Volume 1, Chapter 46: Shen Qi's Micro-Management in the Canyon is Simply Out of This World

Shen Xiaokun was completely dumbfounded. Was he going to draw aggro right off the bat?

The five players on the opposing team immediately started mocking them!

Especially the opposing top laner, who was determined to take the first blood of Shen Qi's Lu Bu!

Shen Qi didn't care at all. As soon as he reached the lane, he slashed at both the enemy champion and the minion wave simultaneously.

Ten seconds later.

Miyue, eliminated.

Shen Xiaokun was dumbfounded once again.

Zhang Xiaoxian’s livestream chat messages appeared, breaking down the play like a professional commentator.

[Miyue’s hero mechanics actually counter Lu Bu, but Shen Qi's micro-control is so precise!]

[Incredible precision!]

[I have never seen a man with such delicate mechanics!]

……

Miyue, eliminated.

……

Shen Xiaokun rolled his eyes. He should have called out the enemy's location, but he intentionally stayed silent.

Why was it so frustrating to watch Shen Qi act so smug? He really wanted to see Shen Qi die a few times.

Miyue, eliminated.

Zhuge Liang, eliminated.

Wang Zhaojun, eliminated.

Triple Kill for Lu Bu.

Shen Xiaokun was dazed.

Even that was possible?

[Holy crap! It looks like he knew the enemy mage and jungler were coming to gank.]

[Let's not even talk about his mechanics for a second; his game sense is truly top-tier.]

[Even Zhang Xiaoxian admitted it, so there's really nothing to doubt. Honestly, I'm just envious of Shen Qi's skills.]

[Could it be that Shen Qi has just been playing video games the entire time the Heavenly Queen was away from home?]

……

In the broadcasting studio, Li Huange looked at the dense sea of shocked comments on the screen, combined with the reactions of the live audience, and seemed to slowly forget her anger toward Shen Qi for dragging Shen Xiaokun into playing video games.

She didn't understand the game, so she blinked her pretty, wide eyes and looked at Zhuo Yiyi, who was hooting and hollering with excitement.

"Yiyi, is Shen Qi really that good?"

Zhuo Yiyi shook her head. "He's not just 'good'..."

Li Huange was puzzled. "Since he's not just good..."

"He's an absolute beast!"

"???"

The live audience instantly burst into laughter. To make the little Heavenly Queen Zhuo Yiyi drop slang like that right on camera meant that Shen Qi was truly a beast!

Zhuo Yiyi said excitedly:

"His game sense is off the charts. He seems to be able to predict the exact position of every single opponent in advance. The crucial part is that even after guessing that three people were coming to gang up on him, he still dared to step out of the turret and fight them head-on!"

"A triple kill isn't terrifying. What's terrifying is the microscopic attention to detail he displayed during that triple kill!"

Zhang Xiaoxian’s explanation was even clearer and more professional.

[First, he slashed into the bush. The exact millisecond the enemy jungler and mage appeared, he hit three champions and four minions with a single strike, fully stacking his damage aura!]

[The moment he was crowd-controlled, he used his ultimate to jump and gain immunity. The jungler and mage were instantly reduced to low health, and a flicker-slash instantly took out two of them!]

[Then he poked Miyue to death...]

Zhuo Yiyi was waving her little fists, still trying hard to make Li Huange understand.

"Detailed! So damn detailed!"

"Sister Huange, do you even know how intricate Shen Qi's micro-play is?"

"He is the most mechanically refined man I have ever seen in the Canyon!"

Li Huange was half-confused.

Detailed?

In the Canyon...

Why did that sound so strange?

……

Lu Bu was running wild and slaughtering the enemy!

Shen Xiaokun’s Qiao Kui was completely useless, just tagging along.

With Shen Qi carrying the team, they secured victory in the second match without a suspense, taking only 12 minutes.

Shen Xiaokun checked his watch and felt that he had been too hasty.

If he had known it would turn out like this, how could he have settled for just winning three stars?

A sly glint suddenly flashed across Shen Xiaokun's little face...

After the match started, Shen Xiaokun’s marksman played very cautiously. There were times when they could easily win a fight, but Shen Xiaokun cowered and refused to step up.

Zhuo Yiyi grew a bit suspicious.

"I can tell Xiaokun's skill level. In those last two team fights, the positioning for output was great, and the support was right there with him. Why didn't he go in?"

The chat room provided the answer.

[Hehe, the moment I realized it, I knew what was going on!]

[Xiaokun is no ordinary kid; he's super smart. To get to play a few more games, he's deliberately slacking off to delay earning those three stars!]

