Sharpen Your Axe Before Chopping Wood [Esports]

In the age of esports for all, a game called Fate took the world by storm. A fully immersive battle royale with a hundred players, it focuses on close-quarters combat with traditional weapons like swords, guns, and bows. The thrill of clashing at close range, the tactical dance of blades flashing, and the brutal struggle in which only one in a hundred survives have players hooked. Major esports tournaments around the world are in full swing. Chen Xingran, a weapons master from a family of traditional martial artists, wakes from a long sleep to find himself in a strange new world. He has become an ordinary student at the Capital Esports Academy, and he is desperately struggling to reach Silver rank. Looking at the familiar Tang swords, broadswords, silver spears, daggers, and whips in the game, Chen Xingran falls into thought. This, I know. And so, a terrifying weapons specialist makes his debut in Fate. His swordsmanship is fierce and unpredictable; his greatsword cuts without an edge, his spear strikes like a dragon, and his dagger darts like a serpent. No matter how difficult the weapon, in his hands it becomes a dazzling and dangerous performance. “That’s not how you use a Tang sword.” “Protect my teammates? No need.” “Isn’t it enough to just kill all the enemies?” A legend begins to spread through Fate about a great demon king. They say every professional player who tries to duel him with blades meets a miserable end... But the good news is, this demon king apparently can’t use ranged weapons? His archery is shockingly bad. He can unload a rapid-fire crossbow and still miss every single shot, a true master of outlining people with projectiles. Yang Yunche, captain of Team ZDM, was once an FPS world champion and hailed as the greatest sharpshooter alive. In Fate, he has made his mark with a bow, creating a legend of never missing a shot. Looking at the boy before him, who is wielding a Tang sword and taking on three opponents at once, he says: “Why would I need ranged weapons when you have me?” The boy, blushing as he sharpens his blade after the fight, draws his sword and chases him down three streets. P.S. 1. This is a fictional fully immersive melee battle royale game with plenty of original rules. You can enjoy the story even if you’ve never played a game. 2. The game’s skills and settings are inspired by Naraka: Bladepoint, Apex Legends, Overwatch, and other games. 3. A gentle, old-fashioned weapons master, invincible in close combat but hopeless with guns, is the bottom; an arrow never misses, world-champion top who pretends to lose every day and cries, “Wifey, save me!” 4. This is not a story where the bottom is strong and the top is even stronger. There are a few early losses, but by the middle and later stages, the bottom becomes the strongest player in the story and dominates the matches, with plenty of highlight moments. Please don’t put labels on the author. Let’s keep the reading and the comments friendly. Thank you. Coming soon: After Winning the Esports Championship, I Went to Pilot a Mecha Warfall is a hardcore mecha combat game played in a simulated, fully immersive world. Ji Tianheng, who has just swept the competition and won the Warfall world championship, wakes up in a strange world. He has become the worst student in his school, a spoiled rich kid who throws his family’s money around, with a terrible reputation and everyone hating him. Ji Tianheng: ...Well, I suppose that works. At least I won’t have to worry about food or clothes. Ji Tianheng decides to lie flat and start living a lazy life. Then one day, he sees a monster hundreds of meters tall, as huge as a mountain range, crush the city walls and flatten skyscrapers as it slowly tramples toward the city center. He is almost in despair. Then an equally enormous Titan mech drops from the sky and battles the terrifying beast. Explosions and screams fill the air. Mecha parts break off the Titan and crash to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust. The two mountain-sized figures are like enormous gods from myth, blotting out the sky. Humanity is as insignificant as ants before such power. Ji Tianheng: Stunned.jpg. When he sees the Titan’s cockpit, packed with dense wiring and control buttons, Ji Tianheng: This looks familiar. Ji Tianheng: ...Isn’t this the control interface from Warfall? At some point, terrifying beasts began appearing in the vast, boundless ocean. The only things capable of fighting them are the rare and powerful Titans. Every Titan pilot is a precious asset to humanity. As yet another satellite city is about to fall, with beasts rampaging across the land and despair spreading everywhere, people close their eyes and pray with desperate devotion: If this world has a savior, please come and save us. The boy sits in the cockpit at the heart of the Titan and loosens his gloves. He glances at the city’s buildings, barely reaching the mech’s waist. Buildings that humans have to crane their necks to see now look like tiny blocks, as if one gentle push could knock them over. He expertly works the complex controls overhead, lays a hand on the control stick, and grins as he faces the enormous beast bearing down on him like a mountain range. Ji Tianheng: Thanks for the invitation. I’m here. * Everyone says that the young master adopted by the Ji family is spoiled and unruly, lazy, and good for nothing. They say the Ji family will be ruined within a few years. Then one day, at a globally televised awards ceremony, they see the savior surrounded by a mysterious aura. Champion of the global Titan League, pilot of a Celestial-class Titan, mysterious ace who saved a satellite city, and hailed as humanity’s greatest treasure and its hope for the future. When Ji Tianheng calmly rises and walks onto the stage to accept the gold medal, Everyone: ...!!! Yikes, that stings. Theme: Promote traditional culture and the charm of a martial world filled with flashing blades