[Esports] Pheromones say we're a match made in heaven.

After everyone saw Old Chiang off, Hawk Base gradually returned to calm, like a pot of boiling water that had cooled down.

With time pressing and the new recruits needing to be integrated and fine-tuned, as well as the tactics needing adjustment, Qi Song led the new recruits into the team's training room the very next day.

"Let me introduce you. This is Rest, Shen Shu, who will succeed Chiang Kai-shek," Qi Song said.

Qin Yi held the thermos in one hand and blew on the hot water.

Wang Kang and Yu Xingchen sat in their seats, staring at the stranger standing at the door.

Shen Shu was quite tall, and he was wearing clothes that middle-aged people like Qi Song would never appreciate. He stood there with his hands in his pockets, as casually as if he were at home.

He had a buzz cut, and the barber even shaved the side of his head into the shape of the letter "R".

Upon hearing Qi Song's introduction, the young man glanced at everyone and said lazily, "Hello."

Shen Shu exuded an air of arrogance, which Qin Yi was very familiar with.

A few years ago, when he first started playing professionally, he felt just like this young man. He thought it was incredibly awesome to be a starter on a top team, and he was indeed very talented. He saw himself as the light of esports, as if he could already see the championship beckoning to him.

For a moment, no one spoke in the training room.

It's not that they're acting like they're senior; things were quite harmonious when Yu Xingchen joined the team.

The main reason was that they had heard of Shen Shu before. They were told that he was a troublemaker, unconventional, and had even boasted in private that he wanted to revive Hawk's former glory.

Seeing the strange atmosphere in the training room, Chen Yangyang quickly changed the subject: "Rest, why don't you go to Building B and choose a dormitory? Once you've chosen one, have the cleaning lady clean it for you as soon as possible."

However, Shen Shu only gave a perfunctory reply, then looked around the entire training room: "Where should I sit?"

Qin Yi said calmly, "Choose for yourself."

Shen Shu pondered for a moment, then walked to the spot that originally belonged to Old Jiang, amidst the resentful gazes of Wang Kang and Yu Xingchen: "I want this one."

*

Chi Feifan didn't find out until he went downstairs in the evening that Hawk had a new employee today.

In the bright and clean training room, Shen Shu sat in the spot where Lao Jiang had been sitting, and was having their first four-man squad test with Qin Yi and the others.

Chen Yangyang and Qi Song stood behind them, staring at the monitors of the group.

"Pick up the bullets from the warehouse, then follow."

Because he was playing with newcomers, Qin Yi was relatively cautious and didn't jump to high-resource areas where he could immediately engage in gunfights upon landing.

After Shen Shu finished searching the warehouse, he came out and saw two people coming up the opposite slope in the distance.

The other party didn't notice that he was carefully entering the circle.

This is a good opportunity.

Shen Shu immediately opened the scope to prepare to shoot, but Qin Yi's voice suddenly came through his earpiece.

Even without God's perspective, Qin Yi knew what he wanted to do.

"Ignore them, just come over here."

Shen Shu paused. His performance in this match wasn't very good; his kill count was far lower than when he played solo. He didn't want to give up such a good opportunity.

So he did not obey Qin Yi's order, but aimed at someone and pulled the trigger.

The opponent had a level 3 helmet and was shot several times before falling to the ground but not dying.

Shen Shu switched guns, preparing to press his advantage and finish off the man.

Qin Yi said sternly, "Don't repair it yet, find cover."

However, Shen Shu did not listen to Qin Yi. He successfully killed the person who was slowly crawling on the ground. Before he could even be happy, a dense barrage of gunshots rang out from the other side.

"Da da da da!"

Shen Shu was startled and quickly hid behind a rock, but even so, he still lost two-thirds of his blood.

"Two full-strength squads landed nearby. Didn't you hear Xiao Yu's callout?" Qin Yi coldly smothered his cigarette, his voice equally icy. "If you just opened fire, you'd be courting death."

