Chapter 61: Let Me Do It

After the middle-parted man proposed this condition, a wave of cheers and excitement instantly rose around him.

“Awesome, Brother Qiang! A free massage!”

“Brother Qiang! Can I have five minutes to try it out?”

Upon hearing this address, Li Mingwei and the others immediately understood that this middle-parted man must have some reputation here.

Anyone who could gain such recognition in an internet café surely had strong skills.

So, Hu Gugu hesitated and nudged Li Mingwei’s chair.

The implied meaning was clear.

Li Mingwei himself was a bit hesitant as well, but when he noticed Yao Yao beside him, looking so wronged that she was almost about to cry, the anger of adolescence flared up sharply.

“Best of three.”

“If you lose, you’ll kneel in front of her and kowtow to apologize!”

“OK, no problem.” The middle-parted man casually agreed.

Seeing that the bet was established, everyone in the room put down their games and gathered around.

The first to play was Li Mingwei.

He chose the human race, spawning at the 7 o’clock position.

After establishing a uranium mine, he immediately sent two engineers to seal off the map’s entrance.

While focusing on his development, suddenly, a small red dot appeared on the map.

Li Mingwei’s heart skipped a beat. He clicked on it.

The middle-parted man’s two dog soldiers were already attacking the civilian buildings Li Mingwei had placed to block the path.

Seeing this, Li Mingwei quickly sent out a newly created machine gunner.

With a few quick bursts, the two dog soldiers were eliminated.

But Li Mingwei did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, he became even more vigilant.

His position had been exposed, while he had no idea where the opponent was.

In this cautious state of mind, Li Mingwei focused even more on developing his base’s economy.

However.

When he finally placed two machine gun bunkers and three tanks, several red flashes suddenly appeared in his base.

When he checked, four spitting units had unexpectedly appeared near his base, attacking his mining workers.

With several “puff puff” sounds, when Li Mingwei managed to pull a team of machine gunners back, most of his workers were already dead.

After a hard fight, the spitting units were cleared, but several red flashes reappeared at his sealed entrance.

This forced Li Mingwei to send the remaining machine gunners to defend.

And so, in this exhausting back-and-forth, Li Mingwei had just completed an anti-aircraft turret when the opponent’s flying dragons had already formed a small squadron.

In the end.

Under the flying dragons’ onslaught, Li Mingwei could only watch helplessly as his base was reduced to a sea of fire.

“First round!”

The middle-parted man across the table peeked out at the right moment, looking over with a slightly provocative expression.

“Win another round, and someone will give you a back massage.”

At these words, the surrounding people laughed and teased.

After all, in their eyes, a girl like Yao Yao was already very beautiful.

They might never get to interact with such a girl, but seeing such a girl get angry like this gave them an unusual sense of satisfaction.

“Should we leave?” Yao Yao’s personality was ultimately a bit too weak.

Seeing the situation, she weakly tugged at Li Mingwei’s arm.

But at this moment, Li Mingwei was already fully fired up.

Not to win, but to defend his honor.

However, Li Mingwei still had some rationality left. Knowing that his skills were not as good as Hu Gugu’s, he directly pulled Hu Gugu over.

“It’s up to you! You have to win!”

Hu Gugu, who had been watching, had a vague understanding of the middle-parted man’s skills.

He nodded seriously.

“I’ll do my best!”

Thus, the second round began.

In this round, the middle-parted man chose the Zerg, while Hu Gugu chose the Protoss, spawning at the 9 o’clock position.

At the start, Hu Gugu sent an engineer out to scout, planning to locate the opponent’s base first.

Because Li Mingwei had just suffered this setback.

Next, Hu Gugu took advantage of the Protoss engineer’s easy construction ability, quickly building a uranium mine factory and barracks.

But just as he was about to produce his first-level Protoss unit, the “Zealot,” a red dot suddenly appeared on his map.

Hu Gugu switched views.

His engineer was already fighting two dog soldiers.

Seeing this, he quickly directed the engineer to run in another direction.

After all, heading back home would expose his base’s location.

After a while, the engineer managed to escape the pursuit of the two dog soldiers.

At this point, Hu Gugu’s first-level units had been produced.

Among the three races in Starcraft, the Protoss “Zealot” was the strongest single-unit fighter.

A single Zealot could defeat two machine gunners or four dog soldiers.

Hu Gugu immediately created two Zealots.

Just at this moment, a red dot flashed on his map.

It was eight dog soldiers, who were now searching for his base across the map.

Seeing this, Hu Gugu immediately sent out his two Zealots.

He planned to outmaneuver the dog soldiers and strike their position.

Moments later, the two sides collided.

While the two Zealots were evenly matched against eight dog soldiers, the outcome still depended on micro-management.

In this area, Hu Gugu lost a bit.

So in this fight, he fell behind.

Luckily, the opponent’s eight dog soldiers had only one remaining with very low health that returned.

After this brief clash, Hu Gugu no longer underestimated his opponent because it was clear that the other side’s skill was slightly better.

With that, Hu Gugu focused on upgrading his technology, hoping to win through economic superiority.

And just as Hu Gugu expected.

After he deployed a squad of Zealots and a squad of cavalry, he easily defeated the enemy’s dog soldiers and spitting units.

This boosted Hu Gugu’s confidence, and he began sweeping across the map with his two squads.

However.

Just as he reached the 12 o’clock region, a large number of spitting units suddenly emerged from underground and attacked his two squads.

There were far more spitting units than Hu Gugu’s two squads of 24 units.

Under such a large attack, Hu Gugu tried his best to control his troops, fighting while retreating.

But to his surprise, a squad of dog soldiers had hidden on his retreat route.

Had this been earlier, Hu Gugu would have ignored these dog soldiers.

But now, their appearance had essentially spelled the end for all his units.

At this point, with all his forces wiped out, Hu Gugu was in the countdown to death in the game.

The people around them could see the situation in the game as well.

A cheer went up all at once.

Their eyes turned toward Yao Yao, who was looking pale.

But just then.

A hand suddenly rested on Hu Gugu’s sweating shoulder, followed by a clear, pleasant voice.

“I’ll do it.”

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