Chapter 172 Transition Chapter

The post-match interview with Team Happy sparked heated discussions. Some believed it, and many didn't. Major media outlets requested interviews with Luo Ji, all wanting to seriously understand what this so-called experience and intuition about terrain was all about.

However, Happy turned them all down, even Chang Xian from Esports Home, with whom they'd always had a particularly good relationship. Happy solemnly stated: The big battle is imminent, and Luo Ji, Happy's secret weapon, had no time for this at all. He needed to seize every moment to continue honing his "terrain experience and intuition."

"He didn't unleash his true strength in the last match, after all, it was our home map. The next match is the real test," Ye Xiu said with utmost seriousness to Chang Xian, who had come directly to his door.

"Really?" Although Chang Xian had a good relationship with Happy and was on their side, he personally didn't believe this.

It wasn't just him. Anyone with a decent understanding of Glory held considerable doubts about this. Those who immediately began to marvel were mostly newbies whose skills weren't good enough to see what was really going on.

Chang Xian was, after all, a full-time reporter for the professional league. Not to mention his own Glory skills, his perspective was far beyond that of ordinary players. Hearing what Ye Xiu said, he looked around, and when no one was around, he immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Is this psychological warfare?"

"Haha, yes, it's psychological warfare," Ye Xiu immediately nodded and said with a smile.

Chang Xian was crying. Although Ye Xiu had given him a definite answer, with that casual, perfunctory look and tone, should he believe it or not?

Sure enough, his own meager skills were far from enough in front of this great god!

"Then I'll wait and see," Chang Xian said helplessly, leaving with some meaningless chatter.

"Goodbye," Ye Xiu saw Chang Xian off and returned to Happy's training room. Everyone from Happy was there, each at their computer, but the atmosphere was quite relaxed.

The playoff matches were even more frequent than the regular season, and traveling back and forth between home and away games took up time on the road. So it was impossible to continue the stable training rhythm of the regular season during the intervals between playoff matches. Instead, they focused on warm-up and refresher-type training to maintain their condition.

If the regular season was about stability, then the playoffs were about explosive power. Exploding with all one's might, regardless of the cost. Those who persevered to the end would be the victors. Those who were lax or inconsistent could fall behind in the playoffs.

Happy had won the first leg of the second round, which was something to be happy about, but it was far from a cause for celebration. It seemed that everyone was clear about this. Everyone was using their own methods to sort out the results and feelings from the last game, preparing for the next one.

"Did he leave?" Chen Guo asked Ye Xiu, not lowering her voice for fear of affecting others. Because the atmosphere at this moment was so casual and everyday, everyone spoke when they had something to say, not like the focused, mechanical training of normal days.

"He left."

"What did you say?" Chen Guo asked.

"Luo Ji is a secret weapon, how can we let them interview him casually," Ye Xiu said, walking up behind Luo Ji and patting him on the shoulder.

Luo Ji's body went limp, and he turned his head with difficulty and said, "This…isn't that good?"

"Relax, it's not really about you," Ye Xiu said with a smile.

Luo Ji was crying. How could it not be about him? Wherever Glory had penetrated, people were talking about him. This was probably what it meant to become famous overnight. Overnight, his Summon Four Beasts style was no longer the Four Beasts style. People had given it another name called "Demolition Style." It seemed that countless people believed that he could see through the terrain in an instant and then completely destroy it, a demolition expert.

Of course, Luo Ji understood Ye Xiu's intention in insisting on saying this, but as a rookie, he was completely unprepared for this kind of turning black into white psychological warfare. Luo Ji found that the world was far more terrifying than he imagined.

"It really has nothing to do with you," Ye Xiu continued, "Next is what Team Tyranny needs to worry about."

"Really? Then the next game…"

"Of course, you still have to play in the next game. Even if the atomic bomb isn't used, it has to be there to deter the enemy," Ye Xiu said.

Atomic bomb…

Luo Ji felt a little weak again.

"Do you really think this can scare Tyranny?" Chen Guo asked at this time. She would scour all kinds of post-match comments, and from the current discussions, the most reasoned and convincing arguments pointed out that Ye Xiu was bluffing. After all, Glory had such a large fan base, and there were many experts within it. Many people had pointed out how to do such a thing. Chen Guo, who knew the complete truth, naturally felt that Ye Xiu's psychological warfare was a bit low-end and childish.

"Of course it won't scare them," Ye Xiu said, "No situation will scare Tyranny, but it can at least leave a thorn in their side. Even if it's this tiny advantage, we must fight for it."

