“You’re saying the two of them are planning to livestream a head-to-head match?”
Yin Chen paused slightly as he listened to what Xie Liu was telling him on the other end of the line.
He had read enough novels to know what a head-to-head match was.
But…
Why would an internal team face-off be livestreamed???
Yin Chen could not make sense of it no matter how he thought about it.
Xie Liu let out an awkward laugh.
“Yeah… and they’ve already started. I couldn’t stop them…”
He truly had not expected this!
Who could have imagined those two could be that foolish?
Then again…
Xie Liu pondered to himself—maybe Zhang Taining still had some lingering resentment from the friction before they joined the team?
Back then, although he had thought highly of both of them, Tang Chen and Zhang Taining did overlap somewhat in positioning.
Just like this time—drawing lots to decide who would play in the solo match—he had originally only planned to recruit one of them.
But who could have predicted how things would unfold?
Yin Chen fell silent for two seconds.
“What is the room number?”
Xie Liu froze.
“I think they decided in the end to use our BZ official livestream channel. Why? Are you going to watch?”
If their sponsor was going to personally observe the match, should he remind those two to perform a little better?
But what if they revealed everything in their arsenal? What if other teams saw it?
Xie Liu rubbed his temples, feeling as though he was losing even more hair.
He had come to their sponsor for help—he had not meant for him to go watch the match!
“The official channel? Then I know.”
Yin Chen hung up quickly.
With a show like this—
How could he possibly not watch?
He directly asked DYX for an account, entered the livestream under the eye-catching ID “DYX Big Shot,” and stepped into the room.
At that moment, Tang Chen’s fans and Zhang Taining’s fans were tearing into each other.
Most of Zhang Taining’s fans were male, while most of Tang Chen’s were female. Before seeing the actual numbers, people had assumed Zhang Taining’s side would dominate.
But—
Tang Chen truly had a massive fanbase! And many of them were devoted “mom fans,” far more emotionally invested than the casual male fans who would only tune in when they felt like it.
In the first round, Tang Chen landed with a shotgun and fired two shots from an S686, instantly eliminating Zhang Taining. The mom fans flooded the screen with rows of “666,” so dense that the livestream footage was nearly completely obscured.
In the second round, Zhang Taining looted an airdrop crate and turned the tide, charging into close combat with a Gora and taking Tang Chen down head-on.
Before Zhang Taining’s male fans could praise him and take a swipe at Tang Chen, Tang Chen’s female fans unleashed a barrage of comments—one unified wave of “shhh”—instantly burying every opposing message.
When Yin Chen entered, both sides were in full-blown chaos.
[Can Tang Chen’s brainless mom fans please open their eyes? Your boy lost the head-on fight, and you are still bragging that he is the best in close-range gunfights?]
[What is wrong with calling him the best? Try going head-on with a Level 3 helmet and Level 3 armor using an M416 while the other guy has full gear and a Gora. If you do not die, I will give you four words—keep dreaming!]
[Funny! BZ did not even invite Tang Chen first back then, okay? Just look at the order. It is obvious who the team really wanted and who was meant to be the substitute.]
[? As if BZ could notify everyone at the exact same time. If your father and mother call you to dinner one after the other, are you suddenly not eating the same meal?]
The argument escalated further and further. Some players from other teams who had come to watch Tang Chen and Zhang Taining’s skills were staring at the screen in disbelief.
Over at ZWG, their captain Qi Gaochang watched for a few more minutes before exiting the stream in boredom.
“This is what you called me over to watch?”
He looked lazily at his vice-captain, Feng Jingshuo. “You think this level—especially this so-called coordination—can threaten our standing?”
It was simply a waste of his time.
Ridiculous.
Feng Jingshuo also exited the stream, smiling helplessly.
“It was not my idea. The coach told us to take a look. Know your enemy, know yourself.”
He was nothing more than a pitiful messenger.
“Then tell him this is not worth watching. You call that teamwork? It is a joke.”
Stretching as he stood up, Qi Gaochang took out his phone, scrolled through a contact list, and after a moment sent a message to one of the names.
“Are you free? Want to grab dinner tonight?”
The reply came almost instantly, brimming with excitement.
Qi Gaochang arched an eyebrow slightly, tapped a few more keys, then waved casually at Feng Jingshuo before walking out.
Feng Jingshuo watched his relaxed figure leave, a hint of envy in his eyes.
After a moment’s thought, he relayed Qi Gaochang’s words to the coach to complete his task, then went off to find his own evening entertainment.
One by one, several well-known team IDs exited the livestream.
Tang Chen and Zhang Taining’s fans gradually noticed.
Their heated quarrel began to cool.
What were they even arguing about?
Why had the other teams who came to spectate left?
Was it not because they thought Tang Chen and Zhang Taining were not skilled enough?
As soon as that thought struck, both sides of fans felt a pang of discomfort.
Yin Chen had entered right in the middle of that shift in atmosphere.
And, almost as if on cue, a golden-effect comment flashed across the screen under the ID “ZWG · Spider King.”
[Heard BZ is pretty wealthy, huh? And this is it? These are the two they signed? Might as well have gone with that second-hand reject. Or what, are they planning to win a championship with a used leftover? No way, right?]
Tang Chen’s and Zhang Taining’s fans both froze.
Then Zhang Taining’s fans exploded first.
[What the hell! Who are you calling worse than that second-hand reject? Who does he think he is?]
[Exactly! Our—]
“Hey, hey. Watch what you are saying.”
Zhang Taining picked up a 98K and casually attached a 4x scope.
He spoke in an unhurried tone.
“Do not start copying other people’s comments. At least you still have a few working brain cells. You do know who is on our team, right?”
The fans fell silent in surprise.
Since when did Zhang Taining know how to speak up for someone else?
It did sound reasonable…
One of the veteran fans could not help chiming in. Zhang Taining glanced at the comment and let out a scoff.
The entire livestream fell into absolute silence.