Chapter 3

Afternoon of March 25, 2019

On the way from Stockholm to Shanghai, Jiao Yang slept very peacefully alone.

"What did this kid do last night?" Captain Lao Pan asked Ding Yu beside him.

"Who knows? By the way, we have a break in a few days..." Ding Yu's voice grew smaller.

In fact, Jiao Yang was sleeping very soundly and couldn't possibly hear their whispers.

In his dream, the 2019 Katowice Major he watched last night was vivid in his mind.

He seemed to really be holding an AK, commanding his teammates to rush toward the A bomb site in the small town.

The charge only lasted for ten seconds; as his teammates fell one after another, a red supergiant star swallowed the unspeakable monster in the deep sea.

The eyes of the teammates fighting alongside him were filled with fresh red blood mist. In the end, they swung their knives at each other, and all the past beauty turned into fragments.

Jiao Yang opened his eyes abruptly, but before him was only darkness.

Turning on his phone, it was already the early morning.

The coach and teammates beside him were already asleep.

There were still a few hours before arriving at the base. Bored, Jiao Yang connected to the plane's Wi-Fi and started browsing the MAX Community.

【Congratulations to VG for defeating VP to win the championship! 2019 Stockholm Major match report】

【MDL Paris Disney Major qualifiers about to start】

【Latest! VG defeats Tyloo to advance to IEM Sydney!】

【Heard OG is going to play against AI, what's the deal with this CloseAI?】

【Katowice Major is already in the top 16, feels like CNCS is steady and improving】

【Is Butterfly an attack item or a defense item?】

【16-series graphics cards are here, 10-series will definitely drop in price, 9-series will crash, time to buy a gtx690!】

The community atmosphere was quite good. In March, both Dota and CS were blooming. Dota2 won the Major, and both CSGO teams made it to the top 16 and got stickers.

After thinking for a while, Jiao Yang clicked on the 【VG defeats Tyloo】 link and found VG's team roster.

Captain: advent (26)

Players: zhokiNg (25), aumaN (24), kaze (24), and Freeman (19)

Jiao Yang remembered that at the beginning, because the LOL division was burning too much money, the boss was prepared to stop CS, which had no prospects. It was this advent who volunteered to take a pay cut and begged Aqing in various ways before he was willing to reorganize and try again.

At that time, these few people were probably under a lot of pressure; they didn't even see each other a few times in the base canteen.

Who could have imagined that from reorganizing in August 2018, they actually only took half a year to win Major stickers...

"It really doesn't feel easy to switch over..."

Without knowing he had a system, a player starting halfway at 23 had too little competitiveness.

Moreover, these few people had just achieved such good results and already had good chemistry; it was really too difficult to replace someone.

Must show strength superior to everyone else!

Jiao Yang opened the POV he had downloaded on his phone and started learning the style and playstyle of everyone in the VG CS division.

"Ah-choo—!", advent sneezed.

zhokiNg was gnawing on a fried dough stick while drinking soy milk: "Catch a cold?"

"No, I feel something's not right lately, like something is watching me."

"The base is full of men, shouldn't be that spooky..." zhokiNg wiped his mouth with a napkin. "By the way, is it true that Xiao Zhang said he's leaving after Sydney?"

"Yeah, I'll talk to management in a few days." advent sighed: "Sigh, finally got a team together, and now I have to find someone again."

"Didn't you say you found a young player, 17 years old, seems pretty good?"

"He's still at HG; it'll take a few months to lure him over."

"Didn't Dota win another big match? Shouldn't the boss add investment? Just poach someone directly?"

"Dota has nothing to do with us. Besides, it seems Qing Zong's family is putting pressure on him not to play anymore."

"Ah?!"

"Anyway, have to find a cost-effective replacement first."

"Then I feel the Berlin Major is a bit difficult." zhokiNg was a bit disappointed. He vaguely felt that the whole team had reached its peak; if they replaced anyone casually, it would be delaying the last professional careers of the four.

"Sigh, there's always a way." advent finished cleaning up the tableware and patted zhokiNg on the shoulder. "Survived for so many years, what's there to fear! As long as the brothers are here, the road is there."

zhokiNg wanted to say something more.

But aumaN had already rushed into the canteen, out of breath, panting: "... The Dota side seems to be back!"

"What does that have to do with us?" zhokiNg frowned.

"Huu-huu—oh! The boss called Lao Liang to the training room."

"Me?" advent pointed at himself.

aumaN nodded: "The boss seems quite angry."

"We didn't do anything, did we?" advent fell into self-doubt.

zhokiNg and aumaN shrugged, indicating innocence.

"I just said I felt like I was being watched by something, bad luck."

"Hahahaha, Jiao Yang, are you being funny?" Aqing looked at Jiao Yang's first-person perspective, and his original anger was extinguished with a puff.

At this time, Jiao Yang had just entered the casual mode of CSGO, still the classic Sha Er, but this time he was CT.

Don't know why, despite throwing multiple lethal items, the drawn 【broky's Utility Understanding】 was slow to take effect, and coupled with his own clumsy legs, it looked even more ridiculous.

Knock knock!

Knocking on the door.

"Come in."

Looking at advent coming toward him, Aqing showed a pleasant smile.

"Lao Liang, just in time. There's a newcomer here who wants to join your team, take a look."

"Jiao Yang, good luck. I'm going to find Lao Ding, don't forget to come eat tonight."

advent, seeing that the boss seemed very familiar with this young man, already had a guess in his heart.

Should be a relative's child who doesn't want to study and wants to play esports, sent here to suffer a setback?

So the anger just now wasn't directed at the CS department. Thinking of this, advent breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the young man in the seat, who had a familiar air and sat naturally in the gaming chair as if he were in his own home, he felt even more steady.

Must be it, likes playing games and doesn't study hard? It's time to let this young man know the difficulty of VG youth training!

"Jiao Yang?"

"Yes, Team Leader Liang, hello." Jiao Yang replied very politely to his colleague.

advent muttered to himself: How did I become Team Leader Liang? This kid is too ignorant.

But he wouldn't show anything on his face; instead, he smiled: "Shall we have a simple solo first?"

advent knew well that one should strike hard when striking. If he let someone play bots or matchmaking first, it would be easy to get things tangled up. Only by letting him see real strength would it work.

What should he tell the boss if he makes the person cry? Better think about it quickly.

"Sure." Jiao Yang was a bit nervous, but now he felt much better.

If he drew another team-oriented talent like 【broky's Utility Understanding】, solo would be more convenient to restart.

【advent】 ready

【VG's Ori Himself】 ready

advent frowned. This guy is too arrogant. Could VG really be his family's?

And a line of small text had already appeared before Jiao Yang's eyes:

【Major Talent System activated】

【Your talent for this match is: ZywOo's Dungeon Imprisonment (Overclock)】

【Basic task: Let the opponent feel the pain of being imprisoned for ten thousand years】

"Huu—"

Jiao Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

But in advent's eyes, the other party was taking a deep breath because of nervousness about facing a top domestic professional player.

"Don't be nervous, relax, just treat it like playing ladder."

Saying this, 【advent】 quickly pulled out of cover, USP pointed directly at 【VG's Ori Himself】's head.

Tat! The sound of a headshot.

【VG's Ori Himself used ak-47 to headshot kill advent】