Chapter 1 Zhang Jiale's Comeback

Zhang Jiale returned and joined Team Tyranny, just as had been said before. The fans' requests and pleas ultimately didn't change anything. This, of course, was enough to spark some debate and topics. However, the entire Glory circle's attention was now being snatched away by the mere Challenger League.

Over there was the powerhouse Excellent Era, the gossip of Ye Qiu and Excellent Era, and even a small internet cafe team daring to challenge a powerhouse like Excellent Era.

Zhang Jiale's official comeback occurred at this time, not completely ignored, but the attention it garnered was indeed much less. This was naturally a good thing for Zhang Jiale, as his comeback also carried a lot of pressure. He wasn't unmoved by the fans' requests and pleas; for a moment, he even had the impulse to simply return to Hundred Blossoms and play until he couldn't anymore, living up to the fans' expectations. But in the end, the deep desire for a championship made him head towards his predetermined path.

He was prepared to accept the pressure and the bad reputation, but he didn't expect such news to break out on the Challenger League side, reducing his pressure. Zhang Jiale was also very fortunate.

"What is that guy doing?" Seeing that the topic of Lord Grim was sometimes Ye Qiu and sometimes not Ye Qiu, sometimes saying that Ye Qiu was in the game but not in the Challenger League, Zhang Jiale was also a little dizzy. But no matter what, to kill his way back from the Challenger League, he had to get past Excellent Era.

"It won't be so easy to run into them again..." Zhang Jiale muttered to himself, Excellent Era's terrifying strength this season was a waste in the Challenger League.

"What won't be so easy?" Zhang Jiale was just muttering when he suddenly heard someone speak behind him. He turned around and saw Tyranny's other three big names, Han Wenqing, Zhang Xinjie, and Lin Jingyan, walking over together. Zhang Jiale went to the just-concluded press conference for his comeback and joining Tyranny alone. Although Tyranny had said they would arrange for Captain Han Wenqing to go with him, Zhang Jiale declined. Although he didn't want too much pressure, he wasn't afraid of it either. And he felt that he should bear this pressure alone.

"Oh, I was talking about that guy, saying it won't be easy for him." Zhang Jiale shook the newspaper in his hand, the latest issue of *Electronic Athletics Weekly*. This newspaper also belonged to E-Sports Home and was the most authoritative print media in the domestic electronic sports circle, published twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, reporting news from all electronic sports circles at home and abroad. As the number one electronic sports project, Glory occupied the vast majority of the space in each issue.

Today was Thursday, and Zhang Jiale was holding the latest issue of *Electronic Athletics Weekly*. The newspaper's news was certainly not so immediate. Zhang Jiale officially announced his comeback today, so this issue of *Electronic Athletics Weekly* naturally didn't have any reports about his comeback. The content that took up a lot of space was all about Excellent Era's ruckus the day before yesterday.

Han Wenqing and the other three didn't attend the press conference with Zhang Jiale, but they all knew that this press conference would definitely not be easy for Zhang Jiale. Whether it was for the sake of topicality or if they really had any emotional bias, reporters would definitely greet Zhang Jiale with a lot of sharp questions.

The three were a little worried that this guy would be in low spirits because of this, but now they saw that he was even in the mood to look at other people's gossip. It seemed that the press conference had pressure, but this guy could handle it completely!

"Let me see." Lin Jingyan took the newspaper from Zhang Jiale and glanced through it roughly, finally pointing to a section that tangled the relationship between Lord Grim and Ye Qiu and said, "Isn't this obvious? That guy is definitely in Happy, but why didn't he register when he signed up? That's a bit strange."

"The rules of the Challenger League allow you to add or subtract players at will in the middle," Zhang Xinjie said.

"You mean, he might show up when the team has reached a certain stage of the competition?" Lin Jingyan said.

"Do you think it's possible that that guy messed up the rules? He thought that even the Challenger League couldn't be participated in during retirement, so he didn't sign up first?" Zhang Jiale laughed.

"He wouldn't even get this wrong, would he?" Zhang Xinjie said.

As a result, Han Wenqing, who took the newspaper from Lin Jingyan and glanced at it a few times, suddenly said, "That character, Lord Grim, no one but him can handle it."

As soon as these words came out, the other three fell silent. Lord Grim was a unspecialized character, which was no secret. And they, as professional players, were very clear about what an unspecialized was. Perhaps the only one who could really handle such a character well was this guy who was known as the Glory textbook.

"So who exactly is the one who registered as Lord Grim now?" Lin Jingyan wondered.

"That's a problem for Excellent Era to worry about," Han Wenqing said.

"Um, I'm asking you! If that guy's team or Excellent Era could immediately return to the professional circle, which one would you want to come back if you had to choose one?" Zhang Jiale suddenly said.

The three seemed not to have expected such a question and were all stunned. Lin Jingyan first retaliated in kind and asked, "What about you?"

