Chapter Seventy-Three: Persistence [First Update]
The early morning sun spreads on the streets, wrapping the bodies of pedestrians who get up early and hurrying away, like a light veil, although thin, but with bursts of warmth.
It is rare to have a good weather, no haze, blue sky and white clouds, birds and flowers, which is very suitable for family travel, picnics and the like.
But in such a good weather, on the second floor of the Blue Cat Network Club, in a large private room in the innermost corner, there are indeed five people with pale faces, heavy dark circles, disheveled clothes, and expressions that can already be described as hideous, sitting in front of their respective computers, staring at the screen, concentrating.
"! Ye Qiu, how the are you moving! Do you know how to play? Xu Yunlong was already shirtless and hooked his waist to the computer, and when he saw that the god warrior that Ye Qiu was playing with was killed under the tower, he directly screamed angrily.
"It's not my fault! Three come and catch me, can I run away? Ye Qiu looked tired, but there was still excitement in his eyes.
"Come, come, come, insert! What about the eyes? Xuan Wu is no longer the kind of cold face and cold words that cherish words like gold, and when he saw the other side rushing over for the bounty but did not show his face, he shouted directly.
Zhu Quehuang no longer had the strength to scream, and his reflexes were a little too fast to keep up. However, at the moment when Xuanwu reminded him, he still inserted a true eye at the foot of Xuanwu's clockwork.
Bi Qian, the only one of the five who looked relatively normal, also rolled up his sleeves at this time, unbuttoned his shirt, piled up five empty Red Bull cans in his hand, and looked at his plane with a slightly rigid look.
Since last night's meeting, the five of them have not even closed their eyes.
"Left left, left, hide! . ”
"Leave the calf alone!"
"Defend the heights!"
"What are you rushing to the plane! Don't give it away! ”
"I'm charged."
"Hold on! Hold! Maverick, do you want to be so watery in the ravine! ”
"Hand Slippery"
Thirteen minutes later.
"You can lose by beating passers-by" Xu Yunlong leaned back in the chair, picked up a bottle of Coke that was not very cold and covered it on his eyes.
"Everybody's tired." Xuan Wu took two deep breaths before adjusting.
"What time is it?" Xu Yunlong already didn't want to look at the screen anymore.
"It's almost 8 o'clock." Bi Qian glanced at his watch and said weakly.
"Let's rest for a while" Xu Yunlong stood up with the armrest of the chair, dragged the pullover on the back of the chair, put it on softly, opened the door and walked out, went up to the third floor, and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
With a long exhale, exhaling the filth in his lungs, Xu Yunlong raised his head and closed his eyes to calm himself down.
How long it had been since he had trained like this, he himself did not remember.
I remember that when the team was first formed, the five of them would practice day and night.
Discuss lineups, practice coordination, study opponents, and analyze games.
But gradually, with the separation of personnel, after he and Liang Yu were left among the original five people, it seemed that the most primitive impulse and enthusiasm dissipated a lot.
In order to get the travel expenses for the competition, look for sponsors and accept new players selected by sponsors. Most of them are familiar faces, basically players who have seen some fame on the other side.
After three or four rounds of changes, the original OATH member lineup was finally stabilized. Win after win and take home the trophy after trophy.
But the initial feeling of joy that I just wanted to happily high-five and celebrate with my teammates slowly dissipated in the flow of time.
The addition of the manager, the arrival of the coach, the data division, the tactician
The increasingly professional team gave him a feeling that he had been mechanized.
Maybe it's just that the feeling of being controlled by others makes him very uncomfortable, but for his own work, for the feelings of this team, he has always persevered, even if there is a serious imbalance between the treatment and the value he has created, but in order to engrave the name of this team on the immortal shield of the spring, let the people of the world remember the team they formed, and let those who once looked down on them trample them under their feet, he has persevered.
Until that day, the coach informed him that the team had changed sponsorship and had to change the team name.
Changing the team name, that's the only thing he can't accept.
But that's probably a good thing, too.
At least now he has regained the passion he had for training at night, which is much better than training from 9 to 5 every day and going to work.
"Where's Brother Long?" Xiao Qingyue, who came in from outside, was carrying everyone's breakfast in her hand, and was stunned for a moment when she saw that Xu Yunlong's seat was empty.
"Wash your face." Ye Qiu stretched, moved his neck, rubbed his eyes and stood up, and walked to Xiao Qingyue's side to take the breakfast.
"Oh." Xiao Qingyue put down her breakfast and went out upstairs to look for Xu Yunlong.
Seeing Xu Yunlong coming out of the bathroom, Xiao Qingyue stepped forward to say hello.
"Brother Long, breakfast has been bought, let's eat some first."
Looking at the box of buns handed over by Xiao Qingyue, Xu Yunlong nodded, but he only took the buns and didn't move.
"What time is the game today?"
"5 p.m."
"When are you going to go?"
Xiao Qingyue was stunned, and immediately reacted that Xu Yunlong was referring to the hospital.
"I'll leave later."
"Oh"
"Do you want to go together? It's been a long time since I've been to see him. Xiao Qingyue laughed, "He misses you a lot, he should." ”
"No, I don't have the face to see him." Xu Yunlong pinched a bun with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Okay, let them all sleep for a while, don't stay up." Xiao Qingyue changed the subject.
"Well, it's time to sleep, too. I'll be watching the codemini footage later. This bun is delicious. Xu Yunlong said with a bun stuffed in his mouth.
"Don't look too late, I bought coffee and Red Bull and tea and put it in the training room. I found two houses, but they were quite far away, but they were quiet and not as noisy as Internet cafes. If you can win this competition, the champion's prize is 30,000, plus the 20,000 that Bi Qian returned and the 200,000 that Ye Zebei lost to you, can be rented for about a year. Want to check it out? ”
"Well, when the game is over, let's take a look." Xu Yunlong threw the empty box in the trash can next to the bathroom, "I'll go down first." ”
"Hmm." Xiao Qingyue didn't follow, but went back to her room to change clothes and prepare to go out.
Back in the training room, Xu Yunlong asked everyone to go to bed to recover first, while he sat back in front of the computer and began to look for the game video of Codemini.
Unexpectedly, only halfway through it, Xuanwu's voice came from behind him.
"Don't sleep?"
"Look at the opponent in the afternoon."
"The captain doesn't sleep, how can the team members sleep." Xuan Wu said as he pulled out his chair and sat down, watching the video with Xu Yunlong.
And with Xuanwu, there is also Zhu Quehuang.