Ch59 - Why did your voice change?

Edited by kat

After Mo Chen and Wen Xi jumped, no one else dared to jump down.

Those who had already jumped were obviously flustered, either accelerating their landing or desperately trying to drift further away from the two people, as if the pair would take lives everywhere like Heibai Wuchang.

Mo Chen had confirmed most of the enemy’s positions after jumping down, so he focused on landing first.

Wen Xi still spent some time to note down the positions of their enemies, especially the positions of the two snipers in the YEY team.

Obviously, Mo Chen had the same idea as him. “Let’s kill Thunder and Tornado first.”

Wen Xi let out an “en.”

Just as YEY and MQ would target them and stop them from getting points, they also planned to make YEY and MQ withdraw early, and limit the amount of points they could get.

——No matter how the private relationships between strong teams were, it was inevitable that they would fight against each other on the battlefield.

So, after Mo Chen and Wen Xi landed, the first thing they did was head in the direction of Thunder and Tornado.

Mo Chen took the lead to find an opening from the roof and decisively fired a shot.

However, because the other party was lying down, there was a low wall providing him some cover, so the bullet hit the low wall. It left behind a dark bullet hole, but didn’t harm the other party.

“Yi? Momo missed?” Bunny Ji was surprised at this. In her memory, Mo Chen may not have made a headshot with every shot, but he had never missed before.

However, A-Yi had another idea. “No, it’s not that simple! He fired this shot to…”

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, an arrow went “shhpt” and cut through the air, going right where Mo Chen’s scope was aimed.

Right after that, Mo Chen fired another shot!

[System] CLM-Wency knocked down YEY-Thunder with a headshot with a bow.

[System] CLM-Momo killed YEY-Thunder with a headshot with a sniper rifle.

The prompt that Thunder was killed was displayed in the upper right corner of all the players’ screens, which made almost all of them suck in a breath. Unexpectedly, the player with a sniping ability almost equal to that of Mo Chen had turned into a lootbox upon landing just like this.

After a second of silence, all of CLM’s fans couldn’t help screaming and cheering!

“Momo’s first shot didn’t miss, and he was actually pointing out the direction that Wency needed to shoot! Wency followed Momo’s trajectory to discover Thunder’s location, and then knocked him down with a headshot from an arrow! Thunder was originally lying on his stomach, but after being knocked down, he was forced to crouch instead. His head left the cover of the wall, and he was finished off with a shot from Momo!”

A-Yi explained based on the playback, which could be said to be very comprehensive.

After listening to his commentary, the audience who hadn’t figured out what had happened now completely understood the whole process.

Bunny Ji also suddenly realized, “So it was like that! They are indeed Momo and Wency, the two of them cooperate together too tacitly!”

A-Yi said, “From the Tornado’s perspective, we can see that when Wency knocked down Thunder, he had also aimed at Wency and fired a shot. However, this shot failed to headshot Wency and only broke his armor.” He paused before continuing, “After Thunder was killed, Tornado left the rooftop without hesitation. It seems that he knew that he couldn’t fight directly against both of CLM’s people at the same time.”

Bunny Ji commented, “He’s wise to do that. The game has just begun, and the first circle hasn’t even refreshed yet. If he turns into a lootbox upon landing, YEY’s place in the rankings will become very precarious.”

Wen Xi discovered that Tornado was ready to flee, and immediately shot an arrow in his direction. However, this time, the other party was alert and shook his head, luckily dodging his shot.

Tornado successfully escaped from the rooftop. Wen Xi sighed regretfully, but he had to give up and use a bandage on himself to fill up his health.

Mo Chen said, “It’s okay. Wait, and I will help you get revenge.”

“Mmhmm~” Wen Xi responded, instantly relieved, and then said, “Let’s ignore him. First, let’s clear out the people around us.”

Mo Chen replied, “En, without Thunder, he’ll have a hard time protecting himself, so he’s not worth worrying about.”

Like Mo Chen and Wen Xi, Thunder and Tornado were the most powerful only when they cooperated together.

Thunder had turned into a lootbox upon landing, leaving only Tornado left. Whether he could even survive until the second circle on his own was up in the air.

Soon, the first circle was refreshed, and the position of the second circle was announced. It was a circle of destiny for Mo Chen and Wen Xi.

