Chapter 4: Two Years Ago (2)

The pre-competition meeting will be held at the Olympic Sports Center. All the players of the Chinese and South Korean teams were present, and because there were many world-class superstars among the Warcraft players, the reporters paid great attention to the Warcraft project, and Free undoubtedly became the focus of the scene. All sorts of questions were thrown at him. As a superstar of the emperor, Free also has the demeanor of a master, calmly answering questions from reporters.

"Free, what do you think of your opponent TopOne"? ", a reporter asked.

The peers around him all showed disapproving expressions, although Xiao Xin is called a "genius", but after all, he has not become a professional player, and he is already lucky to be selected for the national team. Free has the momentum of the world's No. 1 Warcraft master, maybe he doesn't even know who his opponent is this time, isn't asking this question to force others to humiliate you? Quite a few journalists thought so.

However, Free's answer was unexpected, saying, "I've watched his game rep and I know you all call him 'Genius,' and I agree with that. I think he's as good as any of the best players and I'm looking forward to playing against him. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Xiao Xin who was sitting in the Chinese player's seat, Xiao Xin was also looking at him, Free nodded and smiled at him, Xiao Xin saw a joy in his Free eyes, it was the ecstasy of finding an opponent! It's the thirst for battle! Xiao Xin also replied with the same look. There is no need to say much between the masters, see you on the field!

"I just met the king that day!" This is the title of the special issue of China's largest e-sports magazine "E-sports Times", and the cover is the moment when Free and Xiao Xin look at each other and smile. In the photo, Free is calm, his eyes are blazing, and he has the demeanor of a grandmaster, and Xiao Xin is also smiling and meets Free's gaze without giving in. Later, this scene also became the most classic moment in the history of esports. And this special issue has also become a treasure in the permanent collection of esports fans.

On the second day, the much-anticipated China-South Korea e-sports competition finally kicked off, with FIFA matches in the morning, CS matches in the afternoon, and Warcraft matches in the evening as the finale.

The Chinese team attaches great importance to this competition, and even the director of the General Administration of Sports personally came to cheer for the players. But the Chinese team is the most sure of the FIFA project, the final result is a big surprise, the Chinese team lost with a disparity of 0:3, fortunately the Chinese team returned an upset to the Koreans in the CS game in the afternoon, and the total score of the two sides was 1:1. In this way, the Warcraft match at night becomes a decisive battle.

As a world e-sports powerhouse, the South Korean team is never willing to lose to the Chinese team of a "developing country", and the Chinese Warcraft national team, which has been suppressed by the Koreans for several years, also wants to take this opportunity to make a comeback.

Lounge for Chinese team players. Coach Li Yan looked at the five players with a serious expression, and said in a high-pitched and inflammatory voice: "This is not WCG, nor is it CPL, but what does this game mean to our Chinese e-sports, I think you all know very well, our football loses to the Koreans every time, but our Warcraft will never be like this!" No matter what kind of opponent it is, we have to win! Do you understand?! ”。

"Understood!"

The crowd replied almost shouting. Xiao Xin also felt his blood boiling.

Captain Hero said to him: "The four people in front of us will try their best to deal with them, even if they can't win, at least they will have to draw, and then it will be up to you." You're the only undead player among us, and only you can fight Free, and we believe in you! ”

Looking at Hero's encouraging eyes, Xiao Xin burst into tears with excitement, he looked at the coach and teammates, and said firmly: "Don't worry, leave it to me!" ”

Li Yan stretched out his hand, and the team members also stretched out their hands, palms close to palms.

"Never give up, China will win!"

At 8:00 p.m., the game began. CCTV5 broadcast the game live, and the studio sat the host Fang Han and technical expert TG.

'It's a tiebreaker and we have to win it. But Warcraft has always been the strength of the Korean team, although not all the main players played this time, but these players are not weak, and there is also Free leading, I am afraid it will be very difficult for the Chinese team to win. Fang Han said worriedly.

"The Chinese players have not achieved good results in the major competitions in the past few years, while the Korean players have won almost all the world championships, and the experience of international competitions is obviously much more than ours. But we also have a home advantage, and I hope the Chinese team can surprise us! "TG is also a little lacking in confidence.

