Chapter 42
As two veteran and powerful teams, the match between SEA and XY has always attracted much attention and is jokingly called the "Esports Spring Festival Gala" by fans.
This year, not only did Night transfer and XY introduce the Korean double C, but the two teams also made a lot of noise before the game, which was exactly what the official wanted, so marketing started early and the attention to the opening game soared.
Tickets were hard to get at the show, so Cheng Yansheng said he wanted to bring his sister to watch it, and asked Su Zheye to buy the tickets for him.
On the day of the competition, because of the opening ceremony, all DPL players must arrive at the venue at 2 pm.
Lu Yang and Jiang Yiwen, the bottom lane brothers, slowly got on the bus with dark circles under their eyes, leaned back in their chairs and closed their eyes.
——SEA’s new tactic is to raise a core AD through the mid-lane “suffering flow”, and Lu Yang’s previous playing style made it easy for him to “die suddenly”. Now that there is one less stable output position, if he dies, the team battle cannot be won, so Lu Yang is under a lot of pressure, and he has been dragging Jiang Yiwen to play duo for several nights.
Originally, Su Zheye and Gu Yuan were going to stay up all night with them, but Su Zheye started to have heartache after staying up all night, so Gu Yuan forced him to go to bed on time, since it would be the same if he got up early to queue together.
Yan Shusheng didn't bother Lu Yang and Jiang Yiwen, and turned to Su Zheye and said, "It's the same as what we said in the previous meeting. If the opponent has too many assassins and headlock heroes in the BP, you should protect the jungler or top laner instead."
Su Zheye: "Understood."
"They definitely won't ban Higanbana Fairy in the first game, so we'll choose it later. We'll see how it goes in the second game."
Su Zheye: "Okay."
Huang Heran suddenly came over and said, "Did you guys watch the game of the new AD of FEL?"
"Um."
Su Zheye said: "A genius AD, more intelligent than Flash, no wonder Flash was poached to XY."
"well."
Huang Heran sighed, "We can't beat DCK in the first place, and they get stronger every year. What can we do?"
"We can win."
Gu Yuan said: "Let's start from today."
Su Zheye smiled.
He liked the way Gu Yuan looked gentle and refined, but was actually confident and proud, with the spirit of not giving up even if there were thousands of people against him.
After arriving at the venue, several SEA members and the coaching staff went to the lounge together.
After a short rest, Yan Shusheng began to review the tactics with them.
During the break, Huang Heran interrupted, "Each team will still have to send one person up. What does Commander Gu say?"
Last year, Gu Yuan represented SEA on stage at the spring and summer opening ceremonies because he was so popular.
Gu Yuan: "Okay."
But not long after, a staff member knocked on the door of the team lounge one by one to add: "This year's competition group requires that the players going on stage need to have an entrance action, anything is fine."
Gu Yuan: “?”
What is this?
The SEA lounge was silent for a second.
Lu Yang couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing: "Hahahahaha Captain, Captain, what pose are you going to make?"
Jiang Yiwen: “I can’t imagine it.”
Sui Ran: “I can’t imagine it.”
Huang Heran also stared at Gu Yuan for a long time: "I really can't imagine it."
Su Zheye thought seriously for a moment: "Just hug my chest? Or do this..."
He put two fingers together and pointed from the solar plexus: "Whatever looks best, do it."
I have to say, these two moves were really cool when Su Zheye demonstrated them, but Gu Yuan...
Gu Yuanlian was very serious and dignified during the post-match interviews and fan interactions. He really couldn't do these actions.
Lu Yang then suggested: "Look at what the quantum killer has done in the game."
Jiang Yiwen said: "They all have special effects. It would be too awkward to do it alone."
"Then what shall we do?"
Su Zheye was enjoying the fun and said, "Why don't you blow everyone a kiss, sir? The fans will be so happy."
As he said that, he walked around behind Gu Yuan, raised the latter's right hand, put it to his lips, and blew him a kiss.
The lounge was silent for a second, then burst into laughter.
Lu Yang commented: "It was forced to operate."
Jiang Yiwen commented: "It's written all over his face: Don't get close to me."
Huang Heran couldn't bear to look at it: "Chief Gu will lose fans."
Su Zheye held Gu Yuan's hand and finished the task. He also laughed out loud. Then he thought of something: "If you don't want to, I'll go."
Gu Yuan was stunned.
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Huang Heran suddenly understood: "How come I forgot that Night could go? I remember that it was always you when I was in XY. Ok, problem solved, best of both worlds."
Gu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
But soon, he regretted it.
As the champion of last year's summer finals, SEA was naturally placed last to appear.
The contestants from other teams in front were making the "V" sign, some were wearing sunglasses with their hands in their pockets and looking down on everyone, and some were learning various iconic 2D moves. Many of the contestants started laughing, causing the audience and the live broadcast room to be filled with laughter.
As the host said, "Finally, please welcome the mid laner of the SEA team," Su Zheye walked up.
