Chapter 49

Chapter Forty-Nine

Xu Ziyan's smurf account was one he used to practice on before he joined TWG. His rank was decent before, but after not playing for so long, it kept dropping, and when he logged back in, he only had a little over 2,900 points left.

In the team formation mechanism of the resistance, the difference in competitive points between team members must be less than 300 points, otherwise they will not be able to be matched.

Xu Ziyan sent her alternate account ID to KK and quickly received a friend request.

When he joined the team, he glanced at the scores of the team members. Very good, the lowest was 2,800 and the highest was 3,100. They had strictly adhered to the score threshold.

"I can barely make it," Bai Ke said with a laugh after turning on her microphone. "Sorry everyone, my brother, Captain Xie, and I are all live streaming from the living room, so the audio might get mixed up. Please understand."

[Please forgive me, please forgive me so much.]

So Ice is the only one missing? Haha, so pitiful.

Bai Ke clicked to join the queue, glanced at the comments, and smiled enigmatically. He knew what he could and couldn't say, and simply said, "Is Ice pitiful? Surely there are people who haven't seen the version change announcement."

"..." Xu Ziyan was a little numb from all the pleas in the live chat. "I'm begging you, please stop stirring up trouble for me."

Xie Wei looked down and opened Xu Ziyan's live stream on her phone. Seeing the comments, she raised an eyebrow: "When did you take on this 'lucky charm' job? Is there really such a thing as a 'good luck' service? Are you really going to work by sharing your posts?"

Xu Ziyan heard the mockery in his tone and was speechless: "It's useless, really useless! I'm just unlucky, I can't share any good luck, so if you want some bad luck, feel free to come and share it."

The comments section was filled with "hahahaha" and "I don't believe the lucky koi is being humble again."

What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. Xie Wei had only intended to make a joke to lighten the mood, but upon hearing this, she was slightly taken aback.

All things considered, Xu Ziyan's luck really isn't that good.

He stumbled into youth training, only to encounter a dishonest coach and suffer countless injustices. Just when he finally mustered the courage, he was misunderstood again due to various unexpected events.

Even after joining the team, he faced numerous setbacks and bad luck, resulting in him being constantly criticized and insulted online, encountering more haters than some veteran players.

If it were someone else, they probably would have had a mental breakdown halfway through and given up.

Thankfully it was Xu Ziyan.

There are still many players in the 3,000-point range, and since several of them are streaming, many fans want to target them and get the chance to play with their favorite professional players. Soon, the match was set up.

Xie Wei pressed the button, glanced at the comments, and saw that some people were questioning his medical skills. He smiled lazily, did not argue, and only said: "Do I know how to play the medical game? Just watch."

[So wild, I love it.]

[Thanks for the healing! Damn, it seems like the healing gun's bullets only hit the enemy and not the teammates the entire time.]

My condolences to the two who made the emergency.

However, to everyone's surprise, after entering the map, Xie Wei did not choose the high-damage medic build as the chat predicted, but instead opted for a combination of healing gun, armor pack, and stun gun.

At the start of the match, he calmly stacked armor on the assault player with the team ID Yan and threw out a healing syringe, which means he had full resources right from the start.

[A newbie just joined, why is Xie Shen playing a healing role? Who is this Yan?]

[Fun fact: TWG Medical Ice's real name is Xu Ziyan.]

Those who know, know.

This game is played on the Esvart Temple map, a capture point map. Point A is located outside the temple at a small bend with a stone arch bridge, while point B is inside the temple.

Despite being called a sanctuary, it was really just a dilapidated little church with nothing noteworthy about its decorations, inside or out. In the center of the sanctuary, only a gray statue of a goddess stood in front of the stained glass, bowing her head in devout prayer.

A damaged stone wall runs along the side of the temple, directly opposite the main gate. Attackers can easily flank from here and escape. Therefore, point B is easy to attack but difficult to defend. If the defenders want to make an advantage, they can only start by attacking the stone archway at point A.

Unfortunately, it was the defensive side's turn for the four-man squad.

The game started, and they moved together towards point A. Bai Ke went first to flank the enemy's backline.

Xu Ziyan, who had experience flanking the backline, was originally supposed to be there, but Bai Ke preferred a role that could snipe from behind. Since Xie Wei was the healer, Xu Ziyan didn't compete with Bai Ke and stayed in the front line as a tank.

Just as they finished setting up their formation, Xie Wei turned his head and asked in surprise, "Chen, how come you, a sniper, are standing further forward than Ice?"

Bai Chen paused for a moment, then looked down at the sniper rifle in his hand and calmly said, "Oh, I forgot I'm a sniper."

Opponent: I've never seen this tactic before.

Snipers hold them off, healers provide support, assault troops focus on protecting themselves.

[The grass has a clear division of labor.]

As they were talking, the enemy had already arrived at the entrance to point A. Without time to adjust his position, Bai Chen immediately scoped in and sniped from his spot on the vehicle.

The enemy's assault was too slow to react, and he was sniped in the head. Luckily, he had an armor pack to protect him, otherwise he would have been killed instantly.

He instinctively tried to retreat, but Xu Ziyan reacted quickly and dragged him away with his gun.

