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The overall level of the Brazilian team was inferior to Team China, and their players’ hero pools were also relatively shallow. Team China won the second and third games just as easily. Jiang Yan picked the new Jungle Core, Butterfly Blade, and dazzled the opponents with flashy operations throughout the game.
Ling Han’s Carry Warrior was also a point-eating system, practically pushing straight through.
Although they lost the match, the Brazilian team wasn’t angry at all. Instead, they shook hands generously with the national team players. Their Jungler even admiringly asked for Jiang Yan’s autograph and took a photo with him.
Originally, the Brazilian team was just participating for the experience. Lingxiao had only entered the Brazilian market a year ago, so the league and various operational systems hadn’t matured. Participating this time was regarded as a friendly match.
The national team’s victory in the first battle caused a huge reaction online.
[This first match was played beautifully!]
[Start strong, start strong.]
[Wind is still Wind. Can only say the ceiling isn’t called that for nothing.]
[Too strong, too strong. This Butterfly Blade play was really 6 (awesome). Husband, you are my god!]
[Opening with 3:0, really satisfying!]
[And he’s really so handsome. This red uniform makes him look even more handsome.]
The national team uniforms were custom-designed. The base color was a slightly dark palace-wall red, with gold and black as auxiliary colors. It looked both traditionally Chinese and simple yet grand.
Chairman Niu kept his promise and really took Wen Ran alone to Moon in the Lake for a meal.
Wen Ran was still a bit incredulous sitting in the chair: “Really bringing me here?”
“Of course. Do I look like someone who draws big cakes (makes empty promises)?” Chairman Niu waved his hand grandly, throwing the menu to Wen Ran: “Order whatever you want, don’t be polite. You earned this!”
Wen Ran took the menu and swiped a few ticks on it. Chairman Niu didn’t think much of it at first, but when the dishes were served, Chairman Niu was dumbfounded.
He wasn’t here for the first time, but this table of food would cost several thousand!
Chairman Niu looked at Wen Ran, who was ladling soup: “You kid, I told you not to be polite, so you specifically picked the expensive ones?”
Wen Ran blinked at him: “You offered. I couldn’t deny the Chairman this opportunity, right?”
“If I came by myself, I wouldn’t bear to order these.”
“You!”
Chairman Niu felt a heart attack coming on. He felt that Wen Ran wouldn’t stop until he angered him to death.
While speaking, Wen Ran held a spoon and asked Chairman Niu: “Do you want some? It tastes pretty good.”
“Drink!” Chairman Niu felt heartache for his money: “I also want to try why this tiny bit of soup sells for five hundred!”
When both were almost done eating, Chairman Niu slowly took out a piece of paper.
He walked up to Wen Ran.
Wen Ran raised an eyebrow at him: “?”
Chairman Niu scratched his head, seemingly preparing himself: “Dawn, can you sign an autograph for my daughter?”
“Your daughter?”
Chairman Niu nodded heavily.
Speaking of that disappointing daughter of his, he got angry. She had a fight with her boyfriend over playing games, and she took her anger out on him. She quarreled with him because he played games, saying he was old and not doing proper work. But Chairman Niu’s job was closely related to games; he played to better understand and carry out his work. Yet he was choked by this girl.
However, Chairman Niu had always spoiled his daughter. Encountering this situation, he tried to communicate with her. It just so happened he was playing Lingxiao at the time, so he recommended it to his daughter. Half a month later, his daughter brought good news and bad news.
The good news was that she liked the game and understood why her boyfriend sometimes didn’t reply to messages immediately while gaming. The guy apologized actively, they talked it out and reconciled, and the daughter even bought him a scarf as an apology.
The bad news was that the daughter fell for a pro player, watched his livestreams, and tipped him gifts. That player was Dawn.
Chairman Niu would forever remember going to find his daughter, asking what she was laughing so happily about, and seeing that mixed-up kid on the screen wearing headphones and holding a mic. His face was exquisite and beautiful, but the words coming out were violent: “If Daddy doesn’t teach you how to be a person, you won’t know what your last name is, will you?”
Chairman Niu lectured his daughter earnestly and recommended other players he liked to her: “Look at Wind, a Jungler, so handsome. And this Little Yellow (Xiao Huang), so obedient and respectful to elders. Why don’t you watch their streams more?”
The result was that the girl turned a deaf ear and keenly caught the main point: “Dad, do you know all these players?”
“Yes, what about it?”
“That’s great!” His daughter almost jumped up clapping: “Can you get me Dawn’s autograph?”
Chairman Niu: “……”
Chairman Niu: “I can help with other players. Don’t you know your dad got kicked in the forehead with a shoe by him on the first day?”
Daughter: “Aiya, why are you so petty? It’s all in the past, why keep dwelling on it.”
