Chapter 3, Chapter 3: Nan Zhiyi almost choked on her water...

As it turns out, the witch + catman combination is not suitable for the jungle map at all.

Within the first ten minutes, Qiu Cheng's character had already died three times.

This wasn't due to the cat-man's poor protection; the main issue was that the witch herself was very fragile, and Qiu Cheng's positioning was careless, resulting in her being repeatedly ambushed by the enemy.

On the third time, he finally lost his temper and directly pressured his teammates: "How did the Knights provide vision? The enemy has charged into my face three times already."

Nan Zhiyi felt that this young trainee was somewhat innocent.

In fact, based on his understanding of Qiu Cheng, if he hadn't been the one playing with the cat today, the one who would have been scolded would have been the commander.

He typed: [Everyone, don't argue, play well, we can win]

Before she could even send it out, the witch was ambushed by the enemy for the fourth time and died on the spot.

Qiu Cheng's anger finally erupted: "What the hell are you guys doing...?"

The rest of the video was filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, so Nan Zhiyi had to mute his microphone to avoid being implicated and banned from her own live stream.

At this point, the team's records were 0-4, 0-2, 0-1, and 1-0.

The only one with a positive score was the Knight, a tank who built a lot of tank items, and was completely powerless to turn the tide.

"..." Nan Zhiyi silently deleted the text she had written to mediate the fight.

Twenty minutes later.

Despite the excellent performance of the Knight who filled in, the game was still lost due to the Witch's 0-6 score.

Just before being killed, the previously silent supporting character seemed to finally break down.

He also turned on his game microphone and yelled directly at Qiu Cheng: "You've been yelling the whole game, what kind of game are you playing? Do you think you're some kind of witch goddess? You're not even as good as someone else!"

The word "failure" jumped out amidst the curses of random players.

Nan Zhiyi paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

"Ah!" he cried out, covering his face and collapsing into his chair. "I never want to solo queue as support again! Why is the life of a support so miserable?! I just wanted to climb the ranks!!"

He said it, but his hands still honestly started the next game in a second.

This time, he's still in the command position.

During a break between picking, Nan Zhiyi opened the bullet comment bar to take a look.

[Trying to climb the ranks? This is going to be a descent, hahaha!]

The city lord played terribly; the knight he criticized was quite good-natured, managing to hold back his mic.

[Streamer, please pray that your carry can get you to victory this game, ranked matches are really not for you [sad]]

Good news, the city lord is now on the opposing team.

[Host, host, I'll give you the details]

"No, no," Nan Zhiyi quickly said, "They'll shut down my live stream later."

In our team, the player on the first floor who was assigned the main DPS role has yet to choose a class.

After a while, a line of text appeared in the chat box.

[1L: I'm the knight from before]

After sending the message, he locked the witch almost instantly.

Then, the person on the first floor sent a cute cat emoji from the chat box.

The intention is obvious: you choose the cat.

"...?"

Nan Zhiyi blinked: "He's talking about me? How did he recognize me?"

[Duh, streamer, just click on your profile picture to see those six big badges that say you're number one in the Asia server]

Wow, I just saw that Xiao Yi is so talented?!

Five support chapters are bad enough, but there's even a witch's chapter?

[Rented account]

[No wonder he keeps getting matched with high-ranking teammates, this account's hidden MMR is probably pretty high, the streamer is in luck]

Despite her doubts, Nan Zhiyi still locked up the cat-like person as requested.

The randomly selected map is [Ruins], which makes this melee combination much more suitable.

A new game is about to begin.

The loading screen indeed showed that the opposing main carry was Qiu Cheng, who had just collided with him on the same side.

But after the game started, Nan Zhiyi's attention quickly shifted elsewhere.

For some reason, the witch's actions that he was matched with felt... strangely familiar.

...Is it another newbie learning from their seniors?

Nan Zhiyi hesitated for a moment before typing in the chat box.

【South0412: Should I follow along?】

[CG.Y.letter: No need]

[CG.Y.letter: I'll develop first]

Nan Zhiyi didn't understand the meaning of that sentence at first. Did he intend to go and contest the resource point all by himself?

But not long after, the other party gave an answer.

[Witch] CG.Y.letter killed [Bard] yy2233

[Witch] CG.Y.letter killed [Swordsman] 72546zxy

The witch CG.Y.letter killed the high priest, Fall.

Nan Zhiyi: "..."

Another way to acquire resources in ROE:

After defeating an opponent, take the loot dropped from their corpse.

Soon, a new message popped up in the chat box.

【CG.Y.letter: [Mark Location]】

[CG.Y.letter: [expression]]

The young trainee sent him a money emoji.

Nan Zhiyi was busy hiding her respawn point.

In ROE, the respawn points are four stones that can be placed in your inventory and moved to other locations. Only when the stones are placed on the ground and activate the resurrection gate's magic circle can a dead teammate be successfully resurrected; otherwise, they will never be able to return to the game.

This design often puts immense pressure on players responsible for relocating respawn points in ROE. After all, one wrong move could mean the death of a teammate.

Of course, while a teammate's body dies, their soul doesn't—their soul remains in the chat box and voice chat, greeting players who respawn at the new respawn point throughout the entire game.

After setting up the Gate of Resurrection, Nan Zhiyi rushed to the location marked by the other party.

The young trainee is a default character in the game. He stands in front of Nan Zhiyi and dumps a box of gold coins onto the ground.

Nan Zhiyi: "..."

Nan Zhiyi silently picked up the gold coins on the ground and bought herself a full set of level 1 armor.

