Chapter 132 Training With Weights

As soon as Ma Yang heard that there was a chance to play, he was overjoyed: "Okay, I'll start warming up right away!"

He usually used the standard Moyu Internet Cafe mechanical keyboard when playing games, so he could get started directly.

Huang Wang didn't care. After playing a game with the H4 club, he had basically figured out the opponent's level. Even if Boss Ma kept feeding kills, it didn't matter. It was just a four-on-five situation, which was still manageable.

Just let Boss Ma pick a useless character. No matter how many times he dies, he could just absorb some team resources and build some defensive equipment, and they should still be able to win.

However, Zhang Yuan very seriously called all ten team members together and began to deploy tactics.

"Let me tell you, no one is allowed to sacrifice Boss Ma!"

"When the game is over, you guys have had your fun, and Boss Ma ends up with a 0-28 score, will he still want to play?"

"If he doesn't play, who will balance the strength? Coach Ya Ling doesn't even know how to play this game. As for me... what if the opponent is still completely helpless after I go up? It's not impossible!"

"I'm telling you, later we'll let Boss Ma go to the bottom lane, and the support has to find a way to protect him. Boss Ma's score must be positive. It would be even better if Boss Ma could get more kills, understand?"

Huang Wang was stunned.

"This... these requirements are too high, right?"

Originally, Boss Ma could just pick a tanky support character and soak up experience under the turret in the bottom lane. The mid and jungle lanes could crush the opponent's mid and jungle lanes and then gank the bottom lane, which would make winning very easy.

But now they want Boss Ma to play a carry role?

Ignoring the fact that he would miss last hits in the early game, wouldn't that be like losing a leg in the later stages?

Moreover, Boss Ma is playing a squishy character, so he could get killed in an instant. And they still have to ensure his score is positive. This is too difficult, right?

It would be fine if Boss Ma didn't die much, but if he died a lot, they would have to find a way for Boss Ma to get kills.

For a player like Boss Ma, even if you give him free kills, he might not be able to get them!

Zhang Yuan's face darkened: "What do you mean by balancing the strength? You have to feel like there's a chance of losing for it to be balanced!"

"Otherwise, how can we achieve the training effect? We didn't come here to sightsee! If there's no difficulty, then we have to find a way to create difficulty for ourselves!"

"Don't try to negotiate with me. All ten of you, don't even think about running away. You'll all take turns playing, and whoever doesn't complete the task... Coach Ya Ling, write it down, extra practice when we get back!"

All the team members instantly lost their smiles and became extremely vigilant.

They were just laughing and joking, thinking that winning a four-on-five would be easy, but now they realized they were too optimistic!

Huang Wang immediately pulled the other three team members aside: "Let's quickly discuss some tactics..."

On the other side, Team Leader Su was completely dumbfounded by this series of events.

What? Coach Ma is warming up?

Seeing how professional Coach Ma was, and how he could provide tactical guidance to such a strong team, his actual skill level must be at least Master rank, right?

Looking at the other side's posture, are they going all out?

What happened to balancing the strength?

However, Team Leader Su was too embarrassed to ask more questions. Since they had already said they wanted to balance the strength, he would just watch another game!

The doors to the two private rooms closed again.

Clearly, the six team members outside were in no mood to practice and were very anxious.

Because soon, it would be their turn!

Zhang Yuan was still waiting outside, looking a bit anxious, afraid that these team members would get carried away and forget about Boss Ma.

After ten minutes, Zhang Yuan curiously put his ear to the door and faintly heard voices coming from the private room.

"Retreat, retreat, it's not safe, don't fight, don't fight!"

"Let's play it safe!"

"There's a chance, I'll solo kill him!"

"Teleport down quickly, they're going to gank the bottom lane!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."

The battle was even more intense than he had imagined. Zhang Yuan hadn't even heard Huang Wang shout like this during regular scrims.

