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

2024-4-26

LVG is facing their fourth and crucial match in this EPL tournament.

If they win, they will advance to the final with a 3-1 record; if they lose, they will be placed in a 2-2 group.

Even if you lose, you still have another chance, but you'll be on the verge of elimination, which will add more pressure and inevitably affect your performance in the competition.

At this moment, Su Zhe and his teammates had already sat down in the players' seats. They had just finished training the computer design team and were in the warm-up phase.

The group looked very serious, with a hint of tension. Even Jee, who usually loved to joke, remained silent, just keeping his head down and relentlessly sniping the Bot with his sniper rifle in the training field.

Because their opponent in this round is incredibly strong, namely VP, led by Jame, who almost made it to the championship group in Copenhagen.

As the map drafting phase approached, Xiaohua flexed her wrists and muttered:

"How could a team like VP, with such strength, be in the qualifiers? And we even ran into them at 2-1!"

Xiao Hua had voiced everyone's thoughts. As the commander, Xigua was also under a lot of pressure. After taking a deep breath, he slowly said:

"It's because their world ranking is low. If they hadn't encountered Team X in the last round, they would probably have advanced smoothly with a 3-0 victory by now. However, we were also unlucky and didn't encounter any other teams in the 2-1 group."

Starry, standing to the side, sighed, "Let's do our best. There's nothing we can do against VP. Even if we lose, no one will blame us."

This was meant to be a comforting remark, but Jee reacted with some displeasure, saying, "What are you babbling about? You're already thinking about losing before the game has even started. If you put in a little more effort, you might just crush them!"

Jee's words had no effect. Although there are often weak teams that can upset strong teams that are in poor form, there are countless examples of this.

But today's match is a best-of-three series, giving them ample time to adjust, thus greatly reducing the probability of an upset.

Su Zhe noticed that something was off about the atmosphere within the team. Many people were even preparing for the next round of matches, hoping that tomorrow's opponent would be weaker.

Su Zhe could understand this sentiment. After all, VP, with Jame and Electronic Bro, seemed incredibly strong on the surface, like an insurmountable mountain.

However, he had a different opinion about VP.

He had faced off against the original VP lineup, as well as against Electronic when he was still with C9.

The former's lineup emphasizes a conservative and slow-paced style, while the latter's Electronic Brothers play a very aggressive style, which is quite contradictory.

In addition, Electronic Bro has only been with VP for a short time, and it will be difficult to integrate their contradictory styles in a short period of time.

Whether VP has changed its overall style or Electronic has chosen to back down in his playstyle, it is actually a weakening of VP's strength.

This can be seen from VP's recent match records. Although they have won some matches, they have all been against second-tier teams such as SAW.

They couldn't even defeat teams with some strength like Team A or FNC, let alone the truly top-tier teams.

Therefore, Su Zhe felt that they had a chance to win the game today, but it would be very difficult.

Su Zhe organized his thoughts and said, "Don't rush to give up. If we continue with our recent form, winning this match shouldn't be too difficult."

Su Zhe's words were clearly more effective than Jee's, and everyone listened to him silently without refuting him.

Just as Su Zhe was about to say something more, he heard the referee's notification in his earpiece to conduct the map ban/pick phase.

So he laughed and said, "Trust me, we can win. The first step is to start with the map ban/pick phase."

LVG didn't know much about VP, their temporary opponent.

However, when Su Zhe was with NIP, he did a lot of research on VP in order to advance to the Major championship group. In terms of map pool alone, VP had the same problem as G2.

The map pool is quite shallow.

At Su Zhe's suggestion, Xigua directly banned the map he was weak on, but which was also a strong map for VP: Desert City.

VP followed suit and banned Nuka-Crisis, a champion they never played.

"Choose Anubis or..."

Upon hearing Xigua's question, Su Zhe immediately replied, "Let's choose Town. The opposing team hasn't had a high win rate on this map lately."

VP's opponent in the first round of this EPL was Green Leaf. Although they won against Green Leaf on the map Town, it was a hard-fought victory that went into overtime and they finally won with a score of 16-14.

Watermelon nodded and immediately locked onto the town in the first picture.

VP followed closely behind and locked in the Death Amusement Park in Figure 2.

In the new round of bans and picks, Xigua wanted to ban the team's lowest win rate champion, Fallen Tower, but was stopped by Su Zhe once again.

"Just ban Ancient Ruins directly, and the opponent will ban Fallen Tower on their own."

Xigua hesitated slightly, but ultimately chose to listen to Su Zhe and directly banned the ancient ruins.

As expected, in the second round of banned maps, VP banned Fallout Tower without hesitation.

The results for all three maps in this Bo3 match are now in.

Figure 1: Purgatory Town

Figure 2: Death Amusement Park
Figure 3: Anubis

Su Zhe was very satisfied with the final image selection.

