BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 2

Chapter 2 E-sports 2 “His hand is ruined!”

Chapter 2 E-sports 2 “His hand is ruined!”

“Ah?” Two exclamations overlapped.

One was from Luo Qi. Chu Li-fei was a top-tier jungler in the league, and he hoped that a solo match with a rookie wouldn’t break the other person’s mentality.

Lu Mo-chen didn’t think as much as Luo Qi did. He was simply pleasantly surprised.

He was just a well-known streamer before, and his fans jokingly signed him up for MU Team’s tryouts. He didn’t expect to actually pass. He originally planned to just give it a try and then go home, which would be considered living up to his fans’ expectations.

However, he didn’t expect that when he heard footsteps on the stairs in the lobby, he inadvertently looked up. At that moment, time seemed to freeze, becoming eternal in his memory.

The man at the corner of the stairs was tall and straight, his cold white and slender neck hidden deep in his collar, his dark, broken hair slightly covering his narrow phoenix eyes, his thin lips slightly pursed, his expression a little tired but still unable to resist his striking features.

The man was obscured by the shadows of the stairs, walking towards him step by step, into the light.

It was as if he were a fairy who came specifically for him.

And he was destined to fall.

Lu Mo-chen quickly changed his mind on the spot.

Even now, his hands were still trembling slightly, and the heart in his chest was beating so violently and clearly, as if it had been wound up.

Not to mention how nervous he was when Chu Li-fei stood behind him just now!

“What’s wrong, scared?” Chu Li-fei’s pleasant voice sounded again, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his lips as he looked at him teasingly.

“No… no, it’s nothing, let’s go.” Lu Mo-chen quickly regained his senses.

Before he could even secretly rejoice at adding Chu Li-fei as a friend in the game, the match quickly began.

Chu Li-fei: “Pick a hero, and I’ll pick the same one as you.”

Lu Mo-chen ultimately chose the assassin—A Fei.

This hero is extremely demanding on the player’s mechanics. The skills are flashy, and the upper limit is very high. If played well, it’s a unique skill, and in high-elo, it’s a hero that’s often banned.

A hint of something unreadable flashed in Chu Li-fei’s eyes. Challenges make things interesting, don’t they?

The 1v1 map and rules are much simplified compared to regular games. There is only one lane, and whoever takes down the opponent’s tower is considered the winner of the game.

Both sides conventionally farmed minions and smoothly leveled up to level 2. Since Lu Mo-chen brought the Smite skill, he eventually took the Rift Scuttler.

Both sides ate another wave of minions, and neither made any rash moves. Like wolves lurking in the dark, they waited for their opponents to actively step into their traps.

The atmosphere began to tense up until both sides reached level 4 and unlocked A Fei’s ultimate.

Instantly, both characters used their ultimates together. The desolate sword shadows shattered the stagnant atmosphere, and the two’s identical operations made the characters in the game like mirrors, clashing against each other.

In the end, because Lu Mo-chen had a slight economic lead, Chu Li-fei was at a disadvantage and retreated to the tower to recall with a sliver of health remaining.

Luo Qi, who was watching from the side, also became nervous.

After Chu Li-fei returned to the lane, the two seemed to have agreed again and did not make any rash moves.

At 4 minutes and 30 seconds, Chu Li-fei completed the last hit on the minions, bought equipment, and directly Flashed behind Lu Mo-chen’s character to use his ultimate. Lu Mo-chen also reacted quickly, using his ultimate at the same time in the next second, but ultimately began to lose to Chu Li-fei.

The little man on the screen gradually fell, his body becoming illusory. Chu Li-fei manipulated his character to pass through just as the other was falling, as if catching him.

The pace of a solo match is very fast. There is often only one chance. Once you die, you are basically powerless to recover.

At this time, Chu Li-fei was leading the newly arrived minion wave to directly attack the opponent’s tower, winning the game.

Lu Mo-chen took off his headset, feeling somewhat frustrated.

Chu Li-fei looked at Lu Mo-chen’s appearance at this time, looking like an abandoned puppy, and couldn’t help but say comfortingly, “It’s okay, this is just my personal test and won’t affect the tryout results.”

Lu Mo-chen seemed even more depressed after hearing this.

Chu Li-fei didn’t understand, but the tryout wasn’t over yet.

