Chapter 250: Ma Xixi: Vitality Can't Possibly Reset! (Ten-Thousand-Character Chapter)

The first Full Buy Round was not won, but the three long guns they saved gave them the strength to fight on.

jackz wanted to drop an M4 to Xu Beifang, but Xu Beifang didn't want it, still playing around with a Desert Eagle.

And jackz was very effective this round; holding the M4 he had saved, he maneuvered constantly near the Long Box while the opponents were rushing, forcibly trading for four kills.

But Tarik, who hadn't made much noise on Map 1, stepped up in this Clutch, pulling off a brilliant 1v2.

So, it is very regrettable that this round ultimately could not result in a Reset.

However, managing to trade for four members of the opposing team with a mix of weapons is actually quite decent.

jackz said with a smile, "They lost four long guns, their economy won't be able to function from here on out."

Everyone nodded, all thinking about holding the line once they entered a Full Buy Round again, then taking control of the tempo.

But, sometimes things do not develop as they wish.

After entering the second Full Buy Round, apex proactively signaled that he needed information on the mid-game.

Xu Beifang understood immediately and began to creep forward from A1.

He had already made a name for himself on Banana, but when it came to pushing forward to scout, A1 was his true home.

It was just that he hadn't expected that the first time he dry-peeked out of A1, there would actually be two people holding angles from the Jump Platform and above inside A1.

After Xu Beifang got the information, he jiggled and used his movement to take down ethan, who was holding the angle from above, but he hadn't expected that his position would also be exposed to the sniper in the back, and he was immediately traded by a shot.

A 1-for-1 trade during a mid-game push isn't a loss, after all, a lot of information was gained.

apex immediately called for a Retake on A Site, but at this moment, due to the rotation of personnel, they were instead caught by Boombl4, who had been left in Mid.

They were subsequently picked off one by one, and the Full Buy Round was lost again.

The score had been tied, and at this moment, Vitality just felt that things were a bit difficult.

But for the remaining rounds of the first half, under NRG's tight and orderly offense, the members of Vitality seemed to have lost their touch, frequently running into problems.

The score was constantly changing:

3:5

3:7

3:9

3:12

NRG's varied offensive tactics, combined with the cold touch caused by losing consecutive points, made them retreat step by step, and they couldn't win a single point after entering the Full Buy Rounds.

【What is this Vitality playing!】

【This Mirage today is just too stinky.】

【Beifang has been hung on the white gate tower again.】

【After yesterday's outburst, I thought Little Xu's form had returned, but this is it?】

【He must have been infected by danking during the off-season.】

【This is just playing like trash.】

【Just waiting for Map 3 now.】

The viewers in the live stream were discussing it heatedly; the unfavorable situation combined with the scenes of constant mistakes made them think they were watching some second-tier team.

But there were also some viewers who still held a glimmer of hope.

【Hope Vitality can adjust well at halftime; if they win the Pistol Round in the second half, there's still a possibility of a comeback.】

【Hope so.】

【...】

Halftime break.

The Vitality player bench was slightly silent.

The overly lopsided score made shox take off his Pain Mask, a slightly self-deprecating smile hanging on his face.

Xu Beifang looked at the scoreboard on the screen, his heart feeling incredibly stifled.

Winning Map 1 had made him think this match would be won very smoothly.

But after entering Mirage, NRG's overall rhythm suddenly improved, and coupled with the poor touch caused by losing consecutive points, it turned into this.

"Those few Clutches were lost in a way that shouldn't have happened." The bald Coach's voice came from behind.

Their performance on this Mirage was actually okay; the players could sometimes find opportunities to push the match into a Clutch.

But they also often lost in those Clutches.

This was also the reason why they were quite unwilling to accept it.

If they had been steamrolled head-on, that would be one thing, but they had lost 4 Clutches that came down to a split-second decision.

If they had won two of those four times, the score might be even by now.

Although apex's Mindset was also a bit broken, looking at his teammates' expressions, he still tried to comfort them: "It's okay, this score isn't unplayable, there's still a chance to make moves."

Xu Beifang nodded; the opponent's 12 points was not an insurmountable score.

As long as they entered the second half and could win the Pistol Round, there was still a glimmer of hope.

Adjusting their Mindset, the Vitality lineup soon turned their focus to the second half of the match.

After the side switch, the offense in the Pistol Round did not go smoothly, and a rush on B Site was even met with a 0-for-5.

