Chapter: Chapter 204
“Are you Qianqian, the one the captain and the others have always talked about?”
“Oh my, it seems like the captain and the others remember me quite well. That truly touches me,” Leticia typed a message with a smile.
Just then, another message popped up in Leticia’s chat window. This one was from the captain.
“Qianqian?”
“Captain, how did you know it was me?”
According to the little girl who was just playing with her, her account was usually played by Bai Ling. So, shouldn’t the captain have thought of Bai Ling first when she saw her account online?
Why did she ask this question directly this time?
“Because Xiao Bai’s account is also online. It’s not like Xiao Bai would play two accounts by herself?” The captain’s reason was quite sound and logical.
“Typing is quite troublesome. Let’s just use voice chat,” Leticia felt that typing was a bit tiring, so she decided to be a little lazy.
They were all acquaintances, so talking with a microphone wouldn’t be a problem.
She wasn’t a shy girl online. Back when she commanded legion battles, her voice was full of vigor, and she could verbally tear anyone apart with great satisfaction.
“Sure, the usual place,” the captain readily agreed.
Soon, Leticia entered the voice channel and connected with the captain.
Bai Ling wasn’t in the voice chat at the moment, nor did she need to be. After logging into her account, she had quietly walked behind Leticia.
Leticia hadn’t put on her headphones yet, and the voice chat was playing through the speakers, so Bai Ling was effectively in the voice chat.
“Qianqian, have you met up with Xiao Bai yet?” the captain immediately asked her first question after entering the voice chat.
“Mm, Qianqian is with me now.” It wasn’t Leticia who answered the captain, but our Miss Bai.
Hearing Bai Ling’s voice coming from the voice chat, the captain knew that the distance between these two girls was likely a bit too close.
They were probably practically pressed against each other.
“Sigh, I’m so envious of you guys. I’m still packing my luggage and can only come find you tomorrow.” The captain sighed. This was also why she could still be online. “I don’t even know if there will be a place to stay then.”
Leticia had already told Bai Ling that the captain was coming. Although she was a little displeased about it, Bai Ling acted quite normal.
It was just having two extra burdens when they went out to play. They would still have their private time at night, so it wasn’t a big problem.
Also, the captain was coming with her good friend Lu Siyu. It was estimated that these two wouldn’t want their private time to be disturbed, right?
“Of course, there will be a place to stay. Captain, you’re from the Hero Association, aren’t you? Isn’t it easy to find a place to stay?”
“I’m coming here on vacation, not on a mission. The association won’t arrange accommodation for me,” the captain said helplessly. She wished she could take advantage of the association, but the association was sometimes extremely stingy.
“Then we’ll have to trouble our little Bai Bai. She’s not short on money,” Leticia said, tilting her head up to look at Bai Ling, who was standing behind her.
Bai Ling glared at Leticia, then cupped her face with her hands. “Isn’t our Miss Qianqian short on money either? You invited the captain, so why should I pay?”
“Don’t, I’m short on money, very short,” Leticia said, swatting Bai Ling’s restless hand. The crisp sound proved that she wasn’t holding back. “Stop joking around. We still have a one-on-one match to settle.”
“Uh, in reality?” the captain asked, as if by some divine intervention.
Leticia’s eyes twitched slightly. “No, in the game. No one in reality can beat this freak.”
She must have lost her mind to even consider a one-on-one duel with Bai Ling. That would be self-torture, and Leticia wasn’t a masochist.
She really didn’t know why the captain would ask such a strange question. The captain should know that Bai Ling was that ghost-like Sword Saint, right?
Who would be so out of their mind to duel a Sword Saint in reality? If you want to die, you can find a cement mixer; why would you go to Bai Ling to deliver kills into her hands?
Did she want her kill record to look even better?
“That’s true, after all, Xiao Bai is…” the captain didn’t finish her sentence. Although this was their private channel, there was nothing that was truly private on the internet.
