Wa: It’s broken, I’ve become a cutting monster!

Fang Qi has been in Chengdu these days handling the job handover procedures. After all, he has helped Zhang Yun so much that he will soon become the next deacon of Tianlu (Chengdu branch) relying on Zhang Yun's connections.

But I didn’t expect that this kid Shan Anyang would come to my door!

"You...how did you get this video?" Fang Qi was shocked, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead...

"No! How could there be a video? I clearly..."

"Oh, you're talking about this?"

Shan Anyang smiled as he turned his phone over and pointed it towards the room.

"It's high-definition and uncensored!"

Fang Qi wanted to reach out and grab Shan Anyang's phone, but Shan Anyang simply lifted his legs on the table to block them.

"Don't worry, I can't give you the phone. My wife bought it for me."

Fang Qi was very anxious, thinking, who wants your broken phone? I just want to watch a video...

"what do you want to do?"

Fang Qi calmed down quickly after years of experience as a superior. He sat back in his chair and looked at Shan Anyang.

The other party must have something to ask of me, otherwise he wouldn't come here to meet him!

Yes, that must be the case!

"I'm not doing anything. I'm just here to watch the show." Shan Anyang put his legs down from the table, adjusted his sitting position, and curled up in the soft boss chair.

"You guys up there are more comfortable. Even the chairs are big and soft..."

"Watch a show?! What do you mean..." Fang Qi ignored Shan Anyang's remarks, grasped the key points in his words, and asked anxiously.

"Of course it depends on how you get caught. After all, you broke the law!"

"How have I broken the law? Since you have the video, you should know who is trying to get you. Be smart..."

Before Fang Qi finished speaking, Shan Anyang interrupted him forcefully:

"Are you talking about Zhang Yun? That old guy is probably being invited for tea now... If EDG wasn't in Shanghai, I really want to go and see the scene in person, after all..."

Shan Anyang narrowed his eyes slightly, and the smile on his face deepened.

"It should be much more lively there than this! Hahahaha."

Fang Qi was no longer as calm as he was at the beginning. He stood up anxiously and said with a pleading tone:

"I know you want me to do something for you. As long as you tell me, I will do my best..."

"I want you to eat public food."

"..."

Fang Qi wanted to say something, but Shan Anyang didn't give him a chance.

"Don't worry, your crime is minor. You won't be in prison for long, maybe... a week? Aidongte No, but your status is probably in trouble. Tianlu will not let you continue to be a leader after you are released from prison..."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Fang? There are a few...comrades who want to see you. Is it convenient for you?"

Before Fang Qi could react, the door was pushed open. Several policemen walked in and were visibly stunned when they saw the two people in the room.

"Which one of you is Fang Qi?"

Fang Qi glanced at Shan Anyang who was still smiling across from him, and said in a trembling voice:

"I...I am. Excuse me..."

"I received a report from an informant that you are suspected of illegal business competition. Please come with me and cooperate with the investigation."

Fang Qi was taken away by two policemen, but the good news was that he was not handcuffed...

Shan Anyang ate the melons with a clear conscience, then stood up, clapped his hands and left.

-

At 11: pm, Shan Anyang, who had been absent for a day, finally came to the FPX training room. As soon as he entered the room, he heard Ayang's "friendly" voice.

"Hey, Brother Dan! Where have you been? We are training so hard, but you are going on a trip!"

Shan Anyang smiled helplessly. What kind of experience is it to have a teammate who is so good at socializing?

"Thanks for the invitation. I didn't go traveling. I just visited Mount Putuo with Lizhi..."

"..."

There was a moment of silence in the training room. They were all professional players, so how come you have such a successful family and career?

We have never even touched a girl's hand. Of course, holding my mother's hand when I was a kid doesn't count...

"Hehe, Anyang, stop being naughty. I can't protect you if you get beaten later."

Shan Anyang looked in the direction of the sound and found that Xia An was actually sitting in the coach's seat, drinking coffee calmly.

"Brother Xia, why did you get out of the hospital? Are you feeling better?"

"When you sent me a message in the early morning, I was already at the base. Don't worry about your health. You're just too tired. You just need to rest for a day."

Xia An's face really looked like nothing had happened.

"Brother Xia, there's an old saying that goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone! Your old arms and legs... weren't they broken when you fainted?"

“I was born in 92…”

"I know? Not old yet?"

"..."

The training room fell silent again.

