CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

Chapter 155 The whole audience cheered!

March 13th, 2024

The city of abundance is still sunny and cloudless, just like the previous few days.

The Financial City Performing Arts Center in the High-tech Zone, a venue with a capacity of 10,000 people that has been closed for many days, was once again flooded with audiences today.

The scene was already crowded at this time. Many spectators could not suppress their excitement before the game started and chatted with two or three friends next to them.

Even though they were deliberately lowering the volume of their conversation, when they gathered together, the venue still seemed extremely lively.

In comparison, the contestant passage behind the stage seemed much quieter, but rustling sounds could still be heard coming from the venue.

NIko looked at Su Zhe who was rubbing his hands and asked with concern: "Are you nervous?"

"Hmm?" Su Zhe turned his head and smiled, saying, "It's okay, mainly because I'm a little excited."

I was a little nervous, after all, I had participated in an offline competition before.

There is experience, but not much.

However, compared to nervousness, he felt more anticipation deep down in his heart. After all, this was a game in China and it was his own home game.

More of the tension comes from the fear that my performance will not meet the expectations of the audience who have come from afar to support me.

Niko smiled and said, "That's good. Once the opening ceremony is over and we sit in the contestant seats, it will be much better."

He was about to continue speaking, but soon heard a voice from above the stage: "Niko~~"

Niko didn't say anything else. He patted Su Zhe on the shoulder, waved his hand and walked out of the contestant channel.

Su Zhe paused for a second, and then heard the host shouting from the stage.

"Let's welcome! A~rrow~"

He took a deep breath and walked slowly towards the exit of the contestant passage.

"WOW!!!"

As soon as he stepped onto the stage, the rustling noise suddenly amplified in his ears and gathered into cheers.

Finally, the voices gradually became unified, and his ID resounded throughout the venue.

There was no advance arrangement, but we had such a tacit understanding.

"Arrow! Arrow! Arrow!"

Su Zhe's heart suddenly surged with emotions, his head felt a little confused, and he felt like he was losing his mind.

He waved mechanically toward the audience on the stage, looking at the tiered auditorium, from bottom to top, wherever his eyes went, he saw audiences cheering at him.

He felt like there was something stuck in his chest, but he had no way to vent it.

The feeling only eased a little when he walked all the way to Niko on the stage.

"Offline competitions are definitely more interesting..."

He kept a smile on his face, and the audience stopped cheering his ID only when the next contestant came on stage.

Gradually, all ten contestants arrived above the stage.

What’s interesting is that when the two players Jabbi and Stavn from Team A entered the arena, the entire venue erupted in boos.

It is obvious that he is expressing his dissatisfaction with the "Brother Dianzi's backstabbing" incident.

Su Zhe on the stage didn't feel much, he just thought it was a little funny.

Being able to do anything to achieve good results is quite a character, but he just doesn't like this approach.

While waiting for the ten contestants to take their positions, the on-site host gradually pushed the atmosphere of the entire venue to a climax with his professional ability.

"Do you think Team A can win this semi-final?!"

“Shh~~~”

The audience still did not give Team A any respect and booed them deafeningly.

Amid the boos, Su Zhe secretly glanced at the reactions of the people on Team A.

Although they still had polite smiles on their faces, they were obviously a little stiff.

"Do you think G2 can win this semifinal?!"

"WOW!!"

The difference between the before and after was so huge that everyone in G2 on the stage couldn't help but laugh.

"Arrow, we are taking advantage of your home turf!" Niko said in a low voice with a hint of sarcasm.

Su Zhe was a little amused when he heard this: "You guys really underestimate your popularity, don't you?"

Given the number of fans G2 has in China, even without him, the audience at the scene still hopes that Niko can win.

The host on the scene felt the difference in atmosphere before and after, and his expression did not change much. It was obvious that he had expected this.

However, he did not embarrass the members of Team A. After quickly giving some opening remarks, he ended the entrance session.

After Su Zhe followed his teammates to their seats, it wasn't long before they began to select the maps.

After a series of bans and selections, the three maps for the BO3 match between the two sides were finally determined.

Figure 2 shows G actively selecting Nuclear Crisis.
Picture 2 shows the ancient ruins that Team A actively selected.
As for the third map, it falls on the Purgatory Town where both sides have a good chance of winning.

When entering the Aimbotz map for the final warm-up, the excitement that Su Zhe had felt when he first appeared on the map gradually subsided.

Start focusing on the screen in front of you.

"Today's BO3 map selection is very favorable for us. Both maps are what we are good at." My cousin remembered the map selection process just now and chatted casually.

NIko was clearly pleased with today's draft results, but he still said, "Don't be too careless. The opponent has also performed well in these three maps recently."

Take the first map, Nuclear Crisis, for example. Although this map is not popular in China, many ladder players will even get lost after entering the map.

But as a tactical map, it has become the iconic map of strong European teams. Any of the first- and second-tier teams are very good at playing on this map.

G2 has had a high win rate on this map recently, but they dare not be careless at all.

After all, the opponent is the A team dynasty that once created a 34-game winning streak in the nuclear crisis.

