Hu Die Lan
Chapter 726 Xiao Shiqin Arrives
Were these people here specifically to humiliate him? That was Liu Hao's first thought when Wei Chen called him "Liu Accuse" and Ye Xiu ruthlessly exposed him. But reason told him that shouldn't be the case. He was just passing by, how could he run into an arranged humiliation?
Thinking of this, Liu Hao didn't want to lash out, but then he heard the guy beside him muttering, "Oh? It's Hao? Not Accuse?"
His tone implied that Liu Hao's name was a mistake and he should be called "Liu Accuse." This contemptuous tone ignited Liu Hao's anger. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Ye Xiu shout, "Old Wei, stop bothering him. He needs to catch the number 9 bus!"
"Oh?" Wei Chen turned his head and saw that a number 9 bus was slowly pulling into the station. He wasn't embarrassed at all for calling someone's name wrong and familiarly patted Liu Hao's shoulder. "The bus is here, hurry up and go!"
Number 9 bus...
Liu Hao felt humiliated again. The number 9 bus was indeed one of the ways to get to the airport, but did he still need to use such an economical and public means? Couldn't he afford a taxi?
Wei Chen swayed away, but Liu Hao didn't even look at the number 9 bus pulling into the station. He stood straight on the roadside, posing as if he was going to hail a taxi. Soon enough, he successfully flagged down a car and glanced back at the Xingxin Internet Cafe provocatively. But the people who had been standing at the door watching were long gone. He wondered if anyone had seen his elegant taxi ride...
"Hey, are you going or not!" The taxi driver's rude voice interrupted Liu Hao's thoughts. He sullenly got into the taxi, completely leaving the place that made him feel conflicted.
Back at Xingxin Internet Cafe, the group at the door had indeed entered the cafe after Liu Hao turned to take a taxi, but they didn't stop watching. Standing at the door all the time was tiring, wasn't it? After entering the room, they found a good angle and sat down, still able to watch through the door. Wei Chen followed the others in, pulled up a stool and sat down, watching and saying, "That idiot is coming?"
One of Glory's four tactical masterminds, because he transferred to Excellent Era, he became a strong enemy in Xingxin's Challenger League and was nicknamed "idiot" by Wei Chen. But in reality, Wei Chen was not the only one. Choosing Excellent Era, a relegated team, with an eye to the future, was a decision open to interpretation. Those who called him an idiot, these days, weren't just Wei Chen. Wei Chen was just doing it because of their opposing positions, while the others genuinely thought he was an idiot.
"Tsk tsk, what an entrance, truly a big star," Wei Chen said with emotion. Although he was the captain of Blue Rain back in the day, and considered a notable figure, he had never experienced such a grand occasion. Back then, the league was just starting, how could there be so many fans, let alone such fanatical ones? Now that he had decided to return to the professional scene, he often compared the current situation with the one he experienced back then, and then he would be filled with sighs.
"Alright, let's ignore them, we still have things to do. A new week is here!" Ye Xiu got up and walked upstairs. Last week's Boss battles had gone well. The major guilds had so many pieces of cake snatched away, they definitely wouldn't be indifferent. What kind of movements would they make this week?
In the training room on the second floor, everyone logged in neatly. The four guild leaders, Zhan Lou Lan and the others, were already waiting online. Last week, Ye Xiu tried to hide his identity with Wudao Jun (Enlightened Lord), but the effect wasn't good. Without a guild title, he would still be noticed by those who paid attention in such a large battle. After a few matches, it became known to everyone that Wudao Jun had become the primary target to eliminate at all costs on the battlefield.
But in the battles where Wudao Jun was killed several times, the players of the guilds realized that killing Wudao Jun didn't seem to have the effect they expected! Was Wudao Jun really Ye Qiu? That was a big question!
Finally, some enlightened people realized: Ye Qiu was using more than one alternate account. Only focusing on killing Wudao Jun was too naive. After killing one, he could switch to another. If you had the ability to clear them all one by one, wouldn't you be afraid that the opponent wouldn't be destroyed?
In the end, besides cursing "too despicable, too insidious", what else could the giants of the guilds say? They could control one character, but they couldn't control the person controlling the character. That person was the one they should truly be afraid of.
With these methods, no one rushed to kill Wudao Jun when he appeared. Killing him meant he could switch accounts, which only messed up their own formations. It was better to let things take their course, kill him if they encountered him, but don't treat it as the main strategic objective, as it was easy to go astray.
At this time, Ye Xiu was still logged in as Wudao Jun. As soon as he logged in, the four guild leaders sent messages that from midnight last night until now, four wild Bosses in the Heavenly Domain had been taken down, and the allied forces, without a leader, hadn't managed to snatch even one. This was actually the biggest weakness of their allied forces, which was their dependence on Ye Xiu. Without Ye Xiu's coordination, their competitiveness declined greatly. Ye Xiu's irreplaceability meant they couldn't work around the clock like other club guilds. This time difference directly led to them withdrawing from the competition for at least a third of each week. Even in this situation, they managed to snatch 33 out of 74 wild Bosses last week. The success rate was terrifying. How could the major guilds not be afraid?
