“So, what do you think?” Cui Li asked Chen Yehui, his head aching. He was well aware that this Chen Yehui always spared no effort in targeting Ye Qiu.

“I think we can’t let Happy develop freely like this anymore; we must suppress them in a targeted way,” Chen Yehui said.

“You mean, from the game?” Cui Li said. This was not hard to guess. They couldn’t control how the other team's players improved, so the only way to strike them was through competition between the guild in the game. This was also the main theme of off-court competition in the pro scene: competition for wild Bosses and dungeon records. It had continued since the establishment of the professional alliance, and it was particularly fierce in the early days. Because at that time, each team didn't have a dedicated guild leader, and the pro players directly took to the field, so the level of competition was higher than it is now.

“Yes… Happy is in urgent need of equipment upgrades. If we can increase the difficulty for them to obtain materials, we will naturally suppress their speed of improvement,” Chen Yehui said.

“Just get to the point!” Cui Li was getting impatient with Chen Yehui beating around the bush. If it was just this level, Chen Yehui didn't need to come to him. As the head of the guild, Chen Yehui could arrange for the guilds in each district to take action against Happy's forces himself. Coming to Cui Li must mean there was a need for club support.

“This season, our opponents are mostly weak, and the players basically don’t need to go all out, so I was wondering if we could arrange for the players to participate in the guild’s affairs. This would be an effective blow to Happy, and also an accumulation before we return to the alliance next season,” Chen Yehui finally stated his purpose. It was his usual topic, always hoping for capable people to help.

“This… needs to be discussed in the long term.” Although Cui Li was the manager, he couldn’t make a decision on this directly. In the current professional contracts, pro players didn’t bear any obligation to these matters. Players participating in these things could be praised for their dedication to the team, but after all, there was no way to demand this of the players. At most, they could express their expectations in this regard.

And for Excellent Era, they were even embarrassed to express their expectations in this regard.

Because as a relegated team, Excellent Era was able to retain most of its main force, and then bring in the all-star level Xiao Shiqin and his character, Sheng Lingmie. They relied on their 100% confidence in the Challenger League. But now, in order to ensure victory in the Challenger League, they had to beg pro players to participate in the competition in the game, then the confidence shown when retaining and recruiting people would be a bit like a floating cloud. It wouldn't be good to make the players feel distrustful of the club. Chen Yehui might not have thought of this, but Cui Li, who was busy on the front lines when retaining and recruiting people, immediately realized it.

Chen Yehui also saw Cui Li's hesitation, and then said, "Now the situation in the Heavenly Domain is that Happy's allied forces have a great advantage, and that is because Ye Qiu is often still hanging around in the game. With just our player-level strength, it is really difficult for our guilds to compete with them."

Hearing this, Cui Li couldn't help but take another look at Chen Yehui. He wondered if this guy was really anxious about Happy's growth, or if he was looking for a way out for his guild's long-term poor management.

“Actually, we don’t need too many people. If a tactical mastermind like Vice-Captain Xiao can occasionally come to the game to give us some pointers, it would be enough to make Ye Qiu and the others feel uncomfortable,” Chen Yehui said.

Cui Li nodded. After having contact with Xiao Shiqin for a period of time, Cui Li felt that he was quite sensible. If he explained the situation to him, Cui Li didn't think that Xiao Shiqin would feel dissatisfied with the team because of this. But it would not be a good thing to have Xiao Shiqin frequently in the game like this.

“Let’s strengthen the intelligence work. When necessary, I will contact the team and consider it appropriately,” Cui Li finally gave Chen Yehui an answer that was neither a refusal nor an agreement.

Chen Yehui understood the club's operational divisions. Such a reply was enough to satisfy him. He nodded and left.

With Wu Chen's joining, Happy Team had reached a new level in both the team and the guild.

Wu Chen's Launcher, Xiao Qiang, was also quickly armed. Although it was only a set of orange equipment, Wu Chen's level was enough to sweep the Challenger League. With such a strong player, Happy's Challenger League journey was even smoother, ending the matches ahead of schedule one after another. In terms of the guild, Wu Chen managed all the guilds by himself, and miraculously managed to handle them all. It had to be said that this was the mature operating mechanism of a club guild. Once this mechanism was established, everything could proceed in an orderly manner, and managers didn't need to stare at it day and night. However, this was only enough to maintain normal operations. For example, competing for wild Bosses still required a manager who was often present. Therefore, in the ordinary server, Happy's Wuji guild had not been able to open up any situation in the competition for wild Bosses. On the other hand, in the Heavenly Domain, the allied forces were finally no longer just Ye Xiu and his pitiful few people representing one side. They finally had soldiers under their command. According to their classes and equipment, they also selected some relatively better players from the original and newly added players in the guild to form an elite group.

