The Crown on a Wheelchair [Esports]

?Gate of Ghosts◇

Defeat your opponent in your own mode

Xia Liang never thought of representing the country.

The pre-game trash talk session is a unique culture in the e-sports circle, commonly known as the "E-sports Bible".

For example, Yanjun once posted on Weibo commenting that BYT's jungler Joy's jungler technique is "only knows how to bend a bow and shoot big eagles".The opposing player also gave the same "enthusiastic" response, saying that YG's Nakano is a paper tiger, and EMG's dragon control technique is "a single-minded method".

When it was the turn of KL and SKY, Gu Linxi did not show any weakness, saying that last year SKY was able to enter the finals only because the top laner he met was not his own river master. Juice remained calm, and directly uploaded a set of gifs of killing the Lord of the River solo.

The "friendly interaction" of players does not affect personal friendship, but it will become peaceful and friendly at the club level.

[KL: Our stories are intertwined again, @[email protected]YoungTeam[email protected], this is destiny!Hope we can create a classic again! 】

Because KL is the only remaining team in NPL, Xia Liang can understand what it means to represent NPL.

It's just that when the country is mentioned, his scalp still tingles.

He thought that if he really represented the country in any way, it would be that he never behaved uncivilized in front of foreigners, never smoked, took drugs, littered or swore.

No more.

On October 10, the top four teams went to the scene to rehearse and test the equipment.

The sky was blue and there was not a breath of wind in the clear weather.

The Olympic Lake is like a mirror, reflecting the grid-like bird's nest made of branches.

The gray mineral-like steel mesh is covered with a transparent membrane material, which contains the bowl-shaped stadium stands in earth red.The traditional Chinese hollowing out technique, the texture of ceramics, and the splendor and enthusiasm of red are perfectly integrated with the most advanced modern steel structure design.

When Xia Liang and his teammates were sitting in the bus, they were still joking that SKY’s breakthrough was PoPing, but when they entered the Bird’s Nest, they were so shocked that they lost their words at the same time.

The football field is covered with black carpet, and three huge mobile display screens stand behind the stage.

The height of the screen is 32 meters, there are ten floors, and the area is 1800 square meters.

Xia Liang was sitting in the waiting area, even looking up felt exhausted.

His sense of the scale of space suddenly magnifies infinitely.

Their physical bodies become small, whether they can stand up, how tall, how heavy, these individual characteristics are no longer important, what is important is that their spirit will be infinitely magnified by the three screens during the game and projected to the whole world.

Xia Liang lowered his head and rubbed his neck, looking at the stage in front of him.

There is a grand piano on the stage, and there is a sculpture covered with gray cloth in the middle. From the dialogue of the on-site staff, it can be judged that they are props used for the opening ceremony of the final.

The audio consoles are in the white square cabins on both sides.

"Have you heard about the opening ceremony of the final? Xiao Fang played the piano, Jiang Xi led the dance, and NeverDie sang." Liu Shengnan said, "There will be AR special effects at that time. I like making arrangements."

Gu Linxi said: "On this point, we also want to reach the final."

Xia Liang passed by the audio console, and saw a pair of hands with grandma's onychomycosis on the lever keys.

The tuner has a V face with blond curly hair.

His memory was awakened.

"Teacher Ten Mai."

Ten Mai was testing the sound effect with the band, when he turned his head and saw a peaceful young man in a wheelchair.

"Hi, Nightwish." Shi Mai pulled down the earphones and hung them around his neck, snapped his fingers, expressing his heart to the KL players.

"I didn't expect to meet you again." Xia Liang said, "But it's not in Korea, but in China."

Shi Mai said: "I also found that more and more people, even if they don't play games, know your names. It seems that NPL has gone out of its own way."

Xia Liang greeted with a smile.

The KL players then received notice from the staff, went to the stage to rehearse and test the game.

Xia Liang turned to the auditorium and saw a group of university volunteers wearing cultural shirts.

The volunteer leader is speaking.

