translator: Oyen
During another pre-match meeting time, Qin Mo opened PPT to analyse in detail every member of National Grace team as well as their usual maps and tactics, and the others listened attentively.
The overall strength of National Grace, a pure girls’ team, was slightly lower than other clubs in the league, but Qin Mo didn’t dare to underestimate this team. The key reason was that National Grace’s captain Li Junru was thoughtful and far-sighted, and had her own ideas. She had been a sheep around manager Xu for so many years, but at last she seized the opportunity to let Xu Lin fall, and contacted Ling-Cat in advance to take over the club. A young girl was so calm that Qin Mo was also very impressed.
With such a strong captain, National Grace could not be a weak team that could be crushed and flattened by others. In the three-player competition, the most common lineup was Li Junru and An Ling, the two poison masters and took a healer Chang Wenxuan, playing war of attrition with their opponent, and then using the stacking of poison state to deplete their opponents’ health. National Grace’s healer Chang Wenxuan had received Lu Xiang’s true technique, her level and consciousness were not poor, and she was at least in the top five of all the healers in Peerless Jianghu league.
The strongest individual strength in National Grace was Li Junru, An Ling, and Chang Wenxuan. Among the other players, Qin Mo knew the assassin Cheng Yuqing best. She had played against Xiao Han many times and lost to Xiao Han every time. In terms of individual strength, she couldn’t beat Liu Hong and even lost to Shen He. But in the big team battle, it couldn’t only compare with individual strength, what’s more, the other players of National Grace didn’t play much in the previous competition, Qin Mo couldn’t know thorough about this team.
Qin Mo released the careers of all the players. “Double poison masters is the strongest playstyle of National Grace, Li Junru and An Ling will definitely play together, and Chang Wenxuan the healer should not be absent. I am still uncertain for the other two positions. I can’t guess who will be sent at present, but we can prepare according to different formations.”
The first formation that appeared in the PPT was a defensive formation including meat shield, auxiliary, double poison masters, and healer. Qin Mo explained. “This formation is suitable for defending in escort mode, with a meat shield, auxiliary, and healer, strong defensive power, coupled with the interference of the double poison masters, can delay the time for the escort team to reach the end. To deal with this kind of play, we can use the output formation of the last game against Graceful Beauty, but I don’t know what map will the opponent choose? I want Qingyue to play and improve the fault tolerance.”
Qin Mo pressed the laser pen once, and Mojue’s lineup in corresponding to National Grace appeared in PPT, with four outputs of Han, Mo, Hong and He plus auxiliary Qingyue. Pei Yu took a break and was replaced by Qingyue. The existence of Qingyue couldn’t only prevent the opponent from breaking out at the critical moment, but also improve the output ability of teammates with a buff array.
After a detailed explanation of this set of formation, Qin Mo began to analyse the second and third lineup that National Grace was likely to send, and made corresponding targeted deployment.
The players who listened carefully, worshipped Qin Mo’s carefulness and caution. Even though National Grace team was not a first-class strong team, he was still so serious, analysed every possibility clearly, and prepared for everything. The PPT he made was also very beautiful, and it was very intuitive at first glance, which obviously wastes some thoughts, rather than just making up the numbers.
By the end of the meeting, the players had a very clear concept of next week’s match against National Grace, and would not feel at a loss or be confused.
The other team members consciously went to the training room after the meeting. Qin Mo was still sorting out the information. Zhu Qingyue walked up to him and sighed. “Xiao Mo, you are really suitable to be the captain. At the time I was Pure Cleansing’s captain, I didn’t have your strong logical reasoning ability. Every time I had a meeting before the game, I guessed at most according to the opponent’s conventional thinking, and I couldn’t make a comprehensive analysis like yours.”
Qingyue always called Qin Mo ‘captain Qin’ at the beginning, and later called him ‘Xiao Mo’ when he got familiar with him. After all, he was older than Qin Mo, so he would be more friendly.
Hearing the praise, Qin Mo smiled. “Qingyue, you are too modest. These lineups I analysed are only the most likely routines used by National Grace. In fact, I still feel unsure in my heart. I am worried that Li Junru may not play according to common sense.” He paused, turned and handed the sorted materials to Xiao Han, and then continued. “You should also know that my master and Cat god are now the owners of the National Grace club. Although they will not intervene in the competition of the National Grace team, Li Junru is a smart person, and there is no reason to put such resources aside. Although she will not directly ask my master what strategies to use, my master will certainly be happy to answer some tactical questions.”
