Fantasy Westward Journey: Return to 2005

Chapter 2026 is imminent, an enhancement patch is needed!
"Damn! We lost already?"

"Wait... what happened to the promised consecutive championships?! This is it?!"

"Alright, alright, you held it in for over forty minutes, and then it all just vanished in one go, huh?"

"I knew 2008 was specifically designed to sabotage the Lantingxu tournament. They even planned their tactics in advance, clearly aiming to break Lantingxu's two-peat!"

"Come on, even if they deliberately came to snipe us in 2008, so what? The reality is that they only sent one core player, the rich woman, while the other members were still substitutes. They couldn't even win in a purely 50/50 situation. How do you think Lantingxu can win consecutive championships?"

"What the guy upstairs said was harsh, but it did make a point. If 2008 really didn't want to give Lantingxu any chance, they would have already sent out their full strength. Why send only one big shot up here to play a drawn-out game with you?"

In short, you couldn't seize the opportunity you were given!

"Awesome! So awesome! The old Silver Coin team has finally been punished by justice! From now on, I'm a ten-year fan of 2008!"

"Upstairs +1! I've disliked this Lanting Preface for a long time, thankfully heaven has eyes, and finally someone has come out to teach them a lesson, hahaha!"

"Are you all fans of teams that were once crushed by Lantingxu? You can't beat your own team, so you pin your hopes for revenge on other teams. Haven't you ever thought that just because you can't beat Lantingxu, does that mean you can beat 2008?"

"Let's fight! I love this atmosphere. Strangers online are like mortal enemies, exchanging barbs like they're poisoned with venom. It's the purest battle, untainted by any self-interest, and it warms my heart!..."

With the defeat of the Lanting Preface in 2008, its consecutive championship was declared over.

The moment the final match ended, a heated argument erupted in the spectator areas of various servers. Those who knew were watching a game, but those who didn't might have thought a full-blown brawl was about to break out.

The main reason is that this year's Martial Arts Tournament attracted a large number of viewers from the moment the three musketeers started to exert their strength.

With Lantingxu eliminating Bianliang City, they will meet in the finals alongside 2008.

The level of attention for this final also reached its peak.

True.

Even at its peak, it still falls short compared to the all-star event that everyone is watching.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this year's Martial God Tournament is basically set to be the most popular event in the first half of the year.

And with such a high level of attention.

The Three Musketeers, in particular, already have an enormous number of fans.

This led to fans of all the teams immediately starting to settle scores after the finals!

Lantingxu was the champion of the previous competition, and it was even the champion who stepped on Baihuacun to win the championship.

This puts them in the spotlight even before they've been properly scrutinized.

Because their playing style is generally not very appealing, there are just as many people who like this style as there are people who dislike it!
It's just that everything is still unknown until the final is over.

I'm worried about accidentally being proven wrong.

Even if people are dissatisfied with them, most can only keep it to themselves, at most making a few sarcastic remarks.

And with the finals concluded.

After it was confirmed that the Lanting Preface was indeed removed in 2008.

These people couldn't hold back any longer, and they unleashed their full arrogance on the public chat, their malice practically overflowing the screen!

of course.

For every person who criticizes the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion, there is someone who defends it.

After all, teams with this style are extremely rare in the Martial God Altar.

They definitely wouldn't accept it if it were just destroyed by a bunch of brutes.

The result was a war of words between the two sides over the defeated Lanting Preface, a chaotic scene that even left Fang Yun, an experienced veteran, speechless.

No, buddy.

It's just a game, why are they all getting so worked up?
In contrast, the Lanting Preface was ridiculed by the masses after its defeat.

As the champion, 2008 received the usual wave of praise but did not generate much discussion.

The main reason is that they themselves have the strength to win the championship. The reason they were constantly getting whipped by the top was simply because A-Bai, the commander, was always playing abstract games.

Now that things have finally returned to normal, winning the championship was just part of their routine.

It can only be said that the final result was, in general, unexpected but reasonable.

Compared to 2008, although Lantingxu fought a fierce BO3 battle with Bianliang City to win the All-Star runner-up title at the beginning of the year, it also defeated Baihuacun to win the regular season championship in the previous season.

However, compared to 2008, its foundation is ultimately weaker.

Furthermore, due to Fang Yun's insufficient investment in the Lantingxu area, Pineapple and his team only have Ao Ye as their top-tier backer.