"Group B, the team members of Group B took the microphones to organize cheers on the spot, and taught the audience how to unify with slogans three to 10 minutes before the opening ceremony...We must show our good image as the host! Inclusive and enthusiastic! Team Jiang, okay?!"

The team leader of Group B had a bright smile and relaxed brows. Xia Liang felt a little familiar, and was thinking where he had seen him before, when he turned off the microphone, jumped onto the stage, and walked towards them.

"Nightwish, Little Uranus, remember me?"

The KL staff wanted to go up to stop him, but Xia Liang suddenly thought of the other party's name and gave his own response.

"Captain PG, Jiang Lin, is that you!?"

"You still remember, I'm so moved." Jiang Lin smiled, and while naturally signaling to the KL staff that he would not approach, he pointed to the North China University Alliance logo on his volunteer cultural shirt, and said to Xia Liang through the railing , "I don't bring PG anymore. I have been working in Pingcheng for two years, but I have been working part-time for the college alliance. This time I applied to do volunteer activities, cheering for you."

Xia Liang said: "Captain Jiang, you are really amazing."

Jiang Lin said: "Where, I'm just an ordinary worker, you must play hard in tomorrow's semi-finals."

Xia Liang said, "Yes, yes."

After Jiang Lin said these words, he went back to guide the specific work of Group B.

KL has also completed rehearsals and tests and is ready for tomorrow's semi-final against SKY.

The semi-finals are a hell for the NPL China Division.

After 2011, no team has entered the finals. South Korea’s BYT and SKY are almost the top two teams in the world with dominance. During this period, only m30 was lucky enough to win the runner-up in 2015. The rest of the finals were all from the NCK division. civil war.

Xia Liang and his teammates returned to the training room, closed the soundproof door, and started the pre-match discussion.

It was only then that Xian Shichu explained to the players why they had to unswervingly play the three core tactics in the middle in the group stage.

"BO5, psychological warfare and operational warfare are split in half." Xian Shichu said, "NCK used Bard's "Freeze" and Kieran's "Resurrection" to break their psychological defense against the usual tactics of EMG and YG. "

Xia Liang thought for a while and said: "SKY must now use the operation tactics to crack "Blade's End". "

"That's right." Xian Shichu said, "That's why I asked you to practice the anti-restraint system. Tomorrow we will first play "Qie Yu Cuo", "Ye Cut" or "Phantom Chain". Remember, play steadily. "

This night, Xia Liang slept relatively lightly, because he faced SKY head-on last year and was defeated. The pain turned into motivation to spur him, which made him sleepless for countless nights, thinking about how to defeat his opponent if he did it again.

He wants to prove himself to himself.

10:00;

Xia Liang looked at Ji Tian who was sleeping soundly beside his pillow.

"Ji Shen, get up."

[NPL Official Whisper: Hello, audience friends, this is the scene of the semi-finals of the Pococoon 2017 Global Finals! 】

[NPL Official Poseidon: It's 4 pm now, the National Stadium is full, and you can feel the warm atmosphere! 】

Wheelchairs rolled down the brightly lit aisle onto the stage.

A row of shining diamond-like lights surrounded the field of vision, and the mighty three-story auditorium shouted the team's name.

That was the voice of 5 people.

"KL! KL! KL!"

"SKY! SKY! SKY!"

Xia Liang looked at the SKY player standing in the blue square on the right. Tree, PoPing, and Ji Tian are participating in the World Championship for the fourth year. SJZH has dyed yellow hair, and he seems to be jumping at any time without touching the ground, full of curiosity.Top laner Juice and support QAQ have grown into generals and played a key role in this year's summer split.

In reality, he doesn't know them, but in Shattering Cocoon Canyon, he is familiar with everyone's personality.

"Linxi, their top laner has a strong personality, you have to be flexible and don't be stubborn." Xia Liang said, "SJZH is also more jumpy, but I don't worry about Shengnan."

Gu Linxi said: "I, you can rest assured."

Xia Liang said, "Yes."

Ji Tian took Xia Liang's hand, squeezed the palm, and smiled slightly.

