Ch64 - CLM was indeed poisonous!

Edited by kat

The viewers weren’t able to understand what just happened from the player’s point of view, so they had to use a bird’s eye perspective.

Rewinding back by a few minutes allowed them to see that at that time, Jiang Xinyi had been near CC, while Ling Shuyi was more than 300 meters away from the two of them.

CC didn’t seem to notice Jiang Xinyi, but Jiang Xinyi had noticed him, so he ran away from him.

However, he ran in Lightning’s direction.

Lightning had just killed someone with a shotgun, had looted everything, and was ready to slip away.

After having taken a few steps, Jiang Xinyi shot an arrow at him!

That arrow failed to hit Lightning, instead embedding itself into the ground at his feet. Lightning was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he chased Jiang Xinyi while continuously shooting at him.

The tragedy of the double murder happened at this time—Lightning chased Jiang Xinyi all the way until he entered CC’s sight.

When CC fired at Lightning, Jiang Xinyi hid and threw a grenade at Lightning.

Lightning’s attention had shifted to CC, so Jiang Xinyi’s grenade explosion took him by surprise, killing him on the spot. At this time, Ling Shuyi, who was close by, heard their movements and came over.

When Ling Shuyi saw CC, he didn’t hesitate before equipping his assault rifle and rushing over. CC was shot twice in a row, but Ling Shuyi was also shot. They seemed to be evenly matched, and the winner was about to emerge when Jiang Xinyi headshotted and killed CC!

In this way, Lightning and CC’s kills both belonged to Jiang Xinyi.

“It seems that this newbie named Newing only did two things!” After explaining the whole process, A-Yi was surprised as he concluded, “He led Lightning in front of CC, and then pretty much just hid in the dark and collected kills!”

“You mean he did it on purpose?” Bunny Ji had an expression of disbelief.

In fact, after watching the replay from a bird’s eye view, she had also vaguely noticed something, but she kept feeling that it was impossible. If the newcomer had really done it on purpose, then it would be too terrifying—The captains of two strong teams had been toyed with and sent spinning in circles by a newbie!

Even Ling Shuyi, who was in the same team as him, had been controlled by this newbie.

He seemed to have a bird’s-eye view, and knew both his enemies and friends like the palm of his hand, using them to control the entire battle situation.

A-Yi hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded to confirm his judgment. “Yes, I think this result was entirely planned by Newing. He intentionally jumped to the same place as Kitty, possibly because he wanted to kill the enemy with the help of his teammate. Otherwise, it would be too risky for the CLM team!”

After listening to him speak, the audience let out a burst of sad cries, and some people even shuddered.

“No way ba…”

“Where exactly did this newbie come from?”

“I don’t know. I’ve never heard of him, and I can’t find anything on him online.”

At this moment, the most excited people were the other members of CLM.

When Jiang Xinyi killed CC, Chen Xiao almost slapped Mo Chen on the leg, but Mo Chen got up in time to escape.

Therefore, Chen Xiao slapped the chair where Mo Chen had just been sitting.

“Hiss—” Chen Xiao shook his hand in pain, but he didn’t care. He said excitedly, “This newbie is actually very powerful ma.”

Mo Chen sat back in the chair and said, “Haven’t you always really believed in the manager’s vision?”

“Right, right, A-Zhe has always been very accurate in judging people,” Chen Xiao responded, “But I didn’t expect that the newbie could actually do this! Didn’t you say that when he soloed against Kitty, Kitty won?”

“There’s still a big difference between soloing and solo competitions,” Mo Chen replied, “With Jiang Xinyi’s current ability, the more people there are, the better he can play. This is because he can use everyone on the field as his chess pieces, and he can thus utilize all of their fighting power. He is very good at creating situations in which the enemy will fight each other, so he can exploit any cracks.”

“So that’s how it is!” Chen Xiao understood. “No wonder you said that he has the potential to be a commander. I was wondering how you would know since you guys haven’t teamed up before.”

“But his technique…” Mo Chen’s tone did a 180, “From the beginning of the game until now, he hasn’t managed to hit a single moving target, so that will need to be practiced. And in terms of head-to-head gunfights, even when he’s in a dominant position, he can’t win against Kitty there. This shows that he’s not very good at stabilizing his gun, so this will also need to be practiced.”

