Chapter 93: Assuming This Is a Fake Match

"Are you awake?"

Not long after Jiaoyang opened his eyes, An Wenxin's voice came over.

"Yeah, how long have we been flying?"

His consciousness was clear, his body felt no discomfort, but the fatigue had not completely vanished.

"Five hours, it will still be quite a while before we arrive. Did I wake you up?"

An Wenxin was wearing headphones and operating a computer, as if editing a video; she used the keyboard and mouse with great restraint, fearing she might make a sound.

Jiaoyang shook his head: "No, go ahead and use them. By the way, aren't you going to sleep?"

"I'm preparing to pull an all-nighter to adjust to the jet lag." As she spoke, An Wenxin took a sip of hot coffee, feeling a warmth in her heart: "You still have a match to play today, hurry and sleep a bit more!"

As the new team leader and Coach of VGCS, she was already prepared to take the blame, so she would not allow the team members to let things outside the arena affect their performance.

Jiaoyang nodded and lay back down.

Since he had slept for less than five hours, it was not strange that the fatigue had not completely vanished.

The question was, did the 【Server Disconnected】 happen because the other party said an ID, or because someone on either side was woken up by an external force?

These things could only be verified the next time the Dream System was activated; for now, he took out his phone and entered three IDs.

【b1t, s1mple, electronic】

s1mple and electronic were teammates on NaVi; this was a relationship that could be gathered from the internet.

?

There was content for b1t!

On April 15, 2019, b1t participated in the qualifiers for a European third-tier tournament and took 5th–8th place, but there was no corresponding data on the information website.

Even with just this bit of news, Jiaoyang was already sufficiently excited.

There really was a person named b1t! And this person really played CS professionally!

It was just that he currently seemed to have no connection to s1mple and electronic.

But looking at it in reverse, perhaps this b1t would form a connection with s1mple and electronic in the future.

This was very helpful for his understanding of the system.

Furthermore, coming into contact with these players could unlock the talent level cap.

If not for the upcoming match, Jiaoyang would already be preparing for a European tour.

However, playing matches also had its benefits; he could bump into all sorts of famous guys, preferably encountering NaVi and FaZe back-to-back like the old VG did, and bump into s1mple, electronic, rain, and karrigan all at once!

In the terminal of the Shanghai airport, a peculiar crowd gathered in a rest area; most were young men, all talking, though not very loudly.

"Daddy, what are they doing over there?" A little girl pointed at the gathered crowd.

"Looks like someone is filming something." The man holding his daughter had sharp eyes and immediately spotted the large camera lens on the stabilizer.

The father and daughter walked closer to look; everyone was surrounding a boy playing a game, and a girl holding a sign that read "In a match, please do not disturb."

"Oh, so they're playing CS."

"What is CS?" the little girl asked.

"It's a game about fighting bad guys; the ones in blue are the good guys, the ones in yellow are the bad guys."

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"Oh~ but why does the big brother playing the bad guy keep killing the good guys?"

"..."

An hour ago, just after getting off the plane, Jiaoyang had called advent directly: "Liang Dui, the plane had to detour due to weather, I'm afraid I won't make it to the base in time."

"It's fine, I'll go ask if we can change the time; this tournament is double-elimination, don't worry too much."

advent had sent many messages earlier with no response, and it wasn't common for a flight to be this late, which had left him worried.

Now that he knew Jiaoyang was fine, his heart was at ease; it was just a small tournament, as long as he was okay.

Just as he was about to hang up, a female voice suddenly chimed in: "Liang Dui, go ask if we can play without being at the base; we have a computer and a camera here."

advent was stunned for half a second before he recalled that this was the new Coach Aqing had mentioned, who told him to manage the team members well and satisfy the Coach's requests as much as possible.

At the time, he had wondered whose relative this was, but now it seemed a bit different—

"Oh, okay." Since the boss had ordered it, he would comply.

After communicating with the person in charge of the ESL Cologne Asia division, the other party readily agreed.

