translator: Oyen
This week, Qin Mo’s popularity had grown rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Many fans who had been disappointed and sad because of his retirement had learned about his injury and were refocusing on Qin Mo’s current situation in a complicated mood. Many people began to watch Mojue’s game this season crazily.
Qin Mo’s Weibo also exploded, and his popularity reached its peak.
Of course, among the new followers on Weibo, in addition to the fans who loved him, there were also many passersby who followed him with sympathy or purely watched good shows and this proportion of people was not low. Qin Mo didn’t mind that he had become a ‘Gorilla’ in the esports circle. Now he had no time to pay attention to the follow-up of the Weibo incident. Instead, he put all his energy into preparations for the playoffs.
Unlike playing only two rounds of game in the regular season, the worst one was tied 1:1. In the playoffs, it was necessary to decide the outcome. If they lost in the Bo3 game system, they would be eliminated, so they couldn’t make any mistakes, let alone give Qin Mo the opportunity to practice tactical coordination.
In the playoffs, they must come up with the strongest tactics and make the most comprehensive preparations in order to be absolutely safe.
In the second half of the regular season, especially during the two weeks when Xiao Han and Qingyue took the place of command, Qin Mo was actually reflecting on himself. His command performance in the team competition was not as good as the partner and three-players competitions. The most important reason was that the more people there were, the more problems needed to be considered.
For example, in partner competition, he didn’t have to spend any thoughts. His tacit understanding with Xiao Han was almost innate. What he wanted to do, Xiao Han would immediately follow. After winning the partner competition in one fell swoop, he did not feel tired during the whole process, but played very enjoyable.
However, he was very tired in the team competition, and as netizens said, he almost became a 1:1 professional.
He had to admit that his hand speed was far from Xiao Han, even lower than Liu Hong and Shen He. In the team battle, he had to devote a certain amount of energy to maintain his own state, so as not to let himself become the weakness of the team. The rest of his energy would be used to look at the overall situation and command the teammates to move.
With such a distraction, sometimes he would lose sight of the other and not consider it comprehensively.
Master Ling Xuefeng didn’t care about himself when he was in command of the team battle, because he was strong enough to make his opponents scared at the normal level. He just needed to focus on the whole situation, and his fingers would move naturally when it was time to move, he would move very fast and accurately. As his only apprentice, many of Qin Mo’s tactical layouts and ideas were influenced by Ling Xuefeng. Mojue’s quick fight and decision in the team battle also had the violent demeanor of Ling Xuefeng during his command.
But as the team competition gradually reached the late stage, Qin Mo found more and more that he had entered a misunderstanding from the beginning.
He respected his master very much and agreed with his style and ideas, but maybe…
His master’s ideas might not be suitable for him.
Especially now he no longer played with the summoner as he became a swordsman and his hand speed also dropped.
His master’s set of logic was really easy to use. After all, he had been with Ling Xuefeng for many years, and it influenced him. Qin Mo had fully learned the tactical thinking of Ling Xuefeng, and with his admiration for that person in his heart, he would involuntarily imitate his command style—— one example, to fight back slowly and steadily, or another was to make a quick victory. In fact, insiders would find some Ling Xuefeng’s shadow after carefully watching the games commanded by Qin Mo.
If it was described in words, Ling Xuefeng’s command style was only ‘steady’ and ‘explosive’.
At stable time, the opponent couldn’t find a little breakthrough, and could only wait for chronic death. At explosive time, the opponent looked stunned and was crushed by a violent storm before they could react.
This was also related to his personality. Ling Xuefeng’s character was originally tough, coupled with his world-class hand speed, competing with him was the same as self abuse. If the person wanted to break through his defense, he could use a lot of pets to kill directly like walking a dog.
Qin Mo also inherited these two major ideas, and the ‘stable’ lineup of Mojue was the iron triangle defense formation of Han-Mo plus He-Yue-Ran; The ‘explosive’ lineup was a violent formation composed of five outputs: Han-Mo-Hong-He-Pei. In the whole team battle stage, as long as Qin Mo took the command, the most used lineup was these two formations.