The amount of health lost from the first few poison circles wasn’t large, but the safe area would shrink a lot, so it took a long time to run away from the poison circle.

Many players weren’t killed by other enemies, but instead killed in the process of escaping from the poison circle. Of course, most of them were blocked from entering the safe area by enemies who were deliberately guarding the edge of the poison ring.

Mo Chen and Wen Xi didn’t have the pressure of running away from the poison circle, and could kill as they pleased!

Throughout the process, they searched for traces of Tornado the entire time.

Mo Chen took out an enemy with a shot and said, “He’s not here.”

“Could he have left the city area?” Wen Xi took out another enemy with a headshot with an arrow. “We don’t know where the next circle will be refreshed, so should we move towards the center first?”

“Alright,” Mo Chen replied and then said after a while, “If I was a Tornado, then after my partner was killed, I would definitely not attack the enemy directly in an imposing fashion, but would choose a safer way.”

“Hiding in the dark and stealing kills,” Wen Xi blurted out.

Mo Chen froze for a bit, but couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Right. Let alone the fact that he’s a sniper.”

Wen Xi said, “If that’s the case, then I may know where he is.”

Almost right after Wen Xi said this sentence, he and Mo Chen both turned their perspectives to a more concealed spot.

At this time, the casters and the audience were also very curious about where Tornado was hiding, so the director cut to Tornado. They saw him hiding behind a window, looking out from time to time.

Each time, he only peeked out for a short time, but more attentive people could clearly see—he was aiming at Mo Chen and Wen Xi!

“Tornado hasn’t given up. He’s still trying to kill Momo and Wency!” Bunny Ji said.

A-Yi added, “But he doesn’t dare to shoot. I’m guessing that he wants to wait for the two of them to have low health before finishing them off.”

Bunny Ji asked, “Can someone really cause Momo and Wency to have low health?”

Bunny Ji had just asked this question, when in the next second as Tornado peeked out to aim at them again, bang! A bullet hit him straight in the head!

This unforeseen event happened so suddenly that the audience was shocked!

“It’s Momo!” Seeing the system prompt, A-Yi exclaimed, “Momo found Tornado’s location!”

Bunny Ji exclaimed, “My God! How did he do that?!”

After Tornado was knocked down, he didn’t rush to use a bandage, but immediately crawled backwards.

Sure enough, as soon as he crawled a step back, an arrow struck his original position in front of him—If he hadn’t crawled away, then he would have already been killed by now.

Wen Xi was a little annoyed that he hadn’t hit him.

He had thought that his hands felt pretty good today, as though all of his shots should be headshots. Yet in the end, he failed to hit the other side with two consecutive arrows now, and he couldn’t help but begin to doubt himself.

However, as if he knew what he was thinking, Mo Chen said lightly, “Where you’re shooting isn’t the problem, it’s just that he dodged ahead of time. It’s normal to miss. Just as we studied them before the competition, they must have studied us before the competition as well.”

“En,” Wen Xi said, but his bad mood didn’t dissipate. However, thanks to Mo Chen’s words, although he wasn’t happy, he also calmed down quickly, and thought about how to deal with him.

The two of them went down the stairs and went straight to the building where Tornado was, and finally met him in a corner.

Mo Chen used an assault rifle to face off against Tornado. Every shot a headshot, and he instantly knocked him down to the ground. Wen Xi then fired a shot to finish him off.

At this time, Tornado was killed, and all of the YEY players had withdrawn.

In the rest area, Lightning almost jumped up. “Mac, you stinking rogue! I’m going to fight you!”

The coach quickly grabbed him and exclaimed, “Fighting him is BS! And he’s called Momo now!”

Lightning asked, “Where is CLM’s rest area?!”

The coach asked, “What do you want to do?”

Lightning replied, “Fight Momo!”

The coach pointed out, “He’s not even in the rest area right now! He’s still in the competition!”

“Oh, that’s right?” Lightning had been struggling in his grasp with a desire to go cause trouble, but after hearing that, he calmed down a bit. His coach and teammates rolled their eyes—Their family’s captain’s skills were pretty good, but why did he seem like a not-so-smart bumpkin?

