CS: A young talent from Peking University, you want me to play professionally?

The neon lights at the competition venue were flashing non-stop, and the atmosphere among the audience had been ignited to its fullest extent.

Before the competition, almost no one could believe or imagine that this team, NA, from the CN region, which had been established for less than half a year, would actually reach the finals and overcome so many world-class teams. Furthermore, in the finals, they easily defeated the powerful opponent, Team A, with a decisive 3-0 sweep, ultimately winning the WCA Grand Finals championship.

It's fair to say that if audiences in the European and American regions, as well as the CIS region, were told before the competition that A had achieved such a brilliant, even unbelievable, record, few would believe it; they would likely just laugh it off or even mock it.

Because before this, the Chinese region had never been a strong region in the CS:GO esports game; in fact, it could be said to be quite weak.

In all previous S-level tournaments, it is already an unbelievable achievement for a team from the CN region to reach the quarterfinals.

If we can make it to the semi-finals, that would be a historic breakthrough, something that is unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated.

However, during the WCA Global Finals, NA, led by Li Mo, did not resemble a rookie team at all. Instead, they displayed exceptional discipline and showed no weaknesses from the group stage to the finals. Both the team as a whole and the individual players demonstrated strong dominance in the competition.

After seeing NA win the championship, many professional players and clubs who had previously mocked Li Mo's level and NA are now undoubtedly regretting their previous words, but there is no chance to take them back.

In fact, after seeing the brilliant achievements that Li Mo led A to achieve in China, many professional players had already anticipated that their team might achieve some success in the future, or even reach unimaginable heights. However, they did not expect that day to come so soon.

The reason why the WCA Global Finals attracted so many top teams this year is because they saw the dark horse NA team and wanted to have a match with them on the world stage before they fully rose to prominence, and preferably to severely dampen their spirits.

However, whether it was SK, Gambit, or the legendary Alliance, none of these world-class teams expected that Alliance would only reveal their true full potential after arriving at the World Championship. It was only after playing against them that they realized a problem: even if they thought they had overestimated the team beforehand, they only understood in actual combat that Alliance had not shown their true strength in previous domestic matches and scrims with these foreign teams. In other words, they had not revealed some of their trump cards, tactics, player coordination, and synergy.

Therefore, without a comprehensive understanding of NA's true strength, many teams, even if they believe they have done sufficient research and analysis beforehand, are still unable to grasp the tactics that Li Mo actually devised during private training sessions. As a result, their preparations in advance are ultimately very limited.

Because without understanding a team's tactics, especially the tactics commonly used on all maps, you can only target the players' individual habits and the team coordination they've demonstrated. However, it's important to know that NA has been constantly improving their tactical application from the group stage to the finals, especially their unconventional tactics, which they used extensively in the later stages. Therefore, for other teams, their understanding of NA is quite lacking.

In matches between top teams, details can determine victory or defeat. Mo has done extensive research on these top teams and understands them very well. These teams only know some very conventional habits of A's tactics.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is very difficult for any team to win against NA. If there are issues with mentality, teamwork, or tactics, the situation will become completely one-sided.

In reality, as the tournament progressed into the semifinals, both NA and their opponents realized after playing against each other that winning against this team was incredibly difficult. Even though Alliance had thoroughly prepared for NA's match, they couldn't put much pressure on Alliance on those three maps.

It's almost laughable that Team A scored the highest on the third map, Mirage, despite not having any effective tactical countermeasures or significant adjustments. The reason they managed to achieve a respectable score is that...

The reason is that their players fully demonstrated their individual abilities, and without any mental pressure, they often made bold choices that surprised NA. It was precisely because of these attempts that they were able to score points against NA.

"First of all, please allow me to congratulate you once again on winning the CS:GO championship at the WCA Global Finals. As a new team, is it fair to say that you've achieved such an impressive result in your first international tournament? How do you feel right now, Cobra?"

During the post-match interview, although Li Mo really wanted his team members to speak, everyone unanimously pushed him to the center of the stage. In fact, everyone wanted to hear his heartfelt words. After all, for almost all of A's fans, the reason they supported this team, which had been established for less than half a year, was because they were completely impressed by Li Mo's personal charm and strong strength even before A achieved results.

