jdhmnovel Chapter 120 A Narrow Success
Chapter 120 A Narrow Success
Gu Lin'an's palms were sweating profusely. How could this be?
He had calculated everything perfectly, considering all possible scenarios. It was clear that two people pushing a tower was faster than Marco Polo pushing a tower alone.
However, he overlooked one thing: the timing of the minion wave's appearance.
No matter how much he schemes now, it's all in vain.
The system notification sounded as if mocking him: "You've become arrogant. Even if you've planned everything perfectly, there's always a lapse in judgment."
Human calculations can never defy the workings of fate.
"Are we going to lose?" Gu Lin'an murmured.
"Lin'an, don't worry, I'm here," Yinuo comforted Gu Lin'an in his ear.
Gu Lin'an was slightly taken aback. Was there another way?
Gu Lin'an stared at Lu Ban, who was being controlled by Yi Nuo, and saw the latter's six mechanical arms grab the minion wave beside him before jumping to the side.
The minions, along with Yi Nuo, all ran to the side.
"Lin'an, quickly dismantle the crystal!"
Gu Lin'an's eyes lit up. Yes, Lu Ban's ultimate skill can pull minions. He had been too anxious and forgot about it.
"Nuozai is awesome, you're my god!"
As the minion wave entered the crystal's range, Gu Lin'an kept pressing the basic attack button, rolling and jumping, refreshing his skills, and attacking the crystal.
The health of the crystals on both sides gradually decreased, and it was obvious that the crystal in front of Marco Polo had even less health.
Yi Nuo followed up with additional damage, his heart pounding.
It was so exciting; he had only ever experienced this feeling during peak matches in professional esports.
"Click."
It's unclear which crystal made the first sound of shattering.
Then, to Gu Lin'an's surprise, the scene unexpectedly switched to his perspective and finally froze.
Victory!
The moment the letters for victory appeared, Gu Lin'an felt completely exhausted and slumped into his gaming chair, letting out a long sigh of relief.
A happy smile appeared on his face. Fortunately, he managed to land a powerful basic attack at the end, otherwise things would have really gone wrong.
In the live stream, a large number of netizens congratulated Gu Lin'an on reaching the top spot. Hot air balloons and sports cars covered most of the screen and showed no signs of stopping.
Taking a breath, Gu Lin'an looked at his ID on the leaderboard and immediately took a screenshot.
Then he opened Marco's game interface, and he was very curious about who the player who could fight him to a standstill was.
Just as he expected, he didn't recognize this guy.
Checking the match history, I found that apart from just losing one game, the screen was all green.
Scrolling down, I found an even more lush green meadow, its greenness stretching to the horizon.
"Is this guy also on a winning streak?" Gu Lin'an murmured.
Gu Lin'an has divination symbols in his hand, which can predict good or bad fortune, and will be of great help to him in his pursuit of the top competition.
This guy didn't cheat; he reached third place in the peak rankings entirely through his own strength, which is quite terrifying.
"Om."
My phone vibrated, and without even looking, I knew it was Yinuo congratulating me on reaching the top spot.
That was really close! If I hadn't used my ultimate to move the minion wave at the last minute, you wouldn't have gotten first place. You should thank me!
To be honest, YiNuo played a significant role in this game, and Gu Lin'an rarely praised him, saying: "[You played well, you have the talent to play support. If Cat can't keep up, AG will have a successor.]"
Yi Nuo: [...]
This sentence feels a bit awkward. Never mind, I'm not going to say it anymore. Playing this game with you has exhausted all my energy. I'm going to sleep now.
"Have you seen the enemy marksman's stats? They're pretty scary," Yinuo asked.
[I saw it. I don't know which person was using a smurf account, but we still managed to take them down together.]
……
A training room.
The blond-haired boy stared at the failure screen with a pained expression.
"Damn, I was just a hair's breadth away, damn it." He took a cigarette from the pack, put it in his mouth, and lit it.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. If you had been just one second later, you could have destroyed the enemy's crystal." The boy next to him said regretfully.
Holding the blond boy's phone, he opened Gu Lin'an's homepage and exclaimed with a shrunken gaze, "Wow, this guy is amazing! He's on a winning streak and reached the top spot. No wonder the marksman was able to go toe-to-toe with you."
The blond-haired boy was taken aback. He blew a smoke ring, took the phone, and looked at Gu Lin'an's battle record. A flash of surprise crossed his eyes.
"No wonder this guy could fight me to a standstill."
"There are always people better than you. Now you know there are also some pretty good players in the King of Glory community."
The blond-haired boy sneered, "If it weren't for his decent support, I would have crushed him this game. The first blood at the start is proof of that."
"Luck played a big part in our eventual victory."
"A bunch of idiots. They could have won by just ganging up on me, but they had their own ideas. Do they even deserve to win?"
The blond-haired boy turned off his phone and asked, "When do we go over to sign the contract?"
"They all have procedures, and they also need to assess your abilities, right? You'll have to try out for them."
The blond boy nodded, then revealed a row of neat, white teeth.
"Alright, then we'll show these people what a dimensional reduction attack really is."
"Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry has the right to call themselves a profession."
……
The next day, Gu Lin'an continued to hold the top spot, though an unexpected incident occurred, which turned out to be a good thing.
Recently, the official King of Glory team has been cracking down on cases of bosses hiring actors, and Princess Yao Yao and the boss involved have both been banned.
The news was met with great approval, with many saying that the official King of Glory team had finally done something right.
With the boss gone, Gu Lin'an's position as the top player is even more secure, because he is more than 30 points behind the current second place, which is equivalent to winning three games in a row.
Winning three games can be easy or difficult, depending on the skill level of the top ten players. Winning or losing is more or less influenced by luck.
After a fierce competition, on the final night, Gu Lin'an successfully secured the top spot on the leaderboard.
Afterwards, Gu Lin'an took a screenshot and posted it on Weibo as a short essay.
[Thank you to my family for your support. I have lived up to your expectations and secured the top spot this season.]
[Hey haters, look at this! I basically climbed the ranks using jungle, so please stop questioning my jungling skills.]
I won't say who it is, but they're definitely much better than Qing.
Below, he also included his winning streak.
[Haha, An Shen, you might as well just read Qinglong's ID card. An Shen has really made something of himself now, daring to call Qinglong by his full name.]
[An Shen is truly amazing. I was there during the last game the day before yesterday, and it was absolutely thrilling, practically a source of footage.]
[Brother, say something! Are you going to let Changye, who was born online, be so arrogant?]
Your brother should be lying in bed right now. Go ahead and yell, even if you scream your lungs out, he won't respond.
……
After that, the rest of the time was the same as usual, either playing training matches with AG or streaming live.
As expected, Gu Lin'an won the streamer league by a single move, defeating the Dream Team. It's normal that the Black Room team lost.
However, Gu Lin'an declined the subsequent competition, as he simply didn't have the time.
Mo Zi and his friends weren't disappointed. They only won first place because of Gu Lin'an's hard skills. If they had really fought against those professionals, they would probably have been traumatized.
So this spot was given to the second-place winner in the "black room" (a euphemism for a place in the dark).
Sometimes Gu Lin'an would lament that he had finally managed to build a team and really didn't want the name to disappear without a trace.
As time went by and his quarantine was about to end, he thought he should do something big before playing professional matches, so he uploaded another photo on Weibo.