Ch57 - One Wave.

Edited by kat

After taking out a whole team, the morale-filled CLM took advantage of their momentum to slaughter their way through Area M, the kills in their hands maintained to stay surpassing those of the other teams.

20 minutes into the game, the third circle was refreshed, indicating that Area M was no longer in the safe zone.

Mo Chen made a prompt decision, throwing away the last enemy in Area M to lead the whole team to evacuate to the safe zone.

“Where are YEY and MQ’s people now?” Chen Wei asked tentatively.

They had split up to ride two motorcycles to the safe area, one for Mo Chen and Wen Xi, with Mo Chen driving, and one for Chen Wei and Ling Shuyi, with Chen Wei driving.

Mo Chen heard Chen Wei’s question, and while driving the motorcycle, he glanced at the kill prompts in the upper right corner of the screen. Combining them with the direction the gunfire was coming from, he judged, “MQ is still in the city area. I’m not clear on where YEY is. They’re quite far away from us, so they probably took the long way to the forest.”

“So, you’re saying that we’ll fight MQ first?” Chen Wei asked, and internally was unable to help sighing emotionally over Mo Chen’s ability to hear and distinguish positions.

He didn’t doubt Mo Chen’s judgment at all, because he knew that Mo Chen never said anything he was uncertain about. Since he was so sure that MQ was still in the city area, they must be in the city area.

However, Chen Wei couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy when he remembered that he was driving over to the city area.

To be honest, although MQ had never had more total points than YEY, after looking at all of the past official competitions, for some reason Chen Wei was more afraid of meeting MQ than YEY.

Maybe it was because YEY didn’t feel stable. They were casual and unrestrained, and many of their divine maneuvers seemed more like wonderful accidents rather than being due to superb technique. They were like a flash in the pan, their strength disappearing quickly.

Meanwhile, the strength of the MQ team could be clearly felt. Their team cohesion made them seem like a fit beast. You may be able to beat it, but you couldn’t kill it.

And they continued to grow, almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the past games, the team that had completely wiped out their CLM wasn’t YEY, but MQ.

Mo Chen obviously also knew this. “MQ’s tacit understanding is very good, and their speed at protecting and reviving each other is especially fast. Killing each of them one by one isn’t easy, so we’ll have to directly take them out in one wave.”

“One wave?” Wen Xi rarely heard this phrase used in SGH, and blinked his eyes curiously—This phrase was used more often in card games. Other games sometimes also used it, but it was very strange to hear it in a shooting game.

Hearing the curiosity in his tone, Mo Chen’s cold voice suddenly softened, and he even chuckled and said, “You’ll understand after I finish explaining the strategy.”

Thus, Mo Chen concisely described the tactics he wanted to use. Everyone was stunned after listening. They felt that although it was risky, Mo Chen’s plan was feasible.

“This strategy needs everyone’s efforts to succeed,” Mo Chen said. He originally wanted to follow up with, “I don’t want anyone to drop the ball.” However, thinking of what the manager had said to him before, he changed his words to, “I believe you guys can do it.”

“Ahhhhh I will work hard!” Chen Wei didn’t know where he had been poked by this sentence, and suddenly felt like his blood was boiling

Ling Shuyi also firmly said, “I will definitely not let you down!”

Wen Xi smiled and said, “Good luck.” It seemed to be an understatement, but it was also the best encouragement he thought he could give everyone right now.

Wen Xi was still not good at communicating with people. He had been very introverted since he was very young, and he hadn’t even dared to talk to supermarket sales people alone.

After going to university and working for a period of time, he had improved in these kinds of situations, so he had the courage to become an anchor.

Being an anchor was a profession where one needed to use language and emotion to arouse their stream followers’ enthusiasm. Forced by economic pressure, Wen Xi forced himself to open his mouth, forced himself to communicate, and forced himself to become cheerful, talkative, and humorous.

But he was always aware that his real self was not like this.

When he had first refused to play professionally, on the one hand, he really felt that his strength wasn’t enough, but on the other hand, he had also been worried that he wouldn’t handle his relationship with his teammates well. He was worried that they would think he was dull and not good at talking, and then they would alienate him. He had been even more afraid that they would bully him and order him around, just like his former boss and colleagues.

