Editor: Decembery
Qiu Yu seemed as though he was unaware of the audience’s clamours.
He entered the game cabin and attached the sensory cables. After debugging, he quickly closed the cabin door and entered the game.
The game began at eight o’clock sharp.
The map was randomly generated with point-capture mode being selected, taking place in an abandoned mine.
The three key locations weren’t distributed on the same plane, but rather formed a giant “V” shape starting from the surface, going perpendicularly down into the mines before arcing back to the surface at another position. The mining tunnels were intricate and confusing, which, paired with the dim lighting, meaning that teams had to use much of the base’s energy to exchange for night vision goggles in order to gain an advantage.
“Vegal mines. This map demands high performance from junglers.” The game commentator quickly entered their role, “In the last two years, the Eagle Riders have encountered this map a total of five times in the professional league, and each time Mu Feibai was the one who took up the role of the jungler. His familiarity with this map is very—huh?”
The other commentator immediately picked up the ball, “It seems that the Eagle Riders aren’t playing their usual cards this time. Judging from their weapons selection, Mu Feibai has taken the ADC role, while jungling was… handed over to Qiu Yu!”
In order to ensure suspense and audience enjoyment, commentators and those watching broadcasts could not hear the team’s communications. The commentators could only attempt to infer the team’s strategies from the players’ choice of weapons and lanes.
“It seems that Mu Feibai has great confidence in Qiu Yu’s capabilities by giving him the jungler role.” As he spoke, the broadcast perspective turned to Liu Feng’s battle team. “As expected, Divin took the jungler role—there was no suspense here.”
“I’m a little curious now—what kind of sparks would there be in the collision between Divin and the first Omega player in the history of the league?” The other commentator continued, “This will be the first AO battle on the professional battlefield.”
“In the Eagle Riders, Mu Feibai and Du Chen are the ADCs, Zhou Shu will provide sniper cover, and Lin Jinxi is the support. This is a very conventional style of play,,, huh? Qiu Yu has broken away from the team, he seems to want to head directly into the jungling area and take a detour along the crevices. There definitely is a shortcut here, as long as you don’t get lost.” The commentator suddenly gave a short laugh.
The other commentator echoed, “Yeah, this mine is probably the easiest map to get lost in in ‘Century’s Finale’. If Qiu Yu dares to go this way, he must be quite familiar with this map.”
“After all, they’re all professionals.”
At this time, the bullet screen of the live broadcast platform was boiling with comments.
[Fuck, it’s the mine!]
[Every time I encounter this map, there are only three question marks in my mind: Where am I? Where are my teammates? Where is my base?]
[It’s over, it’s over, I may not even be able to understand the Eagle Riders’ first game QAQ]
[Eh? Qiu Yu went into the jungle? He’s jungling?!]
[Does he even know his way?]
[…Sorry for the disturbance, Qiu Yu seemed to be more familiar with this map than I am with my living room OTZ]
Qiu Yu has never gotten lost.
As long as he has been somewhere once, he would remember it so clearly that he could draw an almost exact map from memory alone, including the terrain and relative positions of crucial locations. In the words of this world, the places he had been to would form a three-dimensional map in his mind that could be freely manipulated from all angles, and would never deviate from reality/
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.
This ability was trained when he was initially on the scout exploration team.
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“It can be seen that Qiu Yu’s familiarity with the mine’s paths is not inferior to that of Mu Feibai, and he is also very accurate in grasping the timing and location of where mutant beasts respawn.” The commentator said, “And he can even pass through this collapsed section in complete darkness in order to take a shortcut to the special-type mutant beast lair… Hmm? Where is he going?”
The other commentator couldn’t help crying out in shock, “He actually entered Liu Feng’s jungle! And is on a beeline to the other team’s special-type mutant beast lair!”
[It’s here! Highway-robbery-style jungling!]
[Fuck, he dares to do this even in the professional league? Is he not scared of being chewed up deep in enemy territory?]
[Quickly watch Divin’s perspective! He’s here to catch him!]
“Now, from our broadcasting perspective, we can see that Qiu Yu and Divin are very likely to meet on a narrow road. It is now five minutes into the game, so special-type mutant beasts may spawn at any time—he has entered Qiu Yu’s sights!”
As the two contestants gradually approached one another, the commentators also became more excited.
