Chapter 268: It’s All The Support’s Fault
After playing a few AI Matches, everyone agreed they had figured out the game’s mechanics and could start Real Player Matches.
Even Pei Ningle, who was playing a competitive game for the first time, was full of confidence: “Did you see my Match Record? 9 kills 1 death, see how strong my Sun Shangxiang is!”
Lu Qi kindly reminded: “Playing against AI is different from playing against real players.”
Pei Ningle: “Is that so? What’s different?”
Ye Xun: “You’ll know once you try.”
So, the five of them teamed up for a new game. This time, the opponents were no longer stiffly operated AI, but real players also participating in Internal Testing.
After waiting nearly a minute, the match finally succeeded.
During hero selection, Lu Qi suddenly said: “By the way, a reminder for everyone. This is the initial Internal Testing stage, and the game’s ranked segmentation mechanism isn’t online yet, so the opponents’ strength is hard to gauge. But they’re probably stronger than us.”
Han Yixuan: “Sister Lu, you made this game, right? No matter what, those Internal Testing players can’t beat you, can they?”
Lu Qi looked around, her gaze going from Pei Ningle to Ye Xun to Han Yixuan, shook her head, and didn’t want to speak.
Han Yixuan wanted to say more, but at that moment, the game had already started.
Ye Xun took Mi Yue to Top Lane, Han Yixuan took Daji to Mid Lane, Pei Ningle took Sun Shangxiang to Bottom Lane, Wang Heng took Zhuang Zhou to support her, and Lu Qi’s Luna jungled—after a few rounds of Practice, they were already very familiar with this Strategy.
However, the opponents’ playstyle clearly exceeded the newbies’ expectations.
Pei Ningle had just cleared a few Minion Waves and saw the opponent’s Cheng Yaojin shrink under the Turret, so she boldly followed behind the minions shooting at the enemy Turret. Wang Heng, as Support, stayed in the nearby Bush, staying vigilant.
Suddenly, Wang Heng spotted a dark red shadow flash by.
He immediately shouted: “Xiao Le, retreat quickly, Assassin!”
Pei Ningle: “What did you say?”
Wang Heng didn’t have time to warn a second time before Jing Ke’s figure appeared behind Sun Shangxiang, striking away a third of her Health. At the same time, Cheng Yaojin rushed over from behind the Turret to engage.
“Wahhh…” Pei Ningle instinctively cried out, and in these two or three seconds, her Health bottomed out, and she died.
Wang Heng’s Zhuang Zhou had already arrived by her side, but seeing it was impossible to save her, he could only retreat alone to their own Turret.
Pei Ningle suddenly turned her head and glared at him, asking: “Didn’t you say Support has to protect the marksman?”
Wang Heng: “Exactly, that’s why I warned you!”
Pei Ningle turned back to look at her Mobile Phone, pouting sulkily without speaking.
At that moment, Han Yixuan also couldn’t help but cry out “Ah.” Her controlled Daji was locked down by the opponent’s Mage Zhang Liang, then Jing Ke rushed out from the Bush, taking her out in two hits.
Han Yixuan also looked at Wang Heng and asked: “Since the marksman is already dead, why didn’t Support come protect the Mage?”
Wang Heng: “…”
Two minutes later, Lu Qi also stared at him, questioning: “How can Luna play without mana? Why didn’t you watch the Jungle’s blue for me?”
Wang Heng: “…”
Three more minutes passed, and the score was already 2 to 8. Their side’s only two Kills were by Lu Qi, who had only died once. Meanwhile, Pei Ningle had died four times, and Han Yixuan three times.
Suddenly, Ye Xun said faintly: “Senior, do you only come check on me if I die?”
Wang Heng: “…”
Baron Nashor was stolen by the opponents, and the low-Health Luna couldn’t advance, only watching from the Bush.
So Lu Qi sighed: “If only Support had stuck with me…”
Han Yixuan also sighed: “I really need Support too!”
Pei Ningle said sulkily: “Even with Support here, I still died—they all ran under the Turret to force-kill me!”
Ye Xun: “If Support was with me, maybe the opponent’s Turret would have fallen by now?”
Wang Heng: “…Blame me?”
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The five-person team on their first Playing together ended quite dispirited.
Playing against AI was fine no matter how they played, but all three Real Player Matches were losses. Especially for the girls playing this type of game for the first time, the taste of three straight losses was truly indescribable.
But Wang Heng didn’t mind too much.
After saying goodbye to the girls, he returned to the Dormitory and turned on his Computer.
During Summer Vacation, his roommates had all gone home, so the Dormitory only had Wang Heng and the little Hamster sleeping in its Cage, making things more carefree.
Wang Heng opened the Cage, picked up the Hamster, and placed it by the Keyboard.
“Tonight’s World Cup semi-final, Baxi vs Germany, I’m betting on a high score.”
As soon as he spoke, the Hamster slowly opened its little eyes and muttered: “Just bet if you’re betting, why do I have to watch?”
Wang Heng: “This one’s for two hundred thousand, spread across twelve Accounts on five Betting Websites. If the result is the same as the First Playthrough, that’ll be over forty million in Income.”
Hamster: “So you don’t dare invest more?”
Wang Heng: “Yeah, I could pull out a few million. But if one bet wins ten billion, I really wouldn’t dare take that money—too hot to handle.”
Hamster: “What if you bet on domestic soccer lottery?”
Wang Heng sighed: “Doesn’t that draw even more attention? How would I explain to people that I foresaw Germany pouring seven goals on Baxi and bet two hundred thousand on this seemingly impossible outcome?”
“You can’t explain,” the Hamster plopped its butt on the desk. “Alright, just place your bets. The Butterfly Effect won’t spread to this match. Baxi Team’s core Neymar is suspended, their core center-back is suspended too, the team’s Psychological Pressure is still huge, while Germany is still steady. So, rest assured.”
Wang Heng nodded slightly and clicked confirm.
Then he let out a long breath and looked at the extracted Bank Account balance. Over seven million—already an unimaginable fortune for many lifetimes. Of course, by tomorrow it would be nearly fifty million…
The Hamster suddenly said: “The current seven million still can’t buy a big House in Magic City or Imperial Capital.”
Wang Heng shrugged: “I don’t plan to buy a house anyway. The investments agreed with fof, I’ve only given them two hundred thousand so far, with four hundred thousand more waiting to arrive. Little Orange Book too—next month’s Series A Investment is set, three million for 2% Shares, all legit business that multiplies several times in a few years.”
Hamster yawned: “As long as you’ve planned it out. But don’t forget, your main business isn’t Earn Money…”
“No, my main business is Earn Money!” Wang Heng interrupted decisively.
The Hamster glanced at him, didn’t argue, just climbed toward the Cage on its own, muttering from its little mouth: “I’m sleeping, don’t disturb me anymore.”
But before it entered the Cage, it was picked up again.
Wang Heng asked: “By the way, how far has Fast Claw developed? And do you have the founder’s contact for Dou Le?”
Hamster: “Kiss Han Yixuan and Lu Qi, and I’ll tell you.”
“Heh, sleep well.”
Wang Heng decisively tossed it back into the Cage.
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