However, after actually joining CLM, nothing he had worried about actually happened.

It was because Mo Chen was there.

Mo Chen had protected him very well.

The whole club revolved around Mo Chen, and Mo Chen always revolved around him, so he didn’t need to revolve around anyone and just had to do his best.

He didn’t need to do anything extra, and he also didn’t have to say anything extra.

Mo Chen had taken responsibility for everything he needed to do and say, all by himself—It was just like just now. While giving orders to direct the whole team, he had also greatly improved the team’s morale, and thus Wen Xi didn’t need to say anything more. It was enough for him to just say “good luck.”

Wen Xi could clearly feel that his appreciation for and dependence on Mo Chen was growing increasingly deeper as he continued to be around Mo Chen.

He felt that the whole team was improving more and more under the guidance of Mo Chen.

What he didn’t know, however, was that Mo Chen attributed all this to him.

One thing that Mo Chen had believed deeply since the first day he had met Wen Xi and had never doubted was—Wen Xi was his hope.

When he had been in a dark, enclosed space, Wen Xi was the sliver of light he had, with great effort, grabbed onto through a crack in the door.

Mo Chen seemed to have changed after the manager spoke to him. In fact, it only helped him become more self-aware, and discover that he should change more quickly. What had really changed him both inside and outside was Wen Xi.

If there was no Wen Xi, Mo Chen, who couldn’t see any signs of hope, would never be able to find any meaning in changing, let alone learn how he should change.

Therefore, he appreciated and treasured Wen Xi.

The two people looked at the lower left corners of their screens, where both their own and their other party member’s ID were shown. Just seeing the other’s ID, they could obtain infinite power from it.

They both attributed this power to the other, but they didn’t know that this power didn’t come from either one of them, but from both of them. It came from the bond and resonance between them, and this resonance not only impacted the both of them, but the whole team.

“Yi?! CLM has split their forces in two!”

When the director turned the camera to CLM again, Caster Bunny Ji discovered that their two motorcycles had suddenly separated and driven in two different directions. She couldn’t help but exclaim, “They are very close to MQ now, so isn’t splitting their forces right now unwise?!”

“Very few teams will split up in squad matches,” A-Yi also said, ”If a four person team is split into two person teams, their combat effectiveness and survival rate will both be greatly reduced. Although it is true that many teams will adopt similar tactics according to the actual situation, it is the first time in my memory that CLM has conducted separate operations.”

“After hearing you say that, it’s true!” Bunny Ji really didn’t recall ever having seen CLM split apart during a squad match before.

Rather, they couldn’t even split up even if they wanted to—Before Wen Xi had joined the team, the other members of CLM couldn’t leave Mo Chen’s side at all, because leaving meant being killed in battle.

But this time, Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei bravely moved in a completely different direction from Mo Chen. They were decisive and didn’t seem to hold the slightest bit of confusion, let alone fear.

Seeing this scene, Coach Chen Xiao was a bit nervous. He couldn’t guess what they wanted to do, but Manager Liu Weizhe breathed out a long sigh of relief.

Mo Chen had finally learned to trust his teammates.

As another proud and conceited person, he knew how difficult it was for Mo Chen to do this.

It was like asking a fierce wolf to believe that the cat and dog crouching at his feet could help him hunt down a lion together.

Fortunately, there was another wolf beside him.

A white as snow, soft, and seemingly harmless wolf, whose strength wasn’t weak at all. He helped him hunt, while also building a bridge of understanding and communication between him and the cat and dog.

“Wen Xi,” Liu Weizhe involuntarily recited his name, and then the corner of his lips suddenly rose, showing a playful smile.

Who said the core of CLM was Mo Chen? In his opinion, Wen Xi was actually the core.

“Huh? What did you say just now?” Chen Xiao shot a suspicious side glance at Liu Weizhe.

The noise around them was so loud that they had to shout to be heard.

“Nothing,” Liu Weizhe replied, “I just wanted to say, what are you panicking about? Just keep watching and you’ll see.”

At this time, Mo Chen and Wen Xi had already entered the safe area. They had parked their motorcycle behind a building, and after entering the building, they headed straight to the top floor with a clear goal in mind.