"Technical Timeout, did Beizige punch the equipment and break it?" Ma Xixi shook his head and sighed, "It's really a pity, there was a bit of a chance in that Clutch."

"So the score has reached 3:15, NRG has secured Match Point first."

The confrontation on Map 2 presented a one-sided situation; the overall entertainment value of the match was low, and instead, because of Vitality's numerous flaws, the viewers in the live stream couldn't bear to watch.

Some viewers, in order to liven up the atmosphere, joked in the CSBOY live stream:

【Reset and I'll send a plane】

Ma Xixi laughed directly upon seeing this bullet comment: "First, let's judge it this way: 12 Match Points—are you looking down on NRG or looking down on Vitality?"

"That's impossible, okay?"

Seeing the skepticism filling the bullet comments on the secondary screen, Ma Xixi followed their lead and said: "Alright, alright, alright. If Vitality ties this game, I'll roll something for everyone, okay?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked: "Mo, if it's a tie, what should we roll for everyone?"

Mo thought for a moment: "If it's a tie, roll 3000!"

Old Handsome added from the side: "Then I'll match that 3000, so that adds up to 9000 worth of Skin."

"Then let's do it, 9000 worth of Skin!" Ma Xixi passionately stirred up the atmosphere in the livestream.

Having said that, he was actually still a bit nervous.

The score on the screen was 3:15; it was a very difficult thing to force a tie.

But his mouth and Ai Hua's were actually on par; the two of them were truly jinxes.

Regarding this, Ma Xixi could only be superstitious about science and trust his own judgment as a professional commentator.

But Mo, standing to the side, didn't think the chaos was big enough and continued to stir the pot, asking: "What about if they win?"

"Don't talk."

He suddenly regretted teaming up with Mo; this guy was truly a handful!

They had already rolled 3000, the show effect was there, so what if they won?

But Mo kept pressing: "What if they win?"

Ma Xixi remained silent, and Old Handsome to the side didn't take the bait either.

After a while, so as not to let the livestream become too quiet, he could only respond:

"If they win, if they win, we double it!"

"Hiss~" Old Handsome gasped, "18k, that's enough to get a Dragon Lore."

【Anyway it's impossible, just saying it casually】

【Haha, if you ask me, Ma Xixi should be bolder; if they win, roll the livestream to little Xu】

【If you don't want to roll, just say so, how are they going to win this】

【Go Vitality, create a miracle for us!】

Ma Xixi felt a vague sense of unease in his heart and explained with a smile:

"To be honest, it's quite difficult. Vitality only has one score left to play with. If they had even two points, I wouldn't dare say this. Right now, it's mainly to create some show effect and let everyone have a laugh."

"Alright, the Technical Timeout is over. It seems Beizige went easy on it, the table wasn't smashed," Ma Xixi said with a smile, "Let's turn our eyes to the final point."

……

Inside the Vitality voice chat, apEX's voice remained very positive.

Although they had been losing points, as the IGL, apEX remained very rational.

He wasn't dazed by the huge score gap; even with a large deficit, he still chose the most rational playstyle, which allowed Vitality to have a Long Gun Round to play when facing Match Point.

apEX spoke up: "My idea is to execute a grenade set at Mid at the start, then... Jackz, go over and apply pressure, just make them think we're going to aggressively control Mid."

"Everyone else follow my lead. Once their first wave of utility at B2 Floor ends, we'll just rush in with grenades. Let's go, let's go!"

The countdown ended, and the group began to act according to apEX's instructions.

Xu Beifang threw a Mid Crossing Smoke, letting Jackz operate slowly in Mid.

Immediately after, he followed the main force and began to advance toward B2 Floor.

"NRG has built up confidence. Their overall playstyle this point is quite aggressive. Brehze, in the first position, is holding an AWP and has come directly to hold A2, while CeRq, under the cover of his teammates, has pushed directly out of Mid."

Ma Xixi's voice rang out in the livestream: "However, they intend to rush B directly this time. There's only daps in B Site; it's really hard to say for this round."

"It's very uncomfortable for daps to be standing in this B Site alone; he needs to get someone to Retake quickly. But it seems no one on NRG understands that."

But just as he finished speaking, he saw CeRq pushing toward Mid, catching Jackz who was attempting to cross to the Sandbag.