Rest ignored Qin Yi's commands twice, causing Chen Yangyang and Qi Song, who were watching from behind, to frown.

Shen Shu retreated to the warehouse to heal, looking at his battle record with resentment: "Why did I leave just now? If you guys had come with me, we could have killed them all. If we had been faster enough, I wouldn't have lost so much health to the other teams."

Qin Yi scoffed, "What did you say?"

Unexpectedly, Rest not only disobeyed his orders, but also disagreed with his decisions.

Fortunately, none of them were live-streaming today; otherwise, what they said earlier would have caused a huge uproar online.

Chen Yangyang couldn't help but say sternly, "Rest, you're a team member, not a commander! No matter what kind of competition we're playing, we at Hawk have one unbreakable rule: unconditionally obey Live's orders."

"What if there are more profitable options?" Shen Shu retorted, "There's no need to be so rigid."

Chi Feifan glanced at Qin Yi. The other party's expression wasn't very pleasant, but because the game wasn't over yet, he kept a cold face and didn't want to say much.

Having been captain for so long, Qin Yi knows better than anyone that Hawk's success today is inseparable from the unity of everyone, their unconditional trust in his decisions even in adversity, and their willingness to go through fire and water for him.

If they win, great; if they lose, Qin Yi, as the captain, will take the initiative to stand up and take the blame. This is the first time that someone has been sitting in their seat and the game hasn't even ended yet, and the blame has fallen on them from the sky.

Chen Yangyang wanted the newcomers to integrate into Hawk as quickly as possible, but he didn't want to offend the veterans. His blood pressure soared, and he silently repeated three times in his mind, "He's a money tree, he's a money tree too, he's just temporarily immature, you can't turn down money," before he managed to hold back from quitting and leaving.

Qi Song kept a straight face and waited until they finished the game before speaking.

"Rest, you're a very talented player, but the team doesn't belong to you alone. Other teams in the professional arena aren't bots either. What we need is to get kills and survive to the end, not just have enthusiasm. In that position you were in, you would have been riddled with bullets by now, and you might have even dragged your teammates down with you."

After speaking, Qi Song subconsciously glanced at Qin Yi.

Because this had happened to Qin Yi before.

When Qin Yi first joined Hawk, although he wasn't as rude to his own people as Shen Shu, he was equally arrogant towards other teams, thinking that all opponents were noobs.

As a result, in one match, he underestimated his opponent and did not heed the captain's warning. He was tricked and his game ended before he could even get a chance to score.

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Qin Yi at the time, becoming a dark chapter in his professional career, but it also served as a wake-up call for him.

Since then, Qin Yi has treated everyone as an equally matched opponent, never letting his guard down. Over time, he has gradually transformed from a naive young man into a cunning and ruthless old fox.

As the champion coach, Qi Song's words were something Shen Shu had no choice but to heed.

But Shen Shu was still unconvinced. He was confident in his own skills, and even more confident in Live's skills. He refused to believe that if Live had cooperated with him, they wouldn't have been able to take down all the surrounding teams.

He said to Qi Song, "Didn't you say in a previous interview that you need to be adaptable during a match?"

This kid is really stubborn.

Chen Yangyang's face turned as black as ink; he suddenly missed Lao Jiang terribly. The most worry-free member of the team was gone, and now the most troublesome one had arrived.

Seeing that no one spoke, Shen Shu assumed that he had silenced them, so he clicked the mouse twice and exited the settlement interface.

Just then—

"Smack."

His monitor cable was suddenly unplugged, the screen flickered, and then went completely black.

"Who is it?" Shen Shu frowned and looked up, pausing for a moment when he saw an unfamiliar face, before demanding without any politeness, "What are you doing?"

Shen Shu was a troublemaker with a bad temper, but everyone almost forgot that there was someone in the base with an even worse temper.

Chen Yangyang closed her eyes briefly when she saw Chi Feifan. When did this ancestor arrive?

Chi Feifan casually tossed the connecting wire in his hand aside.

"I'm not doing anything, I just don't like the look of you."