Chapter 123: Huya Bounty Tournament!
April 27th.
There are only two days left until the LPL Finals begin.
Pineapple felt neglected by Li Fan during this time. He was shouting things like counter-gank and repositioning all day long, words she couldn’t understand, and then he turned around and played Street Fighter again. Didn’t he know how bored and lonely she was playing games alone these days?
Following the usual routine, she opened Li Fan’s live stream room.
She couldn’t help but roll her eyes…
He was still playing Street Fighter.
Is this game that fun? She had secretly tried it herself in private, and it was completely boring. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds at least allowed counterattacks, but with Street Fighter, she couldn’t counter at all and was toyed with from start to finish.
She was so angry that she broke a controller. This was a Northstick Asura, which she had specially bought this month with her salary.
It got broken from playing a game. She really wanted to cry at that moment.
What a huge loss. Street Fighter is a garbage game, never touching it again!
So seeing Li Fan still playing it made her extremely unhappy.
But hearing what Li Fan said at the end instantly made her happy again.
“Done! 24,000 points… I can rest a bit, adjust my state, then play again. The next opponents matched are all over three thousand. If I’m not prepared, I need more practice. It feels like a lot of pressure.”
Not playing Street Fighter anymore?
Does that mean he can duo queue with her now?
To be honest, it’s been a long time since she won the game… Today, no matter what, she has to win one with Li Fan!
So she quickly messaged Li Fan to claim his upcoming time.
After all, tomorrow they have to shoot the pre-match promo, so no live streaming. If they win the championship afterward, they still have to go to the Mid-Season Invitational.
Time is still tight. Playing with her is sneaking in some leisure amid the busyness, right?
Bullet comments in the live stream room started scrolling wildly.
The reason is that they were waiting for this moment too!
Finally not playing Street Fighter. Next should be QQ Speed / PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds / CS / Crossfire…
Honestly, they really hate the person who first got Li Fan to play Street Fighter.
What was it called, Sanguosha?
You’re done for. Since you like playing Sanguosha, make sure it gets rave reviews!
Of course, at this time, they didn’t forget to spam the game name in the public screen.
Afraid that if they spam too little, the bullet comment count won’t be enough, and Li Fan will choose another game…
Among them, quite a few were pushing for League of Legends.
Whether he plays it or not, just try suggesting it.
Clearlove, who had just finished a ranked match, instinctively looked toward Li Fan sitting in the corner.
Huh?
This time, unusually, he didn’t see him pressing the controller.
Not playing Street Fighter anymore?
He shouted to Li Fan in the corner: “Fan Ge, how’s your state feeling?”
“Pretty good. I’ve achieved my goal so far.”
“OK! Since there’s no problem, I feel the finals the day after tomorrow will be fine too.”
Then Li Fan stretched lazily. Holding the controller tightly for a long time made his fingers a bit sore, but his mind was in a relaxed state after the excitement of achieving the goal.
He pressed his fingers, and cracking sounds rang out.
Refreshing!
He casually picked up the mobile phone next to the computer. The screen lit up, and the lock screen clearly showed a message from Pineapple.
He unlocked and tapped in, then couldn’t help laughing out loud.
【Fan Ge! Begging to win the game! Begging to carry! If you play alone anymore, I’m gonna grow mushrooms!『Pitiful』『Poor』】
Looking at the two pitiful expression packs after the message, Li Fan could almost see Pineapple on the other side of the screen puffing her cheeks, full of resentment, talking about her famous story Pineapple Loan.
The more he thought about it, the funnier it got.
But it’s true that he hasn’t played PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for a long time. Playing some to find his feel, then going to CS and Crossfire would be better.
Otherwise, while finding his feeling, it’s easy to drag down teammates.
Scores are up, and the matches still have high intensity, especially Crossfire.
The gathering place of domestic FPS geniuses is no joke.
Even Li Fan has encountered many times what looks like cheating operations, but are actually geniuses’ daily play.
It’s gotten so sneaky it’s off the charts… He’s been one-shot headshot by an opponent without even seeing them many times.
After all, Li Fan has ultimate dominance in QQ Speed, mainly thanks to his eight-year lead in technique.
In Speed, the running method is extremely important.
In that case, he’s in absolute lead.
But once they study those precious recordings thoroughly, the dominance won’t be so exaggerated.
After all, Li Fan has cheats on him too…
His current reaction and hand speed would crush his past self who just crossed over way too easily.