In principle, there was nothing wrong with it, to seek victory by fighting steadily, or fighting quickly with violence, it was all conventional tactics.
But in practice, it was not as good as Qin Mo thought.
The commanders of other teams were not stupid and had already figured out Qin Mo’s routines. It was this reason that Li Junru suddenly sent an offensive and defensive double build player to surprise Qin Mo, and Su Cheng would reverse thinking to lead the map monster to block Mojue. Qiu Zongping would suddenly catch him off guard and secretly attack the chief escort in the middle of the return trip…
These young commanders were certainly inferior to Qin Mo in comprehensive tactical awareness, but it was precisely because they knew that the odds of winning Mojue were very low, so they dared to fight and gamble.
The so-called ‘the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes’, they gambled and just had to lose as expected, but if they were lucky, they might win.
The new commanders’ various tactics made Qin Mo fall into many pits in the regular season. Fortunately, after calming down for two weeks, he had found his own way.
In addition to ‘steady’ and ‘explosive’, he should pay more attention to ‘new’ and ‘skillful’.
*
When Qin Mo announced his home lineup to deal with Without Fire, even the newcomers who had been admiring him in the team were shocked.
It was not a good idea to take such a risk in the playoffs, right?
Everyone had doubts, but they didn’t dare to say it because of their respect and trust in Qin Mo.
On the contrary, Qin Mo looked calm and took the initiative to open the topic. “You can’t make mistakes in the playoffs. Feel free to ask if you have any opinions.”
Shen He boldly raised his hand and asked. “The last time we used this lineup to fight Without Fire seemed like we lost, right?”
“Xiao He, why are you so euphemistic? It’s not like we really lost.” Liu Hong replied bluntly.
Her words made the atmosphere of the meeting room much more relaxed. Shen He also smiled and scratched his head. “Does master have confidence in the lineup that has lost once and use it again?”
Before that, due to Zhu Qingyue’s illness, Qin Mo took four newcomers to battle, and lost to Without Fire at home. But it was not the lineup that lost that game, but there was something wrong with Qin Mo’s ideas, and from that game, he found a better idea. In the face of Shen He’s straightforward question, Qin Mo smiled and replied. “I have confidence.”
“Then, we also have confidence!” Shen He replied immediately.
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This speech of this fanboy filled the conference room with laughter again.
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“It’s so bad.” Liu Hong replied.
“He should not think of it, and it will be too late to think of it.” Xiao Han also agreed.
The sincere appreciation of his teammates let Qin Mo completely relax. Although he was a commander, he hoped his idea could be truly recognised by everyone—— I listen to you because I agree with your playing style, not because you are a commander that I have to listen to you.
Qin Mo curved a smile. “If there is no problem, then we will focus on preparing this plan, and then there are alternatives…”
Seeing him come up with two more alternatives, Xiao Han couldn’t help feeling in his heart—— Xiao Mo was under a lot of pressure recently, but Xiao Mo was particularly strong. He was indeed a little confused some time ago, and he often sat alone and meditated, apparently encountering a bottleneck in command. Xiao Han saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but he couldn’t speak up. His problems depended on him to come out.
But judging from Qin Mo’s radiating layout today, he had come out.
Walking out from a predicament, finding a new world, so his eyes would be so firm and bright.
*
Qin Mo spent an afternoon analysing in detail the playing ideas, possible problems and coping strategies of several lineups, and then let everyone into the intensive training.
Probably affected by Qin Mo’s self-confidence, this week’s training, Mojue’s team members were very engaged, run-in very quickly, and cooperated more and more tacitly.
Friday was coming in the blink of an eye. Under Liu Xiang’s leadership, they flew to Beijing collectively and stayed at the hotel arranged in advance.