【Brehze used M4A4 to get a Headshot kill on Jackz】

Old Handsome quickly followed up with commentary: "CeRq, pushing out from the Archway, has sanctioned Jackz. Plus the information Brehze got earlier, they should understand now!"

"daps threw a grenade right into the middle of the crowd at B2 Floor, the damage was maxed out, and Tarik is also rotating to help defend the Supermarket. The battle is about to break out!"

With Jackz dead in Mid, Vitality's information was fully exposed, and they had no choice but to commit.

Zywoo and shox, at the back of the team, threw the Supermarket Smoke and the B Small Archway Smoke, and combined with a large number of Flashbangs, they pushed forward directly.

"Vitality is using utility and rushing directly. daps is standing in the 'Wanjiqi' spot, what's going to happen?" Ma Xixi quickly explained the situation on the field, "He has also inherited Wanjiqi's Gunplay, missing the whole spray! NiKo pulls out from the White Car and instantly kills him!"

"apEX continues to rush forward, but Tarik has already rotated to the perimeter of the Bomb Site. He catches one with the M4, then peeks out again and kills shox. Is the match about to end?"

"NiKo strafes over to get the Trade Kill, Tarik missed the Headshot." The intense exchange of kills finally slowed down, and Ma Xixi summarized, "Tarik's mission is considered complete, taking down two and a half."

"Now NRG has the man advantage, the health advantage, and they even have plenty of utility left. They can still use utility in the Supermarket to stall for time."

A 2v3 Clutch, but the situation was not easy to manage.

After the first round of fire, Xu Beifang only had 19 HP left.

Although Zywoo's health was healthy, he had no utility left in his hands.

Moreover, the bomb had dropped to the left side of the Default position. Zywoo came down along the White Car, and just as he had the thought of picking up the bomb, a fire flew from the Supermarket Window and exploded on the C4.

Zywoo's last Smoke Grenade was deployed at the Supermarket exit, intending to help Xu Beifang change positions.

Xu Beifang was also very fast, sneaking all the way to the Supermarket entrance.

But in a 2v3 Clutch, with him being low health himself, and on top of that, confirming there were people in the Supermarket.

Xu Beifang couldn't make the first move in this Clutch.

A Rifle inside the Supermarket fired through the doorway, and Xu Beifang reported the information: "Two inside the Supermarket, one Rifle and one AWP, and there should be one more in the back."

Zywoo nodded: "We have to find a way to take one out from the front first."

This Clutch had already been locked into B Site.

There is still one person's position uncertain, and they can only look for an opportunity from the front.

Zywoo glanced at the minimap and knew that Nice could not break the deadlock for the time being; he had to make the play himself.

The fire on the left burned quietly; Zywoo leaned his back against cover, his attention focused on B2 Floor.

Until the Incendiary Grenade went out, no one had come out of B2 Floor.

Zywoo thought for a moment about the opponent's possible positioning; he felt that someone on the opposite side should be holding from the Window.

He adjusted his pre-aim and then actively peeked to the left.

Within his field of vision, a sniper rifle was holding his position directly, and as the two locked eyes, they immediately opened fire.

"Bang—"

"Da-da-da!"

The gunshots of the AWP and AK47 rang out simultaneously, but CeRq failed to get the kill.

Because he never expected that Zywoo would wide-peek him this time, he could only flick in a rush; in his panic, he missed his shot and was instantly killed.

Xu Beifang, who was at the Supermarket Window, thought for a moment and silently crept forward.

"Brehze's sniper rifle was torn apart by hand, Nice has directly crept out at the entrance; this round was really brought back to life by the two of them!" Ma Xixi widened his eyes.

"Heipangqiu was backstabbed directly, so now it's very clear: the last person is at the front."

There was still plenty of time, and Xu Beifang immediately said: "Don't rush to plant, get his position first, I'll watch the B Small crossing."

Zywoo nodded, his crosshair holding the B2 Floor crossing.

The next second, a head appeared next to his crosshair, and Zywoo opened fire directly.

"Bang!"

【Zywoo used AK47 to get a headshot kill on Ethan】

The moment Zywoo got the final kill, Xu Beifang could finally no longer suppress the emotions in his heart; he looked at Zywoo and shouted excitedly: "Shushu, nice shot! Keep playing against them!"

To talk about a reset now was truly too much of a luxury.

Jackz, who was on the side, was also happily shouting "Nice."

