Chapter 138 Old Comrades

Wei Chen's thoughts inadvertently drifted back to the early days of the Alliance. There had been joy and excitement, but in the end, all that remained was endless regret.

Wei Chen inwardly admitted that losing to Yu Wenzhou wasn't the sole reason for his retirement, but it was certainly a major factor. Otherwise, with his level of skill, even if he had lost his place in Blue Rain, it wouldn't have been difficult to find another team and coast along for another year or two. But in Wei Chen's eyes, "coasting" wasn't a continuation of his career. So, he simply chose a decisive way to end it.

He couldn't confide these past sorrows to the brothers beside him. In front of them, he always put on a tough act. Although Ye Xiu wasn't as close to him as those brothers, he was an insider who could understand his situation back then.

"And what about you? You've barely retired and you're already making a comeback, causing such a commotion. What are you up to?" Wei Chen said, after a long sigh of melancholy, launching a counterattack against Ye Xiu.

"Hey, after thinking it over, I decided to make a big splash at the very end. I don't want to spend several years alone in an online game, hugging my Silver weapon and feeling lonely and dejected," Ye Xiu said.

"Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! Get lost!" Wei Chen cursed seven times in a row.

"How about I give you a ride, brother? Let you revisit the old stomping grounds?" Ye Xiu said.

Wei Chen didn't answer. He wasn't completely unwilling, considering that the other party had offered. Returning to the pro league was something he often dreamed about these past few years. To be honest, he had seriously considered it. But the decisiveness he had shown when he retired had become the biggest obstacle he faced now. The thought of jumping out and slapping himself in the face after walking away so freely was unbearable. As time passed and he drifted further away from the professional scene, he became even more hesitant. But today, there was an external force pushing him to do so. Wei Chen suddenly felt an unprecedentedly strong desire ignite within him.

"Now's the perfect time! You have such a perfect excuse this time!" Ye Xiu said.

"What excuse?"

"Your Silver weapon has been kidnapped by me! You have to come back to get it back. For someone as shameless as you, that's reason enough, right?" Ye Xiu said.

"Get lost!" Wei Chen cursed.

"You can do it!" Ye Xiu replied with three words.

These three words were the other major obstacle Wei Chen faced. He was like a hesitant rookie, feeling utterly unconfident in his own abilities.

"Do you think I still have any of my former strength?" Wei Chen asked.

"Your technique and hand speed, it's really hard to get those back. But your shamelessness is still there, which I find very gratifying," Ye Xiu said.

"A few years ago, Yu Wenzhou was quietly learning from you, but now it's time for the reverse. After a few years, hit him with a surprise attack. How about it? Doesn't that sound great?" Ye Xiu said.

"Hmm, sounds good..." Wei Chen said, imagining the feeling, and he suddenly felt a sense of longing.

"Then what are you hesitating for?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Right now, I'm considering the fact that, according to the rules, you, you bastard, have to take a break for at least a year, which means you definitely won't be able to make it for the next season. I'll be 32 years old by the time I return to the pro league? Am I going to be everyone's grandpa?" Wei Chen said.

"32? You're that young? I thought you were over 40," Ye Xiu said, puzzled.

"Screw you!"

"We also need some time to prepare and adjust. You don't want to just go back for a quick spin and then come back out, right? By the way, have you ever won a championship?" Ye Xiu said.

Wei Chen's face darkened. Everyone knew that this guy's Excellent Era had snatched the championships for the first three years of the pro league. And now he was pretending to be ignorant. Who was the most shameless person in the pro scene again?

"So, your goal for coming back is to win the championship?" Wei Chen asked.

"What other goal could be more interesting?" Ye Xiu asked in return.

"Alright, that's a good goal. Hahahaha, tremble, you younglings in the Alliance, because your grandpa is coming back!" Wei Chen said, with a huge laughing emoji.

"Have you decided? You're not going to think about it some more?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Stop nagging!" Wei Chen said.

"Then we have to face a realistic and crucial problem," Ye Xiu said.

"What?"

"With your shamelessness, how can I trust that you're not just trying to trick me into returning your Silver weapon, and then just playing me for a fool?" Ye Xiu said.

"Oh... that's a real problem," Wei Chen admitted himself.

"Let him come over to our side! Then we can just keep the real person tied down," Chen Guo said from the side, having been paying attention to their conversation. She hadn't expected that Ye Xiu would actually try to bring this guy, who had left the pro scene for many years, into the team. Seeing that Ye Xiu was really doing it, she immediately chimed in with an idea. Since they were going to be on the same team, they would eventually have to get together in real life.

"Where are you right now?" So, Ye Xiu asked.