Timed runs don’t have much difference, but confrontations are completely different.
After all, QQ Speed timing and confrontation are basically two different games.
Li Fan tapped a word on the screen and replied: “Good.”
Almost the instant the message was sent, Pineapple’s reply popped up: a joyful little bunny spinning in place expression.
Li Fan put his headphones back on and said into the mic: “Brothers, Street Fighter is on pause for now. Taking a break to switch up my brain. Pineapple is calling me to play a few PUBG games. I was practicing laning ability before, now starting to train big picture view control. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is perfect for that…”
There were still quite a few in the live stream room who didn’t believe it.
How could playing other games train League of Legends?
But Li Fan has said it many times, and moreover, his performance in matches has been absurd.
Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth…
Many people are extremely frustrated because they can’t climb ranks, mainly due to poor laning ability.
They thought to try Street Fighter. Although getting abused in Street Fighter is the same as in League of Legends, after two beatings and coming back to League of Legends, they suddenly found their operations more refined and laning more cautious.
They used to always think about solo killing the opponent, then getting counter-killed or ganked and killed by the jungler.
But now they won’t. Every move is like guessing fists in Street Fighter; they’ll calmly consider if the opponent is baiting them on purpose.
Is there someone counter-ganking behind?
Since playing Street Fighter, they’ve realized opponents’ minds are all very dark, setting traps and screwing people over on purpose.
And really, win rate shot up just like that.
Although no kills, at least not feeding them either.
No aggression in mind, and suddenly they found heroes that suit them perfectly… Malphite, Dog Head.
In just two short days, they climbed two ranks.
Sure enough, Fan Ge didn’t lie to us. Everything he said is true.
Playing these games really improves League of Legends…
Of course, there are also many who tried these games to improve League of Legends, got addicted, and forgot about League of Legends.
No more worries about climbing in League of Legends.
So in the live stream room, quite a few bullet comments came out supporting Li Fan.
【Although I don’t want to admit it, but what Unreal said seems to really make sense. I’ve climbed two ranks this period.】
【This is Unreal’s state-maintenance tutorial. Still that line: believe it and you gain, don’t and you don’t. Anyway, believers are already taking off first.】
【Laughing to death. No one will really believe Unreal, right? Then I can only say believers have it made for life.】
【Although it’s not my QQ Speed, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is fine too. Better than fighting games.】
【Fan Ge, Pineapple has been waiting days for this chicken. You gotta feed her full today!】
【Afraid you can’t feed her full? I’ve never seen anyone get full on this. Fan Ge can’t handle it.】
The live stream room was overall very expectant for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
The game has been out for over a month, sales directly breaking ten million, with two million concurrent players maintained.
Undoubtedly topping the charts, becoming the hottest shooting game right now.
So eighty percent of the audience in the live stream room has played it.
Having played it, they’re naturally not resistant, and even want to see Li Fan’s performance to decide if they play.
Li Fan skillfully switched game programs. The familiar PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds startup screen appeared in the live stream room.
Just after logging in, Pineapple’s team invite popped up.
Accepted the invite and entered the team channel.
“Hello hello hello? Can you hear me?” Pineapple’s eager voice came immediately. She sounded really urgent.
“Yeah, I can hear you.” Li Fan responded.
“You finally came back from that crap Street Fighter. Do you know how I’ve been these days? Day after day, day after day!” Pineapple’s tone was full of tearful accusations. “Solo queue, dying immediately after landing every game. Duo queue teammates are either mutes or reckless idiots. I’m about to lose confidence in this game.”
Hearing Pineapple’s exaggerated words, Li Fan couldn’t help laughing.
“Is it as exaggerated as you say? What you’re describing is way too absurd.”
“It is! Absolutely, and even worse.” Pineapple vowed confidently. “So today you must carry me to win the game, or else… or else I’ll camp at your base door!”
“You camping at my base door is useless since you can’t get in.”
“Right, so I’ll camp at your base door.”
【Hahahaha…】
【New from watching Street Fighter yesterday. Is Pineapple always this absurd?】
【When you find someone absurd in the live stream room, reality will tell you she’s the least sick one.】
【Right, who can out-absurd Unreal?】
“Alright alright, win the game.” Li Fan clicked the ready button. “Where to drop? This game, totally following your lead.”
“P City! Dropping P City! I wanna kill to my heart’s content!” Pineapple chose one of the hottest gunfight spots on the map with full momentum, clearly wanting to vent all her recent grievances.