VP only has three strong maps: Mirage, Ancient Ruins, and Death Park.

This draft pick eliminated two of VP's strongest maps, undoubtedly increasing their chances of winning the game.

This is the advantage of having prior information. Both sides are temporary opponents. LVG didn't have time to study VP, but did VP have time to study LVG?
Su Zhe bumped fists with his teammates and shouted, "Come on! If we can win the first map town, we'll be close to winning the game!"

With Su Zhe leading the way, the LVG team cheered each other on, shouting "Go for it!" and "Let's Go!" before focusing their attention on the match in front of them.

Following the referee's instructions, both players entered the match server.

Figure 1: Purgatory Town

VP: Jame (God), FL1T, n0rb3r7, fame, electriNic
LVG: Westmelon, Starry, jee, EmiliaQAQ, Arrow
As LVG's map pick, VP chose to start on the defensive side.

Pistol round.

As the countdown ended, Su Zhe picked up the P250 from the ground, donned his half-armor, and headed straight for the banana path.

After arriving at the bandit's mouth, Su Zhe did not go directly into the groove or the tree position, but instead stood outside the banana path and peeked back and forth to collect information.

Their main offensive focus this round is still Area A, and their teammates have already begun a slow advance towards the middle and side lanes.

If Su Zhe had stepped onto the banana path immediately, and the other side had suddenly used a counter-attack item, he wouldn't have had a chance to escape.

After all, the person in charge of VP's Banana Path is Archangel FL1T, whose personal ability and competition experience are world-class.

Su Zhe jumped around the terrorist's vantage point twice and suddenly noticed a CT crossing the stone slab, standing behind a wooden barrel for cover, and constantly trying to peek and shoot at him.

Su Zhe was not intimidated and decisively launched a counterattack.

However, neither of them intended to kill the other, and they exchanged several shots without hitting each other.

However, what puzzled Su Zhe was that when did FL1T's control of the banana path become so aggressive, daring to pull out cover and engage in direct gunfights?

Realizing something was wrong, Su Zhe glanced at the minimap and said into his microphone, "We can push through the mid and side lanes faster; there might be fewer people at point A."

After exchanging a few more shots with FL1T from Jiaodao, Su Zhe immediately turned around and went to the middle lane to rejoin his teammates.

6657 live broadcast room.

"VP started with a 3B setup, and all their defensive utility was left at the B bomb site, leaving FL1T to act as a hooker on the banana."

"But LVG has already taken all the information from A2! They've also reached the mid lane and Arrow is constantly putting pressure on Banana Lane from the terrorist spawn, preventing VP's 3B from rotating back to defend! They've taken control of the map!"

"Arrow has regrouped with his teammates in the mid lane, looks like they're really going for A! But this round, Electronic has bought a dual pistol and he and Jame are holding the link to defend the mid lane!"

At this moment, Xiaohua and Jee had reached the vicinity of Building A2. After glancing around at Bomb Site A and finding no one there, they immediately jumped out.

Xiaohua quickly looked around at the location of the balcony and the pit, and immediately shouted, "No one at point A!" Starry, who was in the first position in the middle lane, knew that there was no one at A1, so he immediately pulled towards the connector.

As soon as he revealed his position, he saw a CT standing close to the link, followed by a burst of gunfire.

"Clap clap clap!"

[electriNic used dual Beretta weapons to headshot Starry]

After Starry fell to the ground, Watermelon immediately pulled out to finish him off, but quickly followed in Starry's footsteps.

Although Electronic Bro's playstyle doesn't match VP's original style, he still has the most basic shooting skills. Coupled with the close-range advantage of dual pistols, he can easily connect two players.

Just as he was starting to relax, another ruthless bandit suddenly appeared from the middle of the road.

Electronic Bro reacted quickly. He had just fired two shots after locating the target but missed. Just as he was making a prediction based on the opponent's movement speed, his body suddenly fell backward.

"Boom!"

Arrow used a P250 to headshot and kill electriNic.

Jame, who was positioned behind the link, kept using the USP to locate and fire as Su Zhe pulled out of position, but he also missed the head.

At this moment, he saw that Su Zhe's gun had been turned around, and Jee, carrying C4, had successfully planted the bomb.

Jame knew the power of this ID. Seeing that his team still had a numerical advantage, he gave up the idea of ​​fighting Su Zhe to the bitter end and silently retreated to the link cover, waiting for his teammates to return to defend together.

After seeing the opponent retreat, Su Zhe had no intention of pursuing them and glanced back at the middle lane.

Upon spotting two CT scan figures emerging from the banana duct, they immediately hopped across to position A1.

"I'm going down to the second-floor private room!" Jee reminded him in the voice chat.

Su Zhe immediately understood and went into the boiler room to go around towards Building A2.