There was his usual faint smile on his lips, his eyes were picturesque, and his looks and popularity alone were enough to draw screams from the audience.
The next second, Su Zheye raised his hand, put his fingertips to his lips and blew a kiss, then he retracted his hand and raised both hands above his head to make a bigger heart.
The screams from the audience became louder, and a few faint voices of "I love you, honey" were recorded in the live broadcast room.
"Hold."
Lu Yang's eyes widened: "It has to be my brother Su."
“So handsome.”
Jiang Yiwen sighed: "Brother Su is so good, he deserves to have so many female fans."
Lu Yang: "There are also male fans."
Jiang Yiwen: "Yes, there are also male mothers."
Su Zheye stood in the position representing the SEA team, and on his right was GG's command player.
The two were already familiar with each other, and they were next to each other. Command immediately turned his head and exaggeratedly put a hand on his heart: "I was hit."
Su Zheye laughed.
Then the booing got even louder.
The live broadcast room was instantly flooded with comments.
[What is this, my wife, fuck.]
[Mom, Brother Su gave me a refill, which means he loves me. 】
【CommandIsn’t this my reaction?】
[This year's DPL session was really well designed. The chaos among the crowds was hilarious, but Night stood out among them.]
This little fox.
Gu Yuan's fingers hanging by his side slowly tightened.
After spending so much time with him in private, I forgot how dazzling and lovable he is.
Especially in the e-sports arena where he is best, a boy with stunning looks will be even more attractive.
...Can he be locked up so that from now on only I can see him like this, and no outsiders will scream or go crazy because of him anymore?
"When Zhe Ye comes back, you should be ready to go on stage. After debugging the equipment, you can compete directly."
Huang Heran spoke.
Gu Yuan suddenly came back to his senses, and after realizing what he had just been thinking, he was stunned for a long while.
It's really crazy.
How could you have such a despicable idea?
Gu Yuan cursed himself, adjusted his mind in a second, and went to get his and Su Zheye’s peripherals.
"——Thank you to all the team representatives for coming on stage, and I wish you all good results in the new season."
The host continued, "What is about to take place is the opening match of the 2024 DPL Spring Season, the first round of the regular season, the match between SEA and XY! The starting lineups of both teams are SEA Gaming's top laner Dye, jungler Ruins, mid laner Night, AD XiaoY, support hearing; XY Gaming's top laner..."
The live broadcast room and the big screen on site began to play the promotional video and sponsor information of the spring game, while the staff were hurriedly cleaning up the stage.
Su Zheye returned to the lounge, and after Yan Shusheng briefly reminded them of the tactics, he waited for the staff to call them to play.
"Don't panic, don't panic."
When Huang Heran sent them out, he reminded them one by one: "Play steadily, we can win."
Lu Yang: "We are not panicking."
Jiang Yiwen: "It's the manager who's panicking."
Huang Heran: “…”
His thoughts were touched and he stopped talking.
He was indeed a little panicked. After all, the official warm-up and publicity before the game were so intense, and the training match issue was also a hot topic on the Internet. Many black fans were waiting for SEA to be beaten up.
After all, he is the manager of a popular team. Huang Heran is not afraid of public relations, but he is afraid that the players will be scolded and laughed at for being autistic.
He won't become autistic, but if he sees that they are in a bad mood, Huang Heran will also feel sad.
When he walked onto the stage, the audience cheered loudly.
The venue was packed because all 17 DPL teams came to attend the opening ceremony, so fans of each team were there.
But even so, half of the light boards still belong to SEA, with Gu Yuan and Su Zheye being the majority.
“That’s great.”
Lu Yang said: "In the past, the light signs of SEA and XY were 50-50, but now they are all ours."
Jiang Yiwen took a look and said, "Why are there so many Korean double Cs?"
Lu Yang also stood on tiptoe: "Well, after all, they are the champion AD and the runner-up support, and that Flash is really good."
Jiang Yiwen: "Why are you trying to boost others' prestige and destroy your own ambition before the game?"
"That's not the case!"
Lu Yang said: "I will definitely beat him to pieces."
"OK."
Yan Shu said, "Choose the Three-legged Golden Crow in a moment."
When the BP phase began, SEA first banned the strong bottom lane combination in the current version.
Although [Quantum Killer] and [Snow Girl] are not considered strong in this version, XY banned these two out of respect and to prevent Gu Yuan and Su Zheye from choosing them.
Sui Ran snatched the three-legged golden crow from Lu Yangyi.
Immediately afterwards, XY also sent out an AD to counter the opponent, which was Flash’s champion skin, [Duke of Starwheel].
There were many cheers from the audience.
Commentator A was excited: "I didn't expect Flash to show off his special skills in his first game in DPL."
Commentator B said: "Yeah, yeah, right after the strong AD is banned, Star Wheel Duke is a good choice."
Commentator A laughed, "Looks like Flash is going to use his own skin."
Commentator B said: "SEA's BP...the first four moves are a bit familiar, I feel like I've seen them somewhere before."
