Let the Rejected Win One

Lin Zhou smiled. “I was waiting for that.” All match, she had repeated the same retreat so Obsidian’s Path Simulation would conclude she would flee south. At the decisive moment, she sent the three randoms charging south, then doubled back alone. Guided by their “optimal answer,” all five Obsidian players pursued into a narrow ice ravine. Xu Cheng was already prone in the northern bell tower. Her first shot shattered an ice pillar at the ravine entrance. Her second broke the cornice above. Thousands of tons of snow crashed down, burying five players whom stolen talent had directed onto the same perfect path. Five to four. The livestream went silent for one second. Then its viewer count shattered the platform record.