Chapter Three
Zhou Qiao had already rejected Xiao Yifei, but she didn't expect that Xiao Yifei would suddenly appear on campus on the day the exam was over.
“Surprise—” Xiao Yifei didn’t finish his sentence.
Heartbroken, he lifted the green-streaked ends of Zhou Qiao's hair: "Waaah, Xiaoxiao, why did you dye your hair this color! I didn't even know when you dyed it!"
"It was done right after military training ended. There are a lot of things you don't know." Zhou Qiao pushed Xiao Yifei's arm off her shoulder and introduced him to her roommates: "Although I really don't want to admit it, this guy is my brother."
Roommate A nodded blankly: "I can tell that you and your sister look very alike."
Xiao Yifei shamelessly dragged Zhou Qiao to have a meal before he was about to go back. Zhou Qiao was speechless: "Next time, if you're in such a tight schedule, then forget it. It'll take you more than twenty hours to fly back."
Xiao Yifei bent down to adjust Zhou Qiao's scarf: "We still need to transfer in S City."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Xiao Yifei patted Zhou Qiao's head: "I'm your brother."
While waiting to board his plane at the airport, Xiao Yifei noticed a group of people wearing green team uniforms, and he couldn't help but stare at the person in the lead for a long time.
Wang Jiexi looked around, then his gaze settled on the man wearing a black windbreaker.
"What's wrong?" Deng Fusheng asked.
Wang Jiexi looked away: "It's nothing."
It looks familiar. Wang Jiexi thought.
*
Although the winter break officially starts next week according to the school calendar, everyone started packing their bags to go home after finishing their final exams.
When Zhou Qiao returned from seeing Xiao Yifei off at the airport, she was somewhat surprised to find that none of her roommates seemed to be leaving: "Aren't you guys going home?"
My roommate A chuckled: "Starting tomorrow night, the movie room downstairs will be broadcasting All-Star games live. I plan to watch it before I go back."
Everyone had the same plan, and Zhou Qiao had no intention of being different and acting along with them.
There were slightly more people in the home theater than Zhou Qiao had expected. After all, projecting onto an entire wall did create a different kind of impact than a regular computer screen.
Unlike previous years, this year's Rising Stars Challenge was incredibly competitive, with one climax after another.
Whether it's Tang Hao's underdog victory or Sun Xiang's humiliation, both are highlights. Some people nearby, fans of Ye Qiu, couldn't help but mutter under their breath, calling Sun Xiang a useless piece of trash.
"Cough." Zhou Qiao suppressed a laugh.
If the Rookie of the Year in Season 7 is a complete waste of talent, then there probably aren't many players left in the league who know how to play.
Back in the dorm, my roommate A was still muttering to himself, "I'm happy that our team has a genius, but how could Wang lose! How is that possible!"
Zhou Qiao was also puzzled by this. Wang Jiexi lost his match against Gao Yingjie far too smoothly. Judging from Wang Jiexi's personality, it could be inferred that he deliberately lost, but she didn't know how he managed to do it so flawlessly.
Then Zhou Qiao saw Yan Yu's WeChat Moments.
My dear little leaf: The crown prince ascends the throne.
The accompanying picture shows Wang Jiexi raising Gao Yingjie's left hand high.
Xiao Qiao needs to work harder to become stronger. Comment: You were actually there!
Baby Little Leaf replied: Yes, someone sent me tickets.
Xiao Qiao, striving to become stronger, replied: Who is this person? (Blind student, you've spotted the key point.jpg)
Baby Leaf replied: Guess?
Zhou Qiao couldn't guess who that person was until the next night, when Yan Yu was invited by Huang Shaotian to interact on the All-Star stage.
After Yan Yu left the stage, Zhou Qiao started sending her messages like crazy.
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! When did you and Huang Shaotian have this kind of secret relationship?!
Baby Little Leaf: There's nothing secret about our relationship.
Baby Little Leaf: We are just an ordinary idol and fan relationship.
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: I don't believe it!!!
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: I was the one who started it! qwq
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: Why are you a fan of Huang Shaotian?! Why don't you follow me?!
Little Leaf: I'm a fan of yours, I like you so much.
Little Leaf: Okay, have some manners. Keeping your phone on all the time will disturb others.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: Just going through the motions!!!
Zhou Qiao put down her phone and started watching the duet between the swordsman of reincarnation and the audience challenger.
Roommate A: "Wow, that girl is amazing! She won another game."
Roommate B: "And she's so pretty! She's my dream girl!"
Roommate C: "Alright, shut up, don't embarrass yourself."
After several rounds, they finally had a change of performers.
This battle mage's style is the complete opposite of before. If before it was just reckless newbies fighting wildly, this mysterious challenger is definitely a master.
After the swordsman was suppressed by the battle mage for several minutes, the battle mage began to launch a fierce attack with powerful moves. The Dragon Breaker followed by the Furious Dragon Piercing the Heart sent the swordsman flying into the sky. Then, the magical energy on the battle mage's spear condensed into a dragon and charged towards the swordsman.
Zhou Qiao's eyes widened, and the audiovisual room erupted in an uproar.
The director switched to a small screen and replayed the play over and over again. The commentator excitedly shouted, "Without a doubt, this Silver Light Slash avoided the Dragon Soaring to the Sky, but then it turned around and hit it! It was a Dragon Head Raising move! It was definitely a Dragon Head Raising move! This mysterious second challenger used this move that had disappeared for two years!"
The screen repeatedly replayed the scene of the dragon raising its head, and as Zhou Qiao watched the magical battle energy explode again and again, she couldn't help but shiver.
