CS: The Last Dance, a Dance That Leads to Professional Success

Chapter 101 Darkness Descends! A Fire Unearths a Father! (Bonus Chapter)
Suddenly,
The director's camera then focused on the Green Dragons' seating area, precisely capturing close-ups of Masi's fascinating expressions.

In the instant he was killed by a single AK bullet, Ma Xixi's face first showed his usual focus, then it was replaced by an extreme blankness, and his pupils even went out of focus for a fraction of a second.

Why?

He doesn't understand!

Why did he lose this gunfight?

When he pulled it out, he clearly saw Meng Lang still watching the police from the bottom line, and the gun had just been pulled back.

How could they pull back and turn the tide?

However, the gray and white image on the screen was so glaring!
The truth is just that cruel.

Ma Xixi felt a sense of powerlessness spreading through her heart. Her hand gripping the mouse tightened unconsciously, then helplessly loosened.

It's worth noting that Ma Xixi has been with the Spirit team since joining in 19, growing alongside the team and personally participating in the 21 Stockholm Major. From a novice to a mature player, he has gradually become one of the core members that the team relies on.

By 2022, he had become an indispensable and stable rifleman in the team, a reliable source of firepower for the team.

So, the grenade that happened earlier accidentally blew up Meng Lang, and an AK was dropped on the ground!
As a primary rifleman, it was only natural for Ma Xixi to pick up the AK; it was a tactical choice that was completely without any problems!

The issue is,
He returned the deadly AK intact.

Moreover, it was delivered to the person on the other side who should have gotten it the least—that guy with the ID Dark!
Why is that?
Ma Xixi's thoughts drifted back to a few minutes earlier, to that equally frustrating round he had just experienced.

He silently approached the terrorist's spawn point with his AK, seized the perfect timing when a teammate was making noise while chasing, and confidently pulled out!
The original plan was for a swift, sweeping attack, like a crow taking off in a plane, to destroy everything in sight and easily finish off the remaining enemies.

However, reality dealt him a heavy blow!
The result was that the guy on the other side used a mere sniper rifle to kill him the moment he peeked out!
Not buddy!

I'm at full health!

There is an A!

We caught you when your attention was diverted!

The gun-drawing speed wasn't slow either!
You're telling me you got one-shotted by a bird sniper rifle?
Fine! I accept it!
I admire your bird-sniping skills!
Quick reaction, accurate shooting!

But what the heck is this AK?
From Ma Xixi's perspective, he clearly saw Meng Lang, who was standing at the bottom line of point A, with his attention clearly on the CT spawn!

suddenly,

Without any warning!
He suddenly turned around and pulled back his gun in the very last frame!

Just give him a second!
So they wouldn't even let us catch them during such a perfect sneak attack timing?

You tell me,

I pulled it out.

He was killed instantly by a single shot again.

Is this really reasonable?

Is it scientific?
At this moment, Ma Xixi felt that all of this was quite unreal!

Meanwhile, in the 6657 live stream room, the director had just finished playing the replay of Dark's five-kill streak with the hero AK.

The man playing with the machine couldn't help but marvel, exclaiming, "Wow! Guys, did Dark really pull off a 1v5 victory purely through individual skill?"

"That's not entirely true."

“Seriously, starting from when we finished off Patsi at the entrance of the black room, almost every kill was thanks to teammates helping him create firing opportunities! Whether it was Lee's physical baiting, Cousin and Kid's B ramp rush, or even Old Ni's synchronized kiting…”

"But the most crucial thing is that his Dark gun is incredibly tough! Seriously, he never wasted a single opportunity to finish off his teammates, which they risked their lives for! It's unbelievable!"

He paused, then posed a thought-provoking question:
"Then let me ask you, if you were playing a match and had a teammate like that, would you help him cover the firing lines? Would you be willing to sacrifice yourself to give him the chance to dominate the battlefield?"

The live stream chat exploded with a torrent of comments, flooding the screen.

"Absolutely! We're already waiting for the New Year!"

"I'm a slave to points, I'm pulling!"

"As long as we can win, I'm willing to be a tool for the rest of my life!"

"I'm Toyokawa Shoko, and I'm pulling too!"

"My stomach hurts! I need to poop!"

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"After watching G2's amazing game, I've realized something! No matter how brilliant Lee's tactics are, sometimes it's not as good as simply and brutally giving Dark an AK!"

"You know what, you really can't believe it! Sometimes, the game is just that simple!"

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On the field, after Meng Lang forcibly turned the tide with the hero AK, Green Dragon, who had just narrowed the score to 2:3 and was about to get into a good mood, seemed to have been doused with a bucket of ice water, and their momentum was abruptly put on hold.

The first half of the game then completely entered the era of Meng Lang's AK-47, who was "inherently bad guy".

