Chapter 382

"15:4, match point has arrived. NAVI has reached the most dangerous edge of the cliff; they need to win 11 consecutive rounds to drag the match into overtime!"

"But the most fatal problem is here: NAVI cannot afford a full buy on match point. Their economy is completely insufficient!"

"So—"

Wanjiqi's voice came through the phone, and the emotion he projected made both Xiao Ming and Ma Dong feel their blood boiling.

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

Watching Vitality kill their opponents bit by bit on match point without any surprises, the emotions of the two reached their peak!

At the moment the final kill was secured, they clearly heard the shouts coming from the venue. At this moment, the two of them felt as if they were at the Major venue itself; those cheers and shouts all seemed to be ringing in their ears.

"Then let us congratulate Vitality!" Wanjiqi's voice was loud and pleasant, "In this confrontation on Inferno, they delivered a crushing performance with a 16-4 scoreline!"

He didn't suppress his voice at all, and his excitement echoed throughout the entire live stream.

Zywoo patted Xu Beifang on the back: "It was mostly thanks to you. I just secured the kills I was supposed to get; I didn't really have any outstanding performance."

Looking at the grinning Shushu, Xu Beifang also reached out to shake his hand and took the opportunity to give him a hug, "It seems our chemistry hasn't faded; our coordination today was very successful."

Zywoo just chuckled.

But Xu Beifang didn't think so. He retorted: "Don't you dare let NAVI hear you say that later, or they will definitely beat you up. You got a five-kill in the pistol round and coordinated with me to win a clutch—you call that 'no performance'?"

In the early days of Vitality, he and Xu Beifang were in a position of competition and tension regarding their roles.

Moreover, he inexplicably had a feeling that in today's confrontation, his talent for in-game leading seemed to have made a huge leap.

Wanjiqi took a breath. He felt this was truly very exaggerated; Vitality's dominance on the map Inferno had already reached a certain level.

apEX rushed over at this moment and rubbed the faces of the two team pets: "Why don't you guys praise me? My leading today was awesome, okay!!"

This kind of dominance was truly terrifying. As long as the opponent dared to leave this map open, Vitality dared to win!

He also understood that a large part of this was because of this friend of his.

【What suspense is there? In the last round of the first half, Xiao Xu pulled off a 1v4, and in the second half pistol round, Zywoo got a direct five-kill. How is anyone supposed to play against this?】

But Inferno is one of the most popular maps in the active duty pool. If you pick 10 teams at random, 9 of them will have some tricks up their sleeves on this map.

JackZ hung on Xu Beifang like a koala, and Shushu, who was on the side, watched and said: "I want to play too!"

"Indeed, I almost forgot about you, Dou Dou." Xu Beifang pulled Dou Dou in as well and then praised him, "From now on, I admit it: you are definitely the world's best B-Second Floor leader!"

Astralis being able to pull off a 26-game winning streak on Nuke showed a similarly exaggerated level of dominance.

"2-0! Off work early!!" After the match ended, JackZ jumped directly onto Xu Beifang, "Beifang, you were too much of a carry today!"

Only then could he occasionally take the top spot in the team.

Today's match had him completely hyped up.

Good kills combined with few deaths meant Zywoo's stats were often quite good.

To compete with Xu Beifang for the top spot, it would only happen if he wasn't in good form one day, or if the opponent completely avoided Xu Beifang in their operations.

The entire screen was filled with bullet comments celebrating Vitality's victory.

"At the same time, this victory on Inferno also means they have achieved an unprecedented 17-game winning streak on this map!"

【Top four! Vitality has already tied their best historical record. As long as they win one more match, it's progress!】

Xu Beifang was so startled he quickly dropped JackZ: "You guys really don't treat me like a human."

When Zywoo laughed, his eyes would curve; it was very infectious.

After all, Nuke is ultimately considered a niche map at this stage and is a weak point for many teams.

Winning streaks on such popular maps are definitely much harder than on niche maps.

For example, NIP's exaggerated 87-game winning streak in their career, or Astralis's 26-game winning streak on Nuke.

And under his rendering, the live stream room was completely plunged into a carnival.

But even so, they still achieved an exaggerated 17-game winning streak, and he remembered very clearly that the last few times they played Inferno, they won by large margins.

But as they started winning championships and the team's playstyle system was gradually established, Zywoo only needed to help Xu Beifang cover the bottom and do some screening work.

It wasn't that no one had been able to pull off this kind of winning streak before.

【What 'win one more match'? Win two more BO3s!!】

【The Gemini are really not human. I originally thought there would be some suspense in the second half.】

Only in that situation would Vitality be very tortured.

【Beizige is really killing it!】

Naturally, he wouldn't be angry because of Xu Beifang's reaction, because he already knew his own weight. If he had really jumped up too, they would have to shout in the professional group tomorrow: "Major team of 4 needs 1, looking for a guy who can play."

Thinking of that bizarre scene, Shushu couldn't help but laugh again.

You have to know that Zeus and gla1ve have always been the world's number one leaders, but today he was completely chasing Zeus around. This feeling was just too great!

After the whole match ended, he felt his soul trembling, and every cell in his body was cheering happily.

But based on his understanding, he believed that by comparison, the difficulty of the Inferno winning streak was greater.

But NIP's winning streak was purely due to the version advantage brought by their early transition to CS: GO.

However, he was rational; if Xu Beifang couldn't stably produce the best stats, then their single-core system construction wouldn't seem to have any effect.

apEX had already started smiling when he heard "world's best," but as soon as "B-Second Floor" appeared, his elbow swung backward.

Come on! Elbow up!

"Beautiful! Played too well!"

In the East Stand, Xu Nanfang was waving his cheering stick excitedly with his wife, his mouth still shouting hoarsely.

"Vitality—yue!!"

Because he was too excited, Xu Nanfang even shouted until he dry-heaved.

As family, this was their first time cheering for Xu Beifang on-site and shouting for him.

This was also their first time experiencing an offline event, truly feeling the passion of professional CS: GO matches and feeling this kind of charm.

