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Published at 31st of May 2020 04:20:07 AM
Chapter 541: 541

Not long after, the players from IG and Se7en who were seated near them were attracted by the sudden noise .

 Seeing how everyone gave him a knowing smile after taking a look at their phones, Liu Zilang who was distressed instantly felt that he had made a huge mistake when he took the microphone from GodV that afternoon!

 The next day, in the afternoon .


 Liu Zilang’s team, as well as the two other teams, left their hotel to head toward California’s Colt Arena .

 While they were there to attend interviews arranged by the media the day prior, they were heading there on that day for the tournament .

 Since the tournament venue was near their hotel, they arrived at their destination in less than half an hour by car .

 At that time, there were roughly 2 more hours before the tournament began . Nevertheless, the venue was flooded with people who were trying to get into the arena .

 Long queues were seen at the entrances whereby passionate western fans brought handmade signboards with them to support their favorite teams . Some of them had even painted their faces with their favorite team’s logo .

 While the crowd comprised of mostly western spectators, there were also quite a number of Hua Xia exchange students .

 Apart from vehicles that were allowed to go in and out of Colt Arena, the roads around it were blocked from use . Thus, drivers needed to use another route if they were not heading into the arena .

 Among the members of 4AM, Long Shenjue and Cpt had no experience in international tournaments . Therefore, when they saw the crowd outside the arena, Long Shenjue gasped . “Tsk, tsk! The westerners are making it such a huge event .

 “Anyhow, Tencent from China is still the one leading . ”

 Liu Zilang chuckled and then said, “It’s a world tournament after all . Of course, they have to make it huge to maintain their reputation . ”


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 “It won’t be on Tucao… will it?” Cpt asked softly .

 Upon hearing him, everyone else was startled . GodV smacked Cpt’s head and then laughed at him . “What are you thinking about? Are you thinking about losing already?”

 “It won’t, it won’t . ” On the other hand, Liu Zilang shook his head as he giggled .

 The few of them became relaxed after chatting with each other and laughing . Not long after, they entered the arena through a passage specially arranged for players .

 Once they arrived at the resting room, Liu Zilang retrieved a keyboard that had been placed in a dustproof bag .

 When GodV saw this, he became curious . Hence, he asked, “Is that the ‘piano keyboard’ Guru Qiu was talking about?”

 Right away, the other 4AM members gathered around him as well . Since they were all professional players, they were no strangers to “custom-made keyboards” .

 Even so, it was normal for them to be curious .

 A keyboard was neither a rare martial art book nor a divine weapon . Since Liu Zilang had brought it, he was fine with showing it to others .

 After noticing their curious looks, he quickly removed the dustproof bag .


 What came into view was a dark metallic keyboard that had a rather rustic look . All the keys on the keyboard were either black or white in color . They gave off the mysterious feeling of Hua Xia’s Yin and Yang .

 Long Shenjue could not help but reach his fat fingers out and then press one of the keys carefully .


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 “Da!”

 A clear sound was heard .

 It sounded like the perfect alignment of gears inside a certain refined device used during the era of steam locomotives .

 At once, Long Shenjue expressed his astonishment, “It sounds… so awesome!”

 All of a sudden, Aluka recalled something as he asked, “Oh right, I heard that every key on the keyboard makes a different sound . That’s why it’s called the ‘piano keyboard’ . Is it true?”

 The moment Liu Zilang heard Aluka’s question, he swept his fingers across the keyboard .

 On the spur of the moment, dissimilar sounds were heard as if pearls of different sizes had been gently dropped onto a jade plate .

 Afterward, Liu Zilang shook his head and then explained with a smile, “That’s exaggerating . It’s just that every key has slightly different tones, it’s far from a piano . ”


 When the other 4AM players heard his “serious” explanation, they were speechless .

 ‘Why the f*ck did you compare your keyboard to a piano then!’

 While they were conversing, a staff member knocked on their door . It turned out that all the computers were ready for use, thus they were asked to go over to input their settings .

 At the front stage, there was a clear contrast between the scene inside and outside of the arena .

 Looking at the seats that were fully occupied, many players from teams that were new to such a huge scene began to feel overwhelmed .


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 Fortunately, 4AM had Liu Zilang and GodV . Not only did they not feel nervous at all but they were also fired up .

 Perhaps at one point in their professional careers, they realized that they had been working hard for such a moment on stage .

 The two of them quickly calmed their teammates .

 With that, they walked onto the stage steadily amidst the enthusiastic cheers from passionate spectators and headed toward the player zone that was decorated like a plane cabin .

 The seats were divided according to their regions .


 Other than 4AM, IG, and Se7en, other teams that had also been categorized under the Asian region included ACE from Korea, Gold from Southeast Asia, and AHQ from Taiwan .

 Each row was meant for two teams, hence the six teams occupied three rows .

 Furthermore, the competition employed the rule that eliminated players had to leave the stage .

 With that, spectators from both the arena and live streaming channels were able to have a clearer view of the comprehensive strength of each region through the number of players left in each seating area .

 In addition to that, unlike the number of players from the Asian division, the European and American division was like an insurmountable mountain .

 Therefore, since they knew where their opponents were seated, the teams from the Asian division appeared to be in more harmony .

 On the contrary, in the player zone of the European and American divisions .

 Between strong teams like Liquid and Faze, they treated each other as their biggest rivals .

 Thus, the atmosphere was clearly less friendly and the players seemed as if they were ready to jump at each other’s throats .

 Of course, that was not entirely the case .

 For instance, in the South American division player zone where four teams were seated at .

 Due to the freaks from SKK, the other players in that division were aware of the gap between them .

 The gap was so big that even in PUBG where luck played a bigger factor in the game, they could almost neglect the existence of luck .

 Hence, teams like Solomid and Ghost were not looking forward to competing against them at all . They only hoped that they would not encounter SKK which they regarded as their bane .

 Conversely, Shroud from C9 crossed his legs as he sat with his hands placed on his knees .

 He looked as if he was totally unbothered and was even joking together with SKK’s Captain Carl .

 Around 15 minutes later, all the players were notified through their headphones that the tournament would begin in five minutes . At that time, they were confirming their peripheral settings .

 Furthermore, by then, the players were basically done adjusting their settings and had no problems anymore .

 Before long, three people appeared on the commentary platform for the Hua Xia division .

 One was a familiar face, Su Changming while one was Lord Rong who had commentated on the intramural seeding match at the University of Jianghai .

 The last one was a guy with glasses who looked decorous but his nose gave the biggest impression .

 When GodV looked up and saw that person on the commentary platform, he was dumbfounded .

 “Eh? Why is he here to commentate?”

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