Sure enough, just as Fang Han was worried about, Darkness, who was the first to appear in the end, was quickly defeated with a score of 0:2, but the other party was a famous beast king in the Dried Fruit Warcraft World, and it was expected that he would lose.

In the audience, Ah Ming, Liu Fei and Zhu Jun sat together. Amin had a rare serious face.

"It's normal to lose the first game, the opponent is too strong. But in the second game, the Koreans sent a second-rate player, so they should have won, right? ”

Liu Fei was worried about Xiao Xin.

"I wonder if he has a chance to play? However, it's so hard to beat Free! ”

Zhu Jun said disappreciably: "It's impossible to win." ”

Ah Ming was not happy: "You kid don't be ambitious!" Xiao Xin is not so easy to be eaten! ”

Zhu Jun said unconvinced: "I'm the truth, he is the world's number one master, how can he lose to an amateur?" ”

The more Liu Fei listened, the more uncertain she became, and hurriedly waved her hand to stop them from continuing to argue.

"Alright, stop arguing. The second game has already begun. ”

The second player to appear was the first master of the Chinese beast clan, and in the face of the opponent's mention, he finally won the game without danger and pulled the score to 1:1.

When the Chinese audience thought they saw a glimmer of hope, the Koreans won the third game with ease, and the Chinese team was forced to the edge of the cliff!

Hero appeared, and Fang Han's voice finally had some confidence.

"Crucial fourth game! Playing is the captain of the Chinese team, Hero, he is a Night Elf player, who has been doing well against South Korea in recent years, and can be said to be our anti-Korean hero. Hopefully he can do another miracle! ”

South Korea's player SOS is not a general, ranking ninth in the latest edition of the Blizzard rankings, and is one of the few experts in the world.

Hero calmly sat in the glass room reserved for the players, methodically adjusting the machine. Xiao Xin looked at him and couldn't help admiring in his heart: "Quite calm, worthy of being an experienced veteran!" ”

The game starts, and the map is TurtleRock (Turtles and Rocks). Hero's NE (Night Elf) appears at 10 o'clock, and SOS's undead appear at 5 o'clock. Hero uses the summoned hero Flame Lord, while SOS uses the traditional DK (Death Knight). DK wanted to harass Hero's MF (Hero Fights Neutral Monsters to Level Up), but Hero's manipulation was very robust, and DK didn't take advantage of anything. The harassment failed, and DK had to take a few ghouls to MF, and the two sides did not interact with each other for the time being. The turning point of the game came in the seventh minute, when DK was still outside MF, the Flame Lord and a group of huntress strangely appeared at the undead base, instantly killing all the gold miners, and immediately returned to the city after one hit. This sneak attack completely disrupted SOS's tactics, and it was suppressed for the rest of the battle. When the twin heroes of the Flame Lord and the Naga Siren surrounded the undead base with the army of Night, SOS reluctantly struck the gg.

The second game was played on the classic Lost Temple, and Hero used the same classic NE "Ranch Flow" tactic, and after several fierce battles, SOS was very depressed and "poor" to death.

2:2!

The Chinese team finally won the crucial fourth game!

Fang Han said excitedly: "The anti-Korean hero Hero finally did not disappoint everyone, and won back a point for the Chinese team very beautifully!" Next is the tiebreaker, the Chinese team is the genius star TopOne, and the South Korean team is the "World Ghost King" Free. What do you think of this undead clan war, TG? ”

"Everyone knows how Free's strength is, maybe many people think that we will definitely lose this game, but I have seen the game many times, he is definitely the strongest undead player in my country, if there is anyone in China who can fight Free, this person must be TopOne!"

"Well said! The old and new will definitely win! Amin shook his fist vigorously.

Liu Fei looked nervous and couldn't say anything, just looked at Xiao Xin in the field.

Xiao Xin was also very nervous, after all, it was the first time to play a live TV game. He raised his head and saw Ah Ming and Liu Fei in the audience, Ah Ming raised his hand and made a very exaggerated gesture of "Gangbad", while Liu Fei looked at him silently, his eyes full of concern and encouragement. Xiao Xin smiled at them and took a deep breath. His chest was filled with a strong fighting spirit.

Free walked over, still with a faint smile.

"Genius, don't let me down!"

Actually fluent in Chinese.

Xiao Xin looked at Free challenged.

"I'll win!"