Watching tens of thousands of people in the venue shouting for Xu Beifang, they felt proud from the bottom of their hearts.

"Damn!" Danking, who was on the side, muttered after cheering for Xu Beifang, "How is this guy so fierce!"

"Vitality has captured NAVI five times now, right? S1mple and Electronic are completely no match for them."

However, he was only saying it with his mouth; his face was still full of smiles. Although he couldn't play "Brother CS" with Xu Beifang, watching Xu Beifang truly step onto the international stage and potentially reach the pinnacle of CS: GO, he was also genuinely happy for Xu Beifang.

The feelings of young people are sometimes unreasonable.

"NAVI is probably going to be pissed off. Their playstyle relies too much on individual performance, but Vitality's average individual ability is higher than theirs. Flamie is really not human," Tie Dan couldn't help but complain.

Xiaogui looked at the stage with some emotion and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't say that..."

Danking nodded: "Indeed, it's just that he's older."

"If you were at this level of competition, your performance might not even be as good as Flamie's..."

What kind of talk is that? What kind of talk is that!

Are we still good teammates?

Danking didn't refute, because at the next Major, he would use his strength to prove it to Xiaogui, letting him know what a true top-tier Major player is!

On the stage, Vitality's players had also finished celebrating. Xu Beifang turned his head, seemed to lock eyes with them, waved at their side, and triggered the cheers of countless Vitality fans nearby.

Everyone thought Xu Beifang was waving at them.

Xu Beifang listened to the fans' response, a smile also appeared on his face, and then he strode toward the opposite side of the stage—that was NAVI's battle room.

Because the director was borrowed from the neighboring PUBG, they were a bit "Aladdin" during the match, but the flow outside the arena was still very proficient.

The camera went directly to NAVI's player seats.

NAVI's members, who had lost the match, didn't look as disappointed as imagined from the camera; instead, there was a sense of melancholy after the match ended.

S1mple didn't turn "red hot" as usual after the match; he was just quietly packing up his peripherals, his face indifferent and expressionless.

Are you saying he had no psychological fluctuations?

That is absolutely impossible, as one of the players with the strongest individual ability in the world.

He, Xu Beifang, and NiKo were all plagued by doubts about their honors.

The honors in their hands were too few, which led to an absurd number of haters on the internet.

Some comments on the internet regarding their individual abilities, even if they looked at them themselves, were just stating facts, but in the eyes of the haters, it was just "cringe-worthy fanboying."

Xu Beifang was still okay; as he adapted to the professional arena in the last half year, his strength improved by leaps and bounds, and with the team's coordination in place, he started a "harvest mode," and the doubts slowly decreased.

S1mple and NiKo were more miserable; they really wanted to use results to slap those haters in the face.

But e-sports is cruel; if your entire team's strength isn't there, you just can't win the match.

He also wanted the audience to praise him, he also wanted to see praise for him on the internet, and he also wanted to lift that Major trophy amidst the sky full of golden ribbons.

But he also understood that his current state and the strength of the entire team didn't deserve that trophy.

He let out a long breath.

But ah, before the match, he thought they still had a glimmer of possibility; they had a chance to beat Vitality, and maybe they could keep going further in the Major.

Unrealistic fantasies are always the fulcrum that drives miracles to appear.

The fulcrum was there, but they couldn't push it to realization.

What a pity...

Waves of cheers and applause rang in his ears; the scene was full of excited shouts.

But S1mple knew these were all cheers for their opponents.

Watching Xu Beifang's figure walking over, S1mple had gradually recognized the guy in front of him. He reached out and shook hands with Xu Beifang: "Played very well. You are truly ruthless."

He could clearly remember the final round of the first half.

The four of them were terrified, not daring to give Xu Beifang a single chance, but in the end, Xu Beifang still found a way to break the game.

Later, the two AK-47 bullets that instantly killed him and Boombl4 were also a bit absurd.

During the halftime break, they had a simple review and argued a bit, and they knew it started because of a missed timing, but S1mple preferred to attribute it to Xu Beifang's "winner's luck."

"No choice, if I don't give it my all, how can I beat you guys?" Xu Beifang punched S1mple in the chest.

S1mple is actually quite simple; in the career he loves, he seems to have infinite desire to win, which is why the phenomenon of "pressure monster" often appears.

But in fact, as long as you are strong enough, you will find that he is very easy to get along with.

He just hates players who are bad and don't know it.

Although they were opponents in the match, they both belonged to the "instructor" level in FPL, and they cherished each other's strength, so their relationship was relatively harmonious.

Hearing Xu Beifang's response, S1mple's face clearly felt better.

However, after thinking about it, he added: "Nice, you must beat Astralis the day after tomorrow, otherwise I will hate you for the rest of my life."

Xu Beifang smiled: "We haven't even played the semi-finals yet."

"I don't care, if you don't kill Astralis in the finals, I will mock you every day in FPL."

The match in the lower half of Group A hadn't started yet, but S1mple estimated that VP would advance.

But with VP's constipated playstyle, he didn't think Vitality would lose.

Vitality facing Astralis in the finals was, in his view, a done deal.

Xu Beifang and S1mple fist-bumped again, joking: "Don't worry, I've already defeated NAVI, why couldn't I beat Astralis?"

This sentence made the faces of the NAVI group turn from cloudy to sunny.

"Besides, my homepage is also missing a Major badge." Xu Beifang smiled at the NAVI group.

He, NiKo, and S1mple, three top-tier players, were all lacking in honors.

They had all won championships in large-scale events, but a Major championship is something else.

NiKo once had his dreams shattered in Boston, and S1mple also lost to Astralis in London.

Xu Beifang had participated in two Majors, but hadn't even been able to break into the finals.

It was somewhat regrettable.

Whether for the group of good friends around him or for himself, Xu Beifang wanted to take that trophy.

After Xu Beifang finished speaking, he returned the way he came with the team.

The NAVI group looked deeply at Xu Beifang, as if they had already seen the picture of the future.

