Chapter 129: Questioning, Understanding, Becoming!

"Congratulations to Astralis for winning this BO1 with a score of 16:6, successfully entering the 2-0 group."

Ma Xixi's voice in saying the congratulations was so standard, so mechanical, so heartless.

No way, he also wanted to express his happy emotions, but he really couldn't be happy.

In this match between VP and Astralis, VP, who was expected to perform well, was crushed by Astralis with a large score.

Under the situation of winning the first half pistol round, they only got 6 points in the whole game; this performance was simply disastrous.

"No way, the strength gap is still a bit too big," Old Handsome added from the side. "The current VP only has a single core and can't hold Astralis's exertion at all. Being able to get 6 points is already quite good."

The match was already lost, and they could only comfort themselves like this.

【The overall gap is too big, although Little Xu played quite well, the others in VP didn't carry at all】

【Just took down C9 16:3, and then was taken down by Astralis 16:6, the state fluctuates too much.】

【One point of fatherly love, one point of motherly love, one point of respect for the old man, the remaining three points are Lu Bu's struggle at the White Gate Tower】

【Actually, the state is okay, it's just that C9 is purely vegetable. If it weren't for the Boston champion position, they wouldn't even have gotten the quota this time】

【Little Xu's 16-15 record is acceptable, the performance isn't bad, and he fought back and forth with Magisk in the match】

【Little Xu is really hard to carry alone, neo, michu, and pasha all have single-digit records, how to play this?】

【Feels like he's really becoming a Dean】

The final map of this BO1 was Inferno. C9 might have thought VP's Inferno strength was very strong.

But Astralis had just won against NaVi on Inferno, and now their feel was hot.

After the BP was determined as Inferno, Astralis relied on team cooperation and tactical suppression to make VP breathless.

neo also finally understood the terrifying strength of the current world's number one commander.

Astralis could always find the areas where they were weak in defense. He played with gla1ve a few days ago, and today gla1ve played with him.

All of neo's thoughts were read through!

This also led to them basically having a hard time having a good duel environment head-on, even if Astralis attacked an area with many people, the Danes were not afraid at all in head-on exchanges.

Magisk faced his old brothers, and his hands were ruthless!

The entire duel produced 22-12 data, with a rating as high as 1.90.

However, this time facing his old brothers, he still didn't apply for interaction, and the VP fans in the live stream were looking forward to that scene.

When the team faced difficulties, Xu Beifang's performance in Banana Road also successfully helped the team find some opportunities and successfully got a few points.

But Astralis's Banana Road control process was too skilled. Under the targeting of various utility, he was often left with half health after the first round of utility exchange.

In the end, he didn't achieve too stunning an effect.

The moment he lost the match, Xu Beifang took off his headset and covered his face with both hands to deal with the emotions in his heart.

This match made him feel too powerless. Previously, no matter which team he faced, even NiP, he could perform, but today he was purely passive, all led by the nose by Astralis.

s1mple and Electronic's dual-core couldn't win the match, and what kind of performance should he, a single-core, have to make the team win? This was a question Xu Beifang thought about for a long time yesterday after knowing the opponent was Astralis.

Now the answer was out, he couldn't win at all!

This match and the NiP match score were actually about the same, but by comparison, Astralis gave more pressure.

In the game with NiP, he at least had some duel opportunities, more often collapsing because of being made up or losing head-on.

In this match with Astralis, he was purely targeted by utility.

Either he was half-blooded at the start, or his activity space was suppressed by various utility.

Otherwise, it was a bomb execution rushing into the bomb site, and Xu Beifang had to take out a transformation device to transform into Tiga.

This gave people too much frustration!

Organizing his emotions, listening to the footsteps coming from next door, a handsome young man walked toward him and held his right hand.

"You played very well today!" device praised. "I was mixed to death by you in several rounds, your smoke-mixing technique is really great."

device's praise came from his heart. Today's match, only Nice could give them some resistance.

Even used a Desert Eagle to tear his AWP once, and he was so depressed that he almost attacked the monitor in the match.

To be honest, the gunnery was indeed top-tier!

device's sincere praise made Xu Beifang feel better, and then he replied:

"The smoke-mixing technique was learned from you Danish players. You can call me an Astralis outsourced team member."

device was stunned, then a handsome smile appeared on his face, and he hugged Xu Beifang lightly: "I like your way of speaking. I heard you are very good at playing ball, let's play badminton together when we have time."

