The first game of the domestic league championship officially begins.
"Welcome everyone to the finals of this year's domestic league! The two teams competing in this game are: Thunder Team and LGW—"
The commentator's next words were drowned out by the deafening screams.
This annual event is a battleground for who will be the No. 1 in the country this year. Although LGW has won several consecutive domestic leagues, this year's LGW is no longer the same as in previous years.
"LGW is our old friend. This year, they created many surprises for us. Today, they also brought us surprises. Now, we invite several members of the LGW team to enter!!"
Fans holding up light boards in the audience were shouting the names of the teams and players, but their eyes suddenly fell on the last person who walked into the competition area.
The originally noisy stadium suddenly fell into silence.
I don't know who called out that person's name first—
"wind!!!"
This call seemed to finally open a rift in the silence, and the field was once again filled with waves of screams of "wind"!
That is their passion, their entire youth!
Such emotions were still clearly transmitted to the hearts of several team members even through the thick soundproofing. They put down their keyboard bags and looked up at the sea of lights flashing for them in the distance.
They are like the guiding stars in the darkness countless times, carrying millions of expectations and directing them forward.
Crowned and crowned king again and again, and brought before it as a reward.
Xue Lan's gaze turned to Wen Yan again, and his thoughts returned to ten minutes ago.
The fallen beverage bottle rolled on the ground and stopped after hitting the corner of the sofa.
Wen Yan picked up the drink bottle slowly.
But he didn't look at Xue Lan.
Xue Lan stood there, at a loss like a child.
"Yes, I'm sorry. No matter what the reason is, I don't want to affect your mood for the game. I know... every game is important to you. But..."
"Apologize for me?"
Wen Yan did not put the drink bottle back on the table, but held it in his hand.
Xue Lan raised his eyes to look at him, but didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"You don't need to apologize." Wen Yan's eyes couldn't tell the expression: "No matter what you did, you don't need to apologize, because although I am not in a position to forgive you in this matter, no matter what you did, I will forgive you."
Xue Lan asked doubtfully: "But what if I did something particularly bad?"
Wen Yan smiled and said firmly: "You are not."
Xue Lan's eyes were sore, and he said seriously: "Brother Yan, you are really the best person in the world."
"Why was I given the card of being a traitor so soon?" Wen Yan paused, with a hint of helplessness and a dry smile in his tone: "I actually don't want to be a traitor. I want to try again."
Wen Yan's words shocked Xue Lan's heart. Wen Yan had never said such frank words before.
He has always been reserved and self-contained.
But at this moment he told himself that he wanted to try again...
He must like Duan Wenzhen very much.
"If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to give up either." Xue Lan felt even more guilty. After thinking it over, he answered seriously, "Then try again. I... I don't mind."
Wen Yan was stunned.
Wen Yan stood up and stood in front of Xue Lan, looking at him repeatedly with a dark and unclear look: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Xue Lan lowered his eyes and looked struggling, as if it was extremely difficult for him to say those words.
Wen Yan's gaze fell on his cheek. Thinking of the shallow red mark on his cheek at that time, he reached out his hand curiously and pinched the side of his face.
The movement was very light.
Xue Lan looked up in surprise, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
Wen Yan laughed out loud, as if he had heard something interesting: "Why do I feel like... you don't seem to understand what I mean at all."
Xue Lan answered anxiously and seriously: "I, I have it!"
Wen Yan withdrew his hand, and when the warmth from his fingertips suddenly disappeared, he felt as if there was a void in his heart.
Perhaps Xue Lan didn't realize it at all, or maybe when he said "try again", he just meant that he hoped to fight for everything back after the captain handed it over to him.
But there is no such thing as...
Maybe it doesn't matter anymore.
Wen picked up his keyboard bag and walked out of the lounge: "The game is about to start, let's go."
Xue Lan hurriedly followed him: "Captain... Brother Yan?"
Xue Lan's eyes were full of concern. Wen Yan's gaze fell on his cheek: "The basic quality of an e-sports player is to adjust his mentality. No matter what happens, as long as he walks into the arena and holds the mouse and keyboard, he must return to the best state of the game."
After he said that, he looked at him deeply, his eyes like a deep and quiet pool.
"Of course, I hope you never need to understand this truth."
…
Xue Lan took a deep breath and refocused his attention on the game world that was about to begin.
"Plan C, the key is given to..." Xue Lan opened the small map and concentrated for a moment.
Everyone stood in groups, adjusting the key positions, waiting for the moment when the cabin would be opened, and also waiting for Xue Lan's decision.
Xue Lan glanced at Wen Yan's game character. He knew that this was the moment when he needed to shoulder the burden. He retracted his gaze and said seriously, "Let me do it."
