Chapter 621 Dark Force
Leng Shao knew that the gap between himself and Jian Jian was very huge, so at this time, he never thought about taking the initiative to trouble him.
After all, if you take the initiative to trouble the other party at this time, you are actually just humiliating yourself.
So now you just need to play the game smoothly online to ensure that you can get the corresponding economy and experience.
As for more at this time, there is no need to think so much.
So for a while, the middle lane seemed calm. Leng Shao wanted to take the lane smoothly. At this time, he thought he could take a vacation, be lazy a little, and leave the output tasks to his teammates. .
So there was no excessive suppression, but they were just eating the blue soldiers slowly, and they seemed very harmonious to each other for a while.
The two sides in the middle did not take the initiative to fight with each other, which seemed very harmonious.
At this time, the duel between Crystal Brother and Puppy in the bottom lane is always going on and never stops.
Although Brother Crystal said that his strength is not as good as before, when facing the puppy at this time, it is like a chicken blood. He wants to prove himself and frantically takes the initiative to find opportunities for the opponent. .
Think about last year, Brother Jingshu was beaten to a pulp by a puppy in the bottom lane duel, and his confidence suddenly dropped due to a simple combination with Ah Shui. So now when facing the combination of these two people, Naturally, he wanted to get his place back.
Although he also knew that it would not be easy to regain his position at this time, let alone anything else, just in the bottom lane duel, there was a certain degree of tension between him and the puppy. gap.
What's more, compared to the support, it is not on the same level as the sister, so in terms of a two-man partner, his personal strength has been directly overwhelmed by the opponent.
Now the only thing he can rely on is the characteristics of the hero. Draven is obviously a very strong and domineering combination when laning. At this time, as long as he can occupy a certain advantage, then he can Just keep looking for opportunities for the other party.
Although Brother Crystal played very easily at this time, after all, the puppies and the others are not easy people, so at this time, they have always played to the limit in the bottom lane.
The field director and the opponent's jungler also came frequently to take care of them at this time.
So at this time, the bottom lane is like playing mahjong, it seems very lively.
It’s just that obviously in the early stage, the monkey is not that strong after all. On the other hand, after the third level, the pig girl has a full set of skills, and she can directly take the initiative to find trouble for the opponent.
So at the beginning, it was naturally more direct to grow here. In addition to this, the factory director, as a legendary veteran, was quite strong at this time and had very rich experience. In contrast, there is no comparison between OMG's new young player and the factory director.
In terms of personal strength, he was directly crushed, so in terms of rhythm, he was naturally easily dominated by the factory director.
The factory director directly drove the rhythm at this time and began to come to the bottom lane to put pressure on the opponent.
So much so that Brother Crystal no longer dared to suppress it as unscrupulously as before.
After all, once the jungler seizes the opportunity, the result can be imagined. He will be easily suppressed by the opponent, and then he will have a very uncomfortable life online.
Brother Crystal is naturally very clear about the strength of his own jungler. It is also for this reason that he can only restrain his edge at this time.
He knows very well that his own jungler is not as good as others. If he is very aggressive and takes the initiative to find trouble for the opponent, then he is just asking for discomfort. He is still quite clear about this. of.
At this time, the puppy, because of its strong jungler, when facing Brother Crystal, took the initiative to find trouble for the opponent.
Although the opponent is said to be Draven, he is actually not too afraid of him. He only needs to show his style.
So much so that the two sides are constantly looking for each other to fight at this time, and from time to time they will directly lower the opponent's blood line. However, both sides are very restrained. Once they enter a dangerous line, they will They will directly choose to retreat, without giving the opponent a chance to take action.
So much so that even if the opponent's jungler is nearby, each of them has certain concerns, resulting in a stable state at this time.
So much so that the audience who originally thought there would be some kills sighed with regret when they saw this scene.
After all, what they want to see most at this time is naturally a direct solo kill or a line kill when they are facing each other.
If well-known players like Little Dog and Crystal Brother play very aggressively in the laning and directly kill the opponent, these viewers will naturally like this.
Now that we have reached this level, in fact, everyone knows that all that needs to be done next is to gain certain resource advantages and plunder a large amount of economy directly when online. At that time, all they need to do is forcefully suppress the opponent's development, or call their teammates to come over for support.