“Okay, I’ll note it down. When the spring competition is over, I will supervise him and urge him to practice,” Chen Xiao replied.

While they were talking, Wen Xi’s attention moved away from the screen and fell on Mo Chen’s face.

After Mo Chen finished speaking, he noticed his gaze and instinctively looked at him. “What’s the matter?”

Wen Xi laughed and said, “Nothing, I just felt that although you mentioned a lot of Jiang Xinyi’s problems, you seem very happy.”

Mo Chen froze for a moment before readily admitting, “Yes, I am very happy.”

Their team had always been at the forefront of drama and on the verge of disintegration, but it had finally gotten an injection of fresh blood. This not only improved their combat effectiveness, but also provided the means for the continuation of the team.

Thinking like this, as the team captain and boss, how could he not be happy?

“It seems that you are very satisfied with the newbie,” Wen Xi said.

In fact, he was just stating a fact and wasn’t implying anything with this sentence.

However, as if he had received some kind of hint, Mo Chen chuckled and said, “No matter how powerful the newbie is, you are the most special one to me.”

Chen Xiao, who was sitting next to the two of them:

You two should either get married right here and now, or just die right here ba?

These people who kept flirting but didn’t sleep together were all indecent hoodlums!

*

This match, Ling Shuyi and Jiang Xinyi didn’t survive to the finals, but when they were killed, there were only a few people left on the field anyway.

In addition, they had more than 20 kills in their hands, so when the solo match’s final points were announced, they were actually ranked second!

The key point was that, because Lightning and CC had died early, the two strong teams YEY and MQ both failed to rank in the top five in the points from the solo match!

In other words, due to the efforts of Ling Shuyi and Jiang Xinyi, CLM had successfully narrowed the gap in their total points from first place YEY!

The CLM fans, who originally had no hopes for Jiang Xinyi, couldn’t help cheering at the result!

“How come CLM always recruits immortal-like newbies?”

“After watching the squad match yesterday, I almost didn’t dare to watch today’s game. Fortunately, I still came!”

“CLM, keep fighting! Say….did Windy really not come to the scene today? He won’t be kicked out of the team because of yesterday’s mistake ba? I like him a lot.”

Of course, Chen Wei was not kicked out of the team. Even if Mo Chen actually wanted to kick him out, Liu Weizhe wouldn’t allow it.

They had already lost several substitutes, and couldn’t afford for any more people from the team to leave.

“The newbie is really good.” Watching the livestream, Chen Wei sighed emotionally, and suddenly felt a bit despondent.

He knew that after Lan Yan, he would likely be the next one to leave, and this newbie’s arrival was a harbinger of change.

Almost like he knew what he was thinking, Liu Weizhe opened his mouth from beside him and said lightly, “It’s already been four months. When the spring competition is over, it’ll be time to raise your salary.”

“Pfft.” Chen Wei knew what he was planning as soon as he heard him speak. He couldn’t help laughing and said, “Anyone else can leave, but I won’t. CLM, no matter how it treats me or my Ge, is like home to me. Even if I was a substitute, as long as CLM still needs me, I will not leave.”

His words undoubtedly comforted Liu Weizhe a lot, and his body instantly relaxed. He switched from kneeling to sitting, and after sitting for a little bit, he again lay down.

He relaxed and leaned his entire body back against the pillow, his whole person now appearing lazy.

In the past, Chen Wei couldn’t understand Liu Weizhe. He felt that he was arrogant, stubborn, aloof, and was expressionless most of the time. Even if he was smiling, it was a kind of scornful smile.

But later, he found that Liu Weizhe was actually very easy to understand.

If you wanted to know Liu Weizhe’s mood, there was no need to look at his expression, just look at his body language.

When he was nervous, whether standing or sitting, his body would be ramrod straight, while his posture would be elegant like that of a noble.

In fact, this was just a way to disguise himself—The more he didn’t want to be perceived as nervous, the more elegant his posture would become.

And when he truly relaxed, he would immediately change from an aristocrat to a puddle of water. He would lie on the table without any concern for his image, or lean lazily against a pillow like he was now.

How was there even a hint of a noble image? He was clearly like a satisfied cat.

Chen Wei was amused by his imagination and couldn’t help laughing. “Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in the game? Why did you come crawling back?”

