Chapter 11: The Rubik's Cube
The moment BAN left with maple seeds, he actually regretted it a little. In fact, stealing the essence of drinking ice spring water and then finding a way to solve the BOSS's pursuit, and returning to the old hermit after the most difficult part of the mission, in which escaping the BOSS's pursuit is the most difficult part of the whole mission.
What now...... He did avoid being pursued, but it was actually the elites of the major guilds who helped him solve it. In this way, the difficulties are borne by the other people of the major guilds, but it is BAN alone who reaps the benefits, and of course the people from the other guilds do not do it.
But it's actually hard to say about this matter, because in fact, BAN didn't let those people from the big guild come over to help him pay, it was those people who saw the boss like a cat smelled fish, in other words, they came over voluntarily.
Here's where the hard part is.
Others are certainly not willing to work for others, and they definitely want BAN to do something good, or simply take it for themselves. As for whether this is reasonable...... Sometimes, online games are not a place to be reasonable. For example, King Nuo, Nuo didn't do the kind of thing that he took advantage of and let others be coolies, and some people complained at first, but then he gradually got used to it - because he was King Nuo. Therefore, reasoning also depends on who is right.
Obviously, BAN does not have the power of King Nuo Tian, and Yang Hai does not have the prestige of King Nuo. As soon as BAN ran away like this, someone in the city channel immediately started scolding, asking the DARK people to stand up and give an explanation, asking Yang Hai to give them an explanation, and asking the captain to apologize.
After reacting, BAN began to regret it as soon as he pondered it. HE DIDN'T REGRET THAT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE A BAD DEAL TO THE GUILD - HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUILD, HE WAS WORRIED THAT IF IT HAPPENED, HE WOULD BECOME A "THORN" IN THE EYES OF THE POSEIDON GUY. IMPRESSING A NEW IEC IS VERY DISADVANTAGEOUS, BAN DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE NEW IEC, HE JUST WANTS TO PROTECT HIMSELF, RETIRE IN E-TYPE, AND THEN GET A LOT OF MONEY TO LIVE HAPPILY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
AFTER TODAY'S EVENTS, WILL POSEIDON FIND TROUBLE FOR ITSELF? The three fires he has not put off in the club's new office, will it be put directly on his head? As soon as I thought about this, BAN regretted it even more.
He knew very well that judging from the performance that day, this newcomer to IEC was definitely not a good stubble, and he simply didn't take these main professional players of E-TYPE into account, and even got to know them symbolically.
BAN felt like he was going to be a coffee table.
Speaking of which, when it comes to the current DARK, everyone thinks of two people, COCO and POSEIDON. Therefore, the entire World Channel was full of words for the captain and Yang Hai to come out to explain and apologize, and DARK inexplicably caused public outrage.
What about Yang Hai? A feeling of being shot while lying down arose again.
This is the game world, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, it is not that everything is OK when a good boy who does not cause trouble, you don't look for trouble, and sometimes trouble will always find you.
Under Yang Hai's strong order, all the people in DARK did not say a word in the city channel, even the unruly demons. This is the first "diplomatic incident" that Yang Hai has encountered since taking over DARK, and everyone will definitely give him face. If it is handled well, it is easy to say, if it is not handled well, when managing the guild in the future, there will definitely be discordant voices below. In particular, Yang Hai is still just a newcomer in DARK, and DARK has not yet completed the reconstruction.
At this time, there must be no problems.
Yang Hai actually studied guild management, as well as crisis public relations, but it was not King Nuo Tianwang who taught him, but Lin Bo. To be honest, Yang Hai really has no talent in this kind of thing of making a mistake with others, and his game skills are far worse than his level. When encountering this kind of emergency, Yang Hai also had a headache. He couldn't possibly give an answer until he had fully figured out the context of the matter.
He waited for BAN to respond to his friend's invitation, and the other side ran through the ultra-dark rift in the crowd.
WHAT ABOUT BAN, WHEN HE RECEIVED YANG HAI'S FRIEND APPLICATION, THAT BAD FEELING SUDDENLY ROSE TO THE HIGHEST POINT. Unexpectedly, this IEC actually began to trouble him immediately, instead of waiting until the autumn to settle accounts.
