Not long after the heat of the incident subsided, the world's most eye-catching hotspot shifted from the disappeared Neon Island to Europe. The 2024 Summer Olympics were held as scheduled, but unlike the plan, there was one less participating country this time.

Of course, this is also irrelevant.

Seeing the dazzling and full-on Olympic opening ceremony being played on the screen, Jiang Chuan couldn't help but think that while these guys were doing all kinds of things on TV screens around the world, he was probably still in that cramped apartment in Qingjing Apartment, living a miserable life by looking at the zombies outside the window all day long...

However, Jiang Chuan did not pay attention to sports and never watched sports channels, so he only had a brief understanding of the Olympics and focused his search on things that he cared more about.

At the end of August, Jiang Chuan participated in the pre-order. He had been looking forward to it for a long time. Although he had already experienced the media trial version with the help of Nan Qianxia, ​​the first domestic 8A masterpiece Dark Horse, which he had just added to the download list, was released.

Although he had no way to personally experience that time at the end of August, Jiang Chuan could sense how popular the game was at the time from the massive amount of videos that were highly concentrated on the release date. In the friend list on his own Steam account, almost everyone had a platinum trophy with all achievements.

Jiang Chuan could only feel deep regret for having missed out on this nationwide dark horse craze.

In addition, after being away from the simplified Chinese Internet for half a year, Jiang Chuan reopened the social platform and found that in just half a year, he had fallen behind by who knows how many versions...

For some reason, a video of a veteran actor participating in a variety show called Stewed Beans in his early years appears frequently.

A female talk show host was once again pushed to the forefront of public opinion. Jiang Chuan looked at her bloated face and narrow eyes, and the only thought in his mind was that it was all her own fault.

It seemed that in the six months he was away, the era of male awakening had quietly arrived at a speed beyond his imagination.

Another important piece of information that cannot be ignored is...

"Fuck...is this such a coincidence?"

"Is tonight the S14 finals?"

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The news of the inexplicable signal was quickly passed on by Nan Qianxia to everyone in the farm villa, along with Jiang Chuan's warning: "Don't act rashly."

The women in the family have been following Jiang Chuan for a long time, and everyone, including Ando Haruyuki, basically obeys Jiang Chuan's words. So after hearing the news, although they were extremely excited, they still suppressed their excitement.

Even later, at Minami Chinatsu's suggestion, Mrs. Hayakawa, Mrs. Sugimoto and the Ando sisters finally gathered in front of the TV in the living room, watching Minami Chinatsu operating the browser's search engine and carefully checking the information from the outside world like Jiang Chuan.

It was not until the sky gradually darkened and it was almost time for dinner that the older Mrs. Hayakawa clapped her hands and spoke to everyone.

"Stop for a moment. It's time to prepare dinner. I know everyone is very excited, but there is still a long time to go. There is no need to rush, right? Besides, what to do next depends on what Chuan-kun thinks."

"... Well, that's exactly what Sister Risa said. Let's just leave it at that for today. I'll ask my husband what he thinks during dinner."

After Ando Haruyuki, the wife, spoke, the others suppressed their excitement and started cooking and cleaning up.

It was not until the evening when it was completely dark and a sumptuous dinner was placed on the table that Jiang Chuan pushed open the door of Nan Qianxia's room, walked out, and slowly sat down at the dining table.

There were no formal speeches. Everyone started to pick up their chopsticks, occasionally chatting with each other with a smile. Jiang Chuan also ate something to fill his stomach. Then he asked Mrs. Sugimoto to help him get a bowl of soup. Then he started to speak while eating.

"Everyone is aware of what happened today. Let me briefly summarize our current situation."

"It seems that half a year ago, after the apocalypse, this neon island nation lost contact with the entire world. From the perspective of the outside world, it seems that the entire island disappeared into thin air."

"As our signal was restored, the island reappeared in the eyes of the outside world and attracted great attention from all over the world today."

"As for the information that everyone needs to know, I have simply summarized two points."

"First, according to the information we have now, although this island has reappeared in the eyes of the outside world, it seems that since half a year ago, the area around this island country has been shrouded by an invisible barrier, and ships and aircraft from the outside world are completely unable to pass through. This situation has not changed even now with the reappearance of the island country."

"That is to say, although the signal has been restored, we are still in another world isolated from the outside world."

"The second point is about my own affairs. If you want to speak frankly, everyone present here is not an outsider. We are basically a family, so I don't want to hide my own affairs from everyone."

