Chapter 61#

Hello, I am Shen Fang#

Because he had to pick up his ticket in advance, Mo Xuzhi left a bit early and arrived at the arena before it officially opened. He then found the designated spot to collect his ticket.

After that, there was nothing to do but wait with the others.

The venue hadn’t opened yet, but the others didn’t seem to be in a hurry. They were all looking out and seemed very excited.

Mo Xuzhi was blended in the crowd and just wanted to send a message to “shen” to ask him where he was now, when he suddenly remembered a fatal problem.

He didn’t have “shen’s” contact information.

His only contact channel with “shen” was game messages, but he happened not to bring his computer today. His account was not bound to a mobile phone number. The computer terminal could log into an account without a bound mobile phone, but the mobile phone couldn’t. The first time logging into an account on this device, a verification code must be sent, but he didn’t have a bound mobile phone, let alone a verification code.

Mo Xuzhi started to see if there were any internet cafes nearby.

Unfortunately, he looked around with his eyes and didn’t see any internet cafes. He searched with a map again, and still none.

In the end, he still took a taxi to an internet cafe several blocks away and then went online.

After opening the game, Mo Xuzhi found that “shen” had already sent him a message. He typed a lot of words, the central idea being that this was inconvenient and if they could exchange contact information.

Mo Xuzhi gave him his WeChat.

With a “snap,” it was very fast, and the WeChat friend application came.

Mo Xuzhi closed the game and returned to the main interface, then left the internet cafe and took another taxi back to the arena.

This round trip took him a lot of time. When he came back, he found that the venue had been allowed to enter.

Many people didn’t move and were still guarding at another entrance.

Mo Xuzhi lowered his head and sent a message to “shen.”

“shen” said he would come later and told him to enter first.

Mo Xuzhi then put his phone in his pocket and entered the venue.

At the moment of entering the venue, a strong burst of screaming and shouting broke out behind him.

Mo Xuzhi found his position with the ticket.

Due to the fact that it was won for free, the position here was obviously skewed a lot. There were still many people who hadn’t come nearby, leaving an empty circle, and only a few people were sitting scatteredly at a distance.

After Mo Xuzhi sat down, he turned on his mobile phone.

Wang Zhifeng made a video call to him.

He pulled out the earphones and put them on, and Mo Xuzhi chose to connect.

The first thing that came out was Mo Xiaobao’s enlarged dog face. Its eyes were wet, and its expression looked very aggrieved.

Although he wore a mask, it seemed to still recognize him and whined at the screen.

Mo Xuzhi didn’t understand, but this didn’t prevent him from smiling.

“It probably thinks you don’t want us anymore and has been a bit listless, so I made a video call to you.”

Wang Zhifeng only acted as a mobile phone stand and had no chance to appear, only talking behind the mobile phone.

Mo Xuzhi coaxed Mo Xiaobao for a few sentences. It still looked like it was about to cry or not, and was still whining at him, but at least it should have understood that he didn’t want it anymore, and its expression was not as sad as before.

Mo Xiaobao was coaxed well, and Wang Zhifeng instantly shifted the camera and began to chat with the person on the other end of the mobile phone.

He saw a patch of seats behind Mo Xuzhi.

Not like the seats during usual meetings, but rather somewhat like cinemas and theaters.

Wang Zhifeng asked: “Are you going to see some performance today?”

“No, it’s a game,” Mo Xuzhi said. “This game is very important to a friend’s friend.”

“Then I wish your friend’s friend a success.” Wang Zhifeng turned his head and looked behind him, for an instant as if he had a bit of a headache. He said, “Xiaobao is drilling into your slippers; I’ll go pull it.”

Mo Xuzhi then hung up the phone. Just after taking off the earphones, the sound inside the venue suddenly poured into his ear canals.

While making a phone call, others had also entered.

Sitting on his left were two quiet girls, and on the right were several boys who looked not very old, currently discussing game-related matters very excitedly.

