In 2016, a multiplayer shooter launched its public beta in China.
Players across the internet were all chasing the popular strategies, and everyone believed that only charging straight into a fight could bring victory.
Lin Shi's in-game ID was [Silence].
When they first saw the ID, opponents and bystanders alike assumed he was a top-tier player who barely spoke.
Then he turned on his mic, and everyone was stunned: the guy never stopped talking.
He wasn't bound to any fixed position and was proficient with all kinds of characters.
He could pull off dazzling duels on the field, or lay traps and calculate his opponents' timing to execute surprise attacks no one else could understand.
He had no one main character. Every match, he chose the strategy best suited to counter his opponents.
A group of young strangers happened to meet amid the public beta and formed an amateur team.
They learned to work together as they fought their way through challenges and faced top amateur teams from every corner, using one ingenious tactic after another to challenge the strategies everyone considered the meta.
Opponents: Watch out for that guy called Silence! You can never guess what trick he'll pull out next match.
Lin Shi, laying out his strategy while complaining: Don't rush. The show is about to begin.
A passionate ensemble story from the pioneering days of the game, following an amateur team on its journey to the top.