"Arrow chose to go to A2 to guard the bomb, but the CTs who went around through the banana path had already arrived! Arrow was smart, he turned back and held the position for a few seconds."

"FL1T came in and exchanged a few shots, but didn't gain any advantage, so he chose to go to A1 with his teammates to support the bomb site."

"n0rb3r7 in the study instantly killed Jee in the small pit, that was spot on! The watermelon in the graveyard is also in an awkward position, A1 and the connection need help!"

Knowing that people were about to arrive from both sides, Xigua chose to wait until the CTs returning to A1 had not arrived before pulling out from the graveyard to engage in a gunfight with the CTs at the connecting position.

This move caught Jame off guard as he turned sideways, clearly not expecting someone to suddenly appear from that position.

However, after Xigua got Jame's kill, FL1T from A1 finished him off, leaving Su Zhe with a 1v3 opportunity.

Knowing that the remaining three CTs had all reached the bomb site, and with no worries about the rest, Su Zhe headed straight for the balcony.

He had just pulled himself out of position when he saw the CT, who had returned from the study, standing on the main road.

Seeing this, Su Zhe immediately adjusted his aim and slashed at it.

"Bang bang bang!"

Arrow used a P250 to headshot and kill n0rb3r7.

After getting the kill, Su Zhe sensed someone shooting at him from below the balcony and immediately retreated to cover, feeling relieved.

A 1v3 situation might be a bit difficult, but a 1v2 situation is his comfort zone.

Furthermore, Jee had buried the package on the second floor, giving him the upper hand. All he needed to do was harass the other party to prevent them from opening the package.

"Bang~"

As the sound of the smoke grenade exploding rang in his headset, Su Zhe immediately understood the VP's intention.

Is this a case of forcibly demolishing a house while it's shrouded in smoke?
Su Zhe wasn't sure if the other party had used pliers, so after hearing the sound of the package being unpacked, he immediately peeked out to take a look, only to find that the CT scanner under the balcony was firing at him again.

Knowing he couldn't delay any longer, Su Zhe dodged again, tricking the other party into firing, before crouching and pulling out.

FL1T under the balcony clearly didn't expect Su Zhe to suddenly change his peek method.

Before I could even move the crosshair down after firing a pre-shot, the screen suddenly went black.

"Boom!"

Arrow used a P250 to headshot and kill FL1T.

"The bag is right behind the box!" Jee shouted.

Seeing that the C4 had not been dismantled yet, Su Zhe knew that VP had not picked up the pincers this round.

However, he quickly pulled out and fired wildly at the C4 location.

"Bang bang bang~"

With a magazine empty, Su Zhe saw no kill notifications and the enemy didn't reappear, and he began to get anxious.

He jumped off the balcony with a knife, entered the minefield amidst the smoke, and started using two light attacks and one heavy attack.

"The first cut missed! The second and third cuts both hit! The bomb is almost destroyed! Oh! Arrow delivered the final blow!"

"Is this competition really that exciting? They're already at it with bayonets!"

"Nice!!!" A cheer erupted from the LVG players' seats.

Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the $1500 that had been deposited into his account.

Every point is crucial to winning against VP.

After bumping fists with his teammates, he smiled.

He not only won the pistol round, but he also made a huge profit; he can buy an aircraft carrier in the next round.

So Su Zhe joked in the voice chat, "Jee, do you want a sniper rifle? I can just fire it."

Jee was initially happy about winning the pistol round, but upon hearing Su Zhe's words, he quickly waved his hand and said:

"Hey? No, no, no! A-God, you can play with the AK yourself, I'll just farm the economy myself."

Compared to the cheers and laughter on the LVG players' bench, the VP players' bench was much quieter.

Just as Su Zhe had thought, Electronic Bro was indeed not very comfortable with VP's playstyle, and it was more serious than he had imagined.

It's like having an aggressive player always choose to retreat and defend, knowing it's a good opportunity but unable to seize it because of the commander's orders.

This was extremely difficult for Electronic Bro, who was used to being a star player.

He had discussed the issue of the right to fire freely with Jame countless times during his time with VP and during their integration training.

However, Jame insisted on his own idea, believing that Electronic Bro only needed to complete his tasks step by step.

Taking the initiative to seize opportunities will only leave weaknesses for the opponent.

Different road non-phase plan.

This has strained the relationship between Electronic Bro and Jame, though to outsiders they appear to be on good terms.

When Jame retreated behind the link cover after killing two dead players with dual pistols in the middle lane, he felt his heart skip a beat.

Why not seize such a good opportunity and take it down?

Watching his teammates fall one by one in a 3v1 situation, Electronic Bro felt like cursing in the voice chat.

"As long as I don't get angry, I can win the game."

Electronic Bro closed his eyes and took several deep breaths to gradually calm himself down.

"We'll still need to communicate with management afterwards." (End of Chapter)