Ch78 - Domestic Trials 1

Edited by kat

S City’s weather was quite comfortable in September.

The temperature was moderate, and the wind wasn’t very strong.

It was clearly just morning, but the sun was already very blinding.

When Wen Xi faced the sun, he couldn’t even open his eyes. He could only turn his back to the sun before picking up his cellphone to send a message to CLM’s group chat.

Wen Xi: The competition is about to start.

He quickly received a reply.

Chen Wei: We’re almost there! Kitty, did you buy breakfast!

Ling Shuyi: Buying it, buying it!

Chen Wei: What about the captain?

Ling Shuyi: Do you even need to ask? He must be with Xixi ah!

Seeing this sentence, Wen Xi couldn’t help laughing and looked at the breakfast shop nearby. Mo Chen was lined up at the front of the shop to buy breakfast.

Today was the first day of the domestic trials, and because the venue was near the homes of the two Chen brothers and Ling Shuyi, not everyone stayed at a hotel.

Liu Weizhe temporarily stayed in Chen Xiao and Chen Wei’s home, and Jiang Xinyi stayed in Ling Shuyi’s home.

Finally, only Mo Chen and Wen Xi were left, so they booked a room nearby.

En, one room.

They even slept in the same bed at night.

This wasn’t the first time they had shared the same bed.

The first time was at Mo Chen’s home, when Mo Chen had stealthily kissed Wen Xi while he was “asleep.”

For the second time, they gave each other a good night kiss before going to bed, but considering that there was a competition the next day, they didn’t do anything else.

*

Soon, Mo Chen finished buying breakfast.

He only bought enough for the two of them, and he gave one portion to Wen Xi before gently wrapping his arms around him. “If you’re hungry, eat first. I’ll help you pay attention to where to walk.”

“Mmhmm~” Wen Xi responded happily and ate breakfast feeling at ease.

Mo Chen looked at the way he was concentrating on eating breakfast and couldn’t help wanting to smile, but even more he wanted to protect him.

He escorted Wen Xi all the way to the domestic competition field, before finding the rest area for their team and sitting down. Only then did he begin to eat his own breakfast.

Before long, their teammates, coach, and manager all came in one after another.

They heard them before they saw them.

“Holy shit, why did you buy so much?!” This voice was obviously Chen Wei’s.

Ling Shuyi replied to him, “Isn’t that the number of people here ma! If we can’t finish them, then we can save them to eat again at noon. If we didn’t have enough, then wouldn’t you make me line up again ba?”

“Alright ba, let me see what you’ve bought?” Chen Wei said while taking the plastic bag from Ling Shuyi’s hand. He first picked out what Liu Weizhe liked to eat and gave them to him.

Hearing the movement behind him, Wen Xi turned his head around subconsciously.

When everyone saw him and Mo Chen, they immediately greeted him, and Wen Xi also greeted them with a smile.

The intense competition was obviously about to start, but they all seemed very relaxed.

After all, they had already finished all the training they needed to do before the competition, so to them, the competition was just another place to play games.

*

Near 8 o’clock, the on-site staff inspected all the equipment at the venue.

When the casters first arrived, they chatted side by side under the stage. Later, when there still weren’t many people, they tested out the microphones.

At a quarter past eight, all the professional players were present, and the audience area was packed with people.

The promotional video for the 17th Professional League Tournament began to play on the big screen.

Then, about 20 minutes later, the casters started to warm up the crowd.

“Good morning, everyone! Welcome to the game!” A-Yi took the lead in speaking. “I’m Caster A-Yi!”

“And I’m Caster Bunny Ji~” Bunny Ji said as she raised both her hands to greet the camera. “The highly-anticipated domestic trials are finally about to begin! For SGH players, it should be the most important competition in China!”

“Yes, it’s the most important competition, and nothing else compares.” A-Yi’s tone was much more assertive than that of Bunny Ji, and he paused for a moment before continuing, “I think we all know that the competition system for this domestic selection competition has changed a lot compared with previous years, so Bunny Ji, what impact do you think this will have on the players?”

“Hm… I think the players will definitely need time to adapt to the new competition system! But the game itself hasn’t changed, so the impact should still be limited ba?” Bunny Ji knew that she didn’t know as much about the game as A-Yi, so she immediately kicked the ball back to A-Yi’s court by asking, “A-Yi, what do you think?”

“In fact, I agree with you,” A-Yi replied, “The competition system has changed, but the game is still the same. In order to adapt to the new competition system, the players will certainly make some adjustments, but everyone’s strength won’t be affected, and the strong people will still be strong.” He paused before adding, “However, the intensity of the new competition system is much higher than that of the old one. Four games a day is also a test of players’ physical strength.”

“Now we can see that the players participating in the first round of the solo competition are already entering,” Bunny Ji said, “Because the competition system has changed, the registration rules also changed. Many teams have entered more than two players.”

“Yes,” A-Yi said, “CLM, the team that currently ranks first in total points in China, has entered a full five players, which was absolutely impossible in the previous years!”

“Teammates loving each other and killing each other!” Bunny Ji said, and couldn’t help laughing out loud at first, “Hahaha, I don’t know if they will hurt their former comrades-in-arms after meeting each other in the competition!”

In fact, before the game began, the major teams had already discussed this problem internally.

Generally, they had come to an agreement to ensure that the possibility of fighting between teammates was minimized.

CLM’s members naturally also discussed it.

However, the way they discussed it was different from the way other teams did.

Mo Chen said, “I’m going to kill whoever I see, so you guys better stay away from me.”

Wen Xi said, “You all know that I’m face blind in the game.”

Chen Wei said, “Want to kill me? You have to find me first.”