They still held something like self-made support banners in their hands, and also wore bands printed with the team name on their heads, looking very well-prepared.

Mo Xuzhi pressed down the hat without any logo on his head and pulled the mask slightly upward.

His movement was very small, but the person next to him successfully noticed it. Those boys looked very familiar and leaned over to ask: “Friend, which team do you like?”

Mo Xuzhi asked “shen” which team his friend was in.

Shen Fang replied very fast, saying it was TTK.

So Mo Xuzhi replied: “TTK.”

The boy who asked said: “What a coincidence, so are we.”

the person sitting next to him directly slapped the back of his head: “There’s only one team, TTK, here. If you don’t like the domestic team, do you support teams from other countries? Are you stupid?”

Mo Xuzhi withdrew his gaze.

He looked at the event schedule. TTK had a game this morning and also one in the afternoon. The time was not concentrated, and he had to spend most of the day here.

This was also okay. It was the first time he had come into contact with these events, and he happened to have time to learn more.

It wasn’t time yet, and there was a racket below the stage.

Mo Xuzhi began to search for various teams.

Then searched for CK games, and then searched for the game system.

A clear and sweet voice came from aside. Mo Xuzhi looked up slightly and saw a reporter standing aside, handing the microphone to the little girl sitting next to him, asking:

“Hello, may I interview your current mood?”

This was just next to the aisle, the best place for reporters to interview.

Mo Xuzhi withdrew his gaze again.

The boy next to him leaned over and said: “Hey friend, in this weather today, you still wear a mask and a hat. Isn’t it hot?”

Mo Xuzhi shook his head: “It’s okay.”

“So you’re not afraid of heat. Haha I just said, wearing a hat and a mask in this kind of day, except for stars, only those who are not afraid of heat are left.”

Mo Xuzhi nodded casually and continued to search.

“Hello, may I interview your current mood?”

A clear and sweet female voice came. Mo Xuzhi didn’t look up this time, but the boy next to him touched him.

He then looked up.

As soon as he looked up, he met the reporter’s gaze.

This was asking him.

Mo Xuzhi said concisely: “I’m in a good mood now.”

The reporter choked. After pausing for two seconds, she asked again: “Are you excited now?”

“It’s okay.”

The reporter tried hard to maintain a smile and asked again: “Do you know TTK?”

Mo Xuzhi said honestly: “Not very much.”

He just followed the event schedule and was searching for teams, and hadn’t had time to search for TTK yet.

“Then you should know the TTK captain, right? What do you think of him?”

“I don’t know very much either,” Mo Xuzhi lowered his head and clicked the search box, saying, “but being able to become the captain, he should be very excellent.”

The reporter and the people around him watched him start searching for [TTK] with their own eyes, and also saw his previous search history.

He was not being modest; he really “didn’t know very much,” or rather knew absolutely nothing.

At the moment the webpage jumped, a WeChat message also jumped out at the top of the mobile phone.

[shen: Did you find the position?]

Mo Xuzhi swiped away the message and clicked on Baidu Baike.

“Well, TTK is great, and has won championships before. Looking forward to this performance.”

After a whole set of clichés, the reporter had lost her smile and continued to interview the next one with her tired body, and the photographer followed and left together.

Mo Xuzhi returned a message to Shen Fang.

Then continued to browse Baidu Baike.

[Reporter sister, please walk slower! Let me take another look at the person just now! I always think he looks so familiar!]

[Did you see the interface displayed on that person’s mobile phone just now! The message remark is ‘shen’! Was that person just now ‘Uncle’! Just say it, is it!!]

[Laughing to death, his search records directly laugh to death, he really knows nothing]

[I’ve been looking forward to it since I heard Auntie say Uncle was also coming to the scene yesterday. No way, no way, was the person just now Uncle!]