Many casual players are very good in the game, but their results are very unsatisfactory when placed in professional leagues. What the QWE League measures is not only individual mechanics, but also a large component of teamwork.

“Get ready, I’ll go find a few people. You’re the jungler.”

“Okay…” Chu Li-fei seemed to have thought of something again: “You’re in charge of commanding, is that okay?”

Before long, Chu Li-fei returned to the room with two people. They were Yu Qing, MU’s starting support known as “Cold-Blooded Shark”, and Zhang Zi-fan, the substitute top laner known as “Bodhi Seed.”

“We originally scheduled a scrim with KH Team today, but Old Wang took a temporary leave of absence. Hopefully KH won’t mind, so we’ll play a few games with them later.”

Old Wang’s full name is Wang Jian-guo, and he is MU’s starting top laner. At 25 years old, he is considered a senior player in the e-sports industry.

KH is a newly emerging team, and their strength is not very stable, usually hovering around the top eight.

Chu Li-fei then said to the other two, “This is Lu Mo-chen. He will be the jungler and commander later. His game ID is Guan Dong Zhu. You may have heard of him.”

Sure enough, as soon as they heard the name “Guan Dong Zhu,” the young “Cold-Blooded Shark” Yu Qing’s eyes lit up instantly: “Wow, I’m your fan! Can I get your autograph?”

Lu Mo-chen instantly felt a little embarrassed. He looked at Chu Li-fei’s position with a guilty conscience, only to see that the other party was looking at him with interest, with no intention of interrupting. He said uncomfortably, “Let’s talk after the game.”

Yu Qing seemed to have noticed his impropriety and glanced at Lu Mo-chen apologetically.

At this time, a soft voice came from the corner.

“We seem to be missing a marksman. Captain, did you forget to call Brother Li?”

Luo Qi asked doubtfully.

“Li Yun-ping has transferred to TY. It’s estimated that it will be officially announced online in a few days. I’ll play marksman.” Chu Li-fei’s tone was slightly disgusted.

As soon as he said this, the other three in the room, except for Lu Mo-chen, exclaimed softly at the same time.

Li Yun-ping had emerged from the youth training camp two years ago and had been personally mentored by Chu Li-fei. It was originally rumored that if Chu Li-fei retired, the captain’s position would definitely belong to him.

So when MU lost again in the finals, even though rumors of Li Yun-ping’s transfer were rampant online, they never thought this day would come.

But MU’s top laner is “old,” the mid laner and support are not very outstanding, and now even the marksman is gone.

Can MU really usher in the next final?

The three young men couldn’t help but feel a little worried about the future.

Chu Li-fei wasn’t worried at all. First, he wasn’t the original owner and wouldn’t be sad because of “betrayal.” Second, it was just a matter of losing a marksman. Chu Li-fei didn’t believe that without him, they would be stopped from reaching the finals!

Chu Li-fei said coldly, “Cheer up! You’re scared before the game even starts? If you don’t even have this confidence, you might as well go home early.”

The three quickly adjusted their emotions. Yes, as competitive players, fearlessly challenging and forging ahead is what they should do, and it is also their original intention of becoming professional players!

Both sides entered the game room. KH banned and picked first.

They immediately banned a hero—Dark Night Earl, Chu Li-fei’s powerful hero.

Lu Mo-chen couldn’t help but chuckle when he saw this, and then quickly banned a support.

After 6 heroes were banned, KH quickly grabbed an assassin—A Fei.

Lu Mo-chen thought of the solo match not long ago and couldn’t help but feel it was too much of a coincidence.

Immediately, he had “Shark” take the support hero—Dream Eater, a character with a hard control skill that lasts for 2.5 seconds, specializing in dealing with flashy moves.

Chu Li-fei was on the 5th floor. Listening to Lu Mo-chen’s commands, he selected a short-legged marksman named Halodan and glanced at him meaningfully.

This marksman has short legs, no self-protection ability, a cute appearance, but the voice lines are particularly cheap, instantly drawing hatred as soon as he appears.

Ten seconds later, the game entered the loading screen.

The KH Team directly widened their eyes when they saw the heroes corresponding to the character IDs.

“WTF, is Li Yun-ping really transferring? Chu Li-fei has switched to marksman?”

“No way, who’s this jungler? Guan Dong Zhu, does anyone know him?”

“I know, a pretty famous streamer. I ran into him in the peak tournament last time, and he carried me to victory.”