Although Ye Qiu's appearance at the All-Star event sparked much speculation, the professional gaming world is too far removed from the lives of ordinary people, and the discussion ended after a few casual words.
After the third day of the All-Star Game, the four roommates packed their bags and embarked on their journey home.
Zhou Qiao took a change of clothes and went to rent a room off-campus, then started hanging out at the arena.
Soon, a post like this appeared on the Honor Forum.
How likely is it that "Unnight Marquis" is actually a smurf account of the "Gun King"?
[Screenshot: Arena Room Information]
3L==
The poster, Big, dared to mention the name of the Gun King; the female fan of the Gun King will arrive at the scene in 30 seconds.
8L OP
He didn't mention his real name, and I already said Li Tao. This marksman is truly outrageous, you know?
36L==
This is quite a novel angle to criticize Zhou Zekai. It's rather unique. Is Zhou Zekai not planning to dominate online games during the regular season?
39L==
LOL, the female fans came so fast!
52L==
Haha, all he talks about are female fans, he must be really envious of the Gun King for being handsome, talented, and having girls.
61L==
Haha, let's wait until Zhou Zekai wins a championship before saying that.
69L OP
Quiet down, everyone look at the win rate in this room!
89L==
What's wrong with this win rate? You could easily pull an elite player from the God's Realm and achieve the same result. If you were playing in the God's Realm, this would be quite surprising.
101L==
But this Lord Never Sleeps fought 80 matches in 2 hours!
102L==
The person upstairs should do the math themselves. Including the preparation time, it's like fighting a match in one minute? Do they really think they're the next Zhou Zekai?
159L==
If you don't believe me, try it yourself and you'll see. This sharpshooter is really good at flying kites.
Many top players in the God Realm expressed their dissatisfaction upon seeing this post, leaving comments saying they would teach this marksman a lesson in real-world combat.
Then he was beaten up.
More posts about Nightless Marquis have emerged: analyzing his kiting techniques, analyzing which professions can better suppress the Sharpshooter, and everyone is eager to watch the excitement and enthusiastically encouraging elite players from the big guilds they know to go and meet this Sharpshooter.
Then, amidst the fervor of the crowd, the Lord of Nevernight entered the Realm of Gods from the Ninth District.
Not only players joined in the fun, but some professional clubs also sent invitations to Zhou Qiao to participate in trials at their training camps. Zhou Qiao expressed great apprehension and declined them all.
Zhou Qiao hadn't really thought it through; her sudden surge in ranking up was simply because she was inspired by Ye Qiu's Dragon Head Rising skill.
She initially became a fan of Glory after watching "The God of War Spear Chases the Prosperous Blood Scene," and now she is launching a renewed assault on the realm of gods because of "Dragon Rising."
Zhou Qiao muttered under her breath, "Battle mages and stuff like that are really exciting."
Little Leaf: Have you come to your senses?
Xiao Qiao wants to work hard to become stronger: What are you thinking?
Baby Little Leaf: Stop pretending, you've already taken over the entire God's Domain.
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: It's just a coincidence. People only pay attention to me because it's almost Chinese New Year and they have nothing else to do.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: Lord Grim's entry into the realm of gods will definitely be more sensational than mine.
Baby Little Leaf: So, is Princess Tiny Herb going to make a comeback?
Xiao Qiao wants to work hard to become stronger: What?
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: ? ? ? What the heck is the Princess of Tiny Herb?
Baby Little Leaf: [Photo: All-Stars Wang Jiexi and Gao Yingjie]
My dear little leaf: Look at the prince, and then look at you.
Baby Little Leaf: [Dumbledore shaking his head.gif]
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: Honey, you'll lose me if you keep doing this qwq
Baby Leaf: Okay, so you're not going back to Tiny Herb?
Zhou Qiao gave a wry smile.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: After all that trouble back then, how can I go back?
Little Leaf: Do you want to join another team?
Xiao Qiao wants to work harder to become stronger: To be honest, I haven't decided yet.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: But there are no teams with openings for me right now.
Little Leaf: Shall I introduce one to you?
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: ?
Little Leaf: How is Happy?
Xiao Qiao wants to work harder to become stronger: ...Never heard of that?
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: Challenger League team, huh?
Little Leaf: The team leader is Ye Qiu.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: ? ? ? ?
Then Yan Yu turned on the video. She switched to the rear camera, and Zhou Qiao saw Ye Xiu with a cigarette in his mouth. The background looked like an internet cafe or something similar.
"What? Little Ye, you actually know Ye Shen??? No, you're not telling me you're a fan of Ye Shen, are you?!"
"I'm not," Yan Yu's voice came from off-screen.
Ye Xiu also seemed surprised: "Little Ye, you know Xiaoxiao?"
"That's not important. You can start talking now."
"What's there to talk about? With me here, Xiaoxiao, why don't you hurry up and pack your things and come over?"
"..." Zhou Qiao was speechless. "Besides you, the challenge only requires six people to register."
"Our internet cafe is full of hidden talents; we can easily pull out a whole team."
"??? Are you out of your mind? Are you still living in the past? Starting a grassroots team in an internet cafe and then going to play in the league?"
"That's how I won three consecutive championships back in the day."
"You're making it sound like I've never won a championship!"
"Is one championship enough?" Ye Xiu's smile faded, and he became serious.
"..."
"I haven't taken enough yet."
After a long silence, Zhou Qiao said, "I will help you."
"You're not helping me, Xiaoxiao, don't you want to win the championship yourself?"
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