Chapter 21: The Battle of Two People

The two pairs of players who used the least time in the preliminaries met, but did not decide the winner in an instant as people thought.

Unknowingly, 15 minutes had passed, and the situation on the field still seemed to be in a calm stalemate.

But the content of the competition was absolutely unrelated to calm.

In the past 15 minutes, there had been more than ten encounters, and the result of each battle was that all the troops on the field were almost wiped out. But insiders could see that in this repeated mutual annihilation, the balance of victory had actually begun to tilt slowly.

Although the result of the battle was basically evenly matched, the location of the battle had begun to slowly move toward the bases of littlebear and Faith.

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"Faint! I don't believe I can't beat these two kids!" At this moment, littlebear was very angry.

But his anger was not due to the passivity on the field, nor even because of the defeat that could already be foreseen.

His anger was actually due to: in his opinion, Ling Tian and Lei Xue’s resource allocation and troop production timing were not precise, and could not be called extreme troop massing at all. But under such circumstances, after every encounter, the one who was slightly dominant was actually the opponent!

I believe everyone can imagine how frustrating and annoying it would be to be beaten by the opponent and unable to lift your head when you clearly feel that the opponent’s level is not as good as yours.

On the other side, Ling Tian and Xue'er were carefully accumulating the hard-won advantages, slowly expanding their control range. In this process, Xue'er casually placed an expansion base under littlebear’s nose, and this move unexpectedly converted the advantage into a winning advantage in advance.

Because the "Animal" littlebear was completely enraged by this contemptuous move of the enemy.

He mobilized all his troops to charge. Although his partner "Assassin" Faith also carried out a pincer attack at the right time, the person who could stand on the battlefield with pride to welcome victory was still Ling Tian and Lei Xue...

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Finally over.

littlebear shook his head dejectedly and packed his backpack to leave.

Suddenly, a gentle voice came from behind him: "Do you know where you lost?"

"Animal" turned his head fiercely when he heard the sound, and then his pupils contracted in an instant, saying in a deep voice: "Farseer?"

In a sense, the person who came was a bit like KID, also possessing outstanding appearance and dazzling smiles, although at this moment this kind of smile brought a cold feeling to people...

He nodded to littlebear: "Better call me Cool-water."

littlebear’s voice was a bit trembling: "In your opinion, is my extreme troop massing perfect?"

Cool-water nodded: "Yes."

"Animal" almost roared: "Then why can't I beat these two kids?"

"Rhythm." Cool-water shook his fingers lightly and continued: "Your extreme troop massing, although perfect, is only individual perfection. You must remember, this is a 2v2 competition."

"Due to the differences in races, your Zerg and Faith’s Protoss do not reach the peak of troop strength at the same time. You are slightly later than him. And your opponents, although their resource allocation in the early stage seems imperfect, they used this point to precisely adjust the time when both of them reach the peak of troop strength to the same instant. Perhaps in most of the time, your troops are dominant, but at the moment the decisive battle begins, the total troops of the other side are slightly higher than yours."

"This gap is actually not large, perhaps it is just the 2 Zerglings you are running over, or a Zealot that is about to be built in Faith’s Gateway. This gap will not make you lose the battle, but it makes the other side successfully master the rhythm. Every encounter from then on is at the moment when the other side just happens to be in the best state, not you."

"The gap is accumulated bit by bit like this. When it reaches a certain degree, the advantage of the opponent’s race is displayed. The primary units of Terran and Protoss can form a perfect combination of far and near attacks, while you have to produce Dragoons and Hydralisks to make up for this gap, and the resources and time used to upgrade technology once again pull the distance between you. The expansion base placed by the opponent at the last moment simply makes you feel desperate."

"Don't try to find excuses. Losing this competition is simply because your skills are not as good as others!"

littlebear listened with sweat dripping down, muttering in his mouth: "Are they invincible...?"

"No." Cool-water shook his fingers again, "Their calculation is indeed precise. But this precision also makes it easy for me to master their time. The time when the first soldier appears, the time when reinforcements arrive, the time when troops merge... Under the premise of perfect troop massing, it is difficult for them to advance these iconic times by even 0.1 seconds!" Cool-water revealed a proud smile, "The defensive side is already taking advantage, not to mention mastering the opponent’s attack time? Also, don't forget, my partner is wzllt229, who is famous for the strongest defense!"