“Qiu Yu didn’t choose to shoot, En, he chose to take a detour and temporarily avoid the edge of the blade.”
“He is facing Divin, after all. This player has once played in the KKL battle team in the Third Star District, who has entered the top four of the Star Alliance cup before… Qiu Yu!”
“Qiu Yu chose to bypass and assassinate!”
“The terrain here is not conducive to ambushes, but it was careless on Divin’s part!”
“Beautiful!”
“That was a textbook-level assassination! Silent and traceless!”
“Qiu Yu has successfully killed Divin—the first kill has actually happened in Liu Feng’s jungle!”
[???]
[What just happened?]
[Cupid’s perspective. It was completely dark just then and next there was a flash of light. Before I could even react, Divin was insta-killed! No shit!!!]
[The special-type just spawned!]
[Wow! Rock-armoured dragon king!]
[Cupid is awesome!!!]
The commentators excitedly screamed for a couple of sentences before suddenly realising something strange. “Wait a second, only the sniper cover went over to support him? Does Qiu Yu not want to snatch this dragon king?”
Just as he finished speaking, Qiu Yu reached behind his waist, pulled out a pulsating long dao, and sprinted towards the newly-spawned rock-armoured dragon king.
“He got impulsive. The rock-armoured dragon king has extremely strong reverse scale armour, and his attack speed is also—that was beautiful!”
The other commentator couldn’t help laughing, “The face slap came too quickly.”
“I didn’t think Qiu Yu’s melee combat abilities were so strong. His defensive counterattack just now was too amazing.”
“Liu Feng’s sniper and support are now rushing towards the jungle—Mu Feibai!”
“The Eagle Riders have started to occupy points! Liu Feng has been forced to return and take up a defensive position—
There was so much going on that the commentator’s perspective almost didn’t have enough time to cut between all of them. In a moment, the full-dive glasses of those at the venue were split to show two distinct scenes.
“Zhou Shu did not participate in hunting the rock-armoured dragon king, he was trying to cut off Liu Feng’s support—Liu Feng’s support was killed! The leak in the roof just happens to encounter an entire night of rain!”
“Qiu Yu is injured!”
“However, he persisted despite his injuries and completely shattered the dragon king’s reverse scale!”
“The Eagle Riders have taken the central point! Mu Feibai is heading towards Liu Feng’s jungle area to intercept and kill Divin!”
“Liu Feng’s sniper has arrived in the jungle—but he does not have sights on Qiu Yu! Qiu Yu has concealed himself too well, it’s as if he can predict where the opposing sniper would appear!”
“Qiu Yu—has solo-killed—the rock-armoured dragon king!!!”
At this moment, the barrage of the broadcast platform was swamped with “oh fuck” and “ahhhh” and great amounts of exclamation marks, as though the audience were incapable of putting together words.
With his body covered in blood, Qiu Yu reached down to pick up the special crystal nucleus and headed straight back towards the Eagle Riders’ newly-occupied central point. As they occupied the point, nuclei could be directly submitted at the central point and injuries could also be treated without needing to return to the rear base.
As he passed by a tunnel, Qiu Yu seemed to sense something and turned to look towards a rock crevice shrouded in the dark not far from him.
He raised his left hand and placed two fingers at his temple, smilingly performing an unruly military salute in that direction.
In the crevice, Mu Feibai, who had just killed and sent Divin back to the base once again, smiled slightly before he turned to leave.
Since the moment Qiu Yu snatched Liu Feng’s special-type mutant beast and the Eagle Riders occupied the second point, there was no more suspense as to the outcome of this game.
After Qiu Yu and Mu Feibai teamed up to snatch Liu Feng’s second and newly-spawned mutant beast, even the commentators could no longer find any words to defend Liu Feng’s honour. Then Qiu Yu attacked Liu Feng’s jungle for a third time, but the opponent’s energy levels were extremely limited as indicated by the flashing red lights, and so their resistance could not make any splashes.
“The Eagle Riders played very fiercely in this game.”
Watching the game come to an end, the two commentators’ tones were extremely calm.
“The first Omega player in the history of the league may have exceeded all of our expectations.”
“If we ignored his gender and judged solely by his performance in the game, his methods may be even fiercer and crueler than the three Alphas present in this game.”
