Chapter 10: If you have character, you have character; if you have gunplay, you still have character

"Why do you have to cheat in ladder matches! Green brother, let me interview you!!"

Looking at the mockery on the public screen, "Green brother" Xu Beifang sighed. He pressed the E key to defuse the C4 and won this ladder match.

This was the first time he was called a cheater by an opponent, and he was quite happy. In FPS games, being called a cheater by an opponent is a strange kind of praise.

But when the number of times he was called that increased, it meant the opponent wasn't just praising him; they really thought he was cheating, thinking his hard work was just relying on a "cheat."

You worked hard for a long time, but in others' eyes, it was cheating. The bitterness of this is unimaginable.

That storm of questioning was far from being calmed by a few screenshots.

After hitting A-tier, Xu Beifang's strength was limited, and his win rate slowly decreased. And because of the occasional questioning from opponents and teammates, his ladder matches became less pure.

Although he got YEKINDAR's breakthrough experience, his gunplay still had a certain gap with YEKINDAR. The current gunplay couldn't support this playstyle, and although the breakthrough success rate had improved, it was still unsatisfactory.

Fortunately, frequent attempts at the front point made him slowly realize the shortcomings in his gunplay, and his inner restlessness, which had been floating because of the rapid ranking up, slowly calmed down.

The road to ranking up suddenly became slower, and in the eyes of aggressive netizens, it felt more like "covering one's ears to steal a bell."

"It's okay!" Ma Dong walked over and patted Xu Beifang on the shoulder. "Your improvement is fast. Being questioned is normal. If I hadn't watched you walk step by step, I wouldn't believe there is such an exaggerated talent. It's been less than two weeks, and you're almost S-tier. You are outrageous!"

But he couldn't be jealous. Xu Beifang's training volume and ladder matches every day made them all afraid.

"Let's go eat, and we'll play later." Ma Dong issued a dinner invitation.

"I want to exercise for a while, why don't you go first."

"Then I'll play with my phone, you practice first."

Although his mindset was good, constantly suffering from the questioning of netizens would also make him feel hurt.

Briefly putting down the computer and throwing himself into exercise was a good choice.

Taking off his coat and coming to the corridor, he did some warm-up exercises and officially started today's training content.

Leaning down, arms supporting, he did a simple push-up.

Then retracting his legs, jumping up, and clapping his hands in the air!

Landing and standing straight, then squatting once.

These three items added together made a complete burpee.

The light screen in the top right corner showed his efforts today: 【Running: 5km (Completed)】, 【Burpees 1/100】.

Looking at the unfinished task goal in the top right corner, Xu Beifang calmed down and continued to maintain the quality of his movements.

Constantly getting up, squatting, and jumping, the numbers in the task bar in the top right corner increased little by little. Classmates in the same building kept passing by, but they didn't have any extra expressions.

Xu Beifang had been jumping for a week in a row. They were curious on the first day, but it wasn't fresh later.

After resting