After the game, Xie Mingzhe was surrounded by reporters in the backstage. Everyone praised the two wood cards, Guo Jia and Xun Yu, and also gave high praise to Xie Mingzhe's command.

Xie Mingzhe still maintained a humble and polite attitude and answered questions seriously. His image in front of the public could not be ruined. After all, his hatred value in the alliance was too high. If he attracted hatred again during the interview, it would be difficult for him to walk out of the venue alive.

It was not until the end of the interview, when he saw his senior brother in the lounge, that Xie Mingzhe's true nature was revealed. He said excitedly: "We can beat Liushuang City 2:0, hahahaha, even I didn't expect this score! Do you think I looked particularly handsome today?"

In front of his acquaintances, he completely lost his humble and polite demeanor. If he had a tail, his smug look would have soared to the sky.

The little junior brother who was seeking praise was particularly attractive in Tang Muzhou's eyes. He walked up to Xie Mingzhe with a smile and praised him generously: "You are really handsome today. The tactical arrangements for the two games were very outstanding. I heard from the master that you independently completed the card combination for these two games?"

"Yeah!" Xie Mingzhe said proudly, "These two lineups were all my ideas. We mainly practiced the Guo Jia system, and we only experimented with the Xun Yu system after we won the first game. I didn't expect that we won the second game as well! I can only say that Fang Yu was not well prepared today, and I took advantage of his loopholes. Hahahaha, 2:0 is so cool!"

"..." I really want to kiss him, but I have to hold it back. Tang Muzhou smiled helplessly and said, "Bai Xu is about to cry because if Nirvana beats Liushuang City 2:0, the Star Team will almost have no chance of entering the playoffs."

"Ahem, Xiaobai should face reality sooner." Xie Mingzhe's excitement had calmed down a little. He found that Tang Muzhou was the only one in the lounge, and he couldn't help wondering, "Where's the master? And the great Su Yang, I remember he was with you, right?"

"Senior Su Yang has taken the initiative to invite the people from Liushuang City and Nirvana for a midnight snack. He and Master will go to reserve a table first. I will stay and wait for you." Tang Muzhou gently put his arm around his junior brother's shoulders, "Let's go, we'll go together."

"Wait a minute." Xie Mingzhe looked at him in confusion. "Master Su Yang wants to treat the people of Liushuang City and Nirvana to a midnight snack, right?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you, the captain of Fenghua, joining in the fun?" Xie Mingzhe deliberately emphasized the word "Fenghua" and asked with a smile, "Or do you think Nirvana has a bright future, and want to defect from Fenghua and join us?"

"I don't need to rebel." Tang Muzhou said shamelessly, "My master and fellow apprentices are both in Nirvana, so I can be considered half a Nirvana person."

"..." He was eating for free so openly and honestly, and there was nothing wrong with it. Xie Mingzhe was convinced by his logic and had no choice but to follow him.

When the two walked out of the lounge, they happened to meet Chen Xiao and his two friends as well as Fang Yu and his fellow apprentice who had just finished an interview. Tang Muzhou told them that Su Yang was treating them, and they all went to the booked restaurant through the back door.

***

Su Yang booked a large private room near the stadium. As soon as Qiao Xi and Su Qingyuan entered the room, they wanted to sit with his twin daughters. As a result, when the two girls saw Xie Mingzhe, they rushed to Xie Mingzhe, one hugged one of his legs and said, "Brother Azhe!" The other said, "Brother Azhe is mine, don't steal him!"

Everyone: “…”

Su Yang's two daughters are so cute, with chubby faces that are so tender that you can almost pinch water out of them, big eyes, double eyelids, high ponytails, and princess dresses. They are exactly the same copies of them, and the hearts of a group of boys are almost melting.

But both of them like Xie Mingzhe very much and are particularly close to him.

Xie Mingzhe squatted down with a smile, rubbed the little girl's head, and said, "Brother will divide it into two halves. How about you each take half?"

Su Yang laughed and said, "My two daughters were arguing just now. One said Guo Jia was handsome, and the other said Xun Yu was handsome. Xiao Xie, come and judge. Who do you think is more handsome?"

Xie Mingzhe said, "Both Guo Jia and Xun Yu are very handsome. Sometimes, we don't need to make a choice. We can take whatever we like! I will give you both of these physical cards of Guo Jia and Xun Yu. Okay?"

The two little girls were slightly stunned, and when they came to their senses, they immediately threw themselves into Xie Mingzhe's arms, saying that they must not let any of Zhuge Liang, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Zhu Bajie, and Sun Wukong go - they wanted them all!

These three words made so much sense, and the conflict between the two sisters was immediately resolved.

