Chapter 275

"Nice is operating very actively, using his teammate's flashbang to peek A1 and take out Zeus with one shot! But S1mple's trade is very fast; he headshot Nice with a Galil. The numbers have reached 2v4, and there isn't much time left for NAVI!!"

Wanjiqi had already stood up from the commentary desk without realizing it: "Vitality is frantically using utility to stall for time, NAVI is constantly being forced back, S1mple is trying hard to make a play, but—"

"There isn't much time left for NAVI!!"

"S1mple is actively moving toward the Short Box to catch his few remaining opportunities, but Zywoo actively peeked out and directly took out S1mple. Edward tried to trade, but he didn't beat Zywoo either!!"

Wanjiqi's words were constantly stirring up the audience's emotions because he himself was already incredibly excited.

The moment Edward fell, he shouted at the top of his lungs at the commentary desk, "The score is locked at 16:10, Vitality has won this confrontation on Mirage. After taking this map, their overall score in this match has officially reached 3-1. Vitality has become the final winner of this StarSeries S7 season!!"

"A grueling battle that went the distance in four maps, we saw Vitality's perfect performance. As the team's star player, Nice unleashed all his abilities in this final. He made the audience at the scene cheer and shout for him multiple times, and at this moment, that young man is just standing there, releasing his emotions!"

As the screen froze, the lights on the dome of the Baoshan Gymnasium lit up, and spotlights swept across the entire arena in an orderly fashion, illuminating every excited face in the venue, but eventually, they converged on the Vitality player booth.

The four huge circular LED screens showing the match footage disappeared, and then the Vitality team logo engulfed in flames appeared, along with that cold, stern promotional photo.

Passionate music rose along with the audience's cheers; everyone was celebrating the birth of a new king at this moment!

Ma Xixi's emotions were still high; he stood at the commentary desk and raised his voice, as only then could he drown out the excited sounds of the audience: "Last year, in this same city, the fledgling Nice had to leave with regret, but today he has become stronger and has even more outstanding teammates. Even though NAVI's strength is very high, they still encouraged each other and walked all the way into the final!!"

His mind was filled with thoughts.

Memories in his mind seemed to return to last year; he saw that match between VP and 5Power. Because the starting members weren't performing well, VP called for a substitute, which was Xu Beifang.

Because HLTV hadn't reported much on Nice, he hadn't gotten specific information on him, and he was very surprised when he saw it was a fellow countryman.

Nice's performance in that match was quite outstanding for a newcomer, and everyone thought another genius teenager had appeared somewhere.

It's just that he didn't expect the later story to turn out like this.

Nice also gradually approached the international center stage through his commentary of match after match.

After a difficult year, he had finally secured his own first S-tier championship.

He turned his gaze toward the Vitality battle room on the stage.

After the match ended, Nice raised his right arm high, his expression fierce as he let out a shout from the bottom of his heart.

The director cut the camera to the Vitality room the moment the match ended.

"Plan unchanged, I've f***ing won the championship!!"

This sentence made many people recall the flag Xu Beifang had set on his Bilibili dynamic before the final started, and the live stream room instantly boiled over.

【Little Xu is awesome!!! His own first S-tier championship!!】

【Lift up your first trophy!】

【Vitality！！】

【In today's final, Little Xu really deserved to win, he carried them hard!】

【I can still remember Nice's 1v5, the way the whole arena cheered, it was too exaggerated】

【Plan unchanged, championship already won!】

【Plan unchanged, championship already won!】

【……】

Snow-like bullet comments filled the entire live stream room. Xu Nanfang, watching the screen in the internet cafe, had to raise the bullet comment filtering level before he could finally see the scene inside the Vitality room again.

"As expected of my brother, today's match was so hype!!"

Xu Nanfang looked at his brother, who was still roaring under the camera, still feeling excited in his heart, and shouted loudly in the internet cafe:

"To celebrate my brother defeating NAVI and lifting the trophy, starting tomorrow, this internet cafe will be free to use for 15 days!!"

He was sincerely happy for his brother.

From the moment he learned his brother had entered this line of work, he knew how much effort his brother had put into it.

Even when he occasionally had time to go home this year, Xu Beifang didn't have much time to relax, and he would strive to carry out various training every day.

Xu Nanfang didn't think he could reach this point for any one thing, so he hoped even more that his brother's efforts would have results.

And in esports, honor is a very important part!

