The moment Sheng Kuang's second sentence appeared in the game interface, his teammate, the marksman Yu Ji, had already lit up.
Yu Ji was probably startled by Sheng Kuang's blatant act of throwing the game. After respawning, she stood frozen in the spring, momentarily forgetting to come out.
Lin Jing paused briefly upon seeing Sheng Kuang's message, then steered his character away.
Sheng Kuang's Li Bai stood in place, leisurely swinging his sword, watching Xiao Lu hop and skip past his own defensive tower, then dart into their jungle.
The entire canyon fell silent.
Even the team fight that was underway at the high ground's middle tower on Lin Jing's side had ceased.
After about four or five seconds, a group of people finally snapped back to reality.
[All] Fusheng Weixie (Yu Ji): ???
[All] Ruxi (Marco Polo): ????????
[All] Ju He Ning (Shangguan Wan'er): ???????????????
"..."
The other eight people, as if pre-arranged, all sent question marks.
[All] Ju He Ning (Shangguan Wan'er): What's going on?
[All] Fusheng Weixie (Yu Ji): Damn, he's throwing the game openly.
[All] Nanyin i (Lu Bu): ****, knows how to play, a high-level actor.
"..."
The group stopped fighting and started chatting in unison.
Lin Jing, hiding in the grass and back at the spring, watched the scrolling dialogue on the screen and glanced at Li Bai's small avatar.
He had never said anything in the all-chat channel in response to everyone's messages.
The other four players on the opposing team, who had been chatting enthusiastically, gradually fell silent. Only Yu Ji later sent a peculiar message in the all-chat channel.
[All] Fusheng Weixie (Yu Ji): Are you sure?
[All] Ruxi (Marco Polo): Sure about what?
Yu Ji ignored Marco Polo, and Lin Jing's teammates also stopped talking. Those who needed to clear waves did so, and those who needed to return to base to heal did so.
The economic difference between the two sides was too vast; Lin Jing's team had virtually no chance of winning. If not for Sheng Kuang openly throwing the game once, their crystal would likely have been destroyed by now.
Everyone knew this, yet they simply wanted to resist stubbornly for a while longer.
Unknowingly, a minute passed. Sheng Kuang's team did not attack the Tyrant, nor did they attack their high ground.
This tranquility was unsettling.
Marco Polo on Lin Jing's side couldn't stand it and sent another message in the all-chat channel.
[All] Ruxi (Marco Polo): What's happening?
The moment his message was successfully sent, Sheng Kuang's team surrendered.
Lin Jing blinked, his mind reeling from the abrupt turn of events.
...
Sheng Kuang retreated to the game's main page, created a five-player room, and invited the four teammates he had just matched with into it.
Yu Ji and Shangguan Wan'er from the previous game started talking as soon as they entered the room.
Ju He Ning: Kuang God, winning or losing isn't important to me. What matters is playing a few more games with you.
Fusheng Weixie: Kuang God, can I add you as a friend? Considering I agreed to your surrender.
"Ahhh ahhh ahhh—"
Lin Jing's head ached from her antics. Just as he was about to speak, Lan Tingting invited someone into the room.
Without even looking at the ID or nickname, Lin Jing recognized who it was from their avatar alone.
Lan Lan Chi Lan Lan: Jing Jing, Kuang Zai added me. He said he'll play a few rounds with us, okay? Okay? Okay?
Lan Lan Chi Lan Lan: Okay, okay, okay.
Lin Jing watched Lan Tingting ask and answer her own questions on the screen. Recalling Sheng Kuang's arrogant statement in a past interview that he would never play matchmaking, he paused for two seconds and then typed a warm message.
Xiao Jing Jing Jing Jiang: We're playing matchmaking.
Lan Lan Chi Lan Lan: But my star rank is low, I can't play ranked with you [pitiful]
Lan Lan Chi Lan Lan: Kuang Zai, please play matchmaking with me [pitiful], okay?
miracle: Asking me is useless.
miracle: Ask her.
miracle: I'll listen to her.
ps: Goodnight~ Will continue tomorrow~ Muah~