Ling Shuyi said, “When I get fierce, even I’m afraid of myself.”

Jiang Xinyi said, “It’s only interesting this way ma. Being killed by me will only prove that all of you are nothing much.”

Mo Chen said, “En, that’s settled then.”

——CLM was done discussing things.

Chen Xiao, who was CLM’s coach: “….”

Watching the whole process of the “discussion,” Liu Weizhe couldn’t help laughing. He patted Chen Xiao on the shoulder and said, “Why are you panicking? They’re all just saying that. Not mentioning anyone else, I don’t believe that Mo Chen has the heart to attack Wen Xi.”

Hearing this sentence, Mo Chen gave Liu Weizhe a helpless look.

Liu Weizhe immediately let out an “oh” and said, “Right, even if I see through something, I shouldn’t say it.”

Mo Chen was too lazy to care about him.

However, Liu Weizhe was right, whether it was about Mo Chen or the others. They might trash-talk a lot, but they all didn’t really want to attack their teammates.

They said a week ago that they would not attack each other before the fourth circle. If they accidentally knocked each other down and there was no one else around, then they wouldn’t finish them off. If there were people around, then they would directly finish them off.

Wen Xi sat at his seat and took a deep breath, before putting on his headphones.

Then, he began to practice using his bow in the queueing map.

Most players brought their own mouse and keyboard, and Wen Xi was no exception.

However, changing the environment still had a certain impact on one’s state.

Fortunately, after Wen Xi missed three arrows, he quickly entered the right state. His fourth, fifth, and sixth arrows, each was more accurate than the arrow before. After more than a dozen arrows, he was fully in the state of being able to hit whatever he pointed at.

At the same time, Mo Chen was also looking for a target to practice shooting on.

The director secretly aimed the camera at him. Although his eyes in front of the camera were as focused and sharp as ever, the corners of his lips always held a faint smile.

Most of the audience who came to the competition were game fans, so although Mo Chen’s state was somewhat different from that of the past, they didn’t discuss it much.

However, at this moment, the people who were watching the livestream on the major livestreaming platforms couldn’t help but begin to speculate.

Especially MoXi CP fans.

[Wow, this is the expression of plotting domestic violence.]

[Hahahahahaha this expression of plotting domestic violence is actually kind of nice?]

[No, no, no, I have confidence in Momo. I’ll bet 50 cents that he will not only not have the heart to fight against Xixi, but he’ll also escort him the whole way!]

[Then that’s going to be one-sided domestic abuse coming from just God Xi.]

The countdowns on the players’ screens, which were accurate to the millisecond, ticked at a terrible speed. The director swapped the camera from the big screen to one of the player’s computer screens, so that the entire audience could feel the tension and excitement as the competition was about to start.

Everyone watched the countdown jump from one minute to half a minute, and then to the last five seconds, holding their breaths unconsciously.

Wen Xi took a deep breath and relaxed the hand holding the mouse.

Finally, the countdown was over.

“The competition has begun!” With this sentence from the casters, all the players boarded the plane.

Wen Xi pressed the shortcut key at the fastest speed and opened the map.

After playing in so many competitions, his game sense got better and better. Pretty much as soon as he saw the map, he roughly predicted the positions that the other players would jump to, and at the same time, he knew where his teammates would jump to.

Ling Shuyi must be jumping to the forest, Mo Chen was probably jumping to the city, and Jiang Xinyi could jump anywhere.

As for Chen Wei, he probably wouldn’t jump anywhere they jumped to.

It was better to jump to the mountains ba.

After making a decision, Wen Xi closed the map and began to observe the enemy’s jumping points. The way they were distributed was basically the same as he had predicted.

Therefore, he decided to jump to the mountain area as he planned.

However, not long after he jumped, an Asian male character with black hair and black eyes just like Mo Chen jumped not far from him.

And then after him, he saw another.

There were a lot of them….

Wen Xi knew that he was face blind in the game, and found it difficult to distinguish his teammates from the enemy if they weren’t in the same team. However, after playing with his teammates a lot, although he said he was face blind, he actually could tell them apart.

But now…he really was face blind.

“Hm? Many players have changed their in-game avatars?” A-Yi was the first to notice this incident. “Based on Lightning’s perspective just now, I thought that Momo jumped, but now that the camera has switched to Momo, he actually didn’t jump?”

“I also thought it was Momo who had jumped with Wency! But it actually wasn’t!” Rabbit Ji exclaimed, “Wow, so it’s also possible to change their avatars to mislead the public…”

“Hahahahahaha, all’s fair in war ma!” A-Yi wasn’t actually averse to this method, “Let’s see if Wency will be affected ba!”

At this moment, Wen Xi looked at the “Mo Chens” blotting out the sky and just wanted to say—Sorry, I’m face blind, so I’ll just kill all of them ba.

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The author has something to say:

Only the global competition will be left after the domestic trials are finished. Probably there are more than 20 chapters left.

Recently, it’s too cold, and the keyboard is cold, so it’s only about 3000 words a day. If everyone thinks that’s not much, you can let it fatten up before reading….

Thank you for all the little angels who have been supporting me all the way up to now. Every time I’m attacked by comments, I’m still more motivated when I think of you.

This piece has been affected by many factors throughout the whole process, resulting in some places not being written well. Next time, I will learn this lesson, make the outline more perfect, and write what I want to write more firmly.

Love you, mwaaah!

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Juurensha: I have to say that one thing that has been bothering me the whole time with BOW is how Bunny Ji is always treated as a side note caster. She should also know a lot about the game! Also, I still have zero idea what base Momo and Xixi have gotten to. The field of Momos is kind of funny though.

kat: I’m laughing so hard imagining a bunch of Momos blocking out the sky

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