Xu Beifang let out his own roar to the audience in the arena, but before he could finish, JackZ had already pounced on him.

"Beifang, we won the championship!" JackZ was very excited, gave Xu Beifang's forehead a kiss, and then excitedly shook his shoulders.

"I said it, we would definitely win!!" A brilliant smile hung on Xu Beifang's face. The audience in the arena let out shouts from the bottom of their hearts, and all kinds of blood-pumping sounds rushed into his ears. The audience in sight were all raising their phones to film, and those cameras were flashing constantly, but at this moment, it wasn't annoying. In this arena of nearly 7,000 people, there was a beauty like the starry sky in the middle of the night.

apEX, who was usually the most hyperactive, was the calmest after winning the championship.

He just clenched his fists, as if he were cheering himself up on a normal day, and kept waving them gently.

Listening to the roaring sounds of his teammates beside him, he took a deep breath, then pushed his glasses onto his head, turned to look at the wall in the battle room, and memories from the last two years flashed back in his mind.

As a boy who grew up in CS servers, apEX dedicated his youth and career to CS.

As one of the best French players during the Source era, his wild, aggressive playstyle, just like Nice on the stage now, was the absolute protagonist of French CS.

It's just that this journey wasn't easy. 2015 was apEX's peak moment; he was truly like Xu Beifang, showing terrifying dominance on the professional stage. That year, even rain and Fer had to stand behind him.

It's just that after 2015, the team apEX was on experienced a lot of turmoil, his own peak had passed, and the intermittent infighting within the French CS circle made him very uncomfortable.

It wasn't until last year that apEX chose to rebuild a team.

Starting from scratch and setting off again.

But starting from scratch is never that easy, with all the problems of a newly founded team and the lack of overall strength.

How could the road to climbing upward be smooth sailing?

Not to mention how much criticism he received on the internet after he, an entry fragger, transitioned into a commander.

Everyone always thought he was just a pressure-monster, and his command skills were a mess.

From the time Vitality was founded, more than half a year had passed, and now they finally had their first achievement worth showing off!

But today, everything finally had a small explanation.

Even if this wasn't a Major championship, just an S-tier tournament.

But it could also show that he, apEX, could continue to play this game, CSGO.

He was capable of fulfilling the role of commander!

apEX was still lost in life's reflections when he was pulled over by a large hand from the side.

The emotions in his heart began to dissipate, and everyone's joy finally infected him.

The Vitality members hugged each other, laughing ventingly amidst the passionate music.

"Seriously, I still can't believe we won the championship just like that?" JackZ leaned over to shox to ask, even though the whole arena was cheering for them, he still felt like this was a dream.

It was too unreal!

shox gave JackZ a light slap on the face: "It hurts, right? If it hurts, that's right, then it's not a dream!"

"You guy are taking advantage of me, aren't you!" JackZ pushed shox's hand away, looking at the audience in the arena cheering for them, an unbelievable smile still hanging on his face.

After Xu Beifang hugged everyone, he looked at Zywoo and took the initiative to reach out his right hand to him.

Zywoo reached out his right hand, gripped Xu Beifang's hand tightly, and then the two hugged, "Beifang, you played so well today! We really defeated NAVI and won the championship!!"

He couldn't help but recall the final scene; when he confirmed the opponent didn't have time to plant the bomb, he actively peeked out and took out S1mple.

Victory was walking toward them bit by bit under their operations.

The moment he took off his headset, the excited shouts of the audience at the scene, all the feelings, made Zywoo unforgettable for the rest of his life.

He knew he had truly fallen in love with CSGO.

This wonderful feeling was the first time he had experienced it, but Zywoo didn't want it to be the last match.

The lights on the dome were flickering, and the arena at this moment was so gorgeous.

Zywoo said to Xu Beifang: "I want them to shout like this again next time."

"What??" Xu Beifang asked loudly; the sound of the audience in the arena was too overwhelming, and he could hardly hear Zywoo's words.

Zywoo leaned over to Xu Beifang and shouted loudly: "I said, we have to win the championship together again!!"

Xu Beifang heard it clearly and laughed loudly: "Right, we have to win many, many championships together!!"

The team members were lost in revelry. The head coach, XTQZZZ, was actually very happy too, but as a coach, he still wanted to have a little dignity in front of his team members.

But looking at the joy radiating from the inside out on his teammates' faces, he was still infected, and the smile on his face was harder to suppress than an AK.

