Happy's post-match interview sparked a heated discussion. There were those who believed it, but there were also many who didn't. All of the major media outlets requested interviews, saying that they wanted to understand what this so-called experience and intuition for terrain was all about.
However, Happy rejected all of them, including Esports Home's Chang Xian, who had always been on good terms with them. Happy solemnly stated: with the big battle imminent, as Happy's secret weapon, Luo Ji, didn't have the time. He needed to seize every moment to continue honing his "experience and intuition for terrain."
"He didn't show his true strength in the last match. After all, that was our home map. The next match will be the real test." Ye Xiu said to Chang Xian, who had come to find him, with an incomparably serious tone.
"Really?" Even though Chang Xian had a good relationship with Happy and was on Happy's side, from a personal point of view, he didn't believe it.
He wasn't the only one. Anyone who had a certain understanding of Glory was suspicious of this. Those who immediately gasped in surprise were mostly noobs who weren't skilled enough to see everything.
Chang Xian was a professional reporter for the Pro League. Not only did he have Glory skills, but his knowledge wasn't something a normal player could compare to. Hearing Ye Xiu's words, he looked left and right. Seeing that no one was around, he immediately lowered his voice and asked: "Is this a psychological battle?"
"Haha, yes, it's a psychological battle," Ye Xiu immediately nodded with a smile.
Chang Xian cried. Even though Ye Xiu had given him a definite answer, with his casual and perfunctory tone, should he believe it or not?
Sure enough, his meager cultivation was far from enough in front of this great deity!
"Then I'll wait and see." Chang Xian helplessly said some nonsense and left with a chuckle.
"Goodbye," Ye Xiu blocked Chang Xian and returned to Happy's practice room. Happy, everyone was there. They were all staring at their computers, but the atmosphere was quite casual.
The playoff games were even more intense than the regular season. Traveling from home to away would take up a lot of time. Therefore, it was impossible to continue the steady training pace of the regular season during the interval between the playoff games. Therefore, it was mostly some warm-up exercises to maintain their condition.
If the goal of the regular season was stability, then what the playoffs needed was explosive power. He did not care about anything else and unleashed his full power. The one who persevered to the end would be the victor. Those who slacked off or fluctuated could fall behind in the playoffs.
Happy to have won the first round of the second round. This was something to be happy about, but it was far from the time to celebrate. Now it seemed that everyone was quite clear about this. Everyone was using their own methods to sort out the results of the previous match and their mood, preparing for the next match.
"Gone?" Chen Guo asked Ye Xiu. She didn't lower her voice for fear of disturbing others. Because the atmosphere at this time was so normal, so normal. Everyone spoke if they had something to say, and it was not like the usual kind of mechanical training that required concentration.
"Gone."
"What did you say?" Chen Guo asked.
"Luo Ji is a secret weapon. How could I let them interview him so easily," Ye Xiu said as he walked behind Luo Ji and patted Luo Ji on the shoulder.
Luo Ji's body went limp. He turned his head with difficulty and said, "This … isn't too good, right?"
"Relax. It's actually none of your business," Ye Xiu said with a smile.
Luo Ji wanted to cry. How could it be none of his business? Now, wherever Glory penetrated, he was the talk of the town. This was probably what it meant to become famous in one battle. Overnight, his Four Beast Summoning Style was no longer the Four Beast Summoning Style. People gave it another name, "Demolition Style." It seemed like countless people really believed that he was a demolition expert who could see through the terrain in an instant and completely destroy it.
Luo Ji obviously understood why Ye Xiu insisted on saying this, but as a rookie, he was really unprepared for this kind of psychological warfare that completely reversed black and white. Luo Ji realized that this world was far scarier than he had imagined.
"It's really none of your business," Ye Xiu continued. "Next, it's Tyranny's problem."
"Is that so? Then the next match … "
"Of course, you still have to fight in the next match. Even if you don't use the atomic bomb, you have to put it there to intimidate the opponent, "Ye Xiu said.
Atomic bomb …
Luo Ji went limp again.
"Do you really think that this will scare Tyranny?" Chen Guo came over and asked. She would look at all the comments after the match. From what she could see right now, the more reasonable and persuasive comments were all pointing out that Ye Xiu was trying to trick them. After all, Glory had such a large fan base, so there were many experts within. Many of them had already pointed out how to do this. Chen Guo was also someone who knew the truth, so she naturally felt that Ye Xiu's psychological warfare this time was too low-end and childish.
"Of course it won't scare him." Ye Xiu said. "There's no situation that will scare Tyranny, but it will at least leave a thorn in his heart. Even if it's just a tiny bit of advantage, we have to fight for it. "
"Oh …" Chen Guo nodded and didn't say anything else. Do your best to fight for that one percent, one thousandth, or even one ten-thousandth of a chance. Ye Xiu was probably doing this kind of thing. Ever since he started in the tenth server, he had always been doing this kind of thing.
