Lin Yi’s persuasion ultimately failed to calm Lu Shilin down. But what else could be done? Even if he threw a tantrum on the field, it wouldn't change the outcome of the match. The only likely consequence would be being picked up by security and thrown out.

Lin Yi felt he couldn't communicate with this guy anymore, so he could only lead the players back to their bench. But when he looked over there, Boss Xiao Jie also had an angry expression.

"Go back and pack your things, and get out of my sight!" Xiao Jie pointed at the players leaving the field, dropping this sentence out of the blue, and then left without looking back.

Lin Yi and the others looked pale. Having persisted with the Zhuxian team for so long, they had only considered the possibility of the team collapsing and everyone going their separate ways, but they had never imagined such consequences today. They weren't particularly capable players, and without such a team, they might never be able to make a living in the pro scene again.

Lin Yi sighed. Their fate had been completely decided by this match. In comparison, Lu Shilin was acting like it was the end of the world, which was truly ironic!

Xiao Jie disappeared in the blink of an eye after leaving his seat, not even turning his head. The Zhuxian players' professional careers had been completely terminated, and their hearts were aching, but at this moment, no one went up to beg or explain anything to the boss. After a year of being together, they all knew their boss's personality. His arrogance made it impossible for him to change his decisions, even if he himself realized they were wrong.

Lin Yi stood there for a while, not chasing after their boss, nor leaving immediately. Instead, he turned around and walked towards Xingxin.

Xingxin was filled with joy, which made the Zhuxian players envious. But seeing Lin Yi walking towards them, the Xingxin players consciously restrained their mood. The emotions of the defeated were worth understanding!

"A very good match." Lin Yi extended his hand to Ye Xiu. Even after losing to the point of ending his professional career, Lin Yi really hadn't lost the demeanor of a professional player. The mutual greetings between captains before and after the match were often just a formality these days, but Lin Yi, having lost in this manner, still remembered such things, showing that he was truly sincere.

"Thank you." Ye Xiu shook his hand. "Don't give up, keep going."

"I'd like to." Lin Yi smiled wryly. "I'm afraid there won't be another chance."

The Xingxin players were stunned. Chen Guo pointed in the direction of the tunnel where Xiao Jie had disappeared: "Could it be that just now... wasn't just a momentary outburst?"

Of course, Ye Xiu and the others had seen Xiao Jie's outburst just now. However, the match had just ended, and in front of everyone, dismissing the entire team with a wave of his hand was something no one would easily believe. So they all took Xiao Jie's words as an angry outburst, but now hearing Lin Yi's meaning, it seemed that it wasn't just an outburst.

"In any case, I hope there will be a chance to meet again in the future. I wish you good results." After Lin Yi said what he wanted to say, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey, wait!" Chen Guo suddenly jumped out and called out to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi stopped and turned back.

"Wasn't what your boss said just now really just a momentary outburst?" Chen Guo was still struggling with this question. She really couldn't believe that someone would be so unreasonable and willful.

"I'm afraid not." Lin Yi said黯然.

"Then what are you guys planning to do in the future?" Chen Guo asked.

"I don't know yet. With our level of skill, most likely no team will take us in!" Lin Yi smiled self-deprecatingly. "Probably today's match will be our farewell match."

"Uh..." Chen Guo hesitated, and looked back at Ye Xiu, seeming to be considering how to phrase her words.

"Our boss means, if you don't have any suitable options, you can come to our Xingxin first." Ye Xiu finally came over to help her speak.

"Ah?" Lin Yi looked shocked.

"But... I'm afraid you won't be team members for the time being, but there will always be some suitable arrangements, all of which are related to Glory." Ye Xiu said.

Lin Yi understood immediately upon hearing this. They were all people in the industry, so how could they not understand the meaning of Ye Xiu's words? This kind of arrangement was actually what many retired players were looking forward to, after all, Glory was the thing they were most skilled at. But the problem was, the Zhuxian players hadn't reached the point where they wanted to retire. If conditions allowed, they would still prefer to be professional players fighting on the field, although they also knew that their level was limited, but they felt it was too early to conclude that there would be no room for improvement.

If it were Lu Shilin with that kind of personality, he would probably jump up and question "What do you mean? Are you saying that I don't have the skill to be a professional player and can only do odd jobs?", but Lin Yi knew that the other party was completely well-intentioned. Perhaps only a team with veterans like Ye Xiu, Wei Chen, and Sun Zheping would have a real understanding and tolerance for players at the end of their road.

"Thank you." This was what Lin Yi wanted to express first. "But I think I'll wait until I discuss it with my brothers before making a decision!"

"No problem." Chen Guo nodded. "Let's exchange contact information!"