After all, whether it is the mid laner or the top laner on both sides, each has a teleport, and in addition, there is a jungler, so if you directly call your teammates over for support, when the time comes This will lead to the situation of using more to defeat less.
Brother Crystal has temporarily restrained his edge due to his own jungler, but Draven's strength is still very direct.
Therefore, in addition to clearing the line of troops, from time to time he would throw his ax at the puppies or girls to lower their health lines and give himself a slight advantage when facing the line.
In terms of single-target damage, it is obvious that Draven's ax is very high. It is also for this reason that the puppy and the girl were killed. Although there was a jungler nearby to help at this time, But I don't dare to be too aggressive, for fear that if the opponent seizes the opportunity, in fact, the opponent's damage can force them to be killed instantly.
But in this case, the situation will be very uncomfortable for them to eat first.
After all, looking at the simple appearance now, you can tell that the middle lane is ready to fish, so the pressure on the lane must be placed on the upper and lower lanes. There is nothing to say about the top lane. Brother Holy Gun at this time It just took the advantage.
The opponent's top laner was no match for him when facing Brother Holy Spear.
But after all, Brother Crystal doesn't have any counterattacks in the bottom lane, so the puppy still plays a little more cautiously at this time.
The opponent needs to be a little more obscene, but at this time you need to be more cautious in your position, so each of you has a certain degree of restraint at this time.
So as far as the lane aspect is concerned, there is actually nothing much to say. The next step is just to proceed step by step, and everyone knows what they are doing.
It is to accumulate a certain economic advantage online first, and then go over and actively find the opponent to fight after you have the economic advantage.
In this case, when the time comes, kill the opponent directly to give yourself the online advantage, and then snowball, and move everything in the direction of the prosperous age. You can win so easily. The victory of the game.
Because the gap between them on the top lane is too big, Brother Holy Spear naturally has a very comfortable life when laning.
After consuming in the early stage and directly crippling the opponent's state, he soon got some of his own on the top lane and got a good start. The audience at the scene immediately became excited after seeing the good start of Brother Shengqiang. Cheers burst out
Although it was just a first blood, for these fans, it is their mission to support their favorite players and teams.
At this moment, I saw EDG get first blood first, which is naturally exciting.
And this was achieved on the top road, which is even more valuable.
Now Brother Shengqiang's condition is getting better and better, so these fans are naturally very happy.
In the past, everyone thought that the top laner was their weak point. After all, there was no need to doubt the middle and bottom players too much.
But the top laner will be suppressed or killed from time to time, so the audience can't help but sweat for them.
But judging from the current situation, Brother Holy Spear obviously walked out directly at this time and completely transformed himself.
So under this situation, Holy Spear Brother played extremely unrestrainedly, which is naturally a very good thing for the team.
The three C-positions, top, middle and bottom, all have strong personal strengths, and the hero pool is also very deep, so that even if the opponent wants to target them, they will have no way to target them. In this way, their tactics will be more varied. .
And because of the simple existence, when they were doing BP at this time, they naturally had the upper hand.
After all, there are a few heroes who are very powerful, and the opponent simply doesn’t dare to release them directly.
So at this time, the opponent can only directly suppress these heroes, which makes the positioning very tense now.
When facing those powerful heroes, there are not enough triggers to directly put them in, so in terms of duel, they are naturally invincible.
As long as they have sufficient tactical reserves in the future, they will naturally be able to live very comfortably when facing each other.
Just because when facing these teams, for EDG, there is no need at all.
So even though there are a lot of tactical arrangements, they have never been able to take them out. After all, they have directly defeated the opponent easily. Under this situation, some pressure There is no need to take out what you ordered.
It is also because of this reason that for EDG people, it is actually quite easy and comfortable to face any opponent at this time. At this time, they only rely on their strong personal strength to directly fight in the line. Suppress the opponent.
Then you have to complete your tasks step by step, go and plunder a large amount of resources, and then quickly suppress the opponent when laning or playing in a group to complete the harvesting task, which is considered a victory.
When facing a strong team, you still need to hold on to the opponent a little bit, and the fight is back-and-forth.
After some struggle, they defeated the opponent with difficulty, but when they encountered a team like OMG, it was obvious that they did not pose any threat at all.
So much so that at this time, the three lines were all suppressing each other, causing EDG's economic lead to be unknowingly exaggerated.
