Chapter 102: What does it mean to be the Train King! (1179)

Train was VP's own map pick, and they started as the Terrorists.

Right from the start, Neo arranged a second-wave B Site speed-up.

However, after killing one enemy inside the Red Stairs, the B Site speed-up didn't produce good results.

taz and reatz, coordinating between the Three Paths and the Site Coil, successfully pulled off a 1-for-3 feat.

In the end, although VP successfully planted the bomb, they failed to win the pistol round.

"None of you buy anything; I'll buy one flash. Don't go out later, waste their utility, and get to the long-gun round quickly," Neo ordered.

Having successfully planted the bomb in the pistol round, each person got an extra $800, plus the $1400 for losing the pistol round.

The average economy was now around $2200. By buying nothing this round, they would have an economy of over $4200 in the third round.

Combined with the kill economy from the pistol round, a reversal in weaponry in the third round was not impossible.

As for playing at home in the pistol round, it was a strategy to consume the opponent's utility.

Everyone jumped around at home and in the T Second Floor, waiting for time to pass.

It wasn't until about 20 seconds left that they relied on Neo's flash to rush toward the Low Slope as a group to trouble B Site.

"One flash, grouping up to rush down the Low Slope, VP really did kill reatz and plant the bomb!" Wanjiqi was amused. "Then VP profited massively this round!"

Everyone had no armor, and in the end, they only got this one kill, but it didn't matter because the bomb was planted.

In the next round, VP was fully armed!

The unexpected joy also improved the mood of the VP group.

"Full armor, full utility. Three people go to Green Corridor this round, pasha stay at T Spawn, michu cover Red Stairs and B2," Neo gave the early-round control instructions.

"Later at Green Corridor, when you're about in position, nice, you turn away from flashes the whole time, byali go first to gather information."

Xu Beifang's poor form in the previous round didn't affect Neo's judgment.

Occasional negative stats are normal; even top-tier players don't carry every single game.

And having played matches with Xu Beifang for so many days, he clearly knew his teammate's stability.

The three followed the plan toward Green Corridor, preparing to collect their information.

"VP did a 3-man Green Corridor opening this round, nice is turning away from flashes the whole time, guarding against the opponent's counter-flash. Is this preparing to let him find his form gradually in the trade-kill position?" Wanjiqi speculated.

"But mouz pushed out with a trade-kill and instantly headshot byali with two shots!!"

"Neo wanted to trade, but minise's flash forced them back!"

Xu Beifang and Neo turned away from the flash, and when they turned back, they found a smoke grenade had exploded in Green Corridor.

The opponent's unconventional dry-peek forward push killed byali, putting them in a passive position.

Xu Beifang tried to spray a few bursts into the smoke, attempting to spray a few shots, but didn't hear any sound of the opponent being hit, nor did a kill notification appear in the top right.

"Wait for the smoke to dissipate before pushing forward slowly," Xu Beifang said helplessly.

This smoke blocked their path, forcing their control speed to slow down.

"mouz, holding against the opponent's angle, forcibly secured the first kill for the team with individual ability. It can only be said that the previous Overpass brought the little penguins' form back."

"VP really can't trade in Green Corridor now because their default formation at the start was too scattered, unable to effectively exert pressure on Green Corridor, so they have to reorganize in the second wave."

After Wanjiqi summarized, he saw the live broadcast perspective given to the T Hall.

Only to see rallen carefully pushing forward in the T Hall in the second wave. After gaining a numerical advantage, the CTs not only didn't play steadily but wanted to further expand the advantage!

"Let's see if pasha can hold rallen dead in the second wave and trade the numbers back... Hey!!!" Wanjiqi was dumbfounded. Just as rallen peeked out, pasha suddenly switched weapons.

pasha was also scared to death by this timing, taking a shot directly to the head, his health dropping to red.

He hurriedly retreated to a different angle, then peeked out again, headshotting the opponent with one shot.

"A narrow escape, but this habit of switching weapons really needs to be changed. Fortunately, the opponent also made some mistakes; otherwise, if he died, VP would be very hard to play."

pasha himself broke out in a cold sweat, not expecting the opponent to grab this timing to peek out.

He hurriedly retreated a dozen steps to avoid being finished off by an opponent's grenade.

"Good shot!" The others didn't know what happened at T Spawn, only seeing pasha get a kill, and habitually praised him.

pasha responded guiltily without a word; this was entirely his own operational mistake, and he almost messed up.

Both sides returned to 4-vs-4, the Green Corridor smoke dissipated, and Xu Beifang and Neo began to push forward from left and right.

Neo threw a smoke on the right side of the T-junction, and Xu Beifang began to clear the close-range left side.

