Was Happy a smokescreen or not? The players were curious, and their debates filled the air. But aside from Blue Rain, the other teams ignored them. What tricks did Happy have up his sleeve? Blue Rain was their touchstone. When they fought against Blue Rain, they could see everything. In any case, they wouldn't meet in the first round, so why should they care now?
Each team was actively preparing for their opponents. In the dawn before the big match, everything was quiet. There was no more news, no more gossip. All the teams were quietly preparing for that moment.
June 14th, the much-anticipated opening match of the playoffs finally began.
City K, Hundred Blossoms' home stadium. Team Hundred Blossoms' captain, Yu Feng, arrived early. No one accompanied him. He was alone. He stood in the center of the field, and this was usually the place where the characters fought against each other with holographic projections.
Yu Feng raised his head and looked at the intricate projectors above him.
I'm here again …
Yu Feng looked around the field.
He had been at Hundred Blossoms for two years, and this was his second time standing on the stage of a Hundred Blossoms playoff game. Last year, their opponent was Tyranny. He had personally witnessed the emotions Hundred Blossoms' fans felt towards Zhang Jiale. It looked like hate, but wasn't this hate also transformed from love? In the end, it was all because they valued him. Yu Feng also hoped to be valued like this, so he worked very hard at Hundred Blossoms. He hoped to give Hundred Blossoms fans something they had never gotten before.
Champions!
Yu Feng had won a championship before. This made him luckier than anyone else in the circle. But that championship had been marked by too many people. That championship, his name wouldn't be mentioned. Yu Feng hoped for a championship. When people mentioned it, the first thing that came to mind was his name.
So he stood here, mercilessly abandoning Team Blue Rain, the team he had once loved deeply. Because of this, Blue Rain's diehard fan, Zuo Chenrui, slandered him, but Yu Feng just laughed it off.
For the sake of what he pursued, none of this was important. The world was fair. If you wanted to gain something, you had to give it up first. This was probably the principle of equivalent exchange. If he was like this, then wasn't Zhang Jiale of Hundred Blossoms the same?
Of course, his feelings towards Blue Rain were nowhere near the same as Zhang Jiale and Hundred Blossoms, which was why he had come to Hundred Blossoms. Yu Feng even had an embarrassing dream. In the dream, after he left Blue Rain and joined Hundred Blossoms, the fans of Blue Rain treated him like the fans of Hundred Blossoms treated Zhang Jiale. It did not seem like a wonderful experience either. Everyone could see Zhang Jiale's pain, but Yu Feng was envious. That was what he wanted the most — to be valued!
He knew that his position in Hundred Blossoms was far below that of Zhang Jiale, or even the former Berserker Sun Zheping. However, Yu Feng was confident because he already considered himself a member of Hundred Blossoms. He believed that the fans of Hundred Blossoms would see the results of his efforts. And now, what he had to do was to pass the first hurdle.
Samsara!
The strongest squadron in the hearts of countless people. In this match, 81% of the online votes favored Samsara. It was an overwhelming advantage.
But what was laughable was that in the regular season, Hundred Blossoms had won once 7-3, and then lost 4-6 this time. In terms of points, Hundred Blossoms was still leading 11 to 9! From this, it could be seen that statistics were sometimes not very useful. Who would think that Hundred Blossoms was better than Samsara just because of their two small points advantage? No, almost no one. Hundred Blossoms' 19% support was probably not because they thought they were better than Samsara, but because they thought they would win.
Victory and defeat, there was no such thing as absolute. Being strong could increase the chances of winning, but it could never be 100%. As long as it was not 100%, then there was always a chance that something else could happen. Even if it was one in ten thousand, it was still a possibility.
And now, it seemed that the public thought that Hundred Blossoms only had a 19% chance of winning.
Let that 19% become reality! Yu Feng took a deep breath and glanced at the time. There was still some time before 8: 30 PM. He walked around the stage one more time and then prepared to leave. But then he saw Zou Yuan, his teammate in Hundred Blossoms, also appear in the stadium, walking up the stairs.
"You're here too?" Yu Feng asked. Although the two were a bit far away, there was no one else in the stadium. It was extremely quiet. Yu Feng slightly raised the volume of his voice, and it echoed throughout the stadium.
"Yes, I came to imagine the atmosphere," Zou Yuan replied.
"How?" Yu Feng turned his head to look behind him. There was no one in the stadium. It was extremely quiet.
"I'll try my best to make it as exaggerated as possible. That way, when it really happens, I'll think, 'Ha, it's just so-so.' That way, there won't be any pressure," Zou Yuan said.
Yu Feng smiled. He knew that this teammate of his had nearly gone crazy from the sudden pressure the team had placed on him. This was probably what this guy had thought of at that time, a way to relieve the pressure of a match!
He looked at Zou Yuan. He saw him standing at the edge of the stage, looking at the empty stands. Suddenly, he closed his eyes, opened his arms, and focused on his stress-relieving ritual. Yu Feng didn't make a sound. He just watched quietly, not even taking a single step.