Liu Weizhe narrowed his eyes and pressed his hand against the bed, as if to prop his body up. However, he finally decreased the strength of his hand and leaned back into his original spot and said, “What do you care.”

“Pfft.” The more Chen Wei looked at the manager, the more he thought he was too cute.

When a noble and elegant cat suddenly put away its claws, set aside its “kingly scorn”, and was full of satisfaction, anyone who looked at it couldn’t help but want to go up and pet it a bit.

Now, Chen Wei thought Liu Weizhe was just like that sort of cat.

However, he didn’t dare to pet him. He could only allow him to lie by his side and continue to watch the livestream.

After lying beside him for a while, Liu Weizhe felt a little cold, so he stretched out and pushed his feet into Chen Wei’s blanket.

Chen Wei: “….”

At this time, the duo match was about to start, and the players went down to check their equipment.

Mo Chen and Wen Xi naturally went down as well.

As soon as they left, Jiang Xinyi behind them couldn’t help but begin his “investigation”. “So in the end, are the captain and Wen Xi together or not?”

He asked this question while looking at Ling Shuyi, so Ling Shuyi was also the one to answer him. “You’d have to ask them that. Anyway, in my opinion, they’re together.”

Jiang Xinyi asked, “Is the manager really a man?”

Ling Shuyi retorted, “Do you want to lift up his skirt to confirm?”

Jiang Xinyi asked, “Is that okay?”

“Of course not ah!” Ling Shuyi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Young man, your idea is very dangerous ah!”

“If it’s not okay then what the hell did you say that for!” Jiang Xinyi rolled his eyes and then went on to say, “Does the manager like men or women?”

“How would I know that?” Ling Shuyi really didn’t know. “He is very busy with his studies and doesn’t come to the club often.”

“Sure enough, he is a student.” Jiang Xinyi nodded and asked, “University?”

Ling Shuyi answered, “Graduate student.”

Jiang Xinyi gasped, “Yi…”

He had originally thought that Liu Weizhe was about his age, and he didn’t expect him to be so much older.

He was only 18 years old. If Liu Weizhe was a graduate student, then he was now 24? Or 25? He really couldn’t tell at all….

“If he’s a graduate student, then why does he want to be a team manager at the same time?” Jiang Xinyi couldn’t understand.

“I don’t know ya.” Ling Shuyi didn’t pay much attention to these things. Like Mo Chen, he basically only cared about the competitions, and would only occasionally eat some melons about his teammates or other teams.

However, there was one thing he knew. “I only know that the manager was the coach’s college roommate, and that his family circumstances likely weren’t very good, so he has received a lot of financial help from the coach.”

“Oh, so he does it for the money?” Jiang Xinyi shrugged and thought he had found out the reason why Liu Weizhe was willing to be a team manager. He stopped asking about it and asked, “Who are the oldest and the youngest in your team ah?”

“The oldest is Xixi bei. He’s 23,” Ling Shuyi replied, “The youngest one is me ba. I’m 18, about to turn 19.”

“Then I’m younger than you, I just turned 18!” Jiang Xinyi was momentarily pleased with himself.

“Hahaha, then you have to call me Ge!” Ling Shuyi blurted out.

Jiang Xinyi: “….”

This team of people always played so many unconventional cards.

Alright ba.

He ignored Ling Shuyi’s words and continued to ask, “How old is the captain?”

Ling Shuyi replied, “20.”

Jiang Xinyi asked, “What about the person I’m substituting for?”

Ling Shuyi replied, “22.”

Jiang Xinyi was a little surprised.

It really was a case of if you didn’t ask, you wouldn’t know, and if you did ask, you would be startled.

He had thought that Mo Chen should be pretty old since he had so much say in the club. He didn’t expect him to be only 20.

Meanwhile, the manager and Wen Xi looked so young, but in the end, Wen Xi was 23, and the manager was nearly 25.

The coach and Chen Wei were brothers—Jiang Xinyi knew it before he joined the team, but he didn’t expect that they actually weren’t twins, but had two to three years between them.

Before Jiang Xinyi could digest this information, the duo match began.

Mo Chen and Wen Xi’s duo matches had never let anyone down before.

Mo Chen’s personal strength was already strong, and with Wen Xi, it was just like giving a tiger wings.

