Chapter 18: The Truth Four Years Ago

World champion? I almost got it back then, if I hadn't been forced to retire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Dawn's expression became lonely, and there was a hint of bitterness in her heart, some things can't be escaped, because as long as life goes on, memories will not disappear.

Four years ago, Dawn retired the day before the Dota World Finals, and the next night he watched the webcast, and his brilliant team only won the runner-up, and the championship was a Korean team, and Dawn was confident that if he could play at that time, he would definitely be able to beat those Korean sticks.

However, Dawn missed the finals, so he could only carry his bags and leave quietly.

Since the development of the game from Dota, the world championship has been steadily occupied by Huaxia, only that time, due to the greed of Li Jiang, the captain of the brilliant team, Huaxia only won the runner-up.

After watching the finals that day, Liming affirmed the real reason why he was forced to retire, and when their team qualified for the finals, a mysterious person called Liming, saying that as long as he released water in the finals, he could get 500,000 US dollars, and the prize money for the champion at that time was not as high as it is now, only a few hundred thousand yuan.

What kind of concept is 500,000 US dollars, according to the exchange rate at the time, it is 4 million yuan, for a person who is dedicated to playing professional games, it may not be able to earn money in a lifetime.

But Liming chose to refuse without hesitation, for a person with a dream of e-sports, e-sports has not released water, what e-sports needs is fairness, openness, and justice, if he takes that money, he thinks that he may have to spend his whole life in regret and self-blame.

There is no doubt that the mysterious man later found Li Jiang to cooperate, and Li Jiang, the scum of the e-sports circle, chose to agree, but Li Jiang, as the captain, will definitely bear the infamy and be spurned by the people of the whole country if he releases water in the game.

So he came up with a vicious plan to force Dawn away, so that he could not only take the money comfortably, but also stay out of the situation after losing the game.

Because, as soon as the dawn is gone, the overall strength of the brilliant team is almost the same as that of the Korean team, and it is normal to lose.

And he will hire a group of sailors to guide public opinion after losing the game, for example, the main player Liming retired willfully, his teammates were not in a good mood, and he lost the game due to his mistakes. In this way, Dawn will naturally become a backstabber.

At that time, he was not yet sixteen years old, and after seeing the public opinion on the Internet, the whole person collapsed, and the man did not flick when he had tears, but he cried that night, crying very sadly, very sadly.

He wanted to refute it, but who could hear his voice, who would believe him, the three of them became tigers, even if it was fake, once many people said that it was true, the public who did not know the truth would think it was true.

Forced to retire by his former best friend, coupled with the abuse flying all over the Internet, in this way, the professional game has become an indelible shadow on Liming's heart, and until four years later, Liming still does not have the courage to embark on the road of esports career again.

"Brother Ming, what's wrong with you?" Xiaofeng pushed Dawn's shoulder with his hand.

"It's okay, it's just a reminder of the past. Xiaofeng, do you really want to win the World Championship? Dawn came back to his senses, took a deep breath, quickly collected his mood, and soon returned to his former demeanor.

"Generally speaking, if I win the World Championship, maybe my parents won't say that I am a plaything." After a pause for a few seconds, Xiao Feng looked at Liming and continued: "Brother Ming, you say, is playing games considered a plaything? ā€

"I can't answer this question, maybe time will give us the answer." Liming heard the fleeting expectation in Xiaofeng's words, which was looking forward to being recognized by society and looking forward to the understanding of his parents.

But Liming didn't dare to say words of encouragement or belittling, he was afraid that his words would mislead the boy in front of him, who was no more than sixteen years old, and thus change the trajectory of the boy's life.

No one is God, and no one is qualified to decide the fate of a teenager. Dawn will not instill her own thoughts into others when they are most confused.

"Time? Brother Ming, what are you doing with me talking to these ethereal things. By the way, let me tell you something, some time ago, the coach of the MTG team came to me and said that I should go to their team to play as a mid-laner substitute. ā€

MTG, a relatively well-known team in China, was in the quarterfinals of the domestic professional league last year. has a few veteran players, but lacks stamina, if you can't replenish some excellent fresh blood, maybe you have to be forced to disband in a few years. Esports is so cruel, survival of the fittest.

"Then you must not have agreed."

"Brother Ming still understands me, I didn't think about it at the time, so I refused, let alone a substitute, even if it was the main force, I wouldn't go, if I want to play professionally, it must be with Brother Ming." Xiaofeng knows very well that it is difficult to get out just by joining a top eight team, first, the newcomer will not be taken seriously, and it is very likely that he will be a soy sauce character, which will lead to the strength not advancing but retreating.

Second, it is impossible for an ordinary team to win world-class honors. If you don't win the championship, what's the point? Earn that pitiful wage? It's not necessary at all, Xiaofeng earns more than that every month by leveling up.

"Why come with me? You're not going to like me, that's not going to work, you know, my brother has a girlfriend. ā€

"Brother Ming, you have a girlfriend, who is it? Sister Lily? I'm going to play fair with her. Xiao Feng looked very serious, to be honest, if it wasn't for Xiao Feng who couldn't help it and laughed, Dawn almost believed it.

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"Well, the real reason is that I think Brother Ming, you understand me, follow you, you have a good chance of winning the world championship, and I don't care about other honors, and I don't want it."

"It's not small, but I like it." Liming looked at Xiaofeng at this moment, as if he saw himself back then, he was also a world champion back then, and he believed in a person so much, but the result was a catastrophe.

Of course, Liming and Li Jiang are completely different, Liming will not live up to Xiaofeng's trust, he feels that he has to be responsible for Xiaofeng, thinking about it again and again, Liming said very seriously: "Xiaofeng, brother, for some reasons, may not be professional again in this life, but if you want to play professionally one day, you must tell my brother, my brother will serve you as a staff officer, my brother has eaten a few years more than you, and some experience can save you a lot of detours."

"Brother Ming, you just used the word "again", you have played professional games before, I really didn't guess wrong, you are a man with a story. "Xiao Feng put on a look that I had already seen through everything, but his green face didn't make him look less like a wise man, but more like a funny taste.

"Didn't I say it just now, my brother not only has stories, but also wine. Today, just drink, don't talk about what you have and don't have. ā€

"Okay, don't get drunk and don't go home."