Chapter 15 – The Mad Protector – Bai Li Shou Yue

Jian Mei quickly sent the download link to Lu Xingwang.

During this time, a classmate asked Jian Mei to choose the hero he wanted to play. In the game “King of Glory,” there are various types of heroes: warriors, assassins, tanks, mages, and supports. Each position has its own unique charm and strength. However, Jian Mei was a beginner in the game and not very experienced. Fortunately, his teammates reminded him that there were free-to-play heroes for the week, so even as a novice, he could use them.

The tall boy was patient and asked, “Jian Mei, do you have any hero you want to play?”

Jian Mei was not familiar with the interface. After reading the skill descriptions of many heroes, he asked, “What does healing do?”

The boy explained, “When we are in a fight with the enemy and our health is low, you can heal us and save our lives. Only certain support skills can heal, like Cai Wenji. She is a healer. Her first skill and ultimate can restore a lot of health. Although she doesn’t have much attack power, her ability to protect teammates in team fights is strong.”

Jian Mei also looked at this support hero.

He didn’t understand the game, but he wanted to protect his teammates. “Then I’ll play as her.”

The tall boy, Liu Can, had no objections. “Sure, since you’re a beginner, Cai Wenji is not difficult to play. Just focus on healing us. By the way, what about your friend?”

Jian Mei quickly switched to check on Lu Xingwang.

He messaged him, asking, “Is the download finished?”

Lu Xingwang looked at the game interface of “King of Glory.” After logging in, he randomly selected a game server. There was also a naming interface where he could roll a dice to get a random name. Since he was just playing casually, he clicked on the random name and entered the game. Because he and Jian Mei were WeChat friends, he could directly invite him to a team on the team selection page.

Jian Mei watched as a new friend appeared on the list and asked with some doubt, “Um… Is that… Dazhuang, you?”

Lu Xingwang replied, “Yes.”

…

Jian Mei swallowed his question and didn’t even dare to ask if that was his real name. He immediately invited Lu Xingwang to the team.

Liu Can saw another Bronze-ranked player and sighed, “Jian Mei, this is your friend, right? He’s also a beginner?”

Jian Mei said, “Yes.”

Liu Can decided to start with a match to familiarize the two beginners with the game mode and asked, “Is he comfortable using voice chat?”

The fifth white-colored icon in the team remained silent. Jian Mei acted as a competent translator and said, “He’s not usually comfortable using voice chat, but he should be able to hear us.”

Liu Can heard that it wouldn’t be convenient to force Lu Xingwang, so he said, “Then let’s start.”

The team entered matchmaking.

The other three teammates chose jungle, marksman, and mid lane, while Jian Mei chose Cai Wenji. Only Lu Xingwang on the fifth floor had not made a selection. Just as Jian Mei was about to teach him, he saw Lu Xingwang pick Arthur.

Liu Can said, “You’re going to the solo lane, bro. Hold on, we’ll find opportunities to support you later.”

After the game started, Jian Mei didn’t know what to do or where to go, while Lu Xingwang confidently headed towards the solo lane, surprising Jian Mei. “You’ve played before.”

“No,” Lu Xingwang typed in the in-game chat. He succinctly replied, “There’s a tutorial for beginners.”

…

It seemed like there was such a thing.

Jian Mei felt the gap between himself and this world, even though they were both beginners. While he was wandering aimlessly, Lu Xingwang knew how to make use of all available resources and quickly adapt. Whether it was mathematics before or “King of Glory” today, it seemed that in any situation, he would seize any opportunity to expand his advantage. It was terrifying.

“The enemy will arrive in five seconds. Please prepare for battle.”

The mechanical female voice reminded Jian Mei to focus. He concentrated his mind and helped clear a wave of minions in the mid lane. After that, he understood that heroes with red health bars were enemies, and he couldn’t enter the enemy tower range. He had to help his teammates destroy the enemy towers.

The marksman in the bot lane sent a signal: “Support, come with me.”

Liu Can said over voice chat, “Jian Mei, go and protect the marksman, Houyi is in the bot lane.”

Jian Mei acknowledged and headed towards the bot lane.

However, halfway there, the screen displayed a kill notification:

First Blood: [Lu Bu killed Arthur]

Assist: Li Bai

On the mini-map in the top left corner, there were two red enemy icons in the solo lane, indicating that Lu Bu and the enemy jungler, Li Bai, had collaborated to kill Arthur.

Liu Can sighed on the microphone, “Arthur, hold on. Be careful in the bushes. Don’t get caught.”

Jian Mei also felt concerned.

