Mist in the Air Chapter 4

After entering the glass soundproof room, the four IAC players sat down one after another. The sniper adjusted the microphone while asking worriedly, "Are you okay?"

In the team voice chat, Nolan Shi suppressed his voice and said, "It's okay."

The three teammates all looked towards Nolan Shi at the same time. He didn't look like he was "okay" at all.

Ever since he saw Soren Yu in the corridor, Nolan Shi seemed like a different person. His face turned ashen and his expression changed completely. If you looked closely, you could see that his hands were shaking.

When installing the keyboard just now, teammates noticed that Nolan Shi had to try several times before he could install it because of his shaking hands. He used so much force that even the medical technicians around him were afraid that Nolan Shi would violently destroy the USB port of the host in a rage.

This is very different from the usual Nolan Shi.

The team's sniper tried to ease the atmosphere before the game, but unfortunately he was not very smart and kept talking about things that were not related to the topic: "Just now, that was actually a whisper! Wow, it has changed too much! I am still half a fan of his, but I didn't notice it just now. Brother Shi must have good eyesight."

The medic glared at the sniper in fear and tried to make amends: "...Of course, Nolan Shi was on the same team with Whisper back then, so he must be more familiar with him than others."

The sniper nodded: "Yes, yes, we are on the same team after all."

Nolan Shi had a tense face at first, but now he couldn't help but laugh at himself when he heard his teammate's obvious probing in the headphones. Others probably looked at him like a madman at this moment.

We were just on the same team, we just hadn't seen each other for two years, and we just met again.

There are many professional players transferring from one region to another, and separations are common. Just like today's opponent, nsn, is Nolan Shi's old club. Seeing former teammates on the court, isn't this a common occurrence?

Is it really necessary to be so out of control?

Nolan Shi finally managed to debug the peripherals. He opened the client and logged into his account. After logging into the competition server, there were still about ten minutes before the official competition. The players were all warming up. Nolan Shi also fired a burst of bullets, but his operation was so bad that it was unbearable to watch.

When one's emotions are experiencing extreme ups and downs, his hands will become stiff and cold due to lack of blood supply. It's a physiological problem and there's nothing that can be done about it, even though Nolan Shi has been trying hard to control himself.

Nolan Shi let go of the keyboard, rubbed his stiff hands gently, and let out a breath. This wouldn’t work.

Nolan Shi looked at the screen, was silent for a while, and then whispered into the microphone: "He and I are not just teammates."

The teammates were all shocked when they heard Nolan Shi's voice in the headset, not knowing what Nolan Shi was saying. The medical technician replied dryly: "Uh... Manager Zhao told us a little bit before, it seems that Whisper brought you into the industry."

Nolan Shi said: "More than that."

The teammates looked at each other in bewilderment, and the referee who was monitoring the IAC team's voice chat also turned his head to look in Nolan Shi's direction. Everyone didn't understand what was wrong with Nolan Shi. Nolan Shi had always been a man of few words, and he never talked about Whisper. What had provoked him today?

"The relationship with Whisper..." Nolan Shi tried to keep his tone calm, "Let me put it this way, back then, I almost gave him my life."

The medical technician choked, looked around nervously, and whispered to the microphone, "Brother Shi, you should still remember that there are audio records of the game, right? You should...consider what you can and cannot say."

Nolan Shi pinched his arms alternately with both hands and said simply: "Of course I know."

"I first learned about this when Whisper told me during my first professional game." Nolan Shi rubbed his hands, which were gradually getting warmer, and said slowly, "I had just joined the team at that time, and there was only one game left in our regular season. If I wanted to follow the team to see the playoffs, I had to play in that game."

The fog league event group explicitly stipulates that professional players must play at least one BO3 for their team during the regular season before they can participate in the playoffs as a starter or substitute.

"At that time, our team ranked first in the league in the regular season and had already secured a place in the playoffs, so it didn't matter if I played a game, just to get a place in the playoffs for me." Nolan Shi clasped his fingers together and stretched his joints. "The team didn't have any pressure, but for me, it was completely forced. I wasn't prepared at all and went on the court for no reason."

"I didn't even watch the game, but I was asked to start right away. I was completely clueless, so I just did whatever Whisper said." Nolan Shi put his hands back on the keyboard and mouse. "He told me to test the mic before the game, so I did it. He told me that it would be best if I sang during the test, so I sang. Although I thought it was pretty damn stupid, I thought it was right to listen to the captain, so I did it. I really sang a few lines, and then the next day, my song was included in the voice highlights of the game."