The entire game lasted about forty minutes before the voices in the private room gradually died down.

This time, the door to the H4 club's private room opened first.

Although the expression on Team Leader Su's face still showed a hint of regret, it was obviously mixed with a smile: "Oh dear, what a pity, we were so close to winning!"

Huang Wang also opened the door to the private room and walked out. He silently walked over and patted Jiang Huan on the shoulder, signaling that it was his turn next, and to take care.

Previously, Huang Wang's face was rosy and he was full of energy after the game, clearly just having fun and not feeling any pressure.

But now, Huang Wang was genuinely tired. The usually talkative Huang Wang didn't say much. He opened a bottle of mineral water and started drinking.

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Good, the effect of training with weights had been achieved!

Originally, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. Even with Ma Yang, it would just be a four-on-five situation. As long as they used a few small tricks in the early game, the top, mid, and jungle lanes could take off and undoubtedly secure the win.

But Zhang Yuan added a restriction, requiring Boss Ma's score to be positive. This instantly made the difficulty skyrocket, successfully erasing the huge gap between the two sides.

Because when these four team members considered whether to fight, they first had to consider whether Boss Ma would survive and whether he could get a kill.

If the team fight was won but Boss Ma died, they would still have to do extra practice when they got back.

Therefore, all four of them had to play around Boss Ma, which greatly compressed their tactical options, forcing everyone to pull off various extreme maneuvers and forcibly close the gap.

Of course, another very important reason was that although the H4 club also had the idea of targeting Coach Ma, the mid and jungle lanes on DGE's side were constantly paying attention to the bottom lane, and with the support protecting him, H4 didn't have that obsessive desire to kill Coach Ma at all costs.

Therefore, after a whole game of hard fighting, the DGE Esports Club barely managed to win. Coach Ma's final score was 2-2-3, which was considered a positive score.

Ma Yang came out of the private room with a smile on his face.

It was so exhilarating!

He felt like he had become the center of the world, and his level of participation was simply explosive.

Team Leader Su immediately rushed over and grabbed Ma Yang's hand: "Coach Ma! Thank you, thank you very much!"

Zhang Yuan silently sighed in his heart, "Oh well, there's no way to hide the fact that Boss Ma doesn't know how to play *gog* at all." (Game of Gods, presumably)

But there was nothing he could do about it. In order to give the team members weighted practice, he could only do this. Even a fool could see that Boss Ma was at the Bronze level.

However, Team Leader Su was sincere, and his gratitude was overflowing: "Coach Ma, you're so considerate! You knew that the difference in strength between the two teams was too great, so you deliberately used tactical guidance to bring the two sides to the same level!"

Zhang Yuan: "?"

Clearly, Team Leader Su's understanding had deviated greatly.

Team Leader Su had heard that Ma Yang was a special tactical instructor, so he had a preconceived notion that no matter how Ma Yang played, he must be a tactical master.

Before Coach Ma went up, these people's acting skills were clumsy. Although the game seemed fifty-fifty on the surface, H4 was actually completely powerless, struggling in vain, which was very bad;

After Coach Ma went up, the opponent's acting skills suddenly came online, incredibly realistic, each of them could win a small Oscar statuette. This time, the two sides were truly evenly matched!

The change in between, obviously, was not so simple!

Coach Ma was indeed unskilled, and his mechanics were very clumsy, but if that was all, it would still be impossible for the two sides to have a fair game.

Just imagine, if DGE's side simply put up a liability, the other four people would just let him feed, and they would still kill however they wanted, it would definitely not be such a close match.

But this Coach Ma didn't know what method he used to lower the team's overall skill level, allowing the two sides to have a balanced and enjoyable contest!

From clumsy acting to Oscar-worthy performances, this was clearly the effect of Coach Ma's guidance!

It was difficult to improve the tactical level of a team with poor tactics through tactics and command;

And it was equally difficult to lower the tactical level of a team with good tactics through tactics and command!