Less than 30 seconds into the attack, a teammate was eliminated, leaving the opposing team stunned. They had no choice but to retreat temporarily, hiding in a corner to steal damage while waiting for their teammates to respawn.

Taking this opportunity, Bai Chen went to the nearest sniper position and repositioned his gun.

When Xie Wei was a sniper, he not only had to hide to avoid being picked off, but also had to use his high vantage point to report the positions to his teammates and act as a commander. Now, in the lower ranks, he was playing a healer, and he was happy to have some free time. He followed closely behind Xu Ziyan, healing her a couple of times and throwing out an armor pack, making sure that Yan's health never dropped below 60%.

Bai Ke was in the enemy's back row, needless to say he couldn't get a single resource. However, he didn't complain. Taking advantage of being held back by Xu Ziyan and Xie Wei during the frontal assault, he jumped directly into the face of the enemy sniper.

He had been lying in wait here for a long time, with an almost eerie patience. He didn't even appear when the sniper came over to set up his gun. Just when the sniper felt that everything was fine and relaxed a little, a burst of bullets suddenly came. The poor little sniper had no chance to react and was taken down.

[Haha, this thing just jumped out from right in front of my face, without even a sound of footsteps! This is definitely a horror game.]

[Was KK hiding from the sniper just to scare him off?]

Be confident, remove the "can't" part. KK is a jerk.

Xu Ziyan watched the whole thing and clicked his tongue, saying, "This sniper must be having nightmares every night."

“Hehe,” Bai Ke raised his chin, “It’s time to let these snipers experience my usual gaming environment.”

"When will this cycle of revenge end?" Xu Ziyan said. "Why make things difficult for each other when you're already sniping?"

Bai Ke said, "This really doesn't sound like something a medical professional who's always trying to cut around the edges would say."

Xu Ziyan: ...

He was speechless.

If you think about it carefully, he hasn't touched Assault for more than half a year. In the past, when he was frustrated by bad teammates and the enemy's attacks, Xu Ziyan would play Assault to relax. After joining the team, he stopped playing it in order to solidify his skills and improve.

Now, suddenly being asked to pick up his attack again, especially in front of so many people in four live streams, he still felt a little uncertain despite his low rank.

Xie Wei seemed determined to be a hands-off manager, not giving any orders, only occasionally reporting points, following behind him the whole time, lazily supporting him, and chatting with the viewers in the chat.

He didn't seem very focused, but in reality, Xie Wei did everything perfectly, from timing his skills to positioning himself to survive. Several times, he was so nervous that he made a mistake and thought he was going to die, but Xie Wei still managed to save him.

At first, Xu Ziyan felt a little lost, but later, influenced by Xie Wei, she gradually calmed down.

The viewers in the live stream were initially half curious and half worried when they saw Ice playing Assault, and many were waiting to see him make a fool of himself. There was no way around it; he lacked both honor and experience, and being on a strong team, he was bound to be observed and criticized.

But to their surprise, once Xu Ziyan calmed down, he moved very steadily, daring to fight and charge. Despite being a medic, he was not afraid to attack, and his shooting was very accurate. He cooperated with Bai Ke from the inside and outside, making the game very entertaining.

Bai Ke swiftly and decisively knocked the enemy medic back to the respawn point with a melee attack, and laughed, "As expected of the Ice God, you were the most accurate assault player in the second team back then, weren't you? Don't you really plan to switch classes?"

Xu Ziyan released the mouse, slightly moved his wrist, and chuckled upon hearing this, "My assessment is that it's not as good as K God's skill with just one finger."

Bai Ke clicked his tongue: "Why are you praising your buddy so much that it's almost harmful... Ah!"

Xu Ziyan was startled by his shout. Before he could ask why, he heard a sniper rifle shot from behind him, the sound of a bullet cutting through the air followed by a kill.

Uic0076 killed cyss.

Cyss is the ID of the enemy's assault team.

With the danger over, Bai Ke came to her senses and cursed, "That guy actually ambushed me on my way to flank him! How rude of him!"

The flanking maneuver went too smoothly, and with time running out, he became a little complacent and didn't pay much attention to the enemy's movements. Who knew that halfway down the road, just as he was saying this, a person suddenly appeared from a small house nearby, startling Bai Ke so much that his hand trembled.

Fortunately, Bai Chen had been keeping a close eye on him and provided timely support.

Xu Ziyan thought to herself that you weren't any more tasteful than others, but she still agreed on the surface, saying, "Indeed."

After finishing her rant, Bai Ke changed the subject and said with a grin, "Luckily, my brother is here. I feel so at ease. We're just copying FTK, locking Xie Shen and Ice in, and my brother and I in."

At first glance, this statement seems reasonable, and it even subtly references FTK, creating a kind of indirect collaboration. However, Xu Ziyan knows Bai Ke's feelings for Bai Chen, and upon hearing this, he doesn't know how to react.

Bai Chen remained silent, and he couldn't expect Xie Wei to notice the subtle tension in the atmosphere. To avoid an awkward silence, Xu Ziyan repeated, "Indeed."

[The machine is indeed ruthless.]

[If you say he's being perfunctory, then Ice seems quite serious; if you say he's serious, then he seems rather perfunctory.]

[Contemporary Contradictory Literature.]

Fortunately, Bai Ke knew that her words were difficult to respond to, so she smiled and quickly changed the subject.