However, to talk about Happy Guild's direct line of confidants, one had to count the Tenth Server.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim started here, and Happy Guild was also born here. From the beginning of Lord Grim's call to action, to the decline after Lord Grim went to the Heavenly Domain, and then to Chen Guo personally managing it and starting to build the guild warehouse, Happy Guild in the Tenth Server finally embarked on a healthy development path.

Compared to other club guilds, their strength might be slightly insufficient. But they were definitely no longer comparable to ordinary player guilds. Tian Qi, Yue Zhongmian, Qian Cheng... these people who Ye Xiu met in the Tenth Server were now the backbone of Happy Guild. Most of these people who retired from the Heavenly Domain to start over in the new server didn't plan to enter the Heavenly Domain again. Old players starting over in the new server mostly wanted to gain a certain leading advantage with their experience. However, the special setting of Glory's Heavenly Domain meant that this advantage could be maintained in the new server, but it would disappear as soon as they entered the Heavenly Domain…

And now, with the addition of Wuji Guild's strength in the Tenth Server, Happy's forces had become even stronger. Tian Qi and others had begun to take stock of the team, preparing to open up more points and actively compete for all kinds of wild Bosses in the entire district. These players who were once small figures in player guilds like Moonwheel in the Heavenly Domain were now lords of one side in the Tenth Server, leading the highest-end player interaction in the Tenth Server.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two and a half months of the ninth season had passed. The Challenger League had passed five and a half rounds. More than ten thousand participating teams were quickly reduced to hundreds of teams at a rate of half the elimination rate each round. In terms of the professional league, the eleventh round of the ninth season had ended. The pattern of the new season was further clarified.

Those newcomers and new teams who were sharp and aggressive at the beginning of the season had, to varying degrees, begun to suffer some setbacks as the season deepened.

In terms of newcomers, Lu Hanwen of Blue Rain Team was the most representative. His recent performance was not as sharp as it was in the early days. Obviously, the major teams had already begun to study him and had developed targeted tactics and play styles. But what was commendable was that Lu Hanwen's explosive performance had been suppressed, but the vigor of this youngest player in the alliance was as always. His face never seemed to show a dejected expression. In the eleventh round of the match that had just ended, Blue Rain and Tiny Herb clashed head-on, and Lu Hanwen became the turning point. Due to his initial defeat, Blue Rain ultimately lost points in the team competition.

But no one was embarrassed to blame Lu Hanwen for this defeat. Because he was instantly blown up when he was alone against Tiny Herb Team's God, Wang Jiexi, and super genius, Gao Yingjie. This season, Tiny Herb's dual Magician had become a new scenery in the league. Not to mention Lu Hanwen, this rookie, even any established God couldn't figure out this new dual-class play style.

At the post-match press conference, reporters who liked Lu Hanwen were originally prepared to use this to comfort Lu Hanwen and tell him not to be too frustrated. But they were preempted by those malicious reporters, who naturally asked Lu Hanwen what he thought about becoming the turning point that led to the team's defeat.

There was no颓废 on Lu Hanwen's face. He answered the question seriously, "The first reason why this happened is because my skills are not good enough, so I didn't buy enough time; the second point is because Senior Shao Tian ran a little far at the time and couldn't provide timely support; and also…"

“Damn, you bastard kid actually dare to shirk responsibility onto me. Do you know that I was strictly implementing the tactical deployment at the time? As a result, the other party saw through our intentions and caught us at the moment when our movement was slightly out of sync and launched an attack. But it was a little too embarrassing for you to be blown up by them in an instant. Even if the combined age of Wang Jiexi and Gao Yingjie is three times yours, you shouldn't have fallen so quickly. Next time, remember to at least hold on until I have a chance to sneak attack, and then we will definitely be able to turn the situation around in an instant.” Before Lu Hanwen could finish answering, he was interrupted by Huang Shaotian, who was also on the news platform, and he babbled a lot.

“Hmm? According to what Senior said, is there something wrong with our tactical deployment?” Lu Hanwen said.

“Eh? Did I say that?” Although Huang Shaotian said this, at this time, the two of them had already turned their heads to look at the person sitting between them, their Blue Rain's captain, Yu Wenzhou.

"Cough." Yu Wenzhou coughed, "Let's end this question here!"

There was a wide-eyed look on the reporter's seat. This… sounds like the players are shirking responsibility to each other, which is an internal conflict! But, if we really wrote this, we would definitely be laughed at, right?

All the reporters had this feeling.

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I was only thinking about halos yesterday and forgot to announce the update, my mistake.