Chapter 1 Pei Qian's Exclusive Hero

Pei Qian stood silently behind Ma Yang, watching him scurrying away from the enemy hero.

Huh? Wasn't this supposed to be a nine-protect-one strategy?

Pei Qian was a little puzzled because the enemy didn't seem like one of their own, judging by how ruthlessly they were attacking.

In a team fight, both sides fought fiercely, with three teammates from their side going head-to-head with five from the opposing side. Relying on their excellent skills and tacit teamwork, they managed a three-for-three exchange.

Another teammate was frantically pushing the lane, successfully taking down two towers during the team fight and threatening the enemy's high ground.

As for Ma Yang…

Amidst cries of "President Ma, retreat first!", he escaped with full health.

Pei Qian took a closer look. The hero Ma Yang was playing was a mythical beast that looked a bit like a wolf, but with a stout body, a dragon's tail, a large head, and two unicorn-like horns on its head. It constantly opened its bloody mouth, making its head look disproportionately large, but it had a strange kind of cuteness to it.

Pei Qian had a slight impression of this hero. It was called Taotie (gluttonous beast), and the IP belonged to a very old domestic animation. Of course, the image in this animation was inspired by the mythical beast Taotie in traditional culture.

There are many different images of Taotie, and there is no absolutely correct answer.

The Taotie image in this domestic animation was quite influential and widely recognized, so they bought the IP to use in the game.

In the design of GOG, this was a hero with both protection and initiation capabilities. It could swallow friendly and enemy heroes into its mouth, cause control effects on enemies in a small area, and activate skills to increase its damage reduction.

In theory, this should be a support hero that's quite friendly to novices. Even if they don't know how to play, they can rush into the enemy's back row during team fights or use the devour skill to protect their key teammates, and they can still play a certain role.

The lower limit is very high, and the upper limit is not low either.

But at this moment, in Old Ma's hands, this hero did nothing. He escaped with full health, decisively selling out his three teammates…

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh. He had seen a lot of four-protect-one strategies, but this was the first time he had ever seen a four-protect-one support!

After taking another careful look, Pei Qian confirmed that the enemy wasn't one of their own. They were random enemies matched online.

During the previous nine-protect-one games, although the acting of the other side was quite realistic, Pei Qian could still see traces of it.

After all, in order to get Old Ma to kill ten people in a game, they sometimes had to offer some rather poor acting skills.

But now, these people seemed to be attacking Ma Yang fiercely. They didn't seem like current employees, but more like former employees.

Fortunately, Old Ma ran fast, or he would have probably died miserably.

At this moment, other employees had already noticed Pei Qian standing behind Ma Yang, but after seeing President Pei make a "shush" gesture, they all cooperated and didn't say anything.

Ma Yang was wearing headphones and staring intently at the screen, unaware that there was someone standing behind him.

Of course, even if he saw Pei Qian come, he would probably just say hello and then continue playing the game.

Old Ma is a slacker, but he never AFKs or trolls his teammates.

In that respect, he is still quite reliable - if you don't consider his in-game performance.

After all, Old Ma's performance is not fundamentally different from AFK.

Pei Qian was having a good time watching.

If he were in this game himself, and a teammate of Old Ma, he might have been unable to resist cursing.

But as an observer, Pei Qian had only one thought now.

Is there any food?

Give me two bowls, I'm so hungry!

He couldn't help but feel sorry for Ma Yang's four teammates, who were clearly a level above the opposing team, but were having such a difficult time.

However, as Pei Qian watched, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Excessive joy breeds sorrow!

Wait, this version of GOG… seems a little off?

Ma Yang's last-hitting is so terrible, how come his equipment isn't lagging behind too much?

Also, isn't his hero a support?

Ma Yang picked up a kill with the help of his teammates and got a bounty of 800 yuan?

Because these settings were relatively familiar to Pei Qian, he didn't immediately realize what was wrong.

But after thinking about it for a while, he immediately realized that something was wrong!

The original design of GOG wasn't like this, because the game started by copying "Shen Qi"!

Looking more closely, not only had the rules for last-hitting and bounty changed, but even the map seemed to be smaller than before, and the elements on the map had also undergone slight modifications!

Pei Qian's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly felt a chill.

What's going on!

Who changed this game? Why is it getting worse and worse?

He wanted to take a closer look, but the game was already over.

Although they spent most of the time playing four-on-five, Ma Yang's four strong teammates were too powerful, and they still won.

