translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
The match between Qin Mo and Xu Sizhe ended in 5 minutes, while the next match between Qiu Zongping and Lin Yao lasted for a whole 30 minutes.
Lin Yao’s confidence had increased a lot after his unexpected victory over Qin Mo on the first day. Today’s game was also very straightforward, while Qiu Zongping’s style tended to be steady, Lin Yao was better at long-distance kiting, and the both of them tied at 1:1.
The selected map in the third match happened to be an obstacle map, which had advantages for both sides. Qiu Zongping kept summoning pets to control his opponent, while Lin Yao continued to consume his opponent’s blood volume with layers of poison. After ten minutes of battle, the victor was finally decided——Lin Yao won against Qiu Zongping by a thrilling gap of just 5% HP!
This result also surprised the audience. After all, Qiu Zongping was Sky team’s captain, while Lin Yao was not a particularly well-known member of the Dynasty team.
Before the match, Qiu Zongping and Lin Yao had a 7:3 support rate, which was similar to Qin Mo’s 8:2 support rate against Lin Yao yesterday. Still, despite the extremely low support rating, it was Lin Yao who won both matches.
“Qiu Zongping and Lin Yao were both players discovered by god Mo back then. They played this match for nearly 30 minutes, and in the end, captain Qiu lost to Lin Yao by 5% gap, this result is really surprising,” Liang Ru commented. “Obviously, Lin Yao is the strongest dark horse in Group A, winning two matches in a row. Ye Chao, why don’t you briefly comment on this match?”
Ye Chao commented professionally: “Qiu Zongping has been the captain and commander for many years and has a strong overall view. Lin Yao is a player with distinctive features. He used to be a long-range archer in Huaxia Club. This time he switched to the poison master flow after going to Peerless Jianghu. He combined the long-range kite play with the poison master flow, and used a layered poison to consume his opponent’s blood volume. It can be said that both of them are good at slow-paced attrition, which is also the reason why this match was very tight and lasted for half an hour. However, the battle of attrition is more advantageous for players who attack with poison, because the negative state of poisoning will cause the opponent to lose blood continuously, allowing Lin Yao to seize the victory. It is also because he poisoned Qiu Zongping at the critical moment, then opened up the distance to consume captain Qiu’s blood volume, forcing him to die from poisoning. This was a very clever move by Lin Yao.”
Liang Ru nodded approvingly. “A slow-paced battle requires the slow accumulation of a blood volume gap, and in this regard, poison masters beat summoners, so dragging out the time was indeed the wisest method. Captain Qiu is not good at fast attacks, and Lin Yao obviously knows him very well. It is reasonable to use the terrain to win the third match in a thrilling way, though unexpected.”
“After this match, the result in group A has gradually become clear.” Ye Chao announced. “Lin Yao has won two straight victories, while Qin Mo and Qiu Zongping have both lost one and won one. Xu Sizhe has two consecutive defeats and will no longer be able to qualify for the next stage. Tomorrow, the match between Qin Mo and Qiu Zongping will determine the qualification list for this group.”
Liang Ru smiled. “Up next is an advertisement. Friends in the audience, there will be 10 minutes before group B’s match begins, please rest until then.”
The advertisement was broadcasted on the big screen, which was still the LCD lightscreen endorsed by Zhu Qingyue.
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After Lin Yao returned backstage, his eyes were filled with tears of excitement. Chu Jianxin stood up gracefully and hugged his teammate, smiling. “You played very well, you will surely make it to the top 16. Let’s go back, I’ll treat you to dinner at noon.” The captain didn’t put on airs, and was very friendly.
In group A, Lin Yao unexpectedly won against Qin Mo on the first day, and once more against Qiu Zongping on the second day. His performance in this individual competition had already far exceeded the expectations of Chu Jianxin.
With red eyes, Lin Yao nodded. He sat next to Chu Jianxin, but didn’t know what to say.
Over the years, he had always been an unseen, unknown member of Huaxia club. Today, he finally showed his real strength!