[Shocked cat head, even at this time, there are still people who remember Uncle! It turns out I’m not the only one who likes him boohoo]

[Although I can’t see the face, my intuition tells me this is a handsome guy]

[It should be impossible to be Uncle, right? WeChat might just be an accident. After all, Auntie has been asking for WeChat for several years. Do you think it’s possible for him to get it?]

[Highly insulting and harmful, and well-founded]

The reporter and the photographer both didn’t see the netizens’ replies and left this area.

Not long after, there was a sound above, and the venue went dark.

It started.

The lights on the stage lit up, and the host went on stage.

As usual, the game system was introduced and sponsors were mentioned, as well as a brief mention of the 24 teams from all over the world that entered the finals. The host didn’t talk much, and at the moment the background music paused, announced the official start of the finals.

A gunshot sounded, and the lights on both sides of the stage brightened. The members of the two teams sitting in front of the computer wearing their respective team uniforms were illuminated by the lights.

In an instant, the shouting below the stage filled the ear canals.

The two girls sitting next to Mo Xuzhi, who originally looked very quiet, shouted with a voice that was even more penetrative than that of several boys nearby.

The atmosphere at the scene was very infectious, making people involuntarily feel hot-headed and goosebumps popped out in an instant.

In the darkness, Mo Xuzhi finally took off his hat and briefly took off the mask to let out a breath.

It was indeed quite hot.

The weather was relatively hot today, and with such a racket inside the venue, the whole person was a bit breathless.

TTK had a god-like hand and directly drew the first game in the lottery, and the other teams drawn didn’t have particularly outstanding strength either.

It was not suitable to turn on the mobile phone in the darkness, so Mo Xuzhi compared what he had just seen on the mobile phone with the people on the field by memory and recognized them one by one.

The TTK team uniform was black, and the team logo was printed near the chest. They had no expression on their faces and didn’t look very nervous, which immediately made the audience watching the game steady their hearts.

After Mo Xuzhi matched each person, he started to guess who the friend “shen” mentioned was.

The people on the stage were all wearing earphones, but the people below the stage were still shouting continuously.

“TTK hammer them!!!”

“Shen God, go for it!!”

“TTK go for it! Champion rush!!!”

Although they couldn’t hear, the people on the stage could see the various support sticks below the stage and the people sitting in the front row cheering.

The people from several other teams were obviously very nervous.

Their luck in drawing was quite absolute; not only did they draw to be the first to appear on the stage, but they also drew TTK.

Originally, if their luck was not bad, they could still get a qualification spot, and perhaps they could get a few of the top ones with a burst of luck, but meeting TTK in the first game, the qualification spot was directly reduced by one.

They knew the gap between themselves and TTK, and with the one-sided shouts in the field, their mentality had already collapsed before the game started.

The host’s advantage had already begun to play out.

Unlike several other teams, TTK still looked very calm now.

Out of respect for the opponent, they didn’t smile because the other party was a team with lower strength, nor did they intentionally show a relaxed posture.

Even Shen Fang looked unexpectedly focused, with an attitude even more serious than during the final of the last league.

The drum-dense background music gradually sounded, as if hitting the hearts of the audience watching the game, making people involuntarily start to feel nervous.

The young people with different looks and different skin colors no longer paid attention to the outside world and looked at the computer screen seriously.

Here, they were the focus of the whole field.

The game started.

Mo Xuzhi put on his glasses.

His position here was relatively skewed and a bit back. His vision had become a lot worse since he entered the base. Although it didn’t have much impact on his daily life, it was a bit difficult to see clearly in such a time.

In the first round, TTK felt very good, constantly showing off, and high energy appeared frequently. All the people below the stage were shouting, and the voice was louder and louder each time.

Mo Xuzhi didn’t shout along with them but was also watching seriously, with an attitude as rigorous as doing an experiment.

This was a field he had never come into contact with before.