"If it were me... although Excellent Era's current paper strength is really strong, I still think that guy is more difficult to deal with. For the sake of the championship, I would choose Excellent Era," Zhang Jiale said.

"Yes, Excellent Era!" Zhang Xinjie also said this, without stating the reason, but a "yes" represented that he basically agreed with Zhang Jiale's statement.

"Indeed, if it's that guy, I don't know what the team would be like. It's still Excellent Era!" Lin Jingyan said.

After speaking, the three turned their heads together and looked at their captain, Han Wenqing.

"It's all the same whoever comes," Han Wenqing said. "They are all opponents that must be defeated."

"Hahaha." Zhang Jiale laughed. "As expected of Tyranny's captain!" As he said this, he extended his right hand: "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." Han Wenqing reached out and shook his hand, representing Tyranny's official acceptance of this new member.

Happy Internet Cafe.

Including today, there were only three days left until the deadline for the free activity that Chen Guo had launched. The internet cafe was still crowded with people, but the voices that always ridiculed Happy, like in the past few days, had decreased a lot.

Those players really didn't have the face to come and mock them anymore. They had been trying to slap Happy in the face, but instead, they were slapped by Happy until they were dizzy. To say that Happy didn't know the immensity of Heaven and Earth, they really weren't qualified. To mock others, you always have to have the capital to be stronger than them, right? Happy had accepted challenges from all sides, and they hadn't lost even once!

Despite this, the players' anger couldn't be completely smoothed over. Especially after Excellent Era exposed such a piece of information, which triggered another bunch of disputes. Although Happy was no longer surrounded by fans, there were still many people who came every two or three days to try to find out if Ye Qiu was really there. The media had come more than once, trying to dig out some inside truth. However, the owner of Happy Internet Cafe, who claimed to be the owner of Happy Team, Chen Guo, kept her mouth shut. She didn't reveal any information about the team, only confidently saying that everyone would know sooner or later.

Sooner or later, of course, was certain. As long as they made it to the final stages of the Challenger League and held offline matches, all the members would have to be exposed. But who's curiosity could wait until then? There were still three days left, but the number of teams that had signed up for the Challenger League had already exceeded 10,000. According to past experience, the number of teams signing up in the last few days would explode. The number of teams signing up for the Challenger League this year had obviously reached a new breakthrough compared to last season. This was also a symbol of the continued prosperity of the Glory Professional League!

The more teams there were, the more rounds they had to break through in the early stages. The later the offline matches came. The spectators were now eager to know the results, but they had to drag the drama out for so long, which was really unbearable!

But what could they do if they couldn't bear it? The boss just wouldn't open her mouth, and they couldn't force her to speak with a knife!

Some very impolite players took the opportunity to run around and search in Happy Internet Cafe, but there were no results. They had already reached this point. If Ye Xiu and the others were still in the training room on the second floor, then they were being too careless. Ye Xiu and his party had already moved to the residential area over there.

The Challenger League exposed such a topic, which ended up hanging everyone, causing countless gossiping parties to beat their chests and stomp their feet. However, the real Excellent Era fans had lowered their voices at this time. Because the facts proved that the so-called experts who were arrogant in front of Happy were all trampled to death by Happy in the end. With their abilities, it was really difficult to slap Happy in the face. Although there were still some dead ducks with stiff mouths, shouting with their mouths but without any skills. But after all, there were only a few people who were so shameless. Those who were still jumping and shouting couldn't achieve anything.

Excellent Era's fans were still thinking about slapping them in the face, but the strongest force they could mobilize was undoubtedly the Excellent Dynasty guild. As a result, the call for action started again. After Chen Yehui received the news, his heart was dead. How did it come back after turning around? Wasn't he the one who encountered this problem in the first place? Knowing that even if the guild's experts went, they would be trampled to death, he came up with a brilliant idea to expose Lord Grim's identity and use this to divert the topic, right?

As a result, they quarreled about the topic, but Happy didn't say anything. A media report pursuing the truth killed them. The fans circled around and actually started shouting for the Excellent Dynasty guild to get back at them.

"Didn't you read the newspaper! Ye Qiu didn't sign up, but he must be in Happy! How can the online game experts deal with him? That Soft Mist might have been controlled by Ye Qiu all along, that's why she's so powerful! How can you turn a blind eye to so many analyses and gossip?" Chen Yehui wanted to talk to the fans properly, but unfortunately, he also had an official identity, and it was really inappropriate to speak like this.

Cui Li had specially emphasized it, so Chen Yehui couldn't find professional players to help.

Eh... Just as he was thinking that professional players wouldn't work, Chen Yehui immediately came up with an idea.

Professional players were inconvenient, or could he go to the training camp to take a look? The kids in the training camp had at least received professional training. In terms of Glory skill, they were definitely stronger than the experts in the online game. If he gathered a few of them, maybe he could destroy Happy. He believed that the manager would support this, right?