【Gao Qiao Gao all】Youth

After returning to H City, Qiao Yifan, like his teammates, returned to his normal life.

Although Team Happy lost Samsara miserably at the beginning, as the players gradually became familiar with each other, they quietly ranked in the middle of the standings.The current top four are Samsara, Tiny Herb, Tyranny, and Blue Rain, followed by Wind Howl and Thunder, and the next seven to twelve are all tightly clinging on points.

What a competitive season.

Training, pre-match preparation, competition, post-match summary, training... Although this cycle is boring, no one slacks off.

Today's training ended later than usual because of testing One Inch Ash's silver weapon.Qiao Yifan hastily turned off the computer, put away the account card and went downstairs, and met Fang Rui head-on.

"Hey, Xiao Qiao, here's your package." Fang Rui said, and suddenly threw the small cardboard box in his hand over.

Qiao Yifan was taken aback, but fortunately he caught it in time.He was a little confused. Letters from fans or gifts were usually handled by Senior Wu Chen, and it was rare for them to be sent directly to players like this.

"Tiny Herb is here." Fang Rui winked at him secretly.

"...Thank you, senior." Qiao Yifan said hastily. After taking a look, the sender was indeed Gao Yingjie. The handwriting was neat and easy to recognize.

Fang Rui said with a smile, "No need. What's in it, we'll share half of it?"

Then, without waiting for Qiao Yifan to answer, he waved his hand and left.

Senior Fang Rui was always like this, Qiao Yifan naturally wouldn't take it seriously, and immediately opened the package.

Under a pile of messy stuffing materials, he found a flat plastic packaging box, which contained a key chain in the shape of a magician, with a good texture and shiny metallic luster.

"Ah..." Qiao Yifan was stunned.He seemed to have indeed mentioned it to Gao Yingjie before, but it was only half-joking.I didn't expect him to be so serious.

Qiao Yifan immediately sent a text message to Gao Yingjie to thank him, and Gao Yingjie's message was quickly returned.

The two communicated one by one at the speed of qualified professional players.

Chen Guo who was passing by asked curiously what Yifan was doing there. She smirked like that, Ye Xiu said what else to do with a cigarette in his mouth. Go outside to pollute the air.

When Tiny Herb welcomed Happy at home, many members of Happy's team were already well-known in the professional circle, including Qiao Yifan and his ghost, One Inch Ash.

Qiao Yifan in the audience is gentle and well-behaved, very popular, polite to seniors, and polite to juniors.And One Inch Ash, the ghost on stage, received the most evaluations——insidious, cunning, and full of scheming.

The last player who gave such a polarizing impression was Lin Jingyan, who was once the number one gangster.

Gao Yingjie also heard some rumors about One Inch Ash's style one after another, but he insisted that it was a mistake.

Probably... until the day he saw it with his own eyes.

Qiao Yifan was quite surprised to be included in the lineup for the group arena. Even though Senior Ye Xiu meant that everyone should exercise, but this was going to be against Tiny Herb. Team Happy had so many single-handedly powerful characters, how could it be his turn? .

This made him more nervous than when he faced Tiny Herb for the first time.

After the individual competition, Xingxin got a point by relying on Su Mucheng's victory over Li Ji.Mo Fan was crushed by Liu Xiaobie's quick hands and lost, and when he got down, his expression became even more expressionless.Baozi lost to Wang Jiexi, but it was Tiny Herb's captain who had an ugly face when he left the field.

Calling your opponent's skills all kinds of unhealthy nicknames is just trash talk.Wang Jiexi sat down silently as he thought about it.

Qiao Yifan made his second debut in the group arena, and faced the opponent's second contestant, Xiao Yun's Battle Mage.

Facing Qiao Yifan in the group arena, Xiao Yun didn't feel any pressure at all, even though he had two-thirds of his health left and the opponent was full of health.

When he was in Tiny Herb back then, it was a matter of minutes for him to kill this little transparency. Even if he was in Xingxin, how much progress could he make.And from a professional point of view, it's not funny to fight a battle mage against a ghost.

The battle mage waved his spear, he couldn't wait to cross this hurdle and face Fang Rui.