BAN FELT A LITTLE FRUSTRATED, BUT MORE NUMB, AND IN HIS OPINION, POSEIDON WOULD HARDLY HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE, AND HE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE HIM BACK TO APPEASE THE ANGER. THINK ABOUT IT FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, BAN FEELS THAT IF HE WERE POSEIDON, HE WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SUCH A CHOICE, DARK IS NO LONGER THE SUPER OVERLORD OF A FEW YEARS AGO, AND OTHER GUILDS WILL NOT LET GO OF THIS GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPRESS DARK, MAYBE BAN'S APPROACH DIDN'T MAKE THEM REALLY ANGRY LIKE THAT, BUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND FANNING THE FLAMES IS WHAT EVERYONE WILL DO. Under such circumstances, there is nothing wrong with sacrificing him alone to relieve the pressure on the entire guild. β¦,
As an old fritter who has been rolling in the game industry for many years, BAN's guess is not wrong at all, and there are already ugly things to say in the city channel. On the one hand, it is because BAN's practice of pulling out his legs and running away is a bit cowardly and spineless, which makes people look down on him; On the other hand, of course, there are people who are fanning the flames.
The guild and the guild are all in competition, Yang Hai has the intention of playing soy sauce to see others unlucky, and others naturally have the same idea.
These words made the old people who remained in DARK in the new online game extremely aggrieved and angry. What are things such as "You eat meat and we drink soup, why", or "The people of DARK are too unforgiving, and the captain still has the nickname of the leading big brother in vain", or even some foul language and direct insults. In fact? The people at DARK didn't do anything, but BAN did a mission, and the mission didn't really offend anyone.
BAN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THOSE PEOPLE SAID, BUT HE COULD IMAGINE IT, AND HE COULD IMAGINE HIS RESULTS. It's a shame for sure, but BAN doesn't care too much about the shame, he just feels too sorry that such a good mission will end in nothing.
However, if he didn't want to lose his job at E-TYPE, how could he resist the IEC's arrangement? IEC has an innate majesty in a team or a guild, and traditionally speaking, only the head and president of the group have the right to challenge the IEC's decision, but only to question it. They can expel the IEC, but they cannot change the IEC's decision. Not to mention that BAN is not the number one character in E-TYPE and DARK.
SOMEWHAT FRUSTRATED, HE PASSED POSEIDON'S FRIEND INVITATION.
"It would be nice if I set the communicator to not accept any messages." BAN thought with a little regret.
"Hello." BAN DIDN'T HAVE ANY MENTAL BARRIERS TO CALLING A YOUNG MAN OF THE AGE WHO HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE "YOU", AND WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO E-TYPE, HE STILL HAD AMBITIONS TO BE TEAMMATES WITH PRINCE AND HIT THE TOP HONOR OF THE PROFESSIONAL GAMER LEAGUE TOGETHER. But after a few years, he has become a bastard with a lot of skin, and he gets paid every day.
ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES, WHEN HE THINKS OF THE LONGING AND PASSION OF HIS YOUTH, BIN WILL MISS IT, BUT HE IS NO LONGER YOUNG. Although he is only twenty-five years old, he is considered the golden age of a professional gamer.
But BAN knew that he was old.
βBANγβ Yang Hai paused, there was no time to greet or anything at this time, he said straight to the point: "I need an explanation." β
When BAN heard this, the only remaining illusion in his heart was also put down. Although very reluctant, his tone was not inaudible at all: "Oh...... That...... I went to apologize to them and ......"
"I need an explanation." Yang Hai accentuated his tone, "Do you know what an explanation is?" βγ Yang Hai was furious, and he spoke a little impulsively: "Have you learned the six elements of narrative in elementary school?" Time, place, people, causes, and results"
Your sister, you should tell me what is going on. Say what to say and apologize to whom...... Apologize for what, who is that? Talking is headless and brainless, is this guy delirious?
