The King's Return

In the afternoon of the next day, Chu Yan accompanied Zhu Qingyue to the airport, and even sent him to the Longyin Club after arriving in Changsha.

Every time Zhu Qingyue has a fever, it will come back and forth for a week before he completely improves. However, his condition is usually very serious at the beginning, and the next few days are low-grade fever. It is inconvenient for Chu Yan to stay in Longyin to take care of him, and he does not want to do so. Minor ailments bothered Master, and after returning to the dormitory to settle down, he took the initiative to say to Chu Yan: "Master, you go and take care of your business, don't worry about me."

The current Qingyue is not like when he was 15 years old when he was sick and clinging to his master. Chu Yan reached out and touched his forehead, and found that his body temperature had dropped, so he patted Zhu Qingyue on the shoulder reassuringly, and said: "Then I Go ahead and take care of yourself."

Zhu Qingyue nodded: "Well, I'm not a child anymore."

Chu Yan smiled slightly, leaned into his ear, and said meaningfully: "You are indeed not a 'child' anymore."

Zhu Qingyue's face flushed suddenly, and without speaking, he turned and opened the door to ask Chu Yan to leave.

The company still had a lot of things to deal with, so Chu Yan had no choice but to hug Qingyue reluctantly, then turned and walked out the door.

When I went out, I happened to meet Qin Mo, and Chu Yan warned, "Qingyue may have a low fever in the next few days. He won't direct the game next week, right?"

Qin Mo nodded and said: "Of course. I will pay attention to his condition. If he is not feeling well, it doesn't matter if he doesn't play next week."

Only then did Chu Yan turn around and leave in peace.

After Chu Yan left, Qin Mo organized the team members to have a meeting. Zhu Qingyue also came to the meeting room. He looked pretty good, but when he looked at Qin Mo, he looked away embarrassedly. He probably guessed that Qin Mo, Xiao Han already knew about his relationship with Chu Yan.

Qin Mo didn't want to interfere with the private affairs of the team members. He didn't mention anything about Qingyue and Chu Yan, and simply got to the point: "Next week, we will face the Lihuo team at home in Changsha, and I will be in charge of this match. Commander-in-Chief." He then released a PPT introducing the Lihuo team, analyzed the characteristics of the Lihuo team in detail, and then said, "My idea is that we use the Escort mode at home and prepare two lineups. One It is the defensive lineup commonly used before, Xiaohe, Qingyue, Muran, plus me and Xiao Han; the other is a field-control consumption lineup, Xiaohe and Muran guarantee the survival of the bodyguards, Shen He and Pei Yu are in the long-range For control, I am in charge of melee interference. In the next week, we will practice both lineups."

In the past, Qin Mo usually only had one lineup when playing in the darts mode at home - the Iron Triangle defensive formation of Xiaohe, Muran, and Qingyue.

Today he proposed two alternate lineups, obviously because he was worried about Zhu Qingyue's state. In case Qingyue's body is not fully recovered before the game, although low-grade fever is not a serious illness, it will affect the reaction at critical moments, and this set of Iron Triangle defense Zhu Qingyue's role in the lineup is quite critical. The timing of his various formations must be coordinated with the skills of He Beiguang and Li Muran, otherwise it will be easy for the opponent to catch loopholes.Therefore, Qingyue must not play sick.

To be on the safe side, Qin Mo arranged a set of backup lineups. If Qingyue was not in good condition, he would play with the second set of lineups.

***

A week passed quickly, and what puzzled Qin Mo was that Zhu Qingyue was still suffering from a low-grade fever before the match, as if to fulfill his premonition.

On the day of the game, Qingyue's low-grade fever still persisted, and Zhu Qingyue himself felt that his reaction had become slow, so Qin Mo had to send out a second lineup.

In Mo Jue's home escort mode, the lineup that Mo Jue sent surprised the fans at the scene—Xiao Han, Zhu Qingyue, and Liu Hong didn't play, but Qin Mo led the four newcomers alone.

