Chapter 30

Xu Beifang returned from getting water and glanced at the barrage on the secondary monitor:

"Are these people on the other side VP fans? Their IDs are all VP players."

"If you like it, eat more."

"Although VP's form has slipped recently, their past achievements were so good that their fan base is still huge."

"But don't say, our side even has a 'somebody'sson'? Do the kids already have French fans?"

Xu Beifang took a peek at the FACEIT page. Everyone was currently in the map selection phase. As a despicable freeloader, he couldn't participate in this part.

After looking at everyone's IDs, Xu Beifang smiled at the camera and said, "Unfortunately, you're going to be a bit disappointed. This probably isn't a fan of the kid; it should be apex."

Apex is truly the Mr. Bean of the CS: GO world; he really knows how to stir things up. Seeing this ID, he truly couldn't hold back his laughter.

Taking advantage of everyone discussing the map selection, Xu Beifang also opened the personal profiles of Neo and the others, immediately seeing the professional verification belonging to VP.

"This is a real match against foreign pro players."

"Isn't this bullying honest people? A VP four-stack team coming to crash into randoms, letting randoms feel the intensity of a former championship-level team, right?"

"It's getting exciting! The first game is already this thrilling!"

Both sides were in the heat of choosing the map and server, and Xu Beifang also typed in the public chat:

nice: pasha, iamyourfans!

paszabliceps: thank you, my friend!

"He's actually your fan!" Byali said with some surprise.

"Is that strange? I have many fans."

Byali explained, "I've run into this guy a few times on FACEIT before. This fan of yours... his aim is very solid."

Pasha smiled and didn't take it to heart.

Seeing Pasha reply with that classic "my friend," the viewers in the live stream immediately felt satisfied.

Amidst the banter, both sides finally successfully selected the server and map.

Server: Germany

Map: Mirage

After Xu Beifang entered the game, he pressed TAB and glanced at his ping—137.

"It's okay, under 150, playable."

He wasn't afraid of high ping; what he worried about most was packet loss, as that was what truly disgusted people.

Over the past month, he had adapted to this high-ping playstyle and could achieve the same breakthrough playstyle he used on the E Battle Platform.

"Hi, nice! Do you know somebody?" Just as Xu Beifang was strafing left and right to adapt to the ping, he heard Dou Dou's distinctive voice in his ear.

"I know him, I've played quite a few ladder matches on the E Battle Platform." Xu Beifang continued, "You're apex, right? I've heard somebody mention you."

"Really?" This nice's voice was very pleasant; apex felt like he was listening to ASMR to cleanse his ears.

Hearing that somebody had mentioned him made him very happy; at the very least, this international friend had him in mind.

All ten players were present, and both sides quickly came to A1 for the knife round to decide sides. Apex took the lead in giving up his life, and Xu Beifang followed closely behind.

If you don't try hard in the knife round, you'll be brothers in the Terrorist spawn.

The pistol round officially began. As a professional team commander, Dou Dou took the lead in setting up the tactics:

"Let's do a mid-to-B split. We'll have four people go mid, and Blue, you go solo to B2 floor."

The others had no objections. Although people on FACEIT occasionally like to fight for command, the one speaking was a professional team commander.

Xu Beifang followed apex to mid. The group gathered in mid, and no one bought any utility. Apex's command style was quite casual; after all, it was just a ladder match, not a professional tournament.

"Don't rush, don't rush, wait for my command. 3, 2, 1, pull out!"

"Bang!"

【paszabliceps used USP Pistol to headshot kill somebody'sson】

"VIP! VIP!"

Hearing apex's callout, Xu Beifang immediately strafed out.

"Da-da!"

【nice used Glock Pistol to headshot kill paszabliceps】

"There's another one in VIP!!" The purple teammate called out frantically, but soon completed the trade kill himself.

In an instant, the numbers became 4 vs 3. The trio in mid accelerated toward B Small, preparing to execute a B split.

But before their tactics could unfold, the teammate at B2 floor was killed first, directly causing this pincer movement to fail.

The remaining three didn't force the play. They were already at the FACEIT Level 10 level; everyone had more or less their own game understanding. They had just seen a group of people in mid, and another had been killed at B2 floor. Their target was too obvious; the probability of the CTs having already rotated to defend B Site was extremely high.

The teammate held B Small, while Xu Beifang held his Glock and boldly explored A Site.

This made apex, who had intended to turn on his mic to command, shut up. This idea coincided with his own, so there was no need to say it out loud.

Xu Beifang held his crosshair on the bomb site and kept turning his head to look toward Jungle, then successfully snuck in.

He had intended to sneak directly into the Supermarket to cut off the retake, but just as he crouched to crawl through the Dog Hole, he saw someone walking over on foot and immediately raised his muzzle to fire.

"Da! Da! Da!"

Neo was startled by Xu Beifang, who was stuck inside the Dog Hole, and immediately switched to his pistol to fight back, but Xu Beifang's gun was faster!

【nice used Glock Pistol to headshot kill neo】

"There should be one left at B bomb site." Before Xu Beifang even finished speaking, he saw someone jump into the Supermarket. "This person is in the Supermarket! I don't know the info on the other one, be careful."

Xu Beifang didn't intend to duel the opponent and hid directly in VIP. Now it was a 3 vs 2 clutch; they were the side with the advantage, so they just had to wait for the opponent to make a mistake.

The teammate entered the bomb site with the bomb, suddenly received a bullet from behind, and immediately shouted, "The other one is at B Small!"

The positions of the remaining two CTs were confirmed, and the teammate with the bomb directly planted a world-class bomb at A1.

Glancing at the teammate's position, who had already reached the vicinity of the CT spawn phone booth, Xu Beifang raised an eyebrow. "There's one on my side. I can make noise to help you bait him, and you come catch his side."

The blue teammate immediately replied, "No problem."

After the two communicated, Xu Beifang began to make noise.

Byali, who was inside the Supermarket, wanted to retake, but because there was someone in VIP, he didn't dare to move recklessly.

He pushed forward silently, intending to sneak directly to the CT spawn side to force a retake, when he heard those damn footsteps in VIP moving again!

Byali turned his head to hold VIP and walked backward step by step toward the CT spawn.

"Bang!"

The thing Byali worried about most still happened. A USP bullet from behind was fatal, directly taking him away.

Xu Beifang heard the sound of someone landing in mid at this time. After a simple callout, he directly peeked out.

The result was being one-tapped by michu, but the subsequent teammates easily won this clutch.

Apex, who had been a fountain commander, had been muted for half a round and finally couldn't help but speak up: "nice! You played this pistol round really well!"

After several seconds, Xu Beifang realized apex was praising him and hurriedly replied, "Just a bit of good feel, that's all."

Apex shook his head. He didn't think much of having good feel; the main thing was that this 'nice's' way of handling things made him feel amazed.

During the first wave of sneaking to A Site, he didn't go directly to the bomb site to find people, but came to VIP to cut off the retake.

After successfully getting the kill, nice didn't get greedy for more kills, but retreated to a back position to hold the angle, and finally even actively let his teammates come out to fight. This kind of awareness is what makes a commander most comfortable.

Being able to get kills, yet also willing to serve his teammates—he envied this kind of player so much. Unlike his current team, which is always accompanied by arguments, everyone wants to have a say in the team, a mentality of making no contribution.

Shaking off the gloom in his mind, apex shouted with a smile:

"Let's go, let's go! Today we're going to overturn VP!"

Apex and the old Tyloo had a good relationship. He had indeed used the abstract name 'somebody'sson' before, but that was on Steam; here, he adapted it to FACEIT.

(End of chapter)