Steel Helmets Over There, Don't Smoke (Seeking Monthly Votes)

It turns out Jiang Yang's feeling was spot on.

After losing the first full buy round, Tyloo seemed to stabilize, but in reality, they launched a second-wave rush on A.

This A Area rush wasn't synchronized with any special tactics; it was purely like playing on a ladder.

However, Tyloo's members had solid Marksmanship, and they forcefully took down players in A Area, securing the round.

Steel Helmets didn't end up with zero points, but Tyloo's Marksmanship was truly impressive, making their individual 1v1s quite challenging.

Coupled with their economy being shattered afterward, the score unknowingly climbed to 3:6.

Steel Helmets finally saved enough money to buy Jiang Yang a sniper rifle.

However, in this round, MO and Su Di attempted a push on B Area, but somebody shut them down completely from the second floor of B, causing B site to collapse.

Jiang Yang, rotating back, managed to take down three enemies with his sniper rifle, but without grenades and running out of time, he could only save his weapon.

Steel Helmets proactively called a tactical timeout for adjustments.

"Tyloo is playing like they don't respect us!" DD said in voice chat. "They're just rushing out one after another like this?"

Tyloo's playstyle was too sudden; they hadn't been properly defended against in the previous one or two rounds and were simply dealt with by Marksmanship.

Later, with economic issues, they lost more points overall.

Actually, Tyloo wasn't putting too much pressure on them as a whole.

Jiang Yang felt alright, but due to timing and setup issues, he had been rotating back for the first few rounds.

His teammates hadn't managed to get effective trades, making it difficult for him.

A sniper rifle has its pros and cons; the most frustrating part is that it's difficult to push forward quickly when rotating back.

"With my position, how about MO covers B2楼 for me? I'll solo hold B Area and watch the gap from B2楼," Jiang Yang suggested.

MO understood the young man's frustration, but he still refused. "Let's double B. I'll watch B Small with my Desert Eagle and act as your bodyguard when you save."

The economy for this round wasn't good; besides Jiang Yang, only DD had a rifle.

So, they had to prepare for the possibility that Jiang Yang's sniper rifle wouldn't see anyone, and they'd have to save their weapons afterward.

However, Jiang Yang still wanted to proactively create some advantage for the team.

The timeout ended, and he headed straight for the B2 floor.

"Jiang Yang saved a sniper rifle, but Steel Helmets' overall setup is a bit weak," Wan Ji Qi sighed.

"The sniper rifle is on B2 floor this round; are they planning to snipe the gap?"

Standing on the B2 floor, aiming down the sniper rifle provides an angle to see the gap behind the B2 floor entrance.

As soon as the enemy enters the B2 floor or jumps into the Sewer, they will be detected.

However, the gap isn't large, requiring extremely quick Reaction to operate.

Generally, only snipers who are extremely confident in themselves would operate from this position.

Jiang Yang set up his sniper rifle, staring intently at the gap on the B2 floor.

As he waited patiently, the moment he saw the gap turn black, he immediately pulled the trigger and jumped down.

"If the enemy pushes directly from close range, Jiang Yang definitely can't hold it; he'll have to peek again for a second shot."

"But he got a penetration shot!!" Wan Ji Qi exclaimed. "Tyloo likes to silently cross, and Little Ghost was instantly left with one shot's health."

"The only silver lining is that he wasn't killed by the enemy's penetration, but is Tyloo falling into the rhythm of just rushing B again when they face issues?"

"However, Jiang Yang fired a shot with his sniper rifle in B Area and immediately rotated back to A, so the pressure on B Area is immense!"

Jiang Yang's thought process was actually reasonable.

After firing a shot in B Area, the enemy should realize he has a sniper rifle and try to avoid it.

If he continued to hold with his sniper rifle in B Area, it would yield no further benefit.

But then, as the VIP smoke and the smoke inside the Archway deployed, Jiang Yang realized something was wrong.

As expected, Tyloo launched a B Area pincer attack.

"Tyloo employed a reverse psychology tactic; they thought since your sniper rifle fired a shot, you should have rotated to A, so they decided to rush B again with speed."

"MO is the only one defending B site. MO, with a Desert Eagle, first took down SLOWLY, who was flashed by his own teammate, with two shots!"

"But with the second floor opening up, is there still room to maneuver?"

"MO damaged one, this position... no chance."

Meanwhile, on A site, Jiang Yang killed Little Ghost, who was trying to sneak through the Archway to cut off their retreat, with a single sniper shot.

He forcefully turned a 1v3 situation into a 3v3.

DD, who rotated back first, had already reinforced, but unfortunately, his timing entering B site was poor. Several times he saw enemies near cover, and in the end, he was outplayed and killed.

DD helplessly reported in voice chat: "Two of them are low health! The kind that might die in one shot!"

This made the situation rather difficult.

Although the enemy team's health was low, holding the bombsite in a clutch situation could still be very effective as long as they had the numbers.