Since Liu Can and the others were not in the Bronze tier, some of them even being around the Star Diamond tier, even though they were playing in matchmaking mode, they would still encounter skilled veteran players. Upon realizing that the enemy Arthur in the solo lane was inexperienced and not proficient in his actions, it was like they had found a breakthrough.

Another kill notification appeared on the screen:

[Li Bai killed Arthur]

Assist: Lu Bu

Liu Can instinctively said, “Brother, I’m taking the red buff in the jungle. If you don’t know how to play, just stay under the tower and don’t come out?”

However, when everyone looked at the mini-map, they discovered that the enemy had dived under the tower. Arthur even managed to clear the minions to the best of his abilities before dying, successfully defending the turret.

Liu Can was taken aback.

Jian Mei, who didn’t understand the game, opened his mouth in confusion, “Why did two of them go after him?”

Liu Can explained, “It’s the enemy jungler helping the solo lane to gank. It’s normal.”

“Oh,” Jian Mei, who always seemed unaffected, asked in return, “Then who is our jungler, and why isn’t he helping?”

…

The jungler was him.

Liu Can, who had just been blaming Arthur relentlessly, fell silent. He even felt a bit frustrated. He clicked to initiate a gathering, actively crouching in the bushes of the solo lane. Meanwhile, Arthur seemed to be consciously luring the opponents out of the tower. Lu Bu, who had been underestimating the situation, predictably left the tower, used his skills, and had his health reduced by half by Arthur.

Han Xin, Liu Can’s hero, quickly jumped out, using a set of skills to eliminate Lu Bu.

At this moment, both Liu Can and Arthur had only half of their health remaining. The enemy jungler, Li Bai, quickly arrived to support and unleashed his ultimate skill, directly dealing damage to Liu Can, reducing his health by two bars. Liu Can immediately used his leap ability to escape backward, decisively leaving Arthur behind, betraying his teammate. Li Bai didn’t pursue Han Xin, who was escaping, but instead chose to kill Arthur, who had no mobility skills.

Just as there was about to be a sliver of health remaining, suddenly—

Cai Wenji, who had traversed half of the map, fearlessly ran towards Arthur. Using her second skill, she immobilized Li Bai and used her ultimate skill to significantly restore Arthur’s health.

Arthur made a big leap, Li Bai stayed behind, and Han Xin, who had initially retreated, returned. Using a set of skills, he killed Li Bai, securing the kill.

Liu Can was feeling proud, saying, “Double kill! Am I awesome or what?”

The other two boys who were not present chimed in:

“It’s all about Liu bro’s skills.”

“Amazing, amazing.”

“We’ve got this, it’s in the bag.”

Only Jian Mei remained silent.

The short-legged Cai Wenji followed closely behind Arthur. Because of her presence, Lu Bu, who had respawned, didn’t dare to be as arrogant in clearing minions. Sometimes, he even got controlled by Cai Wenji and took a set of Arthur’s skills.

Lu Bu was annoyed and started typing in all chat:

“[Solo lane with support, Arthur, are you weak?]”

“I’m laughing. You play like this and still have the nerve to bring a girl along?”

“Hiding behind the support all the time, you’re really talented.”

The public chat was filled with provoking words, and Jian Mei was somewhat worried that Lu Xingwang would get angry. However, the next moment, he saw a message from Lu Xingwang on the public chat directed at him: [You go back.]

?

Was he really provoked by Lu Bu’s words?

Jian Mei wanted to retort, but Lu Xingwang had already returned to the base, apparently unwilling to have him follow. He felt a bit wronged, but he could only sit on the “yoyo” and return to the bottom lane where the marksman was. Just as he left, Li Bai appeared in the solo lane, along with the presence of the enemy mid-laner, Daji. The three of them seemed to have planned a coordinated tower dive, and the situation was intense.

If Jian Mei had stayed, he would have died with Lu Xingwang.

For the rest of the game, the solo lane endured targeted pressure. Liu Can went to support a few times, but it was infrequent. Throughout the game, Lu Xingwang didn’t say a word. Due to the pressure in the solo lane, the other lanes had a smoother time. In the end, they found an opportunity during a mistake in the enemy teamfight and barely won the game.

After the game ended, just as Jian Mei was about to say something, another match had already started.

Liu Can said, “Xiao Xu and Xiao Wang have homework to do, so they won’t be joining us. Let’s go with just the three of us. We might be matched with two random players, but it shouldn’t be a problem.”

They entered the hero selection screen.

Jian Mei still chose Cai Wenji.

Liu Can, as always, chose Han Xin as the jungler.

Lu Xingwang was in the fourth position.

Just as Jian Mei thought that Lu Xingwang would still pick Arthur, Lu Xingwang selected the free hero—Bai Li Shou Yue.