For several rounds in a row, Meng Lang's AK firepower was at its maximum!
Whether it's long-range single-shot bursts or mid-to-close-range spraying and recoil control, the accuracy is outrageous.

Each multiple kill elicited waves of gasps from the Antwerp Sportpaleis Arena!
The two commentators in the English commentary booth were also completely won over:

"Wow! Look at this rookie Dark! His composure in such a major arena debut is simply unbelievable!"

"It's hard to imagine a newcomer performing so well under the high pressure of a Major! We might have been fooled by his pre-match interview jokes about 'shaking hands due to nervousness'! Look at his expression, focused and composed. He doesn't look like he'd shake his hands at all. He's clearly enjoying the match and the stage!"

His partner was equally excited, his voice booming: "This guy is challenging and subverting the traditional understanding of top riflemen in the entire CSGO community! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I simply couldn't imagine that a rifleman could show such a dominant performance in professional matches! This Dark! Watching him play, I feel a sense of oppressive 'darkness' looming over Antwerp!"

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Under Meng Lang's relentless AK sweep, the score in the first half was quickly widened to 11:3.

Only one round remains in the first half.

Looking at the first half as a whole,
Although Chopper won a long-range round with his brilliant strategy and managed to take two points, the Green Dragons only managed to take one more point until the end of the first half.

In other rounds, regardless of whether Green Dragon's tactical instructions were good or bad, the outcome was often that they were completely outmatched by G2, or more accurately, by Meng Lang's red-hot individual ability.

Sometimes, even if Da Chao's instructions are superior and he gains a numerical advantage in the early stages, he often still loses points when the game enters the endgame or a direct gunfight.

With the final point of the first half about to begin, Chopper's mood was no longer just somber, but also tinged with shock!

Every time he observed from the perspective of death, or looked up between rounds, his gaze involuntarily drifted towards the position of the player with the ID "Dark" on the opposite side of the competition.

Due to the unexpected absence of their coach, Green Dragons' in-game leader Chopper essentially took on the coach's responsibilities at the Antwerp Major.

He spent a lot of time studying and analyzing G2 before the match, especially the newly joined Dark. One of his key conclusions was that G2's overall proficiency on the green map was not high, their coordination was poor, and Dark himself was more prone to going silent on this map compared to other maps, making it difficult for him to make a sustained impact.

That's why, in today's BO3, after banning Sand II, he didn't hesitate to choose the Ruins map, intending to exploit his opponent's weaknesses and try to win the self-selected map.

But now, looking at the scoreboard on the other side, with the first half not even over, 30 kills in 14 rounds and only 6 deaths...

A quick mental calculation reveals that, aside from the four kills in the pistol round and the five kills with the hero AK, he consistently averaged over 1.75 kills per round in other rounds!

In top-tier professional competitions, this is actually an extremely terrifying and unreasonable kill count. Players can't get multiple kills and streaks every round. In some eco rounds, you won't even see anyone before your teammates finish you off.

Meng Lang's data means that, in addition to his many highlight moments, he can also consistently reduce the Green Dragon's numbers by more than one and a half per round on average. This means that the Green Dragon will only have three and a quarter of its members left to fight in each game session during the first half of the game.

I'll beat up your love!
At this point, Teacher Da Chao felt like he had been tricked. He had studied the demo on the other side for a long time, only to find that he had been given a "fake information"!
What exactly is wrong with this guy when it comes to green maps?

Where did it go wrong?
Not only did it not misfire,

It's so big it's almost shattering the stadium's roof!
And in his first offline event in his professional career, this guy didn't seem to have any of the so-called rookie nervousness!
It felt as hot as a branding iron, and there was no way to stop it.

And this hot touch continued unsurprisingly until the last point of the first half.

Although Da Chao called for dynamic defense, after throwing grenades and Molotov cocktails at the terrorist spawn point and finding no movement, he wanted to push forward in the middle to seize early information.

As a result, Meng Lang chose to slowly exit the bandit's mouth this time. However, Xiao Lizi activated him with a flashbang and pulled him directly out of the bandit's mouth!
Like a tiger descending the mountain,

A precise sweeping attack resulted in a triple kill, bringing the final stats of the first half to an astonishing 33 kills and 6 deaths!
The first half is now over!

The score remained firmly at 12-3.

During the brief halftime break, the director's camera once again pointed meaningfully at the Green Dragons' bench.

The "super relaxed" demeanor that Teacher Chopper previously displayed in his vlogs, as if he had everything under control, has completely vanished, and fine beads of sweat can even be seen on his forehead.

He was looking down, frantically flipping through the tactics notebook in his hand, his lips moving rapidly, as if he were urgently communicating with his teammates.