He Beiguang, Li Muran, Shen He and Pei Yu fought at the same time, this was the first time in this team battle.

Fans couldn't help guessing Qin Mo's intention to send four rookies, and even Ye Chao was puzzled and said, "Does Qin Mo dare to train the rookies at this time? Although Mo Jue is currently ranked No. 2 in points, there are still three games to come." The game is not guaranteed to make it to the playoffs, so wouldn't that be too risky?"

Liang Ru said: "As long as it's not a 0:2 loss to Lihuo today, Mo Jue will be relatively stable in the top four. Could it be that he is taking this last opportunity to train newcomers?"

The fans and the commentator guessed for a long time but failed to guess Qin Mo's intentions. Chu Yan, who was watching the game in front of the computer, immediately understood - Qingyue's fever has not subsided, Qin Mo dared not take the risk of letting him play, and did not want Qingyue to play the game When there is a mistake, take the blame.Although this lineup does not have Xiao Han and Liu Hong, it is a better arrangement for melee teams like Lihuo. Whether Pei Yu and Shen He can control the scene is the key to the outcome of the game. The two teenagers also took the opportunity to practice their cooperation.

Nie Yuzhu is not stupid. Although he didn't know that Zhu Qingyue was sick, he understood Qin Mo's idea of ​​using the "remote control flow" to fight a war of attrition after seeing this lineup. He quickly responded by sending four A melee output with an auxiliary lineup, when the cheats are disabled, all three cheats with the strongest group control are banned, and the "Qingxinjue" is the first to be released.

After the start of the game, the Lihuo team's impact in the front row was also quite fierce. The 16-year-old Jingyang played exceptionally well today. Taking advantage of the cooling of He Beiguang's shield, he rushed to the back row at a very fast speed to interrupt Pei Yu's follow-up. Shen He's skills interrupted Mo Jue's field control rhythm.

After two consecutive rounds of intense team battles in the first round, the Lihuo team finally relied on the auxiliary invincible formation and the combined output of the four close-combat output forces to forcefully drop the head of the main dart that was close to the finish line.

Mo Jue lost a game at home in Changsha, the fans at the scene were a little sad, and there were many voices questioning Qin Mo's command on the Internet.

Fortunately, when Team Lihuo played secret letter mode in the second game, Mo Jue dispatched the pure output lineup he had used before. Xiao Han, Liu Hong, and Qin Mosan all entered the field for melee combat, and brought Xiao Pei and Xiao He with them for long-range combat. Lihuo's melee lineup fought head-on, and the front row of the Lihuo team was directly blown away. Mo Jue made a strong comeback and tied 1:1.

Although it is not the ideal result, it is acceptable to score 1:1 with a strong team like Lihuo.

After this game, the points of Mo Jue and Lihuo remained unchanged, and the ranking of the league's overall scoreboard did not change much - Mo Jue was still second, and Lihuo continued to be third.

After the game, the reporter questioned why Qin Mo sent this lineup in the first game. Qin Mo didn't explain much, but simply said: "Team Nie must have studied our defensive lineup. I want to try a different way of thinking." He He concealed Qingyue's illness so that reporters would not harass Qingyue again.

***

The next thing to do is to prepare for the match against the Dynasty team. Qingyue's fever finally subsided completely, and the Mojue team members concentrated on preparing for the battle, and set off for Beijing again a week later.

However, even if Zhu Qingyue played this time, the match between Mo Jue and Dynasty was still tied 1:1, and this result was also expected by Qin Mo.

Dynasty's lineup is also comprehensive and comprehensive, with excellent tactical command Sang Jun, and more top players. It is normal for Dynasty to draw at home in the regular season. Fans are looking forward to the confrontation between the two teams in the playoffs. Many people even predicted that the finals of the team competition would most likely be a duel between Dynasty and Mo.

