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The launch of the new version had pushed DOTA's concurrent player count to another all-time high.

The moment Zhang Yi, Song Ren, and Wang Han queued up together, a match-found notification immediately popped up.

"These AI actually look the part! They're even like professional players?" Upon entering the hero selection screen, Zhang Yi could not help but sigh.

A team called WINGS GAMING appeared on the opposing side.

"What's there to fear? All these fancy tricks—watch Shadow Fiend Nessaj carry you to victory." Song Ren remained quite confident.

But before he could make his selection, he saw an AI named Blink Blink Blink directly reserve his Shadow Fiend.

At the same time, the other four AI opponents instantly selected their heroes as well: Faceless Void in the carry position, Silencer as support, and Skywrath Mage with Axe in the bottom lane. They looked extremely aggressive.

"Damn, these bots are cheating! They picked five heroes right off the bat!" Song Ren was dumbfounded as he watched the hero he wanted get taken.

In regular matchmaking, hero picks were made one round at a time. Why were the bots stealing heroes too?

"Then what are you playing, Old Song? Shadow Fiend is really strong in lane." Zhang Yi and Wang Han asked after selecting their own heroes.

They had picked Wraith King and Ogre Magi. Wang Han had originally wanted to play Techies.

Unfortunately, a random player had snatched Techies first. But that player was clearly queueing with friends too. Without another word, the two of them claimed the top lane and picked a rather imaginative Pudge-Techies combination.

Though the game had not begun yet, considering Techies' abilities, it was easy to imagine what this combination was for: hooking enemies onto Techies' bombs and blowing them up.

"What are you scared of?