After all, Ji Siyue was just a team leader. If there was really going to be a reform within the team, the final decision still lay in Qin Chengyao's hands.
"Give me some advice. How should we handle this matter?"
"The idea of finding substitutes you mentioned is worth considering, but we can't just decide on our own. We must discuss it with the other team members first. They are also part of the team. Although I'm the captain, I can't make choices for them."
Just then, the door behind them suddenly opened, and several people outside rushed in all at once.
"We agree to find substitutes. We also think that the current training method is a bit ineffective. Let's find some substitutes to train with us. Maybe it will be more productive than our current training."
Qin Chengyao was a bit surprised that they had suddenly come in, but their agreement was also within his expectation.
"Okay, you can go back first. I'll discuss it with him."
After getting their approval, it became much easier for Qin Chengyao and Ji Siyue to discuss this matter.
"If we're going to find substitutes, my suggestion is to give priority to those retired opponents from your past. They have training and competition experience. If we find someone like Xingxing with no experience at all, we'll have to start from scratch, which is a waste of time and not the best choice for us."
Qin Chengyao nodded, indicating his approval of Ji Siyue's suggestion.
"I can find the list of the first league. Let's screen it and see who is still available for the competition, and then contact them one by one."
"I can handle it. You go back to training. What you need to do now is to lead the team members to get familiar with the new training mode as soon as possible. As the team leader, my job is to help you find more suitable substitutes. Just give me the list."
"Okay."
Soon, Qin Chengyao brought the list.
He had already done a preliminary screening. Many people on the list had already retired and returned to their own lives. Only a very small number of them were still persevering. For example, Landu, but even someone like him already had a new team.
After the final screening, there were only five or six people who were still competing, but their teams were not very well - known.
After looking at the list for a while, Ji Siyue locked in on two targets.
One was called Breeze. He specialized in playing the magician. His magician skills were known as "ghost hands" in the industry. However, he missed one season in the middle. When he returned this season, he had already missed his prime time, so he could only play for a less - known team.
The other person was called White Crane. He played the artilleryman. He was very good at all the dozen or so characters in the artilleryman class.
After Ji Siyue had determined these two people, he took out his computer and carefully watched their past competition videos. Since these two were still quite well - known at that time, there was actually a lot of available information.
Breeze's skills were relatively stable. His level at that time would have been in the upper - middle range in the current league. However, since he had not played for several years, his level might have declined, and Ji Siyue needed to be mentally prepared.
The other person, White Crane, was among the top three artillerymen in the league. However, his performance was extremely unstable, and his mentality was also prone to collapse. It was said that during past competitions, the team even had to prepare a psychological counselor specifically for him to relieve his nervous or irritable emotions.
As for the other people, after searching for a long time, Ji Siyue found that there was no one worth considering, so he took out the list of these two people.
Ji Siyue watched them finish a PK match. Their performance was still very unsatisfactory, and everyone was a bit discouraged.
Ji Siyue said, "I've found two people who can be substitutes. You all know Breeze and White Crane, right?"
"Breeze is okay, but White Crane is not," Nangong Qi said directly. "That guy is extremely irritable. Once, when we defeated his team, he almost came over to beat us up."
"I've checked, and these two are the most suitable candidates at present. If we don't want White Crane, we'll only have this one substitute to try for, and this person already has a team. We may not be able to recruit him."
"I have two more suitable candidates. I just didn't include them in the list," Qin Chengyao suddenly said.
Ji Siyue waved the list in his hand and sneered. "Then, Captain, why didn't you mention it earlier? Who are these two people? I'll go and find out if it's possible to recruit them as substitutes."
"One is you. Your artilleryman skills are top - notch among ordinary players. Although they can't match the professional level, you'll develop good teamwork with us after playing together for a while, so you don't need to worry about that."
"But I'm already your substitute!"
"That was in the past. In fact, none of us ever really thought about letting you play. But if we include you in the team, you'll need to train with us," Qin Chengyao said.
As soon as he said this, Zhu Zhiyao objected.
"Siyue's leg is still injured. He can't sit for a long time. If we let him train with us, he may not be able to endure such high - intensity training."
Ji Siyue was silent for a while and then asked, "Who is the other person?"
"Landu," Qin Chengyao replied.
Xingxing exclaimed, "My brother? Doesn't he already have a team?"
"Yes. As far as I know, although his Junchen Team won the second place last season, Landu didn't get many opportunities to play, and his performance wasn't as outstanding as in the first league. I heard that the sponsor of Junchen has now inserted two new players, and they are both extremely powerful. One of them has the same position as Landu. I think that person was sent to replace Landu. Instead of letting Landu be an abandoned pawn without dignity, we might as well recruit him in advance."
"What? Such things have happened to my brother?" Xingxing felt a mix of emotions for a moment.
She had always regarded her brother as the goal to catch up with. She had only focused on how to play the game well herself and never thought that her brother was also having a hard time.
"Okay, I'll contact this person. As for me... I'll go to the hospital for electro - shock rehabilitation treatment starting tomorrow."
"Electro - shock rehabilitation treatment? Why didn't I know about this?" Zhu Zhiyao said. "I've been looking for rehabilitation methods for you everywhere, but I've never heard of this electro - shock treatment."
"That's because I specifically told the attending doctor not to tell you, because I didn't want to be treated... Now that the team needs me, I'll give it a try."
With that, Ji Siyue went back to his room.