Lin Mingfei's prediction was correct. The "outrageous actions" of the five members of Polaris at the interview desk before the game caused an uproar on the Internet, and the battle between fans and haters was about to break out again.

[Hahahahaha, is this the "glory of the past"? It really is the past.]

[Are you Polaris or are you so proud? You're here to play against me without even opening your eyes? It's time for the group stage. If you win, I'll rip my head off and send it to Zhou Yanjun to use as a ball, okay?]

It's normal for older people to be unable to stay up late. Look at Amoon, he's full of energy.

[If I lose, I'll probably blame Ah Sheng for not following martial ethics and bullying the elderly!]

[Hahahahahaha, so the more I see Team P fans bragging about their feelings, the more I want to laugh! ]

The haters are having a great time while the demons are rampant, but the Polaris fans can't spare any energy to fight back.

I'm a Polaris fan, and I have to admit, when I saw the pre-race interview, I was pretty nervous.

[Sister above, you're not alone, QAQ. Actually, I've even made my coffin.]

[Thank you for the invitation, I'm already lying in the coffin.]

What the hell are these five old hands doing?! This is the small group qualifiers! Are they planning on getting eliminated in the first round?!

[Wow, wow, wow, wow, I don't want to watch the live broadcast anymore. My heart is not good and I'm scared to death. ]

As a Team P fan, I don't think they'll win...

I’m on the verge of quitting following these annoying bastards again QAQ

......

Under Lin Mingfei's leadership, none of the Polaris members were looking at their phones. They didn't care about the fans' fragile hearts, which were teetering on the edge of breaking. He Youjin immediately bought several cups of freshly ground espresso and gave them all a drink. Then, like a coach warming up the fighters before a boxing match, he rubbed Zhou Yanjun's chubby cheeks furiously, "Wake up! You guys are not going to fall asleep in your cocoons later!"

Zhou Yanjun responded with his thick eyelids drooping again: "No, we still have some professional ethics."

Not convincing at all.

He Youjin felt hopeless.

Time waits for no one, and then the players from both teams came on the court. After sitting in the "cocoon", they all closed their eyes. The director's camera even gave them a row of close-ups of very peaceful expressions.

Polaris fans who were watching the live broadcast online were all in tears.

[No way! They are asleep, aren’t they?!]

[QAQ Mom, I'm so scared! I went to lie down in the coffin! !]

If I'm wrong, please let the law punish me! ! Instead of asking me to become a fan of the Polaris team! !

At this time, the Polaris five-member team, whose names were at the center of the storm, had successfully entered Wang Ling's game.

"Is the coffee Lao He bought expired? Why is it useless?" Zhou Yanjun squinted his eyes and tilted his head lazily: "I'm still so sleepy."

"That's freshly ground coffee, how could it possibly be expired?" Bo Yu said, "Didn't you feel anything when you drank it?"

"No? Have I ever drunk coffee?" Zhou Yanjun rubbed his eyes and said, "I almost forgot it."

Xia Tong walked over to Lin Mingfei and tugged at the corner of the hunter's clothes. She looked very obedient, but what she said was completely different: "Zero, you must pay attention to my health later. You have to cooperate with me to kill people instantly. I don't want to delay any longer! I'm really sleepy and I miss my bed. Please don't let me down!"

"Okay." Lin Mingfei agreed even more readily: "I'll kill anyone you want me to kill in one second. I'll follow your instructions later."

At this moment, their conversation could not be heard on the live broadcast screen that countless people were paying attention to. There was only the commentators' passionate and endless introductions and analyses. The audience could only see the little wizard on the screen walking up to the hunter with his short legs, tugging at the corner of the hunter's clothes in a coquettish manner, and then the hunter lowered his head to talk to him with a doting look on his face.

Barrage area.

[Fuck, is this an Omega?! This is so feminine!!!]

[Is he begging Zero to take care of him? Such a coward, yet he's playing holographic esports?!]

[Wizard is still the team's center position. Can he really play? I don't see it.]

[I'm mad, I'm really mad, the world of tough guys has been tainted by Omegas.]

This is probably the legendary "rank-up bitch" [manually funny]. It seems Polaris's daily life is quite rich.

[Omega, get out? Holographic esports!!! Leave the passionate and glorious esports industry in a pure land!!]

[Omega, get out? Holographic esports!!! Leave the passionate and glorious esports industry in a pure land!!]

......

After the arena opened, both teams were teleported into the map.

