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

Chapter 88: Already in the Shape of a Bulldozer (7200 words)
As the first round of RMR European Division is about to begin, countless domestic audiences have turned their attention here.

In addition to supporting their home team, many people want to see whether NIP can successfully qualify and enter the main competition of the Major this time.

Because at this time, the CNCS team had not entered the Major competition and received team stickers for more than two years.

If we count the personal autograph stickers of Chinese players, it goes back to five years ago when Bentet led the old Tianlu to participate in the 2019 Berlin Major.

In recent years, CNCS has been defeated every year, and domestic audiences have long lost hope and patience for it.

So when this Copenhagen Major started, they placed their hopes on Su Zhe, wanting to see whether Su Zhe's NIP team could successfully enter the Major main competition.

However, many people are not optimistic about NIP's Major journey this time.

[Come on, Xiaozhe! Take that damn sticker! Even if it's just one! (crying)]

[Sigh, to be honest, it's really hard to make it to the main tournament. It's really hard to qualify from Group A in Europe this time! VP, G2, NAVI, FAZE, there are so many strong teams!]

[NIP is still a top 6 team in Katowice! Wouldn't it be easy for them to get into the main draw of a Major?]

[Not necessarily. Arrow wasn't studied before, so they were lucky enough to make it to the knockout rounds.]

[Hey, Lucky Guy is here again. If you are so lucky, why don’t you go pro?]

[Anyway, Arrow is definitely being targeted. It all depends on whether the other NIP members can step up.]

Amidst various voices in domestic forums, Su Zhe ushered in the first round of their RMR competition.

Su Zhe, who had just finished debugging the equipment and was sitting in the player seat, rubbed his hands and prepared to enter the shooting map to warm up.

Seeing Su Zhe's action, es3tag thought he was a little nervous, so he comforted him: "Relax a little, the opposing FNC team is in a very bad state right now, just play normally."

After hearing this, Su Zhe did not refute, but just smiled and nodded, then began to warm up in the Aimbotz map.

When he heard two days ago that the first round opponent was FNC, he was indeed nervous.

There's nothing we can do about it, this team is just too famous.

Before Su Zhe even started playing CSGO, he had heard the name of this team in various gaming fields.

Later, after some explanation from his teammates, Su Zhe realized that FNC's CSGO division was indeed very strong in the past. In ancient times, it had won two Major championships in a row and forged the FNC dynasty.

But now, they are just about the same as NIP, which is also a Swedish team, and their world team ranking has dropped to outside the top 30.

However, what gave Su Zhe the most confidence was that he had practiced with all five FNC players in the [Simulator] yesterday.
The weak mark has been marked!
Soon, under the notification of the event staff, both parties entered the map selection stage.

After seeing the other side ban the Desert City first, REZ chuckled: "FNC is really afraid of our Mi trash."

headtr1ck said as a matter of course, "That's normal, isn't it? We beat NAVI on this map before."

k0nfig was amused by the conversation and said, "Alright, alright, stop flattering yourself. FNC's win rate in Desert City is only over 20% recently. If they didn't ban it, I'd think they were eating spinach."

DJL, who was pacing back and forth, saw how relaxed the players were and couldn't help but say, "Get serious! FNC hasn't played a game in months. No one knows what new strategies they've developed."

"Treat them as a truly top-tier team, and don't regret it later if they fail."

It is a good thing for the players not to be nervous during the game, but being too relaxed can easily lead to accidents.

Some teams burst out very strongly when challenging strong teams, but they are more likely to be defeated once they encounter a team that is weaker on paper.

After hearing the coach's words, everyone in NIP stopped chatting and began to focus on the game.

RMR's ​​competition format is the Swiss round format, and the team's previous games are all Bo1 formats.

Bo3 matches are only played when a team is about to advance or is eliminated.

After a round of map selection, both sides finally locked on the map of Purgatory Town.

"Come on! Come on! Get a good start first!"

Everyone bumped their fists to cheer each other up and prepared to enter the competition server.