This hero, with his precise and conscious gameplay, requires exceptional accuracy and awareness. Those who play well can become gods, but those who don’t, it’s almost like feeding the enemy. Not to mention in such a low-level match, even in the higher ranks of King of Glory, few people can play this hero well.

Liu Can exclaimed, “Bro, don’t pick Bai Li! This hero isn’t suitable for beginners. It’s difficult to handle without a solid foundation!”

However, when the hero selection time arrived, the match started.

On the preparation page, the proficiency of each hero for every player would be displayed. When teammates saw a beginner-level Bai Li, they almost started cursing, lamenting that they had encountered a lousy player once again.

In this match, the mid-lane was occupied by a random player, Gan Jiang.

The opponents’ mid-lane consisted of Angela and Zhong Kui. Within the first minute of the game, Zhong Kui hooked Gan Jiang, directly assisting Angela in killing him and getting the first blood.

Gan Jiang cursed, “Cai Wenji, what are you playing at? Zhong Kui hooked me, couldn’t you at least block it for me!?”

Jian Mei was taken aback by the aggressive outburst. Being new to the game, he didn’t understand, so he obediently apologized: [I’m sorry.]

Gan Jiang continued to grumble, “What bad luck to encounter you guys. How dare you pick Bai Li Shou Yue as a Bronze noob? And Cai Wenji seems to be sleepwalking. How are we supposed to play like this?”

…

Jian Mei pursed his lips, his eyes filled with helplessness.

He didn’t know how to play and could only follow his teammates’ commands. So when Zhong Kui hooked Gan Jiang again, he moved slightly forward to block the hook for Gan Jiang, but ended up being pulled over and killed.

Mocking messages from the opponents appeared in the public chat:

Zhong Kui: [The enemy is so bad, and Cai Wenji is good at delivering kills.]

Gan Jiang also started blaming Jian Mei, “You knew he was going to hook, why did you rush into his hook? Was it intentional?”

Jian Mei was still respawning, feeling anxious and blaming himself for causing trouble to the team. Just as he was about to open the keyboard to apologize, he heard a calm male voice in his ear. Lu Xingwang softly called him, “Jian Mei.”

Jian Mei was startled and quickly replied, “Yes?”

Lu Xingwang calmly said, “Come here.”

Jian Mei blinked in confusion, then quickly realized and responded, “Oh… Okay, coming.”

This was the first time Lu Xingwang used voice chat.

Previously, when playing Arthur and constantly being killed, even under immense pressure, he never used voice chat to call for assistance.

Cai Wenji rode the shaking cart to the bottom lane and saw the invisible Bai Li Shou Yue squatting in the brush. Lu Xingwang told him, “Go clear the minion wave.”

Jian Mei obediently went to clear the minions.

In the middle lane, Zhong Kui saw the support going to the bottom lane and followed suit. His target was clear: he wanted to catch Cai Wenji, who was clearing minions, and secure a kill.

Little did he know—

“Bang!”

A muffled gunshot from the brush hit Zhong Kui, taking away a significant portion of his health. Zhong Kui muttered a curse, but the distance was too far, and he couldn’t hook Bai Li Shou Yue at all. He continued walking towards Jian Mei, wanting to kill the support out of frustration. He extended his hook to grab Jian Mei, but this time, Jian Mei, who had been hooked before, had learned his lesson and sidestepped to avoid it.

“Bang!”

Another gunshot from the brush, leaving Zhong Kui with just a sliver of health. Zhong Kui finally panicked this time and hurriedly ran toward his own defensive tower. However, just as he was about to enter the tower, the sniper who had been guarding the brush made a move. With precise anticipation of movement and decisive shooting, a bullet crossed the river and accurately hit Zhong Kui, who was on the brink of death, causing him to fall inside his own tower—an immense irony.

On the screen, two consecutive messages flashed:

【”Swift Steps Unleashed!”】

【Bai Li Shou Yue kills Zhong Kui】

In that moment, the entire canyon seemed to quiet down. Whether it was Gan Jiang, who had been grumbling and came to support from the middle lane, or Zhong Kui, who had been arrogantly taunting just a moment ago, all of them witnessed this scene.

Then, messages appeared in all chat, typed by Lu Xingwang, who had been silent all this time:

“The opponents’ skill level is this low.” Lu Xingwang returned the mockery on behalf of Jian Mei in the exact same words: “Zhong Kui is pretty good at feeding.”

Translator’s Note -Well I personally like reading Game novels but translating them is too difficult.So many names sometimes get mixed up.Ufff finally this chapter is done.

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