Team Tyranny.
After last night's match ended, they directly took a flight back to City Q and began preparing for their home game.
Just like Happy, Team Tyranny didn't have any tough training during the playoffs. But today, their vice-captain, Zhang Xinjie, didn't seem to be in a relaxed state of mind. In the practice room, when Lin Jingyan went over to take a look, he saw that Zhang Xinjie was studying Happy's home map, Full Moon Forest, from the previous match. His character was currently in the area where Team Tyranny had been completely destroyed by Happy.
"You really believe what that guy said!" Lin Jingyan pulled over a nearby bench and sat next to Zhang Xinjie, watching him study the area as he asked.
"Not really." Zhang Xinjie said.
Not really. In other words, there was still a bit of leeway left. And with Zhang Xinjie's personality, he naturally wanted to completely erase this last bit of leeway.
Lin Jingyan knew that there was no way to stop him. Zhang Xinjie's personality was like this. It was an advantage, but sometimes it was also a disadvantage. Ye Xiu had pointed out this point and said those words. He knew that he wouldn't be able to fool anyone else. He was targeting Zhang Xinjie. He wasn't trying to fool Zhang Xinjie, but it would draw his attention.
There were only three days until the next match. Would Zhang Xinjie be able to solve this problem? It wasn't that Lin Jingyan didn't trust his teammate, but he didn't think that Zhang Xinjie would be able to solve this problem. He looked at some of the post-match comments on this matter, and he agreed with some of the arguments. Happy collapsing the entire map. This wasn't Glory's experience or skill, this was science...
Science... this word seemed so distant to Lin Jingyan. He had fought in the pro scene for nine years, so he knew the pro scene very well. Let alone science, they weren't even part of the pro scene when it came to normal knowledge. Too many of the pro scene's people had very limited academic qualifications. After all, the pro scene placed more importance on younger players. A university graduate's age would be considered old among the rookies.
Zhang Xinjie... Even though Zhang Xinjie was known as a Master Tactician with a meticulous mind, in terms of academic knowledge, from what Lin Jingyan knew, he was probably only at the high school level, right? Last night, he had read a lot of analysis. They had all mentioned advanced mathematical knowledge like calculus. Lin Jingyan, who had read a few more times, had had nightmares last night.
"Wouldn't it be better to give this to the R&D department to analyze?" Lin Jingyan suggested.
"The R&D department is already analyzing it." Zhang Xinjie lived up to his reputation as Zhang Xinjie. Whatever Lin Jingyan thought of, he had already done.
"Oh..." Lin Jingyan nodded his head. And then... and then there was no and then. The R&D department was already analyzing it, but Zhang Xinjie still wanted to take a look. That was it.
As a result, Lin Jingyan didn't say anything else and turned on the computer next to him.
The two teams had just finished their first round matches and were preparing for the next round. That night, the second round match between Samsara and Micrograss began in City B at Micrograss's home stadium.
In the end, Samsara defeated Micrograss 11-7 in their away game. Micrograss had lost their home game first, so the situation was quite unfavorable. However, this was in line with everyone's expectations. In the pre-match polls, even against the two-time champions Micrograss, Samsara's support rate was quite high. Before the match, the topic of "Who will have the chance to become the second team to win three championships after Excellent Era" had been hyped up. After the results of this round, it was as if the answer had already been announced.
This series seemed to have ended prematurely. Then what about the first round?
Happy versus Tyranny, the second round began as scheduled. But looking at the support rate online, not only did the home game win not increase Happy's chances of winning, it actually decreased.
Because this round was Tyranny's home stadium. Even those who didn't like Tyranny wouldn't think that Tyranny would collapse after their first loss. Even if they had experienced an unprecedented reversal in the last round, Tyranny's hero wouldn't fall so easily.
City Q, Tyranny's home stadium. Under the spotlights, the two teams lined up on the field.
"How was it? Did you find a way to win?" Ye Xiu provoked Tyranny.
"What do you think?" Han Wenqing didn't say as many words as Ye Xiu, but he never lost out to Ye Xiu.
"Little Zhang, you have to do your best!" Ye Xiu called Zhang Xinjie Little Zhang. In the Alliance, there weren't many people who had the right to call Zhang Xinjie that way.
Zhang Xinjie laughed. This sort of psychological attack wouldn't work on him.
"You're so boring." Zhang Jiale then looked down on Ye Xiu.
"Not being Happy is the biggest misfortune of your life." Ye Xiu said to Zhang Jiale.
"F * ck off." Zhang Jiale cursed. Misfortune was very harsh. There was also a "is" in front of it. What did that mean?
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