One wave, just one wave...The victory I thought I had won was taken away in just one wave...
Zhao De sat in a chair blankly, staring at the screen, feeling cold all over.
They failed. It was sy who advanced to Ukraine. In the end, they failed to advance. Although it was not a TI event, SL is one of the major international events and every team wants to compete.
"It's a pity." Zhao De murmured, but he didn't show how sad he was. He still stood up with a smile on his face and calmly, patting everyone on the shoulder as he passed behind them.
, motioning them to go out and line up.
Sun Yan sat on his seat with a disappointed look on his face, and was stunned for a long time. It was not until Zhao De patted his shoulder that he suddenly came to his senses, stood up holding the table, and walked out in a somewhat dejected manner.
"Stand up your chests." Zhao De, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped and turned to look at his team members, "Although it is a pity, we have tried our best. Since we have tried our best, there is nothing to regret.
Yes! This is not the point. There are many games later, and the most important thing is
ti, you still have many opportunities, so even if you lose this time, it’s not a problem! Don’t hang your head like a lost dog, the audience is watching. The fans who support us are watching too! Take revenge on ti,
This is what we should do! Do you understand?"
"yes!"
He answered loudly, and the code team members gritted their teeth tightly and swallowed back their tears.
Just like Zhao De said, they still have a chance.
"Sir, I won't let you win again." After lining up, he shook hands with Ye Zebei and saluted. Zhao De said with a serious face.
"Victory will belong to sy." Ye Zebei looked at Zhao De and did not give in. Code is very strong. He knew it very well, but he firmly believed that sy was stronger. That's all.
"Tomorrow will be ok, do you have any countermeasures?"
"For Xu Yunlong, the only solution is to improvise on the spot. Likewise, I believe he thinks so too."
"Really?" Zhao De smiled, walked past Ye Zebei, and walked off the field.
"Congratulations to sy. They will face the reorganized OK team in tomorrow's final. Although both teams have successfully obtained tickets to Ukraine, who is the best in the country? Everyone must be curious. So, tomorrow
Please don’t miss the finals! I will also be waiting for you here!” The host said the concluding remarks with an enthusiastic voice, and everyone in SY also walked out of the venue and were surrounded by fans asking for autographs and photos.
Ximen had already left the venue, and OK and the others also packed up and went out together to the hotel after the results came out.
As soon as they entered the hotel gate, a group of five people found Xu Yunlong and Xuanwu waiting for the elevator.
"Just came back?" Xiao Qingyue was a little surprised. After all, it was more than half an hour ago that she received the text messages from the two of them.
"Well, I walked around outside for a while." Xu Yunlong said hello to everyone, and when he saw the elevator coming, he walked in, "I saw the person from code just now. It seems that Sy should have won."
"Yes." Xiao Qingyue nodded. Then she glanced at Xuan Wu cautiously and winked at Xu Yunlong.
Seeing Xiao Qingyue frowning and glaring, Xu Yunlong didn't understand what she wanted to do. Just as he was about to ask, Leng Muxue spoke softly from behind, "Where have you been?"
"Uh. I just went out for a walk."
"real?"
"Really." Xuanwu said before Xu Yunlong could.
Hearing Xuan Wu speak, Leng Muxue seemed to feel relieved. The expression on his face also softened.
After returning to the room, they simply tidied up and then gathered again for a meeting, but Ye Qiu did not show up.
"Do you have any plans for tomorrow's game?" Xiao Qingyue, as the manager, naturally wants to know the status of her players. After handing Xu Yunlong the game information record completed with Leng Muxue, Xiao Qingyue asked dutifully.
"No." Xu Yunlong replied without even thinking.
"Ha?!" Xiao Qingyue's eyes widened, and her beautiful face looked a little funny because of the surprise.
"The tricks to deal with Sy have already been used during the double defeat. There is no point in thinking about it now. Ye Zebei also knows the differences between us, and must have decided on the countermeasures long ago. I don't know what they will do now.
How to do it? Random guessing here will only make you intimidated. It is better to wait for tomorrow's finals and perform on the spot."
"Leave it to fate?" Xiao Qingyue couldn't believe that such words came out of Xu Yunlong's mouth.
"It's not about relying on fate, it's about adapting to circumstances. We only have a few sets of tactics that we can use. Since we can't guess what Ye Zebei will do, we can only make a decision based on his first two BPs. Anyway, we are here
Just grab Xiao Y as soon as you can."
Xiao Qingyue sighed, suddenly feeling very tired. Sure enough, it was different from when OK had sponsorship and a coach. At that time, she didn't need to think about anything, she just had to lead the team well. Unlike now, she can do almost everything.
But fortunately, there is Wang Shuang to help her, otherwise she would not be able to come to Shanghai this time.
"I don't care how you want to fight, but you must not work too hard. It doesn't matter if you lose. The result will not be affected anyway. You all need to take good care of your health before going to Ukraine."