The three team members gasped and looked at Nolan Shi with pity, unable to imagine what a horrible scene that was.

"I was too young at that time, one year younger than Kai, just seventeen, and didn't know anything..." Nolan Shi sneered, "like an idiot."

The medic reluctantly said, "No, no, no, it's not that you're stupid, you're the new guy, whisper shouldn't bully you."

"Bullying?" Nolan Shi reloaded his gun and said slowly, "A regular season match that won't affect the rankings, I can even bring a dog to play. No one cares about me, and no one pays attention to that match."

"He was a medic, and I was also a medic at the time. Actually, I could just take his place and fight, but..."

Nolan Shi loaded the bullet, took a pre-aiming look and continued, "But he was worried that I had no experience, that I would be stage-frightened, that no one would take care of me, that the assaulters on the team would see me as a newcomer and wouldn't cooperate with me. He was a medic, and that was his first time playing in the assault position."

The teammates looked at Nolan Shi in shock: "Whisper has also played in the offensive position?!"

Another assaulter in the team asked weakly: "I seem to remember that Whisper clearly said in an interview that he doesn't like playing other professions."

Soren Yu has only played the role of a medic since his debut. He usually does entertainment live broadcasts and does not play other professions. In the past, when he participated in activities, the organizers personally asked him to demonstrate other professions, but Soren Yu declined. He himself has also said in many interviews that he does not like to play other professions.

Nolan Shi nodded: "I don't like it, but if you don't play as an attacker, how can you accompany me on the court as a teammate?"

The team's medical technician had a complicated look in his eyes: "So, Whisper treated you in the past..."

"very good."

"He accompanied me in my first match, and taught me everything I didn't know, no matter how big or small." Nolan Shi's complexion recovered, and his voice finally became steady as usual. "Like now, when my emotions are fluctuating greatly, I don't avoid the problem, I talk about the painful things, and quickly calm myself down by venting through chatting. He also taught me that."

The medical technician couldn't help but continue asking, "I was so nice to you before, how did you two end up like this?"

"That's the problem. It's because he was too nice to me before." Nolan Shi held the mouse and said lightly, "So later he pushed me away easily, which made me feel upset until now."

Nolan Shi smiled and murmured to himself: "If I had never seen the light..."

Nolan Shi didn't say anything else. He held his breath for two seconds. With a burst of gunfire, Nolan Shi steadily fired a volley of bullets into the same bullet hole.

The teammates almost dropped their jaws in shock.

"I met a senior who I had such a past with again. Unfortunately, the scene of him sending Kai to the court reminded me of the scene when he sent me to the court for the first time. I didn't control my emotions well and made everyone laugh." Nolan Shi let go of the mouse and rubbed his shoulders. His expression had returned to normal. "Okay, I'm fine now."

The teammates looked at Nolan Shi's smooth operation and exclaimed: "...This emotional adjustment is awesome."

The game was about to start, and the sniper asked: "Their team members haven't changed, should we still use the same tactics we used to play against NSN, targeting the two attackers throughout the game?"

Nolan Shi said: "No, I'll keep an eye on the medical staff today."

The sniper was surprised: "Are you targeting Kai today? Aren't you on good terms with him?"

"We should take good care of them if we have a good relationship." Nolan Shi adjusted the microphone, "We should target their medical technicians endlessly. It's best to kill them as soon as they show their heads, leaving them no room for maneuver."

The Assaulter laughed: "Do you want to play this? But Kai usually won't show up in the early stages, so we can't target him, right?"

Nolan Shi stared at the screen: "I guess he will."

The assaulter raised his eyebrows: "That's fine! I just like to mindlessly target one person."

The team's medical technician trembled: "You are so malicious!"

Game start.

As Nolan Shi expected, Kai followed the assaulter to the junction of the map at the beginning of the game today. Nolan Shi was too familiar with that route. Nolan Shi didn't even let the sniper open the scope to confirm, and directly took away Kai's first blood with a series of continuous shots.

The first blood is received, Nolan Shi can upgrade now.

The IAC medical technician was speechless: "The poisonous fog hasn't cleared yet, how did you see it?"

"I didn't see it, I heard it." Nolan Shi held his breath, "He will go around and go to the west to replace the assault gloves with photon shields. Snipers, please pay attention."

