Hu Die Lan
Chapter 801 Little Schemes
Qiu Fei's position was awkward, and Li Rui was definitely one of those gloating. He had always been dissatisfied with the favor Qiu Fei received and often complained to acquaintances. In this situation, Qiu Fei was still training hard, which Li Rui saw as a purely idiotic act.
If he wanted to show off, he should find another place. Where would there be a place for you here at Jia Shi? Even if your diligence impresses the team and you get promoted to the pro team, you'll only be Sun Xiang's substitute at best. Are you willing to be a substitute player forever?
But having said that, Li Rui also knew that it wouldn't be easy for them in the training camp to find a new way out. Switching to another team and starting from the training camp again, waiting to be promoted, whether they would ultimately have such an opportunity was very difficult to say. Every team had its own development ladder. It would be unwelcome from the start to be a powerhouse trying to snatch opportunities from others, and maybe in the end, it would just be a waste of time. It was precisely because of these considerations that the rather self-confident Li Rui had been lingering in Jia Shi's training camp. Hesitating, but never able to make a decision.
An opportunity! He just lacked an opportunity.
Li Rui had always thought this way, and now that the opportunity had come, he was going to seize it firmly. As for Qiu Fei, Li Rui had to admit that he was a strong competitor. It would be great if that guy didn't see this opportunity. But thinking about it, he felt it was unlikely. A guy who went all out even in training probably wouldn't slack off at any time.
What is that guy thinking now?
Li Rui had been observing Qiu Fei all the way, but he couldn't see anything. But he was concerned only with the issue of opportunity. Seeing Chen Yehui equipping their characters as much as possible, he couldn't help but say a word.
The equipment of the characters in Team Happy wasn't considered very good even in the online game, let alone compared to a professional team. This had long been revealed by players who had fought against Team Happy. What Li Rui was thinking at this time was that even if he defeated the opponent with superior equipment, it would inevitably leave flaws. He wanted this victory to show everyone the operator, his skill and strength, and not have the character's strength distract attention.
"Should we still not be careless?" Chen Yehui heard Li Rui say this and smiled. "That group's strength is not as bad as you think. What's more, there's Senior Ye Qiu. I know your strengths are all outstanding, but you've probably been paying attention these past few days. Team Happy has been arrogant for so long, but they haven't had a single defeat, even when facing only online game players. Doesn't that say something? So, let's do our best, whether it's individual or character."
The others were nodding in agreement. Qiu Fei didn't say anything. Only Li Rui still didn't believe it and sneered, "If we can't even guarantee this kind of win rate, then making such a gimmick would be a joke."
"In short, let's do our best!" Chen Yehui said, continuing to add the strongest equipment from the guild warehouse to the character at hand. He also asked the others behind him about their equipment needs for their respective professions. After finishing one by one, he then distributed the account cards to everyone according to their profession. In the end, the only ones who hadn't received account cards were Qiu Fei and Li Rui, and their professions were the same: Battle Mage. There were so many people in the training camp that it wasn't uncommon for two or even eight or ten people to have the same profession. What's more, this was Jia Shi, a team centered around Battle Mages.
If the training camp supervisor hadn't considered that the six of them were going to fight in a team match, he would have recommended even more Battle Mages.
Chen Yehui himself also played Battle Mage, so he was naturally quite familiar with this profession. He had undergone professional training and was actually quite skilled. At this time, he was skillfully looking at the equipment for the Battle Mage. While taking equipment for the character, he said to the two people behind him, "Just say if anything is unsuitable!"
At their level, everyone had some small preferences for character attributes. For example, one liked to jump higher, and another wanted to run faster. Chen Yehui first picked the strongest items and then made slight adjustments according to the two's wishes.
But neither of them made a sound.
Qiu Fei's expression hadn't changed at all, and what about Li Rui? He had previously said that "equipment is not necessary," so if he picked and chose equipment at this time, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?
Chen Yehui quickly equipped a Battle Mage. Everyone behind him was silent, and Chen Yehui didn't ask any more questions. After finishing equipping the character and exiting the game, he turned around and handed over the account card. However, the direction he handed it in was a bit ambiguous, and it was impossible to tell who he was giving it to. As expected, he asked, "Who wants to take it first?"
Qiu Fei and Li Rui looked at each other. Qiu Fei reached out and took the account card.
Chen Yehui quickly equipped another Battle Mage. Although the Jia Dynasty's inventory was extensive, it couldn't be said that every piece of equipment was piled up like a mountain. Especially for Battle Mages, who were the largest group in their guild. And equipment was always placed in the guild warehouse for players to exchange for when their contribution points were high enough, so there wasn't much equipment for Battle Mages. After the top-tier equipment was distributed, the remaining equipment might have some slight differences.