“OK, stick close to me.” Li Fan’s tone got more serious.
Duo queue doesn’t have as much pressure, but weighted practice still relies heavily on operation and state.
First game in so long—if they die immediately after landing, it’d be embarrassing.
“Drop!”
At the command, the two detached from the plane and dived vertically.
The live stream perspective tightly followed Li Fan’s character. He controlled the parachute cleanly, jumping straight onto the rooftop.
“Rooftop UZI!” Li Fan spoke rapidly. The instant he landed, he picked up the SMG, loaded and chambered.
Almost as he turned, an enemy had just landed, not yet picking up the weapon at his feet.
“Da da da da—!”
Bullets poured out, and the guy dropped.
【Unreal used UZI to knock down PUA126】
“I got no gun, no gun!” Pineapple had just landed on the next rooftop, running around in panic.
Li Fan didn’t linger, listening carefully to footsteps and holding the stair corner. An enemy rushed up, greeted by the UZI’s hot muzzle.
【Unreal used UZI to kill biedawo!】
At this point, Pineapple finally picked up a shotgun.
“One in the left building window.” Li Fan quickly looted the body, swapping to level 2 armor and a SCAR-L, while calling out.
“Where? Where?” Pineapple aimed her S686 shotgun, nervously peeking in and out the window.
“Below your building, coming in.”
“Ah! He’s coming, he’s coming!” Pineapple screamed.
“Don’t yell, don’t yell! Hold the stairs and shotgun him!”
Pineapple was so nervous her palms were sweating. The instant the enemy peeked, she hurriedly clicked the mouse…
“Bang! Bang!”
Two deafening gunshots.
【Pineapple used S686 to kill lookinmyeyes】
“Wow! I killed him! I got a kill!” Pineapple saw the kill notice on screen, instantly turning from nervous to ecstatic, voice pitching up eight degrees as she shouted excitedly in voice chat.
Not exaggerated… Before, she mixed in guns for kills, but this time it was a straight-up encounter, and she won!
I’ve gotten stronger!
“Nice.” Li Fan gave a brief compliment, already sneaking to the next building.
SCAR-L burst fire precise—a distant player on the roof trying to aim at Pineapple was easily headshot and knocked down.
The live stream bullet comments had already exploded.
【Holy crap! That positioning! That reaction!】
【Watching Fan Ge’s operations is truly a feast for the eyes.】
【P City kill king! Just a few minutes, already three kills!】
【Hahaha, look how happy Pineapple is, her voice is all distorted.】
【Fan Ge’s big picture view, good drop choice, clear route too. Saying it’s practicing big picture view, I’m kinda believing it.】
“Li Fan, Li Fan! Where we going now? Keep killing? I feel we could enter the Huya Bounty Challenge now.” Pineapple looted till full, now full of fighting spirit.
“Huya Bounty Challenge?”
“Yeah, the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tournament in July. Staff posted it in the group.”
“…”
Li Fan didn’t say anything but noted it mentally. He’d check it out tonight.
In 2017, there weren’t many PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tournaments that he remembered.
How did another Huya Bounty come up?
This was worth checking out.
“But… you’re so bad, why’d they notify you? Huya Bounty Challenge isn’t a joke, right?” Li Fan asked curiously.
“They notified me ’cause I’m strong!”
“That line fools others, not yourself. P City is mostly cleared. Find a car, get in the circle.”
The two drove to transfer. Li Fan avoided main roads, detouring through the jungle.
They encountered scattered enemies along the way—either sniped by Li Fan from range or wiped by their cooperation.
Under Li Fan’s commands, Pineapple played decently too, though her marksmanship was still random.
In this comfy vibe, they’d unknowingly reached the final circle.
Six players left on the field now.
Duo queue with six is hard to tell how many teams.
Anyway, just wait for the other four to die.
Li Fan started operating directly…
The audience in the live stream couldn’t help spamming bullet comments nonstop.
【Unreal used SCAR-L for the final kill on EDGUnreal】
【Big luck, great fortune. Chicken dinner tonight!】
Even though it was his own fan, Li Fan’s hands were still ruthless.
“Aaaah! We won the game! We won!” Pineapple saw the golden victory text on screen, extremely excited—after all, it had been a long time since she played this satisfyingly.
“How’s that? Full on chicken?”
“Not full, not full! Hehe, one more, like a billion more?”