And as the captain, Apex, after a brief celebration, directly lifted his microphone and let out a battle cry belonging to Vitality toward the neighboring room: "Ahhhhhh!!!!"

This shout didn't have any specific meaning; it just conveyed their attitude.

Even though they were so far behind, Vitality still did not intend to give up.

Xu Beifang turned his head to look at Apex, a long-lost smile hanging on his face.

Apex was never the strongest in terms of calling, but in terms of leading the team and motivating his teammates.

There was no IGL in the whole world who could be better than him.

Now was the best example; trailing by 11 rounds, he was still able to let out his own voice toward the opponents.

Xu Beifang spoke up: "Let's go, let's go, let's just see how far we can go today!"

Apex's battle cry caused Vitality's morale to soar, and the suppression in everyone's hearts was swept away.

The number at the top of the screen was 4:15.

Although the gap was still large, at least they had started scoring, which was a good start.

……

NRG, next door to Vitality, heard Apex's familiar voice and couldn't help but chuckle.

At the same time, they felt some admiration for Apex, this joker among IGLs.

When the situation is going smoothly, anyone can stand up and taunt or shout.

But when the team is in a disadvantageous position, to still dare to actively step up and rally the team.

Apex's attitude toward the game was worthy of their respect.

However, they didn't particularly care about the loss of this round.

After all, they were still leading by 11 match points; could Vitality really pull off a reset against them?

……

The round started again, and Apex turned to ask Xu Beifang: "How is their economy?"

"Wait a second, let me review." Xu Beifang hadn't deliberately kept track of the previous economy, so upon hearing Apex's question, he hurriedly recalled the matches of the previous few rounds.

"They can still afford a Long Gun Round, but they won't have many utility items, and if they play more aggressively, they can pull out a no-armor sniper rifle."

"Nice!" Shox raised his eyebrows, "A human-shaped walking computer! How come I never saw you reporting this information usually?"

Xu Beifang smiled: "Jackz should understand; if an entry fragger gets distracted by other things, their front-line capability will weaken quite a bit."

The main thing was that he was too lazy to use his brain.

Apex thought for a few seconds and then explained the strategy for this round: "Nice, at the start, you throw a Quick Vip Smoke, later I'll go control Mid alone, Shox goes to the Sewer, and we'll hit the Archway to pinch A in the second wave."

"They don't have many utility items this round, and we have the weapon advantage, so let's just look for opportunities at A Site."

The preparation time ended; following Apex's idea, Xu Beifang gave the Quick Vip Smoke at the start and then came directly to A1.

Knowing the opponents didn't have many utility items, he didn't just dry-peek to catch timing.

NRG didn't have many utility items, so their attention would be even more focused on their crosshairs; facing a sudden speed-up play like this, their reaction would only be faster.

After the A1 fire went out, Xu Beifang waited quietly for a few more seconds.

Zywoo asked from behind: "Do you want an A1 Lamp Post flash?"

"No need, I'll just play at A1 myself."

For the time being, Xu Beifang didn't want to expose the A1 information; he planned to take it slow.

He adjusted his pre-aim, peeked the Jump Platform first, and then cleared the close angles without making a sound.

"NRG chose a 302 setup; at A Site, Heipangqiu and Ethan set up special positions at Second Floor and the Sandwich, Brehze still managed to get a no-armor sniper rifle out, Vitality's three players at A Site are pushing forward very actively, but Zywoo was wall-banged by the sniper rifle, leaving him with less than 20 HP."

Although Zywoo was wall-banged to low health, his timely retreat prevented him from being taken out by a trade kill.

Xu Beifang at this moment also successfully reached the A1 Jump Platform, and seeing jackz at the A2 exit, he directly asked jackz for an Incendiary Grenade under A2.

jackz threw the full Incendiary Grenade under A2, and ethan at A2 had thrown a perfectly sealing A2 Smoke Grenade a second before, wanting to seal off the vision of A2.

As a result, this Incendiary Grenade came rushing toward his face; he had no Smoke Grenade to extinguish the fire and could only move toward Short Box.

But during the process of moving, he clearly saw that someone had already entered under the A1 Jump Platform.

"Da-da-da..."

【nice used AK47 to get a Headshot kill on ethan】

"Nice shot!" jackz praised, then said: "But A2 is sealed with smoke, and there is an AWP at the Jump Platform, it's hard for me to go out."