Map: Purgatory Town

FNC: KRIMZ (big bald head), bodyy, afro, kyuubii, MATYS
NIP: es3tag, k0nfig, headtr1ck, REZ, Arrow
After a fierce fight to choose sides, the losing NIP was forced to become a brother in the bandit's family.

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"If you ask me which team will win between NIP and FNC, it must be NIP. There is really no one in FNC who can stand up." The player playing the machine answered some questions in the barrage while waiting for the game to start.

"But it's not necessarily a good thing. FNC hasn't played a game in over two months. No one knows what their current condition is. We have to see how they perform in the game."

"I just don't know if Arrow can still play with the same reckless style as before after Katowice."

"If the team suddenly has a brainwave and restricts the performance of his flex player, NIP may not be able to win against FNC."

"After all, Big Baldy was still very strong for several years. What if he regains his glory this year?"

As one of the founders of the FNC dynasty, Baldy has the honor of being a two-time Major champion.

He was selected as one of the top ten players by HLTV in 14 and 15.

Later, in 16, his performance declined, but in 18 he returned to the top player list and was shortlisted for three consecutive years.

No one knows whether this 30-year-old veteran can regress his strength to the level of a few years ago after entering CS2.

Moreover, during the recent off-season, Wan Ji Ka also gained some in-depth understanding of the NIP team.

Although their previous playing style in Katowice was disorganized, they were able to win by surprise.

But if they return to their regular style of play, Arrow will lose its biggest advantage. He is really afraid that Coach NIP will make a wrong decision in a fit of anger.

"Alright, the match is about to begin. Let's take a look at the setup for the pistol round for both teams."

"Eh? Why did Arrow go down Banana Road in the first position at the start!?"

es3tag did not make too many tactical arrangements in the pistol round, just a default offensive start with the bandit mouth and the middle lane.

k0nfig, who became the team's free man, was just getting information on the bridge on the second floor of the bandit group to prevent the opponent from pressing forward.

Su Zhe, who was in the first position, immediately cut the knife and accelerated into the banana road to occupy the groove position after the start, and then kept shaking his body to observe the information on the stone slab.

After becoming a breakthrough player, although Su Zhe still has the freedom to fire within the team, his actions are inevitably restricted in many ways.

If you ignore your teammates behind you and just keep pushing forward, you will not be a breakthrough player but a cancer to the team.

It would be even more amazing if you added a sentence like "Why don't you shoot again, bro?"

"The opponent has smoked Faze in the middle lane! Be careful on the side lanes!"

"OK VIP, a CT jumped over!" After receiving the other party's fleeting message, k0nfig immediately shouted in the voice.

After summarizing the information, es3tag immediately made a decision: "Arrow, there should be more people on the opposite side of site A. You start pushing the stone slab. Headtr1ck, you and I will follow up and continue to fire. The opposite side of site B should have at most two people."

After receiving the order, Su Zhe immediately began to walk quietly towards the stone slab.

Suddenly, when he saw a small black dot flying towards the bun in the distance, Su Zhe immediately reacted and turned around to dodge.

After turning his head again and discovering the CT pulled out horizontally from the stone slab, he instantly followed it with his crosshairs.

"Bang bang bang!"

Arrow kills MATYS with a headshot from a P250

"That reaction is as quick as ever!" The player exclaimed after seeing the kill. "MATYS's teammate Banana's counter-flash didn't work at all! Arrow immediately back-flashed and helped the team get the first kill!"

"But FNC is in a 3B open position this round. MATYS's role is just a hook. It depends on how many the big bald guy behind the sandbag can catch with his dual guns!"

……

"The slate flash is given to me!" After hearing REZ's voice, Su Zhe immediately moved his body to aim at the yellow wall and pulled out horizontally.

After discovering that there was no one near the yellow wall and in the sandbag groove, he was about to search the area behind the sandbag when he saw the CT behind the sandbag pulled out on its own.

But how could Su Zhe, who was well prepared, let "Yan Shuangying" take action? After completing the second positioning, the crosshairs had already been positioned on the opponent's head.

