Zhao Yang, a pro player from Season 3. As soon as he debuted, he received a lot of attention. He lost to Wang Jiexi in that season's Best Rookie. But from that season onwards, he was selected into the All-Star team for seven consecutive years. He was the undisputed number one Qi Master in Glory.
This was Zhao Yang's glory, but what attracted even more attention was that he had been selected into the All-Star team for seven consecutive years, but hadn't made it to the playoffs once in those seven years.
An All-Star player who had never made it to the playoffs. Looking at the entire history of the Alliance, Zhao Yang was the only one. Being selected into the All-Star team for seven consecutive years proved Zhao Yang's strength. Not making it to the playoffs for seven consecutive years proved Seaside's strength.
Because they had an All Star player, people weren't too willing to label Seaside as a weak team. In reality, Seaside was indeed far from those teams that often wandered around the relegation zone. They steadily wandered around the middle of the pack and were always just one step away from the playoffs.
Because of this awkward situation, Zhao Yang was often tempted by other teams, but he stayed. He led Seaside to the playoffs again and again. Seven years of hard work, seven years of mediocre results, seven years of mediocre placements. Zhao Yang had been suspended like this for seven years. And now, he finally felt tired. He didn't change teams and try something new. He straightforwardly admitted his failure and announced his retirement.
Zhao Yang's professional career was not short of ridicule. Wang Jiexi, who had also debuted in Season 3, didn't need to be mentioned. He could be called the most successful pro player after Ye Xiu. And Zhao Yang, who hadn't even made it to the playoffs, couldn't be compared in many people's eyes.
Everyone was more willing to compare Zhao Yang to Yang Cong.
301's captain, the Alliance's Top Assassin, who had also become a pro player in Season 3. Unlike Wang Jiexi and Zhao Yang, Yang Cong didn't reveal his talent at first. Through continuous slow growth, he finally gained people's recognition. The team that had grown up with him was 301 Degrees.
This team had gathered a bunch of players like Yang Cong, who weren't too dazzling, but had solid fundamentals. They had steadily improved step by step. They lacked talent, but they had always made up for it with hard work. They weren't a powerhouse, and they weren't even labeled as a strong team. However, they would often make it into the playoffs and cause trouble for any of the top teams.
In comparison, Zhao Yang, whose talent was much more anticipated by everyone, had never doubted his ability since his debut season. However, he had never been able to help the team make a breakthrough. On the other hand, Lin Hai's team wasn't doing very well in terms of management. They had encountered all kinds of problems that a club could encounter, so it was quite impressive that they hadn't disbanded until now. But now that Zhao Yang was leaving, this battle team would no longer have any expectations. Even if they had an All Star character, Qi Master Hai Wuliang, with Seaside's messy management, the All Star character probably wouldn't be enough to attract players to join them.
Zhao Yang was relatively calm at the press conference announcing his retirement. His career was full of awkwardness, and there was really nothing worth remembering. In the end, even Zhao Yang himself could only use the words, "At least I tried, I tried," to summarize his seven years of career. After that, it was Team Seaside's gratitude and blessings to Zhao Yang.
Another outstanding player had left, but just like his career, the repercussions of his departure were rather mediocre. This was because his retirement didn't affect the Alliance at all. What people cared about the most was always the competition for the championship. Team Seaside had never been one of those teams. Their weakening would probably only allow those teams whose goal was to stay in the championship to breathe a sigh of relief.
Because there weren't any intense consequences, Cheng Siyan didn't pay too much attention to it after a brief observation. In any case, she couldn't be the one to do the interview regarding Zhao Yang's retirement. Cheng Siyan was preparing to contact Fang Rui, but before that, she opened Weibo. In the end, she was dumbstruck. On Weibo, because of Fang Rui's Weibo post, everyone was completely overjoyed.
Cheng Siyan made all sorts of analyses, guessing that Fang Rui might want to leave, but she needed more information because she was a journalist. But why would normal people need this kind of integrity? After coming up with such a conjecture like Cheng Siyan's, of course they would say it openly and then gossip.
What was different was that among the people who were irresponsibly gossiping, there were a large number of pro players.
"What's the situation?" This kind of honest and normal came from Fang Rui's former teammate, Lin Jingyan. As former partners, the two had a very good relationship off the stage, so they were naturally more concerned.
But even more were those who didn't mind watching the show and making a big deal out of it.
"What's wrong, Dirty Fang? Has your dirtiness finally gotten to the point where Wind Howl can't take it anymore and decided to get rid of you?" Void's Wu Yuce, a player from the same generation as Fang Rui, sent a not-so-friendly greeting.
