Chapter 125: Execution!

Throughout history, the tactic of flying the Second Floor has been used by people time and time again.

As a common routine in matchmaking, it's not that simple to execute well in professional matches.

The Second Floor of Inferno has only one small exit, which can be watched by the Bomb Site, A1, Small Pit, Big Pit, and even the Connector, covering almost all points.

To achieve good results, it tests not just pure numbers, but the coordination between teammates and smooth, covering utility.

Start of the round, Side Path.

The sound of Glock gunfire rang out, followed by the sound of glass windows shattering.

Jiao Yang held the incendiary grenade in his hand, hesitating somewhat.

The moment the jump-throw failed, he knew it was time to slow down.

On the other side, in the FaZe voice channel, olofmeister immediately reported the utility sound he heard: "They threw the VIP fire."

olofmeister was on the balcony and didn't know the actual situation of this fire.

At this time, FaZe's A site had completely abandoned the forward information; this was because their main defense on A was composed of three old men. After so many rounds of overtime, the forward points had been broken through one by one too many times, so it was better to save their lives at the back and wait for the B site to retake.

"rain, you go over and help." NiKo, after discovering that VG didn't control the Banana Path at the start and after a simple counter-clear, directly let the sub-B

player rain retake.

This was a decision he often made for solo-holding the B point, which was to shoulder the defensive pressure of the small area himself.

The Terrorist Entrance smoke was thrown by rain; NiKo still had a smoke in his hand, which could delay quite a bit of time.

Time passed second by second————

Ever since Jiao Yang threw that failed fire, the scene fell into a stagnant state, and FaZe never received any effective information again.

Half a minute passed, and the map control remained unchanged.

FaZe had no control of the A Second Floor, and VG had no control of the Banana Path.

On the field, if it weren't for the noise-canceling headphones, what they could hear from each other, besides occasional communication, was mostly the inadvertent breathing while focusing on the game.

The second Terrorist Entrance smoke grenade was about to dissipate, NiKo's heartbeat was accelerating rapidly; next, the situation would definitely change!

Pop! The sound of a flashbang exploding, at the A point!

The smoke grenade also fell from high altitude, exploding at the connection of the A Bomb Site.

Almost in an instant, the kill information in the top right corner kept refreshing.

Blue and yellow intertwined, familiar IDs appeared one after another.

For a time, the A point became a thorough meat grinder, with three people dying on both sides simultaneously.

NiKo threw two flashbangs and directly pushed out of the Banana Path.

Da-da, the sound of M4A4 gunfire rang out first.

【NiKo used M4A4 to headshot and kill the blinded aumaN】

The information was clear; 3-for-3 trade on A, bomb planted.

rain in the Connector was blocked by the smoke grenade and didn't participate in the frontal firefight, but he wasn't killed either.

At this time, it was a 2v1 clutch.

FaZe held the advantage!

"The second Terrorist Entrance smoke is also about to dissipate, it seems VG is going to make a move."

"aumaN gave the Motorcycle smoke, this is to cut off the Library and Connector from trading kills."

"Middle high flash thrown, combined with the flash from the Second Floor, JamYoung peeked out from the balcony!"

"Pre-fire, olofmeister didn't have a chance to jump off the balcony and was directly taken down!"

"But the teammate on the bomb site traded the kill very timely! JamYoung and the following zhokiNg also fell one after another."

"GuardiaN's Sniper Rifle has already gotten a double kill, moving around on the bomb site, the third shot—"

"

"It hit! advent fell together! But NEO in the Small Pit was also traded by Ori's Sniper Rifle from behind."

"Another clash between the snipers of both sides!"

"Will this be GuardiaN's chance to get a quad-kill and wash away his previous shame?"

"Well, this isn't it! Ori once again took out his Desert Eagle, pre-aiming and pre-firing to take away GuardiaN who was holding the angle tightly!"

"And on the other side of the frontal battlefield, aumaN, who was covering the Middle, didn't win against NiKo————"

"

"rain has already rotated to A1, can Ori think of going to plant the safe bomb?"

"He doesn't seem to have thought of it————we might have to watch the sixth overtime."

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Jiao Yang didn't mask his footsteps, directly jumped off the White Car, picked up the C4, and crouched at the Second Floor bomb position.

Drip.

rain peeked, but what he saw was the Sniper Rifle Jiao Yang had just switched to—Bang!

【Ori used AWP to blind-snipe and wall-bang kill rain】

"It's a fake plant! He thought of it! He's using footsteps to trick the opponent!"

"This is too extreme!"

"rain had already used the smallest possible angle to get information, and even this could be blind-sniped and wall-banged, Ori's reaction is truly too fast and too accurate!"

"Of course, this isn't over yet, NiKo, who got a kill at the Terrorist Entrance, has now fallen into the dark side, Ori's top priority is still to plant the bomb."