But that's not what TERRY says. According to the information, BAN has a keen sense of the game, has a flexible personality, is extremely cunning, and is the person in the club who knows how to protect himself wisely. And BAN has always left a way out for himself, although he messes around every day, but compared to other teammates, the state has been so-so, and there has never been a very big negative news, which shows how shrewd this person is. THERE WAS NO SUCH NEGATIVE NEWS BECAUSE BAN HAD SLIPPED TO A CERTAIN POINT, AND HE WAS PREPARED TO GO TO OTHER CLUBS IN CASE HE WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE E-TYPE.
TERRY even gave a comment personally: Fox.
BUT NOW YANG HAI BEGAN TO DOUBT TERRY'S COMMENTS AND BAN'S IQ.
Doesn't this guy even know how to talk normally? The logic is so bad, what kind of professional gamer should you be?
Of course, Yang Hai didn't expect that BAN was not actually a problem with IQ, but that he was too smart. He was "smart" enough to think that Yang Hai would do something to him, and then mistakenly understood the meaning of Yang Hai's question.
BAN was stunned for two seconds before he reacted, and his heart jumped suddenly, and he had a different feeling.
What kind of feeling is this, BAN himself doesn't know what to do, anyway, it's not the kind of bad luck that has been haunting his heart.
BAN stammered a little and explained what happened in the M chat.
"I felt like they were coming at me with a lot of momentum, and I ...... Uh, ran. When I finally explained this, although BAN was an old fritter, he still blushed. He didn't know why he blushed for Lang, he had always thought that his skin was thick enough, but he just felt embarrassed. β¦,
"There are a lot of them, and I think ...... It's not worth it. BAN EXPLAINED WITH A RED FACE.
Luckily, it wasn't face-to-face, and he couldn't see my face now.
FEELING THE BURNING HEAT ON HIS FACE, BIN FELT LIKE A DISGRACE.
The communicator over there was silent.
"Uh, Strategist?" BAN asked tentatively.
"Huh?" Yang Hai asked a little stunned: "It's gone?" β
"Hmm......" BAN said cautiously, "no ......"
On the other side of the communicator, Yang Hai, who was mixed in the crowd, felt that his adrenaline was secreting violently. From his companions, he heard the words in the city channel, and he thought that BAN was doing something unreasonable. If that's really all there is to it...... He reminded himself, calm down, Yang Hai, calm down. Before deciding to get angry, Yang Hai felt that he had to make sure it carefully. If what BAN says is true......
"Good." BAN LISTENED TO YANG HAI'S GRADUALLY GLOOMY VOICE, AND FELT THAT THIS VOICE BEGAN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME COLD FACE WITH SUNGLASSES: "VERY GOOD, YOU DARE TO LIE TO ME." β
BAN was taken aback, and quickly defended: "I didn't lie to you, really"
"You're not hiding the facts? Didn't hide anything? β
BAN felt that the voice on the other side of the communicator was getting colder and colder, and he shuddered, and said continuously: "No, no, really not"
"Very well, then I believe you." Yang Hai said, "They blocked the boss in the Shadow Rift, and they were basically reluctant to walk away, you don't bother with them, first return to the range of Hearthstone, and then go back to the city to hand in the task." β
BAN didn't react for a moment.
Then his first feeling was not surprise, but astonishment: "But, but...... Will they be looking for trouble......"
"Trouble?" Yang Hai raised his voice, "Who are you troublery?" β
BAN THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, OF COURSE YOU ARE NOT BOTHERING ME, NOW YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SPEAKS. But how can such a thing be said? He could already tell that this newcomer to IEC was planning to stand out for himself.
It's a bad choice, you're going to drag the whole guild into a quagmire. BAN doesn't care about the interests of the guild, he cares about himself. In his opinion, this should be regarded as a windfall, his mission reward has been saved, and the pressure has been transferred to someone else's head, that new IEC is really a stupid boy, who dares to go against so many people, just for a person he doesn't know in a guild.
BAN thinks he should be happy, what a perfect result. But he felt that he was really abnormal today.
He should have been happy, but he wasn't happy at all.
