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Chapter 72: Silver Dragon Cup
At the end of November, the Silver Dragon Cup officially began.
This year's Silver Dragon Cup was the largest in recent years. There were more than 200 teams participating in the cup, and the competition was completed within a week. The competition schedule was quite insane.
The competition was held in the large stadium of Rongcheng's eSports base. The first round was randomly drawn, and the losing teams were eliminated. In one day, half of the teams were eliminated. The second round was again randomly drawn, and another half of the teams were eliminated.
Only when there were 16 teams left would they be grouped according to their previous points, and the top eight, top four, and first, second, and third place would be determined through the elimination system.
As long as a team entered the top 16, they would receive 200,000 yuan in prize money. The top eight would receive 500,000 yuan, and the champion would receive 2,000,000 yuan.
The prize money was cumulative. In other words, the champion of the Silver Dragon Cup would receive a total of 2,700,000 yuan in cash, and their team would also receive an annual endorsement from the Silver Dragon Corporation. For a first-tier team, this amount of prize money was nothing, but for many second-tier teams, it was a huge sum of money!
This year's Silver Dragon Cup's elimination schedule was very brutal.
It was said that Jing Zhe's Team 2 bumped into Bei Mu's Team 2 in the first round, and was sent home directly. Tianheng's Team 2 was quite lucky. They drew an unknown team called Happy and sent their opponent home with 20 points.
Although Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo weren't present, the youths of Team 2 were their 'students' to a certain extent. Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo were also paying attention to their competition.
In the second round, they drew a third-tier team, and Tianheng sent their opponent home with 20 points.
In Tianheng's internal group chat, Xie Xiaotian excitedly said, "Brother Yang, I got a triple kill today, hahaha!"
Ye Shaoyang sent an applauding emoji. "Not bad, not bad."
Xie Xiaotian said, "Every day, I get killed by the boss. Fighting other mid laners feels so easy!"
Ye Shaoyang: "Looks like I didn't torture you for nothing. Come back and continue ^ _ ^"
Xie Xiaotian: "Sheep.jpg"
Qin Sui also said, "I was tortured by Chi Shuo every day. When I went to the Silver Dragon Cup, I realized that those second and third-tier junglers were nothing."
Yan Bin sighed, "You can only feel it when you go out to compete. Tianheng Team 1 is really strong now."
Coach Lin popped up and said, "This time, the Silver Dragon Cup is an elimination competition. Didn't Jing Zhe Team 2 and Bei Mu Team 2 clash yesterday? There are also some strong players in the second-tier teams. Don't be too careless. "
Yan Bin immediately said, "Got it, Coach Lin. I'll do my BP and choose the lineup according to your instructions."
On the fourth day of the Silver Dragon Cup, there were only 30 teams left.
In the elimination round of 32 to 16, Northern Shepherd Team 2 drew a team called "Miracle Team".
Zhao Xinan happened to be bored recently, so he turned on the streaming platform to watch the live broadcast of this match.
For a civil competition like the Silver Dragon Cup, the officials would not arrange for professional commentary, but they would release the competition on a cooperative live-stream platform for netizens to watch. Of course, there were very few people watching this kind of competition, and its popularity was pitifully low.
Zhao Xinan clicked into the Silver Dragon Cup B16 Live Broadcast Room and watched the children of his team play against the Miracle Team.
Then, he was surprised to see that the ID of the opposing midlaner was "Miracle Team – Zhong Xiaobai".
Zhao Xinan's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned around to greet the coach. "Coach, coach, I found Xiaobai! He actually signed with this team! "
Zhao Xinping leaned in front of the computer and frowned. "Miracle Team? I've never heard of them. "
The coach of Northern Shepherd Team walked over and sat down. This kind of competition did not introduce the players one by one like the regular professional leagues, so they could not see what the opposing players looked like, only their IDs.
Both sides began BP, and Zhong Xiaobai chose an illusionist.
Zhao Xinan rubbed his hands in anticipation. "Xiaobai's illusionist is from the national server, so he should be quite strong. Can our team 2's midlaner beat him? "
The coach said, "He should be able to. Our team 2's rookies have some competition experience. No matter how good Xiaobai is at ranking, he doesn't have enough competition experience. His mental strength might not be as good as our team 2's rookies. "
Zhao Xinan nodded. "That's true."
The match began.
Six minutes later, a fight suddenly broke out in the middle lane, and the youth of Northern Shepherd Team 2 actually single-handedly killed the opposing midlaner.
Zhao Xinan commented, "This Xiaobai is a bit impatient. He didn't calculate the cooldown of his opponent's skills and wanted to kill the opposing team, but he was killed instead."
After a while, the jungler of Northern Shepherd Team 2 came to the middle lane and sent Zhong Xiaobai home again.