"Don't rush, nice, you guys stay steady on that side, jackz can go straight back to A1," apex said, "Let's see if we can intercept one at Archway, we are still hitting A."

The frontal attack had an effect, and he and shox were not idle either, currently working hard to push forward from Mid.

But unfortunately, just as shox walked into Archway, Brehze at the Jump Platform peeked out.

But before shox could even Counter-strafing and Firing, the AWP's bullet had already killed him.

The AWP was still at the Jump Platform, and now only apex was left at Mid, which made it hard to operate.

"What's the plan?" Xu Beifang asked; after shox was killed, Archway was hard to move through, and they had to look at apex's subsequent thoughts.

This is why many Gunners see their frontal ability decline severely after becoming an In-Game Leader.

Because there are simply too many unexpected events encountered in CS: GO; the trade of one head can lead to a shift in the situation.

The In-Game Leader needs to re-allocate personnel. It is very tedious and very troublesome.

If you encounter a player who doesn't listen to your instructions, that is even more of a headache.

apex did not answer immediately because he was making deductions based on the information he had just received.

"Don't execute, can you guys walk silently and push forward the whole way?"

Of the 4 remaining players, 3 were positioned near A Site, and rotating to B would take too much time.

shox was killed, so the opponent should know they previously wanted to pinch A through Archway.

But what if they suddenly went quiet?

Wouldn't the opposite side then actively come out to get information? Or perhaps rotate directly?

The A Site trio didn't have any special thoughts, just communicated briefly, letting Zywoo carry the bomb and hang far behind the team.

He had been wallbanged to low health at the start of the round, so he didn't need to participate in the frontal breakthrough.

Xu Beifang and jackz walked silently and slowly pushed forward from A1, the two of them vigilantly clearing spots that might hide people.

But pushing all the way through, they didn't see any CTs.

"They might have rotated..."

Before Xu Beifang even finished speaking, he heard gunfire from under A2, and jackz on his left was killed instantly.

【Brehze used M4A4 to kill jackz】

"Heipangqiu played very flexibly; when Vitality's first wave of formation pulled back, he hid under A2. This position had just been cleared by Vitality, so it belongs to a psychological blind spot."

"But he only took one; nice directly wallbanged Heipangqiu under A2 to death. Only taking one is not profitable at all!"

Cerq at CT Spawn threw a high Flashbang and actively came out to check the situation.

"AWP at CT Spawn!" Xu Beifang spoke up to quickly explain the situation.

At the same time, apex in the Black Room was shouting frantically: "Zywoo, take the bomb and come straight to B, both of them have fully Retaked."

"nice, the front depends on you alone, they are all Retaking through Supermarket."

Xu Beifang glanced at the time at the top; 30 seconds remained.

However, knowing apex's thoughts, his own train of thought became clear.

He walked directly toward the Jungle direction and ran into daps who was just Retaking.

"Da-da-da..."

【nice used AK47 to get a Headshot kill on daps】

"The bomb has rotated directly; 26 seconds is enough for Zywoo to Plant at B Site."

"nice got another one on the front; the pressure on NRG is maxed out. This rotation call by apex is top-tier!"

Ma Xixi understood very clearly that with Cerq having Retaked to CT Spawn early, if Zywoo wanted to Plant, he had to deal with him.

Zywoo was at low health, and CT Spawn had an AWP; defending from a defensive stance, it was extremely difficult to deal with.

But the massive amount of information apex and nice obtained allowed apex to execute a top-tier rotation tactic.

It left many viewers in the livestream who had opinions on apex's leadership level astonished.

After all, in their impression, apex's leadership only knew how to "fly to Second Floor."

mo, as the former leader of Tyloo, saw something different.

"apex's play this round was indeed inspired, but it was mainly because nice played well on the front—the initial breakthrough, then the Trade Kill on the second push, and finally killing daps who was Retaking from VIP."

"This last kill was equivalent to cutting off the CT's Retake route."

Tarik had just Retaked to CT Spawn, intending to group up and coordinate with Brehze to push toward A.

Looking at the time jump to 4 seconds, there was no sound of the bomb being planted at A Site.

Could it be they forgot to bring the bomb?... Tarik felt a surge of joy; this way they would successfully take this map.

But the next second, the countdown at the top turned into C4, and everyone on NRG was stunned for a moment.

daps shrugged his shoulders: "Save Weapon, this AWP without armor can't win a Retake anyway."

