"Both captains are onstage. Please call the coin toss."
"Captain Bai Xiaowen called heads correctly. Captain Han Xinyue, please ban one of the six modes. It will not be used in this match."
"Captain Han Xinyue has banned King of the Hill Mode from SOLO Mode. Captain Bai Xiaowen, please make your ban."
"Captain Bai Xiaowen has chosen an Empty Ban. Captain Bai must be very confident in his team's strength. Let's hope he isn't too confident."
Bai Xiaowen merely smiled when he heard the weathered-looking host take a veiled jab at him in a cutesy voice.
He wasn't angry. The man was a local commentator from Luzhou, after all.
It was the man's tone that gave Bai Xiaowen the creeps.
"Now for the mode draw... All right, the big screen shows that the selected mode is—Crystal Destruction Mode!"
"In Crystal Destruction Mode, a map will be chosen from three popular MOBA games of the Common Era. Each captain will ban one game, then a version of the remaining game's map will be drawn at random. Captain Bai Xiaowen, please ban first."
"Honor of Kings," Bai Xiaowen said calmly.
"League of Legends," Han Xinyue followed.
"All right, the map will come from Dota. Let's see which version is drawn..."
"Stop! This match of Crystal Destruction Mode will use the Dota 6.59c map!"
"As the winner of the coin toss, Captain Bai Xiaowen gets first choice of side! You may choose the Radiant Faction or the Dire Faction."
"Radiant." Bai Xiaowen chose the blue side.
"Then Star-Moon Team will automatically take the Dire Faction. Both teams, please enter and prepare. The match is about to begin!"
Bai Xiaowen and his three teammates headed into the underground passage.
Onstage, the commentator continued addressing the audience:
"In Crystal Destruction Mode, players who are