"I refuse." Xu Beifang rolled his eyes at device, not expecting this sunny handsome boy to be black inside. "Who doesn't know you were originally a professional badminton athlete! If you have the ability, go play football with those guys from Fallen."

device raised his eyebrows, a bright smile on his face: "Don't worry, I will let the water go, just for entertainment."

"That's about the same."

device added a sentence before leaving: "Also, your taste is very good!"

Xu Beifang was a bit speechless, not expecting device to be so narcissistic.

device's praise of his good taste wasn't referring to clothing and matching.

But referring to the "Boom" (AWP skin) with a counter he gave himself yesterday, with the device gold sticker he opened that day on the lens.

device was praising himself.

Xu Beifang continued to shake hands with other Astralis players.

And got another sentence from dupreeh: "Your smoke-mixing technique is as perverted as gla1ve's" and Magisk's "have a chance to fight next time" evaluation.

Magisk also chatted with pasha and others for a while before leaving with his peripherals.

Astralis ended the first two rounds with a 2-0 record, and their mood was quite good. Next, as long as they won another BO1, they could directly advance to the top 8!

And on VP's side, the record was 1-1, and they only needed to win two BO1s in the subsequent matches of the group stage, and they could also advance to the top 8.

The record in the first two rounds was actually not bad, but the ease of the previous match and the ruthless suppression by Astralis today, the strong contrast made them feel a bit hit.

After Astralis left, everyone packed up their peripherals, and their emotions were a bit low.

neo looked at the record board before leaving, and it clearly wrote 7-17 on the record panel.

Yesterday he mocked Edward for having a 6-21 record, but didn't expect that today he was only one kill more than him.

Packing up the peripherals, he sighed.

Sure enough, life is like this: questioning Edward before the match, understanding Edward during the match, becoming Edward after the match.

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The match with Astralis ended, and today's two BO1s were all finished. Next, there was no VP match.

Everyone packed their personal belongings and drove back to the hotel.

The atmosphere on the way was a bit silent, everyone was digesting the negative emotions brought by being beaten by Astralis.

This feeling of being comprehensively crushed was really uncomfortable.

Too uncomfortable.

"Go exercise for a while." pasha noticed Xu Beifang's bad mood and took the initiative to invite him.

Xu Beifang didn't refuse this time, nodded and agreed.

Now his mood wasn't good, and he wasn't very willing to return to the computer again.

neo didn't say anything either. Although this match needed to be reviewed, everyone's emotions hadn't been handled well, and the review effect would be very poor. It was more important to calm down and handle the mood temporarily.

Xu Beifang returned to the room to change clothes and followed pasha to the gym.

At a glance, he saw someone with a perky butt in front of the dragon rack.

"Hi, NiKo!" pasha greeted that perky butt, "No match today?"

NiKo got up and waved at the two, and his eyes lit up when he saw Xu Beifang: "I know you, the most aggressive man in the qualifiers, Nice!"

"Your ID is very similar to mine!"

Although Xu Beifang was in a bad mood, NiKo's smile infected him, making him feel much better: "NiKo, hello!"

NiKo looked at Xu Beifang's complexion and frowned, guessing: "Bad match situation today??"

"1-1, just got beaten up by Astralis."

"I knew it," NiKo smiled. "Want to ask why I know? Your expression is too similar to when I was young."

The Bosnian strong man in front of him smiled very happily.

He picked up the water bottle from the ground and took a sip, then continued to say to Xu Beifang: "Actually, I think you are very smart, not hanging yourself on the tree of Tyloo. I realized this only after playing professionally for several years. I didn't expect you to realize it at the beginning of your career. It can only be said to be awesome!"

"If you have the ability, an international player still needs to make a good career plan. You walked this point very early, which might make up for your slight age disadvantage."

Because of his excellent performance in the qualifiers, Xu Beifang received a lot of attention in the entire Major event.

Some of his experiences were also dug out, choosing the foreign land of VP as the first stage of his career, very bold. Anyway, NiKo was quite impressed.

His career began in a team called AimFace, which was a team in his hometown. He intended to use his strength to lead the entire team to make a name for itself.

But after persisting for a year or two, he found it unrealistic, and even had the idea of quitting the professional stage. Finally, it was with the help of mousesports that he returned to the professional stage.

He thought about it for many years before he figured it out, but this guy in front of him figured it out as soon as he debuted. How could NiKo not be surprised.

"Nothing to be done, only VP wanted me at the beginning," Xu Beifang replied helplessly.

