Chapter 271: s1mple's legs are almost broken from carrying!

There were 2 minutes left until map three started, and XTQZZZ was distributing bananas for everyone to replenish energy.

"Everyone adjust, this Dust II is NaVi's map pick, we are defending first." XTQZZZ walked behind his teammates, his calm tone making their hearts quiet down. "No matter how fierce NaVi's offense is, we must stabilize our mindset. The attacking side is the one entering our home court."

Dust II isn't Vitality's strongest map. Compared to NaVi, their win rate on this map is indeed lower, so the big bald coach's requirements weren't that high.

shox echoed: "Right, even if we were beaten to 1-14, we could still turn it around!"

What he remembered most about his team was their resilience; that desperate turnaround made him see the potential of this young team.

"Sigh—"

Head coach XTQZZZ heard this and immediately shouted: "Still don't need to be that exaggerated, 1-14 is too terrifying."

If they were really beaten to 1-14 in the first half, then even if they had a "big move," they still wouldn't be able to win if they ran into Zeus's stubborn gambling on points.

"Alright, I'll give you a goal: get at least 5 points in the first half, okay!"

"Coach, you underestimate us!"

"Don't underestimate our bond, you jerk!"

Amidst laughter, the match started again.

Map: Dust II.

Because it was NaVi's map pick, Vitality started as the defensive side.

In the pistol round, apEX chose a relatively special playstyle.

He didn't play like usual, grabbing A-Long with 3-0-2, but called Xu Beifang back to guard A-Short with ZywOo, placing the defensive focus on A-Short and the middle.

This was mainly inferred from the information on the tactical paper. NaVi didn't like to grab A-Long on this map in the pistol round, and the frequency of rushing B directly or grouping up to hit A-Short was higher.

At the start, with the help of teammates, he jumped onto A-Short, but Xu Beifang didn't stay in A-Short. He looked at the Xbox smoke given by the terrorist spawn and played a one-way smoke by the smoke, scouting the middle vision.

Xu Beifang held the middle for a few seconds, didn't find the opponent's trace, and proactively pushed forward.

He had only pushed forward for two seconds when a simple exchange broke out in the B site.

shox, who arrived behind the big box in the B site at the start, got information and exchanged a few simple shots with s1mple in the B-tunnel.

Why confirm it was s1mple?

Because the one firing on the opposite side was a P250; in NaVi, only s1mple was qualified to use that gun.

"Watch A-Short, B-tunnel didn't explode directly, they might rotate to the middle." jackz reminded.

Xu Beifang wasn't anxious, still sticking to the wall of A-Short and continuing to push.

He wanted to get the information outside the A-gate first.

Anyway, his position was very mysterious; even if the opponent rotated, he would still be able to engage in the first wave of exchange, achieving a warning effect.

Xu Beifang touched the oil barrel and proactively peeked out with half his body.

A terrorist was holding the A-gate behind the yellow car, and Xu Beifang immediately raised his gun to shoot at him.

Now Xu Beifang's marksmanship already belonged to a T1-tier player, and his positioning ability was even more outstanding.

So even if he didn't pre-aim that point at the first opportunity, he almost instantly pulled his crosshair to the head of the bomb-carrier.

"A-Short is pushing up!" As the commander, although Zeus was distracted by commanding, his good dynamic vision still saw Xu Beifang pushing up, and he immediately asked for help in the voice chat.

The moment he saw Xu Beifang, Zeus wanted to dodge, so he constantly swayed left and right to avoid the opponent's pre-aim.

But with a "pop" sound, he still fell behind the yellow car, and the bomb was dropped.

"nice pushed forward and killed the bomb-carrier, but his position is a bit awkward."

"The terrorist in B1 strafed out to cover, nice was forced to turn his head to face the enemy, USP headshot killed one, ZywOo and apEX also pushed out from A-Short to help."

"nice is still operating, he killed Edward with the last bullet of his USP!"

"flamie, who was hiding in the dark passage, finally seized nice's side, ending his sinful life, but ZywOo, who pushed out, also shot and killed flamie!"