Mojue has not scored points 1:1 for two consecutive weeks, but the opponents in these two weeks are all the top four teams in the standings. The 1:1 result will not affect the ranking, which also makes this week's game end At that time, the teams that can enter the playoffs became more clear.

Dynasty is currently ranked first, and their opponent in the last week is Qingyu. With Dynasty's current point advantage, even if they lose this game, they can enter the top four and get tickets for the playoffs.What's more, Sang Jun's IQ is always online, and the overall strength of Dynasty is much higher than that of Qingyu, so it is impossible to lose 0:2.

The other teams are not absolutely sure. In the last week of the regular season, the players of the major teams were a little nervous. In order to prepare for the last game, everyone worked hard, and some even stayed up late to practice.

***

Shanghai, inside the Fengse Club dormitory.

When Qiu Zongping went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, he found a warm light coming from the crack in the door of the next bedroom. He walked over and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. He opened the door gently and saw Yuan Xi sleeping on the table. He was asleep, and on the laptop in front of him was the video of the match between Mo Jue and Dynasty.

Qiu Zongping walked over and patted Yuan Xi's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Yuan, why are you sleeping here?"

Yuan Xi heard a familiar voice in a daze, and thought he was dreaming, he gently grabbed Qiu Zongping's hand, narrowed his eyes, and whispered: "Qiu team, why did I dream of you again?"

Qiu Zongping's back stiffened slightly—Yuan Ximing had said that he would let go of this relationship, but this sentence revealed too much information.

Does he often dream of himself?

Seeing him sleeping in a daze and calling his own name, Qiu Zongping felt mixed feelings in his heart. He didn't know how to persuade this stupid guy, so he pretended he didn't know anything, shook Yuan Xi's shoulders, and said: "Go to bed and sleep, don't catch a cold."

Yuan Xi finally regained consciousness, rubbed his eyes, looked at the man in front of him, his face was a little embarrassed: "Cough, I, am I asleep?"

Qiu Zongping said in a low voice, "You've been too tired these days. For the last game, just try your best and don't put too much pressure on yourself." He looked down at his watch and frowned, "It's already three o'clock, Get some rest. Come back to the training room at ten o'clock in the morning, it doesn't matter if you sleep a little longer."

Yuan Xi nodded, turned off the computer, and said, "Well, Team Qiu, you should go to bed too."

Qiu Zongping glanced at him, patted his shoulder, and then turned to leave.

Yuan Xi turned around and fell asleep, but completely lost sleepiness.He stared at the ceiling, and suddenly remembered that after Vice Captain Qin and Captain Yan left, Qiu Zongping took over the burden of Team Fengse and stayed up late every day before going to bed.At that time, he still had pimples in his heart. He always felt that Qiu Zongping took away his captain, so he naively got angry with Qiu Zongping, and never cared whether Team Qiu slept well...

In comparison, Qiu Zongping appeared to be more graceful.

Even if the two of them had some unhappiness, Qiu Zongping would still care about him, although this was only from the captain's standpoint, caring for the team members.

I have already said that I will let go, so what am I looking forward to?

Yuan Xi took a deep breath, he hated himself for being so involuntary, so he simply pulled the quilt over his head to drive away the chaotic thoughts in his head, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Although Qiu Zongping asked him to sleep until ten o'clock before going to the training room, Yuan Xi still went there on time to gather at 08:30.

In order to deal with Mo Jue, the Yunxiao team entered a devil-like training state this week, and practiced several styles of play repeatedly. Even so, everyone had no idea. After all, there was Moshen on the opposite side—that was Ling Xuefeng's personal disciple. , or the bole of the three players Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi and Zhou Xuewei.

