“Okay, thank you, President Zong.”
Yin Chen thanked him, then quickly did a search.
【Why can I hear the enemy’s voice in PUBG?】
The next second, a flood of results popped up.
Yin Chen skimmed them and understood.
So it was all-chat?
If that was the case, then the guy who knocked him down had a seriously filthy mouth.
Yin Chen stared solemnly at his in-game name.
What was wrong with this name?
When he left comments on the Jinjiang app, this username had been incredibly popular. He had even gained over a hundred followers on Weibo because of it!
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He had put real effort into coming up with that game ID.
Just as he was thinking, a voice came through his headset.
“President Yin, President Zong? Still acting, huh? If you two idiots haven’t woken up yet, don’t queue for games. Why the hell are you pretending to be big shots in a video game? Damn it. This round doesn’t count. Next round we drop Airport again. Just wait and see. I’m definitely getting out of Airport this time.”
?
Yin Chen slowly typed out a question mark.
“What’s wrong?”
Zong Cheng tossed him a first aid kit and dropped a shotgun he had looted beside him.
Yin Chen pressed his lips together, inexplicably irritated.
He repeated what that guy had just said.
“He actually dared to say that?”
Zong Cheng almost laughed in anger.
What did their usernames have to do with him?
Just because he was ignorant didn’t mean the whole world was as small as the bottom of his well.
Even though he felt like cursing, Zong Cheng still comforted Yin Chen.
“Don’t bother with him. From what he said, he’s probably a small-time streamer. Maybe that’s just his on-stream persona—trying to stand out.”
Yin Chen hummed.
“I know who he is. The team manager mentioned him before. He’s one of the candidates they were considering recruiting.”
He smiled faintly.
“I’m actually curious. After he signs with us, I wonder what expression he’ll have when he sees this username again.”
Curse away.
Isn’t it just cursing?
When the time comes, he would have the team manager add a new rule: anyone officially signed to the team was absolutely forbidden from swearing.
One violation, one fine. 🙂
Is he angry?
Listening to Yin Chen’s tone, Zong Cheng suddenly made a suggestion.
“If that’s the case, why don’t we back out and drop Airport too? Isn’t he supposed to sign with your team? We might as well go see how good he actually is. What do you think?”
Hmm?
Yin Chen rubbed his chin.
“That idea… actually sounds pretty good.”
Hearing about someone’s skill wasn’t as convincing as experiencing it firsthand.
Interesting. He was intrigued.
“Then come here. I’ll pull the pin on a grenade. We’ll die together.”
“Okay.”
Not long after, two loot crates lay neatly side by side on the ground.
Next round.
This time, Zong Cheng brought Yin Chen down to the housing area near Airport.
“Let’s loot some guns first. There’s a car nearby. Once we’re armed, we’ll drive over.”
He could handle fights, but he could not let Yin Chen have zero gameplay experience.
“Okay.”
Yin Chen controlled his character to vault through a window and loot. Once they got into the car, he suddenly spoke up.
“Maybe you should just call me by my name. I’ll call you Zong Cheng too. Calling each other President Yin and President Zong in a game does feel a little weird.”
So he could not completely blame that streamer.
But criticizing the name he had carefully chosen?
That was the guy’s fault.
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“…Mm. Okay.”
Had he and Yin Chen already reached the stage of addressing each other by name?
Zong Cheng nearly lost his composure.
The jeep swerved in an S-shaped path but still made it steadily to the area near C4 building.
Right then, the sound of an AK firing rang out in their ears, followed by a kill notification that caught Zong Cheng’s eye.
【DYX ImmortalDie used AKM to eliminate MaidenWarrior898.】
“Yin—Yin Chen, follow me. That AK just now was probably him.”
Tsk.
Switching to calling him Yin Chen so suddenly felt a bit strange.
Zong Cheng thought so, but his mouth had already started getting used to it.
“Yin Chen, come swap for this M416. I’ll drop the attachments here. It’ll be more stable for a beginner.”
“Okay, I’m coming.”
“Yin Chen, there’s a level three helmet here. Come put it on.”
“Got it.”
“Yin Chen, there are painkillers here…”
“Mm.”
From C4 building onward, Zong Cheng held an AK and an SLR, wearing a level two helmet and vest.
In contrast, Yin Chen had a level three helmet and vest, an M24 plus a fully kitted M416. He was only a hair’s breadth away from being as geared as someone who had looted an airdrop.
【DYX ImmortalDie used AKM to knock down OldFriendNoReturn.】
The AK fire sounded nearby. Zong Cheng’s heart sank.
“Yin Chen, follow me. Bearing 320. I’ll flank left, you go right. Let’s test your future team member’s skill. What do you say?”
Hiss—
They were about to fight?
Yin Chen suddenly felt a rush of excitement.
Following the directional awareness Zong Cheng had explained earlier, he nodded immediately.
“No problem. Let’s go!”
Zong Cheng nodded. As soon as Yin Chen started running, he pulled out to the left to create a crossfire angle.