"Oh…" Chen Guo nodded and said nothing more. Exerting all effort to fight for that one percent, one-thousandth, or even one-ten-thousandth possibility, that was probably what Ye Xiu was doing. From starting in the tenth server, he had been doing this all along.

Team Tyranny.

They had directly boarded a flight back to Q City after last night's game and began preparing for their home game.

Like Happy, Team Tyranny wouldn't have any arduous training during the playoffs. But on this day, their vice-captain Zhang Xinjie's attitude didn't seem like he was easily adjusting his condition. In the training room, when Lin Jingyan went over to watch, he saw that Zhang Xinjie was studying Happy's home map from the last game, Moonlit Forest. The character's current scene was the area that Happy had completely collapsed, ultimately leading to the collapse of the entire Tyranny team.

"You really believe what that guy said!" Lin Jingyan pulled a stool next to Zhang Xinjie and watched him study this area, asking.

"Not really," Zhang Xinjie said.

Not really, which meant that he still retained a little bit of belief, and with Zhang Xinjie's personality, he naturally wanted to completely eliminate this last bit of leeway.

Lin Jingyan knew there was no way to stop him. Zhang Xinjie's personality was like this. It was an advantage, but sometimes it could also be a disadvantage. Ye Xiu had accurately pinpointed this and said those words, knowing that he couldn't fool anyone else. He was aiming for Zhang Xinjie. Not to deceive Zhang Xinjie, but to distract him.

There were only three days until the next game. Could Zhang Xinjie figure out this problem? Lin Jingyan didn't distrust his teammates, but he didn't think highly of Zhang Xinjie on this issue. He had read some post-match comments about this incident, and he agreed with some of the arguments. Happy collapsing the entire area of the map, this wasn't Glory experience and technique, this was science…

Science… This word seemed so distant to Lin Jingyan. He had been fighting in the professional circle for nine years and knew their group very well. Don't even mention science, their general knowledge level had never been high. Too many people here had limited education. After all, this sport valued younger players more, and university graduates were considered old among rookies.

Zhang Xinjie… Although Zhang Xinjie was known as a tactical master with meticulous thinking, as far as Lin Jingyan knew, his education was probably only at the high school level? He had read a lot of lengthy analyses last night, and they mentioned higher mathematics knowledge such as calculus. Lin Jingyan had nightmares last night after reading a few more paragraphs.

"This, would it be better to give it to the technical department to analyze?" Lin Jingyan suggested.

"The technical department is already analyzing it," Zhang Xinjie was Zhang Xinjie after all. He had already done what Lin Jingyan thought of.

"Oh…" Lin Jingyan nodded, and then… then there was nothing else. The technical department was already analyzing it, but Zhang Xinjie still wanted to take a look, just like that.

Lin Jingyan didn't say anything else and opened the computer next to him.

The two teams that finished the first leg of the round were preparing for the next round. That night, the second leg of the first round between Samsara and Tiny Herb kicked off at Tiny Herb's home stadium in B City.

In the end, Samsara defeated Tiny Herb 11-7 on the road. Tiny Herb lost their home game first, putting them in a relatively unfavorable situation. But this was in line with public expectations. In pre-match surveys, even against the two-time champion Tiny Herb, Samsara received a very high support rate. The pre-match topic about which of these opponents would have the opportunity to become the second team after Excellent Era to win three championships seemed to have been answered after this round of victory and defeat.

It was as if this series had ended prematurely. What about the first group then?

Happy versus Tyranny, the second leg of the round arrived as scheduled. But looking at the online support rate, the home victory not only didn't increase Happy's win rate prediction, but it actually decreased slightly.

Because this round was Tyranny's home game. Even those who didn't like Tyranny wouldn't think that Tyranny would be discouraged after losing the first game. Even though they had experienced such an unprecedented comeback in the previous round, the heroes of Tyranny wouldn't fall so easily.

Q City, Tyranny's home stadium, under the spotlight, the two teams lined up on the field.

"How is it, have you found a way to win?" Ye Xiu provoked Tyranny.

"What do you think?" Han Wenqing didn't have as much rhetoric as Ye Xiu, but his momentum was never weak.

"Little Zhang, you have to work hard!" Ye Xiu called Zhang Xinjie "Little Zhang." There weren't many people in the alliance who were qualified to call Zhang Xinjie that.

Zhang Xinjie smiled. This kind of psychological attack wouldn't work on him.

"You're so boring," Zhang Jiale then looked down on Ye Xiu.

"Not coming to Happy is the biggest misfortune in your life," Ye Xiu said to Zhang Jiale.

"Scram, scram, scram," Zhang Jiale cursed. Unfortunate was already grating, and there was even a "is" in front of it. What did that mean?

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