The frantic exchange of fire made the live stream constantly appear with victim perspectives, and the barrage directly started asking the director.

Between numerical exchanges, it reached 1 against 4. s1mple in the B2 layer originally intended to complete the TOP1 mission—being a "rat" for one round.

But he hadn't figured out the situation yet, and his teammates in the front had already been crushed.

Looking at the nice who was frantically killing in the upper right corner, he could only try from the B-tunnel.

"s1mple wants to come over from the B site to find an opportunity, but Vitality, who has already seen the bomb, directly gave up the defense of the B site, and the main force came directly to the A-gate to guard the bomb, not giving you room to operate."

"s1mple fought wits and courage with the air all the way, and finally reached A-Long, only to be headshot by shox."

"1:0, Vitality wins the pistol round!"

The spectacular kills on the screen were replayed, and Wanjiqi took a breath, summarizing this pistol round:

"Looking at NaVi's movement, they should have wanted to let s1mple, this ID, keep the two guys in the B site, then Zeus holds the nice who might push A-Long, a group of people then turn back to hit A-Short explosive grenades, and finally s1mple turns into a 'rat' to cut off the rear."

"The idea is indeed not bad, but nice didn't play by the rules this point, proactively pushing from A-Short, and this front is simply a pure crushing of aiming ability."

"nice killed the bomb-carrier first, and then under the situation of being hit, killed the two people in B1, directly disrupting NaVi's tactical execution. This triple kill is too fatal."

Successfully winning the pistol round, the Vitality members were in a very good mood. When everyone was bumping fists, jackz even had the mood to tease: "The task for the first half has already been completed 1/5."

The voice chat was filled with laughter.

As for NaVi, the situation wasn't that optimistic.

Zeus's arrangement wasn't a particularly complex tactic, and overall he didn't feel there would be any loopholes.

Perhaps the only shortcoming was that flamie in the dark passage couldn't scout the forward push against the wall in A-Short.

And nice's forward push happened to be sneaking all the way from A-Short against the wall.

It was as if he knew their tactics and made countermeasures.

It was outrageous.

And shooting him dead with a few shots, then turning around to kill the two people in B1, this pistol was played too well.

Losing the pistol round and failing to plant the bomb, the average economy was only a little over 2000.

Zeus considered it and prepared a hero Desert Eagle for s1mple, letting s1mple try his best to operate.

But with an unarmored Desert Eagle, Vitality didn't get hot-headed to find opportunities and were all holding in the second gun position, so s1mple couldn't do anything either.

apEX used his MP9 to brush a big wave in the round where NaVi was eco-ing, fully proving to everyone what is called an "ECO special forces soldier."

"Wuhu~" apEX looked at the data that finally reached first place and said happily: "Brothers, this wave is taking off directly!"

He played a quadruple kill with his MP9 this point, directly entering 2400 dollars, plus the 3250 dollars brought by victory, his savings were close to 6000 US dollars.

Knowing NaVi didn't buy guns in the previous point, this point was basically full-armor AK47 with a small amount of utility.

Through Xu Beifang's calculation, they knew NaVi might buy a big sniper, so apEX thought about managing his money, using short guns with full utility to fight and delay with NaVi.

His idea was very simple. NaVi had good guns this point, but not much utility.

They would use utility to drag the time. If they could win against NaVi this point, and then update their guns, the team's economy would take off directly, and there would be no pressure in the first half.

It's just that NaVi played very decisively this point.

Zeus also understood that they didn't have much utility, so they didn't have much chance to play utility exchange with Vitality.

At the start, they gave a simple Xbox smoke, they quickly took control of A-Short, and then at the second opportunity, they gave an A-Short crossing smoke and an A-Short police station smoke, and then directly unfolded a middle-to-B split.

When Electronic is no longer unlucky, then the audience will see an "Electronic Tyrant"!

In this wave of B-site offense and defense, the director's main perspective was placed on Electronic.

Everyone watched shox and jackz just probe out for a moment, only to be instantly killed by Electronic's strafing spray.

Xu Beifang, who pushed out from the A-gate, forcibly ate Zeus who was covering the rear, but his health had also become very low.