Only Electronic asked curiously: "What did he just say?"

Other NAVI members: "..."

Electronic's English level was not ideal.

Vitality's members were packing up their peripherals, and apEX was still interacting with the audience.

Wanjiqi's emotions were still high.

"In this BO3 today, Vitality maintained their excellent competitive state. In the opponent's map pick, they fought to the end and achieved victory through player performance and tactical operations. In their own map pick, apEX also completely pulled the opponent into his own rhythm, and the tactics were a great success!"

He added: "Of course, Xiao Xu's performance was indispensable. In this match, he delivered many brilliant plays, and I'm looking forward to their next performance."

The live stream screen was replaying the brilliant kills from the match.

Before long, he saw Xu Beifang's brilliant operation in the final round on Inferno, and the scene where he used two bullets to headshot the two people pulled out from the coffin still made him feel amazed.

"I have to say, Xiao Xu is becoming more and more worthy of the title 'World No. 1.' Pre-aiming, positioning, correction, recoil control, spray transfer, and tapping—he has mastered all these rifle techniques very well."

"In terms of positioning and correction, I think there is no one in the entire professional scene who does it better than him, and as for other techniques, he is not much worse than those top-tier players."

"Just like pre-aiming, he is actually not that far behind NiKo; it's more that their playstyle characteristics lead to differences. This guy is truly exaggerated!"

The reaction of netizens in the 6657 live stream room was also very real.

【Those two shots were indeed handsome. I thought he was done for, but he actually fought back.】

【I stood up from my bed at that moment.】

【Too calm.】

【Actually, Beifang is okay. We know we can't learn this guy's operations, but is the B-Second Floor tactic that easy to play? I'm taking it directly to rank up!】

【Don't go, no one will throw flashes for you.】

Wanjiqi was also quite happy looking at the bullet comments, "Enough said, when I start streaming tomorrow morning, I'll call Wei Wei to duo queue, and then I'll have him throw flashes for me to fly to the second floor every round."

"Okay, now we come to our post-match data appreciation segment!"

Wanjiqi opened the HLTV official website. Because the match had just ended, he refreshed the page for the stats to load.

Unsurprisingly, Xu Beifang still appeared in the first column.

ID: Nice

Kills/Assists/Deaths: 47/5/23

ADR: 124.5

Rating: 1.69

"Hiss~" Wanjiqi took a look at the data and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "How is this guy playing the Major like he's fish-frying!"

"However, today might be a bit different from what everyone expected. Xiao Xu had a 1.95 rating on map one, and he was going crazy in the middle, but on map two, he didn't get that many kills."

"This is actually understandable. After all, Vitality's offense today was mostly flying to the second floor, and Xiao Xu was suppressing on Banana Road; the feint was almost over. If NAVI didn't like to stand at the sandbags on Banana Road, he might not have even gotten 18 kills."

Wanjiqi added: "But even if he was playing a tactical role today, he still had highlights; Xiao Xu is still very fierce."

"Electronic on the opposite side also got 16 kills. Electronic didn't have any big problems today, and S1mple didn't have many problems either; it's just that after he got kills in many rounds, he couldn't win, which is very uncomfortable."

"NAVI's current roster and coordination still have problems; it's very difficult to charge upward."

NAVI at this stage is actually very similar to Faze.

Poor communication, poor coordination, poor discipline. Tactics don't work, they lose various advantageous rounds, full buys are often reset by ECOs, winning a round is terrifying, losing a round leads to an economic collapse, and they rely purely on individual ability to score.

To put it bluntly, they are like a high-spec Tyloo.

Let's look at Vitality nearby.

Also a dual-core playstyle, Vitality is much better. Although they struggled at the beginning of the year, with the roster change in April, the team's floor has been raised a lot.

Plus, the Gemini are gradually adapting to the rhythm of the professional arena and have started their breakout period.

Now everyone on Vitality has the level of a top-tier event, so there's no need to worry about the floor.

The ceiling is supported by Xu Beifang and Zywoo, plus apEX, who pops up with ideas from time to time. Wanjiqi feels that the possibility of winning this tournament is really high!

It's just that he wouldn't say it out loud. Although he is very optimistic about Vitality, if he ends up jinxing them, that would be too terrible.

Although he is an Astralis fan himself, if Xu Beifang ends up pulling Astralis off the throne, that wouldn't be impossible.

On the live stream screen, the Vitality group had already packed up their peripherals and were walking toward the player tunnel.

So Beifang, you must keep it up!

The host in the venue was doing the final interaction, but Xu Beifang had already gotten into the car for the return trip. Xu Nanfang was still recalling the content of the match, occasionally asking: "Beifang, why did you dare to play so aggressively in that wave?" And Xu Beifang would answer.

His mood was still quite good, although due to tactical reasons, he couldn't target Electronic.

But in this team now, there's no need to make too special targeting; he just needs to perform as he should. But even if he wanted to target Electronic today, it probably wouldn't have worked. After all, apEX's continuous flying to the second floor gave Electronic some PTSD, and his subsequent positioning was all unconventional, making it hard to adjust.

However, for the current NAVI, there's no need to even use targeting; Flamie will give opportunities himself. I wonder if changing the targeting from Electronic to Flamie next time will have better results... Xu Beifang thought somewhat darkly.

Originally, according to his plan, today's Inferno match might have been a hard-fought battle. After all, Electronic and S1mple's recent form was quite good, and NAVI's overall firepower had always been good. But he didn't expect that in this kind of crucial offline match, Flamie would collapse.

If they had really bitten the bullet and played the prepared tactics, the effect might have been counterproductive. Winning the match smoothly can be considered a very good result, no... it should be said that relying on the team's base ability to win the match smoothly is definitely a good thing.

Back at the hotel, Xu Nanfang suddenly slapped his head and said with some annoyance: "I forgot to ask you to help me get S1mple's autograph."

Xu Beifang rolled his eyes: "You really know how to think. I just beat him up, and you want me to ask him for an autograph..."

