When Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo finished discussing the live broadcast contract and returned to the club, it was already December 15th.
The World Series has reached the knockout stage of eight to four.
The Jingzhe team will face the ATB team in the South Korean division on the 16th. This team is the champion team in the South Korean division. In the group stage of the World Championships, they did not lose even a single game, and they qualified for the championship with a record of victory. They are the most optimistic champion seed in the outside world.
Ice Soul will face off against the FLD team in the North American Division on the 17th. FLD was the defending champion of last year's World Series and the strongest team in the North American Division.
The prospects for both teams are not very optimistic.
When domestic fans saw the match schedule, it was like a cloud over their heads. Some fans didn't even dare to watch the live broadcast of the game, for fear that their favorite team would lose to a foreign team.
The host city of this World Series is Paris, which has a 7-hour time difference with China.
December 16, 19:00 pm Paris time, 2:00 am China time.
The match between Jing Zhe and ATB officially started, and Coach Lin organized the players to watch on the big screen in the conference room.
Qin Yizhu generously shared his snacks. There was a table full of walnut kernels, peanut seeds, and various biscuits and chips. Ye Shaoyang also hugged the little white cat, and everyone watched the game while playing with the cat.
The World Series has 8 wins and 4 knockouts, using the global BP and BO5 format.
The first two games were tied 1:1.
In the third game, ATB won by a novel lineup;
In the crucial decisive game, Jing Zhe started with a certain advantage. Fang Zhengqing traveled to the bottom lane and cooperated with Xie Yuan to defeat ATB's shooter. However, in the middle of the game, ATB began to avoid battles, operate, and snowball. never pulled apart.
In a crucial wave of team battles, ATB's jungler found an opportunity, bypassed Jingzhe's shooter Xie Yuan in seconds, and pushed off the bottom lane.
Jing Zhe defended the high ground for 5 minutes, but the disadvantage of the line of troops was too great. Although Fang Zhengqing and Xie Yuan teamed up to defeat ATB's offensive three times, in the end, Jing Zhe reluctantly lost the game under the advancement of his opponent with the big dragon buff.
Watching the crystal shatter, the meeting room fell into a brief silence.
After a while, Coach Lin sighed and murmured, "The operation of the Korean team is really amazing. It's a pity that Jing Zhe lost this game. They had a small advantage in the early stage, but unfortunately they couldn't finish the game quickly."
Chi Shuo said: "The Korean division is very good at operation and snowballing. Even if they kill them a few times in the early stage and win the head, their economy will catch up quickly before they know it."
This is somewhat similar to the Korean team Ye Shaoyang met in his previous life. Obviously outnumbered the opponent and killed the opponent home several times, but I don't know what happened. The Korean team's economy is stable. Every time I play against the Korean team, I feel very hard, and my heart will rise "powerful" Nowhere to use the kind of tiredness.
It's hard to beat South Korea in the late game, and their pros' toughness is terrifying.
In this game just now, Jing Zhe actually played very well, and it was indeed a pity to lose in the end. But there is no way, the World Series teams from other regions are also very strong, and the game sometimes depends on some luck.
Ye Shaoyang sighed in his heart and looked at Coach Lin: "The only team left in Huaguo District is the Ice Soul team, is there any hope of winning the championship?"
Coach Lin shook his head with a wry smile: "I don't think so."
Cheng Xing asked in a low voice, "Isn't Binghun's team fight very strong?"
Coach Lin said: "It's very strong for five people to form a group, but if the other side doesn't let you form a group, will you be destroyed in the early stage?"
Chi Shuo also said: "Ice Soul can reach the top four at most, and it will be difficult to go further."
Ye Shaoyang looked at the schedule: "If Binghun wins the North American FLD team with eight wins and four wins, in the next round of semifinals, they will meet the ATB team that eliminated Jingzhe?"
Lin Feng nodded and said: "ATB, from the abbreviation of AtomicBomb, this team is also a mid-jungle play style, the mid laner Park Won-seok is the No. 1 mid laner in the South Korean division, and the jungler Cui He has a style similar to Chi Shuo. They play a tailwind game. It is very strong, and it can also operate calmly in the headwind, making it a very comprehensive team.”
Ye Shaoyang wrote down these two names, Park Yuanxi and Cui He, the strongest middle and wild combination in the Korean division. If Tianhuan makes it to the World Series, this team with a similar style to them will become one of the hardest bones to crack.
On the morning of December 17, the news of Jingzhe's defeat in the battle spread to China.
