Chapter 103: Question marks in the public chat

"To summarize, VP's first-half performance was still excellent, getting 10 points as the attacking side."

"But actually, the level shown by the little penguins wasn't weak at all. They gained numerical advantages in the early game many times, but couldn't win in the clutch. For them, this is a very regrettable thing."

"Next, VP enters the second half with 10 points, so the defensive pressure is much smaller. It depends on the performance of the pistol round."

"If the little penguins still can't win the pistol round, then there won't be much time left for them in the second half..."

Wanjiqi said this classic line from football matches.

The match scene didn't go as he expected.

The little penguins executed a 3-man Green Corridor attack in the pistol round, exactly the same as VP's offensive tactic in the first half.

And in the 3-man Green Corridor defensive positioning, VP didn't win the head-on engagement, being killed by rallen three times in a row at this execution distance.

pasha, standing at the bomb car, killed a Terrorist at T Spawn, but couldn't save this pistol round.

The pistol round was pushed flat by the opponent.

"The Glock advantage in Green Corridor is still big!" michu sighed.

In this wave, they had set up a net in Green Corridor, but in the 3-vs-3 head-on engagement, they couldn't beat the face-rushing Terrorists.

A large part of this reason was the weaponry; the USP at long range has the advantage of a one-shot headshot.

But at the Green Corridor T-junction, Glocks are at execution distance; in the time they fire one shot, the Glock has already fired three.

rallen's form also came, killing two in a row, and Neo couldn't win the subsequent duel.

After a total collapse and losing the pistol round, VP didn't produce any brilliant performance in the next few rounds, being scored on normally by the opponent.

The score reached 10:9.

"I'll buy an AWP, and this position... nice, you go to the Low Slope to grab a shot," Neo looked around at the spawn points and said to Xu Beifang.

"Me?" Xu Beifang was a bit surprised; this thing had always been used by pasha, when was it his turn to play?

"Yeah." Neo thought he was under pressure and said, "Just grab a shot, catch the opponent's timing difference, and you can give it to pasha later if you don't want to use it."

"Then it's fine." Xu Beifang nodded. He had no pressure holding a sniper rifle, it was just that sniper rifles were usually used by pasha, and he wasn't used to it for a while.

The countdown ended, and he went straight to the B Site Low Slope with the sniper rifle.

According to Neo's plan, he was prepared to use the sniper rifle's positioning advantage to steal a first kill.

But just as he walked to the Low Slope, he heard footsteps on the B2 floor on the right, so he stood still at the Low Slope, waiting for the opponent's counter-clear package.

Generally speaking, a Low Slope counter-clear default must be accompanied by a flash grenade.

So Xu Beifang was always preparing to turn away from the flash.

But he didn't expect the opponent to dry-peek out directly; rallen, holding an AK47, sprayed a burst over.

Xu Beifang's health plummeted!

Missing a shot, he hurriedly retreated a few positions, the AWP holding the Low Slope directly to prevent the opponent from pursuing.

"Someone help!! I'm low health, brothers!!" Xu Beifang was still calling for help in the voice chat.

Neo, at Mid, hurriedly came over to help hold the Low Slope.

Xu Beifang also exited the Low Slope and came all the way to the middle of the Three Paths, holding the High Slope.

Only after getting into position did he finally exhale.

What he was most worried about just now was a pineapple bomb being thrown while he was moving; now with only 8 health left, a grenade could send him to the sky directly.

rallen didn't choose to switch to a grenade to deal damage, because of nice's aggressive style, he was worried that the moment he switched utility—nice would strafe out and kill him.

The two of them, each with ten thousand schemes in mind, engaged in a round of psychological warfare before returning to calm.

"Looks like I have to use this AWP myself," Xu Beifang smiled bitterly. He was already in a low-health state, obviously the sniper rifle was more suitable for him.

pasha also teased: "Actually, I play rifles quite well too."

"Stop chatting." Neo analyzed the situation on the mini-map and began to make a second-wave judgment, "michu, let go of Green Corridor, don't expose sound; feels like they are going to speed-up B in the second wave."

Although B Site had just exposed an AWP, the opponent couldn't possibly not know that the AWP was low health.

In this situation, a B Site speed-up was still very easy to succeed.

Now, although he and Xu Beifang were defending B Site, they didn't have much utility, and Xu Beifang was at a one-shot-kill health, which was a bit worrying.

So he chose a 3-man heavy B defense directly, gambling against taz.

"rallen's play just now was too rough, not even throwing a Low Slope flash, just rushing out in one step. There really wasn't any detail; fortunately, nice missed the shot, otherwise this would have been a pure gift."

"VP returned to a 3-man heavy B defense in the second wave; feels like the little penguins will hit the site, but the little penguins are still launching an offensive on the outside! Green Corridor and T Spawn are exerting pressure at the same time!"

byali and pasha stood at the Electric Box and Red Stairs respectively.