"Bang! Poof~"

Arrow kills KRIMZ with a headshot from a P250

Su Zhe, who had gotten a double kill, was about to march directly into the bomb site, but soon heard es3tag's loud warning: "Be careful! There must be another person at the opposite B bomb site!"

The bald guy is guarding the link position on the defensive side of the town. Since he can appear at the sandbag position, it means that the CT who is mainly guarding area B must still be there.

After hearing es3tag's reminder, Su Zhe focused his attention again.

He first stuck to the right wall and slowly moved forward in the direction of the police house. After seeing the smoke of the police house given by his teammates explode, he quickly changed his position to the right and began to aim in the direction of the coffin and the dead point.

Although you are not sure if there are people hiding behind the cover, the responsibility of a breakthrough player is to quickly help teammates to open the shooting line. Even if he is killed by the CT who suddenly peeks out, there are teammates behind him to help him finish him off.

After finding that there was no one in sight, Su Zhe quickly moved towards the stage with three boxes.

Suddenly, after seeing the CT pulled out horizontally from the right side of the three boxes, he aimed his crosshairs and fired quickly.

"Bang bang bang!"

Arrow kills Kyuubii with a headshot from a P250

Su Zhe, who had achieved a triple kill, still did not stop.

After making sure that no one was behind one or two boxes, he rushed directly towards the church, while the other teammates searched the area carefully to ensure that no one escaped.

At this time, Afro, who was on backup defense at the start of the game, had already returned from the police station to defend.

After seeing NIP seal off the police house, they rushed directly to the church, trying to save the dire situation.

As a result, as soon as he entered the church, he saw the bandits running out. He hurriedly began to adjust the crosshairs, but before he could complete the positioning, he heard the sound of someone hitting his head.

"Boom!"

Arrow kills Afro with a headshot from a P250

Less than a minute after the start of the game, FNC entered a 1V5 endgame. Bodyy, who had already reached the police's position, turned around and walked back the way he came, intending to keep half the armor.

"WDF!!" The bald man couldn't help but exclaimed as he watched his teammates fall to the ground one by one. "Is this new guy so accurate? He wiped us out all by himself right from the start?"

Although they had studied NIP's lineup before the game, they also knew that this newcomer was very strong.

But only after entering the game did he truly feel the pressure brought by this newcomer.

This guy is so fierce that he doesn't even look like a human being!
"The details are handled well!" After successfully winning the pistol round, DJL behind him took the initiative to come up and fist-bump with Su Zhe.

Although he had been training for more than ten days, he was still a little worried that Su Zhe might not be able to adapt to the role of a breakthrough player in actual combat.

But I didn’t expect to get a quad kill at the very beginning of the pistol round.

headtr1ck also sighed: "This is the first time I feel that the task of finishing off the gun is so simple."

es3tag laughed, "How could it not be easy? I didn't even see the enemy CT the entire time. I just went straight into the bomb site with my grenade pack and planted it. It turns out Arrow is still good at being a slasher! It's much easier than before."

k0nfig, who was standing by, darkened upon hearing this. He lightly punched es3tag's arm and said in dissatisfaction, "Why do I feel like you're hinting at me!?"

After successfully winning the pistol round, FNC, who didn't get much kill economy, directly chose pure E.

After several months of exploring the new version, the major teams have changed the way they deal with losing a pistol round.

I used to think that every point in the MR12 competition system was precious and I had to fight hard to get it back.

Now I understand that instead of forcing myself to lose three points in a row, it is better to use pure E for one round to quickly transition the game to a spear game.

NIP once again pushed FNC's armorless pistols, bringing the score to 2-0. After entering the preparation time for the first spear round, es3tag thought for a moment and said, "The opponent has a spear, but they definitely don't have many items."

"How about this, we'll put out the smoke directly on the closer part of the Banana Road slab. Arrow, you'll just stick close to the slab and wait for our slab to flash."

"Let's do a quick attack this round and take control of Banana Lane first."