Many of Jingzhe's die-hard fans stayed up late last night to watch the game, their eyes were red from tears, and they ran to the official blog to leave messages to encourage the players and let them continue next season. There are also some black fans who went to the official blog to scold people.
The club's official blog also said some hard-working players, continue to work hard next season and so on.
Everyone in the Huaguo District focused their attention on the Ice Soul team, and the pressure on Chen Qianhua could be imagined.
The evening of the 17th.
Chen Qianhua was taking his teammates to dinner when his phone suddenly vibrated continuously and received several messages—
Xu Zhuo: "Come on, Xiao Chen. Whether you win or lose, you are our best support!"
Chi Shuo: "Relax and fight, don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Fang Zhengqing: "It's been a long time since we got together. Let's have a meal together when we return home after the competition."
Xie Yuan: "Team Fang is too lazy to scan the code, why not let Team Pool pay for it?"
Xu Zhuo: "It's true that Chi Shuo should pay the bill. Tianhuan has an Omega, Chi Shuo, please have a meal to celebrate!"
Chi Shuo: "??"
Fang Zhengqing: "Agree."
Xie Yuan: "Agree +1"
Chen Qianhua raised a smile at the corner of his mouth and typed: "Agree +2"
These news came from a private group called [Star City Rookie Concentration Camp]. There were only 5 people in the group. This group was established five years ago, and they were all rookies at that time.
The five people met when they were teenagers. All of them were youth trainees. They followed the coach to learn game awareness. Occasionally, five people would form a team to play qualifying. If there is no linkage, the top order Xu Zhuo is single to the end, and the bottom line Chen Qianhua and Xie Yuan are dead and free" tragedy.
When they're done, they scoff at each other.
Chi Shuo and Fang Zhengqing had completely different understandings of the game, but it was difficult to convince each other.
Until the end, they signed to different teams, and the group never disbanded.
The friendships that were pure in their youth have continued to this day. Of the 5 of them, 4 became captains. No matter how hard they played on the field, they were still friends after the game.
Chi Shuo said, "Are you all going home for the annual leave?"
Xie Yuan: "Of course I have to go home for the New Year, or my dad will break my leg~"
Chen Qianhua: "I should also go back to my hometown."
Fang Zhengqing: "+1"
Chi Shuo: "Okay, I'll invite you to dinner when the time comes. Let's make an appointment."
Chi Shuo's hometown is in Xingcheng, and the other four are also within 5 hours' drive from Xingcheng.
Star City is the largest youth training base in southern China. Teenagers in many surrounding cities who want to play e-sports will go there for testing and training. The five of them get together every year, and this time it's Chi Shuo's turn to treat the guests.
Chi Shuo closed the chat window and came to the conference room to watch the game.
The game between Ice Soul and FLD was extremely fierce. From the first game, each game would drag on for more than 40 minutes. Several consecutive bladder rounds not only test the mental quality of the players, but also test the physical quality.
To the surprise of foreign reporters, Binghun, a team with no star players, actually forcibly resisted the repeated attacks of the North American champion team FLD, and instantly turned around in the crucial team battle of the tiebreaker!
Ice Soul advanced to the top four!
The hanging hearts of domestic netizens were finally put back in their stomachs.
The Ice Soul team almost disbanded last season. This season, they can overcome all obstacles and reach the Huaguo Finals, and even enter the World Championship as the first place in the Huaguo District. This is their best result in history.
Many people went to the Ice Soul team's Weibo to leave a message: "Whether we can win the award or not, this season's Ice Soul is very good!" "The team that almost disbanded last year, it's really not easy to get to now, pay tribute to Team Chen !"
It was unexpected that Ice Soul could enter the World Championship.
On December 20, Binghun met the No. 1 seed ATB in the South Korean division in the semifinals and was eliminated 3:1. Domestic netizens have long been psychologically prepared, and not many people scold them. Most of them are encouraging. After all, it is really not easy for this team to go from the brink of disbandment to the world arena.
Jing Zhe was scolded even more miserably.
Last year's World Championship runner-up, this year only entered the quarter-finals.
However, Fang Zhengqing, a lazy person, is too lazy to go to Weibo, let alone reply to comments from black fans.
His Weibo has long been overgrown with weeds.
The S10 World Series officially ended on December 25, and the final champion was the ATB team in the South Korean division. The South Korean division won the world championship, which means that next season, the South Korean division can have 3 qualifying places for the world championship.
Huaguo District's results were dismal this year, with Jingzhe fifth place and Binghun fourth place, and no trophies were recorded. For netizens who support domestic e-sports events, this is undoubtedly a heavy blow.