Soon, after both players had warmed up for a few minutes, the on-site referee began to notify the players to enter the competition server.

Figure 1: Nuclear Crisis

Astralis: br0, device (Attack), jabbi, Staehr, stavn
G2: Niko, huNter-, nexa, Arrow, m0NESY
As G2's map pick, they were forced to start the game on the offensive side.

……

"Welcome everyone to watch the IEM Chengdu semi-finals match between G2 and Team A. I'm Ma Xixi, the commentator for this match."

"I'm a commentator, playing the machine."

After the two introduced themselves at the main commentary desk, Masisi took the opportunity before the game officially started to ask the machine a heart-wrenching question:

"Which team do you think has a better chance of winning in this semi-final and will stand out and advance to the final stage?"

The person playing the machine heard the hidden meaning in Masisi's words.

"This joke is not going away, is it?"

He complained in his heart, but as a professional and neutral commentator, he remained calm and replied with a smile:
"I feel like it really depends on the players' on-stage performance. Team A has come out of their previous slump in this tournament and made it all the way from the loser's bracket to the semifinals, which is enough to show that this team still has some strength."

"But objectively speaking, I think G2 has a better chance of winning. After all, they haven't lost a single game in this tournament yet and are in better shape."

"With Arrow's temporary addition, G2's ceiling is clearly higher."

As the talk of playing the machine spread in the venue, many of the audience members started to boo.

Masisi also laughed and said, "Then I hope both teams can give us a wonderful game today..."

"Okay, the pistol round has begun. Without further ado, let's take a look at the equipment configurations of both sides."

Niko's tactical arrangement for the pistol is also very simple. It is an offensive tactic to fake an attack on the inner court, then rush to the pipe under the iron gate, and then turn to attack underground.

The four of them all started with small armor, and only my cousin started with a set of smoke and flash props to help them get to the inner field better.

"Team A's defense is very bold. It's a three-card, two-outfield defensive stance. Stavn is the only one in the outfield guarding the main goal position."

After the machine player officially entered the competition, he took the initiative to take the right to commentate.
"This is to prevent G2 from rushing to attack the enemy, or from directly grouping up in the outfield to attack."

Ma Xixi finally had a chance to interrupt after a long commentary session on the commentary machine. "Yes, G2's attacking position is four in the hall and one in the outside field. If they can speed up and attack the inside field, they can easily capture the A site."

As soon as he finished speaking, G2 launched an attack.

My cousin first threw a door bomb, followed by a flash bomb. With the help of the flash bombs in the back field, everyone quickly opened the iron door and rushed to the pipeline.

Stavn, who was standing near the main gate, naturally noticed the movement of the iron gate.

When the iron gate was blown open, he moved himself closer to the inside so that he could find a more comfortable shooting position to collect tolls.

The result was that he was hit by a full white flash and had to quickly lean back.

The G2 players had no intention of fighting, and were focused on following the tactics set in advance.

They didn't know Team A's defensive position and were afraid that if they were delayed even a little, the CTs in the backfield would come out to finish them off.

As a result, on the way down the pipe, Nexa was unlucky. Stavn at the main gate covered his eyes and hit him on the head in his blind spot.

However, at this time, Niko had already returned to the bandit hall from the outside field and had a head-on collision with the iron-clad br0.

The two fought a game and Niko won, helping G2 to make up for the numerical disadvantage.

"A one-for-one trade has been completed, and G2's offensive formation has been deployed. Their tactic of placing the pipes has been successful. Now it depends on whether they can win the battle against the CTs who are laying down the defense!"

The player who plays the machine also sees Niko's tactical idea, which is to force his way into the underground, and then rely on his personal ability to win the finishing shot.

After all, G2 has nothing else to offer now, except that their numbers are high enough.

The first child goes directly to the death gate after going down the pipe.

The moment he opened the door, he jumped directly behind the pillar of B site.

One is to hide in the bunker and quickly drop the package;
Secondly, it can also create a line for teammates in the same position.

At this time, Tom, who was on the iron plate at the beginning, had already reached the position under the slope of the iron plate. He saw the CT coming out of the death door and fired a shot in an instant.

But the jumping action was really difficult to control, and after being hit by a bullet in the body, the opponent hid in the bunker.

But this also allowed Tom Cruise to clearly see that the child was carrying a bag. When he was about to call his teammates to go underground quickly, another bandit figure appeared from the dead end.

Before he could react, he heard the sound of a bullet piercing his head.

"Bang bang~"

Arrow kills Device with a Glock headshot.

"So fast!" Tom was also inexplicably startled, then immediately reacted and directed his teammates to return to defense.

"OH! Arrow's positioning is so accurate! Tom Cruise didn't even get the toll, but was instantly killed by two bullets from him! This is a display of personal strength!"

"But Niko wanted to go around the iron plate to help the underground, but he didn't expect Team A to be on guard against him at this point, and was easily defeated by Jabbi's straight stand on the iron plate!"

The two sides exchanged players at the beginning and later it became 3V3, but the advantage was already on G2's side.

Because the child has completed the task of planting the bomb, and both of them are in advantageous shooting positions.