The main economic lead comes from the top lane. After all, the economy obtained by the middle and lower lanes at this time is almost continuous. Even if there is a certain difference, it is still very rare. Just one or two hundred at most.
But because there was a direct single kill on the top lane, Brother Holy Spear's advantage at this time was naturally infinite.
Others in EDG are also quite happy about this. After all, the stronger the Holy Spear brother is playing. As teammates, the more they can benefit from it.
You can be a little lazy during the battle and let him directly take on the main task.
After seeing the top laners playing like this, Miller and the others shook their heads.
Because the top laner is already like this, and if the two people in the middle and bottom are fighting with each other, it will naturally become more intense. The reason why there is no movement now is just that they don’t care. Just these things.
In fact, there is nothing much to say about the middle lane. At the beginning, Leng Shao used his sand soldiers to stand forward, opened his position far away, and used his sand soldiers to finish the attack. After all the last hits are taken, the follow-up has nothing to do with him.
Because the sand soldiers can silently accumulate, it is enough for him at this time.
It doesn’t matter if he simply faces such a situation. After all, for him, at this time, he can obtain the corresponding economy during the laning. Even if he has completed his mission, there is nothing else. You need to pay too much attention.
Anyway, at this point, all he needs to do is to obtain a large amount of resources. After economics, he will take the initiative to find trouble for the other party.
Whether it is Leng Shao who is facing him in the middle lane, or whether he goes to the upper and lower lanes and directly kills the opponent's top laner and bottom lane combination, it is considered as something he has done for the team. contribute.
I just decided to fish, so I don’t have to be so tired this time.
As long as you manage your own one-third of an acre of land, it's enough. As for the other things, they are simply not within the scope of your examination, so you can't care about so much.
Because of this, the mid lane laning at this time is actually beyond Leng Shao’s expectation.
He originally thought that when he was facing the opponent, he would spare no effort to come forward to fight with him, exchange blood, directly suppress himself through his strong personal strength, and then directly force himself out of experience outside the area, or even rush home to resupply.
In this case, when I face simplicity again, it is obvious that my economic level has been directly stretched by the opponent without knowing it.
The two will be unequal at that time, but in fact the situation is completely different from what I want.
When facing a laning battle, Jian Jian has always seemed quite useless. He just silently eats up the troops in front of him. As for other things, he doesn't pay much attention to them at all. His main focus is to stay out of his own business.
Seeing the smooth development of Jian Jian and himself, Young Master Leng could not help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time.
After all, he knows very well how huge the gap between his personal strength and simplicity is at this time. Under this situation, if the other party takes the initiative to trouble him, he actually doesn't have much resistance. power.
But now that he simply does not take the initiative to go out, but chooses to have a stable laning with him, for him at this time, it means that his laning period will be rich for a long time to come. Colorful.
Both sides used their skills to test each other. The dark magic ball faced the past, and then the weak ones retreated. It was a pity that because the Tsar's position was very far away, simple skills There was no way to reach him.
Young Master Leng had already made up his mind at this time anyway, hiding far behind his injuries. If the other party came to take action against him, he would retreat immediately.
It is also because of this reason that it is easy to find a suitable opportunity to take action against him at this time. After all, he is already so insignificant. Under this situation, if he can still be given by himself If he catches up, he is indeed underestimating the opponent's strength.
In addition to the alignment in the middle, the collision in the jungle has also begun at this time.
Although Monkey said that he was a little weaker in group play in the early stage, in fact, his personal combat power is still quite top-notch.
Especially when he met a pig girl in the jungle, he was even more heartbroken. He felt that if he killed the legendary veteran of the factory director first, he would also become famous accordingly. Once he comes, he will be considered successful.
For new players, what they desire most is to make a name for themselves in the professional arena. Obviously OMG's jungler is no exception.
Especially when you encounter a legendary veteran like the factory director, if you can kill him, it will be equivalent to stepping on him to become the leader. The attention that will be attracted by then will be unimaginable. of.
After all, EDG is at its peak now, and a large number of fans come to watch the game, and there are countless more on the Internet.
So when I show my face in front of so many people, I will be remembered by most people at that time. If I can play stronger at this time, it will not be impossible to directly become the next star player by then. possible.
But actually Monkey thinks so, but the real situation is that the gap between him and the factory director is extremely huge.
