As a reborn person, Cheng Ran should have his own awareness, that is to work hard in construction and seek development in a low-key and pragmatic manner.
Things like the Tianxing Dojo itself are beyond the scope of the current stage. Cheng Ran has been hiding as the boss behind the scenes, which makes it easier for him to do what he wants without any constraints.
However, Lao Jiang in front of him was just a newcomer and he pointed it out in one sentence.
This made Cheng Ran feel depressed and ready to flip out of business, as if he was thinking, "We agreed to play the pig and eat the tiger, but are you still going to play the pig and eat the tiger?"
Seeing Cheng Ran's expression, Jiang Hongshao smiled, "I've always heard that Qin Qian worked part-time at Tianxing Daoguan, but her attitude towards you changed during that time... Second, you said that it was opened by Xie Feibai. Based on my understanding of him, I don't think he has the ability to do so. What's more, as soon as you arrived, he said that all of us can get a free meal. On what basis do you base that? He does have a straightforward side to his character, but if as a boss, he can give free meals to anyone who has a good relationship with him or brings friends here, can he open such a store? Tianxing Daoguan is so famous, there should be rules that cannot be broken. The only exception may be one thing, that is, the boss or the person with the greatest relationship with this place has arrived. The rest of his behavior that he wanted to cover up also stands out."
"I just tried to test you, and now it seems to be confirmed." Jiang Hongshao smiled.
"Do you have to be so smart?" Cheng Ran said.
"Not necessarily. If I didn't know you and the people around you, I wouldn't be able to guess these." Jiang Hongshao said, and suddenly stopped, looking as if she had done something wrong, "Shouldn't I just say it directly and let you reveal it? By the way, I can also say 'Wow! Cheng Ran, you are amazing!'"
"Forget it, just sit down. Are you here to ruin our show?"
Jiang Hongshao asked with a smile, "It must be very expensive to open such a big place. Where did you get the money?"
Cheng Ran sighed inwardly, knowing that at this point, there was no need to hide it from Lao Jiang any longer, and given their relationship, they could tell each other these things.
"Do you know the board game Three Kingdoms? It was my first pot of gold. I drew it. I originally planned to make it for my brothers and I to play during the Chinese New Year, but later I found that I could actually sell it and promote it. It became big without me noticing."
As expected, Jiang Hongshao was not surprised at all and nodded, "Well... I guessed it."
Cheng Ran smiled, "Yes, since I guessed that Tianxing Dojo is mine, I can follow the clues through the theme cafe on the first floor."
"It's not because of this..." Jiang Hongshao shook her head, "Before I knew about the Tianxing Gym... I roughly guessed it."
"Um?"
"Isn't there a character called Jiang Hongshao in it... She looks a lot like me... The most important thing is, didn't we paint the Hale-Bopp Comet cultural wall together before we graduated from junior high school... Everyone has their own style in doing things. Your cultural wall style is so prominent. You tend to use delicate strokes and broad colors to show the conception, highlight the sense of hierarchy, and render as many details as possible. When I saw the same painting skills on the board game character cards, I guessed it was you who did it."
Cheng Ran was relieved. His knowledge from the future was completely new to this era in terms of composition and painting techniques. It was also different from the existing comic style and was completely unique. So it was not surprising that Lao Jiang recognized it. It was just wishful thinking that he had always thought that she didn't know.
Cheng Ran was puzzled, "Why didn't you just tell me before?"
"The image of Jiang Hongshao, the daughter of Jiang Wei, a general of the Three Kingdoms, is so lifelike and beautiful compared to the model herself. This is painted with emotion..." Jiang Hongshao gently raised her head, "I thought you had a crush on me. What if I expose your crush and you lose face?"
"!?"
What have you been thinking about for all this time!
"You are praising yourself in disguise!"
Lao Jiang laughed again, "Okay, okay, I'll pretend I don't know."
"… Go sit over there, enter the game, and we'll settle our grudges on a different battlefield."
…
They had already sat down. Luo Wei, Shu Jiexi and others had started the game and were waiting for Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao. Jiang Hongshao said that she didn't know how to play, so they could only watch them play. Cheng Ran then said, "Well, you turn on the computer and I'll teach you how to play first. Some key points of the game are actually very easy."
If you want to psychologically crush your opponent on one level, of course you need your opponent to understand how the game works, and then let him know how big the gap is between you, so that he will feel worshipful or invincible.
To be honest, if Jiang Hongshao was ignorant and came over to destroy her base in the game, it wouldn't be much fun.
The main purpose is to let her master the game first, understand how to play the game and where the fun lies. Computer games are essentially a kind of intellectual confrontation.
The purpose is to make Lao Jiang feel that she is fine, and then Cheng Ran will use his rich experience from the future to defeat her and let her experience what it feels like to be suppressed by force.
The genius of tenth grade middle school, top student in grade, a typical example of talent and appearance being proportional, today I let you call me brother!
Cheng Ran thought so with evil humor.
However, little did they know that their entry into the Internet cafe would naturally attract attention, mainly because Jiang Hongshao stood out like a beacon. There were cameras scattered in a stairway shape. Some people were playing games and surfing the waves, but they would still look at Lao Jiang from time to time.