[The commentators are making a reserved statement. If I were to put it, Liu Feing didn’t even have the capability to drive out god Qiu.]
[Oh? Is he already to be called “god Qiu”?]
[He didn’t let Divin get a single special mutant beast in the entire game, no matter if it was his own or the opponents. Is this not worthy to be called “god”? Even Mu Feibai probably can’t do that, right?]
[When he solo-killed the rock-armoured dragon king, I was always following Cupid’s perspective. I dare to say that in today’s esports circle, absolutely no one except Mu Feibai would be able to best him in melee combat.]
[Be bolder and say even god Mu might not be able to beat him.]
[Impossible! I don’t believe it!! My god Mu is invincible under the heavens!!!]
[Is there anyone shipping god Mu and god Qiu’s CP? That salute after killing the dragon king, I was literally a groundhog personified!]
[Yes yes yes!]
[There is already a supertopic created on the social platform, you guys are so slow to react oh~ [doge]]
In such a happy and relaxed atmosphere, the Eagle Riders obtained victory in their first game of the Summer Regular season.
Amidst the audience’s cheers, the commentators congratulated the Eagle Riders and the holographic projection at the centre of the stage slowly dissipated. The darkness was then lit up with lights from both of the competitors’ rooms.
According to the usual procedure, players would exit their gaming cabins and line up to stand on the centre stage. After the MVP was announced, players from both teams would shake each others’ hands and return to their waiting rooms.
However, just as the light in the competition room was turned on, the audience saw the Eagle Riders’ coach bring over a man dressed in a doctor’s attire to the cabin Qiu Yu was in.
The cabin door opened and Qiu Yu reached out and placed his hand on the crook of Qi Zhefeng’s arm to support himself. He struggled to stand up however he quickly collapsed and fell into Qi Zhefeng’s arms.
Qi Zhefeng picked Qiu Yu up with a hand under his knees, and He Jingxing immediately covered Qiu Yu with the team jacket. The three quickly left the competition room and disappeared behind a corner backstage.
The audience exploded into discussion.
“What’s happening?”
“What happened to Qiu Yu? Is he down after a single game? His complexion was so pale…”
“That’s just cus he couldn’t stand the pain in his nerves, duh! With that kind of physique, what is he playing in the professional league for? He can only play one game? What about the Bo3 and Bo5 later on?!”
“The Eagle Riders’ club isn’t thinking straight, ah!”
In the Liu Feng battle team.
Divin, who was originally frustrated and a little depressed after losing the game, saw the scene where Qiu Yu was carried away and the corner of his mouth suddenly curved up in a mocking smile.
“Heh, Omega… So what if you’re strong in the game? No matter how strong you are, you still need to rely on an Alpha’s protection.”
Tn: Yay!!! It’s Qiu Yu’s first game!!!
Div, no matter what you say, you still got your a*s beat by an Omega
Gotta give that sucker another punch to the face!!
You do that while I’ll give him a kick where his brain actually is. (we all know it’s not upstairs) 🙃
Agree
Oh no, his alpha-linity took a hit! Div is now entering brainless alpha mode, but everyone knows he got absolutely destroyed by a gasp omega 😌😏
+1 heh😏
Suck it up, buttercup—the omega walked all over you! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Qiu Yu is so cool! 🤩 Can’t wait for all the future face slaps that’ll happen soon!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Wow Div, I guess you would need an alpha or 2 to protect you since that weak omega beat you^^
Also thx for translation
That div guy has face so thick that it even shamed great wall. Srsly he still has the face to mock the omega who beats him shitless🙃👏
Watch him beat ya’ll up like patting dust from his shoulder
Thank you for the chapter! 💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍
That salute!! What a great first game, it perfectly highlighted Qiu Yu’s ability. It’s a shame beating people in real life has such strict consequences, though…
Thank you so much for translating! <3
Ahhh this is so good! I’m upset I discovered this when its relatively new, now I need to wait 😭 Thank you for the translations 🫶🏻
….SOMEONE TELL THAT LITTLE B*TCH TO COME HERE WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS TO INSULT MY BABY?!?!?! 😤😤😤
This scumbag, that doesn’t change the fact you’re defeated you idiot moron!
The groundhog personified comment made me cackle lol lol
If the guy who kicked your ass repeatedly is weak, what the fuck does that make you? Eat shit and die bitch boy