"Save it, nice's health isn't high, this point isn't easy to play."

apEX somewhat wanted to let Xu Beifang and ZywOo operate, but the firearms and state were indeed not very good.

Because there was a need to grab A-Long, Xu Beifang had a FAMAS in his hand this point, and it was normal for his health to be unhealthy after a round of exchange.

It was just that subsequent retakes were hard to try.

However, being able to save an AK47 could be considered a not-bad result.

Arriving at the fourth round, which was also the first proper full-buy round of the first half.

apEX touched his chin, thought for a long time before explaining his idea: "We still maintain the conventional map control mode, but I'll give ZywOo a big sniper, later you think of a way to use your big sniper to lead the rhythm, or Nice, if you have ideas, you can also proactively say them, we can make an article around A-Long."

Then, an intense exchange broke out in A-Long this point.

While Xu Beifang was grabbing A-Long, he pushed toward the pit while covering his eyes, and was headshot and taken away by Electronic who rushed out of A-Long.

Nice's sudden attack on A-Long this time was something they didn't expect, but the early confrontation in A-Long was like this: either take A-Long without injury, or unfold an extremely intense exchange.

After control of A-Long was taken, NaVi played a small trick in the middle again.

They guessed someone had covered the middle in advance, and then deliberately let Edward release footsteps to jump onto the B1 layer.

jackz naively thought the opponent was gathering in A-Short and was going to hit a middle-to-B split, only to be held dead by s1mple's SG553.

NaVi immediately unfolded a middle-to-B split.

shox chose the most rational way in this situation, pushing from the B-tunnel to occupy control of one side.

But he only killed one before being killed by cover fire.

Leaving a 2v3 post-plant, ZywOo had a big sniper in his hand, but still proactively came to try a wave.

But the difficulty of retaking the B site in Dust II was too great, and there were too many gun positions holding the several entrances.

In the end, this retake still failed to win.

s1mple's feel was hot again, and Electronic was no longer unlucky, exploding with the power he should have in head-on combat.

The confrontation in Dust II soon reached the twelfth round, and the score on the field was 3:8. NaVi, who lost the pistol round, instead led by 5 rounds.

"Vitality's defense is very strenuous. There wasn't much numerical exchange early on, but when NaVi's one-wave offense came, the impact of the firearm disadvantage was very large." Ma Xixi's brows were tightly locked.

He wasn't "washing" for Vitality; it was mainly that for several consecutive rounds, they saw the players of both sides come to trade headshots the moment they met.

And at this time, Vitality, who only had M4s, would instead be killed even if they fired first, which made the Vitality fans off-stage very anxious.

Anyone with eyes could see that the final reached the white-hot stage.

The ten players were all fighting with all their might for the match point of the finals, and everyone's gunfight quality was very high.

At this time, the slight gap in firearms was very obvious.

This point could also be seen from Xu Beifang in A-Long.

Xu Beifang hadn't been looking at the small advertisements on the telephone pole in A-Long for all these rounds; he would proactively push out of A-Long from time to time to seek opportunities.

Pushing out of the A-gate was already his conventional operation.

He had gained benefits in several rounds, and Zeus, even in the situation of holding the gun from the front, still didn't have a high win rate in gunfights with Xu Beif

Despite the score deficit, Xu Beifang still maintained a positive stat line of 9-5.

Hmm, his stats are actually already in the second tier of the entire matchup.

As for the first tier.

Xu Beifang looked at that record.

S1mple: 20/2/4

The viewers in the live stream also fell into a discussion:

【S1mple has entered his Dust II state and is back; he's racked up 20 kills in 12 rounds.】

【The other four members of NAVI combined barely equal S1mple's kill count; I'm speechless.】

【Vitality is actually quite balanced here: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10—a straight flush.】

【This sniper rifle is really just hunting people down; the tension is so high.】

【Vitality is out of economy again; it feels like the score gap is going to be blown wide open in this first half.】

【Don't worry, apEX in a winning streak, Zywoo in a losing streak, and in a desperate situation, you still have to look to Nice.】

Dust II is definitely one of S1mple's strongest maps; he has created far too many iconic moments on this map.