ALAS, POSEIDON, YOU ARE STILL YOUNG, AND IMPULSIVENESS IS A LOSS. It's none of my business though you're at a loss......
But wouldn't I be a little selfish to think so......
Then BAN suddenly realized that he had not had such a thought as selfishness in his mind for many years.
At that moment, BAN was in a bit of a trance, and he remembered the past.
When I was three years old, I got the first gift in my life, a Rubik's Cube. He remembered it from the age of three, and this Rubik's Cube became the first memory in his life.
"It's hard." BAN REMEMBERS HIS FATHER SAYING TO HIMSELF, "ONLY THE SMARTEST PERSON CAN PUT ALL SIX SIDES OF A RUBIK'S CUBE IN THE SAME COLOR." β
Then BAN remembered that he started to spell the Rubik's Cube, at that time he was so small, and no one taught him how to spell, but he stubbornly tried again and again, and his parents just thought that this child was really quiet, well-behaved, and he could play with himself for a day by giving him a toy, without crying or making trouble.
The little Rubik's Cube holds all the dreams of the little people, and focusing on the game allows the soul to fly freely.
It was a memory that can never be forgotten, and the moment he actually put together the Rubik's Cube, the incomparable sense of accomplishment turned out to be the game...... BAN did not have a famous teacher and did not go to a prestigious school, he relied on his stubbornness and hard work to embark on the road of the draft step by step until he was selected by E-TYPE. It's just that later, things start to deteriorate little by little, and BAN doesn't remember when he started to fall. In his mind, he recalled those days of depravity and indulgence, only to find that although these times made him feel refreshed, they did not leave any deep memories. During that time, the most memorable thing was that after a hangover with his teammates in a nightclub, he left the woman in bed in the morning and went home for training under the effect of the alarm clock. He doesn't train much at club because he gets "laughed at" by his team-mates, but he keeps training at home every day. He once thought that such stubbornness and persistence were to save his job, and in case he was kicked away by E-TYPE, he could still find a new owner.........,
In all the memories, the only thing that hasn't faded is the stubborn Rubik's Cube, and BAN knew at that time that he could only be accompanied by games in his life.
It wasn't until this moment that BAN suddenly understood why he was holding on to his state, and the thoughts he had made to himself were all shattered when he recalled the Rubik's Cube.
It turns out that I've always just struggled.
It turns out that I never gave up.
The temptation of money and power and the life of drunken money may wear down a person's spirit, but it can never cool down the blood and dreams.
The softest place in BAN's heart seemed to open a gap, and memories flowed like a river. BAN THINKS THAT MAYBE HE IS STILL THE STUBBORN KID HE WAS BACK THEN, BUT HE HAS JUST LOST HIS WAY.
Sadness and emotion flowed like a melody, and tears were already unconsciously overflowing from the corners of his eyes.
"You can't get the guild in trouble." "You shouldn't be like this," BAN said. I went back and apologized, and that's how I learned about it. β
BAN would never doubt that he could say such a thing, because he already knew the truth, and it turned out that this was the real himself. For so many years, he was just living with a mask.
Perhaps this new IEC can bring a new lease of life to the E-TYPE.
BAN is genuinely looking forward to it.
Yang Hai didn't know that in a short moment, BAN thought of so many things, and when he heard BAN's answer, he just felt even more angry. Lao Tzu's subordinates were bullied, but they had to swallow their anger? Do you want to apologize to others?
There is such a truth in the world
"You-you me!" At that moment, Yang Hai finally couldn't control his temper, and scolded: "Go back to Lao Tzu and hand over the task, if you dare to embarrass me"
BAN DIDN'T REFUTE ANYTHING, BITING HIS LIP AND AGREEING.
Yang Hai had a secret chat rudely, and he was still angry.
Then BAN began to rub the hearthstone.
The little tears in his eyes have turned into a river.
At that moment, BAN completed self-redemption.
A true gamer will only be thrilled by his childhood dreams, and will only be enthusiastic about his devout pursuit. If you get lost and fall, as long as you recall the Rubik's Cube in the deepest part of your heart, you will never feel helpless again.
Because the soul with dreams is never lonely......,