As soon as they arrived at the hotel, they were blocked by a large number of reporters waiting for them. The reporters rushed to put the microphone in front of Qin Mo and almost knocked his teeth. “God Mo, what do you think of the Weibo incident a few days ago?”
“Countless players in the three major leagues are backing you up, and the paparazzi apologizes publicly. There has never been a sensation in the esports world. God Mo, how do you feel about it?”
“God Mo, you are popular, and many fans of Miracles and Wulin have come to watch the fun. It is said that many people turn to fans because of your appearance and calmness!”
…It was all about gossip.
Liu Xiang hurriedly guarded Qin Mo behind her and smiled. “Everyone, please focus on interviews at tomorrow’s press conference. The players have just got off the plane and need to rest. I’m sorry… Let us go, I’m sorry.” Sister Xiang looked very gentle, but like a ‘hen guarding her cubs,’ she blocked a group of men taller than her, and winked at Xiao Han. Xiao Han took the opportunity to grab Qin Mo and turned to run, and Mojue’s team members ran away without a shadow. The reporters were speechless, but they were helpless when facing Liu Xiang’s smiling face.
Before the game, the official reserved a press conference time for the teams entering the semi-finals tomorrow morning. Liu Xiang stayed patiently to appease the reporters. After that, she went to the alliance to get room cards, meal vouchers and competition schedules, and was extremely busy.
After Mojue checked into the hotel, Liu Xiang said in the WeChat group: “There are too many reporters outside, so stay in your room and rest. Try not to go out alone. Dinner is arranged by the alliance, and the restaurant on the third floor serves the buffet. Take the room card and go directly to eat at about 6pm in the evening. I will not rush everyone [smile].”
Shen He was always the first to come out: “Got it, sister Xiang has worked hard [thumb]”
The others just copied and pasted it: “Got it, sister Xiang has worked hard [thumb]”
Xiao Han: “Qin Mo and I have dinner in the evening and won’t go to the hotel restaurant. Everyone takes their room cards and eats as much as they like, and remember to say hello when you see the players of other teams.”
Several teenagers lined up uniformly again: “Don’t worry, god Han [smile].”
Seeing these four directly copy and paste the first person’s words with an extremely fast speed and neat formation, Qin Mo couldn’t help but laugh: “Your rhythm is still quite the same?”
Shen He: “Being tired in the same place together everyday, the brain waves will be unified!”
He Beiguang: “That’s right, I know Muran will definitely say +1 in his next sentence.”
Li Muran: “+1”
Shen He: “Will Pei Yu use ellipsis?”
Pei Yu: “…“
Liu Hong was holding her belly to laugh in the dormitory, and Xiao Han’s lip couldn’t help but curved a smile.
The tacit understanding of these little guys was really getting higher and higher, which also depended on Qin Mo’s devil-like training this week—— forcing it to come out.
It was probably that Qin Mo was blackened too much, and several teenagers also worked very hard during the training period, as if they wanted to help Qin Mo prove something. In the Weibo incident, they were very quiet. Even if they stood by Qin Mo’s side, they couldn’t play any role, they could only improve themselves without dragging down god Mo. Let Mojue win the championship, was the best way to slap the face.
In the past, everyone did not have such a strong desire to win the championship, but now, everyone’s morale was unprecedentedly high, eager to rush to the field to get the championship trophy.
This was a good thing. Qin Mo was happy to see this, and did not interfere with the chatting of a few little guys in the group.
After taking a bath and changing his clothes, Qin Mo sent a message to his master: “Master, what time is dinner?”
Ling Xuefeng quickly replied: “6pm. At Cantonese restaurant on the fourth floor of the hotel, River View Paviliion’s private room.”
He booked the dining place in the hotel, apparently for the convenience of Qin Mo and Xiao Han. Otherwise, with so many reporters in the hall, they might not be able to break through the tight encirclement.