Now es3tag also has a clear understanding of Su Zhe's personal abilities.

He planned to directly use Su Zhe's frontal firepower to quickly destroy FNC's defense when they didn't know much about their offensive habits.

After the countdown ended, Su Zhe bought a full armor AK equipped with props in the store and headed directly to Jiaodao according to es3tag's instructions.

Playing the breakthrough player really requires a fearless mentality. As soon as Su Zhe entered the Banana Road, he saw a large number of damaging props coming towards him.

Fortunately, the CT did not directly explode the mine in the middle of the banana road, but used the mine at the tree position. Even so, when he got close to the stone slab, he only had 72 drops of health left.

"The opposite side has not passed the stone slab, but there is a fire behind the smoke, so I can't go out directly! But it will be put out soon." Through the edge of the fire-extinguishing smoke provided by his teammates, he can clearly see the information close to the banana road.

"It's okay, just wait a few seconds, and dodge immediately when the fire is out." es3tag had already prepared the flash grenade at the back point.

"You can go out now!"

"Give it to me!"

When the flash exploded, Su Zhe aimed directly at the yellow wall and pulled out.

In this round, FNC still has a 3b open position.

The bald guy who came to assist in the defense of point B wanted to light a fire to continue to put pressure on Jiaodao after seeing the fire go out after the smoke, but just as he started the fire, he saw the figure of the bandit coming out.

The Timing Man of the Groove!
The bald guy suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately jumped back, but the AK bullets had already splashed over him.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills KRIMZ with an AK-47

Su Zhe, who had achieved the kill, had flames all over his feet. He wanted to continue moving forward and get out of the range of the Molotov cocktail.

But suddenly another CT came out and wanted to finish off the enemy.

Su Zhe didn't care about the fire under his feet. He quickly pressed the Ctrl key, crouched down to avoid the headshot line, and began to suppress his gun and fire.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills Kyuubii with a headshot from an AK-47

[KRIMZ killed Arrow with a Molotov cocktail]

After the one-for-two breakthrough, he was exhausted.

Playing the machine, I watched Su Zhe's movements at the beginning of the game, and then looked at k0nfig at the bottom of the spiral staircase.

Only then did he realize that the NIP in the pistol round was not a simple temporary position change, but that Arrow had already become a breakthrough player!
But after becoming a breakthrough player, Arrow's role in the team has become even greater!

As the attacking side, it is a huge profit for the breakthrough player to achieve a one-for-one exchange, and a one-for-two start will make the CT side lose all the front point map rights.

Although FNC is now in decline, it is still a professional team that has received professional training. How could they be easily defeated by Arrow in a one-for-two exchange?

In a 4v3 situation, after Su Zhe got a double kill near the Jiaodao point, es3tag glanced at the kill information in the upper right corner and knew that FNC had bet on a 3b start again in this round.

After successfully gaining control of the near point of Jiaodao, he used his numerical advantage to turn around and gain control of the middle road.

With absolute initiative, es3tag and his four companions gathered together to launch a wave of A. Bodyy, who was defending the A alone, was killed after replacing only one person.

The two brothers on double B defense wanted to try to return to defense when they saw it, but they were shot down one by one by the NIP players who had already taken their positions.

"NIP's decision to let Arrow and k0nfig swap positions is quite brilliant!" The player playing the machine said during the pause of FNC.

"During the Katowice match, NIP often suffered from a numerical disadvantage due to insufficient frontal firepower."

"Although Arrow's shooting skills are strong, he still lacks awareness and often loses points when entering the single-player endgame."

"But now that he's become a breakthrough player, he can help the team quickly gain a numerical advantage at the start of the game, and then leave the aftermath to his experienced teammates."

"Judging from this style of play, NIP's explosive power is even stronger than it was in Katowice!"

[Breakthrough! I like it! A real man should take the first shot!]

It's only been three rounds! Xiaozhe is already 7-1 KD! He's already turning into a bulldozer!