"Senior Fang Rui's style really doesn't fit with the current Wind Howl!" Samsara's Jiang Botao directly quoted Wu Yuce's comment. Even though he was only a year away from Fang Rui, he still called Fang Rui a senior.
"Wind Howl's high frequency and high tempo limits the space for dirtiness." Tyranny's Zhang Xinjie's comment was very professional. After one sentence, he didn't say another word.
"Tch, what's the point in saying so much!" Huang Shaotian expressed, but he didn't just sigh. In order to break through the 140-character word limit on Weibo, Huang Shaotian used this as a topic and attached a long post below to show off his talent.
Cheng Siyan subconsciously clicked on it. Then, an exclamation mark that took up a third of the page was displayed in front of her. Cheng Siyan skimmed through a few lines and calmly put away the long Weibo post. There was no need to read trash talk. And Huang Shaotian's "Tch, what's the point in saying so much?" was an eyesore no matter how she looked at it.
From the Gods to the rookies, there were many pro players who joined in. After commenting, there were also replies and discussions. Cheng Siyan obviously followed all the pro players with Weibo, but now, she was being flooded by these pro players. And the number was still increasing. These guys had clearly gotten excited when they saw Fang Rui's Weibo in the morning. What kind of hand speed did these pro players have? Several new Weibo posts went by in a second. Cheng Siyan couldn't keep up with them all.
But she still persisted.
This bunch of pro players' comments had no value. Cheng Siyan wanted to see if anyone from Wind Howl was involved. For a moment, she forgot that she had planned to directly contact the person involved, Fang Rui. But as she refreshed, a new Weibo post appeared in front of her.
"There's no future. Pack up your things. Happy!"
Weibo spokesperson: Ye Xiu.
Cheng Siyan was stunned. As for why, it was obvious just by looking at Ye Xiu's Weibo account. Ye Xiu's Weibo account had been verified. He had created many accounts over the years and had over ten million followers. But his Weibo followers were 0, and his Weibo posts were 0.
In other words, Ye Xiu's Weibo account had never been used. He had always been mysterious and wouldn't appear in front of the public in any way.
But Happy! After the Challenger League, Ye Xiu didn't seem to be afraid of this anymore. He had accepted interviews and participated in press conferences. These were all things that he would never have participated in before. And now, he was even using Weibo?
For a moment, Cheng Siyan didn't even care about what Ye Xiu wrote. She clicked on the Weibo comments. A bunch of people were dumbfounded. Half of them were worried that his account had been hacked …..
But the pro players had already begun to quickly scroll through Ye Xiu's Weibo to complain about him. The discussion about Fang Rui instantly died down. This made Cheng Siyan feel like a boss was spawning. Only when a boss spawned would there be instant focus fire, right?
"Holy sh * t, who is this? Let me see!" Void's Li Xuan snatched the first kill for complaining.
"Old Ye knows how to use Weibo too? How long has he been learning? It's actually Mucheng, right? Mucheng, I see you! "Chu Yunxiu was the second to go up.
In the end, she quickly received a reply. Su Mucheng reposted her Weibo: "I'm here!"
"The Weibo account that Ye Xiu has been guarding for so many years has been dedicated to Fang Rui. True love doesn't need to be explained." Team Thunder's Dai Yanqi suddenly flirted with Ye Xiu. It immediately attracted a wave of intense attention.
"The truth is out ….."
"Amazing ….."
"Repost it ten thousand times. True love will be realized. Everyone repost it ….."
"True love has been realized. Happy has another All Star?"
The topic suddenly returned to the main topic. Everyone suddenly realized that this was a very serious problem. Everyone had always thought that Happy was grassroots, Happy was new, weak, weak. But now, there was Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng. They already had two All Stars. If Fang Rui really went, how many teams in the Alliance would have three All Stars? Even if their characters weren't as good, who would dare treat them as a weak team?
"Compared to Happy, Micrograss is the best choice." Wang Jiexi, who had disappeared amidst all the complaining, suddenly popped up.
"Is there a spot for Micrograss? Why don't you come to our Thunder? "Xiao Shiqin said.
"Come to our Void. Void needs some bottom lines," Li Xuan said. However, his comment still contained some sarcasm. It could be seen that it was just for fun. He probably didn't have much sincerity in trying to recruit him. Fang Rui was a pretty good player, but they couldn't steal him just because they thought he was good. If they stole him, they had to have some use for him. If they stole him for decoration, even if they were willing to steal him, Fang Rui might not be willing to go!
At this time, Cheng Siyan was completely dumbfounded. Until now, Fang Rui had only been mentioned as "the weather has changed, I'm tired, I don't love you anymore." But on Weibo, why was there such a huge commotion? Even though some of them were just joining in on the fun and complaining, there really were some teams that could give Fang Rui a stable spot.
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