However, YEY soon became more comfortable because shortly after the death of their family’s two snipers, the fourth circle was refreshed, and the players on the field had to move closer to each other—CLM and MQ inevitably met up with each other.

For this duo match, the members MQ sent out to participate were sniper Fu Feijie and support SD.

Fu Feijie took the lead in shooting Mo Chen, but Mo Chen didn’t even blink and immediately returned fire, with Wen Xi following up with an arrow.

Just like Tornado, Fu Feijie was in a hurry to get back up after being knocked down by Mo Chen.

Mo Chen was right. Just like CLM had analyzed other teams, MQ and YEY had also been collecting CLM’s videos and data for analysis, including the forum’s post on Wen Xi.

They knew how terrible Wen Xi’s control over his bow and arrows was. Because of this, they also know that it was easy to avoid Wen Xi’s arrows just by taking a small step back.

When Wen Xi used his bow, he had to aim at their heads. As long as they took a small step back and took their heads out of that extremely narrow attack range, they could completely avoid the lethal arrow.

Therefore, whether it was Tornado or Fu Feijie, after being knocked down by Mo Chen, their first reaction was to retreat.

However, although Tornado was successful, when Fu Feijie took a step back, he still saw an arrow stuck in his head and a suddenly gray screen. He didn’t return to his senses for a long time.

He looked at the words, “You have been killed in battle,” and couldn’t believe it no matter how he thought—Why?

These particulars had not been discovered by the casters.

Both A-Yi and Bunny Ji were busy marveling over Wen Xi’s superb archery.

Wen Xi, however, let out a breath of relief, and the corners of his lips rose—Sure enough, it was like this.

If you guys take a few steps back, then I’ll just move the position I’m aiming at a bit back. What a simple matter.

[CLM-Wency killed MQ-FFJ with a headshot with a bow. The remaining number of survivors is 21.]

“It’s two headshots in a row again! Momo and Wency are invincible together!”

“Why wouldn’t they be! Both of them are so strong when they cooperate together during solo matches, so of course their duo team is stronger than the others!”

The audience exclaimed and cheered. Like the casters, they did not notice the details of Fu Feijie’s retreat.

However, one person noticed.

“Very smart,” Mo Chen said.

Just hearing these two words, Wen Xi knew that he had noticed his adjustment and said with a smile, “Otherwise, how can I be your partner?”

Mo Chen also couldn’t help laughing. “Partner?”

Wen Xi asked, “What’s the matter?”

Mo Chen replied, “Nothing, I was just thinking that this title isn’t intimate enough.”

At this time, the last remaining member of the MQ team was trying to escape.

After Fu Feijie was killed in the battle, he immediately threw out a smoke grenade, hiding his figure.

Mo Chen threw a frag grenade into the smoke while saying, “No one has ever been able to cooperate with me to this extent. You are the first one.”

Wen Xi heard this and felt a bit like he was walking on air. He also threw a grenade into the smoke, but accidentally threw it a bitto the side. Unexpectedly, he threw it directly in the path of SD’s escape and it exploded, knocking him down.

Mo Chen then raised the gun, headshotting and finishing off SD. At the same time, he said, “Therefore, you are special to me, and I hope I can be called something more intimate.”

When he said this sentence, there was a trace of laziness and bantering in his voice. It was just like he was saying it casually, but he was doing it on purpose—he was deliberately sounding him out.

On the other hand, although Wen Xi plainly “knew” that he was just saying it casually, he still seriously thought about it before replying, “Comrade in arms, brothers, a friend until death?”

“A friend until death?” Mo Chen laughed and didn’t say anything else.

Wen Xi inexplicably felt that he was driving a car that he shouldn’t have been driving and coughed before saying, “It’s whatever you think it should be.”

“Good,” Mo Chen said, and then suddenly spoke again, once again focusing on the game, “There’s a car. Let’s get in and go to the forest.”

Wen Xi let out an “en” and obediently got in the car.

After that, the two of them fought and could be said to have had a good time along the way—After YEY and MQ were both wiped out, there was no one else who could pose any threat to them, and everyone else was completely oppressed by them.

So in this match, the two people very smoothly survived to the end with a total of 29 kills. Their total points had left YEY and MQ far behind.

“A wide gap has opened between CLM’s points and the second place’s points!” A-Yi said excitedly, “There’s already no one who can stop CLM!”