[It's so cool to watch! Let's push it all the way to the Major! ]

[Hahaha, the bald guy was stunned. He put his hands on his head and started to doubt his life!]

[With this kind of breakthrough, I'd be stunned too. It's such a blow to the opponent's confidence!]

【.】

It wasn't just KRIMZ who was touching his big bald head in distress. Bodyy, the commander of FNC, was even more worried.

Forget about the pure E round, they both started with 3B in the pistol and rifle rounds, but they were still broken through by the newcomers from NIP.

Is it possible that we have to start with 4B to be able to stop it?
bodyy quickly put this ridiculous idea out of his mind. If the game really started with 4B, as long as the opponent slowed down the pace and controlled the map, they would still lose points later. It was a bit of a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution!

He thought for a moment and then said, "The new guy named Arrow on the opposite side should be placed in the breakthrough position to focus on the banana path."

"Let's do this. Once we enter the rifle round, we'll start with a normal double B. We can also use a single B depending on the situation. As long as the opponent shows signs of attacking, we'll continue the defensive smoke of B company and retreat to the back point to slow down their offensive rhythm."

Bodyy's idea is also very simple. Since he can't get control of Banana Road, he will put the resources in the middle road and the second floor. If I can't defeat the gun, can't I avoid it?
The bald guy felt a little hurt in his self-esteem after hearing bodyy's decision. The former top sharpshooter in the professional arena was beaten so badly that he didn't dare to fight anymore.

But he also knew that this was the fact, and chose to accept bodyy's defensive adjustments and play turtle at the defensive back point.

FNC's timeout ended, and after NIP scored another point, the score between the two sides was 4-0.

The NIP team, who had won four rounds in a row, had already accumulated capital, and each of them had seven or eight thousand in economic resources.

"So, should we take control of Banana Road first in this round?" Su Zhe was eager to try.

It’s really fun to be a breakthrough player!

You don't need to think too much, as long as you complete your breakthrough task, you can see your teammates' perspective. Although it requires more of your own hard power, it also reduces the operation of your CPU.

es3tag couldn't help but laugh when he heard Su Zhe's expectant voice. He shook his head and said, "We won't attack B this round. The opponent just paused, so they must have taken precautions against our attack on B point."

"This round, you stay on Banana Lane. We'll start by taking control of the middle and side lanes."

Su Zhe couldn't help feeling disappointed after hearing this. He had just started to feel his touch was improving and now he had to provide a backup for the team. However, he could also understand es3tag's idea.

After the countdown ended, Su Zhe directly replenished his props and rushed to the bandit's entrance.

This time, without the props and follow-up shots from his teammates, he naturally wouldn't rush to the stone slab all at once. Instead, he would wait for a while after the bandits had thrown the barrel fire before sticking to the groove and setting up his gun to prevent the CT from pressing forward.

Compared to the calmness of Banana Road, NIP's development in the middle lane was a bit difficult. k0nfig and es3tag went up to VIP and the spiral staircase at the same time, but they didn't expect that afro's sniper was directly set up on the second floor. After getting a kill, they retreated directly.

With the advantage in numbers and the CT adding defensive smoke in the middle lane, they dared not act rashly.

"How about I just throw the smoke in the middle lane and give the item the control of the connection first?" REZ, who was holding a gun behind the smoke in the middle lane, gave a suggestion.

es3tag thought about it for a moment and shook his head, "No, the opponent's sniper is likely to switch positions and connect to the study rack. It's a bit too difficult to clear, and we don't know the opponent's specific defense information."

He glanced at his teammates' positions on the minimap and said, "Arrow, try to push deeper into Banana Road and make some noise. I suspect they're defending 4A. Once they've made some noise at B bombsite, we'll take control of the middle lane."

After hearing es3tag's instructions, Su Zhe immediately began to move forward quietly.

He first jumped to check the information behind the stone slab, and after finding that there was no one at the yellow wall, he moved closer to the stone slab and began a standard pre-aiming search.

