Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

Aside from the team's fans, other players didn't pay much attention to the various reports in the local Blue Rain media praising Lu Hanwen. After all, these kinds of reports praising their own team's rookies always appear whenever a rookie performs well, so everyone is used to it. Therefore, such reports don't have much of an audience other than the team's fans.

Chen Guo was naturally not their target audience. In fact, she only subscribed to one newspaper from Esports Home. She used to buy local newspapers that reported on Excellent Era, but she stopped buying them after learning what Excellent Era had done to Ye Xiu.

Indeed, just like the local media in Blue Rain, Excellent Era, as a powerhouse team that once won three consecutive championships, naturally also has many media partners in the local area. In the mouths of these media, Excellent Era has become an image of enduring hardship, never forgetting its original intention, and working hard.

Chen Guo had previously thought that since her team, Happy, was a local team, there might be local media coverage. So, when Happy was at the height of its popularity, Chen Guo bought a steamed bun. However, the newspapers were full of articles saying how blind Qiao Jingjing was and how useless Happy was, completely in a tone of waiting to see them make a fool of themselves. Chen Guo was so angry that she burned the newspaper that day. That's right, tearing it up wasn't enough to vent her anger; Chen Guo directly found a metal bucket and burned the newspaper...

"This is so troublesome. We have to wait until the next issue to see a report about us..." Chen Guo said helplessly as she sat in her seat.

"To be precise, it should be the issue after next. After all, the next issue is Friday's newspaper, and that's when we'll just start the competition, so our report should be on Monday next week," Xiao Nai corrected, taking the newspaper that Chen Guo had placed there.

"Give me one too, I want to see it," Wei Chen said.

“CS? I’m not interested in that. Xiao Nai, choose something else.” Wei Chen said somewhat dejectedly when he saw the newspaper on his desk.

“CS, I’ve been following that. I remember they’re already playing in world-class competitions,” Xiao Nai said.

"CS?" Qiao Jingjing asked with some curiosity.

“Yes, this game was developed earlier than Honor of Kings. It already has competitions organized by country. First, teams within a country compete against each other, and the winners then compete against teams from other countries to compete for the final world championship,” Xiao Nai said.

"A world-class competition!" Qiao Jingjing said with some surprise. Her understanding of e-sports was all in Glory, and she didn't expect that a game had reached the level of a world competition before Glory.

“Well, the player and fan base of Glory is pretty much established, so they should start preparing for the World Invitational Tournament in the next few years. I just don’t know if it will be in the form of teams or if the country will take the lead and select players to compete.” Xiao Nai said. Of course, he knew that in the end the country would invite players to form teams, but he didn’t want to make it too sensational.

"Doesn't that mean we still have a chance to step onto the world-class stage?" Chen Guo was instantly excited upon hearing Xiao Nai's words.

“There is indeed a chance, but most likely the country will invite players from various teams to form a brand new team. After all, Glory is now much larger than other games, so the country should pay more attention to it. Therefore, the most likely scenario is that each country will set up a competition region, and then teams will be formed by the country and slowly climb up the ranks,” Xiao Nai said.

"So if you want to reach a higher stage, everyone still needs to work hard." Ye Xiu also agreed with Xiao Nai's words.

The members of Team Happy were also very excited after hearing Xiao Nai's analysis, especially Tang Rou. The players in their own country were already so strong, and if they could also see players from other countries...

While everyone was getting excited, Qiao Jingjing noticed that Ye Xiu's expression was very calm. Even Xiao Nai's eyes were full of anticipation when he mentioned this. But Ye Xiu remained calm. "I'm different from you guys. You keep trying, maybe you really will have a chance. But I... I don't have time anymore," Ye Xiu said.

Upon hearing Ye Xiu's words, Qiao Jingjing and the others immediately fell silent. Yes, although Xiao Nai said it would be within the next few years, there had been no news until now, meaning it would be at least next year or the year after. Next year would be fine, since everyone would be entering the professional league then, and Ye Xiu would definitely be fighting alongside them. But what about the year after? Would Ye Xiu still be there?

"That's hard to say, you might actually have a chance," Xiao Nai said with a smile. After all, he remembered that Ye Xiu was invited to join as a coach in the original story, and the rules of the World Invitational Tournament also allowed coaches to participate in the competition.

"Then I'll take your kind words." Ye Xiu thought Xiao Nai was comforting him, so he didn't say anything more.

Xiao Nai didn't say much about this.

"Hey, speaking of which, with your aim, Vice Captain, you must be pretty good in these first-person or third-person shooter games too," Baozi said. He also followed other game tournaments because before playing Glory, he had played games like StarCraft and Counter-Strike.

Of course, Xiao Nai couldn't just watch the matches of other games; mainly because Chen Guozhi had ordered a batch of steamed buns, everyone had to watch them separately. So Xiao Nai waited until Zhang Jiale and Wei Chen finished watching before he brought his own to watch with Ye Xiu.

Although only three rounds of the competition have passed, the points gap between the teams is not too large, but a very clear gap has still emerged.

The powerhouse teams remain formidable, having already begun their strong performance early in the season. Among them, Samsara and Blue Rain, rivals from last season's finals, face off again this season. Their points are very close, while Tyranny, having undergone the most significant structural changes, is incredibly powerful, taking the lead after just three rounds.

Meanwhile, with Tang Hao's consistent performance and the more mature Zhao Yuzhe, Team Howling is also showing great momentum, with their results following closely behind Tiny Herb.

Following him were Misty Rain and Void, but despite the two teams' rapid rise, their scores were very close, differing by only one or two points.

These teams have all performed very well and belong to the top tier. The mid-tier teams and those hovering in the final elimination zone are also quite notable. These teams haven't changed much from last season, and the one whose relegation is particularly perplexing is the Hundred Blossoms team.

It's worth noting that at the start of this season, Baihua was touting the revival of the Shuanghua duo. Now, the players and roles are all in place, but Yu Feng and his teammates' performance has somewhat failed to live up to that reputation.

Yu Feng has been out of form for three rounds of matches, and Zou Yuante doesn't seem to have recovered from last season's slump. The performance of the two players has Baihua fans very worried.

After three rounds of competition, Hundred Blossoms had fallen to seventeenth place, even nearing elimination. Everyone was worried that Excellent Era's situation would repeat itself. (End of Chapter)