However, he didn't hold much hope for a Reset in the following rounds; after all, with no economy left, they could only rely on this one AWP and one Rifle to operate, and their combat power was insufficient.

As he expected, in the following rounds, although this AWP caused some damage, it did not play a decisive role.

But, after saving up enough economy again to enter a Full Buy Round, the situation did not improve as he had hoped.

The score began to change continuously:

6:15

8:15

10:15

12:15!

Inside the CSBOY stream.

Ma Xixi's mental state was changing wildly:

"Be confident, how could a Reset possibly happen..."

"What on earth is NRG playing..."

"Is Xu Beifang popping off again??"

"Is Tarik pulling some tricks again??"

"Holy crap, the score gap is only 5 points now?"

"They aren't actually going to get Reset, are they?"

mo and the Old Handsome Guy were also a bit dazed; 12 Match Points, 18,000 Happy Beans...

It really might be rolled away today.

Unlike other e-commerce events that give away items, their giveaway was real—they had to pick 18,000 worth of weapon Skins from their own accounts to roll.

Even if split between three people, 6,000 each was not a small amount.

It really hurt!

Ma Xixi, as the leader of CSBOY, spoke up to comfort himself: "Brothers, don't panic. People who have experienced major tournaments always need to have a mature and steady Mindset. Panicking at a time like this won't solve any problems."

mo nodded from the side: "I'm already thinking about how to scrape together that 6,000 worth of Skins."

Ma Xixi: "..."

You damn well know money is money, right?

The viewers in the stream were laughing their heads off; today, these CSBOY guys had truly maxed out the entertainment value.

NRG looked at the score at the top of the screen.

They felt both confused and anxious; why couldn't they just take this last point!

When they were first clawed back a few rounds, they didn't pay much attention, thinking it was just Vitality's last-ditch effort.

But this last-ditch effort from Vitality was truly too terrifying.

By the time they were clawed back five or six rounds, they started to feel that something was wrong.

daps started to adopt a gambling strategy at this point, hoping to gamble that Vitality would speed up and run right into their heavily defended area.

But today, apex was exceptionally calm; even when playing fast, it was a well-thought-out decision, and he didn't just rush into a certain area like a brute.

This led to NRG's gambles failing one after another, and the score was plummeting.

After losing points consecutively, their Mindset began to shift, and their touch went cold.

Even the usually optimistic Tarik had no smile on his face; he hesitated for a long while before turning to ask the IGL: "How do we play this point?"

daps wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally found a somewhat reasonable solution amidst his muddled thoughts.

"Since defending the back site is hard, we should be more proactive and find a way to take down nice... Yes! We have to restrict nice, otherwise his impact on the front line is too great."

"How do we restrict him?" Boombl4 asked, somewhat confused.

"nice is an A1 player; we'll use a Sniper Rifle to coordinate and push A1 at the second timing, using the Sniper Rifle to hold A1," daps said. "If we can take control of A1, the pressure on Mid will be much less. In the previous rounds, we played too passively."

His thoughts gradually cleared up.

A very important part of why they were able to get so many points in the Full Buy Round during the first half was using the A1 counter-aggression to restrict nice to the Bomb Site.

So the key point was still this Vitality Entry Fragger.

Once he was restricted, even if Vitality could still perform, NRG would be able to withstand the pressure on the front line.

Hearing the IGL's analysis, the members of NRG pushed their inner worries deeper and regained some confidence.

"Brothers, you played great! These few rounds of offense are nothing to sneeze at, even against Astralis!" the moment they won the round, apex said excitedly over voice comms.

The others were also in high spirits.

Initially, their thought process was the same as Xu Beifang's—just taking it one step at a time and seeing how many points they could take.

But as the twin stars performed to take the first point, and later apEX's clever rotation secured the second point for the team, their touch gradually warmed up, and someone was always able to step up.

The big bald guy looked at his teammates with increasing satisfaction.

If everyone could maintain this hot streak, he believed they could lift the trophy at this StarSeries!

If they practiced their synergy and details a bit more, they might even be able to go toe-to-toe with Astralis!

apEX spoke up to explain the strategy for this point: "Same as before, let's not rush. Let's hold for a bit so the opponents don't know our exact situation."

"Hmm..." apEX pondered for a few seconds and then said: "nice, can you throw that B2 Floor Window Smoke?"