If one said that their cooperation was still a little rough a few weeks ago, and there was still room for other teams to drill into their weaknesses, then now they were invincible.

A-Yi exclaimed, “DOL’s Ming is aiming at Momo. Ah, he had no chance to shoot! He was knocked down by Wency with a headshot with an arrow!”

Bunny Ji commented, “Ming’s teammate wants to help him up, but Momo has headshotted him!”

A-Yi continued, “Wency finished off Ming! WAN was also killed by Momo, so DOL has been completely wiped out!”

Bunny Ji exclaimed, “My God! That’s too fast! It all just happened in a moment!”

Along with the excited voices of the casters, some members of the audience directly stood up and screamed. It was really amazing to watch Mo Chen and Wen Xi play!

Their skills were already good enough, but they also had strong tacit understanding with each other. They cooperated with each other throughout the game and pretty much curbstomped everyone wherever they went!

Jiang Xinyi unconsciously fell into a daze. He had originally been a fan of the both of them. However, this was the first time he had watched the two of them play in a competition. He felt that it was totally different.

The audience’s screams were like his screams. His heart would cheer along with the audience, and his emotions would fluctuate along with the audience’s responses.

Jiang Xinyi liked the feeling when he was playing a game and everything was under his control, and he had always been the dominant one there.

But at this moment, the powerful infectious atmosphere of the venue completely dominated him and affected him, making him unable to control himself.

He originally didn’t take playing professionally seriously, but suddenly his blood heated up with the cheers of the audience—He envied the two people who were fighting on the field, and he also wanted to be amid such cheers.

At this moment, those two people seemed to be the center of the whole world. All the spotlights were focused on them, and all the stars shone for them. It made people unable to look away.

At the same time, Jiang Xinyi also suddenly understood the feelings of the two people on the field. They were probably like Yu Boya and Zong Ziqi.

They cherished each other.

They were comrades in arms and were friends keenly appreciative of each other’s talents.

Jiang Xinyi suddenly laughed.

“Huh? What’s the matter?” Ling Shuyi felt that his laugh was a little strange, but his thoughts didn’t go in a strange direction. “How about it? Captain and Xixi are very strong ba! They almost always get first place in all their matches!”

“They’re very strong,” Jiang Xinyi admitted, “And I also think they are well matched.”

“Right ah, right ah…. Eh?!” Ling Shuyi suddenly realized something and hooked an arm around his neck. “Hahahahaha, you also think they are well matched ba! I think so too! I feel like if they’re not together, then they would need to apologize to the heavens, the earth, and all the people who ship their CP!”

“Tch.” Jiang Xinyi pushed him away with disgust and didn’t want to admit that he agreed with him.

However, he heard a key point from Ling Shuyi’s words. “So they’re not together yet?”

Ling Shuyi replied, “En…. How to say it? It can be seen that they both like each other very much, but I haven’t seen either of them admit it before.”

“How can that be okay?” Jiang Xinyi immediately lost his cool. “When they’re done playing, I’ll go ask them!”

Ling Shuyi: ???

“Ask….ask what?” Ling Shuyi suddenly had a bad feeling.

“Ask them if they are together ah!” Jiang Xinyi blurted out.

This was the first time he had ever shipped a CP, and the two he were shipping were even the two idols he admired. It wasn’t easy for him!

If this CP was fake, then his reputation would be ruined!

“Wtf, calm down ah, bro!” Ling Shuyi hurried to grab him. “It’s just shipping a CP, do you need to be like this… Don’t get excited! There’s still a game in the afternoon! What if it affects their state during the competition!”

At this time, Chen Xiao was sitting beside them. He had thought that Jiang Xinyi had grabbed Ling Shuyi and asked so many random questions in order to understand the team’s situation, so Chen Xiao had just let it go.

He had never expected that he would keep asking until he began to ship the MoXi CP, and even began shipping it to the point he developed some issues.

——The MoXi CP was probably poisonous.

Chen Xiao was somewhat speechless, but for the sake of the team, he had to help Ling Shuyi rein him in. “What are you being so noisy for? You can ship a CP or whatever anytime, but do you have to ship it during the competition?”

Ling Shuyi added, “Right ah! You’ve already joined CLM, so you can ship the captain and Xixi’s CP anytime. It won’t be too late to ship it even when the spring competition is over!”