The audience only thought it was a surprise that he won the game, but they didn’t know how hard he worked all night last night, studying Qiu Zongping’s playing methods and the battle maps.
This result was within Qin Mo’s expectations.
Qin Mo had long ago mentioned that Lin Yao was the most talented among the five newcomers discovered from Wind Colour’s training camp.
The five newcomers of that year: double summoners Yuan Xi and Qiu Zongping, remote outputs Zhao Xingchen and Lin Yao, in addition to Zhou Xuewei’s god level healer, could have become the new generation of Wind Colour’s main lineup. Qin Mo had high hopes for Lin Yao, and planned to give Qiu Zongping captaincy and Lin Yao the vice-captaincy in the future. Only, Lin Yao seemed to be under great psychological pressure at that time. Compared with the carefree attitudes of other people, Lin Yao frowned all day long, and Qin Mo seldom saw a smile on Lin Yao’s face. Qin Mo always felt that he had a lot on his mind, but Qin Mo also didn’t like to talk to people, so he assumed that Lin Yao was young and not used to the collective life of the club, so he didn’t pay much attention to it. \
Before Qin Mo retired, Lin Yao suddenly transferred to Huaxia club. This decision both surprised and puzzled Qin Mo. Later, after Qin Mo left Wind Colour, he no longer paid attention to Lin Yao’s situation.
He heard that Lin Yao switched to play as an archer in Huaxia club, and his development prospects weren’t very good.
Huaxia club Time team’s captain was a world class archer. Naturally, Lin Yao could only serve as his foil if he played as an archer, and as a supporting character, he wouldn’t get much attention. This time he followed Chu Jianxin to Peerless Jianghu, aware that the new game could give him more opportunities.
During the ten-minute break, Qin Mo turned to go to the restroom and happened to meet Lin Yao—— Lin Yao was very pale, his eyes were red as if he had just cried. Qin Mo’s impression of him was of someone who didn’t talk much in the training camp, and only had a good relationship with the careless Yuan Xi. He constantly had a lot on his mind, and seemed to be very unhappy. He was indecisive in playing games, the typical player with the problem of overthinking with a very sensitive mind. Qin Mo didn’t know what he worried about every day.
Sensing Qin Mo’s entrance, Lin Yao was stunned, and immediately wiped off the tear tracks on his face in confusion. “God Mo.”
“You played well today,” Qin Mo encouraged. “Now that you have changed projects and started all over again, don’t worry too much about the past.”
Hearing this, Lin Yao lowered his head in shame. After a while, he whispered. “God Mo, I haven’t had a chance to explain to you.” Pausing, he looked up at Qin Mo. “Back then, my sudden transfer to Huaxia Club was because Huaxia offered me a higher salary.”
Qin Mo had roughly guessed the reason, but never expected that Lin Yao would tell him this in person.
“My family’s conditions are not very good.” Lin Yao choked out his explanation. “My parents work odd jobs outside to support both my sister and I. My grades are poor, but I’m not bad at playing games. I went to the Wind Colour club for an interview with the idea of trying. I didn’t expect to pass, and also didn’t expect you to choose me and let me train with Xiao Yuan. My heart is very grateful to you and the Wind Colour club.”
“At that time, my sister was admitted to a famous school in the UK, but my family could not afford the fees. For a family like us, going abroad is a huge expense. My sister is also very sensible, and took the initiative to tell me that she is not going to continue her studies. It just so happened that the manager of Huaxia contacted me and poached me with a high salary, because Huaxia had a remote-output player who was going to retire. They wanted me to fill the vacancy. I hesitated for a while, but finally agreed…”
“Over the years, I have always felt very ashamed and very guilty, because I have let down god Mo. This time, I want to say sorry to you in person.”
Listening to his choked voice and looking at his red eyes, Qin Mo couldn’t help softening up some. “Lin Yao, you don’t need to apologize to me,” he sighed. “Esports players don’t sign contracts with a club to be a slave. It is a normal choice to transfer. Besides, your family was facing difficulties, so it’s only natural to choose a job with a higher salary.”
