Chapter 165 Unexpected Turn of Events

It has to be said that Modest's death just now wasn't without its benefits. The opponent's jungler ganking top at level two exposed their intentions, allowing our own jungler to directly invade their jungle. Ruan Guangjian was also smart enough to defend our own jungle, preventing the enemy jungler from trading.

As a result, our own jungler got all three buffs to start.

Pei Qian wasn't flustered at all, looking like he had everything under control… or so it seemed!

He had just managed to play passively for a few minutes, intending to safely farm and gorge on the minions pushing into the tower, when he noticed Bao Xu, who had been spinning around like crazy to accumulate full Fury stacks, suddenly stealth-charge into the tower!

Modest was pushed by Bao Xu with full Fury, and the enemy jungler and mid-laner emerged from the bushes, ganging up on him!

Pei Qian watched his black-and-white screen and the wave of minions under the tower. He was now 0-2.

The Gods' Canyon seemed to only have a storm brewing in his top lane.

Meanwhile, Ruan Guangjian had quietly farmed a wave while the enemy mid-laner was ganking top, pushing the minions to their tower before belatedly pinging a question mark, indicating that the mid-laner was missing.

Pei Qian: "?"

That's not right. Weren't we supposed to feed this happy Ruan-man until he was 0-10?

Why are you ganking me over and over?

Pei Qian really wanted to type "上汝父?" (Shang ru fu? - Screw your father?) in the all chat.

But on second thought, he decided against it.

After all, this was the game's mechanics. There was nothing he could do about being targeted. Typing now would only be impotent rage, serving no purpose.

Only the weak attributed their failures to being targeted. True experts could carry the whole game even with a bad start!

Pei Qian decided to get serious and silently closed the in-game chat.

The most important thing now was to maintain his composure. Fighting with the opponent in chat would only lead to more brutal targeting, which would be useless.

He'd pretend the opponent didn't exist and carefully consider every action he took.

When he turned the tables and carried the entire game, then he'd open the in-game chat and thoroughly mock them!

He stole a glance at Ruan Guangjian's screen. The all chat was indeed active.

Pei Qian remained unmoved.

Hmph, say whatever you want. I'll just play my game and definitely won't let you affect my mentality!

…

The game continued.

Modest allowed the enemy's Traveler Bao Xu to drift wildly in front of the tower, remaining unmoved and refusing to step outside.

However, the enemy top, mid, and jungle wouldn't give up and once again dove the tower, wanting to repeat their previous strategy and kill Modest under the tower.

"Are you ever going to stop?"

"Are you crazy!"

Modest used all his skills to maneuver under the tower with the three enemies. However, the three enemies were prepared, taking turns tanking the tower, and were about to kill Modest and retreat unscathed.

At the critical moment, Wind's Poet Ruan arrived just in time!

Wind's Poet hadn't yet appeared on Pei Qian's black-and-white screen, but his voice had already sounded in his headset.

"峨眉高出西极天，罗浮直与南溟连 (Emei soars above the Western skies, Luofu connects to the Southern seas)."

Wind's Poet flashed over the wall and used his E, weaving between the three enemies. The huge brush drew arcs around him, and his Q skill directly lowered the health of the three tower-diving enemies.

The opponents had already killed Modest and were in poor condition. The defensive tower was still dealing damage, and they were clearly divided on what to do. Some thought they could kill Ruan together before retreating, while others thought it was impossible and they should leave quickly, resulting in a momentary disarray.

"名公绎思挥彩笔，驱山走海置眼前 (Great men's thoughts flow from the brush, driving mountains and seas before your eyes)."

Wind's Poet's brush wrote in wild cursive, scattering ink freely. The opponents wanted to attack him, but Wind's Poet used the many minions under the tower to quickly weave, completely dodging their attacks.

The wild cursive summoned a gale, blowing up two of them who were unable to retreat in time!

An illusion appeared around the two airborne enemies. Wind's Poet rode the wind and instantly arrived at their sides.

"Double kill!"

Only Traveler Bao Xu remained. His four hooves quickly stomped to accumulate Fury, wanting to escape to his own tower, but at this moment, another wave of minions arrived.

"五色粉图安足珍，真仙可以全吾身 (What are colorful paintings worth? A true immortal can perfect my being)."

Wind's Poet directly used this wave of minions as a springboard, riding the wind to quickly weave and easily catch up to Traveler Bao Xu, whose four hooves were frantically digging into the ground.

A smooth auto-attack interspersed with a Q skill successfully killed Traveler Bao Xu under the tower!

"若待功成拂衣去，武陵桃花笑杀人 (When success is achieved and one brushes off one's robes, the peach blossoms of Wuling will laugh at the folly)."

He escaped just before the tower's final attack, entering the bushes to recall and safely escape.

Wind's Poet's recall animation was brushing and dotting around himself with his brush, then stepping on the huge brush and instantly ascending, looking extremely dashing.

His teammates immediately spammed "666" (Awesome).

"Damn! Too awesome! We found a skilled player!"

"True pro."

"Nice!"

Pei Qian silently looked at the two assists he gained, his mood complex.

As for why he only had two assists, the answer was obvious: he hadn't even touched one of the heroes.

Looking at Ruan Guangjian, he casually picked up three kills under the tower and went home to skyrocket.

"That's not right, that's not how the script should go!"

"Weren't we supposed to target this happy Wind-man?"