There have also been a lot of negative reviews online -
[Professional players in the Huaguo District will only be in their nests, and they will collectively become grandchildren when they go to the World Championships! 】
[You guys are still beating each other at home, don't go to the international competition to embarrass your father]
[Laughing yue, Fang Zhengqing's fans are still washing there, if it wasn't for his command error, Jing Zhe would have lost? 】
[How does it feel when a group of veggies are beaten by foreign players? 】
[It's really funny to watch you guys play, might as well watch the bronze game]
[ATB's Park Shencai is World One Middle School, all the square teams and Zhou Zhou, let's all stand while you go! 】
Looking at those comments, Ye Shaoyang couldn't help but think of the scene in his previous life, when he lost the World Championship finals and was scolded by black fans on the hot search list.
Sure enough, there is no shortage of troll keyboard warriors in any world.
Ye Shaoyang put down his phone, picked up Xiaobai and walked to the balcony.
There was a heavy snowfall in the imperial capital last night, which was the first snow since the beginning of winter this year. When I woke up in the morning, the goose feather snow fell rustling outside the window, and the surrounding buildings were already covered with thick snow.
There were few pedestrians on the roads in the suburbs, and the snow scene was not damaged in the slightest.
The whole world is clad in silver, pure white and flawless.
Ye Shaoyang looked at the white expanse outside, and his mood quickly calmed down.
The results of the Huaguo Division this season are not satisfactory, and the situation next season is not optimistic. He really wants to win the world championship, and whether he can win it depends on some luck. The field of competition is changing rapidly, and no matter how strong the team is, it is possible to overturn... All I can say is, do your best and leave no regrets.
Ye Shaoyang smiled and touched the cat's head in his arms.
Xiaobai looked curiously at the snowflakes falling outside the window, and stupidly stretched out his claws to grab, but he didn't catch anything, and he continued to grab the air with perseverance...
When Chi Shuo went out, he saw this scene.
Ye Shaoyang hugged the cat and watched the snow by the window, with a relaxed smile on his face.
His profile face is particularly good-looking, and the handsome boy is holding a cute cat, like a freeze-frame poster.
Chi Shuo couldn't take his eyes away for a while.
Ye Shaoyang heard the footsteps, turned around, and asked with a smile, "Team Chi is early."
Chi Shuo coughed lightly: "You get up so early?"
Ye Shaoyang said: "I got bored and swiped Weibo for a while. I saw that those people called the professional players in Huaguo District to be rookies. They also said that the gods who are usually highly sought after in China become grandsons as soon as they go abroad."
Chi Shuo: "..."
Most of the players would be angry when they saw this kind of comment. Cheng Xing's eyes were red with anger last night, and he almost scolded him back in his vest. Ye Shaoyang didn't seem to mind at all.
Chi Shuo said: "If one day, our Tianhuan loses the game, you may also be scolded."
Ye Shaoyang said calmly: "It doesn't matter. If they scold me, I won't lose a piece of meat. I know in my heart that I did nothing wrong, and it is enough to have a clear conscience. There is no need to give those black fans a look."
With a clear conscience.
Chi Shuo has been controversial in recent years. Every time he finishes a game, someone always says that he is at the peak of his debut, that he has been going downhill and will only eat his own money, that he is not as good as Ming Sheng, the captain of Tianhuan's previous generation, and that he makes Tianhuan's achievements. worse and worse…
However, he has done what he should do.
He also has a clear conscience.
"You're right, you don't need to give them eyes." Chi Shuo smiled slightly, walked to Ye Shaoyang's side, and looked out the window: "S9 is completely over, Huaguo District has also seen this in the past few seasons. It's a trough of not getting a medal. But I believe the S10 will be different."
Ye Shaoyang smiled and nodded: "Well, S10 is a new beginning."
Chi Shuo looked at the person beside him, and his eyes couldn't help becoming gentle: "On January 7th this year for the New Year, I heard news that the league requires all major teams to take a unified annual vacation from the 6th to the 13th. Are you going back to Star City to celebrate the New Year?"
Ye Shaoyang was stunned for a moment.
The original owner's parents have passed away. He doesn't have many relatives and friends in this world, and the only ones who are still in contact are cousins Qin Yue and Qin Rui. Apart from Xingcheng's home, he has nowhere else to go.
Ye Shaoyang lowered his head and touched Xiaobai's head, and said, "Well, then I'll go back too."
Chi Shuo said: "I'll help you book tickets, let's go back together?"
Ye Shaoyang nodded: "Okay."