translated by tamagoyaki
The previous translator originally provided a link to me for all of you to download chapter 5- 59 but it no longer works so I’ll upload their work here
Perhaps, it’s because someone on their side is AFK*. Or perhaps, it could be due to their team having both Frozen Heart and the “Starter Pack” demons. It allowed the foe to catch a glimpse of a hope that did not actually exist.
(*AFK = Away from the Keyboard)
In any case, until Jing Yu synced up with his teammates to take down the Demonic Dragon and lead the dragon army to storm into the enemy turret*, the enemy did not surrender.
(*Turret = Tower)
Soon enough, “Victory” blows up on the screen. Jing Yu lets out a long sigh of relief.
Whilst sitting on this speeding black taxi, he hadn’t dared to let down his guard for a second.
If he got distracted for even a moment, he could have easily missed the opportunity to back up his teammates, causing their entire party to be aced*.
(*aced = whole party killed)
This kind of intense battle is indeed very liberating — like abusing vegetables**, beating them till they lack all strength to retaliate.
(**abusing vegetables 虐菜 = abusing new players)
However, Jing Yu is also vividly aware; if he hadn’t kept up with his team’s pace, that would have been a whole other story.
A glance at the digits at the bottom right corner tells him it’s around 7pm, and only an hour has passed.
Jing Yu has set a rule for himself to broadcast up to 5 hours every day, starting from 6pm in the evening all the way till 11pm at night. Under normal circumstances, he would usually be able to play 8 to 9 rounds.
Following that, he drops dead onto his pillow, sleeping all the way to noon the next day. Then, after a quick lunch, Jing Yu organizes his streaming footage and releases a few edited clips.
Ever since he graduated from high school, Jing Yu has been maintaining this sort of lifestyle for nearly a year.
Maybe it’s because he’s playing as Frozen Heart. His popularity is fairly stable, neither rising nor falling. The money he makes is also sufficient to keep up this kind of lifestyle.
Jing Yu feels that he is incredibly fortunate to be able to use the method he likes to support himself. Therefore, he does not regret not entering college. It’s just…
He lifts his gaze to the interface’s post-battle statistics. Seeing the “MVP*” hovering over Frozen Heart’s head, he holds his lower lip in his mouth — He really wants to let more people see this sight ah……
(*MVP = Most Valuable Player)
Often times, the ones who are weak are not the demons, but the person controlling them. If the player has sufficient abilities, regardless of Frozen Heart or “Starter Pack” Demons, they would still be able to harness its strengths.
Yet, while the heart bears such thoughts, the mouth actually says: “Huan Hei**! I actually won! Thank God I used Frozen Heart, otherwise, this match would have been lost for sure!”
(**Huan Hei (歡嘿) – a way of expressing joy / shock)
— He says it as if Frozen Heart’s the strong one, not him.
The barrage on the second screen is in a total mess.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
【Xbivolrt’r Mgbhfc Lfjga lr ecvfofjajyif!】
【Lfjnfcr**, tf jmaejiis kbc! Po P’v xcbkc fjgilfg, P kbeivc’a tjnf yfa!】
(**Zj Tf (妈耶): Lfjnfcr)
【Xbivolrt, sbe mbra ws ojwlis j obgaecf!】
Vfflcu atfrf mbwwfcar, Alcu Te mjc’a tfiq yea rwlif: “P’ii erf Mgbhfc Lfjga lc atf cfza gbecv jr kfii. Tbe uefrr, klii P yf jyif ab mbiifma 20 tfjvr**?”
(**20个人头 = 20 Heads, literally. Riri’s site used ‘kills’, but I’ll use heads to demonstrate the bloodthirstiness of our MC)
【Swollen.】
【Anchor Goldfish, Ego Swollen on live broadcast!】
“I am very serious, okay~?” Jing Yu’s kittenish lilt makes a return. Yet, just when he’d begun running his mouth and left the game interface, he receives a string of four friend requests one after another, giving him a fright.
It’s not only him who was startled. Even the comments barrage is empty for a time, showing nobody had thought someone would add Jing Yu as a friend of their own accord. Yet, to receive four requests in one go?
Jing Yu clicks open the friend request. The sight of the four letters typed consecutively on the keyboard (that means asdf!) gives him a face full of black lines.
With regards to friend requests, he has never rejected anyone who wants to befriend him, thus he accepts them all. Without bothering to send a message in reply, Jing Yu returns back to solo mode.
He’s so scared that he’ll be late by a step and be welcomed back onto the black car with open arms — That kind of fast-paced play, you’ve got to know, he can’t guarantee he’d be able to keep it up every game. It’s far too nerve-wrecking.
On the other side, Qin Fei has indeed invited Jing Yu to form a team, but he’s late by a step.
Seeing the “In Game” status to the right of Jing Yu’s profile pic, a frown full of discontent scrunched the area between his eyes.
“Should we wait for him?” Blondie clearly also saw Jing Yu’s “In Game” prompt.
“Wait, my ass. Where do we have so much time?” Qin Fei replies, “Play one more game, then we’re returning to training. After the training, Ye Zi**, go harass him. One minute, one line. Don’t forget it.
(** Ye Zi (叶子): His real name is Ye Hong (叶鸿). As his id is pg-Leaf, in English, his nickname is Ye Zi, which is ‘Leaf’ in Chinese. I will be using ‘Ye Zi’ whenever people call him by this nickname to differentiate from his id ‘pg-Leaf’ during games.)
Ye Hong is caught between tears and laughter: “Harass… Why do I feel I’ll be blacklisted every minute?”
Thus, the four people on Qin Fei’s end also return to the game.
It’s no secret that pg, this team, is looking for a solo-laner. However, nobody would have expected that the way they find new teammates is actually to each open a side account to play in standard mode.
