When Lin Feng saw An Xin, he scratched his head.
"What are you doing here, Steamed Bun?"
"You haven't gone to bed yet."
After today's finals, the Shanghai TV Industry Association team won the national championship as they wished. After more than a month of competition, everyone on the team was actually a little tired. In the end, they successfully won the championship trophy. After dinner, the satisfied Ceng Rui, Zhang Hao, and Tang Bingyao should be lying in their beds, ready to sleep.
After all, they still had to fly back to Shanghai the next day. Getting some rest was the right thing to do.
An Xin smiled.
"You haven't slept yet either?"
Lin Feng scratched his head again.
"I can't. I haven't finished Senior One's mission yet."
An Xin's gaze fell on the screen in front of Lin Feng. She saw the "Defeat" symbol in the middle of the screen.
"You lost the round just now?"
Lin Feng nodded.
An Xin looked at Lin Feng. "How many ranked matches have you played?"
"Including this one, there should be ten." replied Lin Feng honestly.
The girl shook her head and sighed.
"Ranked matches at this level are very difficult. It would be strange if you could maintain your form after playing ten matches in a row."
Indeed.
Not to mention the current Lin Feng, even if he was at the peak of his prime, or if he was one of the Four Kings of Esports, it would be impossible for him to maintain his peak state for ten consecutive matches in the Korean server's King's Tournament. Let alone the current Lin Feng, even if he was at the peak of his prime.
Despite the girl's gentle rebuke, Lin Feng's expression remained serious.
"I know.
But we don't have enough time. If we don't make it into the top five tonight, the Korean server's ranking will be reset to zero.
"Since you promised Senior One, then —"
"You have to do it, right?" An Xin interrupted Lin Feng and said: "I know, I know. I'm not trying to persuade you."
In fact, An Xin knew that there was no point in trying to persuade Lin Feng.
The girl's eyes softened when she saw the serious expression on Lin Feng's face.
This idiot …
As long as he set his mind on something, he would stick to it until the end.
No matter who tried to persuade him, it was useless.
However, it was because of this persistent personality and the spirit of never giving up that Maple, the number one prodigy mid laner, appeared in the S1 season.
An Xin watched as Lin Feng gulped down more than half a cup of warm water in one gulp.
"Alright, drink some water and rest for a while."
"Let me give you a massage to relax."
"But … we don't have much time …" Lin Feng hesitated.
An Xin raised her eyebrows. "Idiot, you've already played ten matches in a row. Even professional matches have intermission. Why are you still going to fight?"
Lin Feng wanted to argue further, but An Xin glared at him, so he nodded obediently.
"Alright."
…
The girl's white and slender fingers touched Lin Feng's forehead.
His fingertips touched his skin and gently massaged the acupoints on both sides of his forehead. His movements seemed natural and skillful.
Lin Feng closed his eyes in satisfaction. His nerves, which had been tense for a long time, finally relaxed bit by bit.
"Steamed Bun, your massage skills aren't any worse than before — —"
An Xin smiled.
"Of course. You don't have to tell me."
This kind of scene was incomparably common back when Lin Feng was still fighting in the S1 season.
At that time, Lin Feng had to fight one strong opponent after another. He had to give it his all in every match. During breaks between matches, An Xin, as the team's coach, would act as Lin Feng's temporary massage therapist, helping him relax.
The intimacy and tacit understanding between the two of them had been accumulated bit by bit in that kind of interaction.
An Xin smiled as she gently massaged the acupoints on Lin Feng's forehead.
"By the way, I was looking at the forums on my phone earlier. The entire Chinese server is paying attention to your rise in the Korean rankings."
Lin Feng, who was enjoying the massage with his eyes closed, replied in a daze.
"Oh, I see …"
An Xin nodded, but didn't say anything else after that.
In fact, she had also seen the other comments of the local players on the forums of Tieba.
Most of the posts were angrily denouncing Lin Feng's random teammates for soloing him in the previous two matches. At the same time, there were also quite a few players who couldn't help but feel sorry for Hook2. Why did he have to fight alone?
If he had found a reliable God to play with, his chances of winning would have been much higher!
An Xin pursed her lips.
She couldn't agree more with this logic.
In fact, even if the first senior didn't ask Lin Feng to do the quest alone, she wouldn't want to see Lin Feng working so hard to complete the quest by himself if she could.
Almost no one knew that she had an account on the Korean server.
At the same time, no one in the entire server would have thought that there was once a young girl who was also a mid laner. She had fought her way into the top ten of the Korean server's Challenger Group leaderboards before cn hook2.
That account had dropped in the rankings, but it was still in the top 30.
But —
The girl stood behind Lin Feng, her head lowered. A hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, but Lin Feng didn't notice.
The current her …
She could no longer maintain the form and skill that allowed her to fight her way into the top 10 of the Korean server's Challenger Leaderboard.
The account that had made it into the top 10 of the Korean server's Challenger Leaderboard would be wiped clean by the system in the wee hours of the morning. In the future, it might never see the light of day again. It could only be buried in the dust of time.
…
The atmosphere in the room was a little quiet.
After a while, Lin Feng suddenly spoke.
"Steamed Bun, that's enough."
An Xin nodded and stopped massaging Lin Feng's acupuncture points.
Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, the light in his eyes had become focused and sharp, just like before.
Condition …
I'm almost recovered!
Next, I need to hurry up and fight!
"Steamed Bun, what time is it now?"
"11: 10."
Hearing An Xin's answer, Lin Feng made a rough calculation. "We still have about three hours left. If we hurry up, we should be able to play six more rounds."
There were only six matches left in the qualifier.
His cn hook2 summoner account was currently ranked eighth on the Korean server's Champion's leaderboard.
His goal was to make it into the top five.
If he wanted to fight his way into the top five after the next six matches … or maybe even just five of the qualifying matches …
"I can't lose a single match."
Lin Feng quickly came to a conclusion.
He had to win five matches in a row.
Or even —
Six matches in a row.
The difficulty of such a thing was already so high that it made one's hair stand on end. Not to mention that Lin Feng had already fought a total of ten matches in a row. It would be even more difficult for him to maintain his peak physical and mental state.
"Are you confident?" An Xin asked softly.
Lin Feng grinned. "Even if I'm not confident, I still have to do it!"
Sure enough, the task assigned by Senior One wasn't going to be easy.
But just like that …
He had to fight with everything he had!
"It's starting!"
Lin Feng moved the mouse and pressed the confirm button to start the ranking. He was in high spirits as he shouted, "Let's go!"
An Xin pulled out a chair and sat down next to Lin Feng. She smiled and said,
"Then I'll wait and see."
To the young lady, even though she couldn't fight shoulder to shoulder with the person beside her, at the very least, she hoped that she could be by his side to witness his hard work and accompany him quietly.
Because …
Perhaps in the near future, even this kind of company would become a luxury.
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