Jiang Yang, who had rotated back to the supermarket first, quietly held the position with his sniper rifle. He had seen one person on the minimap here earlier, plus the bomb planter near the bombsite.

That left only one person whose position was unknown.

Fortunately, it was a 2v3 clutch, and xiaosage had also picked up Little Ghost's dropped AK, leaving some room for maneuver.

They were still trailing in score, which put a lot of overall pressure on them.

Even though the clutch was difficult, Jiang Yang still wanted to give it a try.

Jiang Yang spoke to xiaosage, "Let's try to push. The enemy's health isn't high."

"I'll cover the sofa for you, you push forward."

A sniper holding a position and an assault rifle pushing forward was the best solution in a clutch.

Xiaosage grunted and slowly began to push forward from the supermarket entrance.

The atmosphere gradually became tense. Jiang Yang's sniper scope was aimed at the position where the enemy had peeked from behind the sofa, but his attention was focused on the area near the white van and the bombsite.

This was because he had to guard against the bomb planter making a proactive play.

Xiaosage's positioning wasn't great. As he peeked forward with his upper body, he inadvertently made a sound.

Baicai, who was at the sofa position, heard the footsteps from the supermarket entrance and couldn't resist peeking out proactively, wanting to end the clutch.

But the moment he peeked, he saw Cang Yingtou at the supermarket entrance holding a sniper rifle.

"Bang!"

[Young+captainMO used AWP to kill Attacker]

"Jiang Yang held off the person who peeked proactively from the supermarket. Tyloo actually pushed out in a clutch situation?" Wan Ji Qi sounded surprised but continued casting, "Cy1 at B Small knew someone was out at the supermarket and pushed out to try and take down xiaosage, but he lost the fight!!"

"This leaves Danking in the bombsite facing a 1v2 clutch. The situation has instantly reversed!!"

"Danking used 'Qin Wang' movement to try and stall for time, but after a quick check, Steel Helmets knew there was no one by the white van and began to defuse while holding an angle."

"Danking heard the defuse sound and pushed out, taking down one. He tried to escape, but Jiang Yang's shot!!!"

Wan Ji Qi's voice suddenly became much louder.

From his perspective, Jiang Yang's play in this round was incredibly bold!

He was standing on the white van, not scoped in, waiting for xiaosage to defuse.

From Jiang Yang's personal perspective, his attention seemed to be more on B2.

Danking burst out from the B Small bombsite position, shot xiaosage, and immediately retreated.

At this moment, Jiang Yang instantly executed the actions of turning, scoping, and acquiring a target.

His arrogant positioning, lightning-fast reaction, and precise aim.

All of it astonished the viewers watching the stream.

But the match wasn't over yet. The moment Jiang Yang took down Danking, he immediately moved to defuse.

However, because Danking's 'Qin Wang' maneuver had wasted a significant amount of time, Jiang Yang, without defuse kit, reached the C4 just as the ten-second countdown began.

The viewers' hearts tensed up again.

Could it be that after winning the clutch, they still wouldn't win the round?

"Little Sheep is defusing! O.O Can he defuse it?! It's about to explode! He's going to defuse it!" Wan Ji Qi watched the screen nervously, starting to babble incoherently.

As the ticking of the C4 grew more urgent, many felt that it was probably over.

However, just before the C4 exploded, the defuse bar disappeared.

Wan Ji Qi immediately shouted excitedly, "He got it! He got the C4 with a 'Ming Dao Si Ming'!"

"Damn, this Little Sheep really became the ultimate carry for Steel Helmets!" Wan Ji Qi chuckled. "Last round he went 1v3 and lost, and this round he's going 1v3 again and defusing himself!"

"His easy shots are always on point, and even difficult shots are manageable. He truly has the aura of a peak device!"

Wan Ji Qi took a deep breath. "This kid is really carrying the responsibility! Tyloo must be stunned!"

[Holy crap, Yang God!!]

[That last shot was insane, right?]

[This Yang God took 4 shots and didn't miss a single one, this guy is too much]

[Across two rounds he sniped 6, pure monster]

[Is Tyloo even human? They lost a 3v2 clutch one by one]

[Holding an angle would have guaranteed a win, but they insisted on peeking and feeding kills, I'm impressed by Tyloo]

The livestream chat erupted, and the Steel Helmets' voice comms also exploded.

"Little Sheep is awesome!!!"

"My palms were sweating watching this."

"This round was truly a clutch moment."

Jiang Yang's adrenaline was also surging wildly. This round was too extreme; it had scared him quite a bit.

The score had already reached 4:7, and the gap between the two teams wasn't that large.

Jiang Yang spoke up to rally them, "Come on, come on! We haven't fallen behind by much, let's try to catch up!"

The first half ended, and the score was finally fixed at 7:8, with Steel Helmets still trailing Tyloo by one point.

Actually, they had a chance to overtake.

After Jiang Yang secured that incredible clutch, Steel Helmets' morale had improved significantly, and they had caught up by several points.