"He still can't beat you." Xu Nanfang chuckled.

Xu Beifang thought about it, it seemed there was nothing wrong with that, and it was in a double sense.

"I'll ask him for you if there's a chance later."

In any case, they had already defeated NAVI and officially reached the top four. Winning one more BO3 would break the historical record.

After eating for a while, Xu Beifang heard his brother suddenly say: "Beifang, actually I don't really like the playstyle you guys used today..."

"What do you mean?"

"It just feels like the risk is too high, and it's several high-risk things put together... Flying to the second floor is already a high-risk playstyle, and having you do a feint is also high-risk. We were all nervous watching from the audience today."

Xu Beifang was stunned and laughed: "Usually, we actually wouldn't play like this..."

"But apEX is not a rational leader." Xu Nanfang's complaint was very precise.

Ever since Xu Beifang became a professional player, he started watching CS: GO matches, and because of Xu Beifang, he was quite familiar with the players of major clubs.

He was even more familiar with his younger brother's teammates.

Xu Beifang nodded: "Indeed, I will remind apEX about this later."

apEX's leading today was very beautiful, but it was also built on information deception.

Most leaders wouldn't think that the opponent would play the same high-risk tactic several times in a row.

Coupled with the "baiting" tactic, this made it very hard for Zeus to grasp apEX's train of thought.

But now this playstyle has been exposed. Although the semi-final opponent hasn't been determined, he estimates it's highly likely to be VP.

With Jame's professional attitude, it's impossible not to pay attention to this playstyle.

So the subsequent playstyle rhythm must definitely be fine-tuned.

Xu Beifang prepared to mention it to his teammates after dinner, but there was no match tomorrow, so they had enough time to adjust.

When SANJI walked onto the balcony, the lights in front reflected the prosperity inside the venue. Although they attended the opening ceremony, they didn't stay in the venue to watch the match, because compared to watching the match, they spent more time on training. Now was a rare rest time. Today the Champions Stage officially started, and even here, they could hear the faint shouts coming from the venue.

"Speaking of which, ENCE's momentum in this tournament is also very strong... Jame, what do you think the situation will be when we play them tomorrow?"

Jame was hunching his back watching a DEMO, and upon hearing this, he just shook his head.

"The Finns' overall strength is very strong, but they are always lacking a bit of breath. How should I put it... their entire team is like everyone playing their own game, lacking the idea that everyone is of one mind... The result of tomorrow's match should be 2:1."

"Jame, you are still so rational." Da Jin Ya, not far away, shook his head.

Speaking of which, it was a bit sigh-inducing. After being kicked by Faze due to poor stats, he tossed and turned before joining VP, becoming one of Jame's believers.

But his performance didn't decline; instead, his state recovered.

Even because of Jame's incredibly calm playstyle and stable emotions, he reconciled with himself, and his level actually got better and better. The group discussed the strength of the teams in this Champions Stage, and inevitably talked about Vitality.

"Speaking of which, if Nice had chosen to stay in VP back then, we could really have challenged for the Major championship this time. It's a pity we didn't make a name for ourselves back then..."

Jame said softly: "There's nothing to regret. If he were in our team, we would purely be dragging him down. At our current level, it's hard to challenge for the Major championship. Relying on that glimmer of opportunity when form explodes, the gap with Astralis is still too big."

He didn't say one thing: the main thing was that the system he built hadn't reached its peak yet.

In this situation, even adding Nice as a firepower point wouldn't necessarily lead to much improvement.

This system might instead limit Nice's performance.

Da Jin Ya smiled. He didn't express his own opinion, but he thought what Jame said was indeed correct. Two core players who can build systems might not be suitable to be forced together.

Just like Faze, five star players put together, but they couldn't even achieve the effect of 1+1=2.

He changed the topic: "By the way, how did Vitality's match go today? At this time, it should be map three, right?"

The door to the training room was opened, and Qikert walked in leisurely with his phone. He seemed to have heard their words and said with surprise: "You guys don't know yet? The match is already over today, NAVI was swept by Vitality."

"Ah!!" The VP members in the training room all turned their heads in surprise to look at him, and even Jame, who was always calm, glanced at him.

"No way."

"NAVI didn't take a single map?"

They were all a bit surprised. Although Vitality didn't lose a single match in the Legends Stage and killed their way into the Champions Stage.

But at the stage of the Major offline big stage, everyone basically started throwing out their trump cards. In this situation, being able to make the opponent not take a single map is really a bit exaggerated.

"2-0, the maps were Inferno and Mirage. NAVI didn't score over 10 points on either map; they were purely beaten up!" Qikert had watched the match all the way through and had already been amazed once, and at this moment he was sharing his emotions with his teammates.

"You guys don't know, in the last round of the first half on Inferno, Nice used two bullets to instantly kill S1mple and Boombl4, WTF!! You guys don't know what I felt at the time, the scene exploded!!"

"If I were NAVI, my mentality would have collapsed at that time. How is this still playable? 4 vs 1 and destroyed in this way, and in the second half, the offense had just been organized, and Zywoo directly turned on 'aim training mode' in the connector, one shot per kid, and finished off a magazine..."

As he spoke, he pulled out video clips to show his teammates.

The room was soon filled with gasps, and even Jame couldn't help but shake his head while watching: "This is the team with the peak individual ability of this Major, it's simply terrifying, and unfortunately, we might have to face Vitality next."

Hearing this, Qikert, who was sharing his happiness, was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Xu Beifang, who was going crazy in the highlights, and was speechless.

Yeah, what the hell am I happy for the opponent for!

I'm going to face Nice in a few days!!

Wishing Nice becomes a fallen genius in the semi-finals!

Only one match was scheduled for the first day of the Champions Stage, which led to a heavy match task for the second day.

But this didn't have much to do with Vitality. After all, their first round was already over, and being a spectator on the second day was enough.

At this stage, Vitality didn't have many tasks left; they just needed to maintain a certain amount of basic training every day to keep their feel for the game.

