translator: Oyen
In this game between Mojue and Interlude, Su Cheng wanted to use the water battle map to kite Mojue from a long-range in the first round, only to be resolved by Qin Mo’s defensive lineup. In the second round, Qin Mo wanted to disturb Su Cheng with the monster from the mass graves map, but Su Cheng used it for transmission flow tactic and attracting monsters instead—— This game was a classic example of wanting to pit someone but to be pitted instead.
While watching the live broadcast of the game, the other team players all gloated a little, especially Chu Jianxin. At the moment when they saw the monster of the mass grave sent by Su Cheng’s team to block the escort team’s way, they could not help laughing. “Today, god Mo gets what he deserves! It’s amazing that his expression is so calm! If it was me, I would have dropped the keyboard on the spot.”
“Then the next time you play against Mojue, you have to bring an extra keyboard.” Sang Jun smiled.
“Hehe, Sangsang, you’re so funny. I’m just saying, I can’t really drop the keyboard and break it.” Chu Jianxin turned around and changed the subject. “In other words, we are only one point short of the score between us and Mojue. Today Mojue tied against Interlude and didn’t get points. Tomorrow our opponent is National Grace, if we can get points from them, we can surpass Mojue.”
“En.” Sang Jun nodded. “There’s still Without Fire team, their opponent for tomorrow si Whisper team, if they get 5 points, their points will also exceed Mojue. The scoreboards will return to the ranking during the three-players competition, and Mojue will definitely fall to the third place.”
“In fact, Mojue’s overall strength is quite strong, but it doesn’t seem to be very favourable during the big team battle?” Chu Jianxin touched his chin thoughtfully. “Especially in the away game, They tied 1:1 against National Grace in the second week, and also tied 1:1 with Interlude in the fourth week. From the objective data, Mojue is better than these two teams, but he failed to get points from these two teams. What do you think? What’s the matter? Could it be Qin Mo’s command that fell out of the chain?”
“No.” According to Sang Jun’s understanding of Qin Mo, even if Mojue team’s IQ was dropped, Qin Mo couldn’t fall off the chain. He finally returns to the field of esports and is very serious and attentive to every game. Before the game, he would certainly make detailed tactical arrangements, during the game, his adaptability was also very strong, and there were no obvious omissions in the command process.
Sang Jun watched the live broadcasts of Mojue’s games. He thought carefully about this question raised by Chu Jianxin before replying. “I think it is precisely because of Mojue’s strength that all the teams will try their best. To study Qin Mo’s routines and target Mojue. In the game with National Grace, Li Junru took out the two-sect players who she had been hiding for a long time. In this game against Interlude, Su Cheng also used his signature transmission flow tactics. In the previous few weeks, neither of the two teams have used the game tactics. It was only used after the match-up against Mojue. It can be said to be a surprising victory.”
Chu Jianxin nodded and smiled. “In this way, Mojue is like a pioneer in exploring the way, blowing up the strongest tactics of all the major teams. In the competition’s schedule, most of our opponents will fight against Mojue first. We fight with National Grace after Mojue, our chance of winning will naturally be higher, because the secret weapon of the National Grace is no longer a secret, right?”
Sang Jun agreed and replied. “Mojue suffered a lot in this schedule, but this was only the first half. In the second half of the schedule, as long as Qin Mo can get points from our competitors, Mojue will definitely make it to the playoffs smoothly.”
The issues discussed by Chu Jianxin and Sang Jun were also the concerns of many Mojues’s fans.
For two consecutive weeks of away games, they didn’t get any points. Although their own strength was strong enough, they still lost to National Grace and Interlude, this start was very disadvantageous to Mojue. There were even many fans who thought that with Mojue’s strength, it was clear that they should sweep the league, with 2:0 in every game, right?
During the interview period after the game, the reporter also asked Qin Mo this question: “Captain Qin, Mojue now has a record of two consecutive victories at home and two consecutive losses at away. It can be said that the schedule is not very smooth, right?”
“It’s not two lose streaks in away games, but 2 game tied.” Qin Mo replied calmly.
“Sorry, I made a slip of the tongue.” The reporter smiled. “However, in the eyes of many fans, there is no difference between a tie and losing.”
“It’s very different,” Qin Mo continued to explain calmly. “If you lose, the points will be deducted, but a tie won’t deduct points. If you lose one game, give your opponent 5 points and deduct 5 points yourself. The relative gap between points is 10 points.”
