Chapter 45 The Truth

In this wave of hype, each faction had their own calculations. They were all insiders, so they knew a lot of things. Only Chen Guo truly experienced the "glory" of the inside from outside the circle.

In the past, she would definitely have jumped out to wave the flag and shout for Ye Qiu. But now, she finally understood how much conspiracy and calculation flowed behind such a heated argument. Do the parties involved in the topic really care about what the fans desperately argue to prove? Probably not.

Ye Xiu's indifferent appearance even made Chen Guo feel a bit cold-blooded. She didn't know how many people in the professional circle possessed such qualities. But Chen Guo believed that someone like her, who got angry and flipped the table over such a small matter, might not be suited to be a leader in such a circle. Chen Guo agreed with this indifference, this rationality, but she believed that she would definitely not be able to learn it.

She always hoped for the day when Jia Shi's false mask would be exposed, wishing that Jia Shi's fans would all turn against them overnight. But Ye Xiu, the most direct victim of this hypocrisy, only showed indifference in Chen Guo's eyes.

Even this hype in cooperation with Zhan Lou Lan and others seemed to be done casually, leaving a way out for himself along the way. Did he really want to strike Jia Shi or someone else in this storm? No, not at all.

Those who thought they were hurt were actually just caught in the storm. They thought they were the target, but that was not the case.

All Ye Xiu did was conveniently use the resources to help Zhan Lou Lan and his team hype up their reputation.

"What about you? What did you finally get?" Chen Guo asked.

"Me?" Ye Xiu said without thinking, "I've said this before. The more attention Zhan Lou Lan's guild gets, the more attention Lord Grim gets, the more hesitant the club guilds that are eyeing us will be to act rashly."

Chen Guo suddenly felt dizzy. "Are you saying that you just wanted to be able to level up in peace?"

"Of course!" Ye Xiu nodded.

Chen Guo was moved to tears. This leveling environment was something that an ordinary player could easily obtain, right? How could it be so tortuous when it came to this大神 (da shen, expert)? It caused the entire Glory circle to be in chaos, with all 20 clubs involved, millions of players arguing in various forums, and various media platforms reporting the headlines continuously…

Everyone, you've all misunderstood…

The real truth is that the大神 (da shen, expert) wants to level up!

Chen Guo really didn't want to be the only one who knew the truth. She wanted to share it with the world, hoping that everyone in the world would cry with her.

"I'm going to sleep…" Chen Guo staggered a bit as she walked away.

"Go, go! I'll rest in a while too," Ye Xiu said nonchalantly.

Who cares about you! Chen Guo kept saying in her heart. At this moment, she suddenly felt that it was completely right for the major clubs to try every means to snipe this person. Just for leveling up, he messed up the world. What kind of person is this?

That night, Ye Xiu really didn't go online to play the game again. He just browsed the internet casually and then rested.

The next morning, some slower media were still reporting these things. With plenty of time, they reported the whole story in more detail. But Chen Guo had lost interest in reading it. When she thought that so many big things, when it came to their Xing Xin team, were actually just for Ye Xiu to level up, Chen Guo suddenly felt bored.

"Are you going to level up after eating?" Chen Guo said, emphasizing the words "leveling up" with sarcasm.

"Of course," Ye Xiu said, as if he didn't hear the wrong tone in Chen Guo's voice.

"Will we be surrounded?" Chen Guo asked.

"It's hard to say. But if it's ordinary players, I'm confident I can get rid of them," Ye Xiu said.

"I wish you success," Chen Guo said.

"Okay, you guys eat slowly." Ye Xiu, who had finished eating, got up first and went to the private room on the second floor to play games.

"What's wrong?" Tang Rou heard that Chen Guo's tone was not right.

"Do you know? This person…" Chen Guo now just wanted someone to talk to and share her tears, so she quickly complained bitterly.

"Hahahaha." Tang Rou couldn't stop laughing after hearing this. "I think it's good!"

"What's good about it?" Chen Guo said.

"Don't you think this overreaction is very heroic?" Tang Rou said.

"You've been completely corrupted by him," Chen Guo said disappointedly, shaking her head.

"Hehe." Tang Rou smiled without saying a word. Chen Guo couldn't find resonance with Tang Rou, so she stopped talking about it.

Chen Guo didn't care about this matter at all, but this of course didn't mean that the storm would end here. In fact, the debate caused by this matter had only just begun.

Early in the morning, Jia Shi immediately had reporters contact them, asking about the Yi Zhan team's denial at the press conference last night that Ye Qiu had joined their team.

Jia Shi had also planned everything out. They didn't stubbornly emphasize that Lord Grim must be Ye Qiu, but just said lightly that it didn't matter whether Ye Qiu joined Yi Zhan or not. No matter how he planned to develop, Jia Shi would give him their blessings, and at the same time, they would face him with a professional attitude. As for Yi Zhan, they would of course first congratulate them on successfully becoming a member of the next league and wish them good results.