A horizontal strafe peek still allowed him to see the opponent, but the opponent's reaction was also very fast, directly trading headshots with him.

【nice headshot and killed minise with AK47】

Fortunately, Xu Beifang's weapon had the advantage, killing the opponent with one shot.

After killing the CT guarding Green Corridor, Neo immediately began to issue the next attack order: "T Hall and our Green Corridor coordinate; let's sandwich the bomb site."

The numbers had reached 4-vs-3, but with 40 seconds left, they were still in Green Corridor, which was basically showing their hand.

So next, they had to consider the overall offensive deployment.

"nice, boost me up; I'll get the information on A bomb site," Neo said to Xu Beifang.

There was a smoke grenade he threw in front, so he didn't dare to rush through the smoke for the time being.

So he prepared to jump onto the Green Corridor double-boost box to take a look at the information inside the site.

And he still harbored the idea of stealing a backstab from the opponent. After all, there was still a smoke grenade at Green Corridor, which was relatively safe for the CT area.

But just as Neo jumped up, gunfire rang out from the end of the Six Tracks.

【mouz killed Neo with M4A4】

"mouz's awareness is very solid; he didn't neglect because there was smoke behind him. Now the CT knows there's still someone in Green Corridor, after all, there was an engagement before, and this position can't be reached by a single person."

"mouz didn't rush; he is waiting for his teammates to provide cover. As long as his teammates are in position, the two of them can eat the Terrorist in Green Corridor!"

"But nice took the initiative to throw a smoke at the bottom line, then strafed out to trouble mouz!!"

"He really dares to play even with low health!!" Wanjiqi said in surprise. "And he really headshot and killed mouz."

Xu Beifang had no choice. The opponent didn't take the initiative to clear him; they certainly wouldn't naively think there was no one in Green Corridor. Their double-boost just now was so obvious.

Knowing he might fall into a passive position next, and with the bomb still on him, he had to take the initiative to break the deadlock.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough time to rotate!

Xu Beifang got a kill and hurriedly came to the other side of the double-boost box.

The smoke at the bottom line wasn't a wall and couldn't guarantee his absolute safety.

Sure enough, just as he got behind cover, bullets came from behind. Fortunately, his movements were fast, and the opponent didn't track him.

"Help me!! My position is locked down!!" Xu Beifang shouted.

If he were alone, he would have strafed out to duel the opponent directly.

But with the bomb on him, the nature of the situation was different.

And in a 3-vs-2 clutch, they had the advantage; the winning odds for this round were very high.

"Flash thrown!!" pasha shouted.

A flash exploded in Green Corridor, Xu Beifang strafed out, only to see the opponent retreating while covering his eyes.

Xu Beifang didn't rush to duel him, hurriedly retreating to the vicinity of the bomb car.

After taz regained his vision, he immediately peeked out, wanting to intercept him.

He discovered that someone was already standing on the Six Tracks carriage.

【michu headshot and killed taz with AK47】

"16 seconds left, only reatz is left mixing near the bomb car. He should be preparing to come out and kill the Terrorist the moment the bomb is planted."

"But before the action started, he was sprayed down by michu!"

"Beautiful!" Wanjiqi praised. "In this round, VP played well in Green Corridor in the mid-to-late game, nice stood up and tore the opponent's formation to shreds."

"Very critical, nice, carrying the bomb and fighting his way out of Green Corridor; feels like his form is coming back!"

After winning the first long-gun round, VP immediately organized a regular explosive attack on the site.

In this wave, pasha, who was at T Spawn, climbed onto the Six Tracks carriage and killed all three CTs—one under the Old Third Floor, one at Red Stairs, and one at the bomb site—helping VP successfully take another point.

After an engagement at A Site, reatz, who wanted to find an opportunity, just showed his face and was beaten to single-digit health.

Scared, he hurriedly ran to the T spawn point, entering the save-weapon phase.

taz was also a bit helpless. In this round, their weapons and utility weren't sufficient; facing the Terrorists' strong explosive attack, they didn't perform well head-on.

He understood that the next match would enter VP's tempo; after all, without much economy, they could only rely on the M4 reatz saved to operate.

Just thinking about how to make the M4 effective in the next round, he saw reatz, who was saving the weapon, killed by nice with one shot, and the round ended.

Well... now they could only play with no-armor pistols.

Their no-armor pistol round didn't cause any trouble for VP. Fortunately, they saved enough economy to enter the long-gun round duel.

"minise, you buy an AWP directly to defend; this map still needs an AWP to exert power," taz said.

The score had reached 3:2; continuous loss of points put them under some pressure.