This led them to reduce the number of times Ao Ye appeared in the game in order to prevent Ao Ye from being figured out and having no trump cards left. They then shifted to a strategy focused on operations.

As a result, audiences these days are indifferent to or even disgusted by operational strategies.

Ultimately, the Lanting Preface has both academic achievements and star power.

But his public image has never improved, which is quite strange.

"This can't go on. We need to find time to further promote the Lanting Preface."

Looking at the various discussions on the public screen mocking the shattered dream of winning the Lanting Preface championship.

Fang Yun frowned, thinking to himself.

Pineapple's command is indeed very strong, even though there is only one true core player in the team.

Yet he still managed to pull off a whole host of tricks around this one and only big shot, snatching food from the two kings, Bianliang City and 2008.

But just because his subordinates are capable doesn't mean that he, as the boss, should ignore this situation.

The operational strategy of Lantingxu is indeed excellent, but it is ultimately not a long-term solution.

Compared to unsolvable hard power, the biggest drawback of the operational approach is that once it is cracked, it can easily collapse and completely lose its competitiveness!

Even if the Lanting Preface is bad, it won't lose its most basic competitiveness, even with Ao Ye's support.

But there are still risks involved.

And he is the real behind-the-scenes boss of the Lantingxu area.

Fang Yun clearly did not want to let this situation happen.

Therefore, it is urgent to provide reinforcement patches for the Lantingxu team as soon as possible.

Even though Fang Yun still has a lot of things to do, he still decided to take the time to add a few more elite soldiers to Lantingxu!
As for whether Pineapple will become arrogant after he buffed it.

He doesn't actually care.

It doesn't matter if he gets carried away; someone will naturally help him come to his senses in time.

He formulated a series of reinforcement plans in his mind.

Fang Yun didn't stay in the spectator area for long. After logging off his spectator account, he washed up and went to bed.

The next day.

I slept until the sun was high in the sky before getting up.

Fang Yun quickly chose a casual outfit after coming out of the bathroom, put it on, went downstairs, pushed his beloved bicycle, and wobbled towards the club.

Yesterday's battle has come to an end.

As the Lanting Preface and the 2008 Commander, which were at the center of the great war storm.

Although Fang Yun believed they wouldn't cause too much trouble, he still wanted to go and see for himself to feel at ease.

It didn't take long.

Fang Yun, who knew the way well, parked his bicycle in the courtyard and then walked into the e-sports hall.

"Hey, everyone's here today, huh?"

Upon entering the hall, Fang Yun looked up and glanced around, only to find that almost all the team members that A-Bai and Pineapple were present, playing computer games back-to-back, creating a slightly tense atmosphere.

"Brother Cheng, you're here?"

"Hey Cheng-ge, are you here for lunch?"

Good morning, Brother Cheng!

"Good morning, boss! Would you like a Coke? I'll go get it for you!"

"Good morning, boss..."

It wasn't until Fang Yun spoke that everyone seemed to snap out of their daze and immediately stood up to greet him.

"What, did you two fight yesterday or something?"

Although everyone tried to hide it well, Fang Yun could still sense some embarrassment.

But think about it.

Although we're all in the same club, we don't play in the same area, and we're even competitors.

Even if they usually have a good relationship in private, after yesterday's big battle, even the best relationship will probably cool down for a while.

"No, we're not kids anymore. It's normal to win and lose in a competition."

Waving his hand, Pineapple, now the loser, lost his previous flippancy and replied with a wry smile.

"No, we were just joking around. We've had our fun, and we promise it won't happen again!"

Since Pineapple had already spoken up, A-Bai naturally had to follow suit and immediately assured Fang Yun.

Say something.

At first, he was indeed motivated by the pineapple, which is why he decided to go all out, firstly to prove his strength, and secondly to give his brothers a happy new year in 2008.

But when he actually won the championship, he found that things were not quite as he had expected.

The malice towards the Lanting Preface in the forum was far greater than he had imagined.

He thought that after losing to Lantingxu, he would at most be mocked by Baihuacun fans, but the result was that in addition to Baihuacun fans going all out, fans from many other server battle teams also followed suit.

This is why he acted so awkwardly despite winning the championship.

His initial intention was really just to mess around with the pineapple, but he ended up realizing that he might have gone too far.