A moment ago, Qin Mo also saw the chatting records between Xiao Han and Li Cangyu. Li Cangyu: “Mojue is now very strong, but it’s not easy to win 2:0 in an away game with National Grace. Do you think you can guess what Junru thinks?”
Cat God never talked nonsense, his words obviously meant something, that is to say, the progress of National Grace team during this period was far beyond their expectations.
Xiao Han walked over and patted Qin Mo’s shoulder. “Don’t worry, with three of us here, there’s a big chance to win.”
Qin Mo nodded, temporarily put down the uneasiness in the heart, and replied. “I hope I think too much. Let’s go and run in the lineup.”
After the three people came to the training room together, they set up a custom room according to the lineup arranged by Qin Mo, and began to practice team battle cooperation. Li Muran didn’t have to play for the time being, so Qin Mo gave him a task, and asked him to continue to classify and sort out the grouping for all of the secret books. Xiao Pei and Xiao He watched the video of other teams in the first round carefully to get to know other opponents, so as to prepare for future competitions.
***
The week passed quickly, and it was Saturday in the twinkling of an eye.
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The regular season arrangement was to alternate between home and away court. Last week, Mojue faced Jing Hong at home court, and this week, they went to challenge National Grace at away court.
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Once they walked into ‘Little Fish Internet Cafe’ again, and looked at the unique aquarium decoration style, Qin Mo and Xiao Han felt emotional.
At the beginning, Qin Mo’s home had a power outage during Peerless Jianghu’s open beta. So, he went to the internet cafe and got to know Shen Qi and Shen He. He also ran into Yu Xiangyang there, and he told Xiao Han about his whereabouts. Finally, Xiao Han flew to Nanjing to find Qin Mo.
If it hadn’t been for this Internet cafe, if Xiao Han hadn’t found him so quickly, maybe nothing would have happened later.
Qin Mo would certainly have many twists and turns when establishing Mojue team. Liu Hong and Qingyue might not be able to join. Without Dragon Song’s backing, it would take a lot of energy just to find a dormitory and training room, not to mention finding eight team members.
It could be said, this ‘Little Fish Internet Cafe’ was the biggest contributor for Twin Stars to meet quickly and Mojue could be established so smoothly.
In order to avoid attracting reporters, they went directly to the second floor from the back door and were taken to the big private room by Shen He. Yu Xiangyang happened to be there, and ran over to greet Xiao Han and Qin Mo. “It’s been a long time we’ve seen each other! At that time, Qin Mo came to our Internet cafe to get online, and he was still a VIP member of our Internet Cafe!”
Seeing him, Qin Mo gave a rare smile. “En, it has been more than a year, and the business of Internet cafes is still booming.”
“Of course!” Yu Xiangyang was proud. “I put the news that Twin Stars came to our Internet cafe to go online for publicity, and the popularity of my Internet cafe instantly turned over several times. Many fans came all the way to go online, and even named to sit in the private room where you once sat! Recently, the business is booming, and two floors aren’t enough. I am preparing to rent the third floor and expand it into a VIP member area…”
“You do have a lot of business sense.” Xiao Han praised.
Yu Xiangyang smiled. “I tell you, a great god passed by a few days ago and came to our Internet cafe to apply for a membership card. Can you guess who it is?”
Thinking for a while, Qin Mo replied in a questioning tone. “Is it Cat god?”
Yu Xiangyang gave a thumb up. “It’s him! Cat god saw the name of the Internet cafe and couldn’t help but walk in. Hahaha, he still loves fish, and the walls are full of fish patterns. He especially likes this design, so he got a membership card and said that he would come to play when he has time.”
Xiao Han and Qin Mo glanced at each other, and his master’s obsession with fish never changed.
Yu Xiangyang was very excited to meet these acquaintances, but he also knew that Mojue had a game tomorrow. He asked the front desk to bring a lot of snacks and fruits, and he consciously said. “Your time is precious, so I won’t bother you. Train first, and then call me if you have something! By the way, dinner is on me, I’ll treat you to authentic Nanjing food!”
After sending off Yu Xiangyang, Mojue trained all afternoon in the Internet cafe. At dinner time, Yu Xiangyang was so hospitable, so everyone had to follow him to dinner.
Xiao Han finally ate the authentic lion’s head and went back to the hotel with the team members contentedly.
***
The next day, Mojue’s team members continued to practice for a day at ‘Little Fish Internet Cafe’, and did not drive to the competition site until after dinner.
Although National Grace’s performance wasn’t top notch, their fans were not less than a top club because they were the only pure girls club, and they also had a lot of loyal fans, with the proportion of girls fans exceeding 60%, which was unrivalled in the esports circle.