When faced with reporters' questions about how Jia Shi viewed this aggressive new opponent and Lord Grim, who could defeat Huang Shao Tian, Jia Shi naturally answered calmly that Jia Shi was not afraid of any opponent, and then, without mentioning Yi Zhan, talked about how Jia Shi would definitely return to the ranks of fighting for the championship in the next season.

This way of answering the question indirectly was the most common way to deal with this kind of question. The implication was that such a new team was not in the same weight class as them at all, and they didn't see them.

Besides Jia Shi, those professional players who had insisted that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu yesterday were all interviewed again this morning.

These professional players had all seen Ye Xiu appear in the group yesterday, and then followed him into the game to find Lord Grim. They were pretty sure of his identity. As a result, now the Yi Zhan team solemnly claimed that Ye Qiu had not joined. Most of these people in the circle had captured the wordplay in this, but in the end, no one jumped out to insist that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu, because this matter was not beneficial to any club. So they all maintained a natural attitude. Let Yi Zhan do whatever they wanted. Everyone didn't participate, lest the signature players of each family become the other's live billboards again like last time.

So many大神 (da shen, experts), and even players ran to watch a group of Yi Zhan Tian Xia people. After this was reported, the Yi Zhan team was now super-regarded. Some exaggerated analyses claimed that Yi Zhan had the strength and financial resources, and would inevitably have an impact on the league pattern, and might even create a dark horse miracle of winning the championship when they first entered the league.

These remarks made some individual clubs feel uneasy. But that night, Zhan Lou Lan and his team all played, and everyone saw their fight with Huang Shao Tian. All the professional players had an estimate of what level they were at. They really didn't think that this group of people could be so strong.

But the report deliberately downplayed this detail. It seemed that Yi Zhan had spent a lot of publicity fees and red envelopes.

As for the so-called "mysterious man" who could defeat Huang Shao Tian in the report, everyone knew it was Ye Qiu, but this Yi Zhan team said that Ye Qiu had not joined Yi Zhan. It was really confusing what they were doing.

After discussion.

Ye Qiu retired, and now he can't officially join even if he wants to, so he simply said he didn't join. But the two sides may have reached an agreement, and he will join again after his comeback in the middle of the second half of the season.

This guess was the most agreed-upon view in the clubs' discussions. However, everyone kept it in their hearts. When faced with interviews, they just laughed and passed it over, without saying much.

Among all the professional players who were interviewed, only one was different, and that was Han Wen Qing of Ba Qi Xiong Tu. Facing the question thrown by the reporter, he coldly threw back a sentence: "Did Yi Zhan say that Lord Grim is not Ye Qiu? If Lord Grim is not Ye Qiu, then who is it?"

On the same day, when the answers of the major club players were all similar, Han Wen Qing's answer immediately stood out, and everyone else's interviews were immediately ignored. Only this sentence was heavily reported.

In fact, the little tricks of the Yi Zhan team were only confusing to the players and fans who were not paying much attention. The media reporters, who were good at getting to the bottom of things, had already noticed it and were already prepared to write about it. Now, there was even a professional player who simply said it, and everyone was even more thrilled.

In the continued interviews with Yi Zhan, Yi Zhan insisted that they would not reveal Lord Grim's identity.

In an instant, the fact that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu became highly credible again, and then the "agreement first, then official joining after comeback" operation method that the clubs had analyzed and speculated was also reported by the media in a deductive way.

The credibility of this statement was undoubtedly super high.

Lord Grim went around in a big circle, and in the end, he was still Ye Qiu. Many players and fans who followed this gossip regarded it as a mystery novel. But the media was still not tired and began to extract some reporters, commentators, and ordinary players to express their opinions on this matter.

In the end, the saying that he would come back and join again was widely recognized. Everyone unanimously believed that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu and had been internally decided to be a member of Yi Zhan. Yi Zhan was just pretending to be mysterious.

Chen Guo said that she didn't care, but in the end, she couldn't help but follow all the reports. In the end, she was a little confused about the result: "After going around in a circle, how did we come back again?"

"Keeping the topic continuous is what the media likes, and Yi Zhan also likes it," Ye Xiu said.

"The identity now seems to be confirmed," Chen Guo said.

"It was going to happen sooner or later," Ye Xiu said, as if he wasn't surprised at all.

"Why does Yi Zhan keep biting their tongues and not saying anything? Did you ask them to?" Chen Guo asked.

"They just know that I won't join them, so it's better to say nothing than to say something. You think about it yourself," Ye Xiu said.

"Think about what! Just tell me!" Chen Guo said.

"Busy, Boss!" Ye Xiu shouted.

"What?" Chen Guo heard the word and rushed over like lightning.