Zhao Yang, a professional player from the third season of the Professional Alliance, attracted much attention from the start, narrowly losing to Wang Jiexi in the Rookie of the Year competition that season. However, from that season onwards, he was selected for the All-Star lineup for seven consecutive years, and was the undisputed number one Glory Qigong master.

This was Zhao Yang's Glory, but the more notable phenomenon surrounding him was: seven years in the All-Star lineup, but seven years without a single playoff appearance.

A player in the All-Star lineup who has never entered the playoffs; looking at the entire history of the league, Zhao Yang is the only one. Seven consecutive years of All-Star selection prove Zhao Yang's strength; seven consecutive years of missing the playoffs prove the strength of the Linhai team.

Because they have an All-Star player, people are not so willing to label Linhai as a weak team. In fact, Linhai is indeed far from those teams that often hover in the relegation zone; they steadily wander in the middle, always just a step away from entering the playoffs.

Because of this awkward situation, Zhao Yang has been tempted by other teams many times, but he stayed. Leading Linhai to launch冲击 (chōng jī - an assault) on the playoffs time and time again. Seven years of effort, seven years of mediocre results, a middle ranking that was neither up nor down; Zhao Yang was hung like this for seven years, and now, he finally feels tired, feels exhausted. He didn't change teams to try something new, but frankly and simply, acknowledged his failure and announced his retirement.

Zhao Yang's professional career has been ridiculed a lot. Wang Jiexi, who debuted in the same third season as him, goes without saying, and can be called the most successful professional player after Ye Xiu. But Zhao Yang, a player who has never even played in the playoffs, is considered incomparable by many.

People are more willing to compare Zhao Yang with Yang Cong.

Captain of 301, the league's chief assassin, also became a professional player in the third season. Unlike Wang Jiexi and Zhao Yang, Yang Cong was not conspicuous at all at first. After continuous slow-burn growth, he finally gained people's recognition. Growing up with him was the 301 team.

This team is full of players who, like Yang Cong, are not very dazzling, but have solid basic skills and steadily improve step by step. They lack talent, but have always made up for it with hard work. They are not a powerhouse, and don't even have a clear strong team label, but they can often break into the playoffs and create trouble for any top team.

In contrast, Zhao Yang, whose talent was more expected by people, no one doubted his strength from his debut season, but he was never able to help the team make a breakthrough. And Linhai's team is also quite unsupportive in its operations; they have triggered all the problems that a club can encounter, such as financial crises and personnel disputes, and it is quite remarkable that they have survived until now without disbanding. But now that Zhao Yang is leaving, this team will no longer have any expectations. Even if they still have an All-Star level Qigong master character, Hai Wu Liang, Linhai's unsupportive and chaotic management probably won't be enough to attract superior players to join.

Zhao Yang was relatively calm at the press conference announcing his retirement, but his professional career was full of embarrassment, and there was really nothing worth remembering. In the end, even Zhao Yang himself could only use "At least I came, I tried" to summarize his seven-year career. Then there were the formal things like the Linhai team's gratitude and blessings to Zhao Yang.

Another excellent player has left, but just like his professional career, his departure ultimately caused a rather mediocre reaction. Because his retirement has almost no impact on the league's landscape. What people care about most is always the battle for the championship, and the Linhai team has never been a member of it. Their weakening will probably only make the teams aiming to stay in the league breathe a sigh of relief.

Because there were no drastic consequences, Cheng Si-Yan didn't pay much attention to it after a brief follow-up. Anyway, she wouldn't be doing the exclusive interview on Zhao Yang's retirement. Cheng Si-Yan was preparing to contact Fang Rui, and before that, she opened Weibo as usual, but was dumbfounded. On Weibo, Fang Rui's Weibo post had completely exploded.

Cheng Si-Yan made various analyses and deductions, guessing that Fang Rui might want to leave, but she still needed more material, because she was a journalist. But ordinary people don't need this professional ethics? After making a guess like Cheng Si-Yan's, of course they would say it out loud, and then gossip.

The difference is that among the people who are now gossiping irresponsibly, there are a large number of professional players.

"What's the situation?" This rather honest and ordinary question came from Fang Rui's former teammate, Lin Jingyan. As former partners, the two had a good personal relationship off the field, so he was naturally more concerned at this time.

But more were sharp comments from people who didn't mind watching the excitement.

"What's wrong, Wretched Fang, has your wretchedness finally made Hundred Blossoms unable to bear it any longer and they're preparing to get rid of you?" Wu Yuce, a player from Void who debuted in the same period as Fang Rui, sent a not-so-friendly greeting.

"Senior Fang Rui's style is indeed not very compatible with the current Hundred Blossoms!" Samsara's Jiang Botao directly quoted Wu Yuce's statement and commented. Although he was only one year younger than Fang Rui, he still addressed Fang Rui as "senior."

