Peacekeeper Elite League: Joining the PEL Stage, Part 1: Forming the Shenzhen XCY Dragon and Phoenix Team and Changing Cities to Compete

- Introduction to the Shenzhen XCY Longfeng Team

New Leadership:

- Long Lei: Founder and investor of the team. A newcomer to esports, he is actively exploring ways to run the organization and is committed to making the Longfeng Team a strong Peacekeeper Elite esports team, with an emphasis on developing new talent.

- Wan Long: Team coach. He creates customized training plans for players, oversees training progress, and provides tactical guidance. He and Long Lei have both worked hard to build the team.

- Lei Shenfeng: Team manager. He joined the team full of enthusiasm and ready to make a big impact. His main responsibilities include managing the team's day-to-day affairs and handling logistics.

- Leaders who came from the LPL and became adoptive father and son:

- Xing Yao: Former manager of a long-established LPL team, with extensive experience. After joining the Shenzhen XCY Longfeng Team, he draws on his LPL connections and management expertise to advise the team on its development.

- Xing Ye: Former owner of a long-established LPL team and Xing Yao's adoptive father. He has deep ties and considerable management insight in the esports industry. He cares about the team's development and provides important support for its strategic planning.

Introduction to the Shenzhen XCY Longfeng Team's players:

- Ye Xiu: Former captain of the Jiashi Team, where he played as One Autumn Leaf. Forced to retire, he later founded the Happy Team under the identity Lord Grim. Now he and Su Mucheng are exploring the new field of Peacekeeper Elite together. At the start of his transition, he is completely unfamiliar with the new game's controls and even needs the coach to teach him how to switch weapons. His old tactical instincts are not yet suited to the game, and he is starting from scratch to learn how teamwork works.

- Su Mucheng: Former gunslinger of the Jiashi Team, playing as Dancing Rain. After her contract expired, she joined the Happy Team of her own accord. She came with Ye Xiu to compete in Peacekeeper Elite, but has no grasp of how long-range weapons work and cannot tell sniper rifles apart. Recoil often makes her miss her shots. She is gradually getting a feel for them through the coach's target practice, but has yet to develop an awareness of how to provide long-range support.

- Wei Chen: Founder and first captain of the Blue Rain Team, playing as Soksar. After retiring, he returned to the scene and joined the Happy Team. He has switched to Peacekeeper Elite on his own and is utterly confused by the shrinking zone and resource distribution. He cannot even make sense of the flight path on the map. Under the coach's guidance, he is first learning the locations and trying to apply his experience coordinating teams to this new field.

- Tang Rou: A newcomer to the Happy Team with no experience in a professional Glory team. Ye Xiu discovered her at an internet cafe. She is learning Peacekeeper Elite on her own. Although she has the explosive strength she developed playing Glory, she has no sense of distance with close-range weapons and no idea when to reload. She often charges in and forgets to use cover. The coach is teaching her the basics of offense and defense, helping her turn her quick reflexes into an advantage.

- Wu Chen: Former captain of the Wuji Team, playing as Dawn Gun. He joined the Happy Team after his team disbanded and he lost in the Challenger League. He has turned to Peacekeeper Elite on his own and is completely unfamiliar with information-gathering techniques such as locating opponents by sound and spotting footprints. He often gives away his position by overlooking details. The coach is teaching him new ways to gather information, starting with distinguishing footsteps from gunfire.

Although all five are from the Happy Team (Wu Chen joined the Happy Team after his time with the Wuji Team), only Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng made the move to Peacekeeper Elite together. The other three set out on their own, and none of them knew the others had chosen this new field before arriving at the Shenzhen XCY Longfeng Team's club. They are all newcomers now, adapting from scratch to Peacekeeper Elite's gameplay and competitive pace under their coach's guidance.

Introduction to the chairmen of the Peacekeeper Elite and Glory Leagues:

- Shen Huhu: Chairman of the Peacekeeper Elite League and Ye Xiu's uncle. For now, his main responsibility is overseeing the Peacekeeper Elite League. He has not yet become involved in Glory or the day-to-day affairs of any particular team. As a senior league official, he plays an important role in setting industry rules and establishing the league system. His connection to Ye Xiu also adds a potential link to the path Ye Xiu and the others are taking as they move into Peacekeeper Elite.

- Feng Xianjun: Chairman of the Glory League, long committed to the orderly operation and development of Glory competitions. He has witnessed the growth of the professional Glory League and is well informed about the progress of its teams and players. He is a respected authority in the Glory community and an important figure in the steady advancement of Glory esports.

Introduction to other characters:

- Long Ying: Long Lei's father. Although he is not directly involved in the Shenzhen XCY Longfeng Team's daily operations, his background may have provided some support during the team's early preparations. His presence offers a glimpse of the family ties behind Long Lei's decision to enter the esports industry.

- Old Zhou (Zhou Yong): Former manager of a long-established LPL team, with extensive experience in esports management. In the story, he tragically dies after being attacked by a Black person. His experience reflects the complicated conditions and risks that may exist behind the esports industry, and foreshadows later events.

For a long time, Old Zhou lived on only in people's memories and their grief. He was a respected elder whom everyone on the team quietly held in high regard. But when the entire Shenzhen XCY Longfeng Team visits his grave, the extraordinary power at the heart of the team's Light Gate Seal brings an impossible turn of fate. With Boss Long Lei willing to bear the cost and determined to make a difficult choice, the deceased Old Zhou is about to be brought back to life, crossing the divide between life and death to return to the world of the living.

His return will not only resolve the long-held anguish in Xing Ye's heart and make up for everyone's greatest regret, but will also bring the strength of a veteran esports manager back into the game. He will inject new energy into the XCY Longfeng Team's future development, competitions, and growth, becoming a crucial figure in the team's journey ahead.

Changing cities for the PEL League:

As chairman of the PEL League, Shen Huhu has demonstrated a bold strategic vision in choosing host cities and planning for the league's future. He led a major relocation of the competition: after being based in Xi'an from 2019 to 2022, the league moved to Chengdu in 2023. And in the recent crucial decision about where to establish its future home, he overruled the opposition, passed over bustling Shanghai, and ultimately chose Shenzhen as the league's new base.

To fully assess the new region's capacity and establish an esports culture, Shen Huhu planned an ambitious three-season schedule for the Shenzhen region. During this crucial development period, 21 top teams will gather in Pengcheng to compete fiercely on this new ground. With so many teams taking part, Shen Huhu set exceptionally high standards for the facilities. In Shenzhen, he personally approved a dedicated, world-class competition venue equipped with cutting-edge audiovisual technology and a stage that meets professional standards. He also took players' long-term training needs into account, carefully planning a nearby gated training community. Combining housing, training, and rehabilitation facilities, these communities allow all 21 teams to focus on intensive preparation without distractions, eliminating the worries that come with moving to a new city to compete. This far-reaching plan, from the choice of city to the construction of infrastructure, demonstrates Shen Huhu's determination to take the PEL League to a higher level of professionalism, and provides every team, including XCY Longfeng, with the strongest possible platform to pursue its dreams.

Theme: The passion and perseverance of Peacekeeper Elite esports