The other Green Dragons players were also tense, as if facing a formidable enemy, waiting for their brains, Chopper, to devise tactics for the second half.

On the other hand, let's look at G2.

Scoring 12 points in the first half and establishing a huge lead, the atmosphere on the court was exceptionally relaxed. NiKo was smiling and talking to m0NESY next to him, huNter- also had a smile on his face, and although A-Little Lee's expression remained calm, it was clear that he had breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, seeing the relaxed and confident demeanor of the opposing team's commander, Chopper, as he strolled leisurely through the streets of Antwerp in the pre-match vlog this morning made me both envious and nervous—did their relaxed performance mean they had already found a way to counter G2 and were already certain of victory?
Only now, with a commanding 12-3 lead heading into the second half, did he truly feel that all the preparation he and his team had done before the game, and their all-out effort on the court, had been worthwhile.

The pressure has now completely shifted to the opponent.

After a short break, the game entered the second half.

The two sides switched sides, with G2 moving to the CT side to defend, while Green Dragon went to the T side to take on the offensive role.

The sound of someone playing with a machine rang out in the live stream: "Alright, viewers, welcome back! Next up is the second half of the game, and this pistol round is extremely crucial! It feels like if Green Dragon loses this pistol round, the chances of a comeback in the second half will be extremely slim."

"Although historically, G2's consistency in pistol rounds has never been very high, and they are more likely to lose, they are in such good form today, so who knows?"

"Alright! Enough with the chit-chat, let's see how both sides are deploying in this round. Little Li's smart default strategy in the CT pistol round is still very effective. The opening formation is 122, with Kid m0NESY going to defend A site, Dark and Old Ni going to B site, and Cousin and Commander Li Shen holding the middle. Oh? Old Ni is very proactive, he's already pushed forward into the dark room!"

"Now let's look at the Green Dragons. Chopper called for a strategy of rushing B door at the start, and all five of them headed straight for B corridor. Is this a simple and brutal rush to B for this round?"

"Wait a minute! That doesn't seem right!"

The director's camera followed the green dragon's perspective, showing Masisi outside the B gate, using a jump throw to accurately throw a smoke grenade to block the middle gate.

After deliberately firing a few shots near slope B to create noise, the main force immediately turned around and strode towards the middle of the ramp below!
At this point, many viewers and commentators initially thought that Green Dragon was going to control the mid lane as usual, and then rotate to attack the donut-shaped area and flank A.

Unbeknownst to them, in the Green Dragons' arena, Teacher Da Chao's sharp mind was working at an overloaded speed!
The person playing with the machine quickly realized something was wrong and exclaimed in surprise!
"Huh? Judging from this movement, are they pretending to attack the donut while actually diving for point A? No! Chopper has precisely thrown a decoy grenade towards the donut. Their real target is to use the smoke grenade that their teammate Masi used to block the middle door as cover to sneak up on VIP!"

"Little Li heard the sound of the decoy grenades coming from the direction of the donut in VIP! He immediately told his cousin to go back to site A in the voice chat to help Kid defend! Now he's the only one left in VIP!"

"On the Green Dragon side, five of them rushed into the smoke! There were just too many guns firing! Li Shen only managed to fire one shot before he was swallowed up by the sea of ​​people!"

Spirit-chopper kills G2-Aleksib using Glock.

"My god! The tactical design of Chopper is really something! This feint attack! This train-like movement across the map is outrageous! It completely disrupted the CT's defensive formation!"

"Now Green Dragon quickly covered the baseline with smoke, Chooper stayed behind at the edge of the smoke to set up his gun, and the other four players rushed to the A bomb site, creating a 4v2 advantage to defend the bomb! G2's formation has been completely split in the middle by Green Dragon's ingenious tactics!"

Accompanied by the machine's rapid-fire commentary, a fierce firefight broke out inside bomb site A.

Despite m0NESY's individual skill in using his USP to headshot and kill s1ren, Green Dragons still managed to capture the A bomb site and plant the C4 bomb thanks to their numerical advantage.

"Oh! The current situation is a 4v2 situation for the Green Dragons defending the bomb, which is quite unfavorable for G2!"

"Dark is rotating back from B site, but his firing line is blocked by the smoke grenade at the baseline! This time Chooper is setting up his gun outside the smoke grenade. Will Dark try to get into the smoke?"

"Oh! He moved! He really did stealthily stealthily take a cigarette!"

At this critical moment, the old man who had been in the dark room earlier had already made his way from the connection to the bottom of the platform and was preparing to enter the donut to look for an opportunity.

As he passed by the middle gate, he deliberately took large steps and even fired two shots in the direction of the empty VIP area to make noise.