But he didn't do it.

When the ghost came up, it used all kinds of roundabout moves to consume the patience of the opponent. After approaching, it also took the route of guerrilla warfare. Several basic slashes were used for half a set, and then an ice formation was thrown at the landing place of the battle mage. Procrastinating for a while and running away immediately, there was almost no chance for the opponent to accumulate and use Chasers. Xiao Yun was so annoyed that hitting obstacles could not be counted in the combo.

Chasing the ghosts and running across most of the map, and having to be on guard against One Inch Hui's turning back from time to time, Xiao Yun became more and more irritable as he slipped away, and then he became inexplicably blind.

When his field of vision was suddenly completely black, Xiao Yun knew it was wrong, and immediately swept his spear to prevent the opponent from taking the opportunity to attack.But ghost formation is not a profession that requires melee attacks. Ghost formation control, slash output, and a decisive burst of blows left him with nothing but blood.

Opening up the gap in blood volume, Qiao Yifan firmly suppressed the battle mage's combo, and cautiously exchanged damage with his opponent.Xiao Yun tried to use some tricks and hide some back tricks, but Qiao Yifan was careful not to be fooled. He could only tap the keyboard in vain, watching his character's life being worn down bit by bit with rage in his eyes. until no.

When the battle mage's portrait disappeared, Tiny Herb's arena was so quiet that there was almost no sound.The director seized the time to replay the moment when the battle mage lost his sight in the game just now.

The ghost formation did indeed place a dark formation, and the chosen location was extremely insidious, taking advantage of the backlight and the terrain, and the dark gray edges completely blended into the natural shadows.The dark ghost floating in the center of the formation was once again blocked by One Inch Hui's position. From the perspective of the battle mage, there was nothing abnormal at all, so the character strode in without any hesitation.

Xiao Yun stared blankly at the screen and couldn't stand up. He never thought that he would lose to such an opponent in such a way.

Why is this happening!In his memory, Qiao Yifan was still the shy, useless little transparent, not at all like the ghost swordsman on the field who played him around, counterattacked suddenly and sharply.If he hadn't seen Qiao Yifan sitting in the competition seat with his own eyes, he would have even had the urge to see if Happy was an impostor.

The more Xiao Yun thought about it, the more gloomy his expression became. He almost forgot that there was another teammate waiting to play on their side. It wasn't until the referee reminded him that he had no choice but to go down resentfully.

Gao Yingjie sat down silently and waited for the countdown prompt.

This is the first time he and Qiao Yifan are on the field, one-on-one.

Too bad it wasn't a very fair matchup.After the battle just now, what Zhengui can do now is to suppress the opponent's blood volume and create an advantage for the last qigong master on the stage.On the contrary, the mission of the magus is to achieve victory with as little consumption as possible.

Gao Yingjie's hand holding the mouse trembled slightly, while Qiao Yifan pursed his lips and unconsciously tapped on the keyboard.

The battle is imminent.

It was a very peaceful 5 minutes when nothing happened.

From God's perspective, you can fully see the skillful and patient positioning of the two players.Ghost swordsman Yiinchhui walked nimbly, and magician Mu En flew lightly on a broom.

The two characters circled around in the picture like this, but they hadn't met yet.

The audience hated this kind of scene in the group arena the most. They usually wished they could fight hard at the beginning, but at this time they couldn't help but hold their breath nervously, for fear that they might miss something in the blink of an eye.

When will we meet?Will the meeting start?How will the fight start?

It was obviously a match that was neither equal nor suspenseful, but because of the prudent actions of the opposing sides, it was full of a sense of impending rain.

"Xiao Gao is... very caring today." Liu Xiaobie still stared at the electronic screen, tilted his head and whispered to Xu Bin.

Xu Bin didn't turn his face away, but nodded: "Yeah."

Accustomed to hearing the enthusiastic cheers from the home audience, Yuan Baiqing felt that the atmosphere was a bit oppressive, and complained, "It's so quiet."

"Shh-"

It was too late to exclaim, when the two of them met each other on the field, the situation had already intensified like a storm.