""This time, he didn't choose the Second Floor bomb position, but the safe bomb position."

Safe bomb position, as the name suggests, it's very safe when planting the bomb.

This also means the same when defusing; at that time, Jiao Yang chose to plant the safe bomb, and facing two surviving CTs, the pressure to guard the bomb would increase sharply.

This is why he had to fake plant, to trick rain, who might be at A1, to come out.

When the situation became 1v1, as long as the bomb was planted, the offensive and defensive relationship would switch once again.

Without teammates holding angles, the CT must face the dilemma of defusing.

Defuse and you die, don't defuse and you can't win.

At this time, the nature of the game would turn into a cat-and-mouse game, one chasing and one hiding, until one side died.

"NiKo searched the points with pre-aiming all the way to the bomb site, can he think of Jiao Yang's position?"

"He looked at the most likely Graveyard stairs, big peek—Ori is not here."

"He chose to defuse!"

"Unfortunately, it's a fake defuse————"

"Ori is very composed, as if he knew NiKo wouldn't really defuse!"

"Time is running out————————NiKo presses the defuse key again."

Two seconds later, Ori's footsteps finally rang out.

【NiKo used M4A4 to headshot and kill Ori】

"Ori didn't expect that this was actually still a fake defuse!"

"NiKo has a defuser!"

"The sixth overtime is coming???"

The C4 emitted a sharp, rapid sound, the defuse circle icon was nearly complete!

Drip drip drip drip—

Just at that last bit of progress, the defuser icon disappeared, replaced by the red C4 icon.

BOOM!

29:31, the sixty-round battle finally ended.

Even aumaN, who was usually the best at jumping in people's faces, lost the passion to celebrate, turning instead to a sigh of relief.

"Glad we won, otherwise I feel like I'd be sprayed to death."

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Thinking back to holding NiKo at the Terrorist Entrance, not dodging the second flash and being taken away by two shots, aumaN felt lingering fear.

If this round had been lost, and the subsequent overtime hadn't been won, leading to missing the venue qualification, he couldn't imagine how the CS community would attack him————

"It's alright, he used his smoke and flash, that's why I dared to gamble on the fake defuse." Jiao Yang comforted him.

He was already slumped in his seat; the energy consumed by people playing the same match cannot be generalized, which is the price of talent—it's too physically draining.

If Jiao Yang was the most tired, then An Wenxin behind him was the most idle; ever since VG walked out of the failure in the first half, they hadn't called a single pause, and she had changed from a coach to watching the live stream on-site, only occasionally saying a few words when the opponent called a pause.

At this time, she could only perform the most common role of a coach—

"The takeout is already on the way, you can fill your stomachs first."

This Bo3 lasted too long, playing a total of over a hundred rounds, from afternoon to night, directly crossing the meal time.

In the past, VG would have to find a place that suited their tastes first, and who knew what time it would be by the time they ate.

Now with An Wenxin, they could solve it directly in the car provided by the hotel.

"Yay!" aumaN jumped up directly from his seat, quickly packing his peripherals, ready to rush to the door, with quite the momentum of grabbing food in the canteen.

Beside him, advent pulled him down: "We haven't shaken hands with the opponent yet!"

It was already night in Dallas, while the sun had just risen back home, welcoming a new day.

June 1, 2019, Saturday.

This was the last week before the college entrance exam, and the atmosphere of studying was not as tense as before; everything that needed to be reviewed had been reviewed, leaving only self-study and doing test papers.

It was precisely because of this that the school gave the only weekend off for the entire senior year.

Xiao Wang, who had already woken up, was watching the live stream of the CS event; at this time, the two teams were performing the handshake ceremony.

The winner shaking hands with the loser is a tradition after offline CS matches.

Only today is different from the past; this time it was VG as the winner walking towards FaZe.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Xiao Wang wouldn't have dared to believe that the Galaxy Battleship that had been dominating since he first started playing CS would actually lose to a domestic team that wasn't considered famous before.

——

This was a grueling battle of over a hundred rounds, with both sides fighting neck and neck, enough to show that it wasn't a simple upset.

VG already had the capital to compete with foreign first-tier teams; even if it looked like a bumpy win, it was a solid victory.

At this moment, Xiao Wang felt like a witness, witnessing the rise of CNCS.

And witnessing it with him were more and more friends in the Zhibojian.

【Just arrived, what's the situation? What did I miss?】

【Stayed up all night until now, my spirit is a bit dazed, did we really win?】

【This is the "wear down the old man" tactic! I'm tired just watching the match, no wonder these players are numb.】

【Glad I stayed up all night! Huge profit! Those deserters definitely don't know how cool it is to watch the whole match!!!】

【I also stayed up all night, just two words: trust!】

【A pity for NiKo, the old man ran out of fuel at the end, let's fight back from the loser's bracket】

【VG's state today is really good, they withstood the pressure, I thought it was over when we were down 11:4 on Map 3————】

【Go FaZe, take down Vitality in the loser's bracket first, and meet VG in the finals after entering the venue!】

【And then lose to VG again, right? I heard your little plan, but I agree!!!】

On the screen, the two teams had finished shaking hands, and Jiao Yang and NiKo had a few words alone.