Today, several Mojue’s newcomers finally experienced National Grace’s home court—— National Grace team’s uniform was red, more than 80% of the fans who came to watch the game wore the same uniform. Seeing that from the stage, it looked like a red ocean. In addition, the girl fans were more united, they brought a lot of support items, written with ‘National Grace’ balloons, colored ribbons, light boards, posters, all of the items they could think would be there, the whole scene was even more lively than the concert.
Shen He was excited. “I didn’t expect National Grace’s popularity to be so high! This is not inferior to our home court!”
Qin Mo replied. “Fighting in an away game, the pressure will be a little bit high. Everyone, let’s focus on the game later, do not be affected by the screams of fans.”
Several teenagers nodded seriously to show their understanding.
After everyone walked on the big stage, both captains shook hands with each other to show their friendship, and then led the team into the soundproof room.
In the commentary platform, Ye Chao sighed. “National Grace’s fans are really strong, so many people wear uniforms to watch the game … However, National Grace team’s uniform design is really good looking, with a full red color. It seems that the sales of National Grace uniforms should be ranked first in the league.”
“In fact, I also bought one.” Liang Ru smiled. “It looks good on girls, but it can also be worn by boys. It is said that it was designed by Junru herself.”
After a few gossips, both of them began to analyse the situation of both teams for today’s game. “In the current standings, Mojue is still at the top of the list, and National Grace is fifth, and there are only two rounds in the regular season. Let’s look at the prediction voting before the game, 70% guess Mojue will win 2:0, 25% guess 1:1 draw, and 5% guess Mojue will lose 0:2 to National Grace.”
Liang Ru commented. “To guess Mojue 0:2, the odds are indeed above average, but… I think that unless Qin Mo and Xiao Han’s IQ plummet at the same time, or all Mojue’s team members eat bad things and have diarrhea together, they will not lose to the National Grace at 0:2, right?”
“That’s right.” Ye Chao nodded in agreement, “Objectively speaking, Mojue’s strength is better than National Grace. Although there will be various unexpected situations in the game, the probability of Mojue losing two consecutive games is very low. I personally think that it is possible for Mojue to get 2:0 or 1:1. Let’s just watch the game.”
***
At 8pm in the evening, the game officially began.
Due to today’s game being in Nanjing, the first round would be National Grace’s home game.
Li Junru’s expression was calm, then she submitted ‘escort mode’ with ‘Orchid Valley’ as the map.
The home side of ‘escort mode’ would automatically become the defender. The ‘Orchid Valley’ map was full of orchids of various colors. It was one of the holy places for couples in the game. The whole map was full of flowers and the scene was very romantic. In the middle of flower valley, there was a path from northwest to southeast. As the escort mode, this path was the route of the escorts.
On the Orchid Valley map, the straight-line distance for the escorts to transport goods was not short, but the advantage was that this map was very flat, with a wide view, and there was no place to ambush or hide.
The reason that Li Junru chose this map was apparently because of the match between Mojue and Graceful Beauty last week, Mojue played a beautiful flanking formation and coordination because of the existence of the trees on the road, which made Graceful Beauty’s team lose sight of one another. If Mojue continued to use this strategy, it would be very difficult for National Grace to care for both sides. If Li Junru chose such a flat map, at least she would not suffer in terms of vision.
Immediately afterwards, Li Junru sent out the lineup for this round.
Both poison master, Li Junru and An Ling, the assassin Cheng Yuqing, the swordsman Zhou Min, and the healer Chang Wenxuan.
Seeing this lineup, Ye Chao gave a brief analysis. “It seems to be a typical defensive formation, with a swordsman to resist damage in the front row, healer to heal, assassin to go mobile, and then with the interference of the two poison masters.”
Qin Mo also thought so. He soon sent out a targeted lineup set in advance, with four outputs of Han-Mo-Hong-He, and the auxiliary Qingyue.
At the secret books banning stage, Qin Mo banned two defense secret books such as ‘Immovable Mountain’, ‘Vajra Sutra’, and the team healing secret book ‘Questioning Heart Sutra’, then he grabbed ‘Clear Heart Mantra’ first. He didn’t need to grab ‘Tall Mountains Flowing Waters’ chaos secret book because of Qingyue’s existence.
Obviously, Li Junru also knew this, so when it was her turn to choose secret books, she ignored ‘Tall Mountains Flowing Waters’ and chose two output secret books of ‘Makeup In Autumn’ and ‘Scattered Broken Soul’ instead. The former was large-scale magic damage, the latter was large-scale poison attack damage with poisoning effect.
