The next morning, Zhou Kanqing's excited voice was heard in the training room.
"Did you really flash the stealth chip?!"
Zhou Kanqing stared in disbelief: "This idea is too..."
"It's been more than half a year..." Xue Lan scratched his head awkwardly. Although everyone now said that LGW had unexpectedly produced two stealth chips in a short period of time and regarded it as a godsend, Xue Lan knew that he and Duan Wen had been working hard for this chip for more than half a year.
In a blink of an eye, the domestic schedule is coming to an end, and half a year has passed in a flash.
"The game just announced that the shield chip was weakened, and you got the stealth chip. I'm looking forward to how Thunder and the others will react when they know this news." Zhou Kanqing was even more excited than when he got the chip himself: "We were still talking about it a few days ago, and we actually got it?"
Duan Wenzheng sat back in his chair, his smiling eyes lightly falling on Xue Lan: "Maybe it's because two negatives equal a positive?"
Xue Lan blushed when he looked at her, and she quickly lowered her head to avoid his sight.
"The quarterfinals match schedule is here." As they were talking, Xie Zhinian walked into the training room in high spirits: "We didn't play against the familiar teams in the first match, which is a good thing. But don't take it lightly, keep training well these few days."
"Got it!" everyone responded in unison.
"Reset, the time of the singles competition is finally set before the semi-finals. Now... you are the only one representing LGW to participate in the singles finals. But I believe you will not have any problems, so I set the requirement for you to 'win the championship'. Intensify your training these days."
No one seemed to think there was anything wrong with this request.
Xie Zhinian briefly explained a few things to Xue Lan, and told everyone to cheer for the competition, then left the training room.
After Xie Zhinian left, Xue Lan flipped through the records and analyses he had made on each team. This was the analysis of the tactics and players of the top eight teams he had listed earlier. He found the team that he was about to play against in the quarterfinals and looked through it carefully.
He did these analyses seriously, and originally thought that there should be no major omissions or insertions. However, when he re-opened the notebook that day and found the comments left by Wen Yan on it, he suddenly realized that his records still had many minor deviations.
This may be the reason why it is often mentioned in e-sports: "Only by playing against each other can you get a glimpse of the opponent's true nature." If you want to understand your opponent, no matter how many times you watch the game, it is not as good as a real duel.
These are the experiences that Wen Yan has accumulated through competition after competition over the years.
He read the few words left by Wen Yan carefully, as if they were treasures.
The above analysis was conducted on the team's personnel and players. Wen Yan had carefully read not only this team, but also the other teams listed and analyzed by Xue Lan, and analyzed each team one by one in the form of annotations after his analysis.
Xue Lan flipped through the pages one by one until he reached the last page in his notebook that contained written records.
This page is Wen Yan's analysis of several people in LGW.
There were Zhou Kanqing’s, Lu You’s, Duan Wenzheng’s, even Wen Yan’s own, and... Xue Lan’s.
Lu You is gentle and obsessed with technical operations. He only believes in the strong people he agrees with in his heart; Zhou Kanqing is enthusiastic about protecting his children, but likes to get stuck in a rut and admit his own death; Duan Wenzheng is a knife with a new sharp blade. He seems frivolous but responsible; the second team member who temporarily replaces Wen Yan is quite conventional. When facing a non-strong opponent, he recommends charging and assaulting together to avoid unnecessary trouble; and Wen Yan himself is good at tactics and analysis, but his weakness is... wrist injury and record to be determined.
Xue Lan's fingertips stroked the words one by one, as if he could see through them the concentration of Wen Yan as he wrote.
Even though Wen Yan temporarily left the team, he left these analyses before leaving. At first, Xue Lan actually felt that he would not be able to do anything well after Wen Yan left, and was afraid that he would not be able to complete his instructions.
But after he really left, Xue Lan discovered that even though he was away during this period, the words he had told them had been deeply engraved in everyone's mind, and everything seemed to be the same as when he was there.
Even more hardworking and self-controlled than when he was around.
Then there was himself.
Xue Lan is a technical player who is good at observing reactions and operating. He is very good at self-breakthrough and adaptability. His weakness is...
"The game focuses too much on the survival of teammates. As a shooting game, the survival rate of teammates is not the key to winning or losing. There will always be appropriate sacrifices in the game. To make it to the end of a game, you must first learn to make choices."
Xue Lan looked at the words left by Wen Yan in deep thought.
"Su Yiyu and Shen Rong both reposted that Weibo post to praise me. As a teammate, how can you remain silent at this time?!" Zhou Kanqing's voice was heard from the side: "Will you die if you praise me for being beautiful?"
"Yeah." Duan Wenzheng responded without even raising his head.
"..." Zhou Kanqing rolled his eyes in disgust: "Duan Wenzheng, you will get your comeuppance for being such a jerk!! Look at you, as a good brother, when have I ever failed to help you? Look at yourself?"
Xue Lan hurriedly stopped what he was doing, pricked up his ears and paid close attention to Zhou Kanqing's words.
