Chapter 842: I

Bai Lianghe was born bright and moving, but when she got angry, she looked milky and fierce.

The several players from "East China University of Political Science and Law" were all veterans of many battles, so naturally, they didn't take her words to heart, but instead felt that this girl was quite delicate and pretty.

"Beauty, no matter how good-looking you are, we won't show mercy when we get on the field."

Mu Jin immediately cut in, her tone sharp: "We won't show mercy either, because you all look very ugly!"

Yu Qian curled her lips and added: "Ugly looking, shouting happily!"

Unexpectedly, these female team members were one after another sharp-tongued. The players from "East China University of Political Science and Law" curled their lips in frustration and could only smile as if they were generous.

They couldn't really scold them in public like a shrew, right?

But being told they were ugly to their faces, the anger in their hearts had long been burning cracklingly.

Shen Xing watched with secret pleasure from the side. He knew Bai Lianghe and the others' temperaments too well; they had never lost in terms of verbal skills. After the girls had scolded enough, he waved to greet everyone: "Let's go, go in and rest for a while."

A group of people entered the lounge, and just as the door was covered, the players from "East China University of Political Science and Law" outside the door couldn't suppress the ecstasy in their hearts.

"The preliminaries are stable!"

"I felt it was stable when I drew Longda, I didn't expect it to be a three-female lineup!"

The captain was still able to hold his ground, frowning to remind his team members: "Don't be too careless. Have you forgotten the last time Shen Xing brought the team to win against us single-handedly? As long as he is there, we must raise our spirits to twelve points."

The team members didn't care at all: "Shen Xing is powerful, that's true, but he brought three girls this time, Captain!"

"Exactly, if we can still lose with this lineup, I'll retire on the spot. I can't afford to lose this face!"

On the other side, Shen Xing led everyone into the lounge, where two substitute players were already sitting. These two were temporarily pulled from the E-sports Club by Guan Rui to help Shen Xing make up the team configuration.

After a simple greeting, the five sat down on the sofa one after another. Drinks and fruits were placed in the lounge, all prepared by Shen Xing in advance.

Several people were very relaxed, either leaning or half-lying on the sofa, chatting idly, without any tension of the upcoming big competition.

Just then, the lounge door was knocked, and Coach Haichang poked his head in: "Shen Xing!"

"Coach Haichang!"

Shen Xing was both surprised and happy, stood up abruptly, and walked quickly to greet him, "Why are you here?"

"I come to every season of the University League, how could I miss this one." Coach Haichang smiled and patted him on the shoulder, his tone gratified, "Finally waited for you to lead the team to participate. It wasn't easy for you to build this team, right? I didn't see you on the spring tournament list, I thought you had given up completely. Seeing your name this time, I rushed over immediately."

Saying this, Coach Haichang's gaze crossed Shen Xing and looked curiously at the team members behind him, wanting to see what kind of helpers Shen Xing had found.

But as his eyes swept over, the smile on his face froze instantly.

Anyone who knows anything about E-sports competitions knows the name of Coach Haichang. The brilliant record he created in the professional league has long been regarded as a miracle in the industry.

Therefore, when Bai Lianghe and the others saw Coach Haichang, they were all excited and eager to try, wishing they could rush up to greet him and ask for a group photo.

"Coach Haichang, these are the official members of our team, let me introduce them to you." Shen Xing took the initiative to introduce them one by one, "Shi Jingming, the mid-lane mage of the team, you've seen him before."

"Bai Lianghe, the shooter of the bottom-lane duo."

"Mu Jin, the support of the bottom-lane duo."

"Yu Qian, the warrior of the top-lane confrontation."

Coach Haichang quickly adjusted his expression and greeted everyone calmly.

Bai Lianghe immediately seized the opportunity and proposed a group photo request. Coach Haichang readily agreed and took photos with the team members one by one, even the two temporary substitutes unexpectedly shared the glory.

After the group photo ended, Coach Haichang called Shen Xing out alone.

"Shen Xing, is this the final lineup of your team?" Coach Haichang's expression was solemn, but he still held a glimmer of luck and expectation for Shen Xing's answer in his heart.

As a result, Shen Xing nodded solemnly: "Yes, they are all team members I carefully selected."

Coach Haichang only felt his head was getting big.

"Coach Haichang, you promised me back then that as long as my team could get a ranking in the University League, you would recommend us directly to the youth training competition. Does this still count?"

Coach Haichang opened his mouth, speechless for a moment, and after a long while, he said in a deep voice: "What I said, my promise to you, naturally counts. But Shen Xing, you have to recognize reality—your team has three female players, are you sure they can help you get a ranking?"

The so-called "getting a ranking" in the University League means making it into the national top four; this is the only way to be on the list in the true sense!

"Coach Haichang, do you also feel that female players are inherently inferior to male players?"

Coach Haichang took a deep breath and explained calmly: "Shen Xing, I don't look down on female players. But the objective fact is that girls' reaction speed, on-the-spot decision-making ability, and stability in dealing with emergencies are mostly not as good as boys'. Of course, I admit there are exceptions, but precisely because they are exceptions, they are rare. But your team has two-thirds female players, which means the instability of the whole team will greatly increase!"

Listening to Coach Haichang's words, Shen Xing didn't have any anger in his heart. He could fully understand the other party's concerns.

After all, he knew his own team members best. In the months of grinding together, although they hadn't reached the point of 100% tacit understanding, the cooperation of several people was unexpectedly harmonious. With their current technical level and team collaboration, Shen Xing had full confidence that they could make it to the finals.

"Coach Haichang, I understand all your concerns." Shen Xing looked up at the other party, his eyes full of certainty, "But saying more now is just empty talk. You just watch our performance, we definitely won't let you down!"

Coach Haichang sighed helplessly. In fact, he didn't care at all about what the lineup of this team was like. From beginning to end, his goal was only Shen Xing—as long as Shen Xing was outstanding enough, that would be enough.

Promising to sign the whole team back then was just a helpless move by Haichang. Because only in this way would Shen Xing nod and join his club.

"Who is your opponent in the preliminaries?" Haichang changed the subject.

"East China University of Political Science and Law."

Haichang nodded slightly, his tone becoming a bit more solemn: "East China University of Political Science and Law is a top-eight team in the spring tournament, and can be counted as a strong team."

"We will win." Shen Xing's voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable power.

Coach Haichang didn't say anything more, just patted him on the shoulder: "I'll wait and see!" ===== CHAPTER 843 =====