[Shen Qi is still completely in the dark. I'm gonna wake him up with my pee!]

[I can't wake Shen Qi up with that; I have diabetes, so I can't let Shen Qi taste even a shred of sweetness.]

……

On the screen, Shen Qi suddenly shouted, "Shen Xiaokun! You're throwing on purpose!"

Shen Xiaokun used a flicker to retreat from the battlefield, a trace of sinister amusement playing on his little face.

The support had fallen. The mage and the tank had also fallen.

Seeing this situation, Shen Qi used Zhuge Liang's second skill to dash backward, escaping with a sliver of health.

Zhang Xiaoxian analyzed:

[The enemy has the minion wave. They can't defend this!]

Shen Qi smiled faintly and began regenerating health in the fountain.

"Shen Xiaokun, oh Shen Xiaokun, today I'm going to teach you a lesson!"

"In the face of overwhelming strength, all enemies are nothing more than paper tigers!"

"Today, I'll show you what true god-tier outplay looks like!"

The minion wave arrived. The enemies arrived.

Shen Xiaokun was dived and killed under the turret.

Shen Qi refreshed his passive skill and counter-killed the enemy mage under the turret.

The exact instant he was crowd-controlled, Shen Qi pressed the item 'Moonlight' for damage immunity.

Before the immunity even ended, his passive skill triggered again, instantly deleting the enemy marksman.

"Double Kill!"

The enemy jungler came to gank!

Shen Qi, eliminated!

Zhuo Yiyi sighed, "That was already amazing, taking out two carries like that... Wait? Guardian Angel!"

Zhuge Liang resurrected. His first and second skills triggered his passive once more, eliminating the enemy support.

"Triple Kill!"

The assassin moved in for another cut!

Shen Qi instantly swapped to the 'Blade of the Exile', negating the fatal blow, and his ultimate directly blasted the enemy jungler to death.

"Quadra Kill!"

Lu Bu was reduced to low health by the crystal, but a single basic attack from him could poke Shen Qi to death.

Shen Qi used Smite for a speed boost, dodged Lu Bu’s first skill, and right as his passive magic orbs flickered, he delivered a feather-light basic attack...

Lu Bu, eliminated.

"Penta Kill!"

Shen Qi’s Zhuge Liang didn't even have a skin equipped, just casually strolling toward the enemy crystal.

The broadcast announcement and Shen Qi's smug voice rang out simultaneously.

"ACE!"

"Ace!"

Shen Xiaokun stared blankly at Shen Qi, his mind completely blank.

The broadcasting studio was also dead silent.

Even though many people didn't understand the game, they were thoroughly swept up by the intense suspense.

Li Huange felt a pain in her wrist and realized that Zhuo Yiyi had been gripping her wrist so tightly in suspense that those slender fingers exerted an unexpected amount of force.

"Oh my god! Awesome, absolutely awesome!"

"Shen Qi is amazing!"

A cheer erupted live on set.

[Hiss... that gave me goosebumps.]

[Even more exciting than the King Pro League! This penta kill was legendary!]

[Are househusbands really this overpowered?]

[Hmph! If someone let me stay home and eat soft rice, I'd have plenty of time to practice my skills and pull off plays as detailed as Shen Qi's too!]

Zhang Xiaoxian’s livestream message popped up again:

[Executing every single timing with such pinpoint precision is pure art!]

[At that level of play, a lot of professionals wouldn't even be able to pull it off!]

[Heavenly Queen Huange, please look at my chat message. I hope that after this variety show ends, you can help introduce us. I'd love to sign Shen Qi to my esports team!]

Li Huange felt as though she were still floating in a daze.

She knew how insanely popular this game was; even if she didn't play it, she knew it was practically a national pastime.

She also knew who Zhang Xiaoxian was. To think he would be headhunted by the owner of a professional esports team?

Was Shen Qi really that incredible?

Fang Qian and Li Lei snapped back to their senses from the shock.

"Heavenly Queen Huange, may I ask if Shen Qi usually plays King of Glory at home?"

Li Huange shook her head. "I've never seen him play it once!"

"Skills like that can only be forged through constant practice. It seems Shen Qi must have been practicing while Heavenly Queen Huange was away from home," Li Lei remarked.

Li Huange nodded.

Aside from this explanation, there was simply no other possibility.

Bai Qinghe and Lin Xiaolu were utterly unable to accept Shen Qi stealing the spotlight like this. Could a mere video game really evoke such intense shared emotion?

What on earth were those netizens doing?

Was all this really necessary?