As an outstanding Sniper, S1mple knows how to utilize his AWP well to secure victory for his team.

But his red-hot form still made Vitality feel a bit of a headache.

"I thought it was just XTQZZZ joking around, but I didn't expect our goal to really become 'getting 5 rounds is a success'," shox said with a wry smile.

apEX also felt a headache; S1mple's AWP on the offensive side, running all over the map, put too much pressure on them.

Those 20 kills were proof enough.

"Let's force buy, we'll adjust our economy and play a full buy round next," apEX thought for a long time before finally making the choice.

The economy loss streak bonus was maxed out, but $3200 wasn't enough for a standard full buy loadout.

Dust II is the most typical aim-duel map, but having just guns is far from enough.

This map is too pure, so it actually requires certain utility to assist in the performance of one's gunplay.

Xu Beifang bought an SSG 08 without armor; on this map, the performance of a sniper rifle is still very useful.

Moreover, the SSG 08 is a very decent weapon; hitting one shot deals about 80 damage, leaving the opponent basically crippled.

If it's a headshot, it can even be a one-hit kill.

Seeing Xu Beifang buy an SSG 08, Zywoo also took the initiative to say: "Then I'll play one too. Shall we go to the sand pit later and try it out? You take a shot, I take a shot, and we'll take S1mple straight out."

"Wouldn't that win us the round?" Xu Beifang replied with a smile.

In the current situation, basically as long as they can deal with S1mple, they can win the round.

S1mple is already in a fully red-hot state on this map.

Getting entry kills with the sniper rifle in head-on duels, getting kills while holding angles in the mid-round, and he can even keep killing in clutch situations.

This state is just absurd.

Although they were trailing in score, their mood wasn't that dejected; perhaps that was the silver lining in the misfortune.

The two arrived at Mid; they didn't peek simultaneously, but rather with great tacit understanding, one peeking while the other provided backup.

Because this way, if S1mple was holding an angle and took one out, Zywoo could at least land a shot in return.

However, after Xu Beifang peeked out, he didn't see any enemies, and apEX's voice came through the voice chat: "The opponents are rushing A Long, they popped four flashbangs, you two hurry to the platform, I'll boost you up."

JackZ very cleverly chose to push from Mid Doors toward B1, while Xu Beifang and Zywoo started heading toward A Long.

They had just been boosted onto the platform when they heard JackZ shouting in the voice chat: "B2 is empty, they should all be at A Long!"

With this, they could figure out the opponents' intentions.

NAVI had calculated that they were broke and intended to use their weapon advantage to push straight through A Long.

"JackZ has gathered the info on B2; Vitality knows NAVI has no one at B Outside, so the next move is to hit A!"

"shox is rushing to A, but they've already started popping utility to speed up the A Long push."

"Now it all depends on these two SSG 08s on the A platform; if they can trade kills, this defense might still have a chance."

Xu Beifang had already arrived at the A platform. Watching the utility flying in from A Long, he scoped in and took the initiative to push toward A Long: "Zywoo, I'll take the first shot, you hold the second angle and help me trade."

The opponents threw a corner smoke at A Long, so Xu Beifang didn't see any enemies at first.

Remembering that S1mple had bought an AWP in the previous round, he proactively placed his crosshair on the headshot line of the Pit.

When holding an angle with an SSG 08, one still needs to aim for a one-hit kill.

Zywoo was doing the same thing, except he was holding the left side of the Pit from the diagonal angle of the bomb site.

The moment a head poked out, Zywoo lightly flicked his SSG 08 to the left and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

【ZywOo used SSG 08 to headshot S1mple】

Zywoo: "I took S1mple out!"

"Nice shot!" Xu Beifang praised.

With S1mple dead, it meant the opponent had lost their sniper rifle, so he could be a bit more reckless with his SSG 08.

Xu Beifang controlled his positioning and took the initiative to watch the line along the wall at A Long.

Instantly, he saw two heads. With no time for precise positioning, he immediately flicked, fired, and crouched.

"Saw two at A Long, one of them is heavily damaged by me!"

