The Esports Big Shot Wants to Cuddle His New Teammate Every Day chapter 21

Chapter 21

As an emerging industry, esports had developed extremely rapidly in recent years. The inherent concept that only Alphas and Betas could become players had been shattered, with outstanding Omega players constantly appearing and achieving impressive results.

Despite this, there were still some fossils whose brains lived in the Qing Dynasty, harboring prejudice against Omega players.

“…Can an Omega mixing in a pile of Alphas be anything good?” The person continued to pontificate, expressing his views. “Originally, when he was a ‘Pub King,’ I thought highly of him. I didn’t expect him to choose to join a pro team. I’m really too disappointed.”

Xie Wei frowned.

Birds of a feather flock together; the person’s friend next to him nodded in agreement. “That’s right. Omegas should just stay home properly. Why run around everywhere? What ‘A and O are equal’? The weak should obey the strong, after all.”

These two spoke quite loudly. Not just Xie Wei, but the other regulars of TWG’s First String heard them too.

Qu Qingyue’s face instantly became extremely ugly. Just as she was about to stand up, unable to bear it any longer, Xie Wei raised his hand and pressed down lightly on her shoulder. At the same time, he quietly manipulated his pheromones to extend toward the back row.

Also being Alphas, the collision between pheromones of different levels would create suppression. The party being suppressed would feel extremely uncomfortable, like being crushed by a heavy weight, making it hard to breathe.

Immediately, the conversation between the two pontificating Alphas in the back row was cut off. One of them stood up and knocked on the back of Xie Wei’s chair. “Damn, what do you mean? Is being a Top Alpha so amazing? Can’t control your pheromones or something?”

Xie Wei turned his profile and curled his lips into a smile. “No meaning. The weak should obey the strong, shouldn’t they?”

The man knew Xie Wei was targeting him intentionally. His face turned green. He wanted to say something more, but his companion patted his shoulder and whispered persuasively, “Forget it, forget it.”

Their remarks earlier had already attracted a lot of dissatisfaction from the surroundings. Seeing him wanting to cause trouble now, the gazes cast their way contained even more displeasure, and some people had even gone to call security.

Seeing security heading this way, the man had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Although under Xie Wei’s manipulation, apart from those two, no one else sensed the scent of the pheromones, Qu Qingyue knew Xie Wei had definitely stood up for her. Her eyes couldn’t help but reveal gratitude and emotion. “Captain, thank you for helping me.”

Xie Wei smiled at her.

But in his heart, he knew very well that he hadn’t done it just for Qu Qingyue. The bigger reason was Xu Ziyan.

Xu Ziyan, still in the center of the battlefield, naturally didn’t know about this little interlude. At this moment, the safe zone had shrunk to the range of the beach and the surrounding skyscrapers. He found a corner on the rooftop of one of the buildings and sat down to reload his healing gun with new bullets.

A sound of footsteps rang out from downstairs—someone was coming up.

He immediately raised his alertness to the max, lightened his movements, and slowly moved to the door of the rooftop. At the same time, he picked up the taser gun stored in his side waist pouch.

Strangely, when the owner of the footsteps reached the rooftop entrance, as if sensing something, they stopped.

Xu Ziyan frowned: What’s the situation?

What he didn’t know was that at this very moment, in the God’s perspective of the commentary booth, he wasn’t the hunter waiting for prey, but the prey being hunted.

On another high-rise, a cold, dark sniper rifle was quietly aiming at him.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Commentator A said. “As the saying goes, ‘the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.’ If Ice doesn’t detect the sniper’s existence in this wave, he’s going to be out immediately.”

Commentator B said, “Let’s see how Ice’s crisis awareness and intuition are—here it comes!”

The sniper’s finger on the trigger dropped almost simultaneously with his voice, but Xu Ziyan’s sideways dodging movement was even faster.

The bullet hit the wall, leaving a bullet hole emitting green smoke.

Immediately after, the rooftop door was pushed open. The Assaulter waiting at the door heard the gunshot and thought something had changed, so he rushed in without thinking.

Only to run head-on into Xu Ziyan.

The Omega showed no mercy, directly shocking him to the ground with the taser gun.

The taser gun’s control lasted a full five seconds, but the downside was clear: as long as any attack was received, the control would be instantly lifted.

Therefore, as long as it wasn’t an instant kill, the person hit had room to fight back. And all of a Medic’s weapon damage could not produce an instant kill effect.

At this moment, Xu Ziyan made a move that surprised everyone inside and outside the arena.

He suddenly raised his hand, made a “please” gesture in the direction of the sniper who had tried to kill him earlier, and then very leisurely left through the rooftop door.

The sniper, having reloaded, looked bewildered at the scene. Puzzled, he finished off the Assaulter who was frozen in place, unable to move.

“Very smart.” Commentator B said, “On the surface, Ice gave this kill point to his opponent, but in reality, if he had been greedy for the kill in front of him, once the taser control ended, it would likely have led to a struggle with the Assaulter, allowing the reloaded sniper to reap the benefits.”