Several teams were eliminated one after another. Finally, four of the five members of TTK were left. After Shen Fang made a burst of output and wiped out the team with only one lone wolf left, the referee had no objection, the host announced the victory of the TTK game, and Shen Fang won the Best of the Match by gaining the most heads in the whole field.

The boys and girls nearby both stood up excitedly, and the lights in the venue lit up again.

Mo Xuzhi put on the hat again after the lights lit up. When the boy nearby sat down again, what he saw was Mo Xuzhi still sitting quietly in his seat as before.

He was a bit puzzled: “Brother, TTK won, aren’t you happy?”

Mo Xuzhi said: “Happy.”

This was a very novel experience. The game usually played was put on the stage and turned into a real e-sports game, which was completely different from the feeling when playing by oneself.

Although he knew very little about TTK before, perhaps because he was infected by the audience in the venue, or maybe because “shen” said his friend was in TTK, seeing TTK win, Mo Xuzhi was also quite happy.

“The next part won’t be very interesting. After that, it’s the few teams mentioned just now and the team that lost in the other group group playing together. The TTK game will have to wait until the afternoon.”

“Then will the TTK people leave this morning? Can we go out and squat for a wave of accidental encounters?”

“No, after this round, there’s a game of that country next door. They certainly have to stay and see their gameplay. At noon, maybe we can still go and squat for a wave to shout ‘go for it’.”

Several boys nearby sighed in unison.

It’s the break time of the game now, and the lights in the venue are bright. They have nothing to do and start to browse the square related to the TTK team, re-watching several of Shen Fang’s previous god-level operation collections, and then after refreshing again, saw the latest news.

A boy’s eyebrows were raised high, looking quite surprised: “Uncle came to the scene?”

“Who?”

“Uncle, the one who played games with Auntie before. Didn’t Road also mention him when he started the live broadcast yesterday?”

“Oh oh him, haven’t heard of him for several years, almost forgot who he was,” the person speaking paused, and then quickly sat up straight, “Uncle is here?!”

Several years have passed since the last time Uncle’s name was heard. There are very few people who still remember him, but those who remember can be considered die-hard fans.

When they were watching Shen Fang’s live broadcast before, they saw the name ‘Uncle’ from the bullet screen. Those water friends said Uncle was also very powerful.

So they went to watch.

So they couldn’t come out anymore.

There are very few videos about Shen Fang and Uncle playing games together, and they are all quite ancient, with touching image quality. The only better one was the screen recording taken by netizens when Shen Fang was live-streaming.

These videos were almost flipped through by them back and forth, and finally still stayed in the collection folder, reluctant to delete.

Mo Xuzhi glanced at them sideways and then lowered his head to continue sending messages with Shen Fang.

They had agreed to meet at the exit of the backstage after the morning’s game.

Mo Xuzhi watched a whole morning of games.

There were five games in total in the morning, and the wonderful ones were probably this one of TTK and the one of the team of that country next door.

Because that country next door had frequent situations in previous leagues, was bottomless and also mouthed foully, although they performed well this time, there were only a few scattered cheers at the scene, forming an extremely sharp contrast with when TTK won.

Lounge

After watching the game of that country next door and analyzing their gameplay with the coach, after someone’s stomach roared several times quite obviously, the coach finally was willing to let them go to eat.

In order to avoid problems in eating, the manager booked a restaurant that they usually go to and whose hygiene is guaranteed. When booking, Shen Fang asked the manager to book one more table, and he would pay for the extra table himself.

Little Zhou put his hand over his heart, pretended to wipe away a handful of tears and said: “Is Brother Shen disliking us?”

Very rarely, Shen Fang didn’t say Little Zhou was being dramatic this time. He pursed his lips, unable to suppress the upward curl of the corners of his mouth, and said: “I’ve agreed to have a meal with a friend at noon today.”

“Oh right, Uncle is here today.”

Little Zhou nodded, showing understanding, and then said: “Where did you and Uncle agree to meet?”