【Holy crap, what did Jiao Yang and NiKo say? Why did NiKo smile?】

【Damn it, can't hear the on-site audio, so anxious, so anxious】

【I get it, the winner plays Liquid next, Jiao Yang must have said—watch me beat 2k】

【Grass, don't mention that unlucky thing on such a festive day!】

The handshake ceremony between the two teams ended just like that, the screen first turned to the match settlement panel—first the data on the FaZe side: NiKo: 1.53, rain: 1.27, olofmeister: 0.81, GuardiaN: 0.67, NEO: 0.43

【Is NEO human? 0.43? Really not as good as karrigan.】

【Can NiKo still have a 1.53 rating across three maps after being beaten like that on Nuke in Map 2? What a tragic hero!】

【FaZe's old-man team really isn't working, three at the bottom, GuardiaN's sniper really needs to be replaced, he can't restrict Jiao Yang】

【The problem is, you can't buy a sniper who can restrict Jiao Yang!】

【Hurry up and import a few newcomers from mousesports, I see ropz and frozen playing quite well, oh, and that karrigan who just joined.】

【Grass, the dagger is revealed.】

Next, the screen turned to the VG side, the promotional photos of several players were very conspicuous, but their data deserved such conspicuousness: Ori: 1.61, JamYoung: 1.23, zhokiNg: 1.1, aumaN: 1.08, advent: 0.78

【Four cores really have better performance than dual cores!】

【FaZe really isn't weak, right? They made God Jiao get a 1.61, pulling down his average rating quite a bit.】

【JamYoung is happily farming the old men, can this get him to 1.23?】

【When does VG play Liquid? Want to watch, feels like there are ants crawling on me!】

【Rating is quite high, the score gap is so small——————VG didn't take many clutches!】

【It's not stable when Jiao Yang dies, although the old men on the opposite side die a lot, they get key kills out of nowhere】

【Feels like VG's tactical preparation is quite a lot, but it's still a bit stiff, and utility and such are prone to errors】

Just as everyone started to reminisce about the details of the match, the Zhibojian screen cut back to the scene.

The previous host was holding a microphone, and beside him was VG captain advent.

【Is the bottom-one accepting an interview?】

【How long has it been since I saw Brother Jiao in an interview!】

【Brother Jiao is eating a banana in the back】

【Looks so tired, forget it, let him rest well, let the old man speak】

The host held the microphone and spoke a lot of gibberish, An Wenxin once again acted as a translator: "Congratulations on winning after so many rounds, how do you feel about winning against FaZe, are you very excited?"

advent's answer was not as jumpy as Jiao Yang and aumaN's, answering very formulaically: "Of course, this is another victory against a European team after defeating NiP; although it's very tiring, the feeling of defeating the strong is indeed very good."

After hearing An Wenxin's translation, the host knew that no explosive points could be dug out of advent, so he continued to ask formulaically: "Yes, defeating the strong also proves your strength. The team you are playing against next is the IEM Sydney champion Team Liquid, are you under pressure?"

"To say there isn't any would be impossible, but we will try our best to win every match."

The host clearly didn't quite believe it, but still encouraged: "I hope you can achieve good results."

The interview ended, the Zhibojian screen turned back to the Dallas travel promotional video, with the 2:1 score of VG vs FaZe on the side, which meant this match was completely over.

【That's it? So perfunctory!】

【Still like it when they are crazier, you have to be crazy if you have results!】

【This VG is clearly super strong but overly cautious】

【Let Jiao Yang go next time!】

【When is VG playing Liquid? I want to watch, I feel like ants are crawling all over me!】

【Playing right now, the situation isn't good, VG is about to be beaten up, feels like it won't work without Jiao Yang】

【?】

【Talking about ESL One Birmingham, a small Dota2 match】

Jiao Yang was in the car, eating a burger and drinking cola, enjoying the performance of his old teammates.

"Rabbit playing mid? Unbelievable."

Coach rOtK used to play the 3-position, and his three axes were: Dark Seer, Nature's Prophet, and Death Prophet, with decent proficiency.

However, as someone filling the numbers, it was somewhat magical that the mid position wasn't snatched away by Zhang Jun and Yang Hai.

Thinking about it carefully, Nature's Prophet in mid just gives up, puts on a shield, stacks camps, pushes lanes, mines, and builds team items; it actually makes some sense.

It's just a pity that the one laning against him is Miracle-.

"Now you know how much pressure I have in mid, right? If you want to leech, you have to have the strength to leech!"

Watching the coach being executed in various ways, Jiao Yang laughed out loud.

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