"The playstyle in the competition can be said to be the soul of the player. Some people think that using their own mistakes to exchange for the opponent’s fatal mistake is an excellent playstyle," Cool-water revealed a hidden look of contempt, "And some people simply use deception and grabbing the opponent’s flaws as a means of victory."

In another room, KID and I sneezed at the same time inexplicably.

"But the real victory should be a victory without flaws!" Cool-water said a bit excitedly, with a trace of hidden fanaticism in his eyes, "As long as you never make mistakes, you will never fail! Only like 229 and me, leaving no flaws, keeping no luck, and slowly crushing the opponent completely, this is the kingly way of invincibility!..."

"In the next competition, I will personally prove this to you! Those two kids are still too tender for me..."

Looking at Cool-water’s gradually receding back, littlebear was a bit dazed.

A hand patted his shoulder, "Is this the guy rumored to be nicknamed 'Farseer'?"

"Yes..." Animal said a bit uncertainly, "But I think he is more like a lunatic."

Faith didn't answer, but said slowly with some yearning: "If our opponents just now were the perfect double-person troop massing flow, then the partnership of 'Farseer' Cool-water and 'Holy Knight' wzllt229 is the perfect double-person expansion flow... I don't know what kind of situation this battle of theirs will be..."

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with us... Faith." littlebear sighed rarely, but finally couldn't help but continue: "This is a battle between the strongest spear and the strongest shield, who do you think will win?"

Faith didn't answer him, but whispered to himself: "Last year, on this battlefield... the 'Crimson King' also lost to the 'Farseer' and 'Holy Knight’s' 'Extreme Defense' move..."

At this time, in an inconspicuous corner, a teenager was also talking to himself: "In front of a strong shield, perhaps a dagger is better than a spear..."

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At the same time, on another battlefield, the battle between KID and me was reaching a white-hot degree.

...Perhaps I should change to a statement without ambiguity: that is, the battle "between" KID and me was reaching a white-hot degree...

The cause of the matter is this:

The enemy took advantage of our inattention and secretly buried 2 Lurkers in KID’s mineral area.

Lurkers are harming the world, and the farmers are crying. Can the High Templars sit idly by?

Of course not.

So two Psionic Storms exploded at the same time, and the Lurkers lived up to expectations and were turned into two pools of blood, but unfortunately, a group of farmers also went on the road.

I really tried to explain this to KID at the scene:

Although there were indeed half a squad of my Dragoons at the scene, they were invisible units... Do you understand invisible units? My Dragoons can't see them.

What? I have an Observer? But the Observer is far away... Saving people is like saving fire, how can the Observer be in time?

What? You used radar to shine on it at that time? Then why didn't you say so... If you don't say so, how would I know...

As a result, KID was very angry, and the consequences were very serious.

That half squad of my Dragoons soon became victims. They were very unfortunately collectively killed by the splash damage of their own tanks, just because they unfortunately met a Zergling scouting the way.

So I was also very angry, and when I was angry, my hands would tremble, and when my hands trembled, the Psionic Storm would be thrown even more inaccurately...

KID’s tank ground attack also rose rapidly to level 3...

But unfortunately, the opponent’s strength was really too weak, and even in this situation, they were successfully boarded on the high ground by KID and me.

Seeing that the opponent was about to be destroyed, I desperately manipulated the troops to attack the high-score units first, while KID’s troops were almost squeezed to the back.

Immersed in the fanatical grabbing activity, I didn't even notice the red dot flashing on the opponent’s base...

Draw...

KID suddenly typed such a word.

Draw? Draw what?

I was a bit confused, but my hands were still subconsciously operating desperately.

Back... another word jumped out.

Drawback...

"Retreat..."

I day, can’t you finish all the words at once...

KID’s prompt made me wake up immediately, and I started to control the troops to retreat reflexively.

But at this time, I noticed in despair: the rear had been blocked by the ally’s Terran troops, and the tanks were slowly putting away their barrels trying to make way...

