Chapter 543 Researching Materials

Ye Xiu had studied Glory for so many years; even if he hadn't eaten pork, he'd seen the pig run. Current pro clubs researched self-made equipment using two approaches. One involved people like Ye Xiu and Wei Chen, relying on their experience and understanding of Glory. The other was like what Luo Ji said, using mathematical knowledge to understand the characteristics of each material. Major clubs usually had both types of talent in their technical development departments. They complemented each other, completing various studies related to Glory, not just limited to self-made equipment.

Conceptionally, Happy now also had such conditions. It was just that in terms of experience and understanding, Ye Xiu and Wei Chen were more than enough, but when it came to applying mathematical knowledge to Glory, Luo Ji was just starting out. This meant that he had no accumulated data. And this data was the absolute secret of the technical development departments of major clubs. Even if Ye Xiu had been the captain of Excellent Era, he couldn't grasp this kind of information. Wei Chen didn't need to be mentioned; in his time, the technical development department wasn't so technical. It was all pure experience.

"How about this for now?" Luo Ji sent another message. "Compile all the materials used in each rank during the Thousand Chance Umbrella's upgrade, and then list all the uses of these materials that you know. What attributes and data do the things made from these materials have? The more detailed the better. I'll try to see if I can find the patterns."

"Okay!" Ye Xiu simply answered with one word, but Wei Chen's face turned green. Only those who had researched Silver weapons knew how heavy the workload was.

"It's not just me doing it." Ye Xiu said, looking at Wei Chen's green face. "You should also compile all the uses of various materials that you know. We still have many Silver equipment to research!"

Wei Chen understood when he heard this. From this day on, Happy's data library would be gradually established.

"I never thought we'd become more and more organized!" Wei Chen had a sense of deja vu. To be honest, when Ye Xiu first pulled him in, his main thought was to have his fill and then die. The more people who understood the pro scene like him, the less confident they were in a makeshift team. The current Glory pro scene was no longer what it was eight or nine years ago.

But as Happy had come all the way, players, equipment, funds, materials, guild, from nothing to something, and now even a data library was about to be established, Wei Chen suddenly realized that, unknowingly, Happy was already a fully equipped little sparrow. Opponents who regarded Happy as a grassroots team would definitely pay the price for this contempt.

"Compile materials!" Wei Chen suddenly shouted, startling everyone in the room. As a result, this guy had already buried his head in front of the computer, searching his mind, searching the internet for information, and searching his research records from all these years to start compiling.

"Compile materials!" Before everyone could recover, Ye Xiu also suddenly shouted and buried his head in front of the computer, busy.

"What's wrong with these two?" Everyone in the room looked at each other. The only thing they could be sure of was that these two were not crazy. Their expressions in front of the computer were so focused, even more focused than when they were playing in the Challenger League.

The new week of the Challenger League, which was also the final round of the online competition, finally arrived on Friday. Happy completed its final roster update before the final round. Berserker Zai Shui Yi Xia appeared on Happy's roster. However, this kind of change in a Challenger League team would not attract any attention. Even reporters who paid close attention to Happy didn't notice this.

The final round of the Challenger League online competition ended without suspense. All 20 teams that broke through the online competition and entered the offline competition were generated. The teams that could reach this point had some basic strength. However, for Happy, player-organized teams were not enough to make them feel threatened. In addition to Excellent Era, Miracle, which was relegated at the same time as Excellent Era, also made it into this list of 20 teams.

Miracle's relegation was of course not a miraculous event like Excellent Era. For ninety percent of last season, they firmly occupied the bottom spot in the league, vowing not to give other teams half a chance. Their relegation was undisputed, and the weakness of their team was also impeccable.

However, they were weak, but only relatively speaking.

Compared to player-strength teams, they were still much stronger. But looking at the pro scene, Miracle's strength was still inferior to Wuji. The Wuji team had three years of accumulation in the league, but Miracle had only been around for two years, and the first year they managed to stay in the league. Hiring former pro player Zhang Yiwie as a coach was seen as a stroke of genius. With such an experienced former player guiding them, Wuji's rookies adapted fairly well in their first season. But in the second year, Zhang Yiwie was unable to work miracles, and Wuji collapsed like a landslide. The topic of whether a coach could change a team sparked heated discussions again.

