After dinner, Lin Xiao returned to his room and lay on Simmons' big bed, and he fell into a comfortable and soft quilt.

He turned over and lay in a large shape facing upwards. Lin Xiao looked at the ceiling in a daze.

Looking back on the conversation with his parents at the dinner table, my mother is naturally a typical mother and spoiled herself very much; and he also understood the painstaking efforts and eager anticipation that my father said.

E-sports...Professional players...

Such words flashed through his mind, and Lin Xiao shook his head again. As my father told him, he is now in his third year of high school and the last year of his crucial high school career. He can no longer devote himself to the game and put his studies aside like the previous two years.

but……

Thinking of the "world champion" mentioned by my mother just now when she made a statement to defend herself, Lin Xiao couldn't help but quench the corners of her mouth:

The WCG World Finals six months ago was indeed an extremely exciting battle.

But... the North American glory team that lost in the end, after the game, looked at the empty competitive mat of the opponent, and probably felt very bad...

After lying on the bed for a while, Lin Xiao stood up and walked to his computer desk to sit down, and turned on the computer host.

Today is just the first day of transfer, so I only took one computer class, so I don’t have much homework to do at night. I can turn on the computer and relax for a while. From tomorrow, I guess I can only play on the weekends.

When the computer was turned on and entered the desktop, Lin Xiao controlled the mouse and opened the browser, quickly entered an address, and then pressed the Enter key to confirm.

The browser runs a search for a while, and a game website called "dota Home" is quickly presented on the interface.

His eyes swept through the pictures and text lines on the homepage of the website. Looking at the videos produced by the commentary and the battle reports officially released by the website, Lin Xiao felt a little moved and sighed.

Many teams and players' names that were familiar to the past have gradually disappeared from sight, including many of his old friends and old opponents.

Some people chose to retire and bid farewell to the professional e-sports circle since then, while others moved to other games and continued their professional e-sports career.

Lin Xiao clicked on the official forum in the upper right corner of the homepage and entered a "gossip" section that he used to wander around, and swept through the posts one by one with nostalgia.

"Popularity has dropped a bit..."

“It’s much deserted than before.”

"As it turns out that most players are involved in the arms of Lulu...?"

While murmuring, Lin Xiao controlled the mouse and quickly pulled the page down. Suddenly, his movements paused slightly.

A topic post appeared in his sight.

Then his eyes could no longer be moved:

"The Indelible Glory, Memorial to the mysterious king who is elegantly hiding in the darkness - no.

"Ah... this kind of nickname sounds like a mess now..."

"Shamat's non-mainstream rural pretentiousness is visually..."

"I knew I wouldn't play like this before-"

He was whispering and complaining habitually, but I have to say that when he saw this title, Lin Xiao felt that his heart could not help but tremble slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xiao clicked on the post. The first thing he saw was a video that was available for viewing. After choosing to confirm playback, the light in the video screen suddenly dimmed.

A low, thick but faintly exciting and shocking background music was slowly played.

The video that was released was a screen clip of the career journey of the No team. At the same time, lines of subtitles emerged in the upper right corner of the picture, describing a series of achievements and honors that the No team has achieved.

In three years, there are three World WCG championships, twenty-four online league champions of various types, seven runner-ups, and two World's most popular team titles. The only team in the detachment has been included in the WCG Hall of Fame.

In that era, the No team was a peak in the dota professional circle that could only be admired and an insurmountable myth.

Looking at the scenes that were quickly screened in the video, Lin Xiao's thoughts were a little dazed, and the fragments of past memories that were sealed in his heart flashed in front of his eyes like a lantern.

...

He still remembers the scene when he first established the No team.

It was just a pure entertainment team formed by a group of like-minded friends one day.

Even from the beginning, they had no intention of exposing their identities, thinking that they wanted to play with mystery and become the most unique player in the dota professional e-sports circle of the past.

It is precisely because of this plan that they chose to sign up for various online events. In these online competitions of all sizes, their teams almost swept through all other opponents in the national server.

Even some world-class online events faced top teams from major competition areas in North America, Europe and South Korea, they still won one championship after another fiercely.

Afterwards, as their team's reputation grew day by day, many event organizers would gradually invite them to participate in some offline events, but no matter how the other party tempted them for profit, they would simply reject them.

