immediately knew where the other side came from.
JamYoung, the "Violent Gun Master," is a current professional player for TyLoo, considered the future top free agent in CCS, and the only top player on HLTV in 2027.
Shenzhen yekindar—Mercury, a current professional player for TyLoo, is a breakthrough player who later transitioned into a top-tier strategist.
Long Qirui – Moseyuh, a current professional player for TyLoo, and a future god of Chinese international competition.
m0NESY1221 — Jee, current professional player for lvg, later known as TyLoo's main sniper.
TyLoo's three core firepower units + LVG's current main sniper!
"Wait, no..."
Danking complained in the voice chat: "Why aren't these active players playing scrims? What kind of team-building activity are they having in ranked matches?! And what's that old geezer, 'Playing Machine,' doing in there too?!"
"Four top-tier active players, leading a robot bot."
Although Bai Dao jokingly said that playing with machines was the breakthrough point, everyone knew that the firepower of these four current top-tier CNCS pro players was enough to tear any team in the Chinese server to shreds!
This was supposed to be a ranked match, but it turned into a professional training match!
But the righteous path showed no fear.
On the contrary, when facing an opponent of this caliber, his palm holding the mouse began to heat up slightly, and his eyes burned with fighting spirit!
……
at the same time.
Hangzhou, Tianlu Esports Club training base.
The atmosphere in one corner of the base was somewhat oppressive.
The team's former captain and commander, advent, also known as 259 or 9-ye...
He was curled up alone in his gaming chair, staring blankly at the post-match comments section of the CAC game on his phone.
[Comment on advent: Impersonating a professional player!]
The Sun God returned to the starting village, but he never saw the blond goblin who had once been his equal.
[Comment on advent: I'm the mischievous one in the team, very curious about the professional scene, look aggrieved in front of the camera, and play around with Gigi on the field.]
[Comment on jamyoung: I'm speechless. Can you please take a look at how Stavn and Jabbi do it? Can't you learn something from them?]
[Comment on Advent: Who dares say we won't give younger players a chance? Isn't this just handing LvG a promotion? Haters, speak up!]
The thought of you guys beating like this and still managing to get one of you carried in makes me sick.
[Evaluation of jamyoung: I have three shortcomings: failing to eliminate 259, controlling Starry, and defending the iron plate]
Is there no one left to play CNC?
[Comment on advent: You're small even among paramecia]
Looking at these extremely foul-mouthed comments, 259's lips twitched.
His lips twitched a few times, but he couldn't utter a word.
One game against ENCE, rating 0.48.
A match against LVG, with a rating of 0.81.
Even though there aren't high requirements for command data, such disastrous data is not only unqualified, it's downright utterly disgraceful!
He himself was well aware that he was already in his early thirties, and in the e-sports industry where youth is a major factor, he was already an old man.
It's true that you can't deny getting old.
If your aim is off and your reaction time is slow, even tactical execution becomes a suicide mission.
People on Tieba and forums curse him every day, saying he "occupies a position without doing anything" and "sucks the blood of the team."
But does he really not want to give it up?!
Looking at the group of young players training hard around him, and seeing how they were giving it their all for the stickers, a trace of pain flashed in 259's eyes.
More than anyone else, he longed for CNCS to send a true GOAT to replace him and lead TyLoo to the Major!
But what is the reality?
There are plenty of so-called "genius teenagers".
But who are truly worthy of his attention, who can grace his stage, and who can truly carry his reputation?
All of them are online dragons that die in the light!
With the team in such a terrible state, he doesn't even know if they can make it into the next Major qualifier.
He himself didn't care, but the young players who followed him were all lacking that sticker to prove themselves!
"Captain, don't let those comments upset you. You haven't had a proper rest these past two days."
Beside him, Xiao Ju, whose ID was 【Violent Gun Master】, took off one of her headphones, looked at the old captain who was secretly heartbroken, and comforted him with heartache.
"Yeah, captain, losing the game isn't just your fault. Our firepower was also a problem."
Mercury from Hamburg also turned around, changing the subject: "Captain, stop being so emotional, come watch us play ranked, we've got a tough match this time!"
"Yes, yes, yes! This is definitely going to be a huge hit!" Mo Siyu chimed in.
Looking at his sensible younger brothers, 259 took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the loneliness in his heart, and managed to force out a fatherly smile:
"Who's in the queue? The one that all three of you think is a big deal?"
"Egg Master!"
Mo Siyu excitedly chimed in, "Across from them are Danking, the king of the streets Zhao Xinglong, and that [Beer Kun] who's been all the rage on Douyin lately!"
"Danking?" 259 raised an eyebrow.
He was certainly very familiar with this former Tianlu general and Asia's No. 1 sniper.
He's still sitting on the bench for Tianlu, which is a step forward.
As for Zhao Xinglong, he had heard of him; he was a top-scoring passerby.
Tianlu also offered him a trial period, but he didn't accept it.
As for Beer Kun?
He really hadn't heard of it.
Looking at the Douyin clips that Mo Siyu handed over.
"Hmm... he is indeed quite handsome."
There was something he didn't say.
It's hard to say their true strength; in the current Chinese environment, all sorts of strange and wonderful people can be found.
These amateur performers, without the experience of proving themselves in high-pressure offline competitions, no matter how flashy their video editing is, are just big-name internet celebrities; they don't have any real skills.
Don't let this be another bad omen!