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“There is nothing to worry about.” Qin Mo replied. “Mojue players’ mentality has been very stable. It is normal to win or lose in the game. As long as the state of the whole team is not affected, it can be slowly recovered later.”
“I believe captain Qin’s sentence can reassure fans.” Reporter smiled. “What worries us most is to determine the state of the players. I hope that the players will not be affected by the temporary defeat. The following games will continue to play at the best level.”
“Naturally,” Qin Mo nodded. “I am responsible for the two tie in away games, mainly in terms of tactical arrangements. I think too much and think too complicated, I will learn lessons after going back. If necessary, I may change the command to adjust my state.”
“Change the command?” The reporter curiously asked, “Let Qingyue command again?”
“It’s not convenient to disclose.” Qin Mo replied.
After the brief interview, all Mojue team’s players came backstage. Qin Mo took out his mobile phone from the bag stored in Liu Xiang, and saw an unread message on the screen, which was sent by Lin Shuangcheng, with a large row of gloating smiley emoticons, followed by a sentence: “I didn’t expect you to be afraid of horror movies [laughing]”
Qin Mo: “…”
So what? Everyone had something to be afraid of. Some big men were even afraid of caterpillars!
Qin Mo didn’t want to reply to Lin Shuangcheng, but Xiao Han happened to see this message. He smiled and leaned over in Qin Mo’s ear and whispered. “Let’s watch horror movies together in the future. With me next to you, you can nest in my arms when you are afraid….”
Before he finished, he was interrupted by Qin Mo. “Get lost, I hate to see those disgusting things.”
Xiao Han paused, then leaned to Qin Mo’s ear and asked. “Do you know what I am most afraid of?”
“What are you afraid of?” Qin Mo asked.
To avoid others from hearing, Xiao Han deliberately lowered his voice. “The kind of hairy spider.”
“Oh?” Qin Mo raised his eyebrow. “Are you afraid of this little animal?”
Xiao Han nodded. “Seeing that kind of eight-legs thing makes me feel scared.”
“Really?” Qin Mo smiled faintly. “I can grab some of them with my bare hands as toys for you.”
Xiao Han: “……”
It seemed that Qin Mo couldn’t be offended in the future, otherwise, if he was angry, he would directly catch a few spiders and put them in Xiao Han’s bed. Thinking of that scene, Xiao Han stiffens. He should not have told him his weakness, he was still too frank.
***
Mojue team members stayed in Yangzhou for an extra day and booked a return flight on Sunday night.
According to the previous agreement, Qin Mo took everyone to play in Yangzhou the next day, went to several famous local attractions, and tasted many special foods. It was rare to have such a day of leisure. Everyone didn’t go to the game on Sunday, and tacitly didn’t turn on their mobile phones to see the news on the official website.
It was not until after dinner, Shen He came to the airport, passed the security check and waited in the waiting hall that he finally turned on his mobile phone, opened the official website, looked at the latest scoreboard, and whispered, “Mojue really fell to the third place…”
Although he had expected it, Shen He was still very unhappy when he saw the result with his own eyes.
“Did Dynasty and Without Fire win today?” Li Muran asked.
“No.” Shen He shook his head. He showed Li Muran his mobile phone, and explained, “Dynasty won against National Grace today, and got 5 points, ranking first at present. Today, Without Fire fought against Whisper and tied, so they didn’t get any points. It was Frost Moon team. Today, they won Sword Song and scored 5 points, jumping to second place.”
Although both of them lowered their voices, Qin Mo still heard what Shen He said, immediately took out the mobile phone and looked at the official website, then everyone also took out the mobile phone to watch the game report.
There was a weekly event briefing on the official website, and there had been a lot of unexpected results in eight games this week. In their home court in Guangzhou, Without Fire tied with Whisper, Zhu Qingyue guessed. “Although I didn’t watch the game, if Whisper could win against Without Fire, it should be that the long-range umbrella array played a wonderful effect.”
Qin Mo nodded in agreement. “Your senior brother’s assistance level is still quite strong. In addition to the twin black umbrella players, there is also a highly flexible Wei Guanghua … The strength of Whisper is not as good as Without Fire, but there are obvious shortcomings in the lineup of Without Fire team—— too many melee. Without Fire can lose in one round, probably because of Whisper’s umbrella array kite.”