Soon after, Chen Wei and Ling Shuyi abandoned their motorcycle near another building, separated from their team by two shorter buildings, and bravely crept up the stairs.

Seeing this scene, the audience couldn’t help holding their breath—The four people of MQ were currently in this building!

“Does CLM know that MQ is in that building?” Bunny Ji asked suspiciously, “If they know, then why only send in Kitty and them? What’s the difference between this and giving away kills?”

“No.” A-Yi thought that things weren’t so simple. “Director, switch to Momo’s perspective.”

“Ah, they’re aiming at MQ!” Seeing Mo Chen’s point of view, Bunny Ji instantly figured things out. “This is them wanting to do long-ranged coordination?”

“Maybe,” A-Yi said, “I probably know what CLM wants to do, but MQ has always had someone posted as a look-out and should have already noticed CLM. I’m afraid CLM’s plan won’t succeed so easily.”

A-Yi was right.

As early as when Chen Wei and Ling Shuyi were still on their motorcycle, some people in MQ had noticed them.

SD said, “Two people are downstairs, they’re from CLM.”

“Just two?” CC was surprised and asked, “Mac?”

“No,” the look-out SD replied, “It’s Windy and Cat.”

CC frowned, puzzled as to why only these two people came. Where were Mo Chen and Wen Xi?

However, he believed his teammate, so he was silent for a moment before saying, “Mac and Wency are probably aiming at us. We must evacuate immediately.”

His teammates agreed one after another and went downstairs decisively.

Then, the next event happened in a flash.

Just as the MQ players went downstairs, a bullet and an arrow almost simultaneously penetrated through the window and attacked them.

Accompanied by the sound of the window’s glass breaking, CC and Ax who were rushing up in front were both headshotted!

The other two people, of course, went to help them up immediately, but before they finished, Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei had already rushed up the stairs. Ling Shuyi was carrying a shotgun and crazily shooting away, while Chen Wei beautifully threw a grenade into the center of the four of them.

Bang!

Schwip schwip schwip schwip—Four kill prompts popped up neatly in the upper right corner of all the players’ screens, which reminded them all of a popular online saying: A family should be neatly wiped out together.

Yes, MQ was wiped out just like that.

In a flash, no one had survived.

Still aiming at the broken window, ready to finish people off, Mo Chen saw the four neat and beautiful kill prompts appear on his screen. His lips curved up, and he leisurely put away his gun, saying, “One wave.”

Ling Shuyi exclaimed, “Holy shiiiiiit! That was too cool ba! I’ve never felt so cool before!”

Chen Wei yelled, “I actually took three kills?! But I keep having the feeling that I didn’t do anything, what’s going on?”

“Each of us didn’t do much, but it added up to a beautiful four kills,” Mo Chen said, unable to hold back from quietly laughing.

In fact, he also felt like he hadn’t done anything. It had just been a headshot from 500 meters and breaking through a window, which was nothing to him.

Wen Xi had also just made his single arrow headshot that he was best at.

Ling Shuyi had used his shotgun to sweep the area, killing one and knocking down two others.

Then, Chen Wei’s grenade had achieved the final extinction of MQ.

The division of labor among the four of them was clear. What each person did on their own may not look that amazing, but the result of them all combining together was gratifying—This was the charm of teamwork!

When this scene happened, the director had cut to CC’s perspective. So, everyone saw as when he went downstairs, he was suddenly knocked down by a headshot, and then was killed by Ling Shuyi, who had rushed up right after. The entire thing didn’t even take a second.

When the casters saw this scene, they were both stunned for two whole seconds before they reacted, and both of them exclaimed.

Bunny Ji shouted, “My God! MQ was wiped out?! What happened?”

A-Yi said, “They truly were destroyed in a flash! What happened?”

Not even mentioning how they were surprised, even CLM’s coach, Chen Xiao, was surprised by the performance of his own team’s players. He stood up from the chair on the spot—holy shit?!

Only the manager took a calm sip of water, covering the way his mouth was curving up with the glass.

After CLM wiped out MQ, they immediately occupied the other’s original location, sniping the people running away from the poison circle from upstairs. However, the big screen was still replaying the shocking moment from just now.

