Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The sound of gunfire on the battlefield died down as time passed.
By the time the blue circle once again coincided with the boundary of the play area, there were only 6 teams and 14 players left.
On Hua Xia’s commentary platform.
“Unbelievable! Who would’ve expected Liu Zilang to enter the safe zone at the last second this way?” Lord Rong exclaimed.
Ruo Feng nodded. “Let’s look at the situation on the battlefield. Right now it’s 4v4v3v1v1v1. In other words, two full squads, one three-man team, and three lone wolves.”
“More importantly, SKK is now occupying the destiny circle.” Su Changming shook his head and lamented. “Luck has been on SKK’s side since the second half of this match. Every time the circle refreshed, they were either in it or very close to it.”
“Looking at the current situation, SKK only needs to spread out their formation within the safe zone. They can wait until Faze and Athletico, the two main teams outside the safe zone, are done fighting each other. Then, they can sweep in to mop up the survivors.”
“However, Guru Qiu is in a precarious position now. His current position isn’t within the safe zone, and it’s too close to where SKK is. Once SKK spreads out their formation, he’ll easily be discovered.”
“Indeed. Also, Vic and Shen Zeyan are right under Faze and Athletico’s noses. Their situation will be as equally jeopardized if they are discovered.”
“In any case, our three Hua Xia teams have entered the top six. Especially Guru Qiu who has enacted ‘The Diary of A Lone Wolf’ in this match. It’s a big surprise that he has survived this long. Everyone’s had it tough.”
“That’s right. Even though we don’t have the final results of this match yet, it seems like SKK has all the factors favoring them. I think our viewers back home can raise their hopes of a Hua Xia chicken dinner. However, let’s not count too much on it. If we win, we celebrate. If we lose, let’s give the victors our best wishes.”
As the commentators on the platform spoke, the atmosphere in the Chinese live-stream channels changed. Someone started chanting, “Hua Xia teams, add oil (TN: A phrase in Chinese meaning Good Luck!).”
After that, many viewers who had never commented on the bullet screen before followed suit.
In the blink of an eye, a barrage of “Hua Xia teams, add oil” rolled across the stream like the tidal bore of Qiantang River.
On some screens, the bullet screen even appeared laggy.
…
In the game, the four players of SKK had fully spread out their formation.
It has to be mentioned that even though the hilly area had a lot of places that provided cover, it was a lot easier for one to expose their position.
Unlike Li Muqiu, SKK had figured out where Faze and Athletico were heading.
They were even roughly aware of Liu Zilang and Shen Zeyan’s positions.
Hence, the four players of SKK only needed to sit and watch the fight unfold. The chicken dinner would soon drop into their hands.
They were still unclear about the position of the remaining solitary lone wolf. However, as a full four-man squad, they were not afraid that the person would cause too much trouble.
The third-last blue circle had a countdown timer of one minute and thirty seconds. Furthermore, it would finish shrinking in thirty seconds.
As time passed, Faze and Athletico who were outside the safe zone eventually became restless.
One by one, smoke grenades were lobbed toward the direction of SKK who was in the safe zone. So many smoke grenades were thrown as if they were worthless.
The two teams displayed a flash of brilliance this time.
Instead of laying a smokescreen for themselves to enter the circle, and thus losing their field of vision, they instead solved the problem at its root. They did so by lobbing the smoke grenades at their opponent to obscure their vision.
On the other hand, another big problem that straddled the two teams was that they needed to eliminate each other before entering the safe zone. If they did not do so, they would not be able to successfully outrun the blue circle.
Shortly after some time, gunfire was heard on the battlefield like the steady beat of a drum.
Through the caster’s camera, it was not clear who was the one that shot first. However, Linksy of Athletico dealt first blood. By tap-firing on his Mini14, he shot a speedy barrage and knocked out Mxey, Faze’s rifler!
“Oh sh*t!”
“Quick! He doesn’t have much health left! Finish him off!”
“Hold on, I’m moving toward the flank!”
“Careful, I think there’s someone near us!”
The voice chats of both teams were in disarray.
The sound of gunfire was dense, and it was a dangerous threat!
At that time, Liu Zilang and Shen Zeyan were prone on the ground at a right angle, and on opposite sides. They then moved into action!
Bang!
The first shot that alerted the teams of the lone wolves’ presence was Shen Zeyan’s AWM which was in his hands!
The instant the gunshot was heard, one of Faze’s players fell to the ground. His skull had been shattered, and he was bleeding.
On the other side, Liu Zilang lifted his MK14 that was equipped with an 8x scope and swept across the few people on the battlefield with full-automatic fire.
The two teams immediately reacted.
Both of them pulled away to create some distance and then turned around to deal with the threats at their backs.
Time in FPS tournaments was counted in milliseconds. Even though they had reacted almost immediately, they had suffered heavy casualties.
Liu Zilang and Shen Zeyan had grasped the perfect time to execute their attacks. At present, there was only one player left standing in Faze, this was the same for Athletico.
Both teams wanted to revive their teammates but were worried that they would once again get caught by a sneak attack. Hence, their movements became passive.
“Awesome! Vic and Master Ze have perfectly grasped the opportunity to perform a sneak attack!”
“To be frank, Faze and Athletico’s idea of obscuring the opponent’s vision with smoke grenades was a brilliant move. However, they were careless in dealing with the lone wolves.”
“Now they have no choice but to lay a smokescreen and revive their teammates.”
“Let’s see… another forty-odd seconds before the blue circle shrinks. The safe zone isn’t too far away. I think they can make it.”
“…”
Just as the commentators were analyzing the situation on the battlefield, the caster’s camera shifted over to Shen Zeyan.
He saw his opponents laying a smokescreen. Without a direct threat to his safety, he stowed away his weapon and then sneakily moved toward the safe zone. He did so by going around the smokescreen that had been jointly made by Faze and Athletico.
At the same time, from the kill notifications, Liu Zilang had found out that Shen Zeyan was behind those teams’ butts. He was suddenly very excited!
With Shen Zeyan around, he believed that he had a ‘brother on the exterior’, and he could eliminate the two teams with his help.
He lobbed a frag grenade toward the two teams within the smoke, oblivious to the fact that Shen Zeyan had ‘betrayed’ him a while ago.
Upon seeing this scene, the viewers in the Chinese live-stream channels laughed out loud.
“LOLOL. My goodness, this Master Ze, he’s so vicious yet he’s a man of few words.”
“Poor Vic, singlehandedly defending the family!”
“Vic: What happened to our brotherhood?”
“LOLOL Master Ze says there’s nothing wrong!”
“…”
The viewers in the live-stream channel were chatting happily when they suddenly heard a loud “Boom”!
Three kill notifications appeared on the top right corner of the screen!
“4AM-Vic killed Athletico-Linksy with frag grenade!”
“4AM-Vic killed Athletico-Heffaa with frag grenade!”
“4AM-Vic killed Athletico Neferhor with frag grenade!”
???
That was a… family bucket?