They’ve also considered whether or not to change their play style before, slowing down to accommodate new teammates. However, firstly, an individual’s play style can’t be changed so easily. Next, being fast-paced is their advantage. Slowing down is equivalent to throwing away their own advantage. Whilst they’d have no problems facing ordinary players, when met with pro-gamers, the team who’d thrown away their greatest asset will see holes appearing one after another. Then it’s no different from digging their own grave.
Therefore, no matter what, they’re geared towards finding a solo-laner who can keep up with them. If not, a jungler.
By the time they wrap up training, it’s almost 11pm. Ye Hong logs into his side account, glances at the message he’d sent to Jing Yu, and upon seeing the lack of reply, logs out to shut down the computer.
The team leaves the training room one after another. Only Qin Fei remains seated before his screen.
pg is a young team that was established three months ago. Right after their establishment, they signed up for ’s 3rd PGL* and got into the Top 8.
(*PGL = Professional Gamers League)
Yet, in the past three months, they’ve switched out solo-laners one after another, not a single one meeting Qin Fei’s demands.
“Too slow! Totally unable to keep up! What would we keep you for?!”
–That’s how he yelled his new teammates out of pg‘s doors time and again.
As a result, every single one of pg‘s past solo-laners all nurse a huge grudge against Qin Fei. They say he’s a tyrant.
They’re not wrong. Qin Fei is a tyrant. So long as it’s someone he doesn’t acknowledge, don’t talk about the Instructor, even the Boss won’t be able to keep them.
Even so, this kind of peremptory man is only acting as such because he’s making decisions on behalf of the team. He wants a teammate who can help the entire team to win the Championship.
It’s exactly on Jing Yu’s Frozen Heart that he’d gleaned such a sliver of hope. That’s why, Qin Fei wants to solicit this talent over to their side no matter what. Whilst he pushes this matter onto Ye Hong with his words, he actually still wants to try securing this player personally.
Therefore, seated within the deserted training room, Qin Fei enters his side account and impatiently opens a chatroom with “Gold Fish not Salted Fish”.
asdf: You here?
asdf: You here?
asdf: You hererererere?
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: ……
Jing Yu has just finished streaming when he sees this string of messages. He’s rendered a little speechless.
After sending a string of ellipses to asdf, he glances at the message left by jkll.
jkll: You play quite well. Do you have any interest in going pro?
Just this one line brings Jing Yu’s mood down.
Going pro… of course, he wants to. However, he has things which he insists on no matter what, and that thing is precisely what pro-gamer teams look down upon.
Approximately two months back, Jing Yu received some inspiration from the barrage comments. Though with his mouth, he’d said “I’ve never thought about going pro la“, Jing Yu still turned around and contacted a few pro-gaming teams.
Yet, some applications were like pebbles sinking into the sea**, others replied that they don’t have an empty spot. It was difficult enough to get a team to reply him, but when they asked which demon he’s best at, he answered Frozen Heart. And then… and then, there was no ‘and then’.
(** Pebbles sinking into the sea (石沉大海): silently, without making an impact)
Jing Yu is not disappointed. He’s just a bit sulkish.
Based on what grounds do they say Frozen Heart can’t enter the professional league?
–That’s right! This is exactly what Jing Yu refuse to budge on! He wants to let unpopular demons such as Frozen Heart appear on the pro-gaming scene! Moreover, to clinch victory at the championship!
He wants to prove that these demons are not weak. It’s only the players controlling them who are.
This kind of mindset naturally isn’t advocated amongst professional teams. Most pro-gamer teams prefer members who can adjust their card pools* according to the game’s rules, meeting the instructor’s requirements to help the team clinch victory at the championship.
(*card pools (卡牌池) : number of characters these players are capable of playing to a degree of aptitude)
That’s why, when Qin Fei brought up “playing as a professional”, Jing Yu’s immediate response is exactly this:
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: Can I use Frozen Heart?
Shortly after replying, Jing Yu laughs with a ‘tch’ sound.
It wasn’t easy to have such an opportunity presented right before his eyes. But with this reply, what difference is there from rejecting? He must really not want to play professionally bah…
Jing Yu is just about to leave the game interface when he receives the other party’s response.
asdf: Why not?
Why not?
Jing Yu blankly stares at this line, incapable of responding for half a day**.
(** half a day (好半天) : naturally not half a day that long. It goes to show a long time)
asdf: So long as you play well.
The world before him is a blur. Jing Yu feels as if everything is a bit surreal.
The other party is saying, so long as he plays well, he can choose any demon he likes?
Hesitating, Jing Yu types out a line of words, deletes it, types out another line, then deletes it once again.
Finally, he sends out a single reply:
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: If that’s the case, I’ve got a bit interest. But before that, can you tell me which team you’re from?
asdf: pg.
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: ! ! !
asdf: What’s wrong?
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: Fei Ge, My Hubby!!!
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: No, my GOD!
Gold Fish not Salted Fish: Can you help me get his autograph?
asdf: ……
At this moment, within the deserted training room, pg‘s jungler and captain — Qin Fei, looks at the screen before him and lightly knits his brows.
Suddenly, he’s got a bad feeling.
WAIT DID HE JUST SAY HUBBY??? LMAO PLS-
Ty to the translator for the chapter, and thank you to the other translator for reuploading!
Your inner gay is shining bright jing yu🤣🤣🤣
Jing Yu, calm down. Don’t startle the t̶a̶r̶g̶e̶t̶ your future hubby before you get him. 🤣
LMAOO HE REALLY SAID THAT 💀
Fanboy fanatic at heart shining through fo sho 😭💀💕💕
🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
haha he let his inner fanboy Shine online “though I hope he escapes the second hand embarrassment that he is already let his Idol know that he calls him hubby”.