After the map was loaded, the five members of Polaris were all delighted as they faced the desolate ancient battlefield, the cold grey fortress and the flag pit.

Shi Ya: "It's this damn flag-planting map again."

"Wow, this is a revisit to an old place." Zhou Yanjun said with a smile: "Are the authorities really planning to use this kind of map on a large scale?"

Bo Yu: "Captain? You really are the worm in the stomach of the game's official planner. Every calculation is accurate..."

Xia Tong: "But didn't we lose to the saber-toothed tiger here last time?"

When this was mentioned, the expressions of several people became indescribable, and they all looked at Lin Mingfei.

Lin Mingfei let out a soft "tsk".

"What are you looking at? It's like we haven't replayed the game before." He said, "Last time we fought a saber-tooth tiger. What is this time?"

"Five little brats who deserve a beating." Zhou Yanjun said.

Lin Mingfei remained noncommittal. "Amoon, led by Ah Sheng, are all talented young talents. Their strengths lie in their quick reactions and strong offensive abilities. Each of them is a capable solo fighter, but putting them together on a team might not be the right fit."

"We didn't react either? So slow, okay?" Shi Ya was both angry and amused. "You're making me really doubt that we're a bunch of old folks in their seventies or eighties."

"I just want to tell you that it's easy to fight." Lin Mingfei said.

He smiled slightly, and the game officially began.

Due to the large number of teams participating in the preliminary group stage, the tournament format mandated that teams compete against each other in pairs. The sheer scale of the competition led to the establishment of two separate venues in different cities, allowing the entire tournament to proceed simultaneously, expediting the schedule. However, even with this tight schedule, to avoid sacrificing traffic, the official broadcast system employed a continuous livestream, broadcasting from morning to night. Non-game periods were filled with advertising and raffles, ensuring the group qualifiers could be completed within ten days. Two groups of four teams competed each day. On days one and two, all four groups played full best-of-five matches, roughly divided into morning and afternoon sessions. By the end of the morning session, which was typically lunchtime, the official broadcast featured a half-hour commercial break and raffle, allowing Expo Center staff to greet the teams heading to the afternoon session. This evenly distributed time was a good thing.

The Jiu Tou Niao team was the second group arranged for the third day's competition. Based on the battle results of the previous two days, they all thought that they could rest in the hotel at least until after eleven o'clock in the morning, and no one paid much attention to it. However, just after ten o'clock in the morning, their manager received a series of desperate calls from the league office and the venue control staff of the Expo Center, urging them to come to the scene quickly.

"What time is it now?" The manager of Jiu Tou Niao glanced at his watch and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, our hotel is very close to the competition venue. It only takes 15 minutes to drive there. There's no need to rush."

"No!!!" the field control on the other end of the phone, scratching his head like he was about to go bald, said hysterically: "Your schedule has been moved up!! It will start around 11:30!! Hurry up! If you don't come soon, it will be a broadcast accident!!"

The manager of Jiu Tou Niao: “??? Are you kidding! Aren’t we having the afternoon show?”

"Who told you we have morning and afternoon sessions?! The schedule is supposed to be continuous! After the first group finishes, the second group has to play!"

"That can't be so early! Isn't Polaris playing against Amoon in the morning?" said the manager of Jiutouniao.

"Yes!! The game is over!!" the field control shouted.

"It's over??? How is that possible?" The manager of Jiu Tou Niao felt like he was hearing a fairy tale: "Doesn't the fight officially start at nine o'clock?!"

"Yeah!!! 3:0, Polaris won completely, there was no such thing as a full BO5..." the controller said humbly.

The manager of the Nine-Headed Bird team was stunned for two seconds before counting the time on his fingers. "That's impossible! Even if each of the three games is twenty minutes, that's still an hour! And what about the commentary and rest time in between?"

"How can there be twenty minutes?! Didn't you all watch the live broadcast just now?!" The anxious man was about to smoke, and all the etiquette and politeness were thrown away. He roared uncontrollably: "Three games, not a single one lasted more than ten minutes! Our commentators have been trying their best to delay it! But they still can't drag it out! I'm telling you! Polaris came out of the 'cocoon' five minutes ago! We added an extra interview with the host, which can buy you twenty minutes at most?! If you don't show up now, you will be forced to forfeit!"

After saying that, the person on the other end hung up the phone in a hurry with a "click".

The manager of Jiutouniao was dumbfounded.

The game ended in ten minutes?! What kind of fantasy is this?! Polaris is a monster!