Chapter 338: Immortals Are Countless

That’s right, the people who came to see Liu Hao and his friends were indeed from the gambling company.

No one really thinks that the reason why gambling companies are so obsessed with letting EC engage in e-sports is that they just want to hold normal competitions and advertise for themselves, and they are satisfied with that, right?
What they want is a space that allows their gang of gamblers to spend money like crazy.

E-sports betting, like sports betting, is a hotbed for the new generation of gamblers to spend their money.

After all, competitive games, at least on the surface, have traces to follow compared to traditional casinos where players gamble based purely on probability or require extremely high mathematical skills to remember cards.

Which team is strong and which team is weak can be analyzed to a certain extent before the game.

It sounds more stable than rolling dice or something.

At the same time, since the competition is not organized by the bookmaker, in their perception, the probability of the bookmaker cheating and interfering with the results is much smaller.

Therefore, there will always be gamblers who will gamble unrealistically for this.

But in reality, how can a gambling company make a loss?

Yes, competitive gaming competitions can indeed predict the outcome of the game to a certain extent.

But any gambling company of a certain size may employ data analysts who are more professional than those of the league teams.

In addition, they are well-informed and can anticipate some unexpected events in the first place. Their predictions are much more accurate than those of ordinary gamblers.

However, even so, it is still far from satisfying the gambling companies.

How can accurate predictions compare to the excitement of directly controlling the outcome of a match?
The cost of paying off a player or even a passerby in the live broadcast room to act as an actor is much lower than predicting the game.

Betting companies are very smart and they generally don't take direct action against top leagues.

The secondary leagues where players are worth less, and even the live broadcast rooms of some popular anchors and players, are their key areas of infiltration.

Anyway, they just need to use the "endorsement" of the game and event officials to make some fools believe that their gambling is fair, just and open.

This is what they did in traditional competitions before, and they were planning to transfer to e-sports, but they encountered repeated setbacks.

During the glory era, because there was no secondary league at all, ordinary passers-by basically had no chance to rank with those top players.

Plus, for some reason, the average moral level of Glory's professional players is so high that they don't buy into their stuff at all.

All in all, the development of gambling during the Glory era was far less smooth than they had expected. They could only go to the old StarCraft, King of Fighters and other leagues that were far less popular than Glory to make some money by gambling.

By the time of League of Legends, they couldn’t even get a sip of soup due to the strict defense of Tencent Hai’s anti-cheating and anti-acting system.

It is for this reason that the betting companies are so eager to cooperate with Cotick and are determined to launch a higher-level e-sports competition.

Under the high-pressure situation, these jackals have been hungry for too long.

It was precisely because of their strong push that this highly anticipated game was held so hastily.

Anyway, they don’t care whether the game itself is successful or not. They just need to give their gamblers a chance to spend money, that’s all.

Rather, it could be said that such a sloppy competition gave them more room to exploit loopholes.

In any regular competition, they would not have the opportunity to temporarily win over Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe on the spot before the game started.

On the other side, Liu Hao was also completely anesthetized.

No, before the game started, he asked us directly at the sidelines whether we wanted to have a fixed match?
Is this game... so punk?
But on the other hand, he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Players who are asked to play a fixed match usually have to be of some level, or at least be in a strong team.

Otherwise, he couldn't let a rookie win the game on purpose.

Being visited by this group of people at least proves that Liu Hao is still one of the strongest in the Jedi circle.

Seeing Liu Hao's face change drastically, the representative of the spinach company quickly comforted him, "You misunderstood Mr. Liu Hao, that's not what we meant."

Liu Hao glared at him and said, "They are all so flexible. What else could this be but a match-fixing?"

No matter how much of a scumbag he is, he still has basic professional ethics.

As for match-fixing, he would rather endure Ye Xiu's scolding for another ten years than touch it at all.

It was not until Liu Hao shouted that Zhao Yuzhe, who was standing by, realized what this guy was planning and started to scold him immediately.

Seeing that the two guys were about to quarrel, the representative quickly shook his head: "Mr. Liu, you misunderstood!"