"I know what you want to say." Xia Liang said with a smile, "You are here, and you will always be here."

Players from both sides enter the plane.

Wearing a headset, Xian Shichu came to the middle of the stage and stood opposite the head coach of SKY.

Game start.

BP is the first round of the contest between the two teams.

The portrait of the summoner lit up on the giant screen, and with the live commentary, the audience burst into applause.

SKY chooses the hero first on the blue side, and the one who grabs is the skill-flow AD Suraluen of the Crescent Moon.Xian Shichu decided to choose Willie, the creator of the first single, and David, the wild doctor.In the second round of selection, SKY got mid laner Ghost Dancer and top laner Tree Ghost Ryuk, while Xian Shichu chose mid laner Skadi and AD Breaking the Distance.

The choices on both sides were smooth and smooth, but when Xian Shichu chose Sijiadi, the head coach of SKY became entangled.

SKY's fourth hero lamp has not been turned on for a long time.

[NPL official whisper: KL took the defensive lineup of Skadi and the dance of breaking the distance, which seems to be unexpected by SKY. 】

[NPL official Poseidon: SKY should have prepared for KL, but faced with such a lineup, their original plan was disrupted, and finally they chose...]

- blue side -

Top-Tree Ghost Ryuk-SKY.Juice;

Jug-Eternal Hunting Twins Koichi-

Mid-Ghost Dancer Naraku-SKY.PoPing;

Bot-Surarun of the Crescent Moon-

Sup-Wind Elf Silph-

- red square -

Top-Creator Willie-

Jug - Dr. Biochem David -

Mid-Skadi, Goddess of Winter-KL.Nightwish;

Bot-Breaking Distance Dance-KL.JiTian;

Sup-Aiel the Bringer of Spring-

Xian Shichu looked at SKY's seat selection, smiled knowingly, and walked off the stage.

From this moment on, the game is completely in the hands of the players.

[Confirm: enter the game]

"PoPing..." Xia Liang secretly questioned, "PoPing is cautious by nature, can he really play Naraku?"

A person's operation can be fabricated in the later stage, but the character is not changed just by changing it. PoPing is one of the world-class players he has come into contact with the most. After becoming the starter, PoPing has maintained a record of zero mistakes and has never made rash advances.

"But..." Xia Liang thought, "For Ghost Dancer, inaction is tantamount to dereliction of duty."

Just at this moment, a falcon dance flew towards him.

-20 blood.

Xia Liang accepted the warning from the other side, clicked the left button, and started laning.

He wants to tear off PoPing's assassin mask.

E!The source of ice and snow!

He moved in silver to deal with his own position division tactics, using offense as defense, pressing every step of the way and sticking to PoPing.

However, SKY is a professionally trained team after all. After realizing Xia Liang's idea, PoPing brought back to the city with reduced healing equipment and went online to defuse Xia Liang's persecution.

……

In the 4th minute, SJZH's Yonghunting Twins took advantage of the high flexibility and high damage of the third level to snatch the red buff in the first half of the field from Liu Shengnan's biochemical doctor, and marked the top lane to cooperate with the tree ghost Ryuk's directional hard Control, put pressure on Gu Linxi at all times.

[Nightwish: Miss in the middle! 】

"Nailuo is going up." Xia Liang said, "Linxi, don't go near the river."

As soon as the words were finished, Gu Linxi caught a glimpse of the wolf spirit released from the eternal hunting twins flying towards the river.

PoPing's falcon blade followed immediately.

F!Willie of Gu Linxi decisively handed over his flash!

……

"Yeshen, Hong has been robbed. I will go to Gank in the 5th minute." Liu Shengnan marked the river in the second half of the field, "You hold PoPing."

"No problem." Xia Liang said.

……

In the 6th minute, Ji Tian and Xiao Zhenrong were about to reach level 4.

[Ji Tian: Attack! 】

The Dance of Breaking the Distance approached Tree with the fake action of A Bing, and then Xiao Zhenrong's Spring Envoy gave Ji Tian a buff bonus.