However, when the match reached the final round of the first half, a small incident occurred.

At that moment, Jiang Yang only saw the referee's reminder appear on the public chat.

Referee: Steel Helmets, no smoking.

This directly caused the old timers on Steel Helmets to start cursing in voice chat.

The final round felt off in every way, and they lost in a strange manner.

During the halftime break, DD complained, "We could have fought back, but the referee directly ganked us. How are we supposed to play like this?"

Xiaosage also said, "This referee is targeting us. The opposing Tyloo must be chewing betel nuts, why isn't he saying anything about that?"

This made Jiang Yang laugh heartily, and he joined in, "This referee is biased! This is unfair!!"

Xiaosage exclaimed loudly, "If they don't let us smoke, we won't play anymore. They don't even let us smoke in online matches!"

Jiang Yang didn't have a smoking habit, but the old timers on Steel Helmets all liked to smoke while playing games.

However, a lot of the time, they wouldn't actually smoke during matches; they just liked to hold the cigarette between their fingers, making themselves look busy.

The referee not letting them smoke made them feel uncomfortable all over.

But they were just joking; the impact wasn't that significant.

MO said, "The referee ganked us, which means Tyloo is under a lot of pressure. Everyone played well in the first half, and we were only one point away from tying them. Come on, let's go!"

Inside the Tyloo training room.

A group of people were quite surprised that Steel Helmets had managed to score 7 points in the first half.

Danking said, "Our old captain is quite strong, he put a lot of pressure on us."

Baicai said, "It's mainly Ma Xixi's cousin; that sniper is really fierce. He rarely misses a shot. I only managed to kill him once in the entire first half, and I don't know how many times he had me locked down."

Danking didn't say anything. As a sniper, he was directly matched against Jiang Yang.

Although it wasn't many times, his performance in the first half was truly worse than Jiang Yang's.

During their duels, he also felt a lot of pressure.

The scoreboard was opened; the opposing kid had already achieved a record of 23/2/11 in the first half.

Besides Jiang Yang, among the remaining players on Steel Helmets, only DD had gotten 11 kills; everyone else was in the single digits.

The most tragic, Su Di, only got 2 kills.

Looking at these stats at a glance, anyone could tell who was performing well.

He was truly quite strong.

As a fellow sniper, Ma Xixi intentionally tried to find opportunities for "young" (Jiang Yang).

With this level of performance, Tyloo might very well look to recruit players.

If his position were truly taken, Tie Dan would instantly feel immense pressure.

Entering the pistol round of the second half, MO called for a pincer tactic involving the Archway and A2.

Jiang Yang was responsible for flanking from the A2 side, while the main force began their push from the Archway.

As a flanking member, Jiang Yang's job was to wait patiently for the front line to engage first.

"The main force is gathering at the Archway. As soon as this smoke clears, both sides will engage based on Reaction!"

"Danking was instantly killed, but he still managed to trade one!"

"And what's going on with B Small? Little Ghost took down one from behind, then another two!"

"DD finally turned around and got a kill, but this whole play was a disaster!"

The 4-Archway tactic only resulted in a 3-for-2 trade, instantly putting them under immense pressure.

"Little Sheep is finally coming out of the A2 Floor, but will he be able to predict that someone is hiding in the close angle on the A2 Floor?"

On this map, Jiang Yang's pre-aiming and clearing order were unmatched by anyone in Asia.

From the A2 Floor, using a half-body position, he peeked at the VIP entrance and Sandwich, then looked at the second-floor headshot angle, and finally cleared the corner on the right.

His teammate hadn't cleared this position, so Jiang Yang had to be wary.

Then, the next second, he saw someone rush out.

Jiang Yang was ready. As he crouched, he slightly adjusted his aim.

"Bang!"

[Young used Glock to headshot and kill summer]

As he got this kill, he heard a shout in voice chat: "CT Spawn phone booth!"

Without hesitation, the moment Jiang Yang turned his head to peek, he finished adjusting his aim.

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!"

The Glock fired rhythmically, successfully headshotting and killing the CT at CT Spawn.

[Young used Glock to headshot and kill Attacker]

"What's going on all of a sudden! CY1 on A2 Floor, fearing that DD from the platform would come to trouble him, actively wanted to rush into A2 Floor, but was directly held down by Cousin!"

"The moment Cousin took him down, he immediately pulled out and took down the CT at CT Spawn as well. Within seconds, the numbers have completely reversed!"

"I don't even know what Tyloo is doing. It was clearly an advantage in terms of kills, but they inexplicably dropped dead!"

"This way, only SLOWLY at B site is left!"

"The two people at A site chose to hide in a one-on-one situation and dropped the bomb at A1."

"SLOWLY came back to defend and went directly to search A1, but he didn't even beat DD!"

As the last kill information of the pistol round appeared, Steel Helmets successfully secured victory in the pistol round.

This was also the first time in this match that Steel Helmets had tied the score!

This chapter is 4K words. There should be another chapter of around 4K words today.