Because he needed to adjust his economy, Xu Beifang had no armor on this SSG 08 round, so he basically had to run fast after taking a shot, needing to utilize cover and the high movement speed of the SSG 08 to maneuver.

"S1mple's AWP was instantly killed, but NAVI didn't retreat; they still want to continue pushing A Long, but no one threw fire to restrict the A platform. Nice is going to be very happy with this unarmored SSG 08!"

"SSG 08 lands a shot, draws blood, and then crouches. Nice isn't rushing, because he can continue to output damage!"

"Nice stands up to look again, the SSG 08 sees a scalp, he finishes off the one he damaged himself!"

"NAVI threw a few flashbangs in the middle, wanting to push forward," Wanjiqi commentated rapidly, "but the CT Spawn smoke was botched. It's hard to imagine just how anxious NAVI is in this wave!"

"Zywoo seizes the opportunity to wallbang one, Nice recovers his vision and is still actively repeeking..."

After throwing their utility, the remaining three NAVI players steadied themselves in place. They crouched and held the A platform in a crab-walk stance, wanting to wait for the moment someone peeked from the A platform to deal with this damn SSG 08.

They were a bit anxious, but also worried that being too hasty would give the opponents an opportunity, so they steadied themselves, wanting to wait for the opponents to make a mistake first.

Soon, the barrel of that SSG 08 on the A platform poked out.

But before electronic could fire, the sound of the SSG 08 rang out again!

"Bang!"

【Nice used SSG 08 to headshot electronic】

After Xu Beifang took out electronic, amidst the cheers already erupting in the venue, he stood up again and simultaneously saw a terrorist near the close-range slope and the blue car.

He subconsciously chose to fire at the one easier to hit.

"Bang!"

"Zeus at A Long was also damaged by Nice. Nice is firing like crazy with his SSG 08 on the slope all by himself!" Wanjiqi's passionate voice stirred the emotions of the audience in the venue, "Nice is constantly dealing damage!"

"Edward strafes out to trade, but Nice's positioning is truly a bit absurd. He flicked accurately onto Edward's head with one shot and took him straight out!"

"Only Zeus is left and he's heavily damaged. Is there a chance for a comeback in this round??"

"Nice scopes in directly to find him, Zeus doesn't even have a chance to fire!!"

The emotions of the live audience had long been stirred up by Wanjiqi's buildup, and many Vitality fans shouted excitedly.

When Xu Beifang secured the final kill, hearing the cheers of the live audience, and infected by this atmosphere, he also raised his right arm high and shouted loudly!

Zywoo, watching the ID frantically spamming the top right corner, couldn't help but joke: "What's going on? Didn't we agree that I'd be the one to trade? I only fired one shot after peeking, how come all the opponents are gone?"

JackZ shouted loudly: "I didn't even see a single person this round! Can you guys kill slower and let me get an assist or something? I want to report Vitality for exploiting rookies!"

And apEX, who had been suppressed for a long time, couldn't hold back anymore and directly started playing the MVP music:

"Sit down, sit the f*** down!! Keep repeeking! You dare to come when you know it's Nice??!!"

I have to say, hearing apEX say that, Xu Beifang felt a bit embarrassed, and for a moment, his smile became shy.

The audience in the stands saw the players standing up and shouted even more excitedly in response.

【The one standing up must be Nice, right? This is too wild. Unlike that big guy next to him smiling foolishly, playing professionally is all about applying heavy pressure!】

【Wanjiqi's voice even cracked; this Nice is purely treating the NAVI guys as target practice.】

【When entering practice state, my Beizige is always able to remain calm as water.】

【Zywoo was also very critical in this wave, taking out S1mple's AWP directly on the platform.】

【Two SSG 08s directly dismantled NAVI; I really don't know what to say, it's just too damn absurd.】

【These two old veterans are playing really poorly, and Flameie is also playing like trash today!】

【As a NAVI fan, I vaguely feel like this map is doomed; they're really just relying on S1mple to carry alone!】

My procrastination is getting more and more serious. I'll do a live stream of writing tomorrow on Bilibili; all my friends are welcome to come and supervise.