Ma Yang took off his headphones and said contentedly, "Winning streak!"

"The special training period a while ago really improved my skills. Now I can even win streaks in solo queue!"

The surrounding employees applauded and showered him with rainbow farts.

"President Ma is making rapid progress!"

"Actually, President Ma's skills were already very good, he just hadn't met good teammates."

"Although President Ma didn't get the MVP this game, the role he played was actually the biggest of the five people on the winning side!"

Pei Qian: "…"

Old Ma, the Arbor Day of this year has passed for more than half a year, how come you still haven't been able to plant a B tree in your heart?

Moreover, you've hired a bunch of flatterers… I can't even listen to it anymore!

Forget it, flatterers are not important.

I still have to figure out the problem with GOG first!

Pei Qian was a little speechless. Haven't Li Yada and Bao Xu gone to the United States to play?

How can they still cause me trouble when they are so far away?

Or did they deliberately plant a bomb for me before they went abroad?

Fortunately, I came to Old Ma today to borrow notes, otherwise I don't know how long I would have been kept in the dark!

Pei Qian subconsciously wanted to ask about the game, but then he thought, how could this group of investment people from Yuancheng Chuangtou understand GOG?

Forget it, I'll explore the answers myself!

Someone had already pulled over a chair for President Pei to sit next to Ma Yang.

Pei Qian cleared his throat: "Did you bring the thing?"

Ma Yang nodded quickly: "I brought it, Brother Qian, keep it safe."

As he said, he took out a black hardcover notebook that looked quite low-key from the drawer.

Pei Qian reached out to take it and handed it to his driver, Xiao Sun, who had come with him.

Xiao Sun quickly put the hardcover notebook into his briefcase and packed it for President Pei.

No one dared to look too closely.

What is this notebook?

Probably some very important commercial secret information!

Otherwise, why would President Pei have made a special trip to personally pick it up from President Ma?

After collecting the notes for the only closed-book exam course during the exam week, Pei Qian planned to go back and find a copy shop to make a copy and memorize it for a while when he had time.

However, the top priority was still to solve the problem with GOG.

"It's been a long time since we played together, want to play a game?" Pei Qian suggested.

Ma Yang was very happy: "Okay, Brother Qian! I'll show you the results of my special training recently!"

Pei Qian: "…"

He has no trust in the results of Ma Yang's special training!

Four big bosses playing with you, and no one will flame you no matter how badly you play. If a veteran slacker like Ma Yang can improve in this environment, then the sun must be rising from the west.

However, Pei Qian's main purpose was to observe the current situation of GOG.

Soon, a ten-person custom game started, and they entered the hero selection interface.

Looking at the dazzling array of heroes, Pei Qian felt a little overwhelmed.

Of course, there weren't that many, only about ten, after all, the game was still in the development stage.

But for Pei Qian, he had never played any of these heroes, so he naturally felt overwhelmed and didn't know who to choose.

Pei Qian clicked on the heroes one by one to view their skills and introductions.

When he flipped to a hero called "Justic Protector Modest," Pei Qian noticed a line of small print below its hero introduction: "This hero is dedicated to President Pei, the chief designer of Tengda Games!"

Hmm?

Pei Qian couldn't help but feel great.

This kind of unintentional rainbow fart is always irresistible!

Since it's my exclusive hero, let's play it!

Pei Qian unhesitatingly locked in this hero called "Justic Protector Modest."

However, after locking it in, he noticed that this hero had so many weapons on his back?

It's okay if there are knives, spears, swords, and halberds, but why are there also pitchforks and brooms?

What does this mean?

Other people's Gates of Babylon are hidden in the void and can be summoned at any time; my Gates of Babylon are stuck on my back?

Other people's Iron Throne is sat under their butts; my Iron Throne is carried on my shoulders?

Is this part a little underdeveloped?

Just as Pei Qian was about to ask, he saw Ma Yang turn his head.

"Oh? Brother Qian, you want to play 'Money-Sprinkling Hedgehog'?"

Pei Qian: "…"

Why are you cursing?

Pei Qian's face darkened: "What money-sprinkling hedgehog? Isn't this the Justic Protector?"

Ma Yang said: "Right, right, right, it's the Justic Protector."

"But it really looks like a hedgehog, and it sprinkles money after being backstabbed, it's so fun!"

Pei Qian: "…"

He really wanted to know who designed this hero. No other meaning, just want to give them a paid travel gift package to the Sahara Desert, Antarctica, and the East African rainforest to broaden their horizons.