"Hundred Blossoms' high frequency and fast pace limit the发挥 (fā huī - give full play to) of the wretched style." Zhang Xinjie of Tyranny's comment was very professional. After saying one sentence, he didn't say another word.

"Tch, what's the point of saying so much!" Huang Shaotian said, but he didn't just have this one exclamation. In order to break the seal of Weibo's 140-character limit on him, Huang Shaotian used this as the title, and then attached a long Weibo post below to show his talent.

Cheng Si-Yan subconsciously clicked it open, and then saw exclamation marks occupying one-third of the page, displaying an extremely shocking force in front of her. Cheng Si-Yan scanned a few lines, and then calmly put away this long Weibo post. There was no need to read trash talk. And Huang Shaotian's sentence "Tch, what's the point of saying so much" looked annoying no matter how she looked at it.

From gods to rookies, there were many professional players who joined in this commentary. After the commentary, there were also mutual replies, reposts, and discussions. Cheng Si-Yan of course followed all the professional players with Weibo accounts, and as a result, she was jointly spammed by these professional players. And the number was still increasing. Obviously, these guys got excited after getting online in the morning and seeing Fang Rui's Weibo post. What is a professional player's hand speed? A few new Weibo posts appear every second. Cheng Si-Yan couldn't keep up at all.

But she was still persevering.

The pure吐槽 (tù cáo - roast) of these professional players is of no value. Cheng Si-Yan hoped to see if anyone from Hundred Blossoms was involved. For a while, she forgot that she was going to contact the person involved, Fang Rui, early in the morning. As a result, while constantly refreshing, a new Weibo post suddenly appeared in front of her.

"No future, pack your things, come to Happy!"

Weibo speaker: Ye Xiu.

Cheng Si-Yan was stunned. As for why, just look at Ye Xiu's Weibo account. Ye Xiu's Weibo account has identity verification. It was established a long time ago, and has accumulated millions of fans over the years. However, Weibo follows: 0; Weibo posts: 0.

In other words, Ye Xiu's Weibo has never been used since it was applied for. He has always remained mysterious and will not appear in public in any form.

But since forming Happy and participating in the Challenger League, Ye Xiu seems to no longer care about this. He has accepted interviews and attended press conferences. These are things he would never have participated in before. And now, he has even started using Weibo?

For a moment, Cheng Si-Yan didn't even bother to care about what Ye Xiu wrote. She casually clicked on the comments on this Weibo post. A bunch of people were dumbfounded, and half of them expressed concern, asking if his account had been hacked...

However, the professional players had already started quickly reposting Ye Xiu's Weibo and began to 吐槽 (tù cáo - roast) it in various ways. The discussion about Fang Rui cooled down a lot in an instant. This gave Cheng Si-Yan the feeling of a Boss refreshing. Only when the Boss refreshes will it be instantly targeted, right?

"Holy crap, who is this? Let me see!" Li Xuan of Void snatched the first 吐槽 (tù cáo - roast).

"Old Ye also plays Weibo? How long did you learn? Actually, it's Mucheng, right? Mucheng, I see you!" Chu Yunxiu was the second to go.

As a result, she quickly received a reply. Su Mucheng retweeted and commented on her Weibo post: "I'm here!"

"Ye Xiu, after guarding his Weibo for so many years, he dedicated his first post to Fang Rui, true love, no explanation." Dai Yanqi of Thunder boldly teased Ye Xiu, immediately causing a wave of strong attention.

"The truth..."

"Sharp..."

"Retweet ten thousand times, true love will be realized, everyone retweet..."

"Damn, true love has been realized, will Happy have another All-Star?"

The topic suddenly returned to the main point. Everyone suddenly realized that this was a very serious problem. Everyone has always felt that Happy is grassroots, Happy is newly built, weak, weak, weak. But now, with Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng, there are already two All-Star players. If Fang Rui really goes, a three All-Star lineup, how many teams in the league have such a lineup? Even if the characters are worse, who would dare to regard them as a weak team?

"Compared to Happy, Tiny Herb is the best choice." Wang Jiexi, who was absent from the chaotic吐槽 (tù cáo - roast), suddenly popped up at this time.

"Does Tiny Herb have any positions left? Why not come to our Thunder?" Xiao Shiqin said.

"Come to our Void, Void needs some lower limits," Li Xuan said, but this one was still帶吐槽 (dài tù cáo - with a roast), and it could be seen that he was just joining in the fun. He probably didn't have much sincerity in recruiting people. Fang Rui is a good player, but you can't just grab him home just because he looks good. You have to be able to use him after grabbing him back. If you grab him back to display, you're willing to grab him, but Fang Rui may not be willing to go!

Cheng Si-Yan was completely dumbfounded at this time. Until now, all that was known about Fang Rui was still just the seven words "The world has changed, tired and unloved," but on this Weibo, how did the war for people start so fiercely? Although some of them were just joining in the fun and 吐槽 (tù cáo - roasting), there were indeed some teams that could give Fang Rui a stable seat.

Chapter 1710 The Great God Begins to Act