matchstick heaven

Consciousness seems to be trapped in a thick fog...

There is a refreshing smell, unlike the usual base room, which is always stuffy.

Shen Qing struggled and thought and thought, and finally remembered some fragments.

Another golden rain... the Silver Dragon Cup... the way Zhou Chenshan looked at him from the audience...

Suddenly, the sky brightened.

"It's time to get up."

It was Zhou Chenshan's voice.

Shen Qing suddenly opened her eyes, and stood up from the quilt.

Zhou Chenshan was wearing a nightgown at home, looking much softer than usual.At this moment, he showed a worried look on his face, and said, "You have slept for too long, it's time to get up."

Shen Qing shook her head, feeling that there was a mass of paste inside.

Yes, they won Xiaguan.

The people in the team ate, drank, sang together, making noise until it was almost dawn.

then……

He followed Zhou Chenshan home...

Home……

The window is very bright.

"How long have I slept?"

"It's been a day and a night, and now it's noon on the third day."

Shen Qing rubbed her aching temple: "Oh, I'm up."

He quickly got up, kicked on his slippers, and hurried into the bathroom.

Auntie cooked a table of delicious dishes, and when Shen Qing came out after washing, she smelled the aroma and realized that she was very hungry.

While peeling shrimp for him, Zhou Chenshan asked, "How many days off do you have?"

"I'm going back to the base tonight." Shen Qing buried her head in her meal.He was not used to this kind of atmosphere.

Zhou Chenshan frowned: "I heard from Pan Luping that it will be released for 3 days?"

"Ah?" Shen Qing raised her head in a daze, "Their players are released for 3 days, and our coaching staff must prepare in advance."

"Oh, like this."

Zhou Chenshan peeled most of the shrimps in the pot for Shen Qing, leaving a pile of shrimp shells in front of him.

Shen Qing looked at it, blinked her dry eyes, and felt a little embarrassed: "I can wait a little longer after the World Championship is over."

"Ah."

"Aren't you busy recently?"

A while ago, Shen Qing saw that Zhou Chenshan was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, his eye sockets were always dark brown, but today he seemed to have stayed at home for a whole day and had a good rest.

Zhou Chenshan smiled: "Recently, the project is progressing well. After things are finalized, I don't need to keep an eye on the details."

"Then when can I play the console you made?" Shen Qing asked.

"It's still early, but you can look forward to it. Eat well and let's go for a walk. I haven't seen you move at the base before the game, and lying down for such a long time is not good for your health."

"Oh." Shen Qing was actually a bit lazy, but she still nodded in agreement.

The meal was eaten quietly.

Zhou Chenshan occasionally said a word, Shen Qing was a little unresponsive after sleeping for a long time, but he would answer a few words.

After dinner, the two went out for a walk.

The sun outside is just right, the light is warm and warm, illuminating the green street trees, the sky is blue and boundless, and the clouds are placed in it like milky white cream.

Shen Qing looked up at the skyline.

"It feels like I haven't been in the sun for a long time."

Zhou Chenshan raised his hand, and gently and tentatively rubbed Shen Qing's hair.

Shen Qing lowered her head without objecting.

"You guys are too unhealthy. It's better to go outside for a walk after sitting and playing games for a long time."

"Ah."

Shen Qing walked in the sunshine, her mind slowly regained clarity.Only then did I have a real feeling of winning the championship.

"How did we play in the final?" He asked Zhou Chenshan.

Zhou Chenshan smiled and said, "It's great."

"Hey...the World Championship is coming up."

"Well, I asked yesterday, is this year in China?"

"Yes, the group stage is in Zhuhai, but we still don't know how the group will be."

"Many people said that this year is particularly difficult to play."

"I haven't had time to study other divisions, but during the regular season, I watched some games in other divisions. It seems that there are many strong teams. Therefore, there is no way to rest for too long. The coaching staff and I have to decide on the training plan for the next few days. , the players still need time to adjust.”

"Ok, I know."

"Oh, by the way, the final is actually held in Dunhuang." Shen Qing suddenly remembered the news he had read before the match, but he was so nervous at that time that he didn't bother to tell Zhou Chenshan.

"Wow, what a coincidence?"

"Yeah, what a coincidence..."