"We don't mean to make you lose to anyone on purpose!"

"We will not interfere with the results of any of your games. We just hope that you can use your superb skills to control a few 'small variables' during the game. That's all."

For a player who has never done such a thing in a competition, deliberately letting the opponent win and losing the game is naturally extremely difficult to accept.

Therefore, the representatives did not expect that they could make Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe lose the game on purpose right from the start.

However, the projects of spinach and dog betting are never limited to winning or losing.

All kinds of details in the game can become their betting options, such as small details like who gets the first airdrop first.

The representatives came to them because they wanted Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe to use their relatively top-notch skills in the Jedi Gun God circle to control such small details.

Zhao Yuzhe was a little confused when he heard that there was no need to lose the game on purpose.

It seems...it really isn't a match-fixing thing.

Rather than asking them to let the game go on purpose, some of the details raised by the representatives were more like adding a few side quests to the content of the competition they were originally planning to conduct.

If you can complete these side quests during the game, you can get more bonuses.

Sounds... okay?
After all, Zhao Yuzhe was young and lacked social experience, so he seemed to be being fooled.

Fortunately, Liu Hao was still sober.

"Forget it. We can't do this kind of thing. Our skills are limited. Our skills are limited."

Liu Hao refused before Zhao Yuzhe could open his mouth foolishly, smiled a few words apologetically, and turned around and ran away with Zhao Yuzhe.

He won't be fooled so easily.

Once you get involved with spinach, there's no escaping it unless you give up your entire career and self-destruct.

At the beginning, they may indeed let the contestants control some details, but as the contestants gradually get involved and they have the upper hand, they will become more and more aggressive.

Moreover, even if they really just listened to the bookmaker's advice on small details like grabbing the first airdrop, at least in the Tencent Hai system's evaluation system, it is still an unforgivable fake match.

If it gets out, they will never be able to continue in the circle of contestants, let alone the circle of anchors.

Anyway, their careers are currently on the rise, so why should they gamble their whole lives for a little extra money?

slip away.

Seeing that the two were not fooled, the representative sighed with some regret and turned away.

Although it is a bit regrettable that I couldn't bring in these two guys with the largest traffic...

But we can do without them.

In this mixed competition, not everyone is as professional as these two former professional players.

It's too easy to find guys who want to make a quick buck and leave...

...After changing to another place and squatting for a long time, the two unlucky guys finally met two other Chinese teammates.

To be precise, the other party came to us on his own initiative.

There are few Chinese hosts who dare to broadcast PUBG, and there are almost no hosts who can compare with Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe.

Those Chinese anchors who also came to join in the fun began looking for Liu Hao all over the venue almost as soon as they arrived, hoping to get on their good side.

So the team was assembled.

“Brother Hao, Brother Zhe, let’s see how you two perform in a while!” The two follow-up anchors laughed along.

Hao is also a good player online and Hao is a great player offline. It can only be said to be quite realistic.

"Let's do our best." Although Liu Hao was respected in this way, he did not get carried away like usual. He just nodded without much interest.

He suddenly lost interest.

After all, he came to participate in this competition because he really wanted to extend the life of his career.

When I got there, I found out that this so-called competition might not even be as formal as the All-Stars.

Then what's the point?

Well, just treat it as an ordinary hype activity.

……

However, Liu Hao probably didn't expect that saying this was a hype campaign was a bit too optimistic.

Soon after the team was formed, order was finally restored at the scene.

The show started with a host from South Korea, there was a female group performance before the game, and there was a fairly formal opening ceremony.

There are also special live broadcasts of the competitions, which are synchronized around the world and even have Chinese commentary in China.

At least in terms of external configuration, it seems quite similar.

This gave Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe a brief illusion, as if this competition was not as hopeless as they had imagined?

However, illusions are illusions after all, and they soon realized how intense this competition was.

Five minutes into the game, the group had just wiped out the first team they encountered when the match was suddenly paused.

Some players reported that they were disconnected and the site was forced to conduct temporary maintenance. Liu Hao couldn't help but be stunned.

