CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

Chapter 141: Characteristics of the Land of Abundance...

After shaking hands with Steel Helmet, the G2 team began to pack up their peripherals and return to the lounge.

As soon as Nexa walked in, she shouted, "Eat, eat! We finally made it to noon! I'm starving!"

Niko patted Nexa's big belly and teased, "You eat the most in the morning, and you get hungry the fastest now."

Taz said cheerfully, "It's time for dinner. It's normal to be hungry. I can order whatever you want."

After winning the first game, everyone's mentality began to relax.

Although the IEM Chengdu Station schedule is short, it does not mean that the competitive pressure is small. After all, it is an S-level international competition.

This competition adopts a double-elimination system. If you lose in the group stage, you will fall into the loser group. After losing another round in the loser group, you can go back to where you came from.

NIko laughed when he heard this and said, "With Arrow here, why bother ordering food? It's troublesome and not tasty. Can't we just go to a restaurant outside to eat?"

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Let's go. I'm half a local after all. Can I still let you order takeout?"

Su Zhe was a little emotional when he spoke. When he was still in NIP, he also said that when he went to the Chengdu station competition, he brought k0nfig and others to eat Chinese food together.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, the five people left the team, and some were demoted, and the five people could not form a bond.

The G2 members didn't notice the change in Su Zhe's expression and were just blindly happy.

Being in a foreign country, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all quite troublesome things, so having a local player is much more convenient.

NIko put his hand on Su Zhe's shoulder and walked out together. He asked casually, "What are the special features of your Chengdu?"

"Chengdu. Features." Su Zhe suddenly thought of something, turned to look at NIko, and said with a malicious look, "There is a biggest feature. It depends on whether you can withstand it."

This sentence immediately piqued Niko's curiosity, and he asked in confusion, "Oh? Is there anything else I can't handle? Tell me!"

Su Zhe whispered something in Niko's ear, and Niko was so scared that he jumped to the side.

He made an international gesture with both hands towards Su Zhe: "WTF! Don't scare me! Aren't they everywhere here?!"

As he spoke, he looked around, full of vigilance.

This action attracted the attention of all the G2 members who were walking silently.

Su Zhe couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Don't be afraid, I'm just kidding, it's not that exaggerated."

Then he said to everyone, "Can you handle spicy food? I'll see what's suitable for you to eat."

The child following behind the others shook his head: "I've been feeling hot lately and can't eat spicy food."

Others also agreed that there are still too few people abroad who can eat spicy food.

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Then I'll take you to eat Sichuan cuisine."

Taz asked in confusion, "Sichuan cuisine? I looked it up a few days ago, and it says Sichuan cuisine is incredibly spicy, doesn't it?"

Su Zhe smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I won't cheat you."

Although the first impression of Sichuan cuisine is that it is spicy, fresh and fragrant, such as Mapo Tofu, Maoxuewang, etc.

But Su Zhe, who had traveled to Chengdu with his parents before, knew that those were all inexpensive and delicious street food.

Official dishes with complicated production processes and slightly higher-end flavors, such as boiled cabbage, snowflake chicken soup, etc., mainly emphasize freshness and also belong to the Sichuan cuisine series.

Then Su Zhe brought everyone from G2 to a restaurant with an ancient decoration style.

After entering the private room, Su Zhe started chatting with everyone after ordering the dishes.

The conversation gradually shifted from the previous Major to this year's IEM, and then to their toughest team... NAVI...

Taz breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, NAVI didn't come to participate in the competition this time, otherwise our chances of winning would be reduced again."

Not only domestic players were joking about G2 being captured by NAVI for the sixth time, but even foreign forums were talking about this joke.

G2 themselves obviously knew about this.

When talking about this, the mood of everyone in G2 was obviously a little low.

Because they were eliminated in the semi-finals of the recently concluded Copenhagen Major because they lost to Navi.

Otherwise, if they had made it to the finals, they would have had a real chance of defeating Faze and winning the championship.

Then Taz looked at Su Zhe and asked, "I remember you beat them once in Katowice, right?"

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Yes, we won against them to enter the knockout round, and then we lost to you..."

"But as for how we can beat Navi now, I don't know. We, NIP, didn't make it to the championship group because of them..."

Niko also got angry when he heard about NAVI and said dissatisfiedly, "Damn, it's just that my condition was not good a while ago. The next time I meet them, I will definitely get revenge!"

Then he remembered something, looked at Su Zhe and asked, "You haven't won the championship yet?"

Su Zhe nodded, feeling a little regretful: "Yeah, it was a bit too difficult to win the championship. There were no small competitions to play in NIP at that time."

Niko patted Su Zhe's shoulder and said proudly: "You are lucky this time. I promise to help you win the championship this time!"

"Oh?" Su Zhe asked with a slightly exaggerated expression, "Really? Then I'll lie down!"

"Uh..." Niko quickly shook his head and said, "That won't work! You still have to put in the effort!"

Everyone was amused by this conversation. After just a few words, the waiter knocked on the door of the private room and started serving the dishes.

Everyone's appetite was whetted as they watched the dishes, but they were also surprised. They really couldn't imagine that common vegetables could be made into flowers.

HuNter- clumsily picked up a dish with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, then immediately exclaimed in admiration: "Eat well! This is much better than the fast food at the hotel!"