Internet cafes are originally a great place to look at beautiful women, but now everyone is staring at Cheng Ran who is teaching Jiang Hongshao how to play games. He feels so unbalanced and jealous that he doesn't know where to put his head.
And some people seemed to understand Cheng Ran's plan immediately, and they cried out in their hearts, "How shameless! Who doesn't pick up girls this way? In essence, he brings a confused little girl over and lets her watch from the side. If she can also play games and knows a little bit, so much the better. Then, watching his skillful computer skills, sometimes even if you don't wash your hair, hold a cigarette in your mouth, and put your legs on the table, but the look of destroying the enemy in the blink of an eye and the grace of easily solving one computer problem after another that is as difficult as a mystery to girls, I'm afraid that when the girls look at you again, they will just look at you with a smile and ignore their outward admiration for your talent.
The key is that the guy next to the pretty girl is also pretty good looking! Then watch Cheng Ran teach Jiang Hongshao how to play the game and explain it, leading you to get started, then letting you understand the rules and then adore her, this is exactly the same routine! So some people boldly speculated that the pretty girl would fall for him in all likelihood today, where is justice!
In fact, it was not just Cheng Ran's explanation. Luo Wei and Shu Jiexi could not let Cheng Ran steal the show in front of Jiang Hongshao. A group of people were talking to Jiang Hongshao about the various technology trees, base troops, etc., that is, explaining the differences between low-level troops and high-level troops, and long-range and melee combat. After the explanation, everyone played two games against the computer together.
Jiang Hongshao is indeed very good at learning. She was a little clumsy in the basic operations at the beginning, but after watching Cheng Ran deploy troops and formations several times and trying to use his methods, she was able to learn most of them. Seeing the extent of Jiang Hongshao's learning, Cheng Ran felt a little threatened and wondered whether he should sit next to her and switch seats with the one opposite. But then he thought that this idea was a bit shameful. He should defeat her fairly!
Jiang Hongshao grew rapidly while playing against the computer. She chose the human race and the Archmage led the team. Although she was not proficient in micro-operation and individual deployment of troops, she had a good view of the overall situation. To put it bluntly, her strategic thinking was in place. She would pull out the troops when she couldn't win, counterattack and intersperse when she could, or cooperate with teammates to launch a surprise attack and intercept after finding out the opponent's route. If tactics were not enough, strategy would make up for it.
After playing two games against the computer, Jiang Hongshao looked up, still a little confused, and said, "It was fun."
The hearts of all the onlookers were moved. At that time, people played games in Internet cafes, and many of them inherited the style of the game halls of the past, with a group of people standing behind and watching others play. The cost of Internet games at that time was still very high for many people, and they could not afford it. It was comfortable to watch someone with good skills play from behind, even if it was just a few more glances. What's more, the one playing the game was a girl, who naturally attracted people.
Cheng Ran felt that they should not let Lao Jiang grow any further, even if there were people behind her giving her advice. Defeating her and then the people behind her would be more effective. So everyone started to form teams to fight.
Because there were seven of us, we couldn't play the classic map "Lost Temple", so we chose the "Snowfield" map that can accommodate eight players. Everyone fought on their own and competed freely.
Luo Wei shouted, "Hongshao, be careful of Cheng Ran. I think he is coming for you!"
Su Hongdou also laughed, "Yeah, he taught you to play so seriously, it's obvious that he has bad intentions."
Ma Ke directly exposed the darkness in Cheng Ran's heart, "He must be unable to beat you in every exam, so he is trying to make himself feel proud by doing this!"
Jiang Hongshao glanced at Cheng Ran, and Cheng Ran sensed a hint of provocation.
She really deserves a good beating.
In this kind of map, the resources of the terrain where everyone is located are balanced with each other. There are players in almost every corner at the beginning of the game, this is beyond doubt. Cheng Ran chose the Orcs and expanded wildly from the beginning. In this kind of multiplayer game, it is almost unnecessary to send troops out at the beginning to contain the development of the players around you, because your base may be attacked by other players at any time. The only thing is to flatten the weak opponents around you as soon as possible, devour them and strengthen yourself. When you grow stronger like a snowball, then no one in the whole map can be your opponent and you can gradually defeat them.
Therefore, Cheng Ran took advantage of the orcs' high HP to expand outwards from the beginning, and relied on micro-operations to escape from battle with low HP to conquer the branch mines and expand rapidly. After encountering Shu Jiexi and Marco's forward scouts, they killed the two's front-line troops, and the two exclaimed that Cheng Ran had already opened the third branch mine at this time, with a steady stream of economic income and strong military force.
By now, everyone's positions had been figured out. Cheng Ran sneered inwardly as he pushed his troops toward Jiang Hongshao, causing people passing by to shout and yell.
"Hong Shao Cheng Ran is heading in your direction!"
“Cheng Ran Cheng Ran Cheng Ran, stop Cheng Ran!”
"He just wants to beat you!"
"Don't be afraid, let's go out together and crush him!"