“Then give me a definite answer. Are they actually together or not?” Jiang Xinyi also didn’t expect that he would actually try to get to the bottom of this question, but he was really uncomfortable without knowing its answer. “Give me a definite answer, or I won’t be able to concentrate on the squad match this afternoon!”

The corners of Chen Xiao’s lips drew up. For a moment, it was as if he saw Liu Weizhe during their time in university.

At that time, Liu Weizhe wasn’t as “radiant” as he was now. He didn’t wear women’s clothes, nor did he have beautiful long hair. Instead, he had short hair, with his bangs covering his eyes, and his whole person was shrunk in baggy clothes. His appearance gave off a gloomy and weak feeling that made people really want to bully him.

However, when solving problems, he always turned into an entirely different person and would start yelling, “Don’t talk to me! Wait for me to solve this problem! If I can’t work it out, I won’t eat! And I won’t be in the mood to take a bath! And I won’t want to sleep anymore!”

He was just like a cat who had met its natural enemy and had puffed out all its fur.

Every time, even Chen Xiao, who had a close relationship with him, could only quietly step back and wait for him to solve the problem, feel relieved, and return to “normal”.

Therefore, at this moment, facing Jiang Xinyi’s freak out, Chen Xiao knew the only way to solve it, and said to him in a very sure tone, “They are together.”

Jiang Xinyi truly stopped struggling and asked, “Really?”

Chen Xiao replied, “Really.”

Chen Xiao wasn’t as good of a judge of people as Liu Weizhe, but even he could see that Wen Xi completely didn’t resist Mo Chen’s advances. It was only a matter of time before they got together, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Therefore, he didn’t mind answering like this early, just to stabilize Jiang Xinyi so he wouldn’t kick up a fuss anymore.

If he wanted to make a fuss, then he would have to do it after the spring competition.

“Really, they are together, A-Chen told me personally,” Chen Xiao said it so “confidently and boldly” that even he himself almost believed it, “But they don’t like to be exposed to their faces, so you guys can’t say anything in front of them.”

“So it’s like that ah…” Ling Shuyi suddenly saw the light.

Chen Xiao: “….” Don’t fucking believe it ah!

As Chen Xiao expected, Jiang Xinyi was relieved after getting a positive answer. Not only did he let out a breath of relief, but his entire body relaxed. “Alright, if they don’t like it, then I won’t say anything.”

Thinking about it, that made sense. No one would like to be stared at like a monkey.

Wasn’t it just two people together? How would them both being male make it special?

He had just finished thinking that, and it was only after a while that he realized—He couldn’t accept two men being together yesterday, but he had convinced himself today.

Tch, CLM was indeed poisonous!

Soon, the points for the duo match began to come to a close. There was no doubt that Mo Chen and Wen Xi would survive to the finals. During today’s match, they had learned from yesterday’s lesson and jumped to a place with many people. The number of kills in their hands was so high that a chill ran down people’s backs.

“CLM is in a very good condition today ah!” Bunny Ji couldn’t help sighing emotionally. “But Momo and Wency are in a good condition all the time!”

“The key will be the squad match in the afternoon.” A-Yi hit the nail on the head. “From the beginning of the spring competition until now, CLM’s performance has been like a roller coaster. There’s been large ups and downs, and if they don’t fight their way into the final circle, then they turn into lootboxes upon landing. Watching them is nerve wracking.”

“That’s true,” Bunny Ji agreed, “But I’m still very optimistic about this team, especially this newbie Newing. I’m very much looking forward to his performance in the squad match!”

“Yes! I’m looking forward to him too!” A-Yi said, “His performance in the solo match couldn’t count as outstanding, but he showed an amazing on-the-spot strategic ability. I wonder if he can apply this ability to the squad match in the afternoon!”

At this time, Jiang Xinyi could hear the voices of the casters. He hadn’t expected that they would suddenly talk about him, so he was stunned.

However, he soon regained his senses, and raised his hand and rubbed his chin in contemplation.

Could he apply his on-the-spot strategic ability to the squad match? Of course he could, but only provided that—was the captain willing to hand over command to the newbie?

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Juurensha: The fastest conversion to the MoXi CP we’ve seen! A complete 180 for Jiang Xinyi hahaha! And Chen Wei and LWZ are pretty sweet, and here’s hoping they work out!

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