Xiao Han followed. “Frost Moon is not the fourth place throughout history after all. They are ranked second this time, and it is also the highest ranking ever. Chen Jiang should be very happy.” He casually clicked on Chen Jiang’s Weibo, and sure enough, he saw captain Chen sent a row of clasped hand emoticons: “We have gathered four fourths to summon the great god grandmaster. This time it is not the fourth at last. Bless us!”
Among the captains of the Peerless Jianghu league, Chen Jiang was the most active on Weibo and often sent messages on Weibo that he wanted to summon the Dragon. Although he was born in a powerful club and Su Shilun, this very popular grandmaster, Chen Jiang himself was not arrogant at all. On the contrary, he was very approachable, which was more liked by fans. On Weibo, a large number of people left messages: “Pet captain Chen”, he also picked a reply and looked quite idle.
Xiao Han turned off his Weibo and replied. “If it hadn’t been for Without Fire to fall, Frost Moon wouldn’t have jumped to the second place. No wonder captain Chen is so happy.”
“Unfortunately, his happiness can only last for a week at most.” Qin Mo smiled.
Xiao Han turned back and replied. “Oh? Are you sure?”
Qin Mo also looked at Xiao Han and replied seriously. “Because Chen Jiang’s opponent next week is you.”
Xiao Han was stunned and responded quickly. “You mean…”
Qin Mo replied. “Frost Moon’s opponent next week is us, you can take command. I have too many ideas in my mind recently, and I need to slow down and adjust my thinking.”
To Qin Mo’s trusting eyes, Xiao Han patted his chest without hesitation. “No problem, leave it to me!”
The surrounding team members also heard the conversation between both of them. Liu Hong was concerned. “Is god Mo too tired? I see that the lights in your dormitory have been on until midnight a few days ago. Although the game is important, the body is also very important. Don’t fight too hard.”
“Yes,” Liu Xiang agreed. “We all know how serious you are to the competition. Even if you don’t get points, no one will blame you. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Go back and have a good rest.”
“Yes, that’s right,” Shen He followed suit hurriedly. “Master, you have been too tired recently. Let god Han worry about the game next week, so just leave the matter!”
Qin Mo, who was concerned by everyone, suddenly felt like a ray of warm sunshine from the bottom of his heart, and his whole body became extremely comfortable.
Both 1:1 away games were indeed his responsibility. The mistakes in tactical arrangements and the failure to counterattack in time allowed the opponent to take advantage of the gap. But the players didn’t blame him at all. Instead, they let him rest and took care of his body. This alone made him feel that all the hard work before was worthwhile.
With these sensible teammates, as well as Xiao Han and Qingyue, the two excellent commanders who had been captains before, why worry that Mojue’s points would not be able to catch up?
Thinking of this, Qin Mo smiled. “Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with my body, but I’m a little confused and I need time to sort it out. Listen to Xiao Han next week, have a good rest when you go back tonight, and we will have a meeting on time tomorrow morning. You can have a good time today, and when you go back, you will fight the next opponent in your best form!”
Everyone immediately nodded and replied. “Okay!”
Xiao Han patted Qin Mo on the back of his hand. “Don’t worry, we will get the points back.”
“That’s right,” Liu Hong also replied. “We can’t make captain Chen happy for too long.”
Chen Jiang, who was far away from Qingdao Seven Star Grass club, suddenly sneezed. “Alas, how do I feel that we still can’t escape the fate of fourth place?”
“Senior brother, don’t put a Flag on yourself!” He Yue replied.
Pang Jia, the little fat man, also cried. “Captain, the crow’s mouth before the game is a big taboo!”
Chen Jiang smiled. “I gave myself poisonous milk before the game, maybe it will have the opposite effect… Well, let’s gather in the conference room, let’s discuss how to fight this BOSS.”
They’re all so caring! (๑>ᴗ<๑) I wonder what’s wrong with Qin Mo?
Looking forward to Xiao Han‘s command~
Thank you for the chapter 💜💜💜
I think he’s just tooo tired, so he makes mistake in judgement, he needs to rest 🙁
Xiao Han will be good~
You’re welcome~ ❤
Xiao Han you’ll be fine. Just don’t mess with qin mo and he won’t catch spiders to scare you 😛 (just don’t ask him to watch horror movies unless you’re prepared to find big hairy spiders~)
Loll, that’s soo truee 🤣