Shan Anyang is 19 years old. The oldest members of the team are Life and Berlin, but they are also in their early 20s. The newcomer Xiaoyun has just reached adulthood...

"Don't even mention Brother Xia, even I am considered old." Shan Anyang saw Xiaoyun sitting in the corner secretly observing him, and walked over with a smile.

"Xiao Yun, I watched the final. You performed very well. Keep up the good work."

"Ah--Oh! Yes!" Xiaoyun stood up directly, standing straighter than the policeman that Shan Anyang saw at night!

"Don't be nervous, you're still young and have a lot of room for improvement... You're 18 years old~ When I was 18..."

Shan Anyang had a nostalgic look on his face. Although he was only 19 years old and it had only been half a year since he turned 18, he felt like he was dreaming.

18 years old, it seems so far away, like it was a lifetime ago...

"Brother Dan, you were playing in a major when you were 18!"

"That's okay, keep working hard."

Shan Anyang patted Xiaoyun on the shoulder and said encouragingly.

"Now that everyone is here, I'll just hold a simple meeting." Xia An coughed and drew everyone's attention to himself.

"The Shanghai Masters will start in ten days, that is, on May 5. This time we will start from the group stage. This time we will not only win our first world championship, but also go further!"

FPX Valorant has never won a single victory in the world championship since its establishment. This is why FPX couldn't even gather all the players before Shan Anyang joined.

A team without the glow of victory will not attract moths.

Xia An's original goal was to get FPX's first win at the Shanghai Masters, but now...

All I can say is that people are greedy. Shan Anyang's joining allowed him to see a future that he had never dared to imagine before.

Next, Xia An gave a detailed introduction to the competition system of the Shanghai Masters, and Shan Anyang seemed a little dazed.

It always felt like it was just yesterday that Xia An introduced the first stage of the VCTcn competition system to them. I didn't expect that I would be playing in the world championship in the blink of an eye...

"Shit, I can play in the Shanghai major...Masters!"

上海大师赛分为两个阶段，分别是5月23到5月27都“瑞士轮”阶段，和30号到6月9号的“淘汰赛”阶段。

In this World Championship, not all teams start from the same starting line. As mentioned before, the "elite" teams in each region, that is, the winners of the first stage of the league, will directly advance to the knockout stage...

The elite team in the CN region is of course EDG, which means that if FPX wants to take revenge on EDG, the minimum prerequisite is to enter the knockout stage.

In the Swiss round, eight teams from different regions will draw lots to play the first four games.

If FPX wants to stand out from the tough Swiss round, it needs to win two games before losing two more games. This is extremely difficult for FPX, which has never won a world championship...

At least that's what the outside world thinks.

Each match is a best-of-three format, and the teams that enter the knockout stage will challenge the "elite group" team as challengers.

From now on, the competition will adopt a double-elimination system until the final!

"It sounds much simpler than the first stage..."

Shan Anyang said seriously that the competition system of the Masters Tournament is similar to that of CSGO, especially the setting of the first round of the league with no group matches, which Shan Anyang is very familiar with...

——Isn’t this the “Legendary Group”? !

What’s interesting is that before the start of this knockout round, the elite teams in each region will select their own challengers, which is the so-called “ordering” stage.

This made Shan Anyang a little excited. Although pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger was old-fashioned, it was really cool!

What if FPX is regarded as a "dish" by other teams and finally finds out that they are the ones being eaten...

This... this is so cool!

Thinking of this, Shan Anyang couldn't help but feel a little excited.

When talking about the ordering mechanism for the elimination round, Xia An's tone became obviously serious.

“We don’t need to hide our weaknesses this time. We need to show our best from the Swiss round onwards.”

In the previous VCTcn competition, Xia An asked Shan Anyang to play more restrainedly, and even in order to make other teams take it lightly, Shan Anyang did not play seriously in the first few games...

As for hiding things in training matches, that goes without saying. These are routine operations to win.

At least in Shan Anyang's impression, no team has ever used the same lineup and tactics in the official competition as in the training game!

"By the way, the EDG and DRG teams will take turns in the training matches these days. The old rules remain the same, and after the training matches, they will practice on their own, but the number of training matches will increase, and there will be no rigid requirements for the corresponding ladder scores."

Because EDG had a bye in the Swiss round, most of the training matches of FPX and DRG were played against EDG. As for individual practice after the training, Xia An made a request.

That means you cannot duo queue with members of your own team. You either have to duo queue with members of other teams.

"Brother Xia, why can't you play with your teammates?"