As he spoke, he took a photo with his phone and sent it to his social media.

Others also frequently speeded up their eating speed, and only after they were full did they rub their stomachs with satisfaction.

"Oh~ That's great!" Niko smiled contentedly, "This is what we call a delicious meal!" "Eh? By the way, when is our next game?"

"Fuck! I was so happy eating that I almost forgot about the game!" Taz hurriedly picked up his phone to check the time, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found it was still early. "Wait, let me see what the results of our other group's game are..."

The child said uncertainly, "I think our next opponent is either Team Liquid or Team X, right?"

Taz had already seen the schedule on his phone and nodded, saying, "Our opponent has been confirmed. It's Liquid."

Niko instantly became interested after hearing this: "The game just now was Liquid vs. Team X? Liquid even beat Team X? I should have started a live stream earlier!"

After hearing what Niko said, Su Zhe remembered that his professional career in the past few months had also allowed him to understand a lot about the professional players in the CSGO circle.

Liquid made a major lineup change some time ago, bringing in Brother Pianzi, who was kicked out by Team X, to become the team's new commander.

It’s just a pity that Liquid didn’t even make it to the qualifiers of the Copenhagen Major some time ago.

Nexa also said, "Oh~ It would be great if Liquid could be placed in the same group with Team A. I really want to see these two teams play against each other."

Niko stood up and said with a smile, "That'll have to wait until later. Okay, let's go back to the venue after we finish eating. Don't delay the competition later."

……

6657 live broadcast room.

"Oh? Liquid vs. G2? This game is going to be interesting!" He was watching the schedule on his computer while chatting with the audience in the live broadcast room.

"Both teams are muscular teams that specialize in gunfights, and both have three firepower output points. It all comes down to who has stronger shooting skills and is in better condition."

Since the collapse of Team A's dynasty, CSGO professional teams have been divided into two factions.

One is the academic school, which focuses on teamwork, emphasizes tactical design, item management and map control, and pursues "scientific" competition.

One is the muscular faction, which is dominated by personal ability, emphasizes gun suppression, fast-paced offense and instant response, and the tactics are relatively simple and direct.

Both styles have their own advantages and disadvantages. One has a low upper limit and a high lower limit, and it relies more on the tacit understanding between teammates.

One is that the upper limit is high and the lower limit is low, and it depends more on the personal condition of the players.

"Eh? That's not right?" The guy playing the machine suddenly thought of something. "Liquid has changed their coaching now, so their playing style might have changed!"

"This match is going to be interesting! Brother Pianzi commanding a group of lancers against Niko's G2."

"And speaking of Niko's command, it reminds me of an interesting story. When he was still the commander of Faze..."

[What the hell, I didn't even realize you were talking about something funny.]

[I always feel like there's something a little weird about Liquid right now, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Can Pianzi stay in Liquid?]

[Why can't I stay here anymore? Is there still any need to question Brother Pianzi's leadership?]

[The main reason is that his command style is too different from Liquid's! ]

[The damn game has to start soon! I want to watch G2's game! I didn't even get to enjoy the fight with Steel before it was over!]

I was watching the comments in the live broadcast room while playing with the machine. When I was about to say something else, the director's screen suddenly changed.

"Oh?! The game has started!"

"Let's see what to choose in the three maps between the two teams..."

……

In the IEM Chengdu station, except for the first round which is a bo1 format, all subsequent rounds are bo3 matches.

After G2 and Liquid banned Desert City and Death Tower respectively, Niko became conflicted about his team's first map selection.

G2's strongest map at the moment is Anubis. In the past three months, they have played thirteen games on this map.

But the current problem mainly comes from Su Zhe. Su Zhe was influenced by NIP and has never played this map in a formal competition.

"Why don't we just choose the small town? Our win rate on this map has been pretty high recently." huNter- on the side gave a suggestion.

Taz, who was standing behind him, shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate. Liquid has a higher win rate on this map, so it's better to stay on map three."

Their recent win rate on the Small Town map is as high as 71%, which is already exaggerated, but Liquid's is even more exaggerated, with a win rate of 92% in twelve games!

Although you may not be afraid, you must have absolute confidence in choosing the pictures yourself, otherwise the advantage of choosing the pictures yourself will be lost.

"Then can we choose nuclear?" Niko asked, then looked at Su Zhe.

They will definitely have no problem with this map, it mainly depends on whether the new member Su Zhe is familiar with this map.

Su Zhe nodded and said, "No problem for me, just choose it directly. I used to practice this picture a lot when I was in NIP."

"OK! That's good!"

Niko also breathed a sigh of relief and directly locked onto the nuclear crisis.

After a pause, the liquid chose the ancient ruins in Figure 2.

Finally, after another round of map bans, the third map for both teams fell on the Purgatory Town, which they were both good at.

“It’s pretty standard”

NIko commented on this draft, then bumped his fists and said, "Keep going! It's time to truly test our strength!"

Although we won the last game against Steel Helmet, everyone knows that game was no different from the Welfare Bureau.

Only playing against a strong team like Liquid will be a test for their makeshift lineup.

After everyone cheered each other on, they entered the warm-up map to prepare for the competition.

(End of this chapter)