Along with A-Yi’s commentary, the audience could no longer restrain their own excitement. They started shouting out loud, and the number of lines in the livestream’s barrage also suddenly increased, resulting in the video freezing a bit.

[This is too showy ba WTF!]

[MQ team got completely wiped out!!!]

[This moment will definitely be recorded in the history books!]

At this time, the people who were most shocked were the people who had just been wiped out, MQ.

After being instantaneously wiped out, the four of them had no sound coming from their earphones, and there was a terrible silence.

They couldn’t face the scene just now because they realized that even if they were given another chance, they would not have been able to reverse the outcome in the end.

A strong enemy wasn’t terrifying, and it also wasn’t terrifying to be defeated. What was terrifying was that after being defeated, they didn’t know what wrong step they had taken or how to reverse the outcome, and even more so, they didn’t know how to fight if they ran into the same situation again.

This feeling made them really desperate.

MQ vowed that in the few seconds after being wiped out, they all had a real experience of the so-called “going into seclusion” and “doubting life”.

Fortunately, they had a captain who was always able to remain calm.

“It’s over. Relax, don’t overthink it,” CC said, “We’ll talk about it later in the evening.”

Hearing this, one by one his teammates came back to their senses, secretly letting out sighs of relief.

Yes, there was still the replay. During the replay they could clearly figure out what happened just now, and look at and think about the problem from more angles.

On the other side, the game continued.

After completely destroying MQ, CLM played very smoothly. Besides Ling Shuyi, who was always rushing to the front and was knocked down by the enemy several times, they hardly encountered any danger along the way.

Who knew whether YEY was frightened by the sudden destruction of MQ, or if they had decided to stay away from CLM from the beginning, but they would actually rather stay in places where enemies were relatively rare, rather than engage CLM in order to get more kills.

However, with the poison rings continuing to refresh, the two teams were eventually forced to face each other.

Meeting on a narrow road, only the brave win—There were no tactics here, just pure gunfights.

Finally, CLM traded the sacrifice of Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei for YEY’s mass destruction.

At this time, in addition to Mo Chen and Wen Xi, there were less than 3 people still alive.

Thus, not long after YEY was wiped out, Mo Chen and Wen Xi worked together to finish off the last three enemies and won the championship of this squad match.

Having also gotten first in points in the solo match, their total points that day surged past YEY to grab first!

In second place was YEY, and MQ was barely holding onto third place.

CLM was undoubtedly pleased to see this final result.

“Well done!” Chen Xiao got up to meet the four of them. Although Liu Weizhe didn’t say anything, he also stood up with him.

Chen Xiao couldn’t stop grinning at them and said, “Let’s keep this momentum going and continue to win!”

“Yes!” Ling Shuyi exclaimed excitedly, having already come out of the shadow of the duo match.

Chen Wei was the same. “Holy shit, this squad match was too refreshing! I feel kind of like I’ve already won the championship now!”

“Don’t get overconfident,” Liu Weizhe glanced at him and lightly reminded him.

Chen Wei scratched his head and replied, “Okay la, I won’t la.”

There was another squad match next, but since they didn’t care about any of the teams participating, CLM’s people all left early.

After they returned to the hotel, they first took a nap to replenish their energy before going out for dinner. Then, they came back to rest some more for a bit before going over the replay.

For this meeting, Mo Chen didn’t mention half a word about the solo or duo match, and only did a recap of the squad match.

After the replay, he put more energy into the distribution of the players for the next day.

“Kitty and I will be participating in the solo match?”

Wen Xi was surprised after hearing Mo Chen’s decision.

They had never tried out this combination even during the training match.

Mo Chen hesitated, before finally nodding with an “en” and saying, “I’m not very good at playing duos with Kitty, and you also aren’t good at playing duos with Chen Wei, so we’ll try swapping it around.”

“Try?” Chen Xiao was very upset to hear this and said, “You want to directly use a team you haven’t tried before to play in an official game? I don’t agree!”

Chen Xiao was the coach, but apart from collecting and analyzing information, he basically just executed Mo Chen’s orders. He rarely disagreed with his decisions, but that was based on his thoughts that Mo Chen was reliable.