Ayang asked because he didn't understand. There had been no such request before. It was obvious that Xia An deliberately proposed it for the Masters Tournament.

Shan Anyang understood Xia An's intention somewhat. The coach had made the same request when they were at Tianlu before.

There are two intentions. One is to maintain the ladder environment. As professional players, many of them are not at a high level, and some of them are still at the mythical level.

You are looking for a professional on your team to play duo with, and you don't even need to open the microphone to communicate with each other, and you kill all the opponents just by muscle memory. Then will the people on the opposite side of you still play? !

The second and most important point is that you can learn some of the habits of other team members by ranking with them...

Of course, Xia An was embarrassed to say the last point, but Shan Anyang still explained it to everyone in a low voice.

Don't underestimate this point. Everyone has habits. Sometimes they may not even know why they do something, but they just do it.

If you can know your opponent's habits in advance, your chances of winning in gun battles will increase significantly.

The most obvious example was when FPX played against DRG last time. Life won many endgames with Shion7. These two are good friends in real life and often play together in a duo. Life is too familiar with Shion7. As long as he can find common ground from Shion7's habits and operate with reverse thinking...

But these are totally unnecessary for Shan Anyang, who has all the habits of an active professional player.

Especially now that he has acquired the talent of "positive boy", Shan Anyang dare not imagine how powerful he is!

"I don't know which unlucky guy will run into us..."

Just when Shan Anyang was still feeling sad for the unlucky guy, Xia An called him.

"Anyang, come to my office."

Shan Anyang didn't know how powerful it was, so he had to follow Xia An to the next office.

"After my last injury, the club plans to find an assistant coach for me. As you know, the assistant coach is basically a decoration in FPX. His only function is to press the pause button..." Xia An sighed and said a little depressed.

He is a relatively introverted person, and for a long time he has been fully responsible for all matters of FPX, from the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the players to the various tactical arrangements of the game.

It’s a good thing that the FPX club wants to find an assistant coach for him, but he still argued for his rights and fought for a little right, which is that he can choose his assistant coach himself.

"Assistant coach, yes...but why are you telling me this?" Shan Anyang asked in confusion.

"You know a lot of people, don't you? Just find me someone. He doesn't need to come to the base every day. He just needs to go to Shanghai with me."

"No other requests?" Shan Anyang looked a little strange.

"No... By the way, it's better to find someone who knows everything about me. I'm afraid that the tactics will be leaked!"

"Hmm..." Shan Anyang's expression became more and more strange. After thinking for a while, he asked carefully:

"Let's talk in secret... okay?"

-

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Su Linfang had just finished the Valorant segment and was entering the "Horror Game" program.

I saw Su Di operating the character with a serious look on his face. In the picture was a long corridor with many medieval European-style oil paintings hanging on the walls.

"I'm telling you, this is where my brainpower comes into play. It's time to show off my brainpower..."

Su Di is still the same as always, mumbling and repeating the same sentence over and over again...

According to the clues on the wall, Su Di needs to guess how many "pumpkins" there are in the room. Looking at the pumpkin heads rolling on the floor, Su Di said without thinking:

"99 pumpkins! I don't even have to count, there are 100 pumpkins in total but there's only one in the room, so that makes 99 pumpkins!"

But when he came to the room, Su Di saw the message on the wall and his hair stood on end!

"Are you sure what you saw were pumpkins?"

Just when Su Di was about to go back and count, a voice suddenly came from the headset...

"Su Linfang, are you a dragon if I ask you to count pumpkins again?"

“Ahhhh! Damn it…”

Su Di was startled by the sudden sound and immediately took off his headphones and jumped up!

"Who...who is it!" Su Di was moving so fast that his soul couldn't catch up and was still stuck on the chair!

At this moment, the viewers in the live broadcast room burst into laughter when they saw this scene, and typed and called him a "Confucian dog"!

Just when Su Di was hesitating whether to end the broadcast and go back to his room to sleep, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

The ringtone was the Korean song "Eyes, Nose, Mouth". The sad song brought Su Di back to reality. He carefully picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Is that an egg..."

"No, I'm a pumpkin. I'm calling to tell you that there are 101 pumpkins in the room, because your brain is a smelly pumpkin that doesn't leak air!"

Shan Anyang's voice of trying not to laugh came from the other end of the phone. Su Di blushed, and she didn't care about Shan Anyang's "insults" to her. After all...

A lone wolf never listens to the barking dog!

(End of Volume 1.)