“Just there at the exit of the backstage.”

At this time, very few people pass by there, which is very convenient for waiting for someone.

“Then that’s good, we’ll also go and say hello to Uncle.” Little Zhou casually pulled over a teammate and said with a grin: “I also want to see what Uncle looks like.”

The curiosity of other teammates also rose. This time, even with the identity of the team captain, Shen Fang couldn’t stop them.

Little Zhou patted his chest and said: “Don’t worry, we won’t really say hello to him, just take a look, and won’t disturb you.”

The manager and coach on the side watched their team of people making trouble here and had a bit of a headache.

In the end, the first-string members of the TTK team still followed Shen Fang toward the exit of the backstage together.

The game has already dispersed now, and all the lights in the venue are lit up. Only here at the exit of the backstage, because the people passing by are relatively fewer, and the lights installed are also fewer, it’s still a bit dark.

When about to walk out of the backstage, Shen Fang’s heart inexplicably rose with a surge of flustered feeling, and he was a bit unable to move.

He was nervous, but his teammates were not nervous at all, only wanting to satisfy their curiosity and see what Uncle exactly looked like. Seeing him walk slowly, they also took him with them to walk toward the front faster.

When near the exit, Shen Fang wouldn’t move no matter what, standing in place to calm his mood, and continuously took several deep breaths.

One more turn and it’s the exit.

Little Zhou became bolder at this time and gave a wink to the two teammates next to him.

A huge force from behind made Shen Fang involuntarily take several steps forward.

Other teammates also followed forward several steps and walked to the exit.

They saw at first sight the young man standing next to the seat.

It was a bit dark here, and the lights on the side of the young man were brighter. He should have stood closer over there specifically so that the person he was waiting for could see him.

He was quite thin and wearing a shirt. Although he wore a mask and couldn’t see his whole face, he still looked like a natural light-emitting body; just standing there was enough to attract everyone’s sight.

Shen Fang didn’t dare move.

The person standing under the light had a big gap from what he imagined. He looked much better than he imagined and much more calm; at least from the surface, it could not be seen at all that this was the person who could once play games in the principal’s office.

Shen Fang didn’t move, and other teammates regained their senses and gave him a push.

“Clatter”

The sound of shoes stepping on the floor echoed in the empty space.

That person raised his head, and Shen Fang caught his eyes unexpectedly.

His eyes were very bright, and the light-colored pupils reflected the light and shadow, like a line of clear light in a glacier.

Very brilliant and dazzling.

Shen Fang suddenly stuttered a bit and said: “He-hello, may I ask, are you… SHU?”

“I am.” The young man nodded generously, then his eyebrows and eyes smoothed out, asking, “Are you ‘shen’?”

Shen Fang heard several gasps from the teammates behind him, and Little Zhou even whispered: “Holy shit…”

“Yes, I am ‘shen’.”

A simple sentence, but Shen Fang couldn’t say it no matter what. He didn’t even change his posture, standing in place quite foolishly counting his more and more intense heartbeat.

He didn’t speak, and the teammates behind him didn’t push him again this time, nor did they dare to speak to urge him.

They didn’t dare to laugh at Shen Fang now.

If the netizen they met looked like this, they might not even be able to muster the courage to agree to a meeting.

They were now counting on Shen Fang himself to be able to make his courage bigger.

After a short silence, under the eager expectation of his teammates, Shen Fang finally opened his mouth and said:

“I’m not ‘shen’; I’m his friend, Shen Fang.”

“He… has something to do today, so…”

Little Zhou behind almost choked on his own saliva, and other teammates also had a look of disbelief.

Little Zhou finally couldn’t help but give a hard hint: “Cough, cough!”

Shen Fang finally regained his senses from that surge of illusory unreality.

He stood up straight, took a deep breath, and then showed a smile, saying:

“Hello, I am ‘shen’, named Shen Fang.”