Zhao Xinan sighed softly. "Sigh, he should have signed with Northern Shepherd Team and practiced with the players of Northern Shepherd Team 2. Signing with this kind of second-tier team is really delaying his future. "
The coach also said regretfully, "Maybe it's because the second-tier team gave him better treatment, letting him play in the starting lineup and become the captain. Unfortunately, he only sees the benefits in front of him. Actually, it's better for him to be a substitute in a powerhouse team. Playing in the starting lineup in a second-tier team and improving his tactical awareness is not at the same level. "
Zhao Xinan and the coach looked at each other and finished watching the match.
The result was, of course, Northern Shepherd Team 2 won.
After the match, in the Northern Shepherd group chat, the young players of Northern Shepherd Team 2 sent a message. "Reporter Zhao, we bumped into Xiaobai in the Silver Dragon Cup today! His skill is only so-so, not as good as Brother Zhao said? "
Zhao Xinping said calmly, "Either you have the wrong person. Or he signed with a second-tier team and was too nervous for his first match and didn't perform as well as he should have. "
Zhao Xinan said, "I looked at the list of contestants for this year's Silver Dragon Cup. There's only one Xiaobai, so you shouldn't have mistaken him for someone else, right? Maybe he was too nervous and didn't perform well. "
The discussion about Xiaobai ended here, and Zhao Xinan only felt that it was a pity.
The next day, in the Silver Dragon Cup, Northern Shepherd Team 2 drew Tianheng Team 2.
When the two main teams fought in the playoffs, Northern Shepherd defeated Tianheng in the round of 32. In this year's Silver Dragon Cup, the two teams fought, and the young players of Northern Shepherd Team thought that they could win.
In the end …
Xie Xiaotian, you're f * cking crazy! You can still escape with a sliver of blood?
Qin Sui was also crazy. Like Captain Chi, he grabbed people crazily.
Yan Bin, the support, was much better than before. During a team fight, he used a flash to stun the two C's in the back row.
The young players of Northern Shepherd Team were a little stunned.
Tianheng Team 21 won the match and made it to the top eight. Northern Shepherd Team 2 was sent home.
That night, in the Tianheng Group.
Xie Xiaotian said excitedly, "I single-handedly killed Northern Shepherd's mid laner, hahaha!"
Ye Shaoyang sent a thumbs up. "Good job."
Xie Xiaotian said, "By the way, Northern Shepherd Team ran into a Miracle Team in the last round. That team happened to have a mid laner player named Zhong Xiaobai. They seemed to have mistaken that person for Streamer Xiaobai."
Yan Bin said, "Yes, I heard them talking in private. They said that Streamer Xiaobai is very good at ranking, but he's only so-so in the competition. As expected, he has no competition experience and is too nervous."
When Chi Shuo saw the news, he couldn't help but turn to look at Ye Shaoyang.
It was no wonder that Northern Shepherd Team would mistake him. A streamer turned professional player without any competition experience. Ranking and competition were two completely different things. It was normal for him to make mistakes when he was nervous.
Streamer Xiaobai signed with a second-tier team to play in the Silver Dragon Cup. He made a mistake in the competition and was single-handedly killed by a professional player.
This was the most reasonable plot.
Who would have thought that Streamer Xiaobai would sign with Tianheng to play in the starting lineup? Moreover, without any competition experience, he wasn't nervous at all. He even single-handedly killed the world-class mid laner, Mitchell?
After returning to the dormitory, Chi Shuo hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Shaoyang, have you really never played a competition before? I didn't see you nervous when you played a mock competition with FNO. "
Ye Shaoyang's heart skipped a beat. He maintained his composure on the surface and explained with a smile, "Of course I haven't played a competition before. Captain Chi, don't you know? I only started playing games this year. Maybe I'm naturally more relaxed. I'm not too nervous when I encounter anything. "
Chi Shuo: "…"
That was true.
Ye Shaoyang was indeed the most "relaxed" Omega that Chi Shuo had ever seen. When he was tagged, he wasn't nervous at all. He looked calm … On the other hand, Chi Shuo was a little nervous.
Chi Shuo didn't ask any more questions. He looked away and said, "Go to bed early."
After returning to the bedroom, Ye Shaoyang exhaled guiltily. He hugged Little White and patted him to calm himself down.
He had memories of his previous life. He was a world-class eSports player who had played in competitions for four years. It was too unbelievable to say this, but he couldn't tell this secret to anyone. Chi Shuo obviously saw some clues, but he wasn't sure. That was why he asked. He didn't know if his answer just now was enough to fool him.
***
A week later, the Silver Dragon Cup competition ended.
Tianheng Team 2 overcame all difficulties and won the Silver Dragon Cup championship!
Xie Xiaotian and the others were excited. They hugged the silver trophy and bowed to the reporters.
A reporter asked, "Captain Yan, Tianheng Team 2's performance in this year's Silver Dragon Cup was unexpected. You guys have improved so much. What is the reason?"