"Ski City," Wei Chen replied.

"I'm asking where you are in real life..." Ye Xiu said, speechless. Ski City was a main city in the Heavenly Domain.

"Oh, I'm in City X!" Wei Chen said.

"Come over to our side, and we can plan things out," Ye Xiu said.

"That'll happen sooner or later, but I can't just leave right now. That's irresponsible of a young person. I still have things to settle!" Wei Chen said, already starting to act like an old man lecturing others.

"Then you go ahead and take care of that. I'll just keep your Death's Hand for now," Ye Xiu said.

"If you lose it, you can just kill yourself and wait for me to collect your corpse," Wei Chen said fiercely.

"Alright, now what materials do you have that you can contribute?" Ye Xiu said.

"Alas, in this environment, it's really not easy to get your hands on materials. I really don't have many materials. I have some low-level ones and dungeon drops, but I'm really lacking in the truly rare ones," Wei Chen said.

Ye Xiu knew this was the truth. It was nothing like when he first started researching the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella. Back then, there were no pro clubs yet, so not many people were investing in self-made equipment research on a large scale. Unlike now, when all the major pro clubs had this need, they kept a close eye on the rare materials that appeared on the market and the Bosses that produced those rare materials. In the current environment, it was indeed not easy to collect materials.

"What do you have? Let me see if there's anything I can use. Mine is only at level 50 right now!" Ye Xiu said.

They were contacting each other outside the game on QQ. Before long, Wei Chen sent a few screenshots, which were screenshots of the materials in his storage. Ye Xiu glanced over them and found that, as Wei Chen had said, he had some not-so-rare materials, but the rare ones were so few that he could count them on one hand. Wei Chen also didn't have the three super rare materials needed to upgrade the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella to level 50.

Although Ye Xiu had spent money to get Mo Qiang to help, judging from Mo Qiang's tone, it might not be possible to get all three of those materials even with tens of thousands of RMB. There was no way around it. Those rare items didn't exist on the market, so there was no market price. Only when someone who needed them appeared would a price be negotiated.

"Obsidian, Blue White Crystal, and Silk Tung Wood. Can you get your hands on these three?" Ye Xiu helplessly asked Wei Chen.

"Those are all dropped by wild Bosses in the normal servers! Those things are really hard to get. You should know that," Wei Chen immediately knew what they were since he had been developing Silver weapons for many years.

"It's hard for me to reach level 50 because of those three," Ye Xiu said.

"Damn, you need three super rare materials just to reach level 50. Your Silver weapon is so greedy! To be honest, your thing is a bit of a loss! Although I worked hard to make my Death's Hand, I can treat it as an investment, and I can sell it to any team when I don't need it anymore. But your weird weapon is impossible for normal classes to use. The Unspecialized... it doesn't have a future in the long run. I believe mature teams shouldn't invest too much in this area, so yours is a dead end..." Wei Chen said.

"Well, you're right in the long run. But for now, the Unspecialized's combat power with this weapon is unprecedentedly powerful, look..."

After that, the two of them actually had a serious discussion about Glory, which made Chen Guo feel a little uncomfortable. But this harmony didn't last long. Before long, the two of them had a disagreement, and they immediately started attacking each other with trash talk.

"Trash!"

"Bullshit!"

"Clueless!"

"Is your brain full of crap?"

They frantically attacked each other, and Wei Chen was incredibly crude when he cursed. If he were on the pro stage now, he would definitely be constantly committing fouls and would soon be killed by the rules. Chen Guo watched the two of them arguing, knowing that she couldn't interrupt, so she silently put on her headset and immersed herself in the game.

In the game, the three of them had long since left the ruins of Milo City. Wei Chen's messages may or may not have attracted a large number of players, but the three of them hadn't seen it with their own eyes. Chen Guo asked her friends in the guild, and they said that some people were organizing to come and check it out. In any case, the three of them were no longer at the scene.

They switched to a level 55 leveling area. Ye Xiu was discussing and cursing with Wei Chen while grinding monsters. Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash also needed to level up, so he was diligently controlling his character. Chen Guo's Chasing Haze was playing the role of a hitter, since her account had the most powerful attack.

Qiao Yifan... will this kid also be a member of the team in the future? Chen Guo thought to herself as she watched One Inch Ash constantly setting up formations, arranging formations, and killing monsters. She also knew that this kid was currently a member of Team Tiny Herb, a champion team, but his position was quite insignificant. His contract would expire at the end of the season, so it would be difficult for him to stay.

The pro scene is really tough. Chen Guo thought to herself, but seeing that their team was gradually taking shape, she was filled with anticipation.