In these past six months, it was them supporting and accompanying each other all the way, and only then could they reach this point.

XTQZZZ wasn't a very outstanding coach before, and he also knew he had many shortcomings, but even so, they still lifted Vitality's first S-tier tournament trophy today!

Watching the ecstatic Vitality members on the stands.

At the moment the match ended, Danking sincerely shouted for Xu Beifang, celebrating his victory.

Feeling the excited emotions at the scene, those shouts made one can't help but fantasize about standing on the stage oneself.

"You say, how good would it be if the scene was shouting for Tyloo?" Danking said to Xiaogui.

Xiaogui heard Danking's words clearly, but also fell into silence.

Yeah, if the audience at the scene were all shouting their names, how good would that be.

But this match broke their fantasy.

The quality of the confrontation between Vitality and NAVI in the match was something Tyloo found hard to catch up with now; the gap was simply too big.

They were still a long way from becoming a true world-class team.

Not to mention the distance to T1-level teams like Vitality and NAVI.

At this time, they couldn't help but look toward the other side of the stage.

The atmosphere in the NAVI battle room was completely out of place with the entire arena.

They could also understand.

In esports, the runner-up is the biggest loser.

Because he lost the match he shouldn't have lost the most!

Inside the NAVI room, S1mple's face was flushed, as if he hadn't been affected by the failure, just quietly packing up his peripherals.

In his eyes, those peripheral cables seemed to be knotted, and he couldn't untie them.

Until the very end, he still couldn't suppress the emotions in his heart.

"Bang!!"

An angry punch slammed down, the keyboard on the table cracked instantly, and the keycaps flew and scattered throughout the battle room.

He still couldn't keep calm in the end. In today's final, if his performance had been poor on even one map, he wouldn't have said anything; after all, it would have been his own lack of effort.

But in this final, he had given his all on all four maps.

On the worst map, his stats were still firmly in the first tier.

In this situation, how could you expect him to be calm??

No matter how well he played, he ultimately became the loser of this match.

Zeus, who was on the side, was startled by S1mple's sudden action, but he didn't blame S1mple either.

After all, in this match, their entire team's performance wasn't particularly ideal.

S1mple had already tried very hard to fulfill what he said: "He wanted to take Zeus and Edward and push a bit higher."

But they just didn't have the effort.

Or rather, the opponent was just too ruthless!

In the entire BO5 confrontation, except for the first map, Nuke, where Zeus was well-prepared and most of the confrontation was under his control.

But starting from the second map, everything was out of control.

Vitality's twin stars were always able to make highlight plays in the match and flip the situation.

As a commander, he could only help the team gain some advantages in tactics, but in terms of personal ability, he was really feeling a bit powerless.

Zeus was also a veteran from the 1.6 era. As the current world's number one commander, he led Gambit to successfully lift the Major trophy last year.

But his final destination was still NAVI; he wanted to achieve good results at NAVI and make the last part of his career before retirement perfect.

But he was defeated by Astralis in the 2018 London Major final, only one step away from his goal.

He thought it was a good start, but he didn't expect that from there on, NAVI's state would begin to fluctuate constantly.

Now they were even overtaken by Vitality, who lifted this StarSeries trophy.

Zeus felt a mix of emotions for a moment.

Just then, the clamor in the arena rose again. They looked over; the Vitality members had finished celebrating and were walking toward them amidst the cheers of the audience.

Xu Beifang walked a bit slowly because this feeling was really great.

The Vitality fans in the audience waved their cheering sticks, and the momentum was very shocking.

NIKO, who was in the stands, filmed this scene, intending to post a message to celebrate Xu Beifang after the match.

As two popular "charms" in the CSGO circle, the relationship between Xu Beifang and NIKO was quite good.

NIKO also understood very well the effort Xu Beifang put into this championship.

However, looking at the radiant Xu Beifang on the stage, he couldn't help but sigh: "This guy is really showing off!"

But he also said in his heart: "His guts are indeed big enough!"

Xu Beifang's flag before the match, with the help of nosy netizens, was soon screenshotted and translated to the foreign internet.

He also knew that Xu Beifang had expressed his desire to win the championship before the match.

Even in the GO circle, remarks like saying you're going to win the championship before the final are quite bold.

After all, if you don't play well in the final, you'll really become a clown after the match and will be settled with.

