Chapter 52 (Minor revisions at the end)
[Leng Zhi: With no game analysis in mind, you have time to let your imagination run wild.]
[Reng Zhi: Do I look like the female lead?]
[Zou Shu: Just kidding (covering his face with a pot lid), I just want to ask the captain how you got here?]
[Zou Shu: Oh my god, so you and President Jiang aren't really a couple? Then all the netizens have been shipping the wrong people!]
[Zou Shu: I've even added several of your CP fans.]
[Zou Shu: What a pity, they were really into it.]
[Leng Zhi: ...Don't add strange people.]
"But they should have come to their senses by now. If they continue to be so stupid, their status as perennial runners-up will become undeserved."
Tang Wenshi followed Leng Zhi's gaze and saw that there were no partitions in the preparation rooms on both sides of the stage. He could clearly see KM's coach blushing and banging on the table.
He hesitated for a moment: "Then for the third round... let's follow the second plan."
Zou Shu interjected, "Hey, but if the first plan wins, wouldn't we have shut out KM? That would really teach Qian Yun a lesson..."
He suddenly realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly stopped talking.
Qian Yun hasn't told the captain about this yet, so bringing it up now would be making a mountain out of a molehill.
"You really want to shut them out?" Leng Zhi raised an eyebrow and said, "What, when did you start having a grudge against KM?"
Zou Shu shook his head vigorously, "No! I'm not familiar with them! This wasn't the trash talk segment just now, Captain Leng, you were just bragging!"
Leng Zhi felt a little uneasy under his gaze, and it took him a while to look away.
There's definitely something going on, and these bastards don't want to talk about it—oh well, let them off the hook for now, and we'll question them one by one after the match.
He laughed and said, "You took it seriously? That was just trash talk, to put some pressure on them. Our ultimate goal is to win the game. Whether the process is tortuous or not doesn't really matter. I always choose the more prudent strategy."
Zou Shu didn't listen carefully; he quietly took a breath and said, "Yes...yes."
In the sweltering summer heat, even the milk tea was served iced; when held in the hand, a layer of damp vapor rose from it. This cool sensation brought Meng Cheng back to his senses.
"Is it really you? What's going on? Captain, you had plastic surgery, no, you time-traveled too!"
Meng Cheng's brain was racing, and he immediately asked the questions that had been on his mind. If Leng Zhi hadn't spoken up, he could have continued talking.
"It's me. I didn't have plastic surgery. You and I are in the same situation. We both transmigrated into bodies similar to ourselves."
Leng Zhi patiently answered Meng Cheng's questions one by one.
He continued, "Everyone's been waiting for you. Tell us, how did you get here?"
Meng Cheng recounted his experiences over the past few days, then asked, "Wait, Captain, who are these people? Could it be...?"
Leng Zhi finally understood why Meng Cheng hadn't seen the recruitment information for the new LSG team.
His gaze toward Meng Cheng was filled with pity: this guy had actually become the ultimate corporate slave.
Meng Cheng only had the energy to study the new world for the first few days after he transmigrated. After that, he spent all his time working and would go home and fall asleep as soon as he got home.
"The team is just missing you. You'll understand once you play a video."
Leng Zhi casually mentioned the news that made Meng Cheng's heart pound, then picked up his phone and dialed a group video chat.
"Holy crap! Really?! Are those three there too?!"
To Meng Cheng's surprise, his teammates gradually connected to the video call.
Today is Zou Shu's last day on duty. He has already expressed his dream of becoming a professional player to his parents. After Zou Shu was chased and beaten up by his father with a feather duster, his mother sighed and agreed to let him play for that unknown team.
Zou's mother had only one question: "Can you pay for the five social insurances and one housing fund?"
Zou Shukuang nodded, deciding to pass the pressure to Yu, the team owner: "You can do it!"
Zou's parents thought that their street urchin son had worked hard for a week, which was already quite an achievement. Now that he had found a "job," they would let him go. The restaurant would just have to hire another part-time waiter.
So Zou Shu was very energetic today. Even though there weren't many customers in the store, he wiped the table until it shone before answering the video call and said in a strong voice, "Captain Leng, I'm busy!"
Leng Zhi cut to the chase: "Good news, do you want to hear it?"
At the same time, Luo Hongshuo and Yu Fu also joined the video call.
The air pressure was very low, and it seemed that the suspense created by the cold treatment did not arouse any interest:
"Captain Leng, I have some bad news. Do you want to hear it?"
Luo Hongshuo pushed up his glasses: "Shut up, listen to the captain's good news first. We're not interested in your bad news."
Zou Shu: "So what's all this fuss about?"
Then, in the small window on Leng Zhi's phone among the three people, the captain's face slowly moved away and turned towards another unfamiliar man.
The man leaned closer to look at the phone and burst out, "Holy crap! It's true! Brother Luo!"
Luo Hongshuo specially changed to the same style of glasses as before, making him especially easy to recognize among the three people.
Leng Zhi introduced Meng Cheng to the three teammates on his phone who looked a little different: "Luo Hongshuo, Zou Shu, Yu Fu... and Meng Cheng."
When the last two words were spoken, the three little figures on the phone went wild.
"No, this is for real!"
The third game has begun.
This time, KM has clearly changed its strategy.
"If they lose one more game, they'll be out of the game for good. They're like wild beasts cornered now. No matter how badly they've been beaten before, they should show their cards now."
Within the team, Merry's voice was clear and calm.
"Let's conserve our hero slots this game, so we can go all out and kill in the next game."
With a long BO5 schedule, plus the banning of heroes, and the removal of weak heroes in the current version, and considering counter-relationships, the number of heroes suitable for each position to be picked in a single match can actually be counted on one hand.
Therefore, in the first and second games, both sides will mainly probe and will not reveal their full lineups directly, but will save them for the crucial moment.
For KM, this is a crucial moment.
Leng Zhi firmly stated, "This is the crucial trap that Tang Jiao and I prepared for them."
On the big screen, the commentators are diligently analyzing the lineups of both sides:
"Assassin side lane! KM has finally brought out their most proficient system, double assassins! It seems that for them, the game has entered a white-hot stage!"
"This is quite an interesting lineup. The double assassin lineup has a low margin for error and requires extremely high skill from the players. It's a rather unconventional playstyle. LSG also showed us an unconventional playstyle in the first game, so now it's unconventional vs. unconventional, hahaha!"
"How will LSG respond this time? Wait, they've actually picked a... somewhat conventional lineup?"
The commentator could hardly believe his eyes.
This is more than just a somewhat "conventional" lineup; it doesn't even include any of the current meta's strongest heroes, making it look like a lineup chosen by an amateur.
[Zou Shu: I did all this just to find you!]
[Leng Zhi: I'm sorry, you weren't in the book. I brought you along.]
[Zou Shu: It's alright, what's done is done. My sister deserves half the blame! If she hadn't bought that damn BL novel, none of this would have happened!]
[Leng Zhi: We'll talk about that later. I've arrived at the zoo. There's no rush to form a team yet. There's still some time before the registration period for the new team qualifiers next season. I need to get everyone together first.]
[Leng Zhi: You did well, Deputy Captain Zou.]
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