After Bai Pu finished choosing on his side, the other team still had one last pick slot open.
When they saw Bai Pu choose Puppet Master, the other side seemed very disdainful. They sent a bubble emote of a thumbs-down, then picked a hero fitted with mechanical prosthetics, one with quite a cyberpunk style.
"Why did they send me an emote? Is Puppet Master really weak?"
Bai Pu felt like Feng Shenxiu might have tricked him.
"No, Puppet Master is very strong. He just takes mechanics. You know, multithreading. The other side probably saw we didn't pick a marksman and is mocking our lineup for being unprofessional."
Feng Shenxiu comforted him, "Relax, Steel Heart. With our human performance, we'll crush them eight streets over."
"What does human performance mean?" Dragon-Man Jin Jiao asked in confusion.
"Ahem, it means our mechanical skill as players," Feng Shenxiu said.
Both sides finished picking.
Bai Pu was on the blue side, and the opposing team was on the red side.
The game was divided into three lanes: top lane, mid lane, and bottom lane. Of course, there were also clashes in the jungle.
Top lane: blue side "Ember Extinguisher" versus red side "Wasteland Totem."
Mid lane: blue side "Molten Executioner" versus red side "Ice Crystal Empress."
Bottom lane: blue side's "Puppet Master" plus "Light Forger" duo versus red side's "Mechanical Spirit Archer" plus "Void Star-Painter" duo.
Jungle: blue side "Chronos Traveler" versus red side "Arcane Artisan."
With a clang, both sides loaded into the game.
During the map-loading phase, Feng Shenxiu was still constantly explaining game strategy.
"Our jungler is an assassin, so let's start in the lower jungle. Steel Heart, help him hit it a few extra times so An Ren doesn't get killed by the monsters..."
An Ren gave a disdainful laugh.