So much so that it seems that Monkey is more powerful in single combat in the jungle at this time, but when facing Pig Girl, the strength of the two sides is not equal at all, so it seems that they are a meat and a warrior hero. But when the fight actually started, people were shocked to find that it was completely reversed.
There is nothing to say at this time in the middle lane. Jian Jian and Leng Shao each took care of their own troop lines, and then waited for the next wave of troop lines to come up.
At this time, he did not take the initiative to fight with the opponent, so he seemed very calm. But at this moment, for Jian Jian, facing such a situation, he would not really let it go for the time being.
Even if he wants to be lazy, he must first eat up all the resources, economy, etc. he deserves, and then allow himself to retain the strength to make a comeback.
So at this time, it is natural to directly hold down Leng Shao when facing the line. Even if he does not go to the sideline to provide support, he must at least ensure that Leng Shao cannot go over to provide support at this time, so that both sides are fair.
For this point, Leng Shao is not so clear at this time, but in any case, it is a good thing for him to be able to conduct laning smoothly.
Anyway, my own demand is to be able to stabilize my position during the laning, and then just delay the time and wait as long as possible for my equipment to take shape. In this way, I will have enough equipment as a Support, their strength will also increase accordingly at that time.
Especially with the existence of the Tsar, the longer they delay, the stronger the Tsar will be by then.
When the time comes, with enough equipment as support, the Tsar will be able to produce a devastating effect.
Syndra cannot match this point. In terms of burst, Syndra is naturally at a higher level, but the Tsar's continuous output ability is not something that ordinary mage heroes can surpass you.
Because of this, at this time, Leng Shao thought that as long as he could wait quietly, he would naturally be able to reap the corresponding rewards. In this way, when facing the opponent, he would do the same. Able to make appropriate judgments.
It’s just that I don’t care about Master Leng’s ideas at this time. Anyway, no matter what kind of crafts or things, as long as there is a market, someone will naturally carry out it.
Now Leng Shao wants to face off against Simple and Stable, and the situation is indeed going smoothly, but this is just an illusion.
Simple, of course, it is impossible to stay in the middle lane all the time. Nothing is wrong. At this time, if the opponent wants to take action against his teammates, he will naturally take action accordingly.
The middle lane is stable, and as for the bottom lane, it is indeed playing more and more aggressively at this time. At first, due to the existence of junglers on both sides, there were certain concerns between each other, but after the junglers left, only the remaining junglers were left. If the Lu combination comes together like this, it is actually a good thing for Brother Mercury and the others.
The reason why they did not choose to attack the opponent before was just because they were afraid of the factory director's existence, but now that the factory director is gone, it means that they can attack directly without any worries.
But in fact, even if the factory director is not nearby at this time, there is a gap in strength between Brother Jingshu and Xiao Xiao. Even if they want to take the initiative to target them at this time, facing Xiao Xiao and Xiao Xiao When the two of them combined, they couldn't take advantage of anything useful at this time.
So at this time, Brother Crystal can only choose to conduct the laning smoothly, and first improve his level and equipment.
After all, he carries a lot of glory value layers at this time. If he is killed directly by someone, it will be a real heavy loss for him.
The price of dying once is too huge, so Brother Crystal is naturally reluctant to bear such a loss at this time.
So at this time, it is natural to stabilize directly when facing the line.
At this time, their jungler did not continue to stay on the bottom lane, but went to the middle lane to find simple trouble.
But even if it is simply fishing in the middle, the opponent cannot just find his own opportunities.
So after seeing the opponent coming, a dark magic ball passed over, and the weak one retreated and pushed over, directly knocking the monkey unconscious on the spot, and then retreated directly, without giving the opponent the slightest chance.
Seeing that the simple man didn't hand over any key skills, he directly stopped the person in place, and then retreated. Instead, he took the damage of his two skills, which lowered the monkey's blood line. At this time, the commentator had no choice. No emotion.
The appearance of the monkey just now was actually quite clever, but the monkey without a big move in the early stage is so embarrassing. It is not that easy to catch people online.
Even in a one-on-one situation in the jungle, the combat effectiveness is stronger.
But to others, the jungler seems to be alone at this time, but the opponent's teammates can go over at any time to provide support. In fact, it is not that easy for him to go to the factory director to trouble him. One thing is, it is even more impractical to arrest people online.