The one who attacked was the ghost swordsman who was behind in blood volume, and Yueguang Zhan caught the full moon Zhan with his hands and rolled over.The sorcerer suddenly turned over to avoid the slanting light of the saber, sprinkled a handful of ice powder back, raised the broom and swung the ice crystals to take a picture.Yicunhui raised the saber in time to hold it up, then jumped up and slashed several times in mid-air, but was blocked by Mu En brandishing the broom.

The moment the two of them landed on the ground, the ghost jumped back very quickly, just in time to dodge the shadow cloak flying out of the magician's sleeve, and then rushed forward two steps, swung the sword in his hand, and several dark purple rays of light engulfed the opponent.Mu En was caught off guard, and was caught by the light of the knife that turned into a whip shadow and pulled towards Yicunhui, as if he was about to throw himself into the opponent's arms.

Of course, this was a PK after all, Zhengui didn't go to pick up the flying magician, but took advantage of the situation, threw him behind him and slashed him violently.

After two brilliant confrontations, judging by the blood loss, it turned out that the magician lost for a while.

This situation made the venue quiet.Liu Fei was usually talkative, but at this time he didn't dare to talk nonsense, he just peeked at Wang Jiexi, and secretly felt that the captain was still calm.

Wang Jiexi looked peaceful.From his point of view, Gao Yingjie's eyes were astonishingly bright.

At this moment, Mu En rolled, got up, jumped, and then flew at a very low altitude, as fast as the teleportation of an elemental mage, and the broom with the powder of death shone with a magnificent dark light. Then he lifted the ghost swordsman who was being recruited high into the air.

Following a series of broom combos with tricky angles and extremely fast and dizzying speed, Tiny Herb's supporters seemed to wake up suddenly, cheering and shouting sporadically.

Qiao Yifan didn't panic at all, he calmly adjusted the angle of view to keep the opponent in sight, seized the opportunity to get rid of the floating air, and suddenly launched a strong attack with extraordinary decisiveness.Although there are more cautious choices, the life of the character is running out, and what he is pursuing at this time is to maximize the output.

In the blink of an eye, the gray ghost slashed out, followed by the guardian of the ice soul, trying to enclose the magician within the range of the ice formation.Mu En rolled on the spot, and made two bangs and bangs all over the body. Immediately, icy rain rustled in the sky, and lava rolled on the ground, forcing the ghosts who could no longer bear any more damage to take a few strides back. The mid-range and long-distance skills of the class followed closely.

There were no surprises in the battle since then, the magician completely suppressed and quickly killed the ghost formation.

It wasn't until the end of the game that Qiao Yifan realized that he was sweating all over.He got up and left the table without regret, and when Fang Rui, who appeared on the stage, passed him by, he smiled in a whisper, "Good job."

The obscene master Fang Rui is definitely not an easy player to deal with.There was rhythmic applause at the scene, and Tiny Herb's fans used this method to encourage their shy and introverted future ace.

Although Gao Yingjie, who was wearing earphones, could not hear the audience's voice, the brief confrontation with Qiao Yifan had already successfully aroused his emotions.

He looked at the competition seat on the opposite side, full of fighting spirit.

Xingxin's post-match press conference was, as usual, a sad time for the reporters.

Not to mention the thick-skinned old men who have been in the professional circle for many years, Xingxin's newcomers are also very difficult to deal with.There are those who act like spokespersons without any leaks, those who always answer irrelevant questions and take it for granted, those who look honest and honest but never say anything, and those who are cold and communication-impaired... In short, no matter what arrangement and combination they sit on This is not good at the interview table.

After the press conference, the reporters finally breathed a sigh of relief.Anyway, Xingxin's score of 6 points and Tiny Herb's 4 points is enough to make a fuss.

The players from the two teams didn't meet each other in the tunnel this time, because there was a networking event with Team Heavenly Swords tomorrow, so everyone in Xingxin went directly back to the hotel to rest.

An Wenyi was lying on the table watching the video of the game, while Qiao Yifan sat on the bed and used a notebook to casually browse other games, and glanced at the mobile phone placed by the bed from time to time.