*
At 6pm in the evening, Qin Mo and Xiao Han came to the private room together. Xiao Han wore casual trousers with a thin black sweater and a pair of comfortable sports shoes. Qin Mo was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with trousers and leather shoes, looking smart and wise. He was good-looking, and when he wore it, his body looked slender and well-proportioned. Seeing him coming from the door, Li Cangyu’s eyes filled with long legs, so he smiled. “Xiao Mo, you can go to the catwalk.”
Qin Mo, whose cheeks flushed slightly with praise, went over and greeted. “Master, cat god.”
Li Cangyu motioned to the two to sit down and glanced at his casually dressed apprentice. “Look at you, why didn’t you come here with a pair of slippers?”
Xiao Han replied bluntly. “I have big feet. The disposable slippers of the hotel have just been worn out by me.”
Li Cangyu: “…”
Xiao Han smiled and poured tea for god Ling and his master. “Meeting a family doesn’t need to be so formal. Xiao Mo has to dress so well every time he goes out, so I just need to dress casually to neutralise it, otherwise we will walk together, people will think we are going to a meeting.” He cleverly brought the tea to Ling Xuefeng and then to his master. Ling Xuefeng glanced at him and said nothing.
Soon the waiter brought up the dish, and the first course was steamed bass, which was naturally fed to the cat god. Other dishes also looked light and delicious, obviously considering Qin Mo’s taste.
Xiao Han thought to himself, sure enough he was a spare on the sideway!
Ling Xuefeng picked up the chopsticks and said, “Let’s chat while eating.”
The four people chatted casually about some daily topics. Until half of the dinner, Ling Xuefeng suddenly said, “Xiao Mo, this time many people are very supportive of you. It is in the face of god Chuan and masters. Although you have refreshed the record of the esports circle, and set a miracle of three leagues standing in line at the same time, you should not be too self-inflated.”
Li Cangyu sighed and smiled. “As a master, why do you always suppress your apprentice? If I was Xiao Mo, I would like to expand and fly into the sky. How honorable is it? So many retired experts have come forward to support me, which is comparable to the time when we won the world championship.”
Before Qin Mo spoke, both masters began to fight each other first. Obviously, they didn’t have the same caliber…
Xiao Han coughed, pointed to half of the fish on the plate and said. “Master, do you want any more of this fish?”
He had to interrupt quickly. Otherwise, god Ling and cat god really fought, and this meal wouldn’t have to be eaten.
Li Cangyu immediately took the plate over. Seeing that he buried his head in eating fish, Ling Xuefeng smiled gently, and there was some helplessness in his eyes. He looked at Qin Mo and said, “Cat god is more like your own master than I am.”
Qin Mo also smiled, replied seriously. “Thank you master, for the Weibo matter.”
Li Cangyu was easily recognised as a master. Li Cangyu smiled and replied. “Xiao Mo is really sensible. I’ll give you a piece of fish to eat.” He gave half of the fish on his plate to Qin Mo. He was a little embarrassed, but thanked him politely.
Ling Xuefeng changed the subject and replied. “I heard that someone started to clean up the paparazzi, which is a good thing. Now that your past has been exposed, there is no need to cover it up. At tomorrow’s press conference, the reporter will certainly ask you about your injury, no matter whether others pity you, sympathize with you or really care about you. I think it’s time for you to come out.”
Qin Mo nodded. “En, I know.”
Ling Xuefeng turned his head. “How are your preparations for the playoffs?”
“Not bad,” Qin Mo replied. “Several sets of lineup exercises were arranged this week, and everyone cooperated very well. I am quite confident.”
“Is it the iron triangle defensive formation again?” Ling Xuefeng raised his eyebrows lightly.
“This time is not.” Qin Mo’s expression was a little awkward.
Ling Xuefeng nodded and replied. “In fact, it is not wrong for the netizens to say your command level has become a mystery. Your early momentum is too strong, you have won so many championships in small events in a row, but the team battle stage is suddenly weak, just like riding a roller coaster just turned a 360-degree turn, the mood reached its peak, you still want to continue screaming, but the result is that the whole road is flat to the end, without any stimulation, and the psychology of anyone will fall, let alone support your fans.”
