Starting from a Fake University-Chapter 130 - 128: It’s Impossible to Work Overtime (14)_1

Chapter 130: Chapter 128: It’s Impossible to Work Overtime (14)_1

On a vibrant, brightly-lit stage.

Players from two teams made their entrances one after another, with hundreds of spectators in the audience, mainly locals from Mist City.

A significant number of students from Mist City Arts and Science University arrived on site to support their school’s team.

Given the limited number of tickets available for the e-sports arena, otherwise, half of the University’s students could potentially be present.

The cohesion among students from Mist City Arts and Science University, a private institution, was indeed very strong.

No choice.

Those students who could not be present had to watch the game’s live broadcast on various streaming apps.

The five players from the FY team of Mist City Arts and Science University left the rest area and went on stage, where they received brief introductions by the host.

After the introductions, they entered the FY team’s area and sat down one by one.

Then came the five players from the DF team of Haicheng.

The left side of the gaming area housed the FY team from Mist City; the right side was for the DF team from Mist City.

Behind the areas where the two teams were located, there was a humongous electronic screen. The audience would watch the match through this large electronic screen.

Both sides were now ready, and the hero banning phase would begin in a few minutes.

Meanwhile, in the rest area of the FY team from Mist City.

Ding Yue, Huang Youjie, Wen Ruohan, Jian Zihao, and Zhou Genshuo, the substitute player of the FY team, were all watching the live feed through the electronic screen in the rest area.

Ding Yue and Jian Zihao seemed the most composed.

Jian Zihao knew the strength of Xiong Jiahao and his team members, so there was no need to worry about facing the DF team of Haicheng.

On the other hand, Ding Yue had complete trust that Xiong Jiahao and Feng Jin would not mess up.

Huang Youjie and Wen Ruohan, who were not quite familiar with the actual strength of the FY team, were somewhat nervous for the five youngsters of the FY team.

Zhou Genshuo took long and deep breaths, trying his best to adjust and steady his emotions.

When Director Jian said that there was no need to be tense, he indeed felt more relaxed.

However, when he saw that his teammates had appeared on stage and were about to start the game, Zhou Genshuo inevitably felt a bit nervous again.

As a substitute player for the FY team, Zhou Genshuo had played several times during the City Heroes Competition where FY team had fought their way into the finals.

It was safe to say, the internal relationships within the FY team were pretty good, and Zhou Genshuo as a substitute didn’t have to sit on the bench all the time unlike the substitutes of other teams.

The stage.

The hero banning phase had started.

Mist City Arts and Science University’s FY team was on the blue side, and Haicheng DF team was on the red side.

In the first match of the best-of-five series, both teams selected their bans based on the strengths and superior points of the opponent.

The FY team from Mist City banned the opponent’s Renekton, Nidalee, Twisted Fate, Pantheon, and Syndra.

They put significant pressure on the opponent’s mid-lane.

The DF team of Haicheng initially planned to have Twisted Fate teleport to their bot lane, utilizing the classic 4-2 strategy, but that idea had to be abandoned now.

"Fuck, they banned my Twisted Fate as well," Liu Xiao Jun said, sounding somewhat angry.

"It seems that they have done their homework on you. They know your Twisted Fate is strong in controlling the tempo and your Syndra is strong in the lane," Wang Ba, the ADC, said to his mid-lane teammate, Liu Xiao Jun.

"Why not try Orianna? Gain control of the mid-lane, and with my teleport from the top lane, we can still pull off a 4-2," suggested the top-lane teammate over the team’s voice channel.

"Right, go for Orianna and just crush their mid-laner," Wang Ba agreed, stating that it would be fine even if they couldn’t accomplish the classic 4-2 strategy.

The ADC was confident that he could beat the opponent’s bot-lane duo!

The DF team from Haicheng banned Akali, Galio, Trundle, Ornn, and Zoe.

As for the hero selection from both sides.

Xiong Jiahao and his team chose Ezreal, Udyr, Bard, Azir, and Ekko.

Meanwhile, the DF team from Haicheng selected Gangplank, Ashe, Karma, Orianna, and Olaf.

After confirming their champion selections, the game was about to start.

A round of loud cheering supporting the FY team from Mist City Arts and Science University rang through the stadium, with most of them coming from girls.

The situation was quite impressive.

"Go FY!"

"Go FY!"

"FY team, pressing forward!"

"Go DF!"

Being on their home turf, it was clear that the popularity of the FY team was much greater than that of the DF team. The cheers for Haicheng’s DF team were as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

After entering the game.

For the first few minutes, both sides were evenly matched in their respective lanes. Wang Ba, with Ashe as his champion, initially wanted to show Ezreal, played by Xiong Jiahao, a thing or two.

However, Wang Ba realized that Ezreal’s laning skill was so superior that he and his support could find no flaws to exploit.

Even when Karma tried to come up to harass, Xiong Jiahao’s excellent movement would dodge easily.

Wang Ba began to realize.

This ADC seems to be powerful!

In the first match, when the DF team from Haicheng watched their base being destroyed after a 5v5 team fight with zero casualties on the opposing side, they were dumbfounded.

They lost the first match, but up until now, Wang Ba still couldn’t figure out where the gap between him and the opposing ADC lay.

How did they end up losing while playing?

"They... seem to seize opportunities extremely well?"

"Fuck, they caught onto my tiny mistakes?"

"You shouldn’t have died in that round; it cost us the Baron."

"How could I have known he would dodge my two skills!"

"Fuck, what kind of collaboration is that?"

"Their execution is so strong!"