Ji Tian dealt critical damage!

Tree flashes!

Liu Shengnan's prediction was very accurate, an E from a long distance flew directly to the position after Tree's flash!

[Ji Tian kills Tree! 】

……

After gaining an advantage in the bottom lane, Liu Shengnan immediately turned around and went to the middle lane as planned.They knew that Ghost Dancer had multiple displacements and it was difficult to catch to death, so they put pressure on SKY by pushing the line and pointing the tower.

……

Xia Liang pinched her group control ult and cut to the equipment bar.

In the first 10 minutes, the two sides exchanged their strengths, and their operations were better than each other, gaining an economic advantage.

However, SKY still gritted its teeth and persisted. Through a kill on the road and the invasion of the first half of the field, it searched for the economy bit by bit and evened the situation.

Unlike the opponents they encountered before, SKY, like BYT, is a team known for its strong resilience.

The live commentary ignited the atmosphere.

[NPL official whisper: Now is the critical moment. In the early stage of the contest, KL played its own development rhythm reasonably and steadily through the advantages of double 4 levels in the bottom lane and 6 levels in the middle lane. 】

[NPL official Poseidon: SKY is taking advantage of KL's lack of support for the top lane, and it is also not relaxed about the economy.

But after all, they are a lineup that needs assassins in the middle to find opportunities to fight, and PoPing's ghost dancer is tightly controlled by Yewish. 】

[NPL official whisper: Okay, we saw SKY's Ueno came to Xiaolongkeng, and PoPing took action! SKY wants to advance the rhythm through a wave of team battles around the back! ! 】

In the giant screen, the blue square ghost dancer Naraku squatted in the grass in the river in the lower half of the field.

Xia Liang manipulates Si Jiadi to come to the river.

He stared at the grass in front of him.

"Don't do it yet."

The wind blew, the water surface was rippling, and the grass blades swayed gently.

He knew that PoPing was inside, but neither side played their skills against each other. KL is waiting for the river master from Gu Linxi to arrive, while SKY is waiting for the right time for PoPing's ghost dancer to cut into the back row at the best angle.

"If you don't do it, it will be too late, PoPing."

[ZI: On the way! 】

"Here we come!" Gu Linxi said.

The five people from KL gathered at the dragon guard side.

SKY's bot duo, the jungler is at the fork in the bot lane, and PoPing's Ghost Dancer is in the grass at the middle fork. Together with the teleportation of the top laner Juice, they form a 3+2 siege for KL.

In the blink of an eye, a team battle broke out.

SJZH drove to Liu Shengnan, and the two sides exchanged positions.

A silver falcon blade flew in Xia Liang's field of vision. He pressed the big move R, and hit all the AOE damage skills of QEW to the center of the team battle.

But at the next moment, Juice's Ryuk placed a hard control on him, and the appearance of Ghost Dancer made him completely lose his health.

[PoPing kills Nightwish! 】

"Linxi, God of Baoji." Xia Liang said calmly, "They have one less control."

The scene changes so quickly that the audience dare not blink their eyes.

The commentary is fast.

[NPL official whisper: But Nightwish did all the damage before falling down! PoPing didn't go first but waited for his teammates to control it first!This is actually a waste of a control skill!We saw that at the back of the team battle, Ji Tian cooperated with Xuebing to kill SJZH's Yonghun Gemini and Tree consecutively with a backhand! 】

[NPL official Poseidon: What Juice's tree ghost lacks is the control skill used by Yewish! SKY can't control Ji Tian!Ji Tian got triple kills! 】

In this critical battle for dragons, due to the cautious nature of SKY's mid laner PoPing, under the strong pressure from KL, he failed to use the high mobility of Ghost Dancer as an assassin, resulting in the failure of the team battle.

KL played 1 for 3, then advanced steadily and won the first game.

[Victory! 】

"Nice! SKY is nothing more than that!"

Gu Linxi jumped out of the plane, and celebrated with high fives with his teammates as usual.

Xia Liang looked at the blue light soaring into the sky, as if seeing a small gap in PoPing's assassin mask.