"The fake execute smoke we played before?" Xu Beifang needed to confirm.

"Yeah, throw that Window Smoke at the start of the round, then have two people go to B2 Floor to make some noise, make them nervous about B Site, then rotate back through the Sewer to the Archway to pinch A."

Xu Beifang didn't have any objections; this tactic from apEX wasn't particularly simple.

But that's how an IGL is; he needs his tactics to have a certain amount of imagination.

As the countdown ended, Xu Beifang began to aim to throw that fake execute smoke for B2 Floor.

Although the aiming point for this Smoke Grenade had been made public, not everyone could throw this kind of special smoke well.

The Smoke Grenade flew from his hand, tracing a beautiful arc through the air.

"Nice threw this fake-execute Smoke again. Zywoo and shox are at B2 Floor, jackz is at Mid. Could this be a mind game, a real B-execute on the second timing?" Ma Xixi speculated based on his own understanding.

NRG's B defenders are still daps and Tarik.

As the primary B anchor, daps arrived at the White Car immediately.

He intended to jump and scout for information on B Site, but just as he reached the White Car, a Smoke Grenade exploded inside the B2 Floor in front of him.

daps was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "B2 Floor threw a fake-execute Smoke, Tarik, help me watch B2 Floor."

He did not ask his teammates to rotate back to B immediately.

This fake-execute Smoke from Vitality first appeared at the Katowice Major, and it sparked discussions among many teams at the time.

Whether this Smoke Grenade was used for a fake-execute or for mind games, many people had their own ideas.

daps had studied this Smoke Grenade privately and discovered that its most powerful attribute was not actually the fake-execute.

It was that regardless of whether the opponents wanted to play mind games or just perform a fake-execute, they had no way to judge.

It could make the defenders feel instantly nervous in the early stages.

daps immediately threw an Incendiary Grenade into B2 Floor to prevent the opponents from rushing.

Vitality did not rush immediately, but daps was still somewhat nervous.

He didn't quite believe that the opponents would use such a distinctive tactic just for a fake-execute twice in a row.

Looking at the positioning of the A Site trio, he took the initiative and said: "You guys clear A1, get the information on A1. If there's no one, let one person move toward B."

Hearing this, ethan covered Brehze as they pushed forward bit by bit.

The two of them silently obtained the information on A1, and then Heipangqiu rotated to reinforce Supermarket.

ethan left the Sniper Rifle at A1, while he himself returned to the Archway.

With a 2A defense, the overall pressure on the Sniper Rifle is still relatively high.

Although ethan would help him watch A2 from time to time, cerq was still a bit uneasy.

The Sniper Rifle kept swaying between A1 and A2.

Following another push into A1, after obtaining the information on the right side.

cerq switched weapons, retreated a few steps, then scoped back in toward the A1 close angle.

Yet Xu Beifang, who was at the A1 close angle, keenly heard the sound of the Sniper Rifle scoping in.

Long-term training made him very certain that the information came from near the A1 Jump Platform.

But after thinking about it carefully, a Sniper Rifle shouldn't be stepping into that position, so it could only be that it was accidentally exposed to him.

"Dou Dou, there is a Sniper Rifle in the A1 area, it should be holding a direct angle," Xu Beifang relayed the information, "There shouldn't be many people on A Site, you guys watch out for B Small."

Apex heard that there weren't many defenders on A Site and subconsciously wanted to rush.

But after thinking about it, there were many people at the Archway, and A1 was locked down by a Sniper Rifle, so it wasn't easy to move.

If it wasn't handled well later, they might end up being sitting ducks on A Site.

"How about I go back and coordinate with you to trade kill him?" Apex said.

Facing the Sniper Rifle's direct hold, if he could act as bait for Nice, or even die for him, he believed Nice would definitely be able to take him down.

With the Sniper Rifle dead, A Site could be considered taken.

Xu Beifang shook his head: "I'll try to make a play, don't be in a hurry."

But no sooner had he spoken than a firefight broke out at B2 Floor.

daps pushed out, caught the moment shox turned around, and killed him.

Fortunately, Zywoo hadn't gone far; the Sniper Rifle locked onto daps's position and took him down.

The player count for both sides reached 4v4.

Xu Beifang, however, returned to the T Jump Platform, reached the far left side of the T Jump Platform, and crouched to clear A1 bit by bit.

This position allows one to see the feet of enemies pushing into A1.