Just look at the current situation and you will know that monkeys have no control ability, so they cannot directly leave people behind, which means that their emotions will be very bad for themselves at this time. He simply stunned the person on the spot and moved away.
There is no need to worry about his own safety in the future, and in this process, except for two small skills, he has not paid anything else, so it is naturally quite comfortable for him.
On the other hand, Leng Shao watched his own jungler coming over at this time, and then forced Jian Jian back. At this time, he did not make any additional gestures. After all, at this time, he mainly used his own sand soldiers to do the last hits. of.
Even if Jian Jian is no longer there, he is still advancing step by step at this time, and when Jian Jian is there, it will not interfere with his last hit at all, so there is actually no difference between Jian Jian's presence and absence at this time. .
As long as you don't take the initiative to trouble him, Master Leng will not take the initiative to step forward at this time.
After the opponent's jungler failed to find a suitable opportunity in the middle, he could only choose to retreat and enter the jungle, preparing to try his luck on the top lane.
After all, now that I am on the road, I am beaten hard in front of Brother Holy Spear, and even in the follow-up, I have been suppressed. At this time, he, the jungler, still has to go over and take a look to help relieve the pressure. .
At that time, let the top lane develop a little smoother, instead of being directly killed again and again, so that the holy gun brother on the top lane becomes a giant like existence. In this way, the situation will be different for them. It's going to be really bad here.
In the duel between the Crocodile and Gnar on the top lane, it is obvious that Gnar has absolute lane control at this time.
It is also because of this reason that Brother Holy Spear does not need to ask anyone to help at this time. With the advantage of his long hands, he directly beat the opponent to residual health in the early stage.
Then the follow-up set of unreasonable output directly killed the person, so at this time the line power was directly firmly grasped by him. After all, although the crocodile has the ability to move, Gnar's small form At that time, he also had the ability to move, and he was a long-range hero.
Therefore, when attacking, it is obvious that the crocodile is no match for him at all, which makes it very difficult for the opponent.
Now the opponent's jungler goes to help. For the monkey, if he directly helps the crocodile to ease the situation, it will not be so difficult to face Gnar when the crocodile levels up.
In this way, he has completed his mission, so it is naturally imperative to hit the road at this time.
Under this situation, the factory director quietly ran to the bottom lane, directly helped the puppy and the others to catch Brother Crystal once, and directly knocked out the flash of Brother Crystal and others. Although he did not succeed in killing the person, for Draven, losing the flash means that it will naturally become more difficult for him to face the opponent.
The development of the situation is actually quite interesting. After all, at this time, people on both sides are looking for opportunities, and they will want to help their teams establish certain advantages so that they can be like this. Live a little more comfortably.
But when the situation reaches this point, everyone knows that EDG is still stronger now, even if the middle lane simply chooses to fish. He directly joined the battle, but he also held Young Master Leng back so that he could do nothing.
For OMG, Leng Shao in the middle is still very critical. After all, he is a rhythm engine.
Now that Leng Shao cannot move, it means that they have lost a rhythm point.
Both the top laner and the jungler cannot be counted on. At this time, there is only Brother Crystal, so obviously we cannot place high hopes on him.
After all, he is an adc. If the team is running smoothly, then of course the adc will be very effective. The key is to have the courage of his teammates and just perform output at the front. But if his team falls into a timing, for a c The most difficult place is right here.
His teammates are all at a disadvantage, and he has an empty adc and strong combat ability. No one can help him to resist. In an environment without output, even if he has a very strong output ability, the ending will be very uncomfortable for him. Yes, Brother Crystal only feels like this now.
It's just that it's reached this point. For him, no matter whether he likes it or not, he can only grit his teeth and insist on continuing to the dark side.
At least for him now, it is already a very good thing that he can continue to play the game at this time.
As for whether he can win the game, this is no longer within the scope of his consideration, because he has entered the twilight of his career, and in another time and space, after this year, Brother Crystal directly chose to retire and directly moved to the league anchor.
And I have always been successful in the anchor industry, and my income is quite good. Compared with playing games, I am actually much happier.
The middle lane is simple, and he has been lining up harmoniously with Leng Shao. Apart from that, at this time, his eyes have been on several other lanes. There is nothing to say about the top and bottom lanes. The two sides are lining up smoothly, and it will take a while. No one can do anything to anyone else.