What made him depressed was that he had just cleared the Banana Road near the point when he saw a B Company defense smoke explosion, leaving him no chance to get any information.

So he threw a police attack cigarette directly behind the cigarette, and then took two flashes from B Baodian.

es3tag saw that it was almost time, and immediately used props and the cooperation of his teammates to gain control of A1 and the near point.

The whole process went extremely smoothly because FNC had no intention of standing in the front after gaining the numerical advantage. They chose to retreat and set up their guns at both points A and B.

Now I can only rely on es3tag's intuition to decide which point to attack.

"The defensive smoke on my side will dissipate soon. Wait until I try to get the information before you bomb and attack the wave A." Su Zhe saw that es3tag was a little confused and gave his suggestion directly.

After hearing this, es3tag looked at the 40 seconds of attack time left, and after a little consideration, he chose to agree. This is the simplest and most effective method at the moment.

He said, "Then we'll give some props to point A first, and then you can mix it up at point B, giving the other side the illusion that we're going to attack A."

After perfecting the offensive strategy, es3tag immediately began to direct his teammates to implement it.

"Point B is now movable!"

At this time, the defensive smoke of Company B had dissipated. Su Zhe was about to take advantage of the gap to start his pre-aiming advance, but another defensive smoke exploded under his feet.

Su Zhe had no choice but to dodge out of the hidden smoke, but suddenly found that the CT's defensive smoke was a little too deep.

"good chance!"

He immediately took out his AK and stuck to the wall on the left side of the yellow wall and began to walk quietly while mixing in the smoke. When his vision returned, he found that he was still in the blind spot of the coffin's observation position.

MATYS was at the head of the coffin, constantly swinging around to set up B Company's defensive smoke, but his attention was not very focused. After all, he had been setting up the smoke for a full minute.

Moreover, if the opponent wants to walk out quietly in the smoke, I have the advantage of vision and can guarantee that I can catch him 100%.

Suddenly, a head was pulled out from the right side of where he mounted his gun. He reacted like a professional player, but as soon as he moved the crosshairs up, he heard the sound of his head being pierced by a bullet.

"clatter!"

Arrow kills MATYS with an AK-47 headshot

"What a clever smokescreen! And that pre-aiming! He aimed directly at the scalp of the coffin and took MATYS's head with one bullet! This really has that touch of Mr. Ni!"

"But there are still Kyuubii at the dead center. Arrow, do you still want to continue advancing alone? It's a bit risky! The connected big bald guy is already rushing to the police house. The best decision at this time is to gather with your teammates and attack the A bomb site together!"

Before he could finish his words about playing the machine, he saw Su Zhe in the director's perspective squatting and pulling out again.

"Da da da!"

Arrow kills Kyuubii with a headshot from an AK-47

The sound of the machine player had just subsided, but it became excited again with Su Zhe's another kill: "Oh! He did it! He really did it! He completed the push of the B bomb site by himself! Now FNC's A point defense has to move!"

"Arrow wanted to continue searching for information about B's bun shop, but the bald guy who came over from the police got Timing from behind! But it doesn't matter anymore!"

FNC's double B defense collapsed, forcing bodyy to return to defense with the bald head, and then es3tag completed the simultaneous attack on A1 and the second floor.

Afro, who was defending alone with a sniper, only felt that his vision was white. He was killed directly after the blind sniper shot missed.

In the endgame of 3 vs. 2, they took control of the A site for free.

This made bodyy, who had already returned to the police house, speechless. Considering that the opponent might have picked up a sniper rifle, he chose to save the gun with the bald guy.

"NICE! Arrow! You seized this opportunity well!" djL excitedly walked up and bumped fists with Su Zhe.

He originally thought that the point was going to be given, and planned to signal es3tag to pause and adjust the attack after losing, but he didn't expect to be beaten back by Su Zhe's breakthrough at point B!

What surprised him most was Su Zhe’s growth in consciousness!

Compared to when I first joined the team a few months ago, or even compared to the Katowice tournament, this is a huge improvement!

(End of this chapter)