For many viewers who have supported Li Mo from the very beginning and have therefore made A their sole main team, many sentimental Li Mo fans, or rather, A's fans, were already in tears at this moment. Because this team wasn't just a simple group, but more like their own child whom they had nurtured and raised, or their closest friends. Seeing such a team standing on such a dazzling stage and achieving results that surprised everyone was undoubtedly extremely exciting and a source of immense pride.

Needless to say, Zhao Niannian and almost all the members of the Peking University e-sports club, who had been glued to their computers watching the entire match, were now mostly moved to tears. Zhao Niannian, in particular, had her face red from crying, yet her expression was one of pure joy and excitement.

It can be said that he witnessed Li Mo's journey all the way and was Li Mo's biggest supporter from beginning to end.

Zhao Niannian's only regret and deep sadness at this moment was that she was unable to come to the competition to cheer for Li Mo and witness the birth of his first world championship.

For Zhao Niannian, this might even become a lifelong regret.

"It's all Li Mo's fault! I told him I could take time off to come and watch the game, but he wouldn't let me!"

Seeing Zhao Niannian, her face puffed out in anger in front of the computer screen, her little pink fists pounding on the panda plush toy, her roommates all wore the same doting smiles, their expressions showing that they were already used to it.

"I'm still quite excited right now, and to be honest, I haven't completely shaken off the match yet. The details of the match are still playing in my mind like a slideshow."

"I believe my four teammates standing next to me must also be very excited right now. For us, although we all had only one goal from the beginning, which was to win one championship after another and eventually achieve a grand slam of S-level events, as you just said, we are, after all, a very new team. So we are actually quite inexperienced. In this process of growth, to step onto the world stage so quickly is a great achievement. It makes us feel that our hard work and our aspirations have been realized at the same time."

"Okay, thank you very much, Cobra, for sharing your feelings immediately after winning the championship. Now, I would like to ask you a question. As we all know, both Cobra and your team A have been controversial and even ridiculed by many people. Today, after defeating a number of strong teams and winning this very significant championship, do you think that today has proven that you are the strongest team and that CNC is powerful?"

It must be said that the host's questions were indeed very direct and bold, because such topics are quite sensitive, and as the event organizers, they tend to favor teams from their own region.

But after winning the championship today, Nana seems to want to play dead and avoid the overwhelming pressure from public opinion. However, the host's question to Li Mo about this topic clearly indicates a bias towards Nana's position.

"First of all, I think this competition is indeed as everyone thinks and sees it. It far surpasses previous years and is of extremely high quality because almost all the world's top teams participated this time. So, our victory in this CA Global Finals undoubtedly proves that we are at least the strongest right now. I believe there is no doubt about this. If anyone has any doubts about this, I can only say that they need to use their strength to question it, instead of just barking incompetently like before."

While Li Mo spoke these words with a calm and collected expression and tone, the content of his speech brought the atmosphere to an even higher climax.

The reason why so many fans like and admire Li Mo is, on the one hand, his extremely strong personal skills, and on the other hand, an important reason is that no matter what, even before he has demonstrated his personal abilities to achieve results, he can still publicly challenge all the world's top CS:GO professional players who have been immersed in the game for a long time.

It's fair to say that if any professional player or club were to stand up and mock Li Mo and his team A at this moment, it would be extremely rude and would only make them a laughing stock. This is because A has faced very strong opponents throughout the WCA Global Finals, and they have almost never beaten any weak teams since the group stage.

That's why their ability to lift this trophy is incredibly prestigious, as they defeated three of the current top 10 teams in the world. This level of achievement is arguably even higher than some S-level tournaments.

Under such circumstances, Li Mo would definitely not remain silent. He would certainly respond fiercely to those who had previously mocked him and his team.

"Okay, I have one last question for Cobra. Many professional players, commentators, and even online viewers believe that even if you win the WCA World Championship this time, it's largely because other top teams didn't go all out in this competition and didn't use many of their hidden strategies. What do you think of this statement?"

"What do you think? Just treat it as a joke."

Li Mo first made a casual joke, and then spoke again:
"Actually, it still comes down to this: in esports, skill and results speak for themselves. Before this, they might have used those things to question me, but there's only one thing to say: you just need to stop us from winning the championship in the upcoming matches. That will prove your strength; otherwise, it only proves that we are the strongest, and CCS is the number one region." (End of Chapter)