"Got it." Xu Yunlong patted Xiao Qingyue's head, and then looked at the team members who were sitting in a circle waiting for him to speak.
"In today's game, you also saw what kind of team sy is. I don't want to say much else. I only want to tell you one thing. sy is better than us. And in the world, there are even more teams that are better than sy.
There are many. It is our greatest luck to be able to enter SL Kiev offline this time. Maybe you think that in China, even SY may not be able to complete it.
They beat us, but in the world, there are teams that can crush our team in minutes. Right now, I can name five.ion and happyday. And I heard that many new teams have emerged this year.
, many of them are new teams formed by top players from some previous first-tier teams coming together. Do you know what this means?"
"Are we weak?" Zhu Quehuang said with a wink.
"You don't need to think about this." Qi Lin shrugged. "It has only been formed for two years, and there is a game that I have just started to play. It is a miracle that I can enter Kiev offline."
"I don't think it's a miracle..." Bai Hu pushed up his glasses and said, "We are not weak, at least I don't think we are weak... But they are too strong, so it will be difficult for you to win..."
Xu Yunlong stretched out his hand, faced the three of them, and stretched out his fingers as he spoke.
"It means, first, this is a good opportunity to get to know the level of our opponents, and at the same time, it can also test our ranking in the world; second, we are definitely not weak, but no one knows what will happen next;
Third, be prepared to be at the bottom and to win the championship.”
"I can understand being at the bottom, but winning the championship..." Bai Hu frowned, "I think it's unlikely. There should be hope for the semi-finals. There are not many SL teams participating."
"It's like the China trials. Who would have expected that we would be the first to get the tickets? Most people were optimistic about sy and code." Xuanwu took over, "But we did it. We did it.
We defeated sy and got something that everyone thought was impossible for us. No one can guarantee what kind of situation will happen offline in Kiev. Even if it is one in ten thousand, we still have hope of winning. Since we hope not
If it is 0, then you have to fight hard to catch it. Or do you want to lose?"
"No, I hate losing." Qi Lin was the first to say.
"Although I don't know how strong those people are, I want to play a game! It would be great if I could play one more game!" Zhu Quehuang said with shining eyes.
"Want to win." Bai Hu said these two words concisely, but his eyes were full of firm belief.
"That's fine. Although it's not appropriate to say this from a captain's point of view in tomorrow's game, I still want to say that no matter what the situation is, try your best to play. Keep in mind that you are making the decision.
The oath we made when we entered the professional circle is that we are oathkeepers, people who fight for our oaths and beliefs." Xu Yunlong stretched out his fist and said, "Come on."
"Oh!" The other four people also extended their fists.
The five fists collided together, and their determination was affirmed once again.
"Eh? I feel like I'm missing someone." Just when everyone put down their hands, Zhu Quehuang suddenly felt something was wrong, "There should be six of us... Ah! Xiaoqiu! I haven't seen anyone else in Xiaoqiu until now.
Woolen cloth!"
"That guy must have been lazy somewhere because he left so early in the afternoon. Ah~~Maybe he went fishing for horses~" Qi Lin said with a wink and a smirk on his face.
"Probably not." Bai Hu said, "But he does look a little weird recently."
"Who knows what he was thinking...but he performed pretty well during the game."
"Is it because he was unhappy because I ate the potato chips he put in the refrigerator last time?" Zhu Quehuang frowned, "I just give him back a pack..."
"I think he will never do such a thing because of such a trivial matter." Qi Lin said with shame.
"You don't need to guess anything. I think one day, he will tell us himself. Anyway, take a good rest now and prepare for tomorrow's finals." Xu Yunlong stood up, clapped his hands, announced the end of the meeting, and let everyone
Let's all take a rest quickly.
Xuan Wu got up with Xu Yunlong and prepared to go back to his room to sleep. But as soon as he walked out of the door, he heard Leng Muxue's voice coming from behind him.
"Xuanwu, can you take a step to speak?"
Xuan Wu was stunned for a moment, and Xu Yunlong understood, immediately coughed, said "I'm going out to buy a pack of cigarettes" and left immediately.
After leaving the hotel and going to the store, he actually wanted to replenish the number of cigarettes, but when the boss took out the cigarettes, Xu Yunlong realized that he didn't bring his wallet.
Before the meeting, I was sweating from walking a lot, so I took a shower when I got back. I put my wallet in my coat pocket and my coat on the bed. He just left in a hurry without entering the house, so naturally he couldn't take it.
Got the wallet.
"Um, I'm sorry, boss, I forgot my wallet."
"You young man, what are you doing out here without your wallet? Go ahead and get your wallet again."
Xu Yunlong could only sigh in his heart. He turned around and was about to leave, but unexpectedly a person had already walked to him.
"Boss, here are two packets of Chinese." He said and handed over the banknotes.
The boss immediately took two packs of cigarettes and handed them to the man's hands.
"Please." The man handed one of the packages to Xu Yunlong.
"Boss Ye is generous." Xu Yunlong was also unambiguous. He took it and tore open the package, "Good cigarettes all have different smells."