The two sides then left each other their contact information. After Lin Yi thanked them again, he turned around and returned to his teammates' side. As they left, some of them kept looking back at Xingxin, with expressions of astonishment on their faces, obviously Lin Yi had already told them about Xingxin's offer.

Lu Shilin, who had been petrified on the stage like a statue, saw this scene with his own eyes, and suddenly seemed to wake up. He jumped down like a madman and pointed at the departing Zhuxian players, then pointed at the Xingxin players and shouted: "Ah! I understand, you guys colluded in advance, you've been bribed, so you deliberately threw the match, right! Too despicable, I'm going to complain about you, referee, where's the referee?"

This guy was acting like a madman, actually treating the normal exchange between the two teams after the match as a dirty transaction. This kind of powerful thinking stunned everyone. Even Ye Xiu, who had experienced countless battles and was extremely experienced, had never seen such an extreme character.

"I'll be damned, what kind of person is this? Baozi, the time to show your talent has come." Wei Chen immediately cursed after reacting.

"Okay." Baozi jumped out bravely. "What should I do, kill him?"

"No, no, no!" Ye Xiu quickly stopped him.

"What, dare to do it but not admit it?" Lu Shilin acted as if he had really found a magic weapon to reverse the situation, extremely rampant.

"Don't stop me, I'm going to cripple this shameless guy!" Wei Chen couldn't bear it any longer and prepared to take action himself.

Lin Yi and the others were about to leave, but they heard Lu Shilin going crazy here. Although Lin Yi and the others had been fired by their boss Xiao Jie, they were still teammates with Lu Shilin after all. Seeing this guy making trouble out of nowhere, they felt ashamed, especially since this guy actually accused them of match-fixing, which made them a little angry.

The Zhuxian players gathered around again, preparing to drag Lu Shilin away.

"Let go of me, you bunch of shameless guys, do you still have any professional ethics?" Lu Shilin struggled to break free and cursed at the Zhuxian players.

The Zhuxian players all had iron-blue faces. If they really had no ethics, they would have beaten Lu Shilin to death by now. Look at Wei Chen from the Xingxin team, he was struggling to come over and beat someone!

The audience was in an uproar, but because they were far away, they could only watch and couldn't hear what they were talking about specifically. It looked like a dispute had occurred between the Zhuxian and Xingxin teams.

In the end, it had to be said that Ye Xiu was experienced in dealing with situations. He didn't hit the ranting Lu Shilin, nor did he try to reason with him. While stopping Wei Chen, he looked around and shouted: "Security, security, come quickly, someone here is reneging after losing."

Hearing this shout, someone in the crowd laughed. Looking at Lu Shilin again, he didn't seem so annoying, he seemed like a child who was throwing a tantrum because he couldn't get candy.

The security had noticed the commotion here long ago and was rushing over. They arrived at the scene half a minute after Ye Xiu shouted. Before Ye Xiu and the others could speak, Lu Shilin took the lead as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and held the security guard's hand, saying: "I want to complain, these two groups of people colluded to fix the match."

A bunch of people covered their foreheads. Of course, the league had a special disciplinary committee to supervise such things, and there were also relevant channels for complaints, but in any case, it wasn't the responsibility of the venue security. These were two completely unrelated systems.

However, the security guard looked like he was experienced in dealing with problems. After Lu Shilin held his hand tightly, he didn't try to shake him off, but instead persuaded him gently: "Okay, okay, calm down first, come, come, take your time."

"It's like this..." Lu Shilin really started to speak, and then the Xingxin and Zhuxian teams watched together as this noisy child was tricked and driven away by the security guard.

"He picked up a life." Wei Chen said with certainty at this time.

Ye Xiu ignored his boasting. Lin Yi and his group, who had already bid farewell and left, bid farewell to Xingxin again. This time, the Xingxin team was also preparing to leave. Chen Guo had a heroic personality, and before leaving, she waved her hand at Tian Qi and the others in the audience who were also dumbfounded by the scene just now: "Let's go, let's celebrate the victory!!"

That night, the Xingxin team had reason to relax. They had gone through hardships all the way, and they had finally reached the last step. Next, was the target that the Xingxin team had been deploying and targeting for the past year: the Excellent Era team.

The Excellent Era side arrogantly left first, without waiting for any results. As a result, after they left the stadium, the bus back to the hotel hadn't even been fully seated yet when they received the news that the Xingxin team had finally won and would become their opponent in the finals.

"So fast?" The Excellent Era members were all surprised by the time. Although the Zhuxian team was a weak team in their eyes, shouldn't Excellent Era also be a weak team of the same level? They had actually won overwhelmingly again? On the way back to the hotel, not a single person in the Excellent Era team mentioned the upcoming finals. This was a very rare phenomenon.

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