This description is absolutely awesome, and it really made Qin Mo feel the same.
Xiao Han felt distressed that Xiao Mo was lectured by his master, and hurriedly helped to speak. “You can’t blame Xiao Mo alone, he has always been the most stressed, and it is understandable that he has encountered bottlenecks in his ideas…”
Ling Xuefeng glanced at him coldly, and Xiao Han immediately shut up.
Qin Mo accepted the criticism with an open mind. “My master said that my tactics were too patterned. Other commanders were really afraid of me at the beginning, but after finding out my routine, they would naturally come up with targeted methods. In the second half of the regular season, I calm down and think about it carefully. I should take the initiative to change and not wait to die.”
Ling Xuefeng nodded appreciatively, and prelied. “No lineup is impeccable. You are so smart and have more skills, which are more effective than playing steady and strike hard.”
“En,” Qin Mo smiled.
Worthy to be called master and apprentice, still had the same way of thinking.
He was also thinking about it this way. Therefore, in the playoffs stage, removing his steady and strike hard play. The other commander could play all kinds of strange tactics, why couldn’t he?
Li Cangyu finally ate the remaining half of the fish, then wiped his mouth and joined the topic discussion. “Xiao Mo, your opponent this time is not weak. Sang Jun is a player with outstanding talent, intelligent mind, daring to innovate and calm. In addition, the Dynasty team has a strong foundation, so you must be careful. Nie Yuzhu’s routine is very clear, that is, the style of man of steel with iron blood, and will face you head-on, and there are a few melee teams in Peerless Jianghu, Without Fire’s strength is strong, which made him enter the playoffs. To deal with them, I think you should have an idea?”
Hearing this, Qin Mo listened carefully and nodded. “En, I already thought of some methods.”
“Have more confidence in yourself.” Li Cangyu immediately added.
He didn’t expect the cat god to be so critical that he suddenly saw through his inner uneasiness.
Li Cangyu continued. “You and Xiao Han debuted together and grew up together. Coupled with the reasons of both your masters, netizens often compare you two—— the name Twin Stars is an affirmation to you, but it is also a kind of constraint. Do you know what I mean?”
Qin Mo’s eyes suddenly turned sour and nodded. “I understand. When I was a teenager, I trained with Xiao Han all day, and the World Championships were also partnered with him. I always compare myself with Xiao Han unconsciously, but to be honest, now, my personal strength can’t compare with Xiao Han at all. I won the runner-up in the individual competition, because I have a strong adaptability, and I can find out the styles of the major sects of the game as quickly as possible. If I restart the individual competition now, I may not be able to beat the savvy and young players such as Sang Jun, Chen Jiang and Su Cheng.”
This was the first time that Qin Mo calmly stated his inner insecurities in front of others, and it was also the first time that he admitted that his current personal level was inferior to many people.
Hand speed, this was his heart knot, it was his deepest wound hidden in the bottom of his heart.
He used to be so dazzling and dared to face foreign players in the World Competition because of his excellent speed and explosive power. But now, these were gone, especially when compared with Xiao Han, his former friend, the gap was even more distinct.
Therefore, he decided to transform into a tactical player, but he was deeply influenced by his master and always wanted to be stable or explosive. He also tried some complicated tactics, but he lost because he was not mature enough. He was at a loss and depressed, but his personality was never willing to show his own entanglement. Outsiders thought he was calm, but in fact, his heart had already been surging.
Xiao Han saw it, so did Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng…
These people knew him so well that even if he could hide it from everyone, he couldn’t hide it from the three.
Xiao Han held Qin Mo’s hand in distress, and whispered. “Actually, I also have a problem. I always want to take care of your feelings, so I slowed down the pace and didn’t show my real speed. But because I did this, it puts you under more pressure instead, right?”
Qin Mo did not speak, but gently held him back, which was regarded as tacit approval.