After a while, he saw Zou Yuan close his arms, open his eyes, look at him, and smile.
"Done?"
"Done. Do you want to try too? "Zou Yuan asked.
"Me? Forget it! This isn't suitable for me. If the atmosphere isn't as intense as I imagined, then I'll probably be very disappointed, "Yu Feng said.
"Haha, you're right. You're different from me!" Zou Yuan sighed.
Yes, the two of them were different, completely different.
The pressure that had once pushed Zou Yuan to the brink of insanity was actually what Yu Feng had always yearned for.
Zou Yuan feared that pressure, while Yu Feng enjoyed it.
So when Yu Feng came to Hundred Blossoms, Zou Yuan didn't hesitate to hand over the position of captain and core to Yu Feng. After the pressure was reduced, Zou Yuan began to work hard to learn how to take responsibility. He worked hard to grasp the good fortune that had been forced upon him. He gradually did it, but he didn't regret the decision he had made. In the end, he couldn't fundamentally change his personality. Yu Feng was far more suited to bear the pressure of being captain and core. If he handed it over to him, he would definitely do better than him.
How interesting!
Sometimes, Zou Yuan couldn't help but think about it. The two of them, who were polar opposites, actually became teammates and partners in the end. Was it because these two people with such contrasting personalities were the easiest to complement each other? In this season's Best Duo selection, the two of them had received quite a high evaluation.
Recreate Blood and Blossoms?
Zou Yuan thought of the goal that the club had set for them at the beginning. Now, it seemed that they had only made do. Blood and Blossoms was a style that required telepathy. Not only did it require skill, it also had a lot to do with the player's personality. Unfortunately, Yu Feng wasn't Sun Zheping, and he wasn't Zhang Jiale. In the end, the two of them were unable to recreate the Blood and Blossoms of the past. They could only use their own method, which was to create a Berserker and Spitfire duo.
This was probably the so-called changing of eras.
In the end, the things of the past would never come again. What was obtained by forcibly recreating them would forever lack the flavor of the past. Sometimes, what people missed wasn't really Blood and Blossoms, but the feeling they had when they first saw Blood and Blossoms, right? This kind of feeling was something that could never be replicated. Because the first time was the first time. If it happened again, then it would be the second time. It could never be the first time.
Use our own method!
Zou Yuan thought to himself. In the beginning, when he had taken over the Dazzling Hundred Blossoms left behind by Zhang Jiale, he had been frightened, he had lost his head out of fear. The team wanted him to inherit Zhang Jiale's position, so he had done his best to learn Zhang Jiale's playstyle. He had even almost imitated Zhang Jiale's style. But in the end, what had happened? In the end, he couldn't do that well. He couldn't bear that much pressure. That season, Hundred Blossoms had been supported by the rising Tang Hao. As the core, he had hurriedly finished that season while learning how to imitate Zhang Jiale.
So he knew that he couldn't continue like that. He needed to find a path that would allow him to continue on. So he was very grateful to Yu Feng, who had come to Hundred Blossoms at that time. He was the one who had taken away the heavy burden that had originally been on Zou Yuan's shoulders, allowing him to explore and explore without any burden.
As expected of a good partner! Zou Yuan thought of the complementary theory he had just thought of and deeply agreed.
Then next, it was time to win together!
Zou Yuan was just about to say something, when he suddenly heard a sound. He and Yu Feng both turned their heads and saw a group of people pouring into the stadium from the other side of the entrance.
Samsara!
It was Team Samsara!
Team Samsara's entire team had arrived. As soon as they entered, they also saw Yu Feng and Zou Yuan standing on the stage. Their footsteps didn't stop because of this, and they also walked onto the stage. Yu Feng glanced at the time. He knew that Samsara had come to warm up. Teams playing in away games would often walk around unfamiliar venues before the match to familiarize themselves with the environment. It was the playoffs, so Samsara obviously wouldn't miss out on any details that might benefit the match.
"It's Hundred Blossoms' two heads!" Samsara's captain, Zhou Zekai, rarely took the initiative to greet others for reasons that were well known. The one who came up to greet Yu Feng and Zou Yuan was their vice-captain, Jiang Botao.
"Mm, you guys came to warm up!" Yu Feng responded. He wasn't unfamiliar with Jiang Botao. Players like them who had come from the same generation had a sense of closeness that came from walking together as rookies. And Samsara's team was built from players from Seasons 5, 6, and 7. There were quite a few players from the same generation as Yu Feng. For example, the All-Stars Jiang Botao and Lu Boyuan had both started working in the Alliance in Season 6. And Yu Feng was, without a doubt, the most dazzling one among them. He was the Best Rookie of the same generation, and that year, he won the championship with Blue Rain. Yu Feng's rookie season was perfect. Aside from him, only Zhang Xinjie could achieve such a result in his first season in the Alliance.
But even so, it didn't change one thing: the players from Season 6 all played supporting roles in their respective teams.
The first to break through was again Yu Feng. He left Blue Rain and came to Hundred Blossoms, becoming the only core player of the Season 6 batch.
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This is an update from last month with 2400 votes! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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