The competition officially begins.
Both sides advanced towards the lower floor from the front and rear sides of the lower cabin.
"team leader?"
"Send Liu Qi to the deck first." His teammates' questioning made Yuan Haoran collect his thoughts: "Wind is not at ease handing the key to others, keep an eye on Wind and protect Siyu."
"receive."
After the Thunder Team members finished speaking, they moved towards the entrance to the lower cabin.
This time, Wen Yan, Zhou Kanqing and Lu You were responsible for clearing the zombies in the cabin, while Xue Lan and Duan Wenzheng occupied the deck together.
Xue Lan and Duan Wenzheng cleared the way very quickly. When they arrived at the passage leading to the deck, the other two had just rushed out of the zombie encirclement. Xue Lan hurriedly signaled Duan Wenzheng to go first, and he threw out a smoke bomb to cover the rest.
Xue Lan's gunfire forced the two people rushing towards the entrance of the passage to retreat. He took the opportunity to quickly grope for the entrance of the passage in the smoke.
"Captain, the entrance to the passage has been occupied by them!"
At this moment, Yuan Haoran also happened to encounter Wen Yan, and he immediately decided: "Come back!"
Liu Qi and the other man did not dare to stop for a moment, and hurried back along the original route to support Yuan Haoran and his men.
"After the entrance to the passage was lost, Yuan Haoran actually chose five people to surround Wen Yan together!"
"Yes! Yuan Haoran is making a desperate bet. He must ensure that at least 5 of his teammates can survive in this team battle and replace all of the other team's players. Only then can he gain the advantage at the difficult-to-attack and easy-to-defend deck entrance!"
"I just don't know how our Wind God's hand injury has recovered... Can he stabilize the situation despite the numerical disadvantage?"
"It can be seen that Thunder has placed all its focus on Wind. This wave is bound to be won by Wen Yan and his men!"
"At present, it seems that the way for Exist and Reset to gain the greatest chance of winning is to stay on the deck and wait for the arrival of teammates or opponents. However, Yuan Haoran's arrangement really puts the focus on Wen Yan. Wen Yan's current injury..."
…
Several commentators were discussing the current battle situation heatedly when they saw that Wen Yan and Zhou Kanqing had actually taken the lead in launching the first wave of attacks on Yuan Haoran.
Not only the audience on stage, but even Yuan Haoran did not expect that Wen Yan would choose to launch a strong attack at this time.
This wave of attack caught them off guard and directly killed Qi Siyu and another attacker. Even Yuan Haoran himself lost most of his blood.
Everyone who was worried about Wen Yan a second ago now breathed a sigh of relief and became excited again!
Wen Yan is still the same Wen Yan as before, making the right decision at the right moment and quickly cutting off the advantages relied on by the enemy.
At this moment, Zhou Kanqing put away his gun, looked at Qi Siyu who was lying in front of him and said with relief: "If I don't show my power, do you really think I am a rear-end attacker? I am the transport ship's charge!!"
"Follow me."
Zhou Kanqing hurriedly put away his gun when he heard that. Now Yuan Haoran was very close to the entrance, and his teammates immediately felt the entrance they were at, and they all quickly went around to look for other entrances.
…
The passage behind them was very close, and as soon as they broke out of the passage, they encountered the two opponents head-on again.
This time, Lei Ting seemed to have noticed that the two players who came back to support had already blocked the entrance! Zhou Kanqing, who was the first to break out of the entrance, was about to turn back to support Lu You when he was knocked down by a sudden gunshot from behind.
Even Lu You, who had just poked his head out, was killed to a pulp.
"LGW had just narrowed the numerical gap with a wave of advantage, but they were defeated again. Now WiFi has basically no combat capability, and only Wen Yan is left... Wait, wait a minute!" The commentator glanced at the map and suddenly found a flashing light spot moving quickly towards the location of the exchange of fire!
“It exists!!!”
"Exist actually gave up the great advantage of the deck and chose to support his teammates!!"
…
The stadium was boiling with excitement!
But they were all worried about Xue Lan and Wen Yan.
Although they have seen many people giving up everything for the sake of victory in today's e-sports arena, and this is the most normal rule in e-sports, Xue Lan has broken everyone's cognition time and time again.
At this moment, all their eyes were focused on Xue Lan.
There is no right or wrong in the choices made in the e-sports arena. What is wrong is the failure result that the choice leads to.
In the trade-off between teammates and victory, greedy considerations mean that one has to bear the necessary weight - but it is precisely such opportunities and risks that coexist, and it is precisely because of the Jedi comebacks he has created that every scene of the confrontation is more dangerous.
Because this is not his willfulness, but -
He created a miracle.