“Then it’s not his turn for Chu Li-fei to give up his position and fill in as marksman. Is MU crazy?”

Regardless of how chaotic KH was, the training room of MU was unusually calm.

Only Lu Mo-chen’s command and his teammates’ communication could be heard.

Chu Li-fei manipulated his character to rush to the river.

Before becoming a professional player, the original owner was good at the jungler and marksman positions. However, MU was more lacking a marksman at the time, so Chu Li-fei settled down in the jungle.

Now, Chu Li-fei, who inherited the original owner’s memory, quickly got the hang of this character.

The little man on the screen was carrying a big schoolbag, walking towards the tower with unusual arrogance.

The opposing marksman was unusually agile and didn’t have low damage in the early stage. Chu Li-fei carefully positioned himself, finished farming the minion wave, and directly retreated to the tower.

Sure enough, the opposing mid-lane mage and support had already disappeared from the minimap.

Seeing that Chu Li-fei didn’t show his face, they turned around and took the Rift Scuttler together with the marksman.

Lu Mo-chen started with the blue buff in this game. After soaking up some mid-lane minions, he quickly switched to the bottom to farm the red buff.

Both sides played unusually cautiously in this wave. The two top laners were doing a two-man act, but neither got the first blood.

Until two minutes later, the Tyrant Lord spawned.

Both sides gathered towards the Tyrant Lord at the same time.

KH’s jungler took the lead, and the opposing marksman immediately followed up to deal damage.

Seeing this, Luo Qi directly released a skill to try to control the opponent, and Lu Mo-chen and Chu Li-fei also quickly joined the battle.

The Tyrant Lord’s health dropped rapidly. At this time, what mattered was the ability of the two junglers.

Two Smites fell quickly, almost simultaneously.

At the same time, the voice broadcast quickly popped up [The Tyrant Lord has been killed by Nightmare Lord].

Nightmare Lord was the character operated by Lu Mo-chen.

Having obtained the buff, MU quickly chased up. KH reacted quickly as well, and started to retreat as soon as they saw the broadcast, but MU still managed to keep the support.

First blood was drawn, and Chu Li-fei got the kill.

“Captain, place it towards the Dominator…”

The voice broadcast sounded again. [The Dominator has been killed by Halodan].

Halodan’s second skill is to fire a cannonball in a straight line in a specified direction, and the distance can cover the entire map. However, there is a certain delay in the launch of the cannonball, so it is extremely demanding on the player’s timing prediction.

Chu Li-fei glanced in Lu Mo-chen’s direction, only to find that the other party was also looking at him. The two’s eyes met in the air, and Lu Mo-chen immediately turned his head away as if feeling guilty, no longer looking at him.

Looking at Lu Mo-chen’s interesting reaction, Chu Li-fei felt as if his heart was scratched, and an inexplicable emotion surged up.

Before he could think about it, “Cold-Blooded Shark’s” voice sounded: “WTF, 666666. This wave can take down the mid-lane tower.”

KH lost two dragons in a row, and their experience and economy were now a notch below MU’s. Seeing that 4 members of MU were gathering in the mid-lane, they could only reluctantly give it up.

But the mid-lane tower is extremely important in the game. It provides vision and can also increase the enemy’s pressure to invade the jungle to a certain extent.

Lu Mo-chen’s Dark Night Lord directly took down the opponent’s blue zone with the mage and support. Wherever he went, not a blade of grass grew, and even the monsters were taken away.

In this way, the economic gap was quickly widened, and the opposing jungler A Fei wanted to show off again to try to revive, but was directly held down by “Shark’s” Dream Eater, unable to move.

At ten minutes, the game ended.

Looking at the dark “Defeat” on the screen, the KH Team training room was silent.

It was their captain who stood up and said, “There are two more games. This time, don’t focus on banning Chu Li-fei’s jungle.”

So the second game began. This time, it was MU’s turn to ban and pick first.

Lu Mo-chen didn’t understand KH’s style, so he only banned 3 strong heroes.

In this game, Dark Night Earl was released.

Lu Mo-chen directly picked it and then quickly locked it in.

The KH training room exploded again.

“What the hell? Is Chu Li-fei jungling in this game?”

“No way, is this MU’s new tactic?”

“If I had known, I would have banned Dark Night Earl. How can we continue to play like this?”