By observing the small details, this Coach Ma definitely had a unique understanding of the game, so he could accurately command the two teams to be lowered to the same level, allowing both sides to gain something from the scrim!

Therefore, Team Leader Su was very grateful to Ma Yang, feeling that although this Coach Ma was very unskilled, he was definitely extremely accomplished in terms of tactics.

Zhang Yuan was stunned, never expecting that his casual remark about "special tactical guidance" would actually fool Team Leader Su...

But it didn't seem right to explain now, so he could only continue with the misunderstanding...

Team Leader Su smiled slightly: "Coach Ma, we've met our match, let's have another game!"

Ma Yang smiled: "Okay!"

Zhang Yuan winked at Jiang Huan and the second wave of team members: "Go ahead."

After everyone entered the private room, Huang Wang said with some melancholy: "Brother Zhang, will the other clubs we're going to next be like this too? If they're all at this level, we might as well go back to Jingzhou sooner."

"To think that we can only draw by bringing Boss Ma, these teams are too weak, right?"

Zhang Yuan sighed: "Can't be done. President Pei won't let us go back if we don't spend the budget."

"Everyone, bear with it. According to the current itinerary, we'll change clubs every three days. Let's play against the five more famous clubs first."

"If the level of these clubs isn't good, then we'll skip the smaller clubs later in the itinerary and just stay for two weeks before going back."

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July 7th, Thursday.

Chen Kangtuo walked out of the third project of Thriller Hostel with a tragic and excited expression.

He had finally completed President Pei's request!

The experiences of the past few days were truly indescribable.

He originally wanted to trick Hao Qiong into experiencing it with him, so that the two of them would have company.

However, Hao Qiong didn't fall for it at all, insisting that "President Pei only made this request to you and didn't include me, and I have a pile of work to deal with." In short, no matter how Chen Kangtuo tried to trick her, she wouldn't budge.

There was no other way, so Chen Kangtuo had to enter the third project of Thriller Hostel and experience it repeatedly.

Although Chen Kangtuo had been to the haunted house at the Misty Mountain State Mental Hospital in the United States, that didn't mean that the Thriller Hostel wasn't scary.

Of course, in terms of pure horror, the Misty Mountain State Mental Hospital was still scarier.

When the third project of Thriller Hostel was designed, it wasn't originally intended to simply turn away tourists, but to use the mindset of a game, first tricking tourists in, and then gradually increasing the level of horror, becoming scarier and scarier as they went further.

This was designed by Chen Kangtuo himself, so in a sense, it was also a case of reaping what he sowed...

When he first went in, he was obviously apprehensive and suffered terribly.

But after going in many times, he became extremely familiar with the environment and was no longer afraid.

This was also normal. Just like many haunted house employees who work in haunted houses every day, they quickly got used to it.

Chen Kangtuo proudly dialed President Pei's number.

"President Pei! I have completely mastered all the details of the entire Thriller Hostel project, just like you said! Please come and inspect!"

On the other end of the phone, Pei Qian fell silent.

Inspect?

How was he supposed to inspect it?

Was he supposed to go into the haunted house with him and watch him leave effortlessly?

Was that supposed to scare him or scare me?

Wishful thinking!

Pei Qian chuckled: "No need, that's not important."

After speaking, he hung up the phone at lightning speed.

Chen Kangtuo looked at the phone that had already been disconnected, feeling a bit confused.

"President Pei said... it's not important?"

"Then why did President Pei still want me to master every detail of Thriller Hostel?"

Chen Kangtuo pondered for a long time and suddenly realized: "Could it be... that what President Pei meant by not important was not that the matter itself was not important, but that whether he inspected it or not was not important?"

"The matter itself is very important..."

"That is to say... President Pei wanted me to understand these details so that I could experience it from the perspective of a tourist, find all kinds of unreasonable things, and further optimize and improve the tourist experience?"