No text messages all night.I didn't go to QQ either.

Qiao Yifan comforted himself thinking that maybe he was in a bad mood after losing the game, so he didn't take the initiative to ask for the time being.

Then the next day they went to harm Heavenly Sword as promised.

Practice a few rounds and chat a few words before having dinner. The friendship between the two teams is extraordinary, and the atmosphere is relaxed and warm.

In this round of competition, Heavenly Swords defeated an opponent with similar rankings, taking a solid step on the road to relegation.With a happy face, Lou Guanning accepted Ye Xiu's congratulations and carefully congratulated Xingxin for winning the competition.As for Tiny Herb, he would be very happy if Heavenly Sword could score two or three points, but he really doesn't know the goal and vision of this great god.

Ye Xiu rubbed his chin and said, of course he is satisfied, is there any dissatisfaction in getting six points from Tiny Herb?Turning his face to look, he called out his names and said, well, the only dissatisfaction is Fang Rui, you, how did you make Xiao Gao explode? You are so sorry.

Fang Rui waved his chopsticks and snorted, saying that Xiao Gao played very unrestrainedly last night, and you may not be able to bear it, Captain.Besides, if you want to blame it, you have to blame Xiao Qiao for not picking two.

Qiao Yifan was still worried about Gao Yingjie's side, he held the cup in his hands and asked innocently for a moment.

Everyone raised their foreheads.Can you have a lower limit for asking the ghosts to [-]v[-] or something?

Fang Rui nodded brazenly and said that it was you, since Xiao Gao has such a good relationship with you, he wouldn't make a fuss about it.

Qiao Yifan knew he wasn't serious, so he lowered his head and drank water to pretend he didn't hear.

Old Wei looked at Ye Xiu and said there was no way, who knew that there was a guy in the team who could steadily pull hatred just by his face.

Ye Xiu smiled at him calmly and said yes, he has too many beards.

Even though the Heavenly Swords Five and Sun Zheping were no longer outsiders, Chen Guo was still deeply disappointed with the image of her team.

At Tiny Herb's post-match summary meeting, Wang Jiexi analyzed the gains and losses of each game as usual.

Individual competitions, group arena competitions, and team battles.Methodical, concise and clear.

Winning or losing a game is not worth his mind at all, but the players listening to the speech below have different thoughts.

Zhou Yebai and Xiao Yun were obviously under a lot of pressure. At this time, the circles of their eyes were dark and their faces were a little blue.

It's okay to lose the game, whoever loses is the key.

Xiao Yun was killed by a ghost in the group arena, which couldn't be more embarrassing for a profession like a battle mage.

And Zhou Yebai... the eyes of everyone were a little sympathetic.His performance is not bad in all fairness, it can only be said that his opponent is too strong.

They are both professional players and have basic vision. It is not difficult to judge which of the two ghost swordsmen, One Inch Ash and Shi Junzi, always has the upper hand in the team competition last night.

To say that Qiao Yifan didn't do anything particularly eye-catching in the team battle, it was Ye Xiu's Lord Grim and Wei Chen's Windward Formation, alternately controlling the field and making people want to vomit blood.Although this sounds simple, to perfectly keep up with the consciousness and rhythm of these two people is not something that anyone can do well.

How did it become like this?

Most of the remaining players, except for the rookies promoted this season, are a little confused in retrospect.

They didn't pay much attention to the little transparent Qiao Yifan when he was in the team or when he left.Until I found out that he was going to Xingxin, I paid more attention to it as an after-dinner conversation.After meeting in online games and facing each other in competitions, I felt that he still had no sense of presence, and that he had improved a bit, but that was all.

This transformation was really difficult to adapt to at the time.

Not too surprised, probably only Xu Bin and Gao Yingjie.Although Xu Bin has never gotten along with Qiao Yifan, most of them are based on hearsay, but he has a stable personality and has his own judgment.As for Gao Yingjie, Qiao Yifan has watched every game this season, let alone.

At this time, Wang Jiexi's explanation had come to an end.Everyone in Tiny Herb under the stage was a little out of control, and he had noticed it from the beginning, so he raised the volume at the end.