【DYX ImmortalDie used AKM to eliminate OldFriendNoReturn.】
Zhang Taining looked at his five kills and could not help showing off.
“See your daddy’s skills? Solid! I’m definitely getting out of Airport this—”
Before he could finish, he noticed two players ahead, one left and one right, moving toward him.
“Damn, trying to flank your daddy? Think my AK’s just for show?”
Confident, he aimed down sights and sprayed with the AK…
The one on the left close by had blood spurting everywhere but did not go down.
【Hahahahahaha, looks like your AK really is just for show!】
【Surprised, grandson? Your granddaddy’s wearing level three armor!】
Zhang Taining realized it too and cursed inwardly.
He had wiped five players and still had not found level three armor. How did this guy get so lucky?
Cursing aside, the one on the right had already flanked over, so Zhang Taining had no choice but to retreat behind a wall.
“Wait till your daddy reloads and then I’ll take your heads—”
【I Am Also A Domineering President used Frag Grenade to eliminate DYX ImmortalDie.】
The livestream fell silent for a full second.
…
【HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I’m dying! That was deliciously embarrassing!】
【Reload? He deleted you with one grenade!】
Zhang Taining watched himself get eliminated, finally focusing on the ID that killed him.
Some viewers noticed too.
【Huh? That ID—wasn’t that the one using a VSS last game? How did they run into each other again?】
【? Yeah, looks familiar?】
“Damn it!”
Zhang Taining slammed the desk and raked a hand through his hair, irritated.
“Just a coincidence. Next game.”
【Maybe they died early at Airport last round too. But this round their luck is insane. The guy on the left is stacked with level three gear.】
【Streamer’s not getting out of Airport today. Calling it now.】
Calling it my ass.
Zhang Taining moved his finger and banned that account.
Zong Cheng looked at the elimination notification, satisfied.
Seems like his skills had not declined.
“Yin Chen, come loot.”
Zong Cheng called softly.
K-kind of handsome?
Yin Chen moved over to loot, then paused.
“I don’t think I need anything?”
His level three helmet and vest were damaged, but still better than the level two gear in the crate.
And both his M416 and M24 were fully kitted. He was stocked on first aid kits and painkillers too.
“Really?”
Zong Cheng nodded.
“Then how about we queue again? I think he’ll keep dropping Airport.”
Yin Chen slowly typed out another question mark.
Was it just his imagination?
Why did it feel like Zong Cheng was targeting that guy?
The next two rounds confirmed it.
It was not his imagination.
And he had the distinct feeling that Zong Cheng also kept a little notebook like he did.
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After winning a straight-up gunfight and killing the guy again, President Zong was just about to call Yin Chen over to loot when a voice burst through the headset.
“Damn it! Are you guys stream-sniping me? You’re targeting me on purpose, right? Did I offend you or something?”
Zhang Taining was truly furious.
He had declared he would fight his way out of Airport today, yet he had run into these two four rounds in a row!
Four rounds!
If this was not stream-sniping, he would stand on his head and crap!
【Feels like stream-sniping. Matching with the streamer every game? There’s no way this game only has this few players in queue.】
【Even if it is stream-sniping, it just proves the streamer’s bad. And he calls himself a skill-based streamer? Please.】
Hearing his furious tone, Zong Cheng curved his lips slightly.
Then he decisively switched voice chat back to team channel, with no intention of replying.
“Let’s go? Want to chase an airdrop? Or should I find you another level three set so I can feel at ease?”
“Okay.”
In the next round, Yin Chen suddenly spoke.
“By the way, what do you think of my future team member’s skill?”
Zong Cheng froze and blurted out instinctively.
“What do you mean?”
Oh?
“Didn’t you say earlier we’d test his skill? Otherwise why have we chased him for four games straight?”
Yin Chen’s tone was teasing.
Zong Cheng’s heart skipped a beat.
His face felt faintly warm.
He covered it up. “Mm, right. You need a few matches to compare properly. But I do not think this kind of fighting shows much. Let’s just focus on playing. Where do you want to drop?”
That’s right!
Chasing that guy definitely was not because of any other reason!
“Let’s drop Pochinki.”
Yin Chen casually named a location, then his tone shifted slightly.
“But honestly, it’s one thing for me to pick this name. Why did you change yours to match mine?”
He spoke with a smile in his voice.
“I looked it up just now. Changing your name costs ten yuan, right? Did you recharge just to change it?”
Zong Cheng choked.
How was he supposed to explain that he had impulsively changed it on a whim?
He coughed lightly. “No. That rename card was a system reward. Didn’t cost anything.”
“Is that so?”
Yin Chen only said those two words and went silent.
For some reason, Zong Cheng suddenly felt guilty.
That guilt quickly turned into frustration when, just seconds after landing in Pochinki, he saw Yin Chen get knocked by an M16.
He instinctively rushed his character forward to reach Yin Chen.
The M16 mercilessly eliminated them both.
Two loot crates lay side by side on the ground.
A soft laugh came through the headset.
Zong Cheng unconsciously pinched his ear.
…It was a little hot.