Just like that, An Wenxin picked a rest area with few people and plenty of space, setting up a rigorous anti-cheating system.

A full-frame camera, a compact camera, and Jiaoyang's phone formed a three-angle setup, monitoring Jiaoyang's hand movements, face, and full body with no Dead Corner.

At the same time, they provided the live stream feed to the organizers, eliminating any possibility of false accusations of cheating.

"Do you bring such powerful equipment when you travel?"

Jiaoyang felt that if one added a monitor, this would immediately become a game streamer's setup.

"What's wrong?"

"It feels like it was all prepared in advance; this noise-canceling headset was just bought too, right?"

Jiaoyang held the professional esports noise-canceling headset, identical to the ones at the Major, and looked at An Wenxin.

"One always has to be a bit careful; what if there's a traffic jam on the road, the base loses power, or the internet cable gets cut—"

An Wenxin counted on her fingers, listing every accident she could think of.

Hearing this, Jiaoyang hurriedly plugged in the 【Unscientific Computer Accessories】.

Thanks to An Wenxin, many people came to watch before the match even officially started, but because the equipment was intimidating enough, no one made a scene or shouted; they all just came to join in the fun.

The opponent for this match was BTRG, a domestic second or third-tier team; if it weren't for the fact that the tournament required five people to start, Jiaoyang would have wanted to let JamYoung and the Qiyou Trio play it out.

"Hello." In the TS channel, Jiaoyang gave a greeting.

"Hello, Brother Jiao!" JamYoung's voice.

"Xiaojue, are you getting used to staying at VG?"

Jiaoyang and he had already chatted about VG back when they were duo-queuing on the ladder; now, JamYoung had finally gotten his wish.

"It feels just like being at home."

Unlike clubs like Tyloo that feel like a workplace, VG is purely everyone getting together to live their lives, with freedom as the main theme.

Over these past few days, JamYoung has completely integrated into VG, not just in life, but also in the game—his chemistry with advent is excellent; one is ruthless and doesn't talk much, while the other talks a lot but isn't ruthless.

Unlike zhokiNg, who occasionally has his own ideas, JamYoung can be considered a loyal executor of advent's tactics; in other words, he doesn't like to think.

"Let's just play casually today?" Jiaoyang suggested, and advent agreed.

It was the new team's first match without training, and they were playing against a bottom-feeder team like BTRQ, so there was no need to be serious.

The key was for everyone to expose the mistakes they easily make in their usual playstyles as they pleased.

Soon, JamYoung was the first to expose his problem: he was going back and forth with the bottom-feeders.

"Tsk, Xiaojue, your aim is very good, but perhaps because you've played too much PL, you're a bit helpless when facing team coordination."

"Yeah, Liang Dui has already mentioned that."

Jiaoyang smiled; this answer was truly youthful. If it were anyone else, they might have thought JamYoung was being impatient.

Map: Mirage.

"Forget it, let me demonstrate for you."

"Look, right now Liang Dui is having me fake B, while they drop their footsteps and silently go through the Sewer to pinch A."

Jiaoyang ran with heavy footsteps toward B Second Floor, and the opponent was jumping to observe.

Boom!

【Ori used AK-47 to Headshot Cate】

"Assuming I'm holding the White Car jump spot right now and didn't get the kill, what should I do next?"

"It's definitely not rushing out; we are doing a fake, not throwing our lives away!"

"We have to wait for the side actually attacking to make some noise, then look for the timing to catch them and keep them occupied."

"Liang Dui, make some noise!"

Rat-tat-tat~

【lmpressioN used M4A4 to Headshot advent】

【start used AWP to kill zhokiNg】

"Now, assuming we've made progress at A Site, shouldn't their B Site players move?"

JamYoung nodded, and Jiaoyang performed a wide peek.

【Ori used AK-47 to Headshot RaySter】

【Ori used AK-47 to Headshot Drea3er】

"Normally, they wouldn't be holding a Crossfire."