It had to be said that Modiste’s death earlier still yielded some benefits. The enemy jungler’s level 2 gank on top lane exposed their intentions, and Pei Qian’s team’s jungler directly invaded the enemy jungle. Ruan Guangjian was also very clever, guarding their jungle to prevent the enemy jungler from counter-jungling.

As a result, their jungler started with three buffs.

Pei Qian wasn’t worried at all. Everything seemed under control… yeah right!

After hiding for just a few minutes, planning to farm safely and nicely devour the wave of minions pushing into his tower, he found that the Bao Xu who had been frantically spinning in circles to maintain full rage directly went invisible and rushed the tower!

Modiste was pushed by Bao Xu with full rage, and the enemy jungler and mid laner emerged from the brush for a full-on beatdown!

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

In the entire Divine Canyon, only the top lane where he was stationed seemed to be in turmoil.

Meanwhile, when the enemies were ganking top, Ruan Guangjian quietly farmed a wave in mid lane, pushed the minions to the enemy tower, and then belatedly pinged a question mark, indicating that the enemy mid laner was missing.

Pei Qian: “?”

This wasn’t right. Wasn’t the plan to kill the happy Ruan player to 0-10?

What did it mean to constantly gank him?

Pei Qian wanted to type in public chat: “Why me?”

But after a second thought, he decided against it.

After all, this was just the game mechanics. There was nothing he could do about being targeted, and typing now would only be impotent rage, achieving nothing.

Only the weak would attribute their failures to being targeted by opponents. A true champion would start at a disadvantage and still carry the entire game!

Pei Qian decided to get serious and silently turned off in-game chat.

The most crucial thing now was to maintain his composure. Engaging in a typing battle with the opponents would only lead to more brutal targeting, achieving nothing.

He would act as if the opponents didn’t exist, carefully considering every move.

When he turned the tables and carried the entire game, he would reopen in-game chat and properly mock the opponents!

He peeked at Ruan Guangjian’s screen, and indeed, people were chatting in public chat.

Pei Qian remained unmoved.

Hmph, you can say whatever you want. I’ll just play my game and absolutely won’t let you affect my mindset!

…

The game continued.

Modiste allowed the enemy Traveler Bao Xu to wildly race in front of the tower, unmoved, never leaving the tower.

However, the enemy top, mid, and jungle trio persistently dove the tower again, intending to use the same trick to kill Modiste under the tower.

“Will you ever stop?”

“Are you guys crazy?!”

Modiste used all his might to maneuver against the three enemies under the tower, but the enemy trio was well-prepared, taking turns tanking the tower, clearly about to execute Modiste and then escape unscathed.

At the critical moment, Wind Ink Master Ruan rushed to the scene!

The Wind Ink Master hadn’t yet appeared on Pei Qian’s black and white screen, but his voice line had already sounded in the headphones.

“Emei rises high above the western sky, Luofu connects directly with the southern sea.”

Wind Ink Master flashed over the wall with E, darting back and forth between the three, his massive brush painting arcs around him, the Q skill directly lowering the health bars of the three tower divers.

They had already killed Modiste, their condition was poor, and the defense tower was still outputting damage. At this point, there was a disagreement among them—some felt that the three of them could kill Ruan together before retreating, while others felt they couldn’t fight and needed to leave quickly. As a result, their formation instantly fell into chaos.

“Famous officials wield colorful brushes with thought, driving mountains and seas before their eyes.”

Wind Ink Master’s brush wrote wild cursive, freely splashing ink. The enemies wanted to attack him, but Wind Ink Master had already quickly darted through the large number of minions under the tower, causing the enemy’s attack intentions to completely miss.

The wild cursive brush strokes summoned a gale, blowing up the two people who hadn’t retreated in time!

Illusions appeared around the two airborne enemies, and Wind Ink Master rode the wind, instantly arriving at their side.

“Double kill!”

Only Traveler Bao Xu remained, his four hooves rapidly stomping to accumulate rage, trying to escape to his tower. However, at that very moment, a new wave of minions arrived.

“Five-colored powder paintings are hardly precious, true immortals can perfect my body.”

Wind Ink Master directly used this wave of minions as a springboard, riding the wind and rapidly darting, easily catching up to the frantically digging Traveler Bao Xu.

With smooth movement and attack interspersed with Q skills, he successfully slashed down Traveler Bao Xu under the tower!

“If I wait until my work is done to leave, Wuling’s peach blossoms will laugh me to death.”

He escaped just before the tower’s final hit, entering the brush to recall, safely retreating.

Wind Ink Master’s recall animation showed him holding his brush, making rapid strokes around himself, then stepping on the massive brush to ascend instantly, looking extremely stylish.

His teammates immediately responded with a wave of “666.”

“Holy crap! That was so awesome! We’ve met someone who knows how to play!”

“A true master.”

“Impressive!”

Pei Qian silently looked at the two assists added to his score, feeling complicated.

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

Looking at Ruan Guangjian again, he had easily picked up three kills under the tower and returned to base to soar.

“This isn’t right, this doesn’t make sense, the script shouldn’t be written like this!”

“Weren’t you supposed to target this happy Ruan player?”

“Is this how you target someone?”

“…Forget it, as long as we win.”

The script had already deviated. Now the primary goal was to win; otherwise, who knew how the enemy would mock them when the game ended!