"Did you guys understand the last team fight where Azir went drifting like in ’Mount Akina’ and then used his ultimate to throw us off with his ultimate?"

"I didn’t even have time to react..."

The five members from Haicheng DF team finally realized the horror of Mist City FY team at a post-match discussion.

In the last groupfight, Yao Jing, the mid-laner of Mist City FY, brilliantly captured a fleeting opportunity with the position-shifting skill of Azir, pushing all five members of Haicheng DF into jeopardy.

The groupfight then launched perfectly and ended perfectly, with them executing a complete sweep of 5 for 0.

"Coach, how should we play in the next game under such circumstances?"

Liu Xiao Jun looked towards the coach, asking quite anxiously.

"Let me think...just let me think..."

The coach of Haicheng DF team was in a frenzy.

Because in the first match, he had seen too many brilliant strategies from Mist City FY team.

Their coordination, laning, small-scale group fights, large-scale group fights, vision control, and jungle control were nearly flawless.

Counter-strategies just couldn’t keep up!

"Sigh, let’s ban Azir in the next match."

As the mid-laner, Liu Xiao Jun felt like he was psychologically scarred by Yao Jing’s Azir from Mist City FY team.

"Alright, let’s assign a ban slot for Azir." The coach agreed to Liu Xiao Jun’s suggestion, and then addressed Wang Ba, "Use a steady approach at the bottom lane. We’re going to target the top laner this time."

The strategy to target the bottom lane clearly failed in the previous game. Wang Ba’s ADC even fell behind the bottom lane combination of the Mist City FY team regarding farming and economy.

Inside the lounge of Mist City FY team.

Jian Zihao’s suggestion for the second match was: "Just pick the lineup you want to play."

So Xiong Jiahao and his team discussed and decided that Yao Jing and Qian Yu will lead the charge in the next game by picking off opponents all over the map.

In the second game...

Yao Jing chose to play Twisted Fate in the mid-lane, assisted by Qian Yu’s Jungle Jarvan IV.

Haicheng DF team was dumbfounded.

They noticed that once Twisted Fate hit Level 6, the entire game’s pace fell under the control of Mist City FY team.

Twisted Fate and his ganks kept shifting lanes. The entire team of Haicheng DF suffered a mental breakdown halfway into the game.

Once the FY team drove the game’s pace, Haicheng DF team felt completely overwhelmed.

In the end, they were thoroughly deprived of resources, and the snowball just kept growing, their economy falling behind by over 10,000.

A skirmish at the Dragon pit ended up becoming a brawl where Xiong Jiahao’s team won 3 kills for 1 death, completely losing the ability to slay the dragon.

So Mist City FY team successfully secured the dragon.

At the last groupfight, Yao Jing’s Twisted Fate and Qian Yu’s Jarvan IV successfully pinpointed the enemy ADC and killed it instantly.

Haicheng DF team lost their main DPS, instantly collapsed, and lost two more.

On the side of Mist City FY team, only Qian Yu’s Jarvan IV was taken down.

"Only two of them left, let’s go. I can TP back to base." Top laner Wang Shilin said calmly.

"Alright, push, push, push. We have the dragon buff. We’re not afraid."

After discussing via comms, Xiong Jiahao’s team decided to utilize the last bit of the Dragon buff time and push with their minions wave.

The three dead enemies most likely won’t be able to revive in time.

Even if they revived, they probably couldn’t resist the onslaught of Xiong Jiahao and his teammates.

As expected, when the four of them were pushing the inhibitor tower, Wang Shilin’s Udyr jumped up and temporarily pinned the two inhibitor towers. freёnovelkiss.com

The two remaining members of Haicheng DF were instantly killed by the concentrated fire.

Then they rapidly dismantled the towers.

By then, the three previously slain enemies were gradually reviving.

"Destroy the base. Let’s backdoor them. The enemies can’t make it in time. They can’t kill us all. We can finish it off." Xiong Jiahao urged his teammates via comms to start backdooring.

The inhibitor tower was dismantled.

They continued to hammer away at the base together.

Eventually, even though Yao Jing’s Twisted Fate and supporting Feng Jin were killed, the enemy’s base was also taken down to a sliver of health.

Game over!

"For fuck’s sake, they were such trolls. How did they dare to end it in one push?"

Wang Ba of Haicheng DF team had a complete mental breakdown.

The decision-making on the enemy team was too strong, wasn’t it?

After one more loss, Wang Ba and his teammates were completely demoralized.

Passionate cheers rang out again inside the eSports venue.

"FY team is awesome!"

"Are they going to go straight for a 3-0 victory?"

"Ha ha ha, is the Haicheng DF team really just this much?"

"The opponents seem to be so weak."

"So, here’s the question. Is the opponent weak or is the FY team too strong?"

The audience started to chitter and chatter in an excited manner.

The fans of Haicheng DF team barely dared to speak. After all, losing two games in a row, it’s questionable whether they can recover at least a bit of face by winning the next game.

In the lounge of the Mist City FY team.

Xiong Jiahao, Feng Jin, Qian Yu, Yao Jing, and Wang Shilin high-fived with everyone in the lounge when they returned from the stage.

"Well played."

Ding Yue briefly evaluated the last match.

"The final decision was well made. You counted a lot of data, didn’t you?" Jian Zihao asked the team with a smile.

"Yeah, it was Jiahao’s decision."

"It’s 2 to 0 now. Keep up the good work. If we finish up early tonight without having to work overtime, I’ll take you all to get a spa treatment to relax," said Huang Youjie jokingly to the five players.

"Director Huang don’t worry, there’s no way we’re going to work overtime!"

"Director Huang where’s that place you mentioned to relax?"