Daughter: “Besides, you’re a man in your fifties holding a grudge against a 19-year-old kid. Aren’t you ashamed?”
Chairman Niu: “……”
Why is it that he, clearly the victim, turned into the petty one?
They say daughters are intimate cotton-padded jackets. Why did he feel his family’s jacket was leaking wind?
Wen Ran twirled the pen in his hand twice: “My single signed photo sells for 700 on Xianyu.”
Chairman Niu: “?”
“Helping your daughter, it must be a TO-sign (personalized autograph), right?”
He was a bit confused: “So?”
Wen Ran looked at him solemnly: “Gotta add money.”
Chairman Niu: “……”
He suppressed the urge to settle new and old grudges together and firmly planted his feet on the ground.
Calm down, calm down. He is now the starting pro Mid Laner of the first team, fighting for the country. Otherwise, Chairman Niu would definitely slap this heartless mixed-up kid to death with his shoe sole!
Chairman Niu gritted his teeth and asked him: “Wen Ran, I mean, you just finished a meal of mine worth thousands. Discussing autograph money with me so quickly, doesn’t your conscience hurt?”
“No,” Wen Ran teased him intentionally: “Not picking up money falling from the sky makes one a bastard.”
Beautiful.
Chairman Niu took out his phone and sent Wen Ran a red packet of 0.01.
Wen Ran: “……”
In the end, he obediently signed the TO-sign for Chairman Niu’s daughter. It was called a TO-sign, but what Chairman Niu asked him to write added up to almost a 300-word mini-essay.
The format of the World Championship was somewhat similar to the SPL. The regular season had three chances to accumulate points. Since it was the first World Championship, there was no division grading. All participating teams were arranged in permutations and combinations. The first round of matches was randomly assigned by computer. Subsequent matches were randomly assigned based on winners and losers, ensuring every team played three major matches.
Finally, the top four based on points would advance to the semi-finals.
The opponents Team China encountered were Brazil, France, and the UK. Although they lost some individual games against France and the UK, they won the overall match scores.
The teams entering the semi-finals were China, Korea, Japan, and the USA.
According to the random grouping by the alliance, Team China’s opponent in the semi-finals was Team Japan.
Team Japan’s performance in the regular season was indeed commendable. They had also hosted Lingxiao competitions several times and were very familiar with the competition process.
The task of studying opponents and analyzing tactical layouts was generally done by Feng Wei and Jiang Yan. Twilight would also provide some decision-making suggestions. Although Wen Ran’s level could barely manage commanding in DS and WK, compared to his “teammates” this time, his tactical knowledge was indeed insufficient. He could only focus his center of gravity on laning.
He practiced his techniques ceaselessly, researching the opposing Mid Laner’s playstyle and habits, striving to gain the upper hand in mechanics and operation first.
They were currently playing on the international server. Wen Ran opened a Peak Tournament match as usual today.
Wen Ran had been using his main account on the international server. Since training started, he basically had no time to switch to a smurf account. His rank segment on the international server wasn’t low either. After matching for about half a minute, Wen Ran entered the game.
He easily secured Ninja Spirit this game. The international server Ninja Spirit had different skills than the Chinese server; it had four skills and some added cooldown reduction mechanics. Wen Ran was currently researching a new combo for Ninja Spirit. He had practiced countless times in the training camp and planned to operate it in a real match.
The opposing Mid Laner was Flame God, also positioned as a Magic Assassin. As soon as they engaged, Wen Ran could feel that the opponent’s awareness and mechanics were not bad. Within a short few minutes, Flame God had already ganked his team three times and secured three kills.
Wen Ran originally planned to turn on voice chat to command a bit. But as soon as he opened the speaker, he heard a chaotic mix of various languagesβjust not a single sentence he could understand.
Forgot about the language barrier on the international server.
Wen Ran could only silently turn off the speaker again.
Then he could only practice his combo well first.
Wen Ran went to the bot lane to gank twice. As expected, just like his practice in the training camp, when Ninja Spirit’s fourth skill was activated, the form would switch rapidly. If a skill hit the target at this time, it would trigger a mark, returning 15% cooldown. If the mark was detonated by two basic attacks, it would refresh the fourth skill for another switch, and used skills would also refresh. This meant that if hand speed was fast enough and cooldowns were maxed, Ninja Spirit could unleash three sets of combos in a short time. Although it wasn’t a high-burst hero on the international server, three sets of skills were enough to guarantee damage output.
Wen Ran, having verified this in the opponent’s bot lane, hooked the corners of his lips. Watch Daddy show off on you!
Wen Ran pre-predicted the position of the opposing Flame God. Fourth skill activatedβnow!
But just as Wen Ran rushed over, he didn’t see the opponent’s health bar clear. Instead, his own hero passed through the wall like riding a Somersault Cloud and flew out of the canyon map.
F*ck, he lagged!
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