Sure enough, Zhou Kanqing smiled and said in the next second: "By the way, I just happen to have a few new resources... Do you want to..."
"Brother Kanqing!" Xue Lan hurriedly interrupted Zhou Kanqing.
Zhou Kanqing turned his head in confusion when he heard this: "What's the matter?"
"Su Yiyu..." Xue Lan made up a story: "Let me help you call you and ask why you haven't gone to find him for solo yet."
"..." Zhou Kanqing looked up blankly: "When did I tell him that I wanted to go solo?"
Xue Lan quickly retracted his gaze. He couldn't lie with his eyes open like Duan Wenzheng did. He could only turn his head and pray that Zhou Kanqing didn't notice his red ears. He stuttered and said, "Maybe... he wants to see the goddess."
His words shocked the players in the qualifying round nearby and made them look sideways.
But Zhou Kanqing didn't notice his abnormality at all. He immediately rolled up his sleeves due to such sudden praise: "Really? Tell him I'll be there soon!"
After Zhou Kanqing finished speaking, he happily went to find Su Yiyu for a solo, completely forgetting what he was saying to Duan Wenzhen the previous second.
Xue Lan secretly glanced at Duan Wenzheng when he saw this, and saw that Duan Wenzheng didn't react at all and was still playing solo.
He then relaxed.
If Duan Wenzheng knew that he had asked Zhou Kanqing for those things in his name...
Xue Lan's cheeks turned red instantly.
He rubbed his burning ears with an effort to remain calm, and continued to watch and analyze the past match videos of the top eight teams.
With the quarterfinals approaching, the atmosphere in the training room late at night after training was like preparing for an exam. Everyone was extremely solemn and serious, and they all worked until late at night.
The substitute player and Lu You were the first to go back to rest. After a while, Zhou Kanqing also yawned and packed up his things and left.
Once again, the only people left in the training room were Xue Lan, who was watching the game with a headset on, and Duan Wenzheng, who was playing alone.
Xue Lan watched the live broadcast for too long and gradually began to feel too sleepy to open his eyes. He took a candy and put it in his mouth, then continued watching the game.
Duan Wenzheng played another game of solo. When he turned to look at the boy next to him, he found that he had fallen asleep on the table without knowing when.
He rested his head on his arms, his drooping eyelashes casting a gentle shadow in the dim light. As he lay on his arms, his delicate cheeks showed a slight hint of soft baby fat.
The touch of that cheek was extremely good, and he had the kind of physique that would leave a red mark even if he didn't pinch it very hard.
Duan Wenzhen stopped what he was doing and even his breathing slowed down unconsciously, as if he was afraid of waking him up from his sleep.
He watched quietly for a while, then turned off himself and his computer, and gently picked up the person from the chair.
The person in his arms whimpered, and when Duan Wenzheng was wondering if he had woken him up, he saw him rubbing in his arms, as if he had found a comfortable position, and fell into a deep sleep again.
Duan Wen Zheng not only laughed, he hugged the person in his arms tightly and walked out the door with light steps.
Everyone in the club was asleep at this time, and Duan Wenzhen walked towards the room holding the person in his arms.
His steps were slow, as if he was afraid of disturbing the sleeping person in his arms. His eyes occasionally fell on the sleeping face, as if he was enjoying this rare moment of warmth.
The road was not long, but Duan Wenzhen walked for a long time.
However, there was a light sound of a door opening in the corridor where he had thought there would be no one. Duan Wenzheng crouched slightly, and when he saw who it was, he relaxed.
"Falling asleep?" Zhou Kanqing lowered his voice: "He has been too tired recently and hasn't had a good rest."
Duan Wenzheng responded in a very low voice, walked past Zhou Kanqing and continued walking forward.
Just when Zhou Kanqing was about to go back to sleep, Duan Wenzheng called him: "Come to me for a moment."
But after he finished speaking, he didn't stay for long and walked straight into his room holding Xue Lan.
Duan Wenzheng didn't intend to wake him up, but he remembered that Xue Lan seemed to have eaten candy just now, so after hesitating, he gently shook him awake.
"Baby, go brush your teeth before going to bed."
Xue Lan opened his sleepy eyes and saw the person in front of him. Surprisingly, he was not awake at all. Instead, he rubbed against his arms again, like a cat that was acting coquettishly and refused to get up.
Duan Wenzheng's heart softened, he lowered his head and kissed him lightly on the forehead, and said softly:
"It's okay if you don't want to. I'm willing to help you take a bath."
The next second, the person in his arms immediately struggled and jumped down, ran into the bathroom, turned around and locked the bathroom door tightly.
Duan Wen Zheng couldn't help laughing as he watched him running away.
He gave a few more instructions before leaving again.
Zhou Kanqing was still standing in the corridor, yawning continuously.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Kanqing didn't even look at him: "Nothing, I'm going to sleep."
Duan Wenzheng closed the door behind him and looked up at Zhou Kanqing.
"What did you mean by what you said in the training room today?"