NiKo raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Then do you have any teams you want to go to? I can help you contact them."

He was a top-tier social butterfly in the professional circle, no matter which team he had friends in, and his connections were very wide.

"Temporarily no need, my contract still has about a month," Xu Beifang didn't expect pasha to suddenly talk to NiKo about his transfer matter next.

But he really didn't have this idea temporarily. After all, no matter what, the Legends Stage matches hadn't ended yet.

He was still a member of VP, and the next task was to achieve results in the Major, and there was no need to pay too much attention to other things.

"You VP are really interesting." Hearing Xu Beifang's answer, NiKo's attitude was even better.

pasha added: "Don't tell anyone, this is what I and neo privately told him not to continue staying in VP. There are too few talents in Poland now, staying here is meaningless. With this performance, it's enough for Nice to find a second-tier team. As long as the teammates aren't too vegetable, he can slowly make a name for himself next, and it's not a problem to transfer to a first-tier team like NaVi or G2 in two years."

NiKo looked at pasha suspiciously: "Are you really thinking so or just playing around?"

"You underestimate him too much! Group 5 in the qualifiers, what kind of people are in front? Players like dupreeh, Twistzz, device, you really think top is worthless.

Even if you guys go out in one round in the Legends Stage, there will definitely be first-tier teams looking for him. At that time, it will be a Nice challenge team, you know? There might even be second-tier teams coming to build a team around him. Don't underestimate your teammates!"

As an outsider, NiKo saw these things more clearly.

"So you are cursing us to go out in one round!" pasha noticed the details in NiKo's words, "Only you guys play well, right."

NiKo couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "What play well, was smashed by the Germans yesterday, 5:16, just found some feel, the match ended."

FaZe, as the runner-up of the previous Major, was also a member of the old legends, didn't need to play qualifiers, and started directly from the group stage.

The feeling of not having to fight in the qualifiers was very good, but the price was that the feel must not be as hot as the new legends.

Yesterday's match, to describe it in one sentence—

The sky over Dust II was cloudless, and the Galaxy Battleship returned without oil.

smooya fiercely vented the hostility he felt in the qualifiers on FaZe, achieving a 1.93 rating, strongly sending FaZe into the 0-1 group.

"So you are still so happy?" Xu Beifang asked strangely.

NiKo waved his hand: "It was quite uncomfortable after the match yesterday, but after drinking some wine later, I was fine after waking up."

"So do you want to go for a drink together after practicing? I drank a beer yesterday and felt the taste was very good."

Xu Beifang: "..."

pasha: "Drinking? Add training for me!!"

The 18-year Astralis is a demon king level, temporarily has no ability to fight them...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 130 =====

"You're underestimating him way too much! 5th place in the qualifying group, and who was ahead of him? Top-tier players like A Du, the Director, and Device. You really think 'top-tier' is cheap?"

"Even if you guys go out in the first round of the Legends Stage, there will definitely be a Tier 1 team looking for him. That's when it becomes a 'Nice Challenge Team,' you know? There might even be Tier 2 teams building a roster around him. Don't underestimate your own teammate!"

As an outsider, NiKo actually saw these things more clearly.

"So you're cursing us to go out in the first round, then!" pasha noticed the detail in NiKo's words, "Just because you guys are playing well, huh."

NiKo couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "What 'playing well'? We got crushed by the Germans yesterday, 5:16. We just found some rhythm, and the match was already over."

As the runner-up of the previous Major and a member of the old Legends, FaZe didn't need to play the qualifiers and started directly from the Group Stage.

Not having to fight through the qualifiers felt great, but the price was that their form definitely wasn't as hot as the new Legends.

To describe yesterday's match in one sentence—

The skies over Dust II were clear, but the Galaxy Battleship returned without fuel.

smooya vented all the hostility he felt during the qualifiers onto FaZe, putting up a 1.93 rating and forcefully sending FaZe into the 0-1 group.

"So why are you still so cheerful?" Xu Beifang asked, feeling a bit strange.

NiKo waved his hand: "I felt pretty bad after the match yesterday, but I had some wine later, and after a good night's sleep, I was fine."

"So, do you want to go grab a drink after practice later? I had a beer yesterday that tasted really good."

Xu Beifang: "..."

pasha: "Drinking? Give me more practice!!"

The 2018 Astralis were a demon-king level team; they had no ability to compete with them for now...

(End of chapter)