NIKO had been troubled by internet public opinion in recent months and understood very well how headache-inducing these things were, which was why he admired Xu Beifang's boldness so much.

……

Xu Beifang didn't know NIKO's thoughts in the stands.

He had already walked to the front of the NAVI player booth and reached out his hand toward FlameZ.

FlameZ was a "nice guy" in the GO circle; everyone quite liked FlameZ in life, of course, only in life.

"Keep it up..." Xu Beifang patted FlameZ on the shoulder, "I hope I can see the God of Iron Plate return to form next time."

His own performance wasn't good, and now even words of comfort felt a bit harsh.

But FlameZ also knew what was good and bad, just nodded, and didn't say much.

In today's match, he hadn't been in form at all; from the start of the first map, it was as if his brain had been controlled by someone.

He couldn't win head-to-head duels, his mid-game decision-making was terrible, and his clutch thinking was even more of a mess.

After four maps, the best map he had only managed to get 18 kills, which was a stable choke.

He knew that losing this match was his own fault, so it was hard to handle his emotions in a short time.

Saying goodbye to FlameZ, Xu Beifang then reached out his hand to S1mple.

S1mple had recovered from his rage.

However, his emotions were still very disappointed, and he shook hands with Xu Beifang with a slumped face.

"The sniper rifle was played very well, let's play FPL together when you're free."

S1mple wasn't in high spirits, just nodded, and didn't speak anymore.

The two figures crossed each other; Xu Beifang walked toward the brightly lit stage empty-handed, while S1mple held his peripheral bag and stepped back into the dim player tunnel.

The photographer in the audience captured this aesthetically pleasing scene and recorded it in the lens.

"Actually, S1mple was already outstanding enough; the data has just been obtained. He got a total of 101 kills in the four maps of this final. In this StarSeries, they only lost one match from the group stage to the playoffs, and the overall performance was also quite considerable."

"But the teammates' state was a bit poor, and they ultimately fell short."

Walking into the player tunnel, S1mple turned his head to comfort his teammates: "We didn't play well this match, let's go back and review it carefully."

"Our overall tactics and playstyle are a bit too backward. I don't want the next time to still have a runner-up result."

Walking into the tunnel, he heard the English-stream commentary shouting passionately:

"Then next, let's invite Vitality to lift their trophy!"

S1mple turned to look——

The center of the stage.

Xu Beifang stood in front of that trophy that haunted his dreams.

The silver shell was particularly charming under the spotlight, looking extremely weighty.

Finally, the long-awaited trophy-lifting segment arrived. For a moment, the audience's breathing became a bit quieter; they were all looking forward to the next scene.

"At the start of the StarSeries S7 season, no one could have imagined that Vitality would eventually lift the championship. The physical problems of JackZ and Nice at the beginning even pushed them to the edge of danger."

"But this team still told us with their strong resilience that CSGO is just like this; as long as the match isn't over, everything is possible!"

Ma Xixi shouted loudly at the commentary desk with a slightly hoarse voice: "So!!"

"Friends in the audience, let us welcome the birth of a new king with warm applause and cheers. The champion of this StarSeries S7 is——Vitality!!"

Under the brilliant lights of the dome, Xu Beifang was surrounded by his teammates.

According to CSGO custom, it's usually the newcomer who lifts the trophy first.

But this was Vitality's first trophy in team history, and everyone was a "newcomer," so there were no special cases.

At this time, apEX and shox pushed Xu Beifang out, letting him serve as the first player to lift the trophy.

After all, Xu Beifang's performance today was truly god-like, and everyone had no objections to giving him the honor of lifting the trophy first.

Xu Beifang originally wanted to pull everyone together, but he couldn't refuse, and finally placed his hands on the two handles of the cup.

The sound in the arena rose instantly; everyone was waiting for this scene.

And Xu Beifang lifted it slightly, but felt that this trophy wasn't too heavy.

He suddenly remembered the big brother pasha, who had given him all sorts of instructions before the match to play well, and he remembered a classic action of pasha's.

Then, Xu Beifang grabbed the handle of the trophy with one hand and lifted it into the air.

As the trophy was lifted, the confetti that had been prepared on the dome was released, the air cannons next to the stage erupted, and the cheers in the arena reached their peak!

Xu Beifang looked up——

The rain he had waited for for a long time had finally come!

……

Went on a blind date tonight, delayed a bit of time...