Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Shen Xiao left the field, and Yuan joined the team.
Although Xu Ziyan was puzzled, he didn't say anything. Judging from the expressions of the others, they had obviously anticipated the situation. This made him start to doubt himself. Was he really so insensitive to the changes in the team's tactics? It hadn't been mentioned in the previous meetings and chats.
Seemingly to answer his question, Xie Wei said, "After the version change, the number of situations where the defending side has two front-line units will increase."
Xu Ziyan immediately understood what he meant. With everyone's health increased and the assault troops receiving additional initial shields, as long as the healers paid attention to replenishing the shields, killing two front-line assault troops would become significantly more difficult.
Yuan Shaofeng quickly adjusted his settings and turned on his voice: "I'm ready."
"OK." Xie Wei led the team into the room.
Today's practice match opponent is FTK. They poached a sniper from UNC to strengthen their squad for the playoffs, further improving their original 2v2 strategy of sniper assault and medic assault.
Since it wasn't an official match, the atmosphere was much more relaxed, and FTK's healer even greeted Yuan Shaofeng in the public chat.
[FTK-Lin: Fengfeng, long time no see~]
[TWG-Yuan: Who are you?]
【FTK-Lin: ? 】
[FTK-propro: Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter! How could Fengfeng be so naughty?]
[FTK-Lin: I'm your dad.]
Yuan Shaofeng clearly hadn't truly forgotten who he was, and gave a short laugh.
[TWG-Yuan: Okay, sweetie.]
Xu Ziyan asked curiously, "An acquaintance?"
“Yes,” Yuan Shaofeng said. “Back in our youth training days, he and I were good buddies.”
"TWG youth training?"
Yuan Shaofeng said, "No, I transferred from FTK's youth training program to TWG."
So that's how it is. No wonder the people from FTK and Yuan Shaofeng seemed so familiar with each other.
[FTK-Elia: Ice~Ice God~ I'm your fan, can we add each other on Line?]
[FTK-Elia: TT, I haven't had a chance to talk to you during the preseason, and you don't reply to my private messages on Weibo! I can only follow my idol here.]
Elia is a veteran medical player at FTK, with consistent performance, a great personality, and a gentle, sweet voice. She's a lovely Beta girl.
Xu Ziyan was surprised that she was a fan of hers, so she quickly typed out an explanation of why she rarely used Weibo and also posted her Line ID.
[FTK-Propro: Hahaha, ever since Elia got completely crushed by IceGod's medic in the last match, she's become a huge fan of IceGod, constantly nagging us to play the medic-backline-cutting strategy, which has forced me to team up with Lin in this cup as a double assault team.]
[FTK-Lin: You think I'd agree to that?]
The chat window immediately erupted into chaos again.
While the team members were arguing and making noise, Xie Wei was confirming the map selection and mode for the training match with the new sniper in the FTK team.
Xu Ziyan lowered his head and accepted Elia's friend request. Seeing this, he said, "Isn't this usually the captain's job?"
“Propro used to do it all,” Bai Chen answered his question. “But recently, since this new sniper joined the team, he’s completely washed his hands of the job.”
Shen Xiao, who was still in the voice channel, chimed in: "Propro is a complete lazybones. Before FTK had a reliable person, he would reluctantly do some work, but once Quit came, he completely gave up."
Xu Ziyan exclaimed "Oh!" as if suddenly realizing something was amiss, then asked in surprise, "How do you all know so much?"
"What's there to be unclear about? Everyone's in the same group, so of course we all know." After saying that, Shen Xiao suddenly realized something, "Wait, Ice, you haven't joined the player group yet, have you?"
Xu Ziyan had no idea this thing existed. He had never been in the group chat when he was in the second team, and he knew even less about it when he joined the first team.
He said, "No..."
Yuan Shaofeng said, "Then I'll pull you up later."
A question mark slowly appeared above Xu Ziyan's head. Yuan Shaofeng only joined the first team today, and he's already in the player group??
He pondered for a moment, then turned his head, squinting as he scrutinized Xie Wei: "Captain?"
Shen Xiao also realized the problem and quickly spoke up, "Captain Xie, what's going on? I thought you added Ice to the group a long time ago. It's been months!"
Xie Wei remained expressionless, submitting the competition map while saying, "I forgot."
"Nonsense!" Shen Xiao wanted to say something more, but Xie Wei ruthlessly kicked him out of the voice channel.
Xie Wei said, "Unrelated personnel should not linger in the voice channel."
Shen Xiao was so angry his nose almost crooked.
However, he could somewhat understand why Xie Wei hadn't initially invited Xu Ziyan to the group.
When Xu Ziyan first joined the team, there was a lot of malicious speculation online, opposition and resistance to his presence, and endless questioning. Introducing him into the group at that time was definitely not an appropriate move.
As for what happened later...
The atmosphere in the contestant group is lively, with people often talking nonsense, and there are many ABs and very few Os.
When Qu Qingyue first joined the group, she immediately became the center of attention, with people often jokingly urging her to join their team. Privately, she received countless friend requests, and was bombarded with suitors, which bothered her daily.
For a time, Shen Xiao was so angry about this that he couldn't sleep.
Xu Ziyan is handsome and has such sharp medical skills. The next version will still be the one that best suits him. He just doesn't use social media platforms like Weibo much, otherwise his private message inbox would definitely be overflowing every day.
Ultimately, it's just Alpha's possessiveness.
Shen Xiao glanced at the two people sitting close together in the training room and sighed softly: He wondered where his Omega and love were still.
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Loading the game map, Philadelphia, a small town in the west.