"Alright, now that you've finished beating me, you're going to sit here and reflect on your actions, huh?"

Seeing the two of them immediately making various statements and reflecting on their actions, Fang Yun waved his hand impatiently and said, "Everyone has their own team, and it's normal to want to have a passionate showdown from time to time, so there's no need to be so nervous. My silence means I tacitly approve."

As he spoke, he saw the two of them relax and about to speak.

Fang Yun then added, "However, this kind of thing should only happen occasionally, and it's important to settle things online online. Never let your emotions carry over offline, understand?"

"Understood!"

"I understand, Brother Cheng. This is a one-time thing, and I won't let it happen again!"

"I've already said this, it's an internal competition, and the club benefits from both the win and loss. I don't know what you guys are all so upset about?"

"Remember what the boss said: settle things online online. You can fight tooth and nail online, but offline you can only drink, understand?"

"Alright, alright, I went too far this time. I take the punishment. I'll treat you to drinks tonight!"

"Your attitude is great! Let's go to Qingxin Xiaozhu then. I'm craving their roast duck."

"Go to hell! A single trip there costs at least several thousand, you bastard, you're really not being polite!..."

As I said before, although we belong to different teams and are in competition.

But after all, they were from the same club, and they had worked together for a long time before being assigned to teams.

The awkwardness earlier stemmed from the fact that no one had brought it up, but now that Fang Yun had spoken out, the group of men had nothing to be embarrassed about, and in no time they were back to their previous laughter and chatter.

The atmosphere quickly returned to harmony.

Fang Yun waved them off and told them to go back to what they were doing, then called Pineapple to the live-streaming room on the second floor.

"What's wrong, Brother Cheng? Is there any new instruction?"

Although he had been with the club for some time, this was the first time Pineapple had been called over by Fang Yun for a private talk, which made him feel both uneasy and excited.

His unease stemmed from his own provocation that backfired. Although Fang Yun had said he wouldn't hold it against him, he was still a little worried.

The excitement comes from not singled out for criticism.

That means there's something important you need to discuss with him!

"Can you please put those eyes of yours away first?"

Fang Yun glared at him irritably, then, without saying a word, turned on his computer, logged into the game, and asked him, "I watched yesterday's match. Your team, Lantingxu, actually performed quite well overall, but you were a bit too conservative in choosing to defend at crucial moments. You still don't know enough about Abai, and I hope you pay more attention to that."

"I understand, Brother Cheng. I reviewed everything countless times last night and finally realized that my decision was indeed the problem. I will pay attention to it in the future!"

Fang Yun started by talking about yesterday's match and directly pointed out his own problem.

Pineapple could only nod repeatedly, after all, the boss was absolutely right.

He spent the whole night reviewing the situation and finally had to admit that he didn't know Ah Bai well enough. He never expected that the other party would make a fuss about the baby and completely ruin their Lantingxu.

Fang Yun also mentioned this point, which made him realize that this kind of mistake can be made once, but it must never be made twice!
"Okay, just keep that in mind. Now let's get down to business."

As the client logged in, Fang Yun controlled Qianyan to complete daily tasks while continuing, "However, I can understand that our Lantingxu team is indeed slightly lacking compared to Bianliang City and 2008. So I called you here today to ask you what position you think we need most if we want to strengthen our team next?"

"Uh...huh?!"

Pineapple originally thought that Fang Yun's important matter was to help her check her homework and give her feedback.

To everyone's surprise, the other party suddenly changed the subject and directly asked about the shortcomings of the Lantingxu production team, clearly indicating that they wanted to strengthen the team!
After being stunned, his first reaction was that he almost burst into tears!

The sky has eyes!
Brother Cheng finally realized what was going on.

I get called an old silver coin every day; it's like a clever cook can't make a meal without rice!

In fact, Pineapple had wanted to tell Fang Yun about the team's situation for a long time.

But later he thought it over and over again.

The current squad of Lantingxu is actually very strong. Many top-tier teams have a squad that is only at this level at best, and even slightly lacking.

Not to mention that their team also has a super powerful and influential figure like Master Ao.

Just don't focus on comparing yourself to the strongest few.

Their team for the Lantingxu project is already among the best.

So after hesitating for a long time, he finally gave up on trying to persuade Fang Yun to strengthen the Lanting Xu production team.

It doesn't matter if the team is a little weak; he can just come up with more solutions himself.