"Is this how you're targeting him?"

"...Whatever, as long as we can win."

The script had already gone awry. The primary goal now was to win, otherwise he'd definitely be mocked by the opponent when the game ended!

Pei Qian silently hunkered down and continued to farm.

The game progressed to 25 minutes, and a fierce team fight broke out!

Pei Qian was leisurely strolling in the river, wanting to eat a wild monster to make up for his poor farming, when the enemy suddenly rushed out of the bushes, wanting to eat hedgehog meat.

Pei Qian's teammates were also prepared, and a melee ensued!

The ulting Modest was very tanky, withstanding tons of damage from the opponent and dealing significant AoE damage with his money-spreading skill. Other teammates swarmed in, especially Wind's Poet Ruan, who could deal damage effortlessly in the chaotic team fight, killing a kid with three hits, quickly securing the victory!

Finally, at the cost of Modest's death, they traded one for four. The remaining four teammates marched forward triumphantly, preparing to win the game.

"Hmph, so you want to target me? A true expert is not afraid of being targeted!"

"Your defeat was destined when your jungler ganked top at level two!"

Pei Qian hurriedly opened the all chat, preparing to exchange a few friendly words with the opponent.

If you're not going to chat when you're about to win the game, when will you?

However, the opponent spoke first.

"Said we'd kill you ten times, and we did, we keep our word!"

"Even though we lost the game, it was worth it!"

"Huge profit!"

Pei Qian: "???"

He looked at the stats panel. Ruan Guangjian's stats were clearly 11-0-4, right?

When did you kill him ten times?

Looking closely at the stats panel, he found that the only one who died ten times was Modest, with stats of 2-10-13. He almost had a triple-double, and had obviously made his due contribution to the team.

Pei Qian was puzzled.

What does this mean? Could the "kill ten times" in the all chat at the beginning have been referring to killing *him*?

What's the point of not targeting Happy Ruan-man and instead targeting Modest?

I'm a tank! Such an honest and reliable image. Why would you need to target me?

This was inexplicable.

Pei Qian typed a question mark in the all chat with a bellyful of doubt.

"?"

This question mark was quickly answered.

"Shameless old thief, you still have the nerve to type a question mark?"

"Was it you who designed this orphan hero?"

"The source of all evil in Gods' Canyon, everyone should punish him!"

Pei Qian was even more confused.

What does this mean?

Could it be…

Pei Qian hurriedly pressed Esc, clicked on [Settings], oh no, clicked on [Settings], and turned on the display of names above all heroes.

Then, he saw a title clearly written below his ID, very eye-catching.

[Designer of Wind's Poet Ruan].

Pei Qian: "…"

He seemed to understand why the script of this game was different from what he had imagined.

This title had betrayed him!

Happy Wind-man was hateful, but the designer of Happy Wind-man was even more hateful!

When Happy Wind-man and the designer of Happy Wind-man appeared together, was there any question who to kill first?

Recalling what he had encountered before…

The jungler ganking top at level two, the top, mid, and jungle diving the tower to kill him, all the skills in the team fight being thrown at Modest, even completely ignoring that Happy Wind-man who was happily e-ing around…

It all made sense!

Pei Qian silently sighed, feeling very tired.

This account seemed like it couldn't be used anymore…

…

The game ended.

Ruan Guangjian took off his headset, his face full of excitement. "Boss Pei, our teamwork was just too perfect!"

"Although your stats weren't great in the end, anyone who understands the game could see that you absorbed tons of damage in the team fight, making an outstanding contribution to the team!"

"The MVP should obviously be yours!"

"And this hero of mine is really strong, Boss Pei, thank you so much!"

Ruan Guangjian thanked him profusely. This game had obviously made his life incredibly happy.

Pei Qian's lips twitched slightly. He didn't quite understand why he had originally wanted to stab Ruan Guangjian with this knife, but he had somehow managed to stab himself again.

It was all Min Jingchao's fault!

Why did you have to add that title for no reason?

Playing the game with this title was like having a built-in aggro aura!

Pei Qian's lips twitched slightly. "Is this really the first time you've played this hero?"

Ruan Guangjian: "Yes, it's the first time I've played him."

"It's just that I used to play *God Revelation* a lot when I was in college, so I have a little bit of a foundation and learned a bit faster, I guess."

Pei Qian asked, "What was your score in *God Revelation*?"

Ruan Guangjian thought for a moment. "I was over 2000 points for a while, but that was a long time ago, and I've regressed a lot now."

Pei Qian: "…"

2000 points was even higher than He Desheng! Can you have a little shame!

And you still have the nerve to say you haven't played much?

You damned swindler, not a word of truth comes out of your mouth!

You also said you were most afraid of haunted houses before, and then what?

Ruan Guangjian was still somewhat unfulfilled. "Boss Pei, another round?"

Pei Qian hurriedly shook his head. "No thanks! I suddenly remembered I have something to do. I have to go first."

Another round?

So I can be killed 0-10 again, and you can have double the happiness?

Dream on!

I'll never play GoG with you again, never!

Pei Qian decisively ran away.

Looking at Boss Pei's departing figure, Ruan Guangjian couldn't help but sigh.

"Boss Pei is so busy, yet he still doesn't forget to play games with me."

"Playing games together is one thing, but Boss Pei is also so selfless in helping me, absorbing all the damage and letting me carry, willingly being a supporting character. I must remember this kindness!"