FCY Chapter 86

Preparing for the Second Round

“Huh? We won?” Qing Lu looked at his screen in disbelief.

Wu Xinshen patted Qing Lu on the back. “Yeah, we won. Let’s go, next break. Those two are already far ahead.”

While Qing Lu was still stunned, Wu Xinming and Cen Xi had already returned to the lounge as usual, to rest and recharge for the next game.

“Oh, oh.” Qing Lu snapped out of it, smiled apologetically, got up, and looked at the competition arena with reluctance. He was a substitute, and it was unlikely that he would play in the following games.

Wu Xinshen awkwardly retracted his hand that Qing Lu hadn’t noticed, and patted Qing Lu again. “Let’s go, there will be other opportunities next time.”

Wu Xinshen could tell what Qing Lu was thinking from his eyes. After all, when he was a substitute in other teams, he also looked at the competition arena with such reluctance, unwilling to leave for a long time.

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“Brother, congratulations on winning the first round!” Luo Yan immediately hugged Cen Xi the moment he walked into the lounge. “As expected of my brother, you’re amazing!”

Cen Xi patted Luo Yan’s head and immediately released him, heading towards Zhu Zi to discuss the tactics for the next round. Luo Yan had no complaints about Cen Xi’s behavior; the competition was the most important thing at this time.

“Zhu Zi, for the next round, I want to use tactics directly.”

This answer was within Zhu Zi’s expectations. With Cen Xi’s character, he would indeed go straight to tactics.

“Don’t you want to try a normal approach?”

“Tactics are not guaranteed to succeed and need constant improvement. Our current strength needs to be improved. With a normal approach, we have a 50-50 chance against them, but using tactics only adds an extra 10% certainty, at most catching them off guard.”

When Cen Xi said this, Zhu Zi already knew what Cen Xi was thinking: they couldn’t afford to gamble.

“Do whatever you want, I support your ideas.”

“Yeah.” Cen Xi nodded, took a sip of water. In eSports, being weak is the original sin. There are too many newcomers emerging, and the newcomers know the old players’ tactics, but the old players don’t know the newcomers’ tactics. There are too many uncertainties in eSports games; they need innovation, and they have to innovate.

At this moment, Zhu Zi lowered his head and pondered. Since Cen Xi came back, he thought that the once-invincible SY team had returned, but he didn’t expect the era to have changed so much. In his heart, as long as SY played, they could definitely win easily. This was the confidence that the former SY gave him. His thinking had some problems. Fortunately, he discovered his mistake before it turned into a big mistake. He had to go back and re-compare team data and formulate a training plan.

“The second game is about to begin. Now, the SY team has switched back to its starting player, Luo Yan! I wonder what kind of surprises this game between SY and CS will bring us compared to the last one?”

“The game officially begins!”

“This game is a best-of-three map. The starting money of 5000 is neither too much nor too little. The game duration is 20 minutes…”

“Xin Shen and Xinming, you guys go occupy Two Fortresses together. I estimate their beast master will go to Two Fortresses first. So, Luo Yan, follow me to Three Fortresses.”

At the beginning, the two teams peacefully occupied their respective areas, without any conflict.

Cen Xi and Luo Yan stopped at a large open space with a good view in Three Fortresses. It was close to the flag capture point of Three Fortresses, making it convenient for them to capture the flag and also making it easy for the opponent to see their position, directly provoking a fight. This was what Cen Xi wanted.