So on the second day of the Champions Stage, the whole team went for a team-building activity and came to the venue to feel the atmosphere of the Major from another angle.

Just didn't expect that they weren't the only team to come to the venue.

As professional players, they entered through the player tunnel with their player passes, and then saw a bunch of players from Faze, Tyloo, NAVI, etc., all coming to watch the match.

JackZ asked curiously: "Isn't it said that VP's matches are very boring? Why did everyone come?"

NiKo pointed at Xu Beifang: "Your team pet taught us a lot of experience, and we now think VP's matches are quite interesting."

Most of them now watch VP's matches from the perspective of appreciating art; it's just so refreshing.

They find it interesting, but the audience and the director feel like they are going to fall asleep.

When a technical timeout occurred due to a mouse problem for allu in the match, the director's inspiration exploded, and he started to "make things happen." He constantly mobilized the off-field cameras, like collecting stamps, looking for the professional players at the scene, and started giving them close-ups one by one.

The audience at the scene was also quite cooperative; every time a professional player appeared on screen, they would boo once.

The scene was made extra interesting.

Perhaps because he didn't adapt to the feel of the newly changed mouse, or perhaps because of the gap in strength, in the end, living up to expectations, the Finns fell to VP with a score of 2:1.

And the second match between NRG and Renegades was more intense, but in the end, NRG was better, winning this BO3 confrontation by a small margin and advancing to the next round.

Xu Beifang also felt the shocking atmosphere of the Major offline today. Thinking that in the next few days, when he delivered highlights on stage, the audience below would shout so enthusiastically, he felt a bit excited.

"These audience members are really hyped, right."

"When we get to the top four, you guys just watch me interact with the audience!"

"Can you not play cringe?"

Returning to the player tunnel with high spirits, passing by the ENCE lounge, Xu Beifang noticed the door was open. He subconsciously glanced inside, only to find that there was only one figure left in the lounge.

He stopped in his tracks immediately.

Inside the lounge, Aleksib sat alone on a bench. He buried his head deeply in his hands. Even if he didn't speak, the oppressive atmosphere was transmitted in the room.

The Vitality group looked at each other, a bit dumbfounded.

"I'll ask about the situation." Xu Beifang seemed to recall something in his mind and whispered to his teammates: "Why don't you guys go to the lounge and wait for me."

shox said: "I'll stay and be with you."

The others thought about it, their social skills were indeed not great, and staying here didn't seem to have any effect.

Xu Beifang curled his fingers and knocked on the door.

Aleksib looked up. His eye sockets were still a bit red; he had clearly just cried.

He wanted to invite Xu Beifang in, but his mood was a bit low, and he inexplicably buried his head again.

Xu Beifang walked in very familiarly, sat down beside him, and asked casually: "What's the situation? A match and your mentality collapsed?"

shox also chimed in: "Where are allu and the others? Why are you the only one here?"

Aleksib was still lowering his head, and after a long while, he said gloomily: "I don't have teammates anymore."

Only then did shox realize he had said the wrong thing.

Xu Beifang also recalled that there had been such an incident in his past life. ENCE kicked Aleksib, but he only paid intermittent attention to the professional circle in his past life, so he didn't know much content.

Just vaguely remembered that ENCE was not very decent in this matter.

No one wants to encounter this kind of thing, but as a famous "succubus" in the circle, he didn't want to see someone like this in front of him!

Xu Beifang sat beside Aleksib, put his right arm around his shoulder and patted him: "It's no big deal. With your talent, you will definitely be able to find a better job later."

shox handed Aleksib a glass of water on the side. He wasn't particularly good at comforting people, so he could only focus on keeping him company.

"I just can't understand." Aleksib's voice was a bit hoarse, "We were clearly doing quite well, ranked 5th in the world, and we even won the Blast Madrid championship a while ago. Everything was clearly developing in a good direction, but they didn't even notify me and voted to kick me behind my back."

"Ah?" shox felt like he had eaten a big melon today.

Xu Beifang glared at him, and shox immediately hushed. At this time, his reaction was really rubbing salt into the wound.

"Can you talk about it? I think you need a listener now." Xu Beifang said gently.

When losing a match, even he would very much want someone to be able to catch his emotions and listen to him complain.

And now Aleksib not only lost the match, but he was also backstabbed by his teammates.

shox, as the leader of G2 before, was only backstabbed by the club and held a grudge for a long time.

Aleksib was now receiving a double backstab from his close teammates and the club; the mentality fluctuation was not small.

Some things are hard to say, but Xu Beifang's affinity is very strong, and his current emotional fluctuation is also very large.

So inexplicably, Aleksib slowly told what happened during this period.

"Actually, I had a premonition very early on..."

In Aleksib's narration, they also slowly learned the process of the story.

The appearance of ENCE was a huge miracle for the whole of Finland, and even for the whole CS: GO circle.

Their performance in Katowice was also one of the most famous dark horse cases in CS: GO history. From a team ranked outside the top two hundred to a Major runner-up, this was an extremely terrifying thing.

After winning the Major runner-up, ENCE also defeated Astralis in Blast Madrid to win the championship, but the results stabilized in the following two months, and this team seemed to have a slight lack of competitiveness.

The management attributed all the reasons to Aleksib. After communicating with the other four members of ENCE, they unanimously decided to kick Aleksib and signed the former Mouz leader suNny.

But why didn't the club communicate with Aleksib? The point is here, because the club ENCE had no money, so they used "the bond of the team members, the future of ENCE, long-term plans..." to fool Aleksib into signing a long contract.

Signing this long contract was not to keep Aleksib in the team, but to increase Aleksib's buyout price.

Aleksib didn't know this news until a week before the Major. At that time, he had a big argument with the club and his teammates.

But knowing he was going to be kicked, Aleksib still chose to treat the match seriously and finished the whole Major in good form. The young player shox couldn't help but praise: "Great, no need to say more!"

"This club ENCE is really not human!" Xu Beifang couldn't help but complain after hearing the end.

He hadn't stayed in many clubs along the way, but most of them left a quite good impression on him.

