Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

Chapter 922 Offline Lottery

The opponents in offline competitions are determined by a draw among the teams. Once the teams are simply divided into groups, it becomes clear which team you will be playing against.

The draw is largely based on luck. For example, Wuji and Xihuo, both professional teams, were eliminated from the offline tournament because of Fengbie's draw against Happy and Excellent Era. It's important to understand that only offline matches in the Challenger Series can generate revenue for the teams.

Because they were eliminated early, they essentially had no income or benefits that year, which was fatal for a team that had already retired from the professional league.

Wuji has now disbanded, and Xi Huo Xiao Nai hasn't received any news about it yet. However, he thinks it should be soon, so he asked Wu Chen to keep an eye out. After all, if the other party disbands, they might be able to see if they can buy some suitable self-made equipment.

The league is naturally transparent about this crucial step. To maintain fairness and transparency in the future, the league will invite all team leaders to the league headquarters for a draw before January 18th.

The date is also simple, as it's Saturday. This can be seen as the league showing concern for non-professional teams, since ordinary players also participate in the challenge, and gaming is only a small part of their lives; most of them are working or studying and only have time on weekends.

But this concern ends there. The offline competitions that follow will involve all the teams playing together for a month. During this time, they won't be concerned about the players' schedules anymore. This will inevitably affect students who need to study or work during this period, and they won't be concerned about these impacts anymore.

"Xiao Nai, Ye Xiu, why don't you come over and have some fun together?" Chen Guo was a little nervous after being told that she would be going to the lottery by herself this time.

Moreover, these kinds of events are usually between the team's main and secondary players.

However, due to the high spirits of Ye Xiu and the other veterans, Xiao Nai's workload has also increased. Now, Xiao Nai and the rest of the Happy Old Guard are incredibly busy, and Chen Guo wanted to take this opportunity to let them relax. But Xiao Nai and the others unanimously refused.

“There’s no need for us to go. We were worried about facing Excellent Era before because everyone’s growth wasn’t enough, but it’s different now. Jingjing and the others are strong enough to stand on their own now. On the contrary, facing Excellent Era now is just right. Anyway, the second place team can still advance. Even if we lose to Excellent Era, we can use the opportunity to find our weaknesses and the gap between them, making us more confident in the final. All of you bosses, don’t be nervous. No matter which group we are drawn into, it won’t be a disadvantage for us now,” Xiao Nai said.

"Xiao Nai is right. We've reached the final stage. It's only a matter of time before we all face off. So, boss, don't worry about it. This is just a formality," Ye Xiu said.

"Yes, yes, that's it. Don't worry, boss, with us here, we'll crush whoever comes next," Zhang Jiale said. He was actually looking forward to meeting Excellent Era sooner, because that way he could use the Blooming Bloodscape to get revenge on Excellent Era.

After all, if they encountered Excellent Era earlier, what could be more intimidating than using the Blooming Bloodscape technique in a direct confrontation with Excellent Era? As long as they could make Excellent Era suffer losses, Excellent Era would definitely make more targeted tactical and personnel arrangements in the final battle, which would make Xiao Nai's plan even more successful.

"Guoguo, if you're nervous, we can go with you," Qiao Jingjing and Tang Rou said, concerned that Chen Guo might be nervous.

"No need. Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu are so confident, how could I, the big boss, embarrass our team? You guys focus on training at home, leave the draw to me," Chen Guo said. "By the way, speaking of which, the city where Glory's headquarters is located happens to be the same city as my group's headquarters. I'll have Lao Liu arrange accommodation for you. Sister Chen, you should relax these few days too," Xiao Nai said, sending a message to President Liu to make the arrangements.

"Accommodation? Are you guys talking about going to the Alliance headquarters? Xiao Nai, can you take me with you? I'm going too, so please arrange it for me as well." At this moment, a voice came from the doorway. Xiao Nai didn't even need to turn around to know that it must be the owner of the other side visiting them again.

Xiao Nai was quite helpless with Tao Xuan, only able to marvel at how perfectly he managed to maintain a proper balance. Although he would occasionally come over to play, his timing never overlapped with their meetings or tactical sessions. He would only come over when their training was almost over to log in and play with them.

He completely avoided anything related to the team and handled conversations very well. He gave off the feeling that when he came, you found him annoying, but when he didn't, it felt like the training room was missing someone.

"Get out of here. Can you compare to my Sister Chen? Don't you have a secretary?" Xiao Nai rolled his eyes at the other person and said.

After all, Chen Guo didn't have a secretary and wasn't familiar with the place, so Xiao Nai asked President Liu to help make arrangements. But Tao Xuan had been to Glory headquarters countless times and had his own secretary. He didn't need Xiao Nai to make any arrangements.

Moreover, just as Chen Guo wanted to take the opportunity to let Xiao Nai and the others relax, Xiao Nai also wanted to let Chen Guo relax. During this period, Chen Guo had been in charge of all the team's operations and other matters by herself, and she was working just as hard as they were.

"Speaking of Tao Xuan, will Mu Cheng be going?" Chen Guo looked at Tao Xuan with some anticipation. If Mu Cheng was going, then she would have company.

“Um…no, that’s usually the team captain’s job. Mu Cheng is just a player, and besides, even Sun Xiang and the others are training hard right now, so Mu Cheng has even less time,” Tao Xuan said.

Tao Xuan's words surprised Xiao Nai. He remembered that in the original novel, it was Sun Xiang who went to Excellent Era this time, and Chen Guo even had a slight advantage in the verbal exchange because of her status as the boss.

"I see..." Chen Guo was a little disappointed to hear that Mu Cheng wouldn't be going. After all, Mu Cheng was different from Qiao Jingjing and the others. With Mu Cheng's current strength, some basic training wasn't that important, and her time wasn't as tight as Qiao Jingjing's and the others.

"Speaking of which, isn't the boss of Excellent Era a little too leisurely? It's one thing for you to come over and have fun in your spare time, but now you have to go to headquarters to draw lots all day long?" Ye Xiu said, looking at Tao Xuan's strange expression.

"Hehe, now that we've been relegated, many of our previous collaborative projects have been suspended. Everything will have to wait until we return to the league to resume. Excellent Era is now a very mature club, with each department managing its own affairs well. This has led to me, the boss, having some free time. Since I'm idle anyway, these kinds of things naturally fall to me," Tao Xuan said. (End of Chapter)