No, isn't the equipment here top-notch? How come there is still disconnection?

Soon, he knew why the connection was disconnected.

As there was a sudden commotion on the sidelines, the game was paused again and someone was disconnected again.

But this time, it was man-made.

A South Korean player tried several times to destroy the network cables of some players on the sidelines. After succeeding once, he was finally caught by the spectators nearby.

Although he insisted that he just unplugged the network for fun, it is unknown why the people whose network cables were unplugged twice were anchors and players from Japan.

I thought that after getting rid of this guy, the competition could finally continue.

But less than two minutes later, Liu Hao, who took advantage of the gap in lurking to stretch, glanced at a guy trying to peek at the screen not far behind him.

The guy stretched his neck like a giraffe, trying desperately to see where Liu Hao and the others were hiding, and then inform his teammates.

As a result, he was arrested on the spot by Liu Hao, who had a keen eye for observation.

Another team of players was asked to leave.

Accidents occurred one after another. Not to mention Liu Hao who was present, even the Chinese and Japanese audiences who were watching the fun in the live broadcast room were at a loss at this time.

Isn’t it said that South Korea has made e-sports its own country, and those who play match-fixing will go to jail?

Isn’t it said that South Korea has the best professional attitude?

Is peeking at the screen and pulling out the network cable considered a good professional attitude?

Come to think of it, they really have blamed Baseball's professional community a bit wrongly.

Those professional players were indeed sent to jail for match-fixing, but few had the courage to cross the line and commit match-fixing.

But the problem is that those who came today are not professional players.

The vast majority of them are anchors from South Korea. They are not as passionate about playing professionally as former professional players like Liu Hao. They just want to use this to become famous and gain some traffic.

They certainly don't have any awareness of being professional players.

Using some tricks, causing a big incident, and getting some black traffic, isn't that better than the teacher playing in the competition and blending in with the crowd?
It just so happens that there is a melee among China, Japan and South Korea, and we can also "win glory" for South Korea, so why not do it?
There is not much respect to begin with, and since it involves the most fragile national self-esteem of the Koreans, these people are naturally capable of doing anything.

As for how much face their actions will bring to South Korea worldwide, it is unknown.

However, despite being in such a high-pressure environment with so many demons rampant, Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe still maintained a very high level.

He has accurate shooting skills and top-notch tactical awareness. Even with two teammates who are nothing but a burden, he still maintains a very high level of suppression.

Even the two Chinese teammates who originally just wanted to hang out started to work hard under the encouragement of the big brother.
Their team record gradually began to lead the entire game.

This situation not only caught the on-site commentators off guard, but also caused a sensation in the Three Kingdoms live broadcast room.

"No, why are the Chinese so fierce? Don't they only have two teams?"

"Could it be that the Chinese are really born to be the rulers of e-sports?" This is Japan's, the pollen from the lol side.

"It was cheating, it must be cheating!" some Koreans questioned.

"Not everyone is as shameless as you Koreans!" The Japanese, who had tolerated the Koreans' tricks for a long time, immediately retorted.

As for Chinese netizens, they were just watching the fun the whole time.

It can only be said that the remarks made by the Japanese and Koreans are quite consistent with the stereotypes that Chinese netizens have of them.

However, this ridiculous war of words did not last long because it took a strange direction due to an unexpected event.

Liu Hao, who was completely hiding behind the bunker without any blind spots, was shot in the head with a precise shot and almost could not be rescued.

The others were on guard for a week, but were completely unable to find a gun position that could hit Liu Hao.

A little later, Zhao Yuzhe, who was completely hidden between two bunkers and had not revealed any information, was also shot in the head and taken away.
They gradually realized one thing:

They encountered a real cheat.

　I don’t know how many chapters there are in the first and second chapters.

　　After dinner in the evening, I started to feel severe pain in my back, which then spread to the back of my head.

　　I went to the emergency room and got a prescription for a painkiller. After taking it, I finished coding the first chapter and felt terrible.

　　I am trying my best to code the second chapter. I will try to finish this chapter tonight and move on to other ones to avoid people not wanting to read it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)