Just as the two of them were staring at the iron plate, they suddenly heard their cousin's loud shout in the earphones:
"Someone's going down the pipe! Be careful!"

My cousin did not follow the main group down the pipe, but took on the task of breaking the pipe in the inner field after throwing the props.

With Niko's death on the iron plate just now, he was a little afraid that he would be sneaked up on by the people on the iron plate. As a result, he was not careful and let stavn, who was at the main entrance, go down the pipe.

Seeing this, Su Zhe immediately communicated with the child: "You watch the bag, I'll go find the plumber!"

The location of the third person on the other side is still uncertain, and the cousin on the upper level cannot jump down to help directly, so he can only take the initiative to rescue.

As a result, as soon as he walked quietly out of the death gate, bad news kept coming.

First, the cousin hesitated above the pipe, but was knocked sideways by Staehr, who was also standing outside at the start of the game, who went around to the main gate.

Stavn, who got down the pipe first, did not stop all the way and went directly to the valve from the other end of the pipe. He cooperated with Jabbi on the iron plate to kill the child.

G2, which was originally in an advantageous position, instantly became a 1V3 endgame for Su Zhe.

Masisi looked at the situation on the field and couldn't help but sigh and said, "My cousin's mistake in this position is too fatal."

"First, they let stavn go so the kids would get beaten up on both sides, and then they ended up having their position at the main entrance stolen."

"Now it all depends on how Arrow performs. He has to defeat Steahr, who's also in the pipeline, before he can get back to the underground bomb site."

Su Zhe was also a little helpless when looking at the situation on the field. How could such a good advantage suddenly turn into this...

He quickly cast aside the negative emotions in his mind and focused his attention on the pipe to try to hold up Steahr, who had just killed someone.

But Steahr also heard the footsteps just now. He did not choose to go out of the pipe directly, but instead walked back and forth to delay time.

"Drip~"

Su Zhe heard the sound of unpacking in his headphones, which made him feel urgent and he knew that he couldn't waste time here.

So he quietly walked around to K1 and then headed straight for the valve.

The trap door was wide open at this time. When Su Zhe looked at the package site, he saw a CT with half of his body exposed while unpacking the package.

Without any hesitation, he quickly positioned himself and pressed the fire button.

"Boom!"

Arrow kills Jabbi with a Glock headshot

"There are two more..."

After getting the kill, Su Zhe quickly hid himself back in the bunker, and then immediately turned around to look at the location of the pipeline.

When he found that the CT at the pipe position did not come out to finish the job immediately, Su Zhe guessed that the opponent might have gone to the death gate to meet up with his teammates.

Sure enough, the sound of unpacking from Baodian B confirmed his thoughts.

“Are we going to dismantle them one by one?”

Su Zhe took a quick peek at the bomb site and found that the CT who was clearing the bomb this time was much smarter. He did not reveal his position to him, but instead cleared the bomb from the farthest distance behind the cover.

As for the other person, he also hid behind the cover without revealing his position.

In this situation, he rushed directly into the package, intending to interrupt the opponent's unpacking action.

As a result, after taking a few steps, I saw a figure coming out from the right side of the bun pillar.

Su Zhe quickly positioned himself and fired a few shots, but the opponent had no intention of fighting to the end and only wanted to delay time, so he hid back again.

Seeing this, Su Zhe did not hesitate at all and continued to rush towards C4's position.

Staehr, who was helping to hold the gun, finally couldn't stand anymore and was pulled out directly from Su Zhe's left side.

As a result, the moment he showed his head, the screen instantly turned black.

"boom!"

Arrow kills Staehr with a Glock headshot

"WOW!"

The audience at the scene was instantly in an uproar, surprised at how quickly Su Zhe's shot was positioned.

"As expected of Arrow! He had a little burst right from the start! He already has a triple kill!"

"Stavn was forced to stop clearing the pack. He was also very accurate and finally ended Arrow's kill streak, but he ran out of time to clear the pack!"

"Congratulations to G2! First point!"

"NICE!!"

Under the cheers of the audience, everyone in G2 was in high spirits. The moment the C4 exploded, everyone cheered.

"Arrow!! You can even win! You are so awesome!" Niko shouted excitedly at Su Zhe.

After Su Zhe let out a long sigh, he shook fists with his teammates and coach and said with a smile, "Luckily, the opponent didn't guess I was at the door the first time, otherwise I would have been waiting to die."

He was just gambling, and the opponent made many mistakes, which gave him the opportunity to win the endgame.

Otherwise, if Jabbi had not revealed his position to the trap door when he first unpacked the package, Su Zhe would not have found an opportunity later.

After losing the pistol round, Team A chose to force a comeback.

But they still focused on attacking site A and chose to focus on defending the outfield and the iron plate.

Then G2 sped up and launched a burst of attacks into the inner court, successfully avoiding Team A's heavily defended area.

Team A made a wrong bet and could only play a miserable 5V5 defense. In addition, they had no advantage in firearms, so they could only lose another point.

The early stages of the game also smoothly entered into G2's scoring rhythm.

By the time the match reached the first rifle round, the score between the two sides had already been fixed at 3-0.

(End of this chapter)