In fact, everyone knows that Cheng Ran is the strongest opponent who must be killed. He has the largest number of troops and the best operations. If they continue to fight among themselves, they will be eaten by Cheng Ran one after another, just like the six countries in the late Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period that had to attack Qin.
Everyone sent out troops to block Cheng Ran's path, and set up a meat grinder in front of Jiang Hongshao's base.
Cheng Ran did not try any tactics of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, which would actually make his efforts to divide his forces counterproductive. He simply defeated the six-man coalition all at once. After all, some of them were already dying in the previous fight, and the combined strength of the opponents was at most three times that of his. However, Cheng Ran's micro-management and the high-level soldiers who had climbed high up the technology tree made them like chickens and dogs.
The battle broke out right in the middle.
Jiang Hongshao said, "Your troops follow my griffins." Cheng Ran had checked out the human race she had chosen, and saw only a few high-level soldiers and ground troops, but not many griffins.
Cheng Ran calmly mobilized the team forward and sent a flying dragon to their face.
The coalition forces of Luo Wei, Shu Jiexi, Marco, Su Hongdou, and Zi Zi Jiang Hongshao were defeated one after another.
Just as the battle was getting intense on the small map, the base of Cheng Ran's important economic center suddenly lit up red, indicating that it was under attack.
Cheng Ran jumped back to the fire map and saw that Jiang Hongshao's large purple army passed through Luo Weishu Jiexi's territory on the map, made a big circle and attacked his headquarters.
But Cheng Ran smiled, all these were beyond his expectations. When the front army met the enemy, he found that there were not many purple soldiers mixed in with Jiang Hongshao. He predicted that he would play this trick on himself. Old Jiang, even if you are very smart, how can you compare with his own experienced and shrewdness in the game? Facing the appearance of Jiang Hongshao's main force to dismantle the base, Cheng Ran used the internal defense to replenish the troops produced in the base first. At the same time, the front army fought and retreated, and the rear army was already trekking towards the base.
As long as they retreated to consume Jiang Hongshao's main force and lure the coalition forces to attack, Cheng Ran, relying on his strong economy and the troops replenished nearby at the base, would be able to defeat the six-man alliance in one fell swoop.
However, because the central battle was quite far from home, although Cheng Ran's front army could withstand the fierce attack of several people, the central army and rear army rushing to the rear base were stretched into a long snake formation. When Cheng Ran suddenly felt something was wrong, Jiang Hongshao riding a griffin appeared from the fog of war beside him, and attracted Su Hongdou's elven archers and bear druids who suddenly cut off Cheng Ran's central army.
The game is over.
A group of people cheered. Not only Luo Wei, Marco and others were cheering excitedly, but the crowd watching behind Jiang Hongshao also praised them.
But everyone gave Cheng Ran a thumbs up.
Just now, even though Cheng Ran was attacked by six families and his forces were divided into three parts, he operated to the extreme and was extremely fierce and powerful. Not only did he defeat Su Hongdou, he also wiped out the main force of Jiang Hongshao's sneak attack on his base, and at the same time wiped out the three armies that were chasing after him from Luo Wei, Shu Jiexi and Marco.
He single-handedly resisted the attack of six men and annihilated all six forces. The battle was extremely brutal and his own house was completely demolished by Lao Jiang.
The people who watched this match were still immersed in Cheng Ran's skills and the terrifying way he operated his soldiers. If he hadn't been forcibly defeated by the strategy, he would probably be invincible at the tactical level.
Cheng Ran glanced at Jiang Hongshao, and his heart was itching, "Let's play another round."
Lao Jiang nodded, "Okay."
As a result, at the beginning of the game, Cheng Ran saw Jiang Hongshao's troops appear, and then Luo Wei, Shu Jiexi, Su Hongdou, Ma Ke and a group of peasants led by heroes and first-level soldiers came to kill vigorously. Cheng Ran was not given any chance to develop.
What's it like to have a bunch of peasants surrounding you and destroying your base
The game ended in a state of laughter and tears. Cheng Ran turned around and asked, "Is this a fair fight?"
Ma Ke and his men were not ashamed but proud. They said in unison, "You just want to bully Hong Shao, we will never agree to that!"
In the end, Jiang Hongshao smiled and said, "Then I'll play a game against you myself, a one-on-one duel."
After creating the game, he raised his chin towards Cheng Ran with an expression that said "I'm waiting for you".
The people behind him looked extremely distressed, not understanding why this girl was so unwise. It was obvious that Cheng Ran wanted to suppress you. The six of you almost lost when you joined forces. How could you win in a one-on-one duel? You must let this guy succeed!
Some people at the moment are extremely unbearable.
Cheng Ran thought that he should hold back in this round, so that she would not suffer so much. However, at the beginning of the round, he saw Lao Jiang's weakest human peasants coming with their families, and they killed all the first-level soldiers that were built by the two bunkers at the door of Cheng Ran.
Cheng Ran turned around from the table and looked at her in confusion. She smiled gently, "I let you hit me. I guess that satisfied your desire..."
Cheng Ran feels so frustrated.
I, the most powerful king who had fallen to the mortal world, was actually given away by... charity
Oh, it’s such a long chapter every day, which moves me.