"I bought you a cigarette, and I'll just forget about Little Apple." Ye Zebei said and went to the boss again to buy a lighter.
Xu Yunlong took out the lighter he carried with him from his trouser pocket and handed it to Ye Zebei, but the shop owner gave him a sharp look.
“I just want to kill myself with a pack of cigarettes, but I feel it’s not worth it.”
"We are not the best team here, so just let me go." Ye Zebei lit the cigarette and gave the lighter to Xu Yunlong.
Xu Yunlong didn't speak, he just held a cigarette in his mouth and played with the lid of the lighter with his fingers, making a tinkling sound.
"Want to go back?"
"No."
"I don't really want to go back. Come take a walk with me."
"Okay, add another pack of cigarettes."
"You have to bargain for this."
"You are poor."
Ye Zebei turned around in a funny way, bought another pack of cigarettes and threw them to Xu Yunlong, and then walked into the night.
Xu Yunlong put the cigarette in his pocket, but his face was a little calm, as if he was thinking about something, and he just walked side by side with Ye Zebei without speaking.
The two of them were walking silently on the sidewalk. One was wearing a beige windbreaker and the other was just wearing a white V-neck sweater. One looked a little sloppy but the other looked elegant. This combination made people want to see more of them.
They looked at each other and felt uncoordinated in their hearts. However, the two of them didn't care about the eyes of passers-by, and just watched the traffic in silence and walked forward quietly.
"I heard from Xiao Guo that your place was also poached... Do you know who it is?" After walking for about ten minutes, Ye Zebei still spoke. He didn't make any detours and went straight to the topic.
"Yeah. Yes." Xu Yunlong exhaled a puff of smoke and watched the white smoke drifting in the night sky. His face was expressionless.
"Can I ask who it is?" Ye Zebei looked sideways at Xu Yunlong.
But Xu Yunlong did not answer immediately. He just raised his head and looked at the dark sky.
There is neither a moon nor stars in the sky, or in other words, there should be a moon and stars, but they are obscured by the lights in the city and cannot be discovered.
"Forget it, it's okay if you don't want to say it..."
"Ye Qiu."
Ye Zebei stopped and froze there.
"It's Ye Qiu." Xu Yunlong also stopped and repeated what he just said, "Ximen An dug up Ye Qiu."
"How is it possible? There is no reason... No one in your team can dig him, right?" Ye Zebei's face turned ugly, as if he had been hit by something, and he turned pale.
"Ye Qiu is very strong." Xu Yunlong walked to the guardrail of the bridge connecting the road, leaned on it, and blew out the smoke from his mouth, "In the past two years, he has worked very hard to become stronger... In fact,
I knew from the moment he asked to come to my place that OK wouldn't be able to keep him. His ambition is too great.
, and I don’t have a suitable position for him here. I can’t let him be the number one position of this team. This is my self-esteem and pride as a c. So his departure has long been within my expectation. It’s just that
I didn't expect it to be this time. I thought I could hold on until the end of ti..."
"What conditions did Simon give him?"
"C position and 300,000 signature fee."
"Just for a C position?" Ye Zebei laughed as if he couldn't believe it, "How could he do such a thing..."
"I don't think it's anything. Only those who are willing to pursue their ideals have the possibility of success. It's just that it's a bit regretful to think about being no longer a teammate but an opponent in the future."
"Ximen is just using him. Doesn't he understand this? Once a better candidate appears, he will be kicked away immediately!" Ye Zebei punched the guardrail and frowned, "That
idiot……"
"I think he knows it very well." Xu Yunlong threw the finished cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with his foot. "It was quite early for Ximen to find him, but it probably took him two days to decide. He must have hesitated for a long time.
"
"I don't know what he is thinking anymore." Ye Zebei sighed, "He is my brother after all. I don't want to see him frustrated..."
"Are you a brother-in-law?"
"Huh? What is that?"
"I mean you think too much. If Ye Qiu is really hit, he will be dead by the time Huzi comes to us. But he can still continue well. I let him start from
I've played positions two to four, at least go to Ximen, he can adapt to different positions, and he shouldn't be kicked."
"Ximen came back just for ti. He wanted to form the strongest team and then work for half a year, win the championship and then disband."
"That's a bit difficult. We are the winner." Xu Yunlong smiled and his face relaxed.
"You think too much. It's time for us to win the championship this year." Ye Zebei immediately counterattacked, and after exhaling a breath, he smiled bitterly, "You guys are really annoying."
"Both each other." Xu Yunlong smiled.
"I don't think defeating Ximen's team at TI will change anything..."
"That's what happens after defeat. We have done everything we can, and the subsequent results, good or bad, are no longer within our control. Relax, the game is for enjoyment, not for pain."
"This sounds familiar."
"It's what Feng said."
Ye Zebei understood and just closed his eyes, hiding his uneasiness and anxiety in the night wind. (To be continued...)
ps: Sorry for the late update today ~ I got home late