Chen Yehui equipped another one and turned to hand it to Li Rui. "This one might be slightly worse, but aren't you the one who doesn't care?"
These words had a slight hint of sarcasm. Chen Yehui certainly resented Qiu Fei, but he didn't have any good feelings towards Li Rui either. He was just a guy from the training camp, yet he was acting so pretentious. Chen Yehui despised him.
Qiu Fei didn't care about this sarcasm. Compared to Qiu Fei's Battle Mage, he might not have been convinced in normal times, but today, he was seizing the opportunity to perform and attract attention. This slight difference could add points to his personal performance. If the two of them fought to a similar level, people would inevitably say, "Li Rui's equipment is a little worse, though!" Hearing this, wouldn't it make people feel that his level was higher?
Li Rui was already imagining this scene in his mind when he received the account card. Chen Yehui finished distributing the account cards, stood up, and said to everyone, "Okay, everyone find a place to sit and familiarize yourselves with your respective characters. I'll arrange the match with Happy and let you know when."
Everyone nodded and found a place in the internet cafe's studio to adapt to their characters. Chen Yehui also logged into the game. The match with Happy definitely had to be arranged, but this time, Chen Yehui didn't want to come forward in the name of the Jia Dynasty. He saw clearly that at this time, whoever came forward and defeated Team Happy would be slapping their faces hard. Naturally, there would be a lot of voices shouting, "You can't even beat a few random people. How dare you challenge Jia Shi?" If the Jia Dynasty were to take on this role, it could push the hype even higher, but Chen Yehui was really afraid.
Ye Qiu wasn't on the other side's roster, but who knew if Ye Qiu would play in the online match? If that guy really played, wouldn't these guys from the training camp be in trouble? He only hoped that Ye Qiu wouldn't be too shameless and wouldn't take care of all the solo and arena matches by himself. Considering this possibility, Chen Yehui was actually pinning his hopes on the team match. No matter how capable Ye Qiu was, he couldn't control five characters by himself, right? There would always be someone dragging them down. In a team match, no matter how strong an individual was, they still needed the cooperation of their teammates. It always seemed like Samsara was winning because of Zhou Zekai's strong performance, but if you really let him take four online game players, they would definitely be blown to smithereens.
But no matter what, because of Ye Qiu's existence, Chen Yehui didn't have any sure-fire confidence this time. So he decided not to come forward in the name of the Jia Dynasty and just find a channel to privately arrange a match. If they won, they would publicize it widely; if they lost, they would let it go and let the news die on its own!
Having made up his mind, Chen Yehui entered the game and contacted Happy. Nowadays, there was almost no more going to Happy Internet Cafe to challenge them. The H City players who were experts had either already been defeated by Happy, or they felt they weren't skilled enough and didn't come to humiliate themselves. Now, most challenges were online, contacting the person from Happy called Steamed Bun Invasion.
Chen Yehui didn't come forward in the name of the Jia Dynasty, of course, he used a fake account. He tried to add Steamed Bun Invasion as a friend, with the application reason simply being "challenge".
Chen Yehui was quite lucky. If it had been a few days earlier, Chen Guo would have been overwhelmed with messages that day and would have easily ignored many of them. Once online, there were even more face-slapping parties. Happy simply couldn't respond to them all.
But as more and more experts fell and more and more people weighed their own strength, fewer and fewer people came to provoke them. At this time, Chen Yehui's challenge was quickly accepted by Chen Guo.
"Solo or group fight?" Chen Guo passed the friend request and replied with a message.
"Let's go by the standard competition system!" Chen Yehui said.
Chen Guo laughed. These days, many people had come with the standard competition system of the professional circle, but at most, they would last until the team arena competition, and then they would disappear. In reality, these two parts were already enough to lose badly, so badly that they didn't have the courage to try the team competition again. There were very few who could complete the entire standard competition system. Now, here was another one clamoring to play the standard competition system, but who knew how long this one would last?
"When?" Chen Guo asked the other party.
"Tonight," Chen Yehui replied. His people were of course all present now, but he also wanted to give these people time to adapt to their characters. Moreover, he estimated that the other party might not agree to play now. This challenge with Happy always took place at about the same time and in the same arena room. Players who paid attention to this would run to that room to watch at about the same time every day. There was no doubt that Team Happy was consciously trying to attract attention. If Chen Yehui really wanted to arrange a match with them in secret, they would have no reason to cooperate with him! So he simply wasn't so naive and directly followed the usual route.
"Okay," Chen Guo naturally had no problem and directly agreed, then told Chen Yehui the room number, which was the one that had been used all this time. For so many days, Happy had never let it be taken away.