Xie Mingzhe liked the twin sisters very much, so he held them in his arms and sat next to his senior brother.

As the eldest disciple, Fang Yu naturally went to sit next to his master. However, he was embarrassed, especially in front of his master, which made him feel a little guilty. After all, it was quite embarrassing to be defeated by Nirvana 2:0 today. Therefore, he just called him "Master" and sat next to him without saying a word.

Since he was usually a quiet person, no one noticed anything was wrong when he didn't say anything.

But Su Yang knew his eldest disciple best after all. Seeing his serious expression and serious attitude, he couldn't help but smile softly and whispered in his disciple's ear: "Are you embarrassed about losing 2:0? Before the game, did you feel that playing Nirvana would be easy and didn't require any new tactical preparations?"

Fang Yu's ears turned slightly red and she didn't know how to respond.

Su Yang said: "Xie Mingzhe was able to customize the Dou E card for you. You should be very clear about his card-making talent."

Fang Yu lowered her head in shame: "I was too careless."

Su Yang smiled and patted his shoulder. "Liushuang City has won the team championship for two seasons, and is the only team in the league to have won two championships. The current points are ranked first in Group A, and they are steadily entering the playoffs. I think you guys are a little too excited, right? Hurry up and get your minds together. There is still time."

Fang Yu nodded immediately: "I know, Master."

With so many people in the room, Su Yang naturally wouldn't criticize his apprentice in front of everyone. He also controlled the volume when whispering to his apprentice so that only they could hear each other. He knew that Fang Yu's tactical awareness was not bad, so he only needed to give Fang Yu a few pointers to put his mind right.

In fact, Fang Yu was under a lot of pressure. He had already won the "double championship" in the team competition. It was almost impossible for him to win the championship again this season. The triple championship had never appeared in the history of the league. It was also because Liu Shuangcheng's team competition results were too good that Liu Shuangcheng would definitely be targeted by the entire league in the playoff elimination stage. He saved more tactics for the playoffs, which was not a bad idea. It was just that they were beaten 2:0 today, which was a bit ugly.

Su Yang turned around and asked Chen Qianlin who was sitting next to him, "For this year's playoffs, the number of teams admitted has increased to 8. Four teams will be admitted from each of the two groups, right?"

Chen Qianlin nodded: "Yes, there were six teams in the playoffs before, and the number has been increased this year."

Su Yang had just returned recently and was not very familiar with the league's reforms. He immediately asked, "Then will the playoff matchup rules be that the first place team of Group A and Group B will play against the fourth place team, and the second place team will play against the third place team?"

Chen Qianlin looked at Tang Muzhou, who smiled and explained, "No, senior. In the regular season, Group A and Group B will play two rounds of home and away games, while the intra-group round-robin will only play one round. Therefore, in the playoffs, the first and fourth, second and third teams of Group A will compete to determine the champion. The same is true for Group B. In the end, the champions of Group A and Group B will compete for the championship."

In the past, six teams entered the playoffs, using a "double elimination" system. The losing team was sent to the loser group and had one chance to fight back. But this year, the number of playoff teams has been increased, making the playoff competition even more brutal - the loser is eliminated directly, and there will be no second chance. If you make a mistake, you may lose everything.

Su Yang sighed: "This rule is indeed cruel!"

In the regular season, Nirvana, Judgment, Dark Night City, and Temple of the Gods only played one game each. In the playoffs, it is destined to be a life-and-death fight within the group. Only the champion of Group B will qualify for the finals.

Chen Qianlin said: "The biggest change in this year's playoffs is not only the competition system, but also the addition of an endless mode to the game rules. Did you know that?"

Su Yang nodded. "I've heard of this mode. It's the first time this mode has appeared. The time limit is 10 minutes and there is no limit on the cards. It's all about who has a deeper card pool and who has a stronger ability to deploy troops."

Tang Muzhou said: "The playoffs are best of five. The two sides will switch home and away games. The home team can choose the game mode by themselves. If they are not familiar with it, they can continue to choose the blind card mode. But if the first few games are tied, the final decisive game will definitely be forced to enter the endless mode."

Everyone had mixed feelings. The Alliance had added an endless mode, and it would be awkward if no one was chosen, so they added the mandatory rule that "the final round must become an endless mode."

Endless mode, 10 minutes time limit, no limit on the number of cards for both sides, can summon cards at will.

This mode directly removes the stage of showing cards. There is no distinction between "open cards" and "hidden cards", and the cards cannot be arranged and adjusted in a targeted manner. Instead, all cards can be selected at will.