Kai seemed to be following Nolan Shi's command. Two minutes later, he was killed again by the IAC sniper on the west side of the map.

The sniper laughed: "He's already moving to the west, can you still hear him?"

"I didn't hear it. I guessed."

"He has lost two heads. He doesn't dare to go clear the fog by himself. He has to follow the attacker to get support points." Nolan Shi said quickly, "The medical player follows me. We have to fight head-on."

Upon hearing this, the team's medical technician put a photon shield on the sniper's gloves and followed closely behind Nolan Shi. As expected, three seconds later, NSN, who had lost two heads, could no longer hold back and rushed directly towards Nolan Shi.

Nolan Shi had anticipated this, and he had better equipment than Quinn Gu, so he was not afraid of a head-on fight. Nolan Shi immediately fired and ordered his medic to hide in the bunker behind him, and he shot Quinn Gu twice with a first move. Quinn Gu did not fight back, and after finding that Nolan Shi had predicted his position, he immediately retreated into his own poisonous fog, and did not lose a kill. He even shot Nolan Shi before hiding in the bunker. It was a pity that Rhett Xin, another assaulter of NSN, did not have such a good awareness as Quinn Gu. He failed to dodge in time and was killed by Nolan Shi directly. Kai, who wanted to save Rhett Xin, accidentally exposed his head, and was killed by Nolan Shi's assaulter teammate.

"nice!"

Less than five minutes into the game, the IAC assaulter and sniper had already gotten kills, the medic also got some auxiliary points, and the entire team's equipment was upgraded.

The sniper in the team was incredulous: "How on earth do you know their movements?"

Nolan Shi clicked on the upgrade interface to buy bullets: "No big deal, I'm very familiar with this style of play."

In the early stage, use the medic as bait and give enough space for the assaulter and sniper to play, so that they can focus on killing people in the first five minutes. As long as the medic does not lose heads, they can gain a great advantage in the early stage.

This is Soren Yu’s style of play.

But unfortunately, Kai's operation is not enough to support this style of play.

NSN also noticed this. After all, they are a veteran team. They did not lose their mentality even when the opponent gained an overwhelming advantage in the early stage. They immediately adjusted their tactics and returned to their most familiar offensive position, preventing IAC from continuing to expand their advantage. However, they did have a small collapse in the early stage. Even though they played normally in the middle and late stages, they were still suppressed by IAC throughout the whole process. Thirty-two minutes later, IAC killed all the NSN players, destroyed the NSN resurrection stone, and won the game.

When the settlement interface appeared, Nolan Shi took a look and saw that Kai had died 13 times.

The team's medical technician was packing up his peripherals while looking at the settlement interface and was shocked: "I feel sorry for Kai. He was targeted by you guys the whole time. If I were him, I would have shut myself in."

Nolan Shi put away his peripherals: "Only thirteen times."

The doctor's mouth twitched, "Tokigami, in hot-blooded comics, a personality like yours would make you a villain."

Nolan Shi didn't care, "That's fine, I'm not a good person anyway."

The winning team had to accept post-match interviews as usual. Several members of the IAC team were invited to the front desk. Finn Zhao had already found the host in advance, worried that someone would influence Nolan Shi's rhythm. Therefore, the host did not ask any sensitive questions during the interview. After a few trivial questions, the four members of the IAC team bowed to thank the fans who came to the scene to watch the game, and turned to walk to their own lounge backstage.

Having just won the game, the teammates were all very excited, pushing and shoving to discuss what to eat in the evening. Nolan Shi's steps were a little heavy, and when he passed by the NSN lounge, he tilted his head to take a look.

"Nolan Shi, Shi brother?"

The medical doctor looked at Nolan Shi in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

Nolan Shi came back to his senses: "What?"

The doctor smiled and said, "We are planning to go eat crayfish tonight. Do you want to go?"

"We have to queue up at this time, so I won't go." Nolan Shi threw the peripheral bag to the medical staff, "You go first, I have something to do."

The medical technician took Nolan Shi's peripheral bag and asked in confusion: "The interview is over, what else is there?"

Nolan Shi turned around and pushed open the door of the NSN lounge under the shocked gazes of his teammates.

The door to the lounge was wide open and the room was empty.

There was only one cleaning staff in the room, who looked at Nolan Shi with a confused look on his face: "What can I do for you? The NSN people have left."

The breath that Nolan Shi had finally gathered all disappeared. He closed his eyes and shook his head: "Sorry, it's okay."