Chapter 18: Pies? Traps!

  "09, what are you doing?" Su Hong was speechless, but still suppressed the anxiety and anger in her heart, and asked softly.

  "This... Enemy Law, this game is not quite what I imagined it to be. It's really too bloody and realistic." Wu Sheng 2009 blushed upon hearing this and responded in a low voice.

  He was originally full of confidence, wanting to make a big show in this amazing high-simulation DOTA game, but what he did not expect was that the battle in this game was too bloody and violent, and it completely shocked him at once.

  When he used to play virtual DOTA games online, he would see the troops coming and going, controlling his hero with mouse and keyboard to replenish and suppress, everything was digitized, and there wouldn't be any special feeling. But now that he's arrived at this ancient battlefield, one by one, fresh lives are falling before his eyes, blood flowing like rivers, shattered limbs flying everywhere... This huge difference between the past and present made him, a former world champion, feel weak all of a sudden.

  The most important thing is that this game's pain mode is actually 100% on!

  Wu Sheng was a very proud person in 2009, who always sought perfection in everything and would not allow himself to have such a poor performance. However, just as he mustered up the courage to move forward and reinforce his troops, Zeus appeared on time from the opposite side, wielding his storm hammer and unleashing an arc-shaped lightning chain with a flick of his wrist, directly electrocuting half of Wu Sheng's body and thoroughly dispersing the bit of courage he had managed to gather.

  After that, Wu Sheng, who had eaten a lot of bitterness in 2009, no longer dared to show his face online, let alone go forward and reinforce the troops. He shrank behind a small forest at the outer tower, completely letting Zeus on the opposite side earn money, which was also what Su Hong saw before.

  "Listen up, 09! I'm telling you for the last time, this isn't a game, it's a real fight. It's either life or death, there's no other choice. If you don't want to die, then get your spirit up and bring out that same determination you had when you won the world championship. Give it your all and win this battle!" Su Hong reminded in a low voice.

  "Is it life or death? Is it that serious?" Wu Sheng pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose with a finger, his eyes flashing with skepticism. He didn't believe Su Hong was being literal, thinking he was just exaggerating. The game's realism was far beyond what he had imagined, but if losing a match meant dying in real life, that was just too ridiculous.

  Seeing that the other party had not yet realized the severity of the problem, Su Hong couldn't help but ask coldly: "09, although you've retired, I suppose you haven't faded out of the esports circle. Let me ask you, recently, have there been people around you who have died mysteriously one after another?"

  "It's not that I'm being superstitious or anything, but a lot of my former teammates from when I played professionally have met with accidents. Some were killed by drunk drivers, some drowned while playing by the river, and one guy even fell to his death from his own balcony after waking up in the middle of the night... anyway, they all had pretty bad luck." Wu Sheng said, recalling the past.

  "An accident?" Su Hong sneered, and immediately struck mercilessly: "If we lose this battle, I believe it won't take long for an accident to happen to you too!"

  "Enemy law, don't be so intimidating..." Wu Sheng muttered in a low voice in 2009, but after being said by Su Hong, he himself became somewhat uncertain, and his expression also became tense. If it's really as Su Hong said that losing would mean death, then wouldn't he be courting death by allowing the opposing Zeus to freely farm without pressure?

  "I'm not kidding! If you don't want to die, quickly get online and show me your top professional skills, crush the Zeus on the other side for me!" Even Su Hong, who had a good temper, was somewhat annoyed and couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

  Fortunately, his words of persuasion did not go to waste. At least Wu Sheng 2009 no longer hid in the small woods and instead walked out with a bigger heart, although still somewhat timid and not daring to approach and finish off the enemy, but at least he could barely gain some experience.

  Although his current performance is very amateurish and can't see the shadow of DOTA World Champion at all, being brave enough to stand on the battlefield is much stronger than those three guys who are hiding in the base and dare not come out.

  "It's come to this, after all. In the end, I can only rely on myself." Su Hong let out a light sigh and stopped dividing his attention, focusing instead on replenishing his knife. Now he had to seize every moment to earn money, knowing that the opponent was a globally renowned Flow Control formation, Nightmares would not let him off easy, and someone would likely come looking for trouble soon.

  As expected, just as Su Hong was thinking this, a five-pointed star teleportation array suddenly appeared out of thin air on the lower road, spatial magic energy aura filling the entire field, and a rift in space-time also appeared.

  "Prophetic transmission?!"

  Su Hong's eyes condensed slightly, and she decisively launched the enemy mage's Blink skill without any hesitation. In an instant, she disappeared from the battlefield and reappeared under her own team's outer tower.