Bunny Ji said, “It looks like the championship of this spring competition is already in the bag for CLM!”

A-Yi said, “No, no, no, we can’t say that so absolutely. After all, the competition is only on its second day, and the squad match in the afternoon hasn’t even been played yet!”

Bunny Ji replied, “You’re right~”

However, in the afternoon’s squad match, CLM continued to play well and won first place, with their total number of kills nearly 40. The audience watching the game opened their mouths wide one by one, showing expressions of disbelief.

——Could this still be called a competition?! This was clearly a one-sided curb-stomping!

However, it could also be understood. After all, CLM had been lucky enough to be separated from YEY and MQ in the squad match that day. They played in the first half, and YEY and MQ played in the second half.

Lan Yan’s QAQ played in the second half.

They had clearly played well yesterday, but as soon as they started fighting against a strong team, their team collapsed in an instant, and they were completely wiped out by the third circle.

Finally, in the second half of the squad matches, it was MQ who survived until the final circle. Not only did they successfully open up a gap with QAQ, but they were also a step closer to YEY, who ranked second in total points.

CLM had stayed at the venue, and only left after watching the match. They couldn’t help but sigh emotionally.

Chen Wei said, “YEY and MQ are still strong ah.”

Ling Shuyi commented, “Yes ah.”

After seeing the total points ranking displayed on the big screen, everyone left the field one after another.

On the way walking back, Ling Shuyi suddenly sneezed twice, one after another. “…Shit, who’s cursing me out!”

“Probably CC,” Chen Wei said, and when he thought of the scene of Ling Shuyi and CC facing off in a gunfight, he laughed. CC probably didn’t expect that someone would be so brave to directly attack him to his face.

Liu Weizhe looked at their backs and narrowed his eyes. He started to speak, but ultimately held back.

However, after returning to the hotel, he couldn’t help but ask, “The two of you couldn’t have caught a cold ba?”

“No ah?” Chen Wei looked confused, and didn’t understand why he had asked.

Ling Shuyi also said, “No.”

“It would be best if you didn’t,” Liu Weizhe said lightly, “Both of you should go and have hot baths, and only come out after blow drying your hair. Don’t drink beverages, and drink more hot water.”

“Liu Jie, you sound a lot like my mom right now oh,” Chen Wei couldn’t help but complain.

Ling Shuyi also said, “Every time Liu Jie deploys with us, he gives me the feeling of an old mother taking a group of children to attend their college entrance examinations.”

“Tch, am I so old?” Liu Weizhe rolled his eyes and was too lazy to pay attention to them. “I have said everything that should be said. If you dare to get sick during the competition, you will be responsible for the consequences!”

He finished speaking and then went to his room. They didn’t know if he was actually angry or simply wanted to go back to his room to rest.

When Chen Xiao looked at his back before looking back at everyone, and couldn’t help but remind them, “A-Zhe is right. Although we are far ahead in points now, there are still five days left in the competition. No one knows what will happen, so I just hope you can maintain your best conditions on the field.”

All of them agreed with this statement.

However, this kind of cold wasn’t always preventable.

Chen Wei didn’t feel anything when he took a bath, and he also listened to the manager’s advice and dried his hair. However, when he went to bed that night, his throat felt a little itchy.

This made him a little uneasy, so he got up and drank a cup of hot water. He then lay back in bed and wrapped himself in a quilt.

However, when he woke up in bed the next day, he felt that something was wrong before he even sat up.

His throat hurt…that kind of burning soreness.

Realizing that it was a sign of a cold, his entire person instantly shriveled up—Ah, the manager’s crow mouth!

When Chen Wei came back to the lobby after washing up and saw the manager, he suddenly felt that he couldn’t face him—although clearly, he didn’t do anything wrong.

At this time, his cold wasn’t serious. He didn’t have a runny nose or cough, and just had a sore throat.

So, he hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn’t tell anyone about his sore throat.

However, Liu Weizhe had a premonition and noticed his abnormality. “What’s the matter? You’re not saying much today.”

……He was saying that like he usually talked a lot.

Alright ba, he usually did really talk a lot.

“I’m fine,” Chen Wei responded as calmly as possible to Liu Weizhe, but his slightly hoarse voice betrayed him.

