For Love of the Game

In the afternoon, Song Xueyang and the others really started training. Shen Huai followed them to the training room as he was bored.

Song Xueyang turned on a computer for him, "We will train until about 7 o'clock for dinner, if you are bored, you can play for a while."

Shen Huai nodded and sat down on the chair.

This training room is obviously for the training of the selected players. According to the official regulations of "City of Despair" for professional teams, each team has seven players, and this training room also happens to have seven computers.

But now there are only four computers with people in front of them, and the rest of the computer desks are empty, obviously no owners yet.

There are only four left in the seven-player team. For Maple Moon, it is undoubtedly a critical period of transformation. Whether or not they can keep their place in the top eight in the professional league next year depends on what level of players Song Xueyang can recruit this year.

Shen Huai walked past them and glanced at the computer quietly, and found that they were playing the same small game.

Boards fall on a pure black background, and the characters operated by the player need to jump onto other boards continuously. The boards fall very fast, and if you hesitate for a second, they will fall into the flames together with the boards. At the same time, the four corners of the game interface Small bosses will also be spawned randomly to release shotguns. You must jump on the board while ensuring that the characters are not hit by shotguns.

The daily training of professional players is not limited to competition games. Many small games with simple rules and single operation are more suitable for practice. For example, this small game is obviously used to train positioning and reaction ability.

Shen Huai looked behind several people, and the counter above Zhou Ning's screen showed 935, which proved that he had jumped 935 planks. His technique was very steady, and each plank stayed for a long time, but every time Can seize the best time to take off.

Starfish's counter is 1372, and the speed of the plank falling on his screen is already very fast. Two bosses are refreshed on the game interface at the same time, and the shotgun skills are like setting off fireworks.He jumped very chaotically, the characters seemed to be jumping around, and every time he gave people a feeling that he was about to fall, but he was neither killed in the flames nor hit by bullets, which was surprising.

Fan Jingming's counter is also more than 700. He jumps very fast, and he can quickly find the next foothold after staying on each board for almost a moment.

Shen Huai glanced at Song Xueyang's computer for the last time, and he was surprised to find that Song Xueyang's counter displayed 2614, fully twice that of other people!

The speed of the board on the screen is like a shooting star, and it is almost impossible to see it, and 4 bosses are refreshed at the same time, and the special effects of shotguns almost fill the entire screen, and there are traps everywhere!

But Song Xueyang was not in a hurry, he was very relaxed with a smile on his face, and the character even jumped twice on each board like a teenager with ADHD, looking very rhythmic.

Shen Huai suddenly became competitive, and he returned to his computer to find this little game, and a pixel villain appeared on the screen.

The villain is very easy to operate, just need the four direction keys on the keyboard to move left and right, take off and land up and down.

The first two times Shen Huai played, every time he jumped to around 600, he was either buried in the flames or killed by bullets, but he quickly figured out the pattern.

At most two boards can appear on the same horizontal line at the same time. The shotgun skills of the boss are very easy to be hit when close, but as long as you hide in the distance and wait for the shotgun to scatter, you can hide from the gap. The existence of each boss The time is 30 seconds, and at most two bosses will release their skills at the same time. He only needs to remember the order in which the bosses are refreshed to avoid them.

Sure enough, this time was much smoother than the previous few times. Shen Huai jumped all the way to 2583. Seeing that he was about to surpass Song Xueyang, Song Xueyang suddenly stood up and clapped his hands.

"The basic training is over, let's fight in groups of two."

Shen Huai was taken aback and quickly clicked off in the upper right corner. After realizing that Song Xueyang hadn't found him, he didn't bother to click on and play again.

This was the first time he experienced the atmosphere of professional team training. There was no noise in the training room except for the sound of typing on the keyboard and clicking the mouse. Everyone was staring at the computer intently, and the occasional conversation with his teammates was very brief. Even sometimes only one or two words are needed.

This kind of tacit understanding is not only the understanding of each other after fighting side by side for many years, but also the game awareness that only people at the same level will have.

Shen Huai was clearly in the same room as them, but he was completely unable to blend into the tense atmosphere. He was a little envious, and more of a longing for the life of a professional player.

The sound of a video call suddenly sounded in the training room. Shen Huai quickly turned off the media volume and said "Sorry", but no one paid attention to him. Everyone's attention was focused on the computer in front of them, and they didn't even have the slightest expression Variety.

Shen Huai was a little shocked, and didn't say any more, and quickly left the training room and walked to the bathroom at the end of the corridor.

The video was sent by his father, Shen Nuo. Shen Nuo was obviously on the set. From the half-open door behind him, he could see the busy staff and extras in costumes.

Shen Nuo asked furiously, "You know that the company will announce the termination of the contract recently, why are you running around?"

Shen Huai replied, "Student reunion, Liu Yueran posted it on Weibo before."

"Oh, I still have to find time to check your classmate's Weibo?" Shen Nuo's face was serious. His outline was five or six points similar to Shen Huai's, but tougher. He looked even more steadfast, and his expression was full of the calmness of a superior.

Shen Huai didn't speak, Shen Nuo saw the unfamiliar background behind him and asked, "The one you jumped off last night is the team you want to join?"

"No."

Shen Nuo didn't quite believe it, he pondered for a moment, "How about I give their team some sponsorship money?"

Shen Huai: "..."

He thought that his father probably thought he was too good and was rejected by the team.

"Need not."

"What are you stubborn about?"

"I don't. I can join a professional team with my strength, and you don't need to intervene."

Shen Nuo choked for a moment, he felt that his son was growing up, but he didn't know how to care for him.