Commentator A thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... you're really talking about something irrelevant. They must have used it in one of their training matches."
Commentator B suddenly realized: "Yes, I remember now, but SEA hasn't released the mid laner yet——Hey! SEA really chose [Higanbana Fairy] for Night in the end??"
When SEA showed off the Higanbana Fairy, everyone in the live broadcast room was joking, saying that Night was mocking himself.
Unexpectedly, the next second, SEA's fifth place was directly locked, and the barrage was instantly flooded with question marks.
【？ ？ ？ 0/7/3？ ？】
[This locking speed makes me think that Night's Flower Fairy is 7/0/3. ]
[Fuck, SEA really doesn't believe in evil, they're going to play the same lineup that got beaten in the training match again? ]
[666, when facing XY, he just played badly to repay his old club, right? ]
"I'm going down, you guys fight well."
Yan Shu said, "This time, the opponent has fewer heroes targeting Lu Yang than in that game. You will have a chance to perform in the later stages, but you should adjust the two plans according to the situation."
Su Zheye: "Okay."
Lu Yang: “Received!”
XY's lineup in this game is similar to the first training match. The top lane and AD support have not changed, but the mid laner has been changed from an assassin to a mage aoe hero [Mermaid Elf].
AOE means area damage, so in the early stage Su Zheye's pushing speed is not as good as Memory, but the single point control of the Higanbana Fairy is relatively strong, and Su Zheye can always harass Memory, preventing him from roaming and supporting other lanes.
Just as the commentator said, XY indeed inherited the DCK region's operations and slow-paced style. After seven or eight minutes, neither side had yet to exchange first blood.
"Just dye it and let go of the line."
Gu Yuan glanced at the opponent's top laner's health and said, "I'm going to level 6 soon, come and catch him."
He had come to gank once before and had already destroyed both skills of the opponent's top laner.
Sui Ran: “Received.”
"Their mid laner has gone home. He will probably go to the top lane or bottom lane. Be careful."
Su Zhe reported the information at night: "If we go there, it will probably be four packs and two packs."
Lu Yang: "Let's hide under the tower."
Sure enough, the opposing bottom lane team began to push the line faster, and the jungler also surrounded them from the bush behind them.
"Fuck!"
Lu Yanghao: "This mermaid didn't go home, but came here directly. Is she crazy?"
"Don't panic, you output, I have the big one."
Su Zheye gave orders calmly.
At the same time, he switched the screen to observe the battle situation in the bottom lane. His brain was working rapidly, calculating the damage of both sides to decide when to use his ultimate to exchange attacks with Lu Yang.
"I didn't expect XY to be quiet for eight minutes and suddenly start to attack two people with four."
Commentator A said: "Although Memory didn't go home to replenish his equipment, he was able to get there before Night. It was a bit difficult for XiaoY and hearing to leave."
Commentator B: "Ruins is moving towards the top lane. It depends on which team can get the first blood."
Commentator A: "Straw started the fight first. He directly controlled XiaoY under the tower, and hearing used his ultimate to defeat Flash in return."
Commentator B: "But Memory and Real can make up for the damage. Although XiaoY's positioning twisted Memory's bubble, Real has hard control - hey, Night used his ultimate?! What is he going to do??!"
The special effects of the hero Higanbana Fairy's ultimate skill are very gorgeous. No matter how far away the two heroes are, there is a sea of Higanbana connecting them, which also provides vision for the enemy heroes. Otherwise, this skill would be too powerful.
“Plan B.”
Su Zheye said lazily: "Xiao Yang, their damage is enough to kill you in one second, give me the first blood."
Lu Yang spoke faster than his brain, and his men were still frantically moving to dodge their attacks, but he had already said, "No problem."
So before Flash's last Q skill landed on Sixuelu Yang's head, the guiding time ended, and Higanbana Fairy took on that skill instead of the Three-legged Golden Crow.
At the same time, Su Zheye flashed forward, used the E skill followed by the second stage of Q to directly kill the Starwheel Duke who was half dead.
First Blood!
"Control assist."
Su Zheye said to Jiang Yiwen: "Don't be afraid of death, I have a shield."
Jiang Yiwen: "Okay."
He also flashed and used his W skill to control Straw while using Ignite.
Memory immediately fought back to protect Straw, but Su Zheye had gone home to replenish his equipment. After all, the mermaid elf was an AOE mage, and her single-point burst was not as good as that of the Higanbana Fairy. Not only did Memory fail to save Straw, but she was left behind by Jiang Yiwen.
"Buy one, get two free."
Su Zheye chuckled.
Memory knew he couldn't escape, so he moved to replace Jiang Yiwen, but Su Zheye used his E skill to control him in place, and at the same time used his W skill to shield Jiang Yiwen.
So he could only watch the auxiliary with 24 drops of blood escape, a deadly red spider lily bloomed under his feet, and the screen went completely dark.
Triple Kill!
XY surrounded two with four, but three of them were killed instead.
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