Looking at the wailing coming from the training room, KH’s captain fell silent again.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to encourage his teammates, but Chu Li-fei’s Dark Night Earl was too terrifying!

Chu Li-fei had played in the league for almost 5 years. Except for the early days, his Dark Night Earl was almost nailed to the ban list.

Even though the game nerfed Dark Night Earl two years ago, Chu Li-fei didn’t seem to be affected at all, as if he was playing a different game from them. KH had been killed many times before and still had a huge psychological shadow.

So when they saw that the ID controlling Dark Night Earl was Guan Dong Zhu, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

However, they were happy too early.

Looking at the familiar word “Defeat” on the screen, silence once again fell in the KH training room.

However, they finally won the third game.

MU’s substitute top laner Bodhi Seed was unfortunately killed by the opponent after being ganked, and Luo Qi also accidentally lost a point during the support process. KH seized the opportunity and almost pulled out the high ground in the middle and top lanes, restricting MU’s range of activities.

In the end, MU’s crystal was still pushed down.

Luo Qi and “Bodhi Seed” Zhang Zi-fan lowered their heads.

Chu Li-fei stood up from his chair: “You guys continue training first, and we’ll review it later. I’ll take Lu Mo-chen to discuss the contract.”

He turned to look in Lu Mo-chen’s direction: “Come with me.” Then he took the lead to push the door out.

Lu Mo-chen hurriedly followed.

The office was at the other end of the corridor.

Lu Mo-chen turned his head to look at Chu Li-fei, and carefully asked, “Captain, did I pass? I should have been more stable in that last wave.”

“Yes, you passed.” Chu Li-fei stopped at this moment, and he calmly looked at Lu Mo-chen: “However, have you really thought about it?”

“Huh?” Lu Mo-chen was stunned. He saw that Chu Li-fei’s beautiful eyes were full of scrutiny and suspicion at this moment, and his heart became anxious. He directly grabbed Chu Li-fei’s hand: “I’ve thought about it.”

Feeling the slightly warm temperature coming from his hand, Chu Li-fei shifted his gaze to the overlapping position of the two, slightly stunned, and didn’t shake it off. Instead, he continued to say in this manner: “I am MU’s starting jungler, you know that, right?”

Lu Mo-chen was a little embarrassed by Chu Li-fei’s gaze, and took the lead to let go of his hand, putting his hands behind his back, unconsciously stroking the remaining touch: “I know.”

“Then you should also know that when you join the team, you will be my substitute.”

“Yes.” Lu Mo-chen’s voice lowered. He was young and had a large number of fans, and his skills were good. No one would be willing to be a substitute. However, if it was Chu Li-fei… Lu Mo-chen secretly made up his mind, raised his head, his eyes full of confidence: “Then I will have a chance to play, right?”

Chu Li-fei chuckled, his beautiful phoenix eyes revealing a smile. He seemed to have heard a satisfactory answer, turned around and continued to walk forward.

“It depends on your performance.”

The voice was very soft and dissipated in the corridor in a blink of an eye. But Lu Mo-chen still heard it.

He regained his usual smile and followed behind Chu Li-fei.

The two came to the door of the manager’s office.

Chu Li-fei asked Lu Mo-chen to wait at the door for a while, saying that he had something to talk to the manager about.

When Lu Mo-chen entered again, a brand new contract had already been placed on the table.

He glanced at Chu Li-fei, quickly scanned the terms of the contract, and signed his name without hesitation.

Just like that, Lu Mo-chen joined MU’s team.

Chu Li-fei looked at all of this in front of him, feeling that it was going too smoothly to be unbelievable. It was just that his right hand was aching faintly, and it even trembled slightly if you looked closely.

However, he hid it well and didn’t let the two people on the other side notice. He looked at the two people shaking hands at this moment, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

However, when Chu Li-fei and Lu Mo-chen came out, a fierce quarrel broke out in the training room.

Chu Li-fei quickly approached with Lu Mo-chen.

The closer they got to the training room, the clearer the voices became.

“Li Yun-ping, how dare you come back!”

It was the voice of the support Yu Qing!

“Luo Qi, don’t pull me! You know how the captain treated him, but he transferred at this time, and he still has the face to come back!”

Then a strange voice came from inside: “Heh, what do you know? Chu Li-fei’s hand is ruined, and he can’t play in the next season at all! Without Chu Li-fei, I don’t think MU can even get a runner-up!”