Hearing this obviously unreliable decision, he still had to stand up and oppose him. “A-Chen, you are gambling here. That kind of mentality is very bad in an actual competition. That is, unless you have a reason that can persuade me that this configuration is definitely more reasonable than today’s configuration.”

Mo Chen was silent for a while before replying, “I can’t guarantee it.”

Chen Xiao said, “Then you……”

Mo Chen continued, “But I don’t want to see my teammates being besieged again.”

Chen Xiao suddenly lost his voice, and Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei’s eyes went wide in disbelief, instantly understanding the reason behind how Mo Chen had distributed them.

If they were divided this way, there would be Wen Xi in the solo match and Mo Chen in the duo match. No matter how they fought, they wouldn’t turn into a lootbox upon landing. Even if they failed to win first place in the end, it should be no problem to make it through the first few circles and take a few more kills.

However, at the same time, all the people present also knew that after Mo Chen and Wen Xi were separated, although they were strong, they couldn’t defeat a horde on their own. It was only when their forces collided together that they could achieve the same effect as a nuclear explosion.

Liu Weizhe had originally been lazing about and listening in at the lobby because he couldn’t sleep, and didn’t intend to participate. After all, games were not his in his field of expertise.

However, after listening to Mo Chen’s words, he couldn’t hold back anymore and faintly said, “It’s very good that you care about your teammates, but don’t forget your original intent. What’s your original intention?”

“To win the championship,” Mo Chen blurted out.

Liu Weizhe didn’t react and continued, “I don’t play SGH, but I do know how to calculate the points. Obtaining first place once is better than obtaining fourth place twice—Do you understand what I mean?”

Mo Chen stayed silent and didn’t speak.

Liu Weizhe knew he was thinking, so he didn’t disturb him. He looked at Ling Shuyi and Chen Weiyang and raised his chin, asking, “What do you two think?”

Ling Shuyi froze and looked back at him, not knowing what was going on.

Chen Wei, however, immediately understood his meaning and replied, “For the team’s total points, I am willing to be sacrificed.”

After Ling Shuyi heard this sentence, he finally understood what these two people were aiming for and added, “Me too. I don’t care if I continue to play duos with Dog Ge ah!”

Chen Wei continued, “Really, don’t underestimate us ah! You’re acting like we’ll turn into lootboxes upon landing tomorrow too!”

Ling Shuyi added, “That’s right!”

The two people’s replies were expected by Liu Weizhe, but he still gave a satisfied smile and looked back at Mo Chen. “Did you hear that?”

Mo Chen still didn’t speak, but as if he suddenly understood something, his face showed a trace of helplessness.

“If you really care about your teammates, then you should not only take care of their feelings, but also know what they’re thinking—Communication is important,” Liu Weizhe said. Then, he probably felt that he had said everything he needed to say, so without waiting for Mo Chen to respond, he turned around and started walking towards his room. “I’m going to sleep, you guys can continue.”

His attitude was as willful as ever, standing high above everyone, but this moment, Mo Chen was really thankful towards him.

He had reminded him: change was very important, but in the process of changing, we shouldn’t lose sight of our original goals.

What was the reason that they had suffered so much and borne so much pressure? Wasn’t it all for the championship?

Wouldn’t it be putting the cart before the horse to choose a path that wasn’t conducive to winning the championship in order to reduce the pressure on his teammates?

In the end, e-sports was cruel. In order to win the championship, there were always people who needed to sacrifice.

However, it may be possible to compromise, and find a way to reduce the pressure on his teammates while still getting a lot of points.

Thinking until this point, Mo Chen made a decision, “Tomorrow, Kitty and Chen Wei will do the solo match, and I will be in the duo match with Wen Xi. Let’s try it out. If it doesn’t work, then we’ll change it.”

This time, the coach didn’t raise any objections.

After suddenly hearing his name, Wen Xi instinctively raised his eyes, a trace of nearly undetectable excitement flashing through them—playing duos with Mo Chen!

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Juurensha: Yaaaaay, MoXi duo match!

kat: Kitty and Xixi always seem so clueless while the others are strategizing hahaha

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