But ENCE did this kind of thing, which was really disgusting.

The club's contract, the teammates' backstabbing, the Major's failure, several emotional outbursts, finally made Aleksib unable to help but cry bitterly in the lounge.

Xu Beifang patted this guy who looked like Leonardo and comforted him: "It's not your problem. Speaking of which, I've played against you guys many times, and I really don't think any player in ENCE is particularly, particularly amazing. I'm more impressed by you; your leading and mobilization often make people feel a headache."

"Have some confidence in yourself!"

Listening to Xu Beifang's words, Aleksib also felt more comfortable.

He was silent for a long time, and then said: "I thought I knew who they were, I thought I understood them, but it seems I only knew who they were today, and only truly understood them."

Actually, being kicked by the team, he wouldn't feel particularly special inside, it was more because of the teammates' backstabbing that made him feel very hurt.

Can you imagine several people who laugh heartily with you every day and work hard toward a goal with you, finally all blaming you and stabbing you in the back.

The castle in Aleksib's heart named career, named dream, named bond, collapsed instantly.

His voice was a bit hoarse, and he thanked Xu Beifang and the other person very sincerely: "There are some things I need to go out and clarify... At least, I want to make a final farewell to ENCE fans. After all, I definitely won't return to ENCE in the future."

"Then how will you go back later?" Xu Beifang asked.

Aleksib pursed his lips: "I plan to move out of the hotel to live after I finish packing my luggage, and find a chance to return to Finland."

The club unilaterally announced that he was kicked, and now his relationship with ENCE members has turned sour.

Before the Major was over, he could still hold on because of professional ethics and dreams.

But the Major was over, and he didn't want to see that group of people again.

"If you don't mind, move to our place. I remember we have extra rooms." Xu Beifang turned and asked.

shox nodded: "My wife was originally going to come, and it was booked in advance, but she didn't want to come again."

"Look, isn't that great."

Aleksib pursed his lips. He inexplicably had the urge to cry again. He had just experienced the backstabbing of his teammates, but in the blink of an eye, he welcomed the warmth of 'strangers'. What is wrong with this world!!

Bastard, he really didn't want to cry in front of two men!

"This club ENCE is a piece of shit!!"

The Vitality group brought Aleksib back to the hotel, and they discussed this matter privately in the training room again.

Almost all of them had a unified opinion, all scolding the ENCE club and the players.

In this whole incident, they were completely not doing human things.

apEX, who is a man of temperament, expressed his disgust for the ENCE club for the first time.

However, when turning to look at Xu Beifang, apEX praised: "Beifang, you did a beautiful job on this matter. You are a true Man!"

Xu Beifang said quite proudly: "You don't look at who I hung out with to get where I am."

shox also smiled: "It's a good thing you followed pasha and the others, otherwise you would have been kicked halfway by allu."

The old VP group, except for the betting and the Mercedes incident at the time, had no controversy in terms of character.

"We were friends to begin with, there are some things you can't ignore." Xu Beifang didn't deny it. pasha's way of dealing with people indeed influenced him a lot.

As they were chatting, they heard JackZ shout very surprisingly: "Damn, this ENCE really has the face! They really don't know who they relied on to rise up, and they started splashing dirty water on Aleksib?"

Noticing the teammates' gazes, JackZ said: "Look at the interview ENCE posted on Twitter."

Xu Beifang felt like taking out his phone, just wanting to search, but saw a relevant tweet at first glance.

"How to evaluate ENCE's practice of kicking Aleksib?"

This Twitter user was very confused: Why did ENCE kick Aleksib? Wasn't he playing quite well? Or is allu preparing to lead himself?

【This isn't kicking, it's preparing to sell to Faze at a high price.】

【allu probably can't stand someone being more handsome than him. Kick Aleksib and he is the most handsome.】

【What a pity, wishing Aleksib finds a better home.】

The previous comments were relatively standard, perhaps some inside information hadn't been exposed yet.

But the subsequent comments were quite aggressive.

【This allu can say that Aleksib only knows how to play default??】

【Netizens are all joking, these ENCE members took it seriously, it's absurd.】

【And four people kicked Aleksib behind his back, not a single person in ENCE is human.】

【It can be considered good news, at least Aleksib won't continue to stay in this team.】

【What a pity, such a top-tier leader in ENCE, kicked unilaterally by them.】

【ENCE, die early. I really regret that I liked the EZ4ENCE music kit for so long.】

The aggressiveness of netizens was similar to the thoughts of the Vitality group.

Xu Beifang felt it was a pity. After all, ENCE was eliminated, so they couldn't face them in this Major.

However, he thought carefully again, some grudges have to be avenged by Aleksib himself.

He also understood the order of events.

After the Major ended, the ENCE club received tidal waves of accusations and doubts about kicking Aleksib. Facing this situation, the management had to come forward to mediate and calm the anger.

For this reason, they released an interview-style program. The invited guests were ENCE marketing director natu and CEO Mika, but the content of the interview always drifted away from the core issues of most concern. The whole article was meaningless content, and once it touched on sensitive issues, it was often stopped at the point.

It was at the end of the interview that Aerial appeared in the camera and said such a paragraph: "We will slowly improve ourselves and finally reach the goal of being number one in the world. This is also our purpose for introducing suNny. Although people will discuss us being ranked fifth, our goal is TOP1."

allu even said on Twitter that Aleksib only knows how to make us play default, such absurd words.

"Introducing suNny to become world number one" and "Aleksib only knows how to make us play default" have become one of the hottest memes on the forum.

It's just that everyone's thoughts are generally speechless.

Now ENCE is in a state of "playing dead," but most of the players have stood up to support Aleksib.

It's just that some things can't be handled now, so we have to wait for time to slowly ferment.

Aleksib didn't fall into negative emotions either. He handled his problems very well. Because Aleksib was in a free agent state, Vitality didn't deliberately avoid him when discussing some issues.

Aleksib also joined the discussion on some issues. His ideas and thoughts on leading also confirmed to them again that he was not a leader who only knew how to play default.