Qiu Zongping saw the fear in the hearts of the newcomers, so he encouraged everyone before the game: "Don't worry too much about Mo Jue's commander is Qin Mo. He has been away from the e-sports circle for three years, and he knows me, Yuan Xi, and Xuewei well." , It’s not as thorough as it was back then. We’ve been making progress over the past few years. Moreover, everyone has changed the game now, so we can’t use the same set of theories from Miracle back then. Put psychological pressure on yourself, treat Qin Mo as an ordinary opponent, and play at your own level, which is the most important thing."

Team Qiu's words made the players of Team Yunxiao feel a lot more relaxed. Zhou Xuewei also said: "We are now No.5. Whether we can make it to the playoffs depends on the situation in the final round. Do your best, everyone!" Be mentally prepared to fight to the death, no matter what the result is, just do your best."

Yuan Xi didn't say anything. He is not the captain now and there is no need to encourage the players. He just needs to do what he should do and cooperate well with Qiu Zongping.

***

On Friday, Qiu Zongping brought all the team members to Changsha.

In the last week of the regular season, the match between Mo Jue and Yun Xiao happened to be the last match, but Qiu Zongping still led the team here in advance to let the players get familiar with the environment.

On Saturday afternoon, the match between Dynasty and Qingyu was the first to take place. The Dynasty players were playing away in Luoyang. Although Qingyu had sent out a unique umbrella style of play, Sang Jun had already recovered from the game where Zhu Qingyue played Qingyu. Having learned his experience, he teamed up with Wenhua's two assassins to break into the back row, and directly defeated Qingyu's umbrella combination. He won 2:0 and scored 5 points. With the No.1 score in the total points, he entered the season ahead playoffs.

The game on Saturday night was Lihuo VS Jiange. The same melee teams competed, and the two games were quite passionate.The overall strength of the Lihuo team is much stronger than that of Jiange. The melee trio of Nie Yuzhu, Zhou Yanbing and Jingyang defeated the swordsman team led by Lin Shuangcheng 2:0, scored 5 points, and secured a place in the playoffs. seats.

Dynasty and Lihuo have both qualified, and the remaining two places will be determined by the results of Sunday's game.

On Sunday morning, Guose Tianxiang and Jinghong faced off. The current rankings of the two sides are sixth and tenth respectively. Guose won Jinghong 2:0, but Guose did not have enough points in the early stage. Still unable to enter the top four, Li Junru seemed very calm about the result, and said in an interview with reporters: "It doesn't matter, come back next year."

In the afternoon, the match between Shuangyue and Yulou Chunxiao started in Yangzhou.

To the surprise of the audience, the Yulou Chunxiao team actually drew with Shuangyue again!

Su Cheng drew with Mojue and Dynasty at home in Yangzhou. Yulou Chunxiao is considered the strongest dark horse team in this year's private team. The most important thing is Su Cheng. He inherited his master's unpredictable command strategy and often The major teams were caught off guard, and the match against Mo Jue at Mass Burial Mound was selected as one of the classic matches of the season.

Although Yulou Chunxiao is currently ranked No.7 in points and has no chance of competing for a place in the playoffs, Su Cheng will not give up because of this.He has to play every game seriously, treating it as training.He doesn't just play this season, but also next year and the year after - only if he takes every game seriously and learns lessons, can Yulou Chunxiao become one of the top teams.

Shuangyue was defeated by Su Cheng's unexpected tactics in one round, and Chen Jiang adjusted his strategy in time to get back the second round and tied 1:1.

In this way, Team Yunxiao had a chance of survival.

In the current team standings, Dynasty is still ranked first. After Lihuo scored 5 points this week, it temporarily surpassed Mo Jue to become second.Mo Jue was No.3, Frost Moon was tied and didn't get any points, so he was still No.4.Yunxiao is only 1 point away from Shuangyue, ranking fifth, but they still have one game to go.

In other words, the final match between Mojue and Yunxiao will determine the ranking of the three teams Mojue, Shuangyue, and Yunxiao and the final roster for the playoffs.