“Right, since you two are going to have a one-on-one match, I’ll pull in that little girl you were just playing with. She’s a little genius I painstakingly scouted from somewhere else.” The captain introduced the girl to Leticia. “You can call her Xiao Shuang.”
“Captain, you finally found a guaranteed prize after digging through the trash heap? Congratulations,”
“Wow, what do you mean digging through the trash heap? I’m using my Fiery Golden Eyes to find buried talent!” The captain retorted, pulling the girl named Xiao Shuang into the voice channel.
“Xiao Shuang, this is our team’s pillar, Qianqian, whom I’ve been talking about. She’s a good friend of mine and Xiao Bai’s, and also a veteran of our team. Before Xiao Bai came, she single-handedly carried our team through legion battles.” After pulling her in, the captain enthusiastically introduced them.
“Mhm, I just had a match with Sister Qianqian. Her strength is amazing, no less than Sister Bai’s.” Xiao Shuang’s voice was quite pleasant, and she gave the impression of a well-behaved girl, not someone who would play such an online game and have decent skill.
Leticia touched her chin with some curiosity. She was a little curious about this Xiao Shuang.
But before that, there was still one thing to do. The battle to decide the ownership of the bed tonight was about to begin.
“That was just a warm-up. Bai, how about best two out of three?”
The reason Leticia proposed best two out of three was because she was afraid she might accidentally be caught off guard. From what she heard from the captain and Xiao Shuang, Bai Ling’s skill was quite good.
There were many uncertainties in a duel between experts. Moreover, she hadn’t played the game for so long. Although she got back a little of her feel after playing with Xiao Shuang just now, there should still be a gap compared to Bai Ling, who had been consistently playing and maintaining her form.
Leticia needed to leave herself some room to maneuver, lest she be completely overwhelmed in the first round and lose.
Best two out of three would effectively prevent such a situation. If she were to be overwhelmed twice in a row, fine, she would admit defeat.
If she lost, she lost, and she would obediently go to sleep with Bai Ling.
“Best two out of three? Sure.” Bai Ling naturally wouldn’t refuse. She also needed to eliminate the influence of chance, as her playstyle was indeed prone to revealing weaknesses at times.
“Quick, quick, quick, start spectating. I want to see your peak duel too.” Seeing her two top players about to go at it, the captain immediately entered a state of joyous and happy melon-eating.
“I want to watch too!” Xiao Shuang was also very interested in the battle between these two big shots.
“Alright, I’ll reluctantly let you guys see what a true game king is,” Leticia said somewhat narcissistically.
In response, Bai Ling merely let out a slightly disdainful snort. She didn’t think Leticia, who hadn’t played the game for so long, could beat her.
Perhaps she might lose one game out of three, but the final victory would definitely be hers, Bai Ling’s.
The two contestants were ready, and their audience was also ready with soda and popcorn, awaiting the official start of the battle.
“A duel between spear and shield. Who knows who will win or lose.” In a dark little room, only a computer emitted a faint light. A seemingly delicate girl hugged her knees and huddled on the chair, watching the battle that had already begun on the screen with complete concentration.
The battle immediately entered a white-hot stage. Bai Ling, controlling her character, didn’t give Leticia any time to adapt. The stormy offense almost instantly put Leticia’s character in a precarious situation.
“Sister Bai is so serious,” the girl whispered. When she played against Sister Bai, she had never encountered such an outrageous offensive.
If Sister Bai on the field were replaced by herself, how long could she last?
Thirty seconds? Or one minute?
Perhaps she would have already been unable to hold on and lost by then.
But, Miss Qianqian, who had just defeated her with a defensive counterattack, managed to withstand Bai Ling’s explosive offensive.
Moreover, she seemed to have completely adapted to Sister Bai’s offense, like a great mountain, unmoving against any wind and rain.
The impenetrable defense and the stormy offense clashed head-on. For a moment, the girl couldn’t clearly see the situation on the field.
Was Sister Bai at an advantage? Although she had complete initiative on the field, the opponent firmly blocked her attacks. Sister Bai’s energy was limited; how long could she maintain this offensive?