Then, the first WCG World Finals they participated in two and a half years ago was that they received an extraordinary invitation from the official WCG, and the only requirement was that they had to be present offline.

But the five of them still insisted on participating online.

This matter was reported to the organizer's senior management for emergency discussion.

What should I do?

Should this exception be allowed to occur?

While the organizer was discussing, countless players in the entire dota game industry launched an initiative to vote online. The team that supported them participated in the finals as an online team, and gathered hundreds of thousands of players from home and even abroad to sign and write an open letter to send a request to the organizer.

The final result of this incident was that the organizer chose to take a step back and compromise and recognized their identity as the only online participating team.

In that World Finals, their team won again with expectations, and steadily reached the championship with a terrifying record of zero defeat and all the wins.

Since then, the myth that belonged to them has been completely laid.

...

When Lin Xiao came back to his senses, the video had already been screened in the second half. The background music, which was originally passionate, high-pitched, and bloody and boiling, changed and began to become low and sad.

Screenshots of game news reports from that year are constantly being screened: "Most Revelation: There is a problem within the No team and will be disbanded soon--", "Startv in-depth exploration will unveil the mystery of No team for you." "The mythical team in the past is regretful"...

Looking at the video played silently, Lin Xiao's eyes became a little darker.

Like the news report title in the first screenshot, the so-called "problems inside the team" should be precise, it should point out that he is alone now.

Originally, after the WCG finals half a year ago, their No team had made serious plans and prepared to truly enter the professional e-sports field with confidence and participate in the offline competitions as a real identity. But at that time, the harsh reprimand from his father forced him to change his decision.

He still clearly remembered that on the night after defeating the North American glory team to win the third championship, in the yy voice channel exclusive to the team's five-player team, he asked his companions to withdraw from the team and felt guilty. The atmosphere suddenly became silent in the channel that was originally cheering and celebrating.

After the unsuccessful persuasion, 002's extremely angry question:

"No. 1, what do you think!?——"

But no matter what... even if he loves Dota and e-sports, even if he doesn't recognize some of the evaluations that his father made when he angrily denounced him, Lin Xiao was unable to argue in the face of facts.

After all, in this domestic environment, playing games... will only be considered a failure.

Even today, when the domestic e-sports industry has gradually developed, people who are engaged in this field... will only be considered to be unpromising.

What's the use of playing well?

Isn't it just a game player?

Can professional players make money?

Then how much money can you make?

If you go out to meet someone with this identity, how many people can look down on you?

These words were like mountains. When his father moved them out one by one, Lin Xiao was silent and speechless, and even was overwhelmed.

If you are unable to refute, you can only compromise and accept it.

Lin Xiao also recognized the importance of the college entrance examination to a student, so this is another reason why he promised his family to prepare for the exam and review hard in the next year.

However, no matter what, when recalling these things, Lin Xiao still felt guilty of letting down his teammates and companions down.

At this moment, the video progress bar played had reached the last tenth, and the content of the video came to an end.

Just as Lin Xiao shook his head and threw his messy thoughts behind his head while preparing to turn off the video, the screen was accompanied by the deep and sad music, but several lines of subtitles slowly emerged:

【That was the best time.】

【It is also the era of no.】

[The dazzling myth of the past may gradually fade away with time, but our memories will be treasured forever.]

[The last sentence, to us forever pride—]

At this point, the screen is darker and when it lights up again, there are only two lines of vigorous and powerful words with firm meaning:

【The wind and rain are accompanying you all the way.】

【No regrets.】

"This kind of sensational music with this kind of text... I deliberately deceived my tears..."

He murmured, but Lin Xiao also felt a little mixed in his heart.

When he pulled the post down and saw the messages in the replies that were neatly "Wind and rain follow each other, without regrets", like this, like this, like this, and like this, like this, like this, like this, and like this, like this, like this, and like this, like this, and like this, Lin Xiao's eyes finally couldn't help but feel warm.

After taking a deep breath, Lin Xiao calmed down the ups and downs in his heart.

He knew very well what the players who left the message wanted was not only a simple support for Team No, but also a sincere feeling for e-sports.

What they truly love is e-sports that can bring them passion and sincere touching passion.

Just like him.

When Lin Xiao thought of this, his mood gradually calmed down.
To be continued...