He thought of the galaxy he had seen with Zhou Chenshan on Mingsha Mountain before, and suddenly felt that he was so close to the stage of the finals.

At present, the Eagles and AT have already locked the top 2 seats in the S game in advance, and the remaining 2 spots in the LPL division have to wait for the results of the bubbling match in the next few days.

Then the team ranked 4th will compete with teams from other divisions to qualify for the qualifying round.

It will be a long time until all the dust settles and the draw is made.

How to make good use of this time to adapt to the rhythm of the World Championship as soon as possible is very important for the Eagles.After all, this Eagles team now seems too young and too raw. More than half of the players in it have never played in the S game, and they don't have much experience playing against teams from other divisions.

Due to the version change, the competition environment has changed too much, and Msi's little experience is not of much value now.

In the summer split, the outer divisions were visibly intensified.

What's more...Shen Qing herself lacks confidence in the S game.All his confidence comes from believing in the current players, but he always has doubts about himself.

In the evening, Zhou Chenshan personally drove Shen Qing back to the base.

The players have the last day of vacation left, and now they are all broadcasting live at the base, noisy, enjoying the last moment of relaxation before the World Championship.

While waiting for other coaching staff members to return to the base, Shen Qing also opened the Luna live broadcast room to watch the excitement.

Barrage is also carnival.

"Come out from the losing streak at the beginning of the season to win the championship", "The version can't kill my big fat eagle", "Grand Slam scheduled", "BP peak duel", "It's worthy of our world"...

Luna didn't play ranked, but was watching a video of old F accepting a post-match interview.

The reporter asked: "I feel that your whole team is in a very strong state in the summer game. I see that you often practice from late at night to morning. Why do you work so hard?"

Old F said: "Everyone hold back your energy. When we won the spring split, we thought we had finally proved ourselves, but it turned out that we didn't. After the game, many people still thought we didn't play well, so we won the summer split. We all want to be stronger and win again.”

"Then you are already double champions, isn't that enough to prove yourself?"

Old F scratched his head: "Now...it seems like no one cares about this matter, we just want to play in the World Championship, we are all thinking about the World Championship."

This interview made the fans excited again, and the bullet screen quickly flashed a large number of "Come on", "You are the champion", and "Strike the Grand Slam", densely packed and aggressive.

Too many flattering voices.

Shen Qing knew that the team needed to recover as soon as possible after taking leave, so they had to pull everyone out of the floating state.It would be a good thing to enter the competitive state of the World Championship early.

He sent a message to the person in charge of training: "PP said last time that he wanted to make an appointment with us for a training match, please reply and make an appointment."

The other party replied: "During the qualifying period?"

"Yes. There is also the wild card POP. Their coach asked Lu Man to ask. I think it is also possible to make an appointment. You can contact to see how the time is arranged."

"Ok."

Shen Qing rubbed her neck, stood up and looked at the analyst's computer.

Analysts hardly have any holidays. They have been collecting valuable game data of each team these days, sorting out team styles, player hero pools, and version information.

Soon, all the coaching staff were in place, and everyone held a short meeting in the basement of the base, and then began to study the World Championship version and opponents, and formulate the next training plan for the players.

By 1 o'clock in the morning, the plan took shape.

When Shen Qing went back to the room to rest, she could still hear the ghostly roars of the two people on the bottom road, as well as the sound of little F jumping up and down energetically.

He sent Zhou Chenshan a lying cat emoji, and Zhou Chenshan quickly sent a video invitation.

Shen Qing hastily looked at herself, she spent a long time in the basement facing the computer screen, and talked for several hours without drinking water, her current appearance is really a bit sloppy.

He switched the video to a voice call.

"Hey?"

Zhou Chenshan's voice was very low, as if he was wiping away the dust on a leaf: "Why don't you take the video?"

Shen Qing's ears were a little hot, and she lowered her voice: "Eh... just finished the meeting, it's not very good."

Zhou Chenshan smiled briefly.

"How was the result of the meeting?"

"It's okay, the coaching staff is quite confident. The players will also receive leave tomorrow night."

Zhou Chenshan said: "You all work hard, just don't leave any regrets. I just read the news that the LPL player in the wild card division is going to retire. It's a pity."

Shen Qing was stunned: "Ah? Who?"