Usually, it wasn't easy for a relegated team to preserve its strength, but Miracle's roster basically stayed intact. Rather than saying that the team's work was done well, it was better to say that other teams didn't show much interest in Miracle's players. Could a Miracle team of this strength shake Excellent Era in the Challenger League? Players were too lazy to think about this question. In the past, a showdown between two relegated teams in the same year would be the biggest topic in the Challenger League. But what about this year? Watching Miracle was not as interesting as watching that grassroots Happy team that clamored to defeat Excellent Era!

After Miracle, the next team with a background to mention was the Zhuxian team. And the Zhuxian team not only had a background, but it was a very strong background. Even Ye Xiu and Wei Chen felt a sense of kinship when they saw the name of the Zhuxian team. The Zhuxian team was a team that had been fighting in the pro scene since the first season. This qualification alone would kill half of the current league teams.

However, compared to seniority, what made Zhuxian more admirable was their bumpy experience.

The Zhuxian team participated in the pro league in the first year and resolutely finished at the bottom. However, the relegation system had not yet been introduced in the first year, so they were still able to participate in the second year.

But in the second year, the relegation system was introduced. The Zhuxian team, which resolutely finished at the bottom again in the same year, resolutely relegated.

In the third year, the Zhuxian team fought in the Challenger League.

So in the fourth year, they resolutely killed their way back. Then, they relegated again.

Then in the fifth year, they resolutely killed their way back to the league again. In the sixth year of the league, they resolutely relegated again.

The Zhuxian team, which had been jokingly called the King of Resurrection, lost this "crown" in the seventh year. In that year's Challenger League, they failed and did not successfully resurrect.

Then in the eighth year, they failed again.

Zhuxian had not disbanded, and they participated in the ninth year again, which was this year's Challenger League.

Nine years of Glory pro career, five years spent in the Challenger League, Zhuxian could definitely be said to be the team with the most experience in the Challenger League. But what was the strength of the Zhuxian team? Probably few pro teams in the league would pay attention. Some teams might have even forgotten the name of the Zhuxian team. A team that had to struggle even in the Challenger League, even if it eventually resurrected, didn't seem worth the attention of the powerhouses in the league.

Even Wei Chen was stunned when he scanned the name of the Zhuxian team while looking at the final list of 20 teams.

"Is that the Zhuxian team?" Wei Chen said in a daze.

"It's that one," Ye Xiu said.

"They haven't disbanded yet?" Wei Chen said.

"Not yet," Ye Xiu said.

"They're truly a respectable opponent." Wei Chen paid his respects solemnly.

"Yeah."

"But this time they're eliminated again, they should disband, right?" Respect was respect, but the complaints still had to be made.

"Who knows?" Ye Xiu said.

"Do you know anyone on this team?" Wei Chen asked.

"I'm really not sure about this," Ye Xiu said. This Zhuxian team had been struggling in the Challenger League for three years. Ye Xiu didn't know what their current lineup was. Even in the sixth season when they had some contact, this kind of bottom-ranked relegated team wouldn't leave much of an impression on Ye Xiu.

"Who were the ones back then?" Wei Chen tried to recall, but obviously, weak teams at the bottom were so transparent. In Wei Chen's few pro memories, the only space left for the Zhuxian team was to remember their name.

The name of the Zhuxian team, the King of Resurrection, was just a joke. No one really paid attention to what their real situation was like. Especially after failing to resurrect for two consecutive years, when even the jokes were gone, they were about to be completely forgotten.

"No matter what, we have to take them seriously," Ye Xiu said seriously.

"Yeah, yeah, take them seriously." Wei Chen nodded. Only he himself knew if he was being perfunctory.

Excellent Era, Miracle, and Zhuxian were the teams with pro backgrounds in the 20 teams. Usually, they were the strong teams in the Challenger League. Besides these, the rest were player-organized teams, true grassroots teams. It was considered a bit of strength to reach this stage. Major teams would pay some attention to their next performance. Among them, someone might be spotted by a team and become a pro player.

It was a pity that none of these player-grassroots teams were named after mocking Excellent Era. This made the final offline competition lose a major attraction. But speaking of it, compared to taking a name to ridicule the relegated Excellent Era, Happy, which directly claimed to overthrow Excellent Era, was the biggest mockery, right? Because Happy seemed to be serious!

The offline competition was about to begin, and the major Glory media outlets finally spared some space to report on the Challenger League. Excellent Era's luxury, Miracle's coach, Zhuxian's ups and downs, and Happy's big talk... all became relatively popular topics. And at this time, the league also officially began to contact the teams to inform them of the time and place for the final offline competition.

And before that, there was an important matter about to take place.

The draw.

To a certain extent, the thing that could determine the final fate of a team was about to begin.