He reached the far left, first aimed at a stone under his feet, then looked at the wall on the left, and held the crouch key while moving forward.

"Nice must have heard that there's a Sniper Rifle holding a direct angle at A1. Is he going to wide-peek and one-tap him?" Lao Shuai Ge said.

"But attacking A1 from inside A1 means exposing your shadow first; it's a very disadvantageous angle. Sigh! Nice just walked away. Didn't he hear the sound? What the hell is going back to the T Jump Platform?"

Zhao Qian's camera stayed on Xu Beifang; after all, the two were separated by only one piece of cover, almost face-to-face.

But watching Nice, who still hadn't engaged in a firefight, he was also considering whether to cut the camera away.

But just at this moment, they saw Xu Beifang skillfully perform two aiming points, then jump down directly from the T Jump Platform.

Jumping down from the T Jump Platform wasn't strange, but Ma Xixi still discovered something wrong:

"Wait! Why was there no footstep sound???"

He turned his head in astonishment to look at mo: "Damn, is this another weird thing my Beizige researched? You can drop here without making a sound?"

mo was also a bit confused, but he knew a little bit: "It is possible to drop silently here. I've occasionally done it before, but it really wasn't as precise as Nice's method."

The far left of the A1 T Jump Platform is actually like hanging on the wall at the CT Spawn Phone Booth, but the difficulty of dropping silently in this area is much greater.

mo had done it unconsciously before, but he really didn't expect that one could aim precisely to drop here.

He was a bit surprised, but conversely, he also saw the fate of cerq, who was holding a direct angle at A1.

Xu Beifang dropped silently to A1 and pushed slowly into A1 all the way.

After pushing for a while, he saw the barrel of a Sniper Rifle appear on the screen.

Xu Beifang adjusted his pre-aim and wide-peeked directly to the right.

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice used AK47 to headshot kill cerq】

"WTF!!"

The moment he was killed, Brehze shook, his hands left the keyboard, and he breathed heavily.

This wave really scared him to death.

An enemy suddenly rushed out from a blind spot, and he almost peed himself.

He was also very confused.

He had clearly checked it; there was no one on the right side of A1, and he hadn't missed the timing on A1 afterward either.

How did the opponent get past?

Ethan, at the Jump Platform, saw his teammate at A1 get killed and immediately threw a Flashbang toward the sky above the Long Box, then actively peeked to attempt a Trade Kill.

The Flashbang popped, and he saw the opponent covering their eyes and jumping toward the A1 Jump Platform, hiding into his blind spot.

Ethan instantly knew it was going to be bad.

"Ethan actively counter-cleared A1, wanting to catch Nice, but Nice's movements here were very quick and he wasn't killed. Instead, Ethan exposed his own information."

Old Handsome quickly said: "A1 has opened up the situation, the main force of Terrorists under the Archway has also started to move, the fire is thrown at B Small, and the main force is pushing straight up."

"His position is locked down, Ethan can only actively look for a duel at the Archway, but Apex has him covered!"

"The 4v4 Clutch instantly became 4v2, NRG is Save Weapon-ing again, but this time Vitality won't let them; after planting the bomb, they went straight over to hunt them down, NRG didn't even trade one and were all wiped out, how can they still play, it's 13:15!"

Mo summarized from the side: "This Silent A1 Drop is too terrifying; Cerq is probably still wondering how Nice managed to get to the right side."

The chess match of this round allowed Ma Xixi to already see the result of this match.

But he still held some unrealistic fantasies in his heart, thinking that Vitality might make a mistake, or that Happy might have a brain-fart and throw a round.

In the following rounds, someone did indeed have a brain-fart.

But the one having the brain-fart wasn't a member of Vitality, but the mentally collapsed NRG.

In their two Full Buy Rounds, they failed to gain a man-advantage at any point in time.

Finally, under the gaze of everyone, this Mirage match was successfully pushed into Overtime.

In the first point of Overtime, NRG finally got the score they wanted most, but at this moment, it could no longer end the game.

The Hand-hot Vitality took points consecutively, and one wave of momentum carried NRG away directly.

In the end, the score of this epic Reset was fixed at 19:16.

Ma Xixi gritted his teeth and said: "Congratulations to Vitality for successfully advancing to the Playoffs with a 2:0 score, let's roll the 18,000-value Skin!"

The chat in the live stream had already exploded.