At the 40-second mark, they threw a large amount of utility they had to stall for time.

byali, inside the Red Stairs, was the first to engage with reatz, who was on the Red Stairs.

It just didn't kill the opponent in the end, which was a bit regrettable.

But this information still couldn't let Neo judge the final target, so he chose to remain still.

But as the T Spawn smoke dissipated, minise, who strafed out, killed byali inside the Red Stairs directly.

pasha completed the trade, but a numerical exchange made them realize—

The Terrorists were actually hitting A!!

Neo and michu hurriedly rotated to A to retake.

Neo, who retook to the bomb car, hadn't gathered information yet when he was killed by a shot from the end of the Six Tracks.

pasha heard footsteps inside the Red Stairs; there were still people between the Five and Six Tracks, and even someone at the bottom line.

The opponent was sandwiching from three sides; he forcibly held the Red Stairs but was stolen by the Terrorist between the Five and Six Tracks.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Within a few seconds, only michu, who pushed up from the Low Slope, and Xu Beifang, who was retaking from Mid with low health, remained.

Xu Beifang's AWP looked at the Electric Box and immediately saw a Terrorist on the right side of the box; the AWP opened the scope to quickly lock onto the target.

—Bang!

【nice killed rallen with AWP】

After killing one, Xu Beifang hurriedly retreated two steps and looked toward the bomb car, worried that the person from the end of the Six Tracks would come to trouble him.

He only had low health left; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he would shatter at a touch.

But after holding for a few seconds, he found the opponent didn't come to find him.

"nice, ensure your own safety. Now the bomb is dropped near the Electric Box; the Terrorists can't pick up the bomb, 20 seconds left, how will they handle this clutch?"

"See if they are anxious to pick up the bomb or anxious to cover the rear. Oh! They didn't let the person covering the Red Stairs pick up the bomb, but let taz from the end of the Six Tracks go pick it up."

No one dared to challenge nice's AWP; taz was very careful during the bomb pickup, shaking three times in a row before finally picking up the bomb.

After arriving at the bomb car, the time on the big screen was 5 seconds left; time was sufficient.

taz's hanging heart was also put down.

Xu Beifang listened to the bomb's ticking sound, judged the opponent's position, and fired a shot at the bomb car.

Missed!

Pulling the bolt, adjusting slightly to the left, and firing another shot.

The nightly duels with the Danes made him very sensitive to sound information.

After all, the Danes don't joke around with you; once you expose a sound, the bullets come flying.

Xu Beifang's level of spraying through smoke and walls was forcibly fed out.

The bullet left the chamber, passed through the iron sheet of the bomb car, and hit the Terrorist who was half-kneeling and outputting the wealth code with one shot.

The bullet hit the top of the head, liver and brain splattered!

【nice headshot and killed taz with AWP through the wall】

"Can this shot mix through while planting? Didn't mix, mix another shot, directly headshot and killed!!!" Wanjiqi shouted in the live broadcast room. "My god!! nice made it impossible for the opponent to plant the bomb in this way; only 2 seconds left, as long as he survives, he wins!!"

"VP actually won this round? I was thinking if he would be mixed to death when I saw this bomb position, and nice's luck is really good, hitting the head with one shot; otherwise, the bomb would have been planted at least."

"Suddenly it became unreasonable!"

【Outrageous!】

【Cheat!!】

【You have a frame and don't hit it??】

【Little wallhack doesn't count as a cheat】

【I was drinking water and choked directly】

【Should be sound-based positioning】

【Even if you hear the sound, this wave isn't easy to play. Spraying through the bomb car plus a headshot, both luck and strength are with Lü Bu here】

【...】

"Wow!!" VP, who had already been killed, looked at Xu Beifang in disbelief, not expecting this clutch to be won in this way.

"This could let you spray him to death?" michu looked at the kill notification in the top right and understood what happened.

pasha laughed: "Looks like it was really right to let you use this AWP."

The clutch they thought they were going to lose was suddenly won back by a teammate in an unexpected way; they were pleasantly surprised.

The little penguins' voice chat was silent; everyone was very speechless.

They thought this round was a sure thing; they knew there was a low-health sniper rifle, and the position of the other person could also be roughly determined.

Once the bomb was planted, they only needed to hold the angles, and they could win this point, and they could start to chase the score.

Now this happened.

taz directly typed a question mark in the public chat, expressing his incomprehension.

Fortunately, winning three consecutive rounds before gave them a decent economy to continue playing, but just thinking about the scene of failure just now made them very unhappy.

It was clearly winnable!!

Xu Beifang threw the sniper rifle to pasha, preparing to buy an M4 himself.

But pasha shook his head: "Your form is good now, keep using it."

The team's sniper said so, and Xu Beifang didn't push back.

But facts proved that he only had good positioning ability now and couldn't become a sniper.