This is a classic escort cart map. Unlike other maps, the escort target in Philadelphia is located in a ranch. This means that in order to escort the cart, you not only have to pass through the checkpoints, but also attack the ranch first to obtain the escort target.
However, in return, there will be one less level to pass.
Next to the ranch was a Western-style tavern. The map details of the resistance were very well done; leaning against the window next to the tavern, you could hear laughter, shouting, and the clinking of glasses coming from inside.
In the first game, FTK was the defender and TWG was the attacker.
The town is winding and has many sniping spots on high ground, but the visibility is not very good for people below. It is easy to run into someone around a corner and be killed in one burst.
A map that is extremely unfriendly to the attacking team's medics.
Xu Ziyan abandoned his pistol, still only carrying a healing vial and a stun gun. The terrain was complex enough, with high sniping positions, which meant he had to use movement and flanking maneuvers to get around the enemy, relying on Xie Wei's support to escape his predicament.
He believed him.
After the preparation time ended, Yuan Shaofeng slung his gun over his shoulder and asked Xie Wei for confirmation, "Captain Xie, I'll flank and prioritize taking down the medic, right?"
“Okay,” Xie Wei said, “Let’s take the alleyway leading to the hotel on the east side.”
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shaofeng immediately recognized that this was a spot Elia usually frequented. He raised an eyebrow in surprise, as he and Elia had been teammates for a period of time and often played duo queue together, which was why he knew about this.
But Xie Wei even knew a small habit of another team member on a particular map… I already knew Xie Shen was amazing, but being on the same team really made a difference. He suppressed his excitement, flexed his fingers, and said, “OK.”
Xu Ziyan slipped into a small hut nearby. Hearing the surprise in Yuan Shaofeng's tone, he nodded in understanding.
When he first started playing against Xie Wei, he was often amazed by Xie Wei's sudden remarks about the opposing team's habits, which made Xu Ziyan increasingly suspicious of his positioning. In the game, unless it was a map with only one route, he rarely stayed in the same place repeatedly.
Xie Wei showed no awareness of the impact she was having on others. As soon as she left the safe zone, she quickly climbed to a high place to tell her team the positions of each enemy player.
“The medical team is at the alley entrance, and the sniper positions are unknown,” Xie Wei said. “They want to guard the intersection.”
Bai Chen hummed in agreement: "I'll cooperate with Yuan."
Xie Wei said, "Be careful of the enemy snipers. The most likely location is the water tower at ten o'clock, but it could also be on the second floor of the tavern."
Players are prohibited from entering the first floor of the tavern, but the rooms with terraces on the second floor are open to them. To get up there, you have to jump from the second floor of another building.
Because the footsteps from the building next door are quite noticeable, it is quite safe to hide on the second floor of the tavern. Even if you realize someone is coming to catch you, you can escape in time.
Xu Ziyan paused for a moment to check the field of vision, then said, "It seems like the other side... isn't planning on flanking the backline."
Xie Wei said, "They are practicing the double front row tactics in advance."
Xu Ziyan said, "Start practicing now? The version hasn't been updated yet."
Xie Wei said, "Yes, FTK is the first team to play in the playoffs."
The implication is that they don't have much time left to prepare.
No wonder he was practicing his routines whenever he had a spare moment. Xu Ziyan understood, and his slightly relaxed movements became alert again.
At the same time, in the FTK voice channel.
Quit lay prone on the second-floor floor of the tavern, a cold sniper rifle resting in front of him. Laughter and chatter continued below. He kept his eyes on the scope while cautiously watching the activity next door.
After a long pause, he clicked his tongue softly: "No, the enemy medics aren't showing themselves at all, so we can only launch an assault."
“Normal, Ice after all,” Lin said as he jumped and reloaded. Suddenly, a loud bang rang out, and a sniper bullet grazed his side, narrowly missing his shoulder. He instantly lost most of his health. Startled, he cursed, “Damn, Shining is too freakish! I was holding my position and jumping left and right, and he almost hit my head?”
He angrily concluded, "How did these two end up on the same team? ... How did such a promising talent like Ice end up with TWG?"
"What?" Propro pointed Bai Chen back around the corner, then darted against the wall to reload. "Even if you join our team, do you want to replace Elia?"
Elia gave a soft "Oh?"
Lin quickly chuckled awkwardly, "How could that be? I was just kidding..."
As he spoke, he retreated. He was positioned facing the ranch, but to avoid being hit by Shining again, he chose to retreat to the back of the tavern so that Elia could heal him fully before engaging again.
As Lin approached the tavern, he immediately picked up a sudden footstep amidst the laughter and chatter inside.
Alarm bells rang in his mind; years of competitive experience told him that someone was behind him.
But it was too late. The moment I realized it, before my fingers could even move, the sound of the stun gun rang out behind me.
The character froze in place for a moment, and then, Bai Chen, with a sliver of health left, jumped out and, taking advantage of the moment when Propro was still reloading, cleanly and decisively took down the low-health Lin.
Lin was shocked: "Damn!"
Propro was also surprised: "When did Ice get here?"
Quit frowned and tapped Bai Chen's head off: "...He didn't leave from the second floor."
While the second floor of the tavern is safe, it also has its downsides: the sound of footsteps coming from other places is almost impossible to detect.
He let out a sigh of relief: "My goodness, I'll be more careful next time."
Propro smiled and said, "It's nothing."
With Xu Ziyan's success, Yuan Shaofeng stopped lying in wait and rushed into the alleyway of the hotel, taking Elia away before she could react.
FTK lost two players instantly and could no longer defend. TWG successfully secured the escort objective.
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