Chopper, who had been intently holding up a smoke grenade and waiting for Dark to sneak in, suddenly caught the sound of footsteps and gunshots coming from outside the middle door!
A thought flashed through his mind in an instant:
Did the opposing CTs retaking B site choose to all go through the middle from the jump platform, hoping to use the "donut" formation to launch a counterattack?

This judgment momentarily distracted him!

He subconsciously and very briefly shifted the muzzle of his gun and his gaze toward the middle of the road, trying to confirm the threat!

However, it was this fraction of a second of negligence that allowed Meng Lang, who was about to start smoking, to seize an unbeatable timing!

Almost at the same time, as if in perfect sync with Old Ni's harassment, Meng Lang suddenly appeared from the edge of the smoke like a ghost!

"Oh! Dark's smoke! He caught Chopper in that perfect timing as he turned his head! One shot! The USP hit Chopper squarely in the head! Taking away that crucial sniping position!"

"Holy crap! Hang up!"

"The timing was impeccable, it's like they had a cheat code!"

G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill Spirit-chopper.

"But can you really call this a cheat?"

I caught my breath after playing with the machine!

"Obviously not!"

"Although we can't hear the team's voice chat, I estimate that it was most likely a perfect teamwork between Dark and Lao Ni, or rather, Dark seized the perfect opportunity created by his teammate."

"He had Old Ni fire to draw attention, and then he grabbed a cigarette the instant the shot went off! This created a moment when the Chopper had to be distracted, and he caught the perfect timing!"

"Now Old Ni charged straight into the donut, and the bandits inside A small and A bomb site started a firefight, exchanging blows and dodging each other!"

"Dark has broken through Chopper's defenses by sneaking out with smoke. From the CT spawn, he can form a near 90-degree crossfire with Donut's Old Ni. It seems like there's still a chance for them?"

"Wait! But Pat Pat is very experienced! Hearing the kill notification from the direction of the CT spawn, he immediately realized Dark's location and threw a Molotov cocktail into the CT spawn passage!"

"Dark's been set on fire! He can't make it! His health is dropping like crazy! He has to come back!"

"There's definitely not enough time! Besides, Old Ni in the donut is already low on health, isolated and helpless under the gunfire of several bandits inside the bunker, and he'll likely be arrested first!"

"Wait! What?!"

"Dark...he just chose to come out and fight while standing on fire?!"

The man playing the machine suddenly widened his eyes and let out an incredulous exclamation!

In the live broadcast, Meng Lang was seen taking a big step forward and standing directly in the raging flames as flames rose from beneath his feet. Instead of retreating, he did not hesitate to step into the flames!

The USP in his hand did not tremble at all.

Based on the trajectory of the incendiary grenade, they instantly locked onto a figure who had just pulled out of the three boxes to finish off a target!
Puff puff—!
Two sharp, crisp USP shots!

The deadly bullet traced a scorching trajectory through the air, precisely piercing the skull of degster, who had become slightly more relaxed due to the fire!
G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill Spirit-degster.

It all happened so fast!

The other two Green Dragons inside bomb site A, Magixx and Patsi, clearly didn't expect their opponents to launch a forced attack while standing on flames!

Their guns were still aimed at the donut!

In this moment of lightning and flint,
Standing amidst the flames, Meng Lang raced against time, and the USP's aiming reticle trembled twice more with practiced ease!

puff--!
puff--!
Two more consecutive notes!

A jaw-dropping scene unfolded!

Whizzing--!
Three boxes later, Magixx and Patsi, who was close by, both had bursts of blood on their heads almost simultaneously!
He immediately collapsed to the ground with a thud!

G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill Spirit-magixx

G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill Spirit-Patsi.

Three kills!

Meng Lang was instantly burned to death by fire damage the moment he killed the last tank.

Spirit-degster killed G2-Dark with an incendiary bomb.

In the blink of an eye,
All that's left on the field is a low-health old nun with only a donut-shaped head left!

[CT team wins!]

G2 won the crucial pistol round in the second half right from the start!

"Oh oh oh!"

"Dark!!!!"

"WTF!!!"

"My God! You must be the God of Fire!"

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The entire Antwerp Sportpaleis Arena erupted instantly, with G2 and Meng Lang's fans waving their signs and using their phone lights wildly.

In the 6657 live stream room.

"Oh—! Another USP Triple-Tempered!"

"Dark—! Be yourself in the fire! Live towards death, walk through fire! He executed the judgment with precision and ruthlessness!"

"In the second half pistol round, he once again proved to the world who is the best USP user on this server!"

"Papa probably never imagined that a single fire would actually bring out a big father! This is outrageous, brothers!"

Accompanied by the captivating exclamations of those playing with the machines, the live stream chat was instantly flooded with a dense barrage of colorful comments covering the entire screen!
(End of this chapter)