The audience still couldn’t figure out whether her selection method was for her own use or did she not want Qin Mo to choose a group attack.
Ye Chao also said his thoughts. “Junru took two output secret books, it is possible that she doesn’t want Qin Mo to get too many group attack output, otherwise, the output of Mojue is too terrible, and it will be difficult to defend.”
“That’s right,” Liang Ru agreed. “The best defensive and healing secret books have been banned by Qin Mo. Next, Junru may take more control field secret books to drag the rhythm.”
As the two commentators guessed, most of Qin Mo’s next choices were output secret books, because Mojue was the offensive side in this game and must kill all the escorts as quickly as possible to complete the task, while Li Junru chose a lot of control field secret books to control the opponents and delay the rhythm of their attack.
After the captain picked out the secret books, the players began to choose their own secret books. During the 30-second countdown, National Grace side seemed to have been hesitating. Until the countdown was coming to an end, the five players finally submitted their own secret books.
Li Junru brought ‘Makeup In Autumn’ and An Ling brought ‘Scattered Broken Soul’. Although the choice of these two secret books was partial to the offensive route, there was no problem if Li Junru and An Ling use them together, especially ‘Scattered Broken Soul’, which had the poisoning effect, which could be stacked with their poison attack, and the damage was more considerable when the poison explosion effect was triggered.
The assassin Cheng Yuqing brought a stealth secret book ‘Shadowless Scroll’, so she would have one more stealth skill, and there’s nothing wrong with an extra mobility skill.
But what the audience didn’t understand was that the healer Chang Wenxuan brought the group attack+deceleration effect secret book of ‘Merging Water and Sky’, and the swordsman Zhou Min actually brought the single crit secret book ‘Asura’?
Seeing this, Ye Chao was also confused. “What happened? Except for the assassin with stealth, all other National Grace’s players brought output secret books?! Aren’t they on the defensive side? Will it be better to take the control field secret books?”
“Maybe Junru’s idea is to fight violence with violence?” Liang Ru guessed. “But Mojue has four outputs, and National Grace has only two outputs: double poison masters and assassin, It’s impossible to stake all in the output!”
At this time, Qin Mo had a bad premonition.
In this National Grace lineup, Qin Mo was familiar with the other four players, except for the swordsman named Zhou Min.
Qin Mo had always believed that she was a meat shield player of Kuangdao Gate’s broadsword flow, because in the previous three-players competition, she did play with Li-An several times as a meat shield. However, at the moment when the map was loaded and entered the game, Qin Mo realised… he had made a mistake!
Because Zhou Min’s weapon was not a broadsword, but double swords.
Seeing this, Liang Ru was also confused. “If I remember correctly, this girl is National Grace’s main T, how can she change weapons in this game?”
“Ha! Li Junru has set a trap for Qin Mo!” Ye Chao suddenly understood and explained. “This Zhou Min has appeared in the three players competition, and played as a meat shield. But in fact, she is a rare double build player! In other words, she can play with both Kuangdao Gate’s flow, each with a set of equipment. She can’t only be a T, but also an output! In this game, National Grace did not want to play the defensive formation from the very beginning, but played the output formation!”
Realising this, the fans on scene couldn’t help clapping excitedly.
It was rare for Qin Mo to be pitted, a lot of great gods who watched the game from the TV were happy to see it.
Sister Junru really didn’t play cards according to common sense, because she knew very well that if she played in a conventional way, she could never defeat Mojue, so she carefully laid out and misled Qin Mo from the very beginning, making Qin Mo think that she sent the main T and healer was to defend. As a result, National Grace hid a double build player, after the start of the game, the meat shield suddenly turned into a strong output, and the whole team brought output secret books…
Who would have thought that someone who had been playing as a meat shield before suddenly changed into an output on the spot?
Although in this game, National Grace was on the defensive side, Li Junru preferred Ling Xuefeng’s style of play—— to go offensive, also a kind of defense!
Haha, I too kind of like Qin Mo getting pitted~~! ꉂꉂ ( ˆᴗˆ ) …It seems like they are going to lose the first game?
And why is Li Cangyu so obsessed with fish lmao. 😅
Thank you for the chapter 💜💜💜
Me too, I like to see him get pitted lol 🤣
Because he’s cat god, need fish as offering~
You’re welcome~❤
But they used to be able to see the weapons brought by the other side? How come now they can’t see the weapons and were surprised like this? Aiya, I should just give up trying to make sense and turn off my brain ajdjjs