Can she break through Qianqian’s defenses before her offense weakens? This was what Sister Bai needed to consider urgently.
Defense had an inherent advantage over offense. Although the current situation looked passive, the girl knew that Sister Bai would soon not be able to hold on.
This wasn’t that Bai Ling herself couldn’t hold on, but rather that Bai Ling’s character was running out of resources.
Bai Ling’s fierce offense consumed a lot of character status when there was no teammate support. Although her character’s health was well maintained, her mana had already dropped by nearly half.
More importantly, her skill cooldowns were becoming difficult to manage.
Once the skill linkage broke, Leticia could immediately counterattack and regain the health she had lost.
Although Leticia’s health looked suppressed right now, it was impossible for Bai Ling to defeat Leticia in a short period.
And this health was more than enough for Leticia to launch a counterattack.
“Sister Bai is in danger,” the girl muttered.
If this continued, Sister Bai would definitely be worn down.
Bai Ling also knew this very well, so her offense had become increasingly urgent. She intended to defeat Leticia completely before being forced to reveal any weaknesses.
Could it be done? The girl’s eyes widened. The turning point of this battle lay here.
If Miss Qianqian could withstand this wave, then Sister Bai would lose, because this wave of offense was launched by Sister Bai exhausting all her subsequent combat power.
The two characters on the screen were almost glued together. Even though she wasn’t controlling either of these two characters, the girl felt a little breathless.
Was this kind of offense something a person could withstand?
How fast must Sister Bai’s hands be? And how carefree must Miss Qianqian be to remain as steady as a rock under such an offensive?
These two were probably the true apex of this game.
Xiao Shuang had seen the first-person perspective of those so-called super experts, but she could be a hundred percent certain that those people weren’t even worthy of being opponents in front of these two.
Perhaps even she could fight those people to a draw, let alone Miss Qianqian and Sister Bai who could crush her.
Miss Qianqian’s character’s health was visibly declining, but Sister Bai’s offense wouldn’t last much longer either.
Xiao Shuang didn’t know whether Miss Qianqian’s character would fall first, or whether Sister Bai would run out of steam and be counterattacked.
The battle was still unpredictable, making it unclear who would ultimately win or lose.
*Knock knock knock.* At this critical moment, someone knocked on Xiao Shuang’s door.
“Shuang, are you in there?” a male voice came from outside the door.
A trace of disgust flashed across Xiao Shuang’s face. She glanced reluctantly at the battle that was about to be decided, resolutely closed the page, and switched to another, more legitimate website.
She put on the white thigh-high socks that were casually thrown on the table onto her legs. Xiao Shuang walked to the door in slippers and asked in a low voice, “Who?”
“It’s me, your partner, Yang.”
“Did you complete the mission?” Xiao Shuang didn’t open the door, but leaned against it and chatted with Yang.
The man snorted impatiently. “Don’t talk about it. It failed. We didn’t see anyone when we arrived at the place. I suspect someone is playing us.”
Playing them? Xiao Shuang looked up at the ceiling. Would anyone dare to play them?
At least in her memory, anyone who dared to play them had already disappeared from this world.
“Could something have gone wrong?” Xiao Shuang asked, tilting her head.
“Something unexpected? What could be unexpected? Even the Hero Association hasn’t dispatched many people to this damn place. What is he afraid of?” Yang said indignantly. “I think the other party is just trying to mess with us. I’ll let him know how good we are afterward.”
“You should really change your temper. That person has said it many times. If you continue like this, it will get you killed.” Although she secretly wished this person would die, Xiao Shuang couldn’t bring herself to say something like “just go die” for the sake of appearances.
When Yang heard this, he became even more agitated. His temper was as fiery as his codename.
As for Frost, she was the opposite, calm, undoubtedly more popular.
There were even rumors that Frost had already caught the eye of a certain big shot and would soon leave this place to inherit that person’s legacy.