During the intermission, the bird's nest echoed with singing.

Fans of KL and SKY took turns singing battle songs to cheer for the team.

[NPL official whisper: It's not easy!This victory is of great significance to KL, including the psychological stability of the two new players. Yes, knowing that SKY is provoking them, they still withstand the impact! 】

[NPL official Poseidon: I personally think that the performance of the players is important, but this is a game that won the BP. The original intention is really good in the formation of troops, directly pulling the opponent to the same level as KL, and then Defeat opponents in your own mode. 】

After the first game set the tone for offense and defense, the two sides began the anxious pull that often occurs in the BO5 mode.

In the second game, SKY launched an offensive again. SJZH learned the lesson of the first game and was quicker than Liu Shengnan to grab the rhythm in the middle.

In the third round, KL came up with night-cutting tactics, and Gu Linxi completed the counter-kill against Juice after a lot of hard work, and won a city for KL with a cunning trick, and won the first MVP since the knockout round.

In the fourth game, after SKY failed several times to find opportunities to Gank in the middle, the economy was at a disadvantage.

But in the later round of team battles, KL mistakenly thought that SJZH was going to fight Dalong. Liu Shengnan made a mistake in his position and PoPing seized the opportunity to cooperate with Juice to kill him. SKY used the terrifying headwind ability to make KL lose the match point.

The tiebreaker is coming.

Xia Liang couldn't completely tear off PoPing's assassin mask in the first game, but after several consecutive games, he found that PoPing's speed was slowing down, which confirmed his inner doubts at the beginning.

"Xianjiao, I am confident that I can defeat PoPing in the last game, it's time to counterattack."

It was dark.

The lighting effects in the arena are turned on.

The voice of the audience came to a climax with the players on both sides of the deciding game.

The inflatable stick hits a heart-pounding rhythm.Shouts, whistles, and LED light signs are like droplets on the top of the waves, splashing on the crest of the waves created by the crowd.

KL and SKY go head-to-head.

"In this game, we're going to switch from defense to offense. The starting point is their mid laner PoPing. Although they managed to play a dragon rush in the last game, it's already at the end of their strength. If we speed up the tempo now, they won't be able to take it anymore."

Xian Shichu held his own headset, and pressed his lips against the sponge cover.

On the opposite side of KL, the head coach of SKY walked to the player's mobile phone seat, put his hands on the table, and spoke quickly.

"The rhythm of the final game will definitely change. I hope you will show the courage you had against ART last year and cut off the cooperation between Nightwish and JiTian. As long as they turn to the offensive, our lineup will be ready for work."

[NPL official whisper: KL grabs the Shadow of the Blade first!Audience friends, the rhythm of the game has changed at this moment!KL, who has always been on the defensive side, showed their swords against SKY in the deciding game! 】

[NPL official Poseidon: SKY is not unprepared. At the end, Juice showed a hero that surprised everyone, that is the Sky Thunder Chariot Ren! 】

- blue side -

Top-Sky Thunder Chariot Rennes-SKY.Juice;

Jug - Cave Pioneer Skarner -

Mid-Black Dragon Nid Hogg-SKY.PoPing;

Bot-Twitch, the source of the plague-

Sup-Wind Elf Silph-

- red square -

Top-Lord of the River-

Jug-Wolf Girl Bella-

Mid-Blade Shadow Kelvin-KL.Nightwish;

Bot-Adrian Wing Evan-KL.JiTian;

Sup-Holy Shield Brown-

But just when KL was about to attack, SKY took out the Sky Thunder Chariot.

Xia Liang's pupils shrank for a while.

The soft sigh in the voice system originated from the complex emotions in his heart.

SKY played the same lineup he played against him in ART last year.

He looked down at his trembling ring finger.

The version of the top laner has passed, but the same opponent, the same lineup, the same match point... Such a strong re-experience of the scene made his thoughts have a serious "flashback" again.

But the battlefield is the battlefield, as long as there is a weakness, it will definitely be targeted.