  "Hey, you may be fast, but let's see how many times you can run!" The next moment, the figure of Ye Feng, the hero who had foreseen this, appeared. He was somewhat disgruntled that he hadn't been able to gank successfully and couldn't help but mutter a sentence.

  After appearing, Ye Meng's prophet was actually online to make up for the loss of troops in a big way, completely disregarding Su Hong's enemy law master.

  "Alone?" Su Hong's heart skipped a beat, if there was only one prophet in front of him, he didn't have anything to fear, and could boldly move forward to finish the job. If he waited for the right moment, it was even possible that he could kill the opposing prophet.

  However, after careful consideration, Su Hong resolutely abandoned this tempting idea and did not rashly reveal himself. The opponent was clearly not a novice, and might have had some hidden tricks up their sleeve. If there was another expert lurking in the woods, things could get complicated for him.

  Seeing Su Hong not making a move, the prophet on the opposite side simply stood at the forefront of the battlefield, waving the natural law staff in his hand, and releasing green magical energy to replenish his troops, recklessly challenging Su Hong's patience.

  However, the prophet opposite him did not expect that his performance was too revealing, and it further solidified Su Hong's previous judgment. Not only did he not show any intention of exposing himself, but instead quietly retreated a few steps and hid in the dense forest beside the outer tower.

  Soon, Su Hong was glad for his decision, as a swaying robot figure suddenly appeared beside the prophet, which turned out to be the opposing Clockwork Sprite.

  "Damn it, that kid is really cowardly. You provoke him like this and he doesn't even dare to come forward. It's a waste of the stealth symbol I got my hands on." Through the 45-second hiding effect of the stealth symbol, the clockwork spirit who had been lurking beside the prophet for half a day finally appeared and couldn't help but burst into a loud scolding.

  "It's not cowardice, but rather extreme caution. It seems that this kid is not a novice or a rookie, and he's not so easy to deal with." The prophet's expression turned somewhat solemn as he corrected himself.

  "What's the big deal? Can't one person turn things around? You have to know that his four teammates are all pretty bad, except for the mid laner who is barely passable, the other three are already completely intimidated and probably won't dare show their faces again. So I'd say we've got this battle in the bag!" The mechanical imp snickered with a laugh, not caring at all.

  "It's also, how can that little kid be our opponent alone?" The prophet heard the words and couldn't help but smile, knowing he was being overly cautious. This time, the five of them, all seasoned veterans, were united through a team emblem token, and they had encountered a situation where the four people on the other side were all newbies. If they still couldn't win this time, then they might as well just quit hanging out in the Cang Yue space and directly admit defeat.

  "Since the guy in the bottom lane is slippery, and we don't have the power to rush the tower and kill him yet, let's just let him go for a while and go kill the guy in the mid lane instead. With only his own strength, he probably won't be able to come back up anyway." The spring-loaded precision waited for half a day, seeing that the enemy mage still didn't intend to show up, suddenly became impatient and said.

  "Go!" The prophets didn't want to wait any longer, and under the already determined situation, they all had a private mind, wanting to get as many heads and assists as possible, in order to get a higher evaluation from the master, and thus obtain more Blood Coin rewards.

  Not only them, but also the ghosts on the road and the TK who pulled the wild, that is, the earth spirit repairman, were a little restless and rushed to the middle road.

  "Enemy Fog, what should I do?" Wu Song, the legendary captain and world champion of the DOTA esports circle in 2009, although not performing as well as expected on the ancient relic battlefield, still had a keen sense of smell for changes in the battlefield situation. Upon realizing the danger, he tensely asked.

  "Hold on! If all else fails, just drag it out and try to attract as much of their attention as possible, slowing down their attack pace." Su Hong said irresponsibly, but this was also a helpless move. Only when the half-man mammoth attracted enough firepower from the opponent could he win the opportunity to replenish troops and earn money.

  At this time, the benefits of Su Hong's hard work before entering the Xue Yue space are revealed. With a strong mental quality, he is not affected by the bloody killings on the battlefield. Coupled with his deep understanding of DOTA's laning phase, relying on his strong control ability as a professional player, he has been firmly controlling the minion line. He doesn't let the enemy's Ghoul troops enter the range of the Ancient's attack, nor does he stray too far from his own buildings. Whenever the situation is unfavorable, he can use his Blink skill to instantly hide under the tower.

  So, Su Hong's game gold coins grew rapidly, wave after wave of soldiers rushed over, basically all being struck down by his Moon Blade, dealt a fatal blow, successfully last-hitting and gaining a monetary reward.

  But at the same time, when Su Hong was making a lot of money, Wu Sheng's 2009 was not so easy...

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