The group tacitly avoided mentioning what had happened the previous night, as if it had never occurred. The hazy events of last night were nothing more than a drunken dream.
Although they were dead drunk, after a brief rest, they resumed their training for the new day.
Qin Chengyao put on his headphones and said into the earpiece, "Our opponent this time is an old acquaintance. We mustn't take them lightly. We beat them last time, but this time their team is a combination of MVPs from many strong teams. They're highly confident of winning the championship, so we can't use our regular tactics against them."
Xing Xing looked puzzled and said, "I don't know much about this team, but I know one of its members very well."
The person he was referring to was none other than his older brother, Landu.
"If you have any useful information, share it," someone said.
"My brother has been in great shape recently. At least before I joined the team, he had been training for several hours a day. At that time, he hadn't even joined this team yet, but his training results were quite volatile. He said his wrist might be a bit problematic. Most of his training time then was actually spent on recovering his state and reducing the pain in his hand."
Nan Gongqi said, "Hey! Do you know your brother's nickname back then?"
" 'The Madman of the E - sports Circle.' He has great tenacity, but his wrist injury might have affected his performance." Xing Xing felt a pang of sadness as he said this.
If they failed to win the championship this time, his brother might never get another chance.
Qin Chengyao took off his earpiece, looked at Xing Xing beside him, and asked, "Will you be affected by your brother?"
"I definitely won't go easy on my brother. I'm sharing this so that we can take this game more seriously. It's also a sign of respect for my brother. I think my brother would want you to give it your all. Even if he loses, he'll be at peace."
"We don't mean you'll go easy on him," Qin Chengyao said, stroking Xing Xing's head with a hint of helplessness. "I'm worried that your performance might become unstable due to your brother. The consequences might be the same, but the starting points are worlds apart."
Xing Xing nodded seriously. "I understand. I'll give it my all. Now that we know the difficulty, his current weakness is his reduced tenacity. Since he's the main damage dealer in the team, I think they might choose a very aggressive lineup to end the game quickly. Once they get three consecutive wins, they can defeat us."
"Yes, I think so too. But if they choose such a lineup, it means their margin for error is smaller. If we can find their weakness..." Nan Gongqi was already racking his brains for a solution.
Bai Yu, the calmest and most thoughtful member of the team, quickly dismissed this idea.
"They're already a well - established team, and they're coming at us full - force. So the number of mistakes they make might be zero. What we need to find isn't their mistakes, but their weaknesses!"
Qin Chengyao put on his headphones and started the game replay. "That's right. The weakness of an aggressive damage - dealing lineup is that there are only one or two support characters. Their lineup is too fragile. We can target that. Don't panic. Let's first review their previous games. Although their strategy against us might be a secret weapon we haven't seen before, we can still see their thinking and common methods from these videos and get inspired. Everyone, be serious!"
Everyone replied in unison, "Yes!"
...
"Ahh, I can't stand it anymore!"
Ji Siyue was now too afraid to leave her house because of the threatening calls.
Although she had reported it to the police, the police had no leads yet. So she couldn't move around freely. If she got injured again, she might not be so lucky next time.
But staying at home all the time wasn't a solution. Ji Siyue didn't want to go on Weibo and face the online violence. After much thought, she decided to start a live - stream.
Of course, she wouldn't use her old platform. She had completely fallen out with it.
Ji Siyue created a new ID and went to a new platform. As a new user, she didn't show her face. She just kept repeating the high - difficulty dungeons. If she failed once, she'd try again. In the end, she single - handedly completed a difficult sand - table dungeon that usually required a team of at least three people.
During the two or three hours when she silently played the dungeons, her live - stream room gradually gained some popularity.
[This streamer is so aggressive!]
[And so stubborn. A normal person would have given up after a few tries, but he keeps changing methods and focusing on finding bugs!]
[The person above is wrong. There are very few bugs in this game by now. These are deliberately left by the official for players to exploit. I think it's very impressive that the streamer can find these loopholes!]
[When will the handsome guy show his face? I'm following such a talented streamer.]
[Hey? He's a new streamer with only a dozen followers!]
After Ji Siyue finally completed another difficult dungeon, she looked at the over a hundred bullet - comments in her live - stream room and smiled.
She never thought she'd be regarded as a talented streamer one day.
When she used to live - stream, most people only saw her as a pretty face, and her little bit of talent was just seen as a decoration.
She was about to thank her fans when she suddenly remembered that she couldn't reveal her identity. So she typed a message in the live - stream room instead.
[Thank you all very much. I'm just live - streaming for fun. I might do it irregularly in the future, but only irregularly. Don't have too high expectations for me.]
The bullet - comments:
[No! You can post game guides. Your strategies are really useful and don't require high - level operations!]
[This streamer is really good at finding loopholes. I suggest making him a regular streamer.]
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Looking at all the support from these people, Ji Siyue felt a complex mix of emotions.