Li Cangyu sighed and replied. “Xiao Mo, I know it will be hard for you to say that, but I still want to say that the Twin Stars title has become your constraint and burden. In the eyes of outsiders, you are a good partner with tacit cooperation, but you ask yourself, you two are really good in the partner game, but in the multiplayer team battle, do you really have to cooperate?”
Qin Mo and Xiao Han looked at each other.
Ling Xuefeng whispered, “Qin Mo, you are the commander, Xiao Han is the sharpest knife in your hand. You only need to let him play the greatest value. A strategist behind the scenes does not have to cooperate with the front line to charge and kill the enemy. Stop talking about Twin Stars and best partners, find your own position. If you want to take the command route, don’t drag your feet and think about how to cooperate with Xiao Han. You should be determined and let Xiao Han cooperate with your tactics.”
“I understand.” Qin Mo nodded seriously.
In fact, he had already figured it out, but his master’s same point of view gave him more faith.
He had long been unable to keep up with Xiao Han’s speed, and Xiao Han had been suppressing his hand speed in order to take care of his rhythm—— as his master said, the fact that Mojue had so many people did not mean that Xiao Han and Qin Mo must cooperate. Qin Mo could stand in the rear and let Xiao Han play the greatest value.
Xiao Han’s sharp knife reduced its edge in order to take care of him.
In order to keep up with Xiao Han’s rhythm, he also distracted himself, unable to achieve absolute concentration.
They knew each other too well and cared too much about each other’s feelings… It was a kind of constraint.
They used to advance and retreat together, but now they were different.
They were no longer like Ling-Cat, Chuan-Wen and Shao-Lu… They were not like any pair of synchronized ace partners in the league.
Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu broke out at the same time, Liu Chuan and Wu Zewen took full control of the field at the same time, Shao Zehang and Lu Xiang sprint to fight close at the same time….
But, he and Xiao Han should not have shot at the same time at all.
Although he felt very sad that he could no longer keep up with Xiao Han’s speed, he felt lucky——— he could combine in another way, which was also a different style.
Which I point to, is where you hit.
You can kill whoever I ask you to.
Isn’t it also a tacit understanding?
Qin Mo himself was trying to change a few days ago, and the fight with Without Fire was completely separated from Xiao Han. However, the similar views from his master still made him feel that the road ahead was extremely clear and his thoughts in his heart were more firm.
This banquet really benefited a lot, so at the end, Qin Mo consciously paid the bill and thanked both masters.
Li Cangyu smiled and hugged Qin Mo, “Good luck, your road is still long, and now is the beginning.”
*
After returning to the room, Qin Mo’s mood was surging, and he couldn’t calm down for a long time.
Instead, Xiao Han gently held his hand and whispered softly. “Master is so direct, will you be sad?”
Looking up, Qin Mo met his caring gaze, feeling warm in his heart, and replied warmly. “If I was so fragile, I would not go to dinner with them. I had expected my master to say it bluntly, and I figured out what I should do.” He paused, and his eyes suddenly became particularly serious. “Xiao Han, can you listen to me without hesitation?”
“Can.” Xiao Han smiled slightly.
It was simple and straightforward, with only one word to answer, and the rest to be passed on with firm eyes.
Qin Mo’s lips finally curved a smile, stretched out his hands, and took the initiative to embrace his good partner.
Xiao Han immediately hugged him tightly.
No need to say more.
From now on, with my Thousand Lights Ghost Walk, follow your Skyward Sword.
So this was the case…
[ Which I point to, is where you hit.You can kill whoever I ask you to. ] I’m looking forward to this game play~~ Thank you for the chapter 💜💜💜
It will be good~ 😍
❤❤❤ lets do this 💪
Good luck for themm❤
it was actually kinda sad that because qin mo couldn’t keep up with xiao han and xiao han shouldn’t slow down his rhythm so that he can release his real strength, they really have to break their partnership apart. but now it doesn’t have to be the pair of twin stars, now qin mo can really use xiao han as his weapon.