"I am an international student from China, across the sea. I was born and raised there, and my parents and family still live there. When this news reappeared today, I could already imagine how my parents and family would react."

"So this is what I think about our next move."

Without any warm-up or prelude, Jiang Chuan directly spoke out all his thoughts. He absolutely trusted everyone in the room and did not need to hide anything.

"After all, my family is in the outside world, and I have been separated from them for half a year. I don't know how they have been spending this half year, so in order to reassure them as soon as possible, I will contact them first."

"Although we have contacted them, we will try our best to avoid telling them about our situation here, and we will also remind them not to disclose this information to the outside world for the time being. As for what will happen next, whether we should casually expose our existence to the outside world, we should wait and see for a while before making a decision."

"That's about it. Does anyone have any other views or opinions on this matter?"

After Jiang Chuan's long speech, the spacious and bright dining table in the living room fell silent for a moment, with only the slight sound of chewing food left.

Ando Haruyuki, Mrs. Hayakawa and others were looking at Jiang Chuan. When they really realized what he said, they looked at each other in confusion. After looking at each other, they actually burst out laughing at the same time.

"Husband, what are you talking about? What can we say about it?"

"Yes, Mr. Jiang, you have always made the decisions. This time, we should all listen to you."

"..."

After hearing what the two said and looking around the dining table, Jiang Chuan slowly sighed.

how to say.

The head of this family has achieved what he has done, which is basically unprecedented...

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After dinner, Jiang Chuan and Ando Haruyuki huddled together on the sofa in the living room, enjoying themselves with their left hands, thighs and right hands, and their feet.

While feeling the warmth and softness of the jade, savoring the carefully peeled fresh fruit that was brought to his mouth with a fork, Jiang Chuan watched the live broadcast on TV.

November 11nd, S2LOL Global Finals.

Although Jiang Chuan hasn't played this game for a long time, he still pays attention to the game's competitions every autumn.

Although the news of Neon Island's reappearance in the morning once again set off the global Internet community, this already highly anticipated final was still held as scheduled at this time.

E-sports is such a pure thing. No matter how shocking and influential the events in the world are, when people put aside life and reality, they will always feel the joy of games and competitions with the purest heart.

At ten o'clock in the evening, after the game started, because the opening of the game had been delayed and had not yet entered the official game screen, Jiang Chuan and Ando Haruyuki beside him became more and more excited, and they almost moved from the sofa in the living room back to the bedroom battlefield.

However, when the game started, BLG took two kills in the beginning as the red team. The whole game was won in just over twenty minutes with an extremely hot and violent aesthetic momentum.

1:0.

After the first game, Jiang Chuan came to his senses and found that he had sat up straight on the sofa without knowing when, and even his hands had been taken away from Ando Haruyuki and Mrs. Hayakawa.

He turned his head and saw two women on the sofa looking at him teasingly, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

The first game was so exciting that Jiang Chuan was drawn to it from the very beginning. He watched the entire game intently and didn't notice the two women behind him at all.

"Sorry, I was just engrossed in watching it."

"It's okay, honey. After all, it's a once-a-year competition. Just watch it carefully. I'll be watching it with you, even though I don't quite understand it..."

Ando Haruyuki pursed her red lips and smiled gently, then reached out and hugged Jiang Chuan's arm.

"Although I don't quite understand it, I can feel that it is a very exciting game."

Mrs. Hayakawa made a cup of coffee for Jiang Chuan, slowly pushed it in front of Jiang Chuan, and agreed with a smile.

"No, it's more than that."

Although both women are native Japanese, and have different perceptions from Jiang Chuan, who is Chinese, about the all-Chinese team playing against SKT, and it is difficult to explain, but in fact, a woman who really cares about you and is attracted to you will be willing to seriously understand a man's hobbies.

So during the commercial break, Jiang Chuan talked incessantly, like a typical otaku, explaining the history of the S game to the two women who had no idea about e-sports. He introduced them to the legendary LCK player Faker, and talked about the battles between the Chinese and Korean regions in the past decade, and how exciting and historic it was for an all-Chinese team to win the championship.

During the whole process, Ando Haruyuki and Mrs. Hayakawa listened carefully to every word of Jiang Chuan's story without any sign of impatience. Even as Jiang Chuan spoke, their expressions kept changing, revealing expressions of surprise and expectation from time to time.

This made Jiang Chuan feel incomparable satisfaction.

Facts have proved that a woman who truly loves you will give unlimited patience to the man she loves, and will even give feedback at all times.