The inspiration for apEX's continuous flying to the second floor was originally extended based on Aleksib's use of pauses.

Now it came directly to the person himself, and the two of them discussed it even more vigorously. Only Xu Beifang could occasionally interject a word or two.

However, compared to the clash of ideas between the two leaders, Xu Beifang stopped after chatting for a while. After all, he didn't plan to become a full-time leader now. These two guys were already communicating about whether to take information or master the overall mobilization...

Xu Beifang simply leaned on the sofa, leisurely browsing his phone.

After browsing foreign forums for a long time, he went to the domestic ones for a round.

There were still many discussions about ENCE kicking people, but relatively speaking, the discussion was not as intense as abroad.

Xu Beifang browsed the forum for a while, then opened Bilibili, preparing to see the fans' evaluation of the last dynamic.

But just after clicking in, he found that many people were @ing him.

Xu Beifang clicked in curiously, and when he saw the name of the uploader, he suddenly realized.

Hualong Esports — "Surpass talent with effort, please give me a suggestion, CS: GO world number one rifler — Nice!"

He raised his eyebrows and started playing the video.

At the same time, Danking, who was streaming, also clicked on this video under the reminder of the audience.

"Surpass talent with effort, this title is taken randomly. You guys don't know how high that guy Beifang's talent is!" Tie Dan complained while starting to play the video.

"Three sentences, let this man embark on a professional path!" As soon as Hualong Esports' copy came out, it made people unable to hold back.

"1200 hours C+, can you play professionally? On a boring morning, sophomore Xu Beifang posted his first video on Bilibili, but didn't expect that an unintentional act changed his destiny."

Hualong Esports' mellow voice, combined with appropriate BGM, slowly brought people into the story.

"C+ combined with the title of professional, two words of incomparable contrast, made the video fall into ridicule. Netizens didn't understand how this man could say such big words, why did C+ dare to hope for professional?"

"If you really want to play professionally, at least 10,000 BOTs a day, this is just the daily training of a professional player." Xu Beifang seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw for this unintentional sentence from a netizen, and started to execute it diligently.

"No one is willing to complete this kind of training, but a week later, when he posted the training screenshots of this week, netizens were silent. Uploader Leon Kai accidentally brushed his dynamic and gave him better suggestions..."

"Facing the criticism of netizens, although Xu Beifang didn't defend himself, he would still be disappointed in his heart, but at this time he met his best friend Danking!"

Tie Dan, who was watching the live stream, said excitedly: "Brothers, did you see that? The streamer appeared!!"

【Red-haired goblin, don't be noisy!】

【Watching it so intensely, the atmosphere is all gone!】

【If you are noisy again, kick the streamer!】

"What do you mean kick the streamer if I'm noisy again? Can the room manager do their job!"

Tyloo. Nice: Dan, stop talking.

"Thanks, boss, I won't say anything!" Tie Dan instantly changed his face like a Sichuan opera performer.

The documentary continued:

"... Nice knows his age problem well. If he doesn't take an unusual path, he might not be able to make a name for himself in this circle. Although he wants to chase his dreams, he also knows the cruelty of reality."

"He refused the invitation of Tyloo Youth Training, Danking stayed, and the two brothers who met too late started on two different paths."

Hearing this, Danking didn't know what he was thinking.

"If it doesn't work domestically, walk boldly to the international stage. He started to learn English diligently. At this time, Xu Beifang also found that his talent in language seemed to be quite good. Later, in an accident, he accidentally blew up VP who were playing in a group."

Tie Dan paused and complained: "From here you know what I just said, this guy's strongest talent is actually adaptability. When he was on trial at Tyloo with me, our performance was actually standard, but he could play even with high ping later, the adaptation speed was extremely fast, the speed of learning English and so on was also very exaggerated. This guy's talent is here!"

"Do you know how many languages he knows now? It will scare you to death. I once calculated it when I was bored. I calculated seventeen languages, the kind that can communicate proficiently!"

Listening to Tie Dan's complaint, the bullet comments in the live stream room were dumbfounded.

【Ah??】

【How many??】

【17 kinds!!】

【I have difficulty passing the English CET-4!!】

【It seems I have to let Beifang be my language teacher in the future.】

The documentary was still going down, and they also saw that Hualong Esports' documentary this time seemed different from the previous highlight reels. He was completely recording Xu Beifang's career since his debut.

The screen soon came to IEM Shanghai.

"At that time, Danking didn't know that his brother had become a formal first-tier player. He was still enjoying the atmosphere of watching the match with Xu Beifang, but didn't expect that he became an audience member."

The camera gave Tie Dan's wide-open mouth, and the video's bullet comments were all "hahaha."

【Damn, this Beifang is really insidious.】

【There's this thing too?】

【Too happy.】

【Danking is really a natural clown.】

Accompanied by the passionate shouts of the audience below, Hualong Esports used lens language to tell the audience well that VP successfully won the victory.

The screen flashed, and Xiaogui sat on a chair and said: "I was very surprised at the time, you know? He beat us, and then came over to ask me how to become stronger at mixing smokes. A bit hard to understand, but also felt very admirable."

【Hiss~ I understand how this guy became stronger.】

【The execution is too strong.】

【He really wants to play professionally.】

The camera started to accelerate, and VP eventually lost to NRG with regret.

"But this is already a very good result, and VP can also accept it. The excellence of this tournament gave them an impact. In the subsequent ZOTAC Masters, they defeated MIBR, who was in full swing at the time, and successfully won the championship!"

"Countless days and nights of tempering, countless efforts to execute suggestions, finally ushered in the harvest at this moment. Xu Beifang might have only determined now that he should embark on this path."

"... At the London Major, Nice became a nursing home caregiver, started his career of dragging four, struggled all the way to charge upward, and finally the strongest dark horse of the London Major was born. Didn't expect that VP could break into the top eight, and didn't expect that this young man could get the world ranking 9th this year."