“But I failed to live up to your expectations…” Lin Yao was ashamed.
“It doesn’t matter,” Qin Mo smiled. “It’s just my duty as a vice-captain to train you. As for your path in the future, it is up to you to decide.”
Moved by this sentence, Lin Yao stared at Qin Mo with tears in his eyes. He couldn’t believe that Qin Mo didn’t blame him at all.
Qin Mo couldn’t help laughing, and patted Lin Yao’s shoulder. “Good luck.”
There were all kinds of people in the esports circle. Since there were rich second generations like Lin Shuangcheng, who could build a team of his own, there were naturally poor teenagers like Lin Yao who had to lower their prices for money. Qin Mo could also understand Lin Yao’s choice. To put it bluntly, the relationship between esports players and the club was akin to a relationship between the staff and the company. When talking about feelings, it should also be under the premise that there was no pressure in life.
Lin Yao had been unhappy at that time, obviously worried about the matter of his sister going abroad.
As an elder brother, he wanted to earn more money for his sister who had good grades to go to a better school, which at least proved that he was a good brother who was loyal to the family.
In recent years, in order to fill the archer’s vacancy in Huaxia, he had been willing to stay unknown, and failed to fully realise his potential. Now, after changing his project to Peerless Jianghu, Qin Mo also believed that Lin Yao would one day become a truly dazzling great god, instead of going against his principles for a contract salary worth merely a few hundred thousands.
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After coming out of the restroom, Qin Mo returned to his seat. The seat next to him was empty. Obviously, Xiao Han had already rushed to the match site.
As soon as he sat down, he found a piece of paper on the seat beside him. On it was written a line of crooked Chinese characters: “Beloved god Mo, please witness the wonderful performance of your family’s god Han.”
Qin Mo. “……”
Why did Xiao Han leave a note before going to the competition? It was so corny that Qin Mo didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry.
Plus, Xiao Han, you should really practice your handwriting. These characters which are as ugly as dogs crawling are really not in line with your great god temperament!
God han doesn’t have to impress momo with his handwriting, qin mo is already his person. Gotta accept him for who he is, super hot mixed breed, super great chemistry with qin mo in game and out of it, doesn’t always use proper chinese grammar, bad handwriting. :3
Awww that’s sweet. I hope there will be more sweet moments with the mc
Lol, he’s not a perfect being~
It’s just some sweet moment of them, love them both ❤
Hmm~ so that was the reason why he transferred… I wondered about that~ Everyone has different circumstances!~ It’s good that Qin Mo don’t blame him for that~ Hahaha Xiao Han writing a note to Qin Mo before going to the competition ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ I really love their interactions and want to see more ahh~ (⑅˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ )
Thank you for the chapter! 🌹
Yes, it’s the reason, I think Lin Yao is a good brother!
I already love their interactions since GLS 😍
You’re welcome~
Thanks for the chapter
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Thank you for the chapter (●´∀｀●)
You’re welcome~
dad xuefeng’s gonna have to teach this extra apprentice god han some decent handwriting 😂
qin mo understands the difficulty with the mlg circles bc he also left wind color. it’s cool
thanks for the chapter!!!
Lol, go dad xuefeng!! Teach that mixed-race 🤣
Yes, he’s really understand that 😣
You’re welcome~
Dear op.. you will translate this story till the end right? You will translate the extra chapter right? Because in mtl version, they didn’t translate the extra chapter😭
Yes, I will translate it until the end of extra chapters~
Poor Lin Yao atleast he could now show his true talent.
Lol Xiao Han’s hand writting didnt change.
Thanks for the chapter
At least, Lin Yao get his confidence now ☺
Lol, Xiao Han doesn’t like to learn calligraphy 🙈
You’re welcome~
xiao han, you should learn good handwriting from your boss liu chuan. he has a great talent for calligraphy and who knows, you might impress your beloved god mo lol