Let alone Liu Weizhe, even Ling Shuyi, who had always been slow, could hear it. “Yi? Why did your voice change?”

Chen Xiao asked, “Do you have a cold?”

Chen Wei: ….

Mo Chen frowned, wanting to say something, but then bit his tongue. Finally, he chose to hit the main point, “How do you feel? Will it affect the game?”

When he asked, Wen Xi also looked at Chen Wei with a worried look.

“It shouldn’t count as a cold ba? It’s just a sore throat.” Chen Wei raised his hand and guiltily scratched his head. He didn’t dare to look at the manager at all. “It shouldn’t affect me. I’ll perform well.”

“Good.” Mo Chen decided to believe him.

Liu Weizhe actually clicked his tongue, before turning his head and walking off, saying, “You guys go eat.”

Chen Xiao asked, “What are you going to do?

Liu Weizhe replied, “Buy medicine.”

There were less than two hours before the start of the morning games, so it was certainly too late to go to the hospital at this time. They were also playing in the second half of this afternoon’s games. Whether they went to the hospital before or after playing in the morning, time was very tight.

In addition, there were only a few types of drugs to take for a cold, so as long as it hadn’t reached the point where they absolutely had to, there was no need to go to the hospital.

Therefore, when Liu Weizhe said he was going to buy medicine, no one stopped him.

Chen Xiao sighed and allowed him to go, and then patted Chen Wei on the shoulder. “Don’t think about it too much and play a good game.”

“En… I’m sorry,” Chen Wei said, lowering his head.

“It’s not your fault,” Mo Chen lightly said this, but didn’t say anything more and turned to leave.

Ling Shuyi wanted to pat Chen Wei on the shoulder to comfort him. However, thinking that he might get infected that way, he hesitated before withdrawing his hand.

All of them were e-sports players, so they all knew how much physical discomfort would affect their state during the game.

If it was another team, if it really came down to it, they could let a substitute player play, but the very sad reality was—CLM had no substitutes!

Therefore, no matter how bad Chen Wei’s illness got, and no matter how badly he played, he had to play in the next five days.

“I miss Lan Yan…” Ling Shuyi suddenly said such a sentence, but as soon as Mo Chen swept a glance over at him, he shut up immediately.

However, even if he didn’t say it, at this moment, all of CLM’s member’s thoughts were the same—How good would it be if Lan Yan hadn’t left?

But it was no use saying anything now. When Lan Yan had transferred, not a single one of them had stopped him, pretty much not even thinking before agreeing.

It was because they were not only Lan Yan’s teammates, but also his friends, so they understood and respected his ideas.

Only Liu Weizhe had sulked about it for a very long time after he heard about it.

Liu Weizhe hadn’t expected Chen Wei to catch a cold. He had been worried about Mo Chen, and he had also been angry at Mo Chen—Lan Yan wanted to go, so you just let him? Don’t you understand the severity of your own situation? What if the same thing happens during the global finals? Who will be able to play for you?

However, he thought that since Lan Yan had already left, these words were meaningless. He could only remind Mo Chen to cherish his current teammates and not let anyone else go, and at the same time, he took the time to seek out new substitutes.

Liu Weizhe was selecting a substitute based on Mo Chen’s criteria. Of course, the process was difficult, but he wasn’t in a hurry. After all, Mo Chen had said that his situation had stabilized a lot, and he really hadn’t had another attack since then.

However, who could have thought that it wasn’t that Mo Chen would have an attack, but that Chen Wei would suddenly fall ill?

Liu Weizhe went into the drugstore and bought several kinds of medicine that he often took when he had a cold. He had no expression on his face, but he was extremely upset in his heart.

He was always habitually thinking far ahead. While they were still playing in the spring competition, he had always been thinking about what to do in the summer competition, the domestic trials, and the global competition.

With so many games and so many days they needed to play, no one could guarantee that everyone in the team would be in their best conditions every day.

Tch, we have to find a new substitute quickly.

Thinking until this point, after Liu Weizhe paid with his cellphone, he carried the shopping bag containing the medicine and dialed a number as he drove in the direction of the competition.

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Juurensha: Yeah, they really need a substitute player. And poor Chen Wei, hope he gets better!

kat: Momo wanting to be called something more intimate…husband??

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