Not only Yunxiao's fans were nervous, but fans of Lihuo and Mo Jue were also nervous.

After knowing the result of the game in Yangzhou, Qin Mo calmly glanced at the official standings in the background.

Judging from the current points, Mo Jue is firmly in the playoffs, and is firmly No.3.

What is uncertain is the question of who ranks fourth between Frost Moon and Yunxiao.

Since Frost Moon was tied today and didn't get any points, the difference between Yunxiao and Shuangyue is only 1 point. If Team Yunxiao can get points from Mo Jue, they can surpass Frost Moon's No.4 to qualify.If Yun Xiao draws or loses with Mo Jue, then Yun Xiao can only be No.5 and be out with regret.

Xiao Han glanced at the standings and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if we win or lose, but it feels strange that we can decide the fate of other teams."

Shen He smiled and said, "Team Chen and Team Qiu must be very nervous, right? Whether we can make it to the playoffs depends on how well we perform."

Zhu Qingyue felt complicated when he heard this. When he was in the Qingmu team, he would be abused by strong teams every time he played, trying to survive in the cracks.But now, the fate of other teams is decided by Mo Jue.This change in role is precisely because of the change in team strength.There are really too many differences between staying on a strong team and leading a weak team.

Zhu Qingyue also came through the bumpy road, and he could truly understand the feelings of Chen Jiang and Qiu Zongping at the moment—Qiu Zongping had to give it a go and fight Mo Jue desperately to determine the outcome, while Chen Jiang could only stand on the sidelines. From a spectator's point of view, waiting for the result of this game.

Compared to the nervousness of the fans, Chen Jiang seemed very relaxed. Before the start of the game, he posted a message on Weibo: "We have won No.4 four times. Can we get No.4 in the fifth event? It depends on the next game. Xiaopang went to buy a watermelon, and we will also be a melon-eating crowd, waiting for the result with everyone [smile]”

Qiu Zongping was not as cold and humorous as Chen Jiang. Before the game, he didn't say anything on the public platform. He just encouraged his teammates to let everyone relax and play well.

Before Qin Mo came to the stage, he saw Yunxiao's team members. He hadn't seen him for a while, and Yuan Xi lost a lot of weight. After losing weight, his original passerby's face looked better, which was a bit distressing.His legs are already healed, he is standing up straight, his eyes are as bright as in memory, but the faint dark circles tell the truth about his recent poor sleep, must it be to prepare for the last game?

Seeing Qin Mo, Yuan Xi and Qiu Zongping walked over to say hello together: "Mo Shen."

Qin Mo looked at the two of them and said, "This competition will determine who will qualify for the final between you and Shuangyue." Qin Mo paused, lowered his voice, and said, "You need to do your best... because I won't treat you Let the water go."

Qiu Zongping nodded solemnly: "I understand."

Even though the result of this match didn't have much impact on Mo Jue, Qin Mo still wouldn't cast water on Team Yunxiao just because the opponent was his acquaintance.

Although Chen Jiang was laughing and joking on Weibo, the players of the Frost Moon team have not had an easy journey.If Qin Mo puts water on Team Yunxiao and deliberately lets Yunxiao enter the playoffs and eliminate Team Shuangyue, that would be an insult to Qiu Zongping and disrespect to players like Chen Jiang and Pang Jia.

In this match, Mo Jue will definitely show his strength to fight.

Whether they can make it to the playoffs depends on the players of Yunxiao to fight for it.

Looking at Qin Mo's tall and straight back as he turned and left, Qiu Zongping took the initiative to extend his hand and said, "Let God Mo see the fruits of our hard work."

Yuan Xi also stretched out her hand, gently held Qiu Zongping's fingers, and said seriously: "Come on."

Looking at each other, the two of them have no distracting thoughts, because the cruel game is waiting for them, and at this moment, they are just a pair of tacit partners, and they will do everything in order to win the playoff tickets for Team Yunxiao. with all my strength.