As for the road, there was nothing to talk about. At this time, Brother Holy Spear directly gained the upper hand and kept suppressing the opponent. Obviously, the opponent would not be able to turn around for a long time.
The monkey on the other side just went up directly, but it was a pity that he couldn't find a suitable thing at all, allowing Brother Holy Spear to easily use all the monkey's skills.
Even chasing the opponent all the way to the point, relying on the advantages of his own equipment, so that when the monkey faced this Gnar, he couldn't even resist at all.
It seemed like there was a crocodile nearby, but in fact when the monkey came up, the crocodile had already been beaten to half health.
Therefore, even if he sees his own jungler coming over, Monkey actually has no intention of going over to join up, because he knows very well that even if he passes over, he can still be easily killed by the opponent when the time comes, so at this time with his little health If you look at it, it's actually just adding trouble to your jungler.
But what he never expected was that his own jungler came over and did nothing, and was directly beaten to a low health by the opponent, so that he was beaten to the point of being disabled, and the result was a scene. joke.
The jungler is crippled by Gnar and can only go back for supplies. If this happens, OMG will not be able to get support from the jungler for a long time. .
In such an online situation, all the personnel on EDG played very actively. When the opponent's jungler could not come to support, they took the opportunity to reduce the opponent's blood money.
In this way, even if the other party's personnel come over, it will obviously be of no avail.
In this way, EDG is naturally living quite comfortably at this time, and the audience has a God's perspective, so they can naturally see the resources on both sides clearly at this time, and the economy is slowly widening the gap at this time. .
That’s not to say that OMG people don’t work hard, it’s just because the gap between the two sides is so big that it hasn’t changed, so that at this time they are resisting no matter how hard they are.
But to others, it is like a useless effort, not worth mentioning at all, so that at this time, for the simple ones, all they need to do is to take advantage of this period. Let yourself accumulate more advantages. In this way, when the time comes to face off against the opponent, you can live a more comfortable life.
No matter whether you go to help or not, or whether you play stronger, but after taking the initiative online, you will eventually have more say.
Now Wawa and Miller also seemed to have a bit of a headache when commentating on this game.
Because there is no shining point for them to tell, and if the level is rotten and it is just some rhetoric that is repeated over and over again, it will naturally be quite dissatisfying to the audience.
As a sister who has been active in the professional arena for so many years, she said that at this time, the two of them also directly started the duo mode. After all, they knew very well that they could only choose to pick some topics at this time. Come to warm up the show, but because there are no interesting topics in the show, they can only entertain the audience in their own way at this time. In the adult world, there is never the word easy.
But I have to say that after so many years in this arena, the two of them still worked hard to produce something very good.
Whether it is your personal network or your eloquence, etc., you will naturally be honed accordingly at this time.
At this time, the two of them talked about the things on the field very calmly, and then they used their own experience to control the field in the video.
For the audience, at this time, some actually don't care that much about their explanation of the situation on the court, after all, what the situation is like.
Of course everyone can see it clearly, but in comparison, their explanation of this song is more interesting.
After all, these two people have been commentators for so many years. At this time, they turned on the duo mode, which was full of fun and attracted the attention of many viewers for a while. What I have to admit is that the two of them still have two skills.
With the insistence of Wawa and Miller, the situation on the field is also constantly changing.
But in the end, EDG is still better, so the number of kills is constantly increasing at this time, but it is obvious that this is all EDG's method.
At this time, it was difficult for the opponent to block EDG's formula, so in a short period of time, EDG seized the opportunity to get alone and killed them several times.
In addition to killing people, the more important thing is that they plundered a lot of wild resources and plating from the opposite side while killing the opponent.
So much so that in a short period of time, the rapid birth of its own economy was completed. As a result, for the people on the other side, it was naturally quite uncomfortable to face such a situation at this time.
At this point, if we continue to be involved and entangled by the other party, we can imagine that it will be more and more beneficial to this side in the future.
On the other hand, for OMG, when the situation reaches this level, it means that they will be directly led by the nose.
But because his strength is inferior to others, even if he knows that he is being led by the opponent at this time, it is still of no use.
We have reached this point. At this time, for the people of OMG, they naturally have no other thoughts except looking at other people's faces.
(End of this chapter)