Chapter 1

Prologue: The Demon on Lost Temple

Countless eyes watched the podium, waiting to witness the birth of a legend. Www. wenXuemi. Com

The characters on the big screen still jumped persistently; the host finally stepped out:

"I am very honored to tell everyone that this year's WCG competition has ended today! And the result of the final event, 'StarCraft', is also out. As you can see on the big screen, =LOST=Lucifer defeated Slayers_Boxer from South Korea on his specialized Lost Temple map, winning the championship of this competition! Moreover, a female player appeared in the top ten for the first time; player =M-Q=^_^*Xuer from China took 9th place..."

No one listened to the words that followed; a young man in the stands shouted: "He actually did it?!"

The host shrugged: "That's right, and we just received confirmed information: in the Quake final, L. L, who won the championship by a margin of 2 points over Rocketboy, is actually another ID of player =LOST=Lucifer!"

"In other words, player Li Lin has finally successfully won the championship in all three events of this tournament!"

The crowd immediately erupted in a clamor.

You must know that WCG is called the Olympics of competitive gaming; the level of participating players is quite high, upsets are rare in the competition, so the final battle often arises among a few famous players everyone knows.

But this year's competition made all the experts drop their glasses.

In the CS competition, an unknown team =LOST= that stumbled into the finals from the preliminary rounds actually knocked down the heavy favorite =EVIL= team in straight sets with scores of 13:4 and 13:1 in the Round of 16, then advanced with high morale straight to the championship, attracting the attention of countless gaming fans.

And even more outrageous, the captain of that team also participated in the StarCraft and Warcraft 3 competitions in his personal capacity, but unfortunately only took 15th place in the Warcraft competition.

Among the audience watching this StarCraft competition, there were actually quite a few CS players. They came to see that arrogant captain who didn't play CS in the semi-finals with his team, but only cared about his own StarCraft qualifiers, and brazenly claimed that without him CS could still reach the finals, yet he would be eliminated if he didn't play the StarCraft competition themselves—how far he could go in the StarCraft finals filled with experts.

If at the beginning people were still watching with the mentality of seeing a spectacle as they sent this CSer who neglected his duty to play StarCraft, after the Quarterfinals most people's gaze had completely changed. Because in this round of competition, this guy actually defeated the number one Protoss expert in the world at the time—X'Ds`Grrr!

Grrr, famous worldwide for micro-management and suppression, on the land of Lost Temple could only busy himself dealing with Lucifer's harassment; when he finally gathered a squad and a half of Dragoons and half a squad of High Templars ready to attack, the opponent cleverly knocked out his sensor tower and drove him back home with a few Dark Templars. After a panic, Grrr finally killed these few ghost-like Dark Templars, but a squad of the ultimate unit in the game—Carriers—had already appeared at his home... You must know that at this level of competition, it is very difficult for Carriers to appear in groups, because the resources required to mass-produce them are simply too many; opponents would easily notice and kill you during the power vacuum before your Carriers appear, but if a group of Carriers really appears...

... then it means the match can be over...

Grrr did not leave his seat for a long time, he didn't even take off his headphones; he stared blankly at the Replay screen and murmured a word: "...: Lucifer (Demon)..."

So after this match, the nickname "The Demon on Lost Temple" spread without legs; people speculated one after another, how far could this demon go?

Speaking of which, everyone can probably imagine how much commotion the crowd would make when the host revealed that the Quake champion was actually this guy too. But until the crowd slowly quieted down again, this legendary demon still did not appear... That flamboyant host finally cleared his throat and said:

"Additionally, after today's match, Team Member A of =LOST= notified me that their captain will not attend the award ceremony, and moreover... right after this competition...."

"=LOST= team announces its dissolution!"

The sudden news finally made the crowd explode at once, and the host's voice was drowned out by this clamor.

In a corner of the crowd, a teenager with a cold expression was muttering to himself at this moment: "Damn it~~! You win and want to run? I, Ling Tian, will definitely drag you out!"

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"Hey hey, I say Boss, look, the newspaper is discussing us again!" Xu Ge, the former vice-captain of =LOST= and also my good friend, was holding a newspaper and waving his arms at me.

"It's been three months, aren't you tired yet, Team Member A? Move aside, don't get in the way of my ball!" I looked impatient and threw another ball, Yes! Hit!

"I say Captain Comrade, for three months people have been constantly guessing the reason for our dissolution; this time it's that flamboyant host's speculation; this person is really unusually annoying..."

Xu Ge seemed to have been holding a grudge ever since becoming Team Member A in the host's mouth,

"... but his speculation actually makes a lot of sense... he said the captain of =LOST= is suffering from a terminal illness and won't live long, and the team members dissolved the team to mourn the captain..." This guy really doesn't know how to live...

Whoosh! The ball in my hand flew out with a swift motion; unfortunately, Xu Ge was prepared and caught it steadily. "Big Brother, hitting me is useless; why don't you go out and announce the reason for the dissolution yourself, saving everyone from wild speculation?"

"How do you expect me to say it? Say that two main players failed the college entrance exam while preparing for the competition and got sent to the Great Northwest, two others graduated university and went to Guangdong to work, the captain is about to participate in a senior internship, and the remaining one is a reckless guy who actually wants to go abroad? Resulting in the team dissolving? If I say that, won't I become the laughingstock of those people?" I looked depressed.

Xu Ge acted as if he suddenly understood, "Oh... so Yang Mo and Xiao K got sent to the Northwest?"

"Yang Mo went to Lanzhou University of Technology to fiddle with computers, Xiao K went to Gansu Agricultural University to learn farming..."

"Sweat... what about Andy and Old Gun?"

"One went to Zhuhai, one went to Shenzhen; they have already graduated from university and need to support themselves..."

"So, the only ones left staying in Beijing are us two?"

"You still have the face to say that! Your flight is tonight, right? Tomorrow only I will be left alone..."

"I will miss you when I get to New Zealand... How about playing some computer games now? Consider it a farewell match!?" This guy looked excited as soon as he mentioned games.

But I didn't have the mood; I grabbed him by the arm and walked towards the door.

"Let's go eat a meal together... consider it a farewell... we have already spent too much time on games..." I felt a bit sentimental, "Of course, you're paying..."

Xu Ge: "..."

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"Give you ten thousand years, can you use your hard bones and a chest full of red hot blood to build a towering wall for that soft, unreachable area in your heart? Give you one second, can you destroy this wall, level the crisscrossing wounds in your heart, and return to that chaos of the beginning where seaweed entangles jellyfish and the vast sea connects with the vast sky?..."

"Boss! Boss! I beg you! Can you not get excited, okay?" Xu Ge had shrunk into the corner of the seat, "And why does this passage sound a bit familiar?.."

I glared, "Give you a hand grenade, can you use the AK in your hand and your armor without a helmet to cut a bloody path and place it steadily on the police chief's head? Give you a Zergling, can you rely on its fragile armor and bright green saliva to sink the Carrier soaring in the endless clear sky?..."

"I can't!!.. Boss, I beg you! Don't drink anymore! I'll pay, okay?" Xu Ge was almost crying.

I tilted my head back, grabbed the wine bottle again, "Give you a bottle of beer, you..."

When I woke up again, I was already sleeping on the bed in my dormitory.

I struggled to get up, poured a glass of water, and raised a toast to the starry sky outside the window,

"Brother! Have a safe journey!"

I prayed silently and drank the water in the cup in one gulp.

And two years ago, the scenes from when I first walked into the university campus flashed before my eyes like slides...

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