If they lost this long-gun round, VP would really play with a dominant performance in the first half.

You have to know this is a big CT map; if you lose too many points, you won't be able to play in the second half.

"minise bought a no-armor AWP; he found that the outside area still really needs a sniper rifle to perform," Wanjiqi said. "Otherwise, the opponent's control speed is too fast, and they can't withstand the pressure at all."

Xu Beifang had a very good position, arriving directly inside the T Hall at the start, originally intending to jump into the Olof position to find an opportunity.

But in the process of jumping, he saw a fire-stick in the middle of the CT side.

"The opponent bought a sniper rifle!!" Xu Beifang hurriedly jumped back.

With the opponent having a sniper rifle, his activity in positions like Olof was too restricted; better to come back and rethink.

Xu Beifang retreated to the T Hall, preparing to walk toward Green Corridor alone.

pasha, who had bought an AWP in the T Hall, was double-boosting with byali.

pasha held the sniper rifle, aiming toward Green Corridor; if anyone moved carelessly, he would tell the opponent what cruelty is!

But with the T Hall smoked off, a "ding" sound, a flash grenade fully flashed them both.

Their hearts sank, knowing someone had counter-cleared!

However, after regaining their vision, they were amused.

【byali killed reatz with AK47 and mouz's flash】

"byali headshot the counter-clearing reatz while fully flashed! The little penguins' counter-clear was well-organized, but it just lacked a bit of luck!"

"This well-organized counter-clear at the start was killed while fully flashed; this is too painful."

"However, in the second wave, minise used the sniper rifle to kill pasha on the Six Tracks, trading the numbers back. This is a bit uncomfortable."

Neo and michu were already creeping toward Green Corridor, and another person was killed at T Spawn. Xu Beifang looked at the situation and chose to stay at T Spawn.

Neo still smoked off the end of the Six Tracks, then went bit by bit to take the vision of the bottom line.

"Now the CT is in a single-B defensive position; rallen, mouz, and minise are standing at the bottom line, the end of the Six Tracks, and the bomb car, respectively."

"This probe at Green Corridor will be greatly restricted."

"Neo and rallen's duel, but Neo didn't out-hold the person moving silently!"

michu was helping to hold the smoke at the first moment and didn't follow up to trade.

Seeing Neo killed, he then silently pushed toward the bottom line, trying to find a way to trade.

Xu Beifang, with Neo killed, also walked over here with the bomb.

byali went above the Red Stairs, preparing to coordinate with them later to sandwich Red Stairs and Green Corridor.

"rallen is really brave, not afraid at all, but was directly traded by michu!"

"michu turned to hold the smoke again, but mouz's reaction was fast, killing michu with a burst."

michu actually thought about trading at the end of the Six Tracks, but didn't win this duel, failing to hit the opponent's head with the first shot.

Xu Beifang had already arrived at Green Corridor, heard the teammate's call, and immediately pushed forward to pursue.

But the opponent heard his footsteps, threw a fire, and slipped away.

"There's one at the bottom line, he should have left one at B Site, this time he might be at Mid," Xu Beifang speculated on the opponent's position. "There's one more uncertain; it should be that sniper rifle."

"Likely at the bomb site; try to shake his position out later," byali said.

The two exchanged a few words, clearing their thoughts in their minds.

Xu Beifang, at the end of the Six Tracks, began to peek with small movements, spin-jumping and peeking.

minise finally couldn't hold back and fired a shot.

Hearing this shot, Xu Beifang saw a shadow jump off the bomb car and immediately raised his AK47 to pursue.

He peeked with small movements and saw the opponent's feet from the bomb car.

Directly incarnating as a foot-repair master, he dealt a painful blow to minise's ingrown toenail!!

【nice killed minise with AK47】

He killed the opponent's sniper with one shot, and byali, who peeked out from Green Corridor, also killed a Terrorist who was back-to-back at the bomb car holding Green Corridor directly.

The situation instantly became clear.

"There's one big-low-health one left on the opposite side!!" michu reminded. "The one at the bottom line just now."

The low-health mouz chose to circle the world to play this clutch when his teammates were in trouble, but while byali was back-to-back against him, he was counter-killed with a burst.

Suffocating!

Losing this round, the little penguins' economy was hit again.

Several consecutive numerical reversals allowed VP's form to fully return.

In the final first half, the scores of both sides rose in a spiral.

In the end, VP, as the attacking side, got 10 points!

Wanjiqi sighed in the live broadcast room that the VP from the first two maps had returned.

Monthly tickets reached 2000, 1 update.

I have a count on the tempo in my heart; it's just that the finals are BO5, and the next chapter will be about over.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 103 =====