That night, some teams were prepared for danger in times of peace. After being woken up and remembering their original intentions, they didn’t care about rewarding themselves with a late-night snack. After hurriedly checking out and paying for the bill, they went back to the Internet cafe to start a new round of intense training.
There are also people who are still happily eating supper and celebrating excitedly.
Zhang Xin and a few friends took advantage of the weekend and made up a reason for their parents to sneak out from the small town to Xiamen City to participate in the preliminary selection competition. A short-distance bus from Shangxia City returns to the town.
Back in town, it was already seven or eight in the evening.
When I was in Xiamen City, I didn't care about having dinner. The friends in the team proposed to have a late-night dinner together, which naturally got the unanimous approval of everyone in the entire team.
At the supper stall, there are several large plates of barbecue skewers, plus a bunch of soda drinks. The cost is quite high for junior high school students, but today Zhang Xin is quite proud to express himself as a treat, which is a reward for everyone.
After all, in this preliminary round, they have already achieved quite satisfactory results.
"cheers!"
At the age of 14 or 15, he is still not greedy for wine, that is, several soda bottles ping-pong-pong together, but the joyful atmosphere is still undiminished.
Several friends, including Zhang Xin, had beaming radiance on their faces:
"Nice!"
"Hahaha the preliminary round went well!"
"Everyone played very well, it exceeded expectations, didn't it!"
indeed.
Before the official start of this trial competition, it was only in the online registration stage. Their team's combat power ranking did not even make it into the top 100 on the list in the Xiamen sub-division. However, after the preliminary round, the first round of five games In the battle, the record is far stronger than their paper rankings.
"3 wins and 2 losses!"
Speaking of the achievements of his team, Zhang Xin couldn't help but sparkle with excitement:
"It's really powerful!"
This time, their luck in the preliminary round is not very good, because they did not encounter such a weak team that is far inferior to their own, and even several opponents they encountered in the five games were ranked on the combat power list. Into the top 100.
Every game was extremely difficult and stalemate.
It was after all the hard work that the outcome was decided.
The most important thing is the fifth game. In the first four games, they finished with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. The outcome of the last game will directly affect whether they can stably advance to the qualifying group, but luck still does not favor them. It is a team that ranks 55th on the Xiamen Division list.
For them, this is actually an opponent that is stronger than them.
Normally, their odds of winning are low.
And once they lose, the final record of 2 wins and 3 losses will make it very likely that they will be eliminated in the first round of the preliminary round.
Under such tension and pressure, even many mature semi-professional or even professional team players may be affected mentally, resulting in abnormal performance in the final game in the last game, and ultimately regretful defeat and regret.
But rather-
But it was such a few junior high school boys who were only fourteen or fifteen years old, who withstood this huge psychological pressure at such a stressful moment.
Although the little boys at that time were also nervous, Zhang Xin, the captain, stood up and said these words to a few friends with a calm and sophisticated attitude that he had never had before. :
"The last one."
"We played well in the first four games."
"The last game is related to whether we can qualify. Of course, including me, we will definitely be under a lot of pressure."
"However, this is also impossible."
"Since you choose to participate in this trial, you will definitely encounter such difficulties."
"We have worked hard for a whole month, paid so much, and reached this step, then the last step should be completed well."
"We can't live up to our own hard work."
"Even if the opponent is strong—"
"It's a big deal, it's a fight!"
"The ranking of the combat power list is not necessarily reliable. It is not that we have not defeated the top 100 opponents in the first four games, so this game... Who said we must not win?"
What was then exchanged was a moment of silence from the rest of the team.
And a moment later, the unanimous roaring response:
"Fuck him!"
It is such a simple, extremely pure two words.
In the last crucial tiebreaker, these teenagers gritted their teeth and carried it out to the extreme.
Maybe not even their opponent, the 55th ranked team in the competition area, did not expect that they actually had an accident and lost to these few when they were confident at the beginning and believed that they would win. Ordinary teenagers under high school age at most.
Several junior high school boys fought hard.
Seriously, it gave them a weak-to-strong victory.
It also helped them steadily pave the way to advance to the next round of competition.
At the supper stall at the moment, a few little guys cheered with high-fives, chattering excitedly about their performances in those few games, discussing the gains and losses, clapping their chests to rejoice at the thrills they avoided.
Zhou Mo, who was sitting beside him, watched this scene with a smile, with some admiration and emotion in his heart.
In the past two days of the match in Xiamen, he also participated in the whole process as a coach. He also saw the hard work and dedication of these teenagers, and their persistence and battle on the field.
In the final game of life and death, even if he didn't play, he could also feel the huge pressure on several players.
At that time, it was not that he did not think about whether several teenagers would be affected by their mentality under such pressure.
There are also concerns.
can eventually—
These young children brought him unexpected surprises.
Each of them is probably far too young at an individual skill level than the real pros.
But that kind of big heart, fearless difficulties, and courageous belief and will to move forward are enough to make anyone feel moved.
At that moment, he felt in a trance that he seemed to see the shadows of himself and his companions in these youngsters again.
"Mer, Murder!"
A few calls from Zhang Xin finally brought Zhou Mo back to his senses:
"Um?"
Then he saw several teenagers in front of him all looking at him, Zhang Xin raised his glass:
"The second cup is yours!"
"Really, half the credit goes to you for being able to advance with 3 wins and 2 losses this time!"
Several other friends also nodded their heads to express their strong agreement:
"exactly!"
"Brother Jingmo! Great hero!"
Zhou Mo laughed when he heard it: "I just fulfilled my duty as a coach..."
Zhang Xin was immediately unhappy when he heard it:
"What obligations are not obligations, you are humble!"
"Anyway, if it wasn't for you this time, it would be even more impossible for us to win the last life-and-death match!"
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The update is sent, the next chapter will be later, I have to work overtime first...