The attacking side executed a quick A Site explosive attack in this round, and Xu Beifang killed two with the sniper rifle at the front point.

But the problem was his positioning was too aggressive; after two consecutive shots, he was also locked and killed by the opponent.

Subsequently, a fierce engagement broke out at A Site, forcibly trading numbers 1-for-1.

But losing too many guns in the previous round meant Neo, who was retaking, only had an MP9, and still couldn't win in this clutch.

Both sides entered the chasing segment.

But after VP saved enough money to buy long guns, they finally took the match tempo into their hands again.

The match unknowingly reached 15:11; VP, as the defensive side, was still more dominant, and relying on good performance, they reached match point on this map first.

"Final point!! Everyone stay calm." Neo was a bit excited; victory was really only one step away now!

Others were inevitably a bit restless; this is the influence of match point.

Two bright characters kept reminding both sides that the next round would affect the final result of the match!

"Our emotions are fine; it's just that you, Neo, need to calm down," michu teased with a smile.

Xu Beifang also let out a friendly laugh; with the appearance of match point, his emotions also changed slightly.

He was looking forward to the next scene, and the trophy-lifting scenes he had seen in video clips appeared in his mind.

He had never lifted a trophy and was very unfamiliar with this experience, only able to imagine the scenes of athletes at award ceremonies and players in various major tournaments cheering while lifting the trophy.

But everything was what he was looking forward to.

This point of expectation also brought them some pressure.

"We'll open with 4 outside, I'll defend the inside alone," Neo also took a deep breath and began to explain the tactical instructions.

"Everyone forget the two words 'match point' and just play it like a normal long-gun round."

Neo was worried that if they couldn't win this long-gun round, it would bring psychological pressure to his teammates.

For a match, the long-gun round is an extremely important turning point.

He was also worried that the opponent would awaken the "can't play until match point" bloodline again.

Opening with 4 outside, Xu Beifang looked at his position and took the initiative to say: "I'll run directly to the Electric Box later."

"I'll help you gather information on T Spawn near the sniper position," pasha said.

michu added: "I'll also hang out at Mid, ready to cover both sides at any time."

The countdown ended, Xu Beifang threw an incendiary grenade at T Spawn, then hugged the Five Tracks carriage and approached T Spawn.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three consecutive flash grenades exploded at T Spawn, Xu Beifang covered his eyes to regain his vision, then strafed to look at T Spawn.

A Terrorist was shaking in his field of vision; Xu Beifang aimed and crouched to spray.

"Da-da-da..."

【nice killed rallen with AK47】

First kill secured, but before Xu Beifang could make the next adjustment, he saw fire from above the Six Tracks from the corner of his eye.

"Da-da-da..."

【minise headshot and killed nice with AK47】

"Someone above Six Tracks!! Someone above Six Tracks!!"

The moment he was killed, Xu Beifang shouted to remind his teammates.

pasha, at the sniper position, hurriedly raised his lens and rubbed over bit by bit.

—Bang!

【paszabiceps killed minise with AWP】

After getting the kill, pasha turned to look toward the Red Stairs.

—Bang

【mouz killed paszabiceps with AWP】

"The little penguins executed a quick speed-up outside, and VP's defense was also very aggressive!!"

"Both sides are constantly trading numbers outside. mouz came out with an AWP from the Red Stairs and killed pasha, who was careless, but michu strafed out from Mid and traded mouz!"

"Numbers are being exchanged every second outside! 1:40, and it's already a 3-vs-2 clutch for the CT! This engagement is too fierce!"

The speed of the exchanges outside made Wanjiqi's mouth unable to keep up, and the director was operating frantically, luckily not showing the Medusa of esports.

"Fortunately, michu at Mid strafed out and successfully traded, so VP has a chance. Now reatz is at the Olof position, and taz is looking for opportunities at B2."

"But the bomb hasn't been discovered, they still have a chance to operate."

"reatz creeps forward, wanting to go under the Old Third Floor, but byali didn't give him this chance!! A long-range burst directly killed him!!"

"3-vs-1, is it really going to happen!!"

With teammates dying one by one at A Site, taz had no choice but to look for an opportunity at B Site.

Neo was worried that he couldn't win the head-on duel, so he took the initiative to tell his teammates that he was playing like a lurker, letting others hide as well.

Now they were seeking stability; in a 3-vs-1 clutch, as long as they weren't picked off one by one, this BO5 final could be officially declared over!

But before they heard the bomb-planting sound, Neo saw a shadow slowly creeping forward in front of him.

He pulled his crosshair over and sprayed a burst.

【Neo headshot and killed taz with M4A4】

The screen froze, and the moment his teammates stood up and shouted—

Neo turned to look at the other side of the stage. There was only the exterior of the training room, but he seemed to be able to see the look in that former teammate's eyes.

taz, this time I won!

Stuck, a bit late...

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