Too late.

KID’s atomic bomb had already whistled down...

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In the previous competitions, I had never seen KID upgrade the atomic bomb route technology.

But not using it doesn't mean he won't use it. At least through this experience, I can authoritatively confirm one point: KID’s calculation of the atomic bomb’s damage radius is very precise, and his troops all stayed outside the damage range and were unharmed.

And my troops...

Wiped out.

At that moment, the veins on my forehead bulged fiercely, but I didn't want to say anything about it.

I just desperately started grabbing minerals, while quickly upgrading the carrier route technology. So when KID attacked the base of the only remaining opponent alone, I was also working tirelessly to have a squad of carriers.

The enemy’s defensive circle was already as small as it could be.

What he was waiting for, perhaps, was just a decent defeat... He didn't know that in the dark place he couldn't see, a squad of carriers was galloping.

But KID could see.

KID just smiled, withdrew his troops, and then another flashing red dot lit up on the opponent’s base.

He seemed to want to use this move to tell me: even if you have a squad of carriers, don't even think about grabbing points from my hands!

My answer was to A-click the Ghost that positioned the nuclear bomb without hesitation...

This move finally caused the war between KID and me to break out completely.

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Due to the unchangeable alliance relationship, our vision is shared, and we must choose forced attack to attack any unit of the other party... In this case, we don't need to guard against the other party’s sneak attack, but we have to spend amazing energy on operation.

Although KID’s troops lead me by a lot, I have more minerals than him, and I also have a ultimate unit that restrains him—the carrier! So from the scene, I am slightly dominant.

But due to the shared vision, my carriers will not be protected by the fog of war even if they are on the high ground, and the other party can conveniently attack.

And the mobility of the carrier has also lost its meaning. Once the carrier leaves, my base is in danger of being forced to quit by a large group of ground troops at any time.

I can only carefully use the carrier’s range to limit the opponent’s economy and the number of robots under the premise of taking into account defense.

Under this huge pressure, I enjoyed it, enjoying the feeling of full operation that I hadn't had for a long time.

KID’s left hand flying like a flight and the sweat slightly visible on his forehead proved that he had also gone all out, but if you observe carefully, you can still find a trace of a smile on the corner of his mouth...

In this subtle stalemate, our troops slowly grew.

My carriers spread out into a mysterious arc, the High Templars were ready to go in various key positions, the Zealot formation was moving forward along a strange route, followed by a large group of murderous Dragoons, and a small number of Corsairs and Shuttles were shuttling back and forth in the carrier group...

In the opposite position, the powerful Siege Tanks had set up their barrels and were ready to go, Vultures used their fast movement ability to spread Spider Mines in every corner of the map, the roar of Battlecruisers and Valkyries in the sky resounded through the clouds, and countless robots with shining missile launchers showed their master’s determination to win air superiority.

The war was on the verge of breaking out...

So, who will be the final winner?

The audience outside the field were unexpectedly quiet.

Perhaps they also wanted to know, in this competition that was completely about operation, who was more powerful, the "Crimson King" who was known to be able to stop time? Or was the demon who was also famous for his micro-management better?

Just at this moment, an accident happened.

A guy who had been forgotten by everyone woke up at this time, and he was our poor opponent.

Out of the professionalism of a professional player, he had been waiting for our final attack.

The existence of the fog of war made him unclear about the story between KID and me, and the atomic bomb that had never fallen made him understand one thing:

The opponent didn't intend to give him a decent defeat.

Under this realization, the player still waited for 10 minutes admiringly. But the attack we had been slow to launch made him guess what kind of hair-raising means we were going to use to humiliate him.

For a person, the greatest fear may be the fear of the unknown. The pressure caused by the thick fog of war on the map was getting bigger and bigger, and the thought that countless audiences might be preparing to treat him as a clown to laugh at made him even more unbearable. In the end, he decided to choose to quit.

So, at the most critical moment when KID and I were at daggers drawn, the word "victory" appeared on the screen at the same time, and the eye-catching font seemed to be reminding: you are comrades-in-arms standing in the same trench...

At least, for now...

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