He couldn't help but glance at the comment section he had forgotten to close, and sure enough, the comments were now all about shipping the couple.

Hmm...why does it seem kind of cute?

You're not alone, I find this very touching too.

[Looks like the city lord isn't a good match for the streamer after all. He should quickly cling to the trainee's leg to climb the ranks, hahaha]

[The city lord's body is still warm on the other side, is this really okay? Hahahaha]

When I came to my senses, there was new content in the chat box.

[CG.Y.letter: Now Follow Me]

Nan Zhiyi casually shrunk the bullet comment bar and placed it aside, then transformed into cat form and hung back on the witch.

However, after following the witch for only a short while, he couldn't help but speak up, whispering to the viewers in the live stream, "This witch is playing way too much."

Although he doesn't play often, Nan Zhiyi is extremely familiar with the Witch class. Just by watching the other player play for a while, he could tell that this young trainee Witch player from CG was better than 99% of professional players.

As for the remaining 1%, it is naturally CG.Yux, who was already the number one witch in the Asia server before she became famous, and was jokingly called "Witch Goddess" by players.

He couldn't help but want to compliment the other person.

[South0412: Your witch play was amazing!]

【South0412: Can we add each other as friends later? ^ ^】

After a while, the other party gave a reply.

The witch CG.Y.letter killed the high priest, Fall.

Nan Zhiyi: "..."

He continued typing.

[South0412: I know that guy. He probably got carried away last time. Don't take it to heart, it's definitely not your fault.]

The witch CG.Y.letter killed the high priest, Fall.

【South0412: You played really well last game too ^ ^】

[South0412: You're not angry anymore, are you?]

There was no response in the typing box.

One minute later.

The witch CG.Y.letter killed the high priest, Fall.

Nan Zhiyi: "?"

Why do I feel even angrier now?

For the rest of the game, he stayed attached to the witch the entire time, requiring almost no manual control.

The young trainees seemed to harbor resentment towards Qiu Cheng, focusing their attacks solely on his High Priest. They didn't even glance at Qiu Cheng's teammates.

He would only kill them if they rushed up to protect the high priest.

Nan Zhiyi watched helplessly as the same kill notification was refreshed 14 times.

When the enemy's respawn point was destroyed, the High Priest's KDA had reached 0-15-4.

Before the last person on the other side died, a new message finally appeared in the chat box.

[[All]CG.Y.letter: That person is quite right]

[All] CG.Y.letter: You're definitely not as good as yux at playing with one stick.

The word "Victory" popped up. The game was over.

...She really holds a grudge.

Nan Zhiyi wanted to laugh, but considering that the person being killed like a dog was Qiu Cheng, whom she knew, she coughed twice and held back.

He added the junior trainee as a friend on the settlement page. After waiting for a while, he didn't receive a reply from the other party.

Nan Zhiyi couldn't help but pick up her phone and send a WeChat message to Pigeon.

[Xiaoyi Xiaoyi: Do you know that youth training player named Letter from the CG?]

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It was several hours later when I saw Pigeon's reply.

Nan Zhiyi continued solo queuing and won seven games in a row, gaining over 100 points, almost leaving the chat stunned.

[666, I didn't realize you were so skilled, streamer!]

Oh no, is he going to go pro in a couple of days?

Who will fill in the gap in my support role that I'm missing – the assassin build?!

[Streamer, please confess, did you really achieve the top ranking on the Asia server yourself?]

Nan Zhiyi stretched and ignored the screen full of compliments.

"I'm so hungry, let me order some late-night snacks..." He grabbed his phone and turned on the screen.

Several WeChat messages popped up immediately afterward.

[Pigeon: Why are you suddenly asking about someone from a youth academy?]

The messages were sent half an hour apart.

[Pigeon: Bro, I have good news and bad news]

[Pigeon: The good news is I happen to know this person.]

The chat ended there, as if keeping the audience in suspense.

Nan Zhiyi typed: [What's the bad news?]

As if waiting for his reply, the other end immediately sent a message. Nan Zhiyi could almost see him typing away with gossip-filled eyes, even through the screen.

[Pigeon: The bad news is this guy had an allergic reaction yesterday and is still in the hospital.]

Nan Zhiyi's mind didn't quite process it for a moment.

He asked, "So how did he play the game?"

Pigeon sent me a "Are you an idiot?" emoji.

[Pigeon: That Lord Qiu, is he your roommate?]

[Pigeon: Originally, this wasn't a big deal, just a car crash and getting crushed. But after that game, Qiu Cheng kept swearing, then his screen went black and he lost his temper and ended the stream. Then his fans went to his letter's Weibo and called him a screen-spy, saying his positioning was abnormal, his awareness was like AI, and he must have been screen-spying to kill the streamer so many times. Isn't that ridiculous?]

[Pigeon: And then, just now, someone posted a statement on Weibo saying that they borrowed a youth player's account and that it wasn't the youth player playing. They said to contact him if there were any issues. This person is about to play in the finals and doesn't want to use their own account to play ranked matches, to avoid having their ranked data analyzed.]

Nan Zhiyi was drinking water and didn't read his long message carefully at first: 【Who is it?】

[Yux, Youxin, the Witch Goddess. Didn't you always praise her for playing the Witch well? You even kept adding her as a friend.] Pigeon replied coolly. [Who else could it be?]

"…………"

Nan Zhiyi almost choked on her water.

A note from the author:

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Xiao Yi died instantly after hearing the crack.

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Ultimately, it was decided to release all three chapters together for better continuity.