At the beginning of the game, both sides summon cards at the same time. A new card must be summoned every 10 seconds, otherwise it will be considered a passive game. Players must find ways to protect their own cards and kill the opponent's cards as much as possible. This is a nightmare test for commanders.

First of all, the commander has no idea about the opponent's deck. The card pool of a large club easily exceeds 100 cards. After the game starts, it all depends on on-the-spot reaction. When you see the opponent summon a card, you must quickly think of his next strategy and respond. Once the response is wrong, it is likely to cause a small wave of your team to be wiped out.

Fortunately, a team wipe doesn't mean anything, because after the opponent wipes you out, you can also take advantage of the opponent's skill cooldown to summon a large number of cards to wipe out the opponent's team.

This mode is more intense than the dark card mode. The 10-minute card pool battle requires a strong sense of deployment. Sometimes you can even use your weak cards to die to replace the opponent's strong card skills, use the "Tian Ji Horse Racing" strategy, and then summon a wave of strong cards to counterattack.

Being able to adapt to changing circumstances and counter each move is the core of the endless mode.

Nirvana's current deck is actually not perfect. It can cope with the dark card mode, but once it comes to the endless mode of the playoffs, Nirvana's cards are stretched compared to other veteran clubs.

Clubs like Fenghua and Caijue have been developing for more than five years. How can Nirvana compete with them in terms of the number of cards?

Once the opponent chooses the endless mode, does Nirvana have to lie down and admit defeat?

Xie Mingzhe kept this in mind and planned to discuss it with his master when he returned.

***

Today's dinner hosted by Master Su Yang is mainly for his otaku disciples to make friends with the Nirvana players.

The regular season match between Liushuang City and Nirvana has ended, with each team winning 2:0, which is considered a tie. Fang Yu also recognized Nirvana's strength from the bottom of his heart. Since the playoffs are a group internal elimination match, the teams of Group A and Group B will not meet again unless they reach the finals.

After Fang Yu returned to the club, he forwarded the match report of the professional league "Nirvana unexpectedly defeated Liushuangcheng 2:0" and commented: "Nirvana really played well today. Azhe has unlimited potential. I look forward to Nirvana bringing more surprises to everyone."

Fang Yu has never been fond of forwarding messages. He forwarded Xie Mingzhe’s personal Weibo during last year’s finals, and today he publicly praised Xie Mingzhe. Fans were a little confused - do he and Xie Mingzhe have a good relationship?

After seeing the other party retweet, Xie Mingzhe also retweeted Fang Yu's Weibo and replied: "Thank you for the compliment, keep it up to you guys!"

Today's score was very embarrassing for Liushuang City. Fans of both sides originally thought that there would be a large-scale war of words on the Internet after the game. Everyone was ready to fight and had prepared lines to mock each other. But... Xie Mingzhe and Fang Yu actually interacted in a friendly manner?

Fans were too embarrassed to scold him, so they all stopped talking and turned to the forum to discuss which of Hsieh Ming-che's character cards had the best appearance. Everyone has their own taste, and in the end, no conclusion was reached. Anyway, if Nirvana's physical card is released, everyone will definitely buy it.

Chi Qing took this opportunity to open a pre-order channel for the character's physical card on Nirvana's online store.

The number of pre-orders for physical cards such as Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, and Sun Wukong quickly exceeded 100,000, and the number of pre-orders for the Jinling Twelve Hairpins female character deck even broke the record for the number of pre-orders for peripheral cards in the entire alliance!

Fans all said: Every male god group must be included, and the beauty deck must also be collected.

If they release another Q version pillow, I will definitely get a set.

Ever since I became a fan of Nirvana, I have less and less money to buy peripheral products. It’s a painful and happy experience.

Of course, compared to the peripheral malls of other clubs, the scale of Nirvana’s mall is relatively small, the number of peripheral products is not large, and the pricing is very affordable, which is one of the reasons why Nirvana’s peripherals sell particularly well.

But the fundamental reason is that Nirvana’s cards are well made.

Appearance is only part of the reason. Most of the fans who buy peripherals do so because they love the cards, including the card's skill settings and actual combat capabilities. If Guo Jia and Xun Yu were just good-looking but useless characters, they would definitely not be as popular as they are now.

Jin Yue, the technical geek in charge of the Nirvana Mall website program, was busy sweating, fearing that the mall would collapse due to too much traffic; Fatty was excitedly counting deposits in the backstage, counting money until his hands were numb; Chi Yingying was busy promoting it on various forums to attract more fans to pre-order peripherals...

The management of Nirvana Guild is very happy working overtime tonight.

In the conference room next door, Chen Qianlin and the four players also stayed awake.

It was already 12:30 in the morning, and everyone was still excitedly discussing the next plan.