"Call me when there's news," Ye Xiu replied to the four of them. That's how the work of snatching wild Bosses went. When there were no Bosses, they were in a state of standby at any time.
Tang Rou, Baozi, and Little Cold Hands were doing the training projects that Ye Xiu had assigned them. And Ye Xiu, the things he had to do weren't just limited to playing games. The materials worth two million from Team Samsara were gradually being paid over this week. It wasn't that Samsara was dragging its feet, but Ye Xiu's side had only just prepared. The handover of materials required enough accounts to receive them, didn't it? Materials worth two million! Were a few accounts enough to be used as warehouses? In the end, the warehouses of all the accounts they had acquired were filled, and that was when the handover of materials worth two million was completed. Ye Xiu had been spending his free time recently studying how to use these materials.
After the major clubs had specialized logistics departments, professional players didn't have to shoulder the responsibility of researching self-made equipment, but Ye Xiu and the older generation of players weren't like the younger players who only knew how to be freeloaders. The professional players from their era held multiple positions, playing matches, managing the online game guild, and of course, researching self-made weapons to strengthen the team's character strength. Even after the major clubs had dedicated departments, the experience of these players wouldn't be wasted. It's just that they wouldn't put in too much effort. And like Team Samsara's Tong Lin, it was because he had a good level in this area that he retired from being a player and directly entered Samsara's logistics technology department. Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf's two revolvers, Desolate Fire and Shattered Frost, were what he had advocated researching. The name of Gun King had been in the limelight these past two years, and Tong Lin's contribution in this was absolutely impossible to erase.
Currently, Xingxin had Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao (Lord Grim) and Wei Chen's Windward Formation with silver weapons, and Tang Rou, Baozi, and the others were still in urgent need of equipment. Ordinary opponents in the Challenger League might not require such importance, but Excellent Era, this great mountain in front of them, meant that even if they had a full set of top-level orange equipment from the online game, it wouldn't be enough to look at in front of Excellent Era. Silver equipment had to be made. But right now, if Ye Xiu was going to make silver equipment for so many characters, he had to organize his thoughts properly.
The people in the training room were busy with their own things, and there was no news from Zhan Lou Lan and the others. Finally, around ten o'clock, a sudden burst of noise, like an explosion, broke the silence. Loud shouts came from outside the window, almost piercing the eardrums. The people in the room were startled from their tasks, paused for a moment, and then knew what had happened.
The sound that shook the windows was neat and uniform: Xiao Shiqin! Xiao Shiqin! Xiao Shiqin!
Xiao Shiqin had finally arrived.
The five people in the room didn't pretend to be calm. They got up and went to the window to look down. Compared to early morning, there were many more people outside Excellent Era's main entrance, and they had even occupied a large part of the road. Fortunately, this road wasn't a major thoroughfare with a lot of traffic, and it was also unusually wide, so it didn't cause any traffic jams.
The crowd was crowded around a car parked on the side of the road. Ye Xiu recognized that this Ford e350 series business vehicle wasn't used too often when Excellent Era went out. Sending it to welcome Xiao Shiqin was enough to show Excellent Era's importance to this All-Star player.
The car didn't drive directly into the club, but stopped on the side of the road outside the door. Before the large group of fans could crowd around, security personnel quickly set up a cordon. Excellent Era had made a big deal out of Xiao Shiqin's arrival. Lacking their own manpower, they even hired security companies.
Under such a long-awaited scene, Xiao Shiqin finally stepped out of the car. As soon as his foot touched the ground, the cheers that came in an instant startled many of the electronic alarm systems of the cars parked on the side of the road. For a time, the alarms of the cars were mixed with the cheers of Excellent Era's fans, sharply abnormal.
This unusual sound was indeed something that hadn't been considered beforehand. It was indeed a bit of a disappointment at this time, but it also reflected how impressive Xiao Shiqin's arrival was. Didn't many fans shout even more enthusiastically after hearing the arrogant sounds of the various alarm systems? They wanted to suppress this disruptive sound.
Xiao Shiqin was also startled by this scene. Thunderclap was a small team, far from having the popularity and kingly style of Excellent Era. The reception staff on the road had said that many fans were waiting for him to come, but Xiao Shiqin hadn't taken it too seriously. As a result, getting out of the car and seeing the scene in front of him completely confused him.
At this time, Xiao Shiqin truly had a sense of a carp jumping over the dragon gate.
Although Excellent Era was now a relegated team that couldn't play in the professional league, and Thunderclap could still fight in the professional circle, from the welcome he was receiving, Xiao Shiqin could already feel the grandeur that Thunderclap didn't have. This was still in the context of Excellent Era's relegation. If Excellent Era was still in the professional league, a strong contender for the championship, what would the fans' madness be like?
Xiao Shiqin suddenly wanted to see this scene, and he also knew very well that he had come here to bring about this scene.
At this moment, Xiao Shiqin instantly prepared the speech he should give when facing the fans.