Commentator A praised, “To be able to weigh the pros and cons and make a perfect decision at such a critical juncture, Ice is truly too calm. Not only that, his operation to dodge the sniper bullet earlier was also amazing. As expected of a Medic, his perception of danger is truly keen.”

“Wow, amazing,” Qu Qingyue whispered in admiration off-stage. “If it were me, I would have died eight hundred times already.”

As she spoke, she subconsciously turned her face, wanting to talk to Xie Wei.

Only to find that Xie Wei was watching the screen intently, a slight smile on his lips, his gaze gentle.

That expression… it was almost like looking at a lover.

A strange feeling crossed Qu Qingyue’s heart. For some reason, she suddenly remembered when this Second String Medic first joined the team. Shen Xiao had clamored to go see him, and Xie Wei had unexpectedly gone too. After coming back, Shen Xiao claimed Xie Wei fell in love at first sight and was soul-struck by the newcomer.

She had treated it as a joke back then. After all, who was Xie Wei? To put it bluntly, when it came to Omegas, he was practically immune to all poisons.

But now, Qu Qingyue was suddenly unsure. Her unique Omega intuition told her there was definitely something fishy.

But… this was Xie Wei.

How could it be?

Sensing her gaze, Xie Wei turned his head. “What’s wrong?”

Stop overthinking!

Qu Qingyue shook her head and smiled. “Nothing, just zoned out for a bit.”

As the safe zone continued to shrink, the match became increasingly heated.

The number of players kept decreasing. Now only eight people remained, and the camera time allocated to each person increased.

Among them, Xu Ziyan, a Medic with many flashy plays, got the most screen time. Even if he was just squatting in a corner staring into space right now, the director would occasionally cut to give him a close-up.

The final zone was about to shrink. Xu Ziyan couldn’t help holding his breath.

If it shrank to the high-rise area, as a Medic, he still had a chance to fight for the championship.

But if it was the flat beach area, fighting against seven Assaulters head-on? Absolutely impossible.

He had one use of the taser gun left. His current kill count was six. This number was respectable, but not very high. If he couldn’t get enough placement points, his ranking in the competition would still be precarious.

He took out his pistol, pressing bullets into the chamber one by one, biting his lip.

If it was the flat area, then—

He would kill as many people as possible before being forced into a frontal confrontation.

The countdown ended, and the area slowly shrank.

Then, the safe zone settled on the high-rise building where Xu Ziyan was.

Commentator A couldn’t help but exclaim, “Heavens! A Destiny Circle!”

Commentator B said, “Ice ran from the circle for the whole match, and finally, fortune smiles upon him.”

Off-stage, the heart Xie Wei had been holding in his throat dropped back into his stomach.

He let out a breath, his mood much lighter.

This ease stemmed from trust.

He believed that under such favorable conditions of time and place, Xu Ziyan could display his best state.

And Xu Ziyan did not disappoint this expectation.

Twelve minutes later, he used the remaining charge of the taser gun to stun the last enemy who entered the house trying to recover, and finished off the kill with a crisp pistol shot.

The victory screen popped up. Xu Ziyan took off his headphones and took a deep breath, his fingers trembling uncontrollably from tension and excitement.

Won.

I won!!

He shot up, clenching his fists.

At this moment, the first thing that came to his mind wasn’t the upcoming honor and praise, but Xie Wei.

A staff member walked over and knocked on the door. Xu Ziyan stood up, followed behind him, passed through countless equipment and staff, and stood on the stage.

Under the spotlight, the sweet-looking host with a great figure smiled and applauded him.

“Let us congratulate the champion of this Newcomer Cup, Ice! Come, Ice, introduce yourself.”

Xu Ziyan took the microphone. “Hello everyone, I am TWG Second String’s Medic, Ice.”

The host said, “We all know that as a Medic, it’s actually very difficult to deal with Assaulters and Snipers in actual combat, but today, facing countless Assaulters, not only were you not cut down, but you achieved counter-kills and ultimately won the championship. May I ask how you did it?”

Xu Ziyan paused. “Run hard to escape, strive to survive, and do my best, I guess.”

The host nodded and asked again, “Then, why did you start playing Resist initially? Was there a specific trigger?”

Xu Ziyan froze. He held the microphone, his gaze unconsciously shifting to the audience below the stage.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on a seat in the corner of the second row.

Sitting there was a tall man wearing a baseball cap and a mask. The lighting off-stage was so dim, yet Xu Ziyan somehow recognized this person’s identity.

He opened his mouth. “…It was because of TWG’s Captain, Shining.”

The host smiled and tilted her head, not quite understanding his meaning. “You mean, it was because of player Shining that you played Resist?”

Xu Ziyan didn’t answer directly but said, “At that time, I saw player Shining’s highlight reel on a website, which led me to discover the game Resist. I chose Medic because I like this class, and my compatibility with it is very good. Player Shining is my role model. Because of him, I encountered Resist, entered the professional circle, and stood here.”

When he said these words, his eyes were very bright, flashing with incredibly moving light.

Xie Wei looked at him and gave a soft laugh.

This was the first time Xu Ziyan had addressed him as Shining to his face.

Only at this moment, the most shining person was Xu Ziyan himself.