Qin Chengyao looked at Ji Siyue. "What do you mean?"
"It means that you don't actually have to play every time. You can take some proper rest. You're the backbone of the team, but you're also human," Ji Siyue said. She genuinely felt sorry for Qin Chengyao.
During this league, he had been under too much pressure. Maybe others hadn't noticed, but she had seen it many times. He would get occasional headaches, and this had only started recently. He hadn't even told her, the team leader, about it, which made Ji Siyue feel like she had failed in her duty.
"Come on! Don't blame yourself like this. I'm fine," Qin Chengyao said as he hugged Ji Siyue. "Hurry back. I still need to achieve three consecutive victories."
Perhaps with Ji Siyue's comfort, Qin Chengyao's condition improved a lot. When leading the team to the battle room, his steps were filled with more confidence.
Achieving three consecutive victories wasn't difficult.
Next, Qin Chengyao deployed the well - rehearsed one - carry - four strategy.
Since this offensive one - carry - four strategy had never been seen in the league before, Minghe didn't know how to deal with it in the third round. They failed to make timely adjustments and lost the game, narrowing the score gap by one point.
In the next round, GH's offensive was even more powerful, and the score was tied again.
The score was now 2 - 2.
It was the decisive round, and there was a 45 - minute break. While both teams were urgently discussing how to play the final round, a heated argument broke out on Weibo because of GH's tactics today.
[I've never seen such a one - carry - four strategy. They're just too...]
[What does this mean? An experiment? Although GH won't be eliminated anyway, this is just so disrespectful to their opponents!]
[Agreed +1!]
[Don't care about respect or not. They do have the strength.]
[I won't support them anymore if they only have strength but no character!]
[Stop arguing. There's still one more round. After this round, no matter the result, you'll have plenty to argue about!]
"What are you still looking at your phone for!"
The team manager snatched Wei Feng's phone away. "What you need to do now is to think about how to play the next round quickly! Not looking at Weibo here! Do you have any sense of responsibility as a team captain?"
He looked up at the others.
His four teammates were looking at him blankly, hoping that he could make a decision quickly. The team manager was still chattering while waving the phone, and the argument on Weibo was still going on.
Could things get any worse?
He turned around and looked at the live - broadcast TV outside through the glass door. The TV was showing the scene of the opponent's battle room.
The people in the picture all looked serious, but the atmosphere seemed much better than here.
It seemed that... that was where a truly coordinated team was.
"I've never felt like I was in a real game," Wei Feng said.
Everyone was confused. "What?"
Suddenly, he smiled. "It seems that I've lost something. Rehearsing the one - carry - four strategy day after day, there's never been any real teamwork. We've never practiced other strategies. Every time I suggested rehearsing new tactics, you all thought that as long as we had me, the number - one mage in the league, we were bound to win. What else to think about? In the next round, let's use the one - carry - four, the regular strategy. Let's play with all our might using the most familiar one."
The third round officially began.
Both teams were using the one - carry - four strategy. It was time to compete in strength.
Wei Feng was an expert in this strategy. With the heroes' strength being about the same, he could always gain an advantage with his own skills.
But in the end, they still lost.
It wasn't a matter of strength but of the team members.
After 20 minutes of the game, the players on both sides were highly stressed. The players of GH were in good condition because of their special training, but the players of Minghe were not.
They were all nervous. Some even started talking nonsense, and their operations couldn't match their usual level. It was inevitable that they would lose the game in the end.
Minghe didn't participate in the post - game interview. It was not until evening that Ji Siyue learned from Weibo that after losing this game, Minghe was eliminated and stopped at the 11th place in Group A.
That night, they announced on Weibo that they were disbanding the "Sanction" division of Minghe Team, and all the players were put up for transfer.
The transfer price of the other four players was 200,000 each, but for Wei Feng himself, it was 20 million, even more expensive than when he was first signed by Minghe. It seemed that the team manager was determined to ruin Wei Feng's career.
With such a sky - high price of 20 million and it not being the transfer period, it seemed that Wei Feng's career this season was doomed.
After seeing this news on Weibo, Ji Siyue didn't hesitate and directly informed everyone on WeChat to come to the meeting room for a meeting.
It was midnight.
Everyone in GH sat there with tired eyes, patiently waiting for Ji Siyue to announce the topic of this meeting.
Seeing that they were really tired, Ji Siyue got straight to the point. "We've already made it into the top eight. Next is the in - team selection, and then the semi - finals and the finals. It will get more and more difficult in the future. So I want to ask everyone, do you agree to sign Wei Feng, who has just been put up for transfer? With a dedicated mage, we can develop more possibilities for our lineup."
As she said this, she glanced at Landu.
Both Landu and Wei Feng were magic - type players, so there would inevitably be some overlap to a certain extent.
Landu understood what Ji Siyue meant and nodded. "I have no objections, but the game is already half - over. It'll be difficult to get a new player to fit in."
"I've also considered that," Xing Xing said seriously for a rare time. "Wei Feng is really strong. We almost lost in the last game today, but this problem is quite real."
Ji Siyue looked at Qin Chengyao. "What's your opinion?"
Qin Chengyao thought for a while and said, "We're not a team that relies on teamwork to win. We practice diversified lineups, so I don't think it matters if there's no team - building. What's important is everyone's opinion."
Obviously, Qin Chengyao and Ji Siyue had similar ideas.
Next, everyone agreed.
After all, they weren't petty people. The problems they mentioned were inevitable. Since they all thought it didn't matter, then it didn't.
Now there was only one last problem left.
"I'll pay the 20 million for the transfer fee as soon as possible," Ji Siyue said. Actually, she didn't have that much money on her, but she had invested in a live - broadcast company in Old Yang's company before, and now she had made quite a bit of money. She could just scrape it together.
Qin Chengyao laughed in disbelief. "How can I let you pay? The team will pay."
The investor of the team was the Qin Group, which meant that Qin Chengyao would pay.
Everyone let out a howl like a single person and went back to sleep one by one.
That night, everyone slept well, except for one person.