"He is still practicing his philosophy. If the age is too old, use time to compensate. Crazy training makes his progress speed surprisingly fast, but CS: GO is not a one-man thing. After transferring to Vitality, the first half of his career struggled. It wasn't until after the Major that the club finally decided to change people, and they truly started to change the roster."

"This roster change also made his talent completely realized. StarSeries champion! IEM Sydney champion! ECS 2 champion! IEM Cologne champion!"

"Four consecutive victories, even defeating the Astralis in full swing at the end, reaching the world number one in HLTV rankings. Xu Beifang even delivered the best performance in history, making countless CS: GO players go crazy."

"Now he has come to the Major stage again. The results in the two Majors are very good, but for CS: GO professional players, especially top-tier players like Nice, it is still not good enough. He wants to challenge for a higher stage."

The screen turned, and Xu Beifang's figure appeared in the camera.

The voice-over sounded: "Nice, why did you embark on this CS: GO path?"

Xu Beifang was wearing a short sleeve. Hearing this question, he smiled a few times, and then gave an inexplicable answer: "Because CS: GO is fun, I like this game."

At this moment, the bullet comments in the video started to swipe the screen crazily.

【The reason he plays professionally is really simple.】

【Because CS: GO is fun.】

【This might be the reason that can support his crazy training and persistence.】

【What to do if I'm a bit teary?】

Many people in the live stream room can get this point.

It's not because of talent or anything, it's simply because CS: GO is fun.

The current internet environment is developed, and FPS games emerge one after another. Perhaps a new game can appear in a few months, but CS: GO players often return to CS: GO after tossing and turning.

It's just because CS: GO is fun!

"Why are you working so hard? You know, you are a famous 'overachiever' in the circle." Hualong Esports' questions always make Xu Beifang not know how to answer.

He considered for a few seconds, and then gave a serious answer: "Because if I don't work hard, even if the opportunity comes to my hands, I might not be able to grasp it."

Many viewers saw kennyS at this moment.

kennyS, who possesses one of the strongest talents, is a player who is still missed during his active service. He is the "white moonlight" player for too many players.

Every time I see him, that song "Pear Blossom Fragrance" can't help but play in my mind.

【So kennyS, can't you work harder?】

【If kennyS had 1/10 of Beifang's effort, I feel the former sniper god could reappear.】

【No choice, China produces roll gods, France produces lazy dogs!】

【That fast and accurate sniper has now become fast and fast (crying).】

If you don't work hard, time will slowly take away your talent.

Danking also felt a bit sigh-inducing. He had also talked about this with Xu Beifang, and he got an answer from Xu Beifang.

kennyS thinks that talent alone is enough.

But facts have proven that in the CS: GO world where "roll kings" are prevalent, talent is just a stepping stone.

After watching this documentary, Tie Dan felt his whole body itching.

He was a bit anxious inside. A guy like Xu Beifang is still working hard like a pervert, what qualifications does he have to slack off?

Tie Dan secretly decided that after this Major, he must train hard.

Strive to make a splash in the next big tournament!

Let everyone see that CNCS doesn't just have Xu Beifang as a single seedling!

The documentary had already reached the end, and the last question sounded off-screen:

"Everyone has high expectations for you in this Berlin Major. Do you think you can successfully enter the finals and lift the Major trophy?"

This question is relatively sharp. After all, this is equivalent to setting a flag for the Major match point. If the final result is wrong, it will be liquidated by people on the internet.

Xu Beifang smiled: "Young man, you are very good at starting a group. This is not thinking about letting me open champagne before the match."

However, Xu Beifang didn't care in the camera and continued: "Everyone has high expectations for me. I think successfully entering the finals is a matter of course and a responsibility we need to bear. Of course, I will feel pressure, but I will enjoy the happiness brought by CS: GO more in my heart."

"As for whether I can win the Major championship." Xu Beifang said with a smile, "If I have really entered the finals, I don't want to be the biggest loser, I must lift the cup."

"So confident?" Hualong Esports said with surprise.

Immediately after, the screen went black, and a line of large characters appeared in the center of the screen—

(The full version of the interview will be released tomorrow)

"Damn!" Tie Dan said unhappily, "This Hualong Esports used to be a Qidian writer, right? So good at breaking chapters!"

【Breaking a hand makes me feel very uncomfortable.】

【Beifang is still as confident as ever.】

【According to his statement, this is called leaving no retreat.】

【Why not release it together? Can't figure it out.】

The comments below were exactly as Tie Dan thought, many people were complaining about this matter.

However, apart from this episode, the whole documentary was quite good.

He wrote down all the major events Xu Beifang experienced since his debut, showing Xu Beifang's career experience from a relatively objective perspective.

It's just that thinking that he is a clown-oriented character in this documentary, Tie Dan felt a bit unhappy.

He had considered it well. After this Major is over, he will directly pull Xu Beifang home. He wants to fiercely grab traffic, and then let him guide himself, otherwise he really can't keep up with the rhythm.

Hualong Esports looked at the comments below the documentary, which were good and bad.

This mode of documentary was a bold attempt by him, and it seems the result is good.

The number of views is much higher than before, and even attracted many outsiders to realize that there is such a player in CS: GO.

Everyone was surprised at Xu Beifang's persistence, surprised at his courage to try, and various bold attempts to seek suggestions from others.

Some people also cheered for Xu Beifang in the comments.

Most of the bad evaluations were saying that he shouldn't have cut off the interview at the end, and should have released it directly.

Of course he knew that releasing the interview directly would definitely make the audience watch more comfortably.

It's just that he thought this interview should be placed before this Major final.

At that time, this interview could be more effective, and everyone would truly understand what Xu Beifang's attitude toward his career is.

Xu Beifang's personality is not just hard work, not just crazy.

It was also because of this interview that he finally used such a bold documentary style.

The thoughts spent on it and the various materials collected were countless.

He found a piece of material behind the material library and opened it to listen again:

"... Now the trophy is in front of me, I must consider if this is the only opportunity in my life..."

Listening to it again, it is still shocking!