Pei Qian silently continued to farm and develop.

By the 25-minute mark, both sides erupted in an intense team fight!

Pei Qian was just strolling along the river, wanting to eat a jungle monster to supplement his farm, when the enemy suddenly burst out from the brush, looking to feast on hedgehog meat.

Pei Qian’s teammates were also prepared, and both sides engaged in a melee!

With his ultimate activated, Modiste was very tanky, withstanding tons of damage from the opponent, and through his coin-scattering skill, produced significant AOE effects. Other teammates rushed in, especially Wind Ink Master Ruan, who output damage without pressure in the chaotic team fight, three slashes for each little friend, quickly securing victory!

In the end, at the cost of Modiste’s death, they achieved a one-for-four exchange. The remaining four teammates advanced with high spirits, preparing to claim this game.

“Hmph, you targeted me, but true champions aren’t afraid of being targeted!”

“Your defeat was already predetermined when your jungler ganked top at level 2!”

Pei Qian quickly opened global chat, ready to exchange a few friendly words with the opponents.

The game was about to be won—if not now, when?

However, the opponent spoke first.

“Said I’d kill you ten times, and I killed you ten times, true to my word!”

“Though the game is lost, it’s already been satisfying!”

“Worth it!”

Pei Qian: “???”

He looked at the data panel, clearly showing Ruan Guangjian’s score as 11-0-4.

Where did they kill him ten times?

Looking carefully at the data panel, he found that the only one who died ten times in the entire game was Modiste, with a score of 2-10-13, almost completing a triple-double, clearly making his due contribution to the team.

Pei Qian was confused.

What did this mean? Could it be that the “kill ten times” in the public chat at the beginning was referring to killing him?

Why not target the happy Ruan player, but instead target Modiste?

He was a tank, such an honest and straightforward image, what was the need to target him?

This was baffling.

Pei Qian, filled with doubts, typed a question mark in public chat.

“?”

This question mark quickly received a response.

“Shameless thief, you still have the nerve to use question marks?”

“So it was you who designed this orphan hero?”

“The source of all evil in Divine Canyon, everyone should kill you!”

Pei Qian was even more confused.

What did this mean?

Could it be…

Pei Qian hurriedly pressed ESC, clicked [Surrender], no, clicked [Settings], and turned on all the names above the heroes’ heads.

Then, he saw a title written below his ID, very prominent.

[Designer of Wind Ink Master Ruan].

Pei Qian: “…”

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

This title had betrayed him!

The happy Ruan player might be hateful, but the designer of the happy Ruan player was even more hateful!

When both the happy Ruan player and the designer of the happy Ruan player appeared together, was there any doubt about who to kill first?

Thinking back to his previous experiences.

The jungler ganking top at level 2, three people from top, mid, and jungle forcefully killing under the tower, all skills in team fights directed at Modiste, even completely ignoring the happy Ruan player who was happily E-ing around…

It all made sense now!

Pei Qian silently sighed, feeling mentally exhausted.

This account, it seemed, couldn’t be used anymore in the future…

…

Game over.

Ruan Guangjian removed his headphones, face full of excitement: “Mr. Pei, our coordination was truly perfect!”

“Although your final stats weren’t great, people who understand the game can see that you absorbed tons of damage in team fights, making an outstanding contribution to the team!”

“This MVP should be yours!”

“And my hero is really strong, Mr. Pei, thank you so much!”

Ruan Guangjian expressed his immense gratitude that this game had brought him endless joy in life.

Pei Qian’s mouth twitched slightly. He didn’t quite understand why this stab, originally intended for Ruan Guangjian, had somehow inexplicably stabbed himself again.

It was all Min Jingchao’s fault!

Why did you have to add a title?

Playing with this title was like having a built-in group taunt aura!

Pei Qian’s mouth twitched slightly: “Was this your first time playing this hero?”

Ruan Guangjian: “Yes, it was indeed my first time.”

“It’s just that I used to play ‘Divine Awakening’ frequently in college, so I had a little bit of foundation, and perhaps learned faster.”

Pei Qian asked: “What was your ‘Divine Awakening’ rating?”

Ruan Guangjian thought for a moment: “There was a time when I reached 2000 points, but that was a long time ago. I’ve regressed a lot now.”

Pei Qian: “…”

2000 points was already higher than He Desheng. Could you be human?

With that skill level, you still have the nerve to say you haven’t played much?

You haven’t spoken a single word of truth, you disappointing creature!

Earlier, you also said you were most afraid of haunted houses, and then what happened?

Ruan Guangjian still seemed unsatisfied: “Mr. Pei, shall we play another round?”

Pei Qian hurriedly shook his head: “No need! I just remembered I have something to do and need to leave first.”

Play another round?

So I can be killed to 0-10 again, and you can enjoy double happiness?

Dream on!

I will never play GOG with you again, absolutely never!

Pei Qian decisively fled.

Watching Mr. Pei’s departing figure, Ruan Guangjian couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

“Mr. Pei, despite his busy schedule, still remembers to play games with me.”

“Playing games together is one thing, but Mr. Pei was also so selfless in coordinating with me, absorbing all the damage by himself to let me carry, willingly serving as the green leaf to my red flower. This friendship must be remembered well!”