"Then... shall we cheer for BLG together tonight?"

After Jiang Chuan finished speaking, Ando Haruyuki smiled, raised his pink little fist, and stretched it towards the TV screen.

Watching the second round of BP already started on the TV screen, Jiang Chuan's expression became serious again.

The outcome is still unknown, and tonight is sure to be a sleepless night.

【BLG, come on! ! 】

Chapter 276 The End of Youth

The tiebreaker.

In London, the battle song echoed in the huge stadium, waves of intense cheers came one after another, and on the big screen, every player was in his own position, wearing headphones, with different expressions.

And that man, Lee Sang Hyuk, was sitting in front of the screen, his eyes closed, meditating silently.

As a well-deserved legend, he is able to still stand at the highest level of e-sports at such a young age. What he relies on is not so-called talent, but more than ten years of concentration.

In the meditation time of less than half a minute, the communication between teammates and coaches in the headphones and the faint cheers from all over the world in the stadium outside the headphones had nothing to do with him at the moment.

In Li Xianghe's mind, there appeared the most crucial games in the past ten years that determined the outcome of the whole year, and those important moments when the team faced life and death.

He is already very old and has long lost the sharpness and drive of a young player. Even his reaction has gradually lost its former competitiveness.

The 28-year-old was able to sit here again today, sitting in the final round of this top-level event, and once again attracting the attention of tens of millions of viewers around the world. This was all thanks to his four young teammates who always trusted him, his years of accumulated experience and composure, and of course, the one thing he always put first...

Focus.

Concentration is a quality that is more rare than talent. Li Xianghe's concentration is deeply engraved in his bones. At this moment, his eyes are closed, and the experiences he had on the court ten years ago flashed by frame by frame like a dream.

2013...

2015...

2016...

And, in 2023…

In this short half-minute period, he recalled himself in every crucial game, the feel of his hands, the touch of the keyboard and mouse used in the game, the air in the game venue, and the spectators and flash lights that he deliberately hid from his sight.

This is a memory training method used by many athletes, but it is not a method that can be used frequently. Therefore, the memory must be kept fresh and used in a few crucial games to achieve the best condition in a short period of time.

This is by no means an easy task, so he must remain absolutely focused.

Today, Lee Sang-hyuk has once again adjusted himself to his best condition, just like himself back then.

Half a minute later, he slowly opened his eyes.

However, his eyes became dull.

The dome of the venue, which was originally pitch black under the lights, suddenly had a huge hole, revealing the dark orange sky of London in the evening.

"Brother, brother! Stop being in a daze, let's go!"

While Li Xianghe was in a daze and hadn't figured out what was happening, there was a sudden violent shaking behind him.

Li Xianghe turned around and looked at the person behind him and asked subconsciously: "Yuqi? What's wrong?"

"Sang Hyuk?! Why are you still sitting here?! Hurry up and stand up!"

Before Zeus behind him could answer him, a louder shout came from the headphones.

The familiar voice made Lee Sang-hyuk stand up subconsciously, and he saw KkOma rushing over from the sidelines at some point, and pulling off the headphones on his head with a panicked look on his face.

The next moment, a huge wave of sound instantly swept over Li Sang-hyuk's body.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the entire venue had become a mess without him noticing.

Outside the dome, a suppressive and terrifying black shadow appeared outside the huge gap at some point.

Seeing this scene, there was no change in Li Xianghe's expression.

But before being dragged by Coach Kouma out of the backstage and before walking off the competition field, he couldn't help but look back towards the center of the venue.

The summoner's trophy, gleaming with metallic luster, still lay there quietly.

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The war song had just started when the broadcast suddenly ended for some reason.

This made Jiang Chuan and Ando Haruyuki, who were watching TV, feel a little confused.

"Honey, why did the connection suddenly get disconnected?"

The live broadcast of the event has turned into a distorted screen, and this has lasted for nearly ten minutes.

Jiang Chuan was also a little anxious. He thought that the signal might have disappeared again, but he took out his mobile phone, went back to the room and changed to another computer. After trying again, he found that everything was normal.

But no matter which website, the live broadcast of the event was a mosaic of screens. Jiang Chuan even saw several well-known anchors broadcasting live with mosaic screens while calling relevant people to inquire, and began to make so-called revelations.

"…It seems like something really went wrong."

After watching the game for so many years, this was the first time that Jiang Chuan had seen such a situation. And it happened on the day when the apocalyptic island country where he lived just returned to the world.

In the end what happened?

Could it be that……

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