Chapter 249 Midnight Rendezvous

Also at midnight, after the teleportation.

Chaotic scorched earth, atop a hill constructed of molten ash and black ore.

"Did all five of us get in..." Honghu's first reaction was similar to Brother Jue's. He looked at his four teammates and said, "Something must have gone wrong during the loading process."

"Hey, hey... I was just dragged in to make up the numbers. I never thought I'd actually have to fight people in a script." The person who said this was naturally the perennial substitute of the Trash Alliance team – [Bi Laoshi].

This brother also has many points of interest... First of all, he is the only player in Peak Brawl S2 history who has never played a single match and still made it to the finals.

Even Sasaki Ming, the substitute for the Warring States team, had played several matches in the preliminaries, but Bi Laoshi was truly just there to make up the numbers... From the preliminaries to the finals, his name only ever appeared on the substitute list.

Secondly, Bi Laoshi is also a very popular player online.

Some might wonder, why would someone who has never played a match be so popular? But if you think about it carefully, you'll understand... This is the effect of online parody.

No one knows when, but someone started talking about [Bi Laoshi] on the forums. That person jokingly posted – "Has anyone noticed that the substitute for the Trash Alliance has never played a single match? This Laoshi AFKed the whole time and still made it to the playoffs, winning all the way and completely crushing us noob players."

The result was that someone replied – "At this rate, maybe he can AFK his way into the finals."

Then someone else replied – "I wonder if we'll see Bi Laoshi play in the finals?"

This led to comments like – "Begging Bi Laoshi to play! I'm watching Peak Brawl just to see Bi Laoshi, but he hasn't shown up for almost a month."

From then on, the topic spiraled out of control...

"Don't say bad things about Bi Laoshi! Bi Laoshi saved my life!"

"How dare you mortals discuss my Lord Bi here? When my Lord Bi appears, who can compete? What Ghost Xiao, Shiva, they all step aside. He's clearly just too good to bother fighting you mortals."

"Yeah, yeah, as long as Bi Laoshi shows up, he'll destroy the universe in minutes. The championship is practically in the bag. Honghu is keeping him hidden because he's afraid that other opponents will lose their will to fight after seeing Bi Laoshi's performance, making the competition lose its suspense too early. Truly a brilliant strategist."

"Believe in Old Bi! Enter the finals! Believe in Old Bi! Gain eternal life!"

Such spoof replies spread like a virus, and after a period of fermentation... Bi Laoshi has become like Brother Chun in various Thriller Paradise forums.

However... in reality, Bi Laoshi is just a very ordinary casual player.

He's not yet thirty, and he was Zhao Yingwang's senior in college. The two are also old friends in real life. Speaking of which... Zhao Ying (Zhao Yingwang's real name) was led onto the path of gaming by Lao Bi (Bi Laoshi's real surname is indeed Bi). Who would have thought that years later, Zhao Yingwang would become a famous professional gamer, while Bi Laoshi is at most a game-loving office worker.

So... how did this office worker become a member of this final team? This matter has to be traced back to when the Trash Alliance was formed...

This time, the four members of the Trash Alliance were undoubtedly aiming for the championship. They are all very strong free players who have encountered each other many times in the game, and they appreciate each other. So when Honghu proposed the idea of cooperation, they immediately hit it off.

When deciding to form a team, the four main members of the Trash Alliance had already decided – they would fight with just the four of them. Therefore, from the beginning, they planned to find a perennial background character to be the substitute.

But... where could they find such a person?

They certainly couldn't just find some random person they weren't familiar with. What if this person was bribed offline... leaking information about the team, or doing something to damage the team's image, that would be troublesome.

Considering these factors, they still had to find someone they could trust...

Although Honghu knew many free players, they were all professionals. Asking them to watch the whole game in the team... that would be a bit too much.

Juan Menghai also had some connections, but these people were more or less related to the Shi Dao circle. Given Juan Menghai's current position, it was obviously inconvenient for them to come and help.

As for Trash Uncle, let us state a somewhat bleak fact in the shortest possible words – he doesn't have many friends.

In the end, it was still up to Zhao Yingwang... to invite Bi Laoshi.

Lao Bi is a very suitable candidate. He himself is a casual player, and he is happy to be a live audience in such a top team; moreover, his level is just right at 40, meeting the registration requirements; in addition, he is currently single... and has plenty of game time.

After a brief negotiation... the matter was settled.

Thus, Bi Laoshi followed the team all the way, passing through levels and defeating generals, making it to the finals without playing a single match, and also winning the rewards for the top ten in the preliminaries... His level suddenly rose to level 50, and he also got various equipment... From the perspective of surface strength, he is indeed a veritable powerful player.

"Don't worry, the people on the other teams aren't as strong as you think." After hearing Bi Laoshi's words, Zhao Yingwang patted him on the shoulder, "You're not as weak as you think either..."

"Oh? Really?" Bi Laoshi was a little excited when he heard this.

"No, not really." Unexpectedly, Zhao Yingwang replied in the next second, "I'm just comforting you."

Zhao Yingwang is worthy of being the representative of the cold-faced comedian. His ability to talk nonsense in a serious manner is excellent and quite deceptive.

"Then I have to thank you!" Bi Laoshi really wanted to slap him.

"Alright... let's talk about that kind of thing when we meet people from other teams." Two seconds later, Juan Menghai turned his head and said to the two, "There seems to be a good show to watch ahead..."

"Oh?" Zhao Yingwang and Bi Laoshi heard this and turned their attention over.

At this time, Honghu, Trash Uncle, and Juan Menghai's gazes were all focused on the vast scorched earth in the distance.

Zhao Yingwang and Bi Laoshi followed their gaze and soon discovered... that about a kilometer away, there were two strange figures approaching each other.

One of them was a figure that didn't look very tall; its whole body was shrouded in thick black demonic energy, and its appearance was difficult to discern.

And the other figure, over two meters tall, half-human and half-demon, was recognized by the players – it was the leader of the demons.