He saw that his son was not happy about his involvement, so he didn't mention the sponsorship fee. He just reminded, "Selecting a team is like choosing a movie. Although the quality of the script is important, the professional level of the director and the strength of the participating actors are the key factors." The soul of a movie, without a good director and actors, no matter how good a movie is, it can be made into a bad movie. Don’t just look at the team’s reputation, the glorious achievements are the past, the captain’s ability to lead the team and the potential of the players are the key. Continue to write the legendary capital."

Shen Huai was surprised, he never expected his father to say these things to himself, let alone his father, who is completely ignorant of the e-sports industry, could say such words that benefited him a lot.

Shen Nuo snorted, "Why are you so surprised? Your dad will always know more than you!"

Soon the assistant came to ask him to film, and the video ended. Shen Huai looked at the mirror on the wall and remembered the figures in the training room who were focused on training.

Song Xueyang's leadership ability is unquestionable. He can make a vase team into a team that makes all professional teams fear today. Not only does he rely on his personal strength, but also his command ability that makes his teammates completely trust.

After Song Xueyang shuffled the cards intentionally, the rest of the team members were also very serious and hardworking. Shen Huai could tell that Song Xueyang was going for the trophy, maybe even the championship trophy.

When Shen Huai returned to the training room, everyone was still the same as before he left. It seemed that his departure did not attract anyone's attention. Everyone was spared no effort to complete their training tasks. Such an atmosphere made him feel urgent.

He hasn't logged into the game for three days. He was an actor before, and filming was his job. Now he plans to become a professional player. The world's masters are racing against time to train. How can he still waste his time comfortably?

Shen Huai immediately returned to his seat and clicked on the icon of City of Despair. He neither logged into Cang Yu's account nor Mu Wange's account, but created a new account in the professional area.

Looking at the eight major occupations in front of him, Shen Huai hesitated for a moment and chose Gunner. The system prompted him to enter the character ID. Thinking of the fried prawns that he couldn't get enough of at noon, Shen Huai entered "braised prawns 777" on the ID interface.

Soon a little gunman wearing a novice costume was born in Novice Village. The game "City of Despair" has always been very popular. As the occupation area with the largest number of people, people create new characters here almost every day. Novice Village is full of people. How lively.

The tasks before level 20 are very simple. For Shen Huai who is familiar with the operation of "City of Despair", he successfully rose to level 20 in just an hour and entered the first main city "Norva".

At level 20, players can learn about career branches at NPCs in Norva's Abyss Guild, and obtain corresponding skill points and weapons.

Shen Huai obtained 10 skill points, and put them on precision sniping, gunner's intuition, and loading bullets, and decisively chose a sniper rifle from the weapon list given by the NPC.

With this gun, you can go to the first field public boss "Yansa" after level 20, and nearby players invite him to join the team.

[Current] [Fruit Vitamin C]: Do you want to brush Yansa?One piece!

Shen Huai typed the word "OK", and the man reminded him when he saw his weapon, "Snipers have low output in the early stage and are very difficult to fight. You should play as a gunner first, and then switch to a sniper when you level up."

The weapons used by each branch of each profession in "City of Despair" are different. Although players can exchange skill points at any time, some branch skills require the use of specific weapons.For example, most of the skills of the sniper branch have weapon requirements-the muzzle must be equipped.

Shen Huai typed, "It's okay."

Fruity Vitamin C didn't say anything, anyway, it's a level 20 public boss, so many of them can beat it no matter what.

The warriors and swordsmen immediately went up to pull the monsters, and the magicians and gunmen followed behind. Shen Huai picked a relatively far position and got down on the ground to enter the sniper state.

The characteristic of the sniper branch is that the longer the distance, the higher the damage, and 50% of the mana cost will be returned after successfully hitting the target by sniping. However, long-distance sniping needs to predict the enemy's movement, and the farther the distance, the more difficult it is.Shen Huai's sniper range has dropped significantly after 800 meters. There are not many people like Song Xueyang who can snipe heads from 1500 meters away.

The boss was quickly beaten to death by everyone, and Shen Huai lay on the ground thinking of Song Xueyang's signature skill Rolling Sniper, and wanted to try it out on a whim.

He pressed the bullet to load while pressing the back roll skill, and quickly tapped the "gunner's intuition" skill button with his index finger. Unfortunately, his man rolled out, but the gun could not be picked up.

Reluctantly, he picked up the gun and lay down on the ground to try again. This time the gun did not drop, but the "gunner's intuition" moved backwards and the effect of aerial sniping did not come out.He tried again and again twice, either the gun dropped or the person didn't get out, which made him realize once again how difficult it is to roll a sniper.

He sighed, took off his earphones, and placed a glass of water in front of him.

Shen Huai turned his head quickly, only to see Song Xueyang standing behind him with a smile, "Drink some water."

Shen Huai thanked him uncomfortably, looking at the little sniper who dropped his gun on the screen, he wanted to unplug the power immediately.

Did he see it?Definitely see myself sneaking a copy of him here!

Holding the paper cup, Shen Huai dared not lift his head from the cup.Now he can only be thankful that he is playing a sniper, at least he won't make Song Xueyang suspect that he can play well.

Just as he was thinking this way, he heard Song Xueyang's voice lightly coming from above his head, "Your hand speed and reflexes are good, you can try being an assassin."

Shen Huai turned his head, "Why do you think my hand speed and reflexes are good?"

Song Xueyang smiled and pointed to the small game that Shen Huai had just played on the desktop, and then accurately reported his clearance number, "2583."

How did he know! !His computer was clearly facing away from him!

Shen Huai opened his mouth, but didn't say a word in a daze.

Song Xueyang bent his eyes, and the tear mole under the corners of his eyes glowed brightly, "Everyone's final pass number will be automatically summarized on my computer."

Shen Huai: "..."