"Tiny Herb always has only one goal. A regular season doesn't affect anything, we have the confidence. But—" Wang Jiexi stopped deliberately, looked at his team members, his tone was extremely serious, and he almost said every word Dayton, "We have no reason to underestimate any team, any opponent. There will never be a reason."

Then he didn't say anything more: "Yesterday's failure, go back and reflect on it. The meeting is over."

After the captain left, the atmosphere in the conference room did not become more relaxed.Some people packed their things silently and prepared to leave, while others sat in a daze and thought.

Gao Yingjie looked out the window in a daze.

Last night, he didn't text Qiao Yifan as soon as he used to.He had already opened the editing interface and selected the recipient, but he couldn't think of a word.I flipped through the previous news and wanted to refer to it, but I didn't think any of them were suitable.

Can't afford to lose?He thought he was not yet.Yifan is his best friend, the most important person, what does winning or losing in a mere game matter?

But he just couldn't say right off the bat like he used to, congratulations.

Liu Fei didn't make an appearance last night, and he was still interested in paying attention to others, so he poked at Li Ji: "Hey, you see Xiao Gao is in a daze. What can he think about?"

Gao Yingjie's attitude in last night's match was probably the most upright in the team, criticisms like underestimating the enemy have nothing to do with him; moreover, his performance was also at the core level. There were also frequent outbreaks in team battles.Liu Fei felt that he should have no psychological burden.

Li Ji rolled his eyes inwardly, it's none of your business, why are you so gossip.But Liu Fei was the only female player in the team after all, so he still had to be careful with his words, so he said, "I don't know. Are you looking at the scenery?"

Liu Fei really took a picture out of the window, bald and dusty in early spring, pouted: "There's nothing to see."

Li Ji quickly picked up his things and said, "I'll take a step first."

Liu Fei suddenly felt bored, seeing Zhou Yebai and Xiao Yun muttering something there, he leaned over to listen.

What Wang Jiexi said just now was undoubtedly another embarrassing slap in the face for these two people. Although they were inevitably touched in their hearts, they still had to speak hard at this moment.One said it was carelessness, the other said it was lack of preparation, and then recalled Qiao Yifan's timid look back then, and used the common sentence pattern in this situation "If I did it, it would have been so long ago".

The voices of several people's discussions became louder and louder, Gao Yingjie heard it clearly, and suddenly felt a little tight in his chest.

Are they all covered by the halo of God Ye Xiu?Is it just luck to choose the right career?How much courage and courage is needed to resolutely transform and start over from scratch, how much persistence and hard work is required to grow rapidly and perform brilliantly-all of which you can't see.You have never understood Qiao Yifan, you have never tried to understand Qiao Yifan.You just touch his upper and lower lips, and you can ignore all his shining points, as if they all fell from the sky.

He really felt wronged for Qiao Yifan.

Gao Yingjie suddenly closed his notebook and stood up.He is not someone who will burst out his buried feelings regardless, and can only express his dissatisfaction with silent gaze.

Hearing the commotion over there, everyone looked over in unison, met Gao Yingjie's gaze, and immediately felt guilty.Zhou Yebai bit the bullet and greeted in a panic: "Xiao Gao..."

Gao Yingjie ignored them, just glanced at them again, turned and left.

The few remaining people looked at each other for a while.

"...You said... Xiao Gao's eyes just now...doesn't it look a bit like the captain?" Liu Fei said in a worried tone.

Zhou Yebai and Xiao Yun remained silent, neither saying yes nor denying.

I was angry, but I also understood something because of it.After returning to the dormitory, Gao Yingjie couldn't wait to send Qiao Yifan a very, very simple text message, only two words.

Good Game.

It's not like before, although it's well-intentioned, but at the same time it's a bit of an overlooked performance, playing well, playing well or something.In e-sports, this not only means a hearty game, but also expresses recognition, affirmation and respect for the opponent.

Yifan is not only his best friend, the most important person, but also—a formidable enemy.

This was the first time Gao Yingjie looked at Qiao Yifan from such a completely equal, opponent's perspective.