Yan Bin pretended to be mature and said, "After we lost the playoffs, Coach Lin started a hellish training on us. Maybe it was the training pressure, but when we came out to play, we performed better than usual."
Everyone: "…"
How much pressure did you guys have?
Look at the dark circles under your eyes. Coach Lin is not human again?
The news of Tianheng Team 2 winning the Silver Dragon Cup became a hot topic, but it was soon suppressed by the World Series. After all, the number of people paying attention to the World Series far exceeded this kind of small competition.
Yan Bin and the others returned to the club with the trophy and the 2.7 million cash check.
Tianheng's trophy display cabinet had another trophy. The club was very generous. Half of the prize money from this year's competition was given to the team members. Each of the five youths received a cash reward of 300,000!
The rookies of Team 2 were usually paid by the club, so they could not be compared to the first-tier players. It was also difficult for them to get the club's endorsement fees and advertising fees. When they entered the professional league, they would sit on the bench and get some of the prize money based on the number of times they appeared.
Three hundred thousand was a huge sum of money for children like them!
The five members of Team 2 were very excited. On the day they returned to the team, they quietly knocked on the door of Room 301.
Chi Shuo came out to open the door in his pajamas. Seeing the group of kids sneaking around outside, he could not help but ask, "Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? What's the matter?"
Xie Xiaotian peeked into the room. "Is Brother Yang asleep?"
Ye Shaoyang heard the commotion and walked out with the kitten in his arms. He leaned against the door with a smile. "Not yet. Why are you here in the middle of the night to tell me the good news? I know you guys have won the championship. Congratulations. "
Xie Xiaotian took out two exquisite gift boxes from behind him and nervously handed them to Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo. "This is a little token of our appreciation for Captain Chi and Brother Yang."
Qin Sui said from the side, "Thank you, Captain Chi and Brother Yang, for teaching us during this time!"
Yan Bin also said, "That's right, that's right. We all got the prize money and didn't know what to buy, so we brought a small gift for you guys. Hehe, I hope you don't mind! "
Ye Shaoyang took it and looked at it.
It was a limited edition figurine of the black and white wolf kings.
In human form, the black wolf had sharp eyes and looked like a cold killer. The white wolf king had a lazy smile. Both of them had furry ears and tails, which were probably made from the fur of special animals. They looked very lifelike.
The collector's edition figurine was about 30cm tall and looked exactly like the black and white wolf kings in the game.
Ye Shaoyang took the white wolf king and said with a smile, "Thank you. I like this figurine very much."
Chi Shuo took the black wolf king and said in a low voice, "You guys are very considerate. The championship of the Silver Dragon Cup can be considered a verification of the results of your training during this time. Next season, you guys will still be sitting on the bench. Watch and learn more when the time comes. "
The five of them said in unison, "Got it, Captain Chi!"
Chi Shuo's lips curled up slightly. "Go to sleep."
The five of them quickly turned around and ran away.
Ye Shaoyang looked at their energetic backs and couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in his heart. When he was young, the senior players in the team would also guide him like this. Therefore, after he came to Tianheng, he consciously helped Chi Shuo guide the rookies of Team Two. Perhaps it was an occupational disease from being a captain for so long?
The two of them carried the figurines back to the bedroom.
Chi Shuo's gaze swept across the room and pointed at the TV cabinet. "Put it there?"
Ye Shaoyang smiled and said, "Okay, put it together."
The two of them put the figurines of the black and white wolf kings together and treated it as adding some decorations to the dormitory. The originally empty TV cabinet looked a lot more substantial with the addition of the two figurines.
Ye Shaoyang was in a good mood as this was the first time he received a "filial" gift from the rookies of Team Two. Chi Shuo was also in a good mood. That night, Ye Shaoyang had a good dream.
In his dream, he and Chi Shuo's black and white wolf kings were chasing the rookies of Team Two all over the canyon.
After he got up in the morning, Ye Shaoyang rubbed his temples, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. After washing up, he went downstairs to the cafeteria.
Chi Shuo also followed him to the cafeteria. The two of them were eating when they saw Sister Tang Can run in excitedly and say, "Today is December 1st. The league's transfer window is finally open. Guess who's the first to be transferred?"
Chi Shuo asked directly, "Who?"
Tang Can took out her phone and opened the league's official website. She saw a name on the transfer window —
YG-Rain。
Yaoguang's captain, Xie Weiyu.
He was one of the top three archers in China's God Battle League. He was a top ADC on par with Jing Zhe, Xie Yuan, and Northern Shepherd, Zhao Xinping.
Chi Shuo frowned. "The captain is transferring? Did Yaoguang have an internal conflict? "
Tang Can said, "I'm not sure. Anyway, as soon as the transfer was posted, it became a hot search! Yaoguang's fans went to the club and directly scolded the club's official Weibo account with tens of thousands of comments. "
Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang looked at each other.
The transfer window was also known as the "League's Changing Weather Period". Soon, there would be a good show to watch.
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