"POP, Brother Rainbow, you said last time that he is quite strong."

"what?"

Shen Qing didn't react immediately.

Not long ago, Lu Man just asked him about making an appointment for a training match, and he just asked the training team leader to make an appointment with POP, how could he just retire when he said he was retiring?

"Did he say it himself? Or a rumor?"

"As I said just now, it's because I'm sick and I can't play anymore. POP temporarily rented players from a certain team to play in the World Championship."

"Huh? You won't be playing in the World Championship anymore?"

"Well, I sent you the link for you to take a look... I thought you knew. They seem to have just won the Xia crown, and he also won the FMVP, what a pity..."

Shen Qing let out a muffled "Hmm", and clicked on the link to confirm the message.

Zhou Chenshan couldn't help feeling: "The professional life span of e-sports players is really too short, and once there is a sudden injury, there is nothing to do. No matter how hard you try to change your destiny, you will have no chance. It's very uncomfortable to think about it."

"Um……"

"Shen Qing?"

"Ok?"

"I hope you can achieve consummation, so you have to work hard, don't care about your previous grades, don't give up easily."

"Hmm. Are you...going to Zhuhai?"

"If you want me to go, I will go, as long as it doesn't affect you."

Shen Qing was silent for a while, buried her face in the quilt, held the phone far away in her hand, and said in a muffled voice, "I really want you to go."

Zhou Chenshan naturally didn't hear clearly, and asked, "Ah? What?"

"I say……"

"Huh?" Zhou Chenshan suddenly asked a question, "Look at the trending search, Rainbow seems to have said something."

"What?" Shen Qing looked up and was stunned.

"He said that he was screwed by 3you because of his poor game status back then. Now that he has retired, he wants to tell the story of the past."

"Ah? Let me see."

Shen Qing quickly sat up, flipped through her phone, and saw the latest news from Lu Man on the homepage of Lu Man's live broadcast platform Space.

"3you put cold medicine in the water I drank before the game, which caused me to be sleepy throughout the game, and then threw the shell of the pill in front of me to disgust me. It's completely lawless because of my own relationship. I don't want to speculate Why did he do such a disgusting thing? I don’t have any evidence to identify him, but now that I’m retired, it’s really uncomfortable not to say some things. Eagle’s coach Shen said that he has a wicked mind, and I agree. I believe there are other reasons. Many players have been harmed by him. I hope more people will stand up. Even if we have no evidence to sue 3you, we should not let him continue to stay on the field. Seeing him, I feel that the word professional is insulted. We should compete fairly, not engage in scheming and tricks."

"Wow……"

Zhou Chenshan was typing on the keyboard, obviously following up on this matter.

"Shen Qing, we have the opportunity to completely destroy him and drive him out of the e-sports circle, but this matter can be handled by me, you prepare well for the World Championship."

"I……"

In the middle of Shen Qing's speech, he was interrupted by a commotion outside.

At first, Shen Qing thought that everyone had seen what was going on with Lu Man, so the discussion was quite excited.But gradually, he felt that something was wrong, so he got up and went to open the door.

The downstairs training room was in chaos, some people hurried past, and most of them gathered around the old F's position.The team leader was on the phone at the door, looking very bad.

Shen Qing's heart beat suddenly.

"What's wrong?" He heard his voice trembling.

"Old F, he..." The physical therapist accompanying the team was a young girl who had just graduated from college. Her eyes were red and she was a little at a loss.

The elder sister in charge of logistics pressed her shoulder, and calmly explained the situation to Shen Qing: "Shuang Zai just said that his shoulder hurts, so he rubbed it twice, and now suddenly he can't even lift his hands!"

The team leader ran over after making the phone call: "The ambulance will be here soon—how is it, Frost Cub?"

Old F's head was covered with beads of sweat, his eyes were red, and his face was pale. He could only tightly hold the hand of Luna on his shoulder, unable to speak due to the pain.

Shen Qing's mind was swollen, and his nerves were throbbing suddenly.

Why……

Why are there so many accidents in this world?Why is hope always so easily dashed?Why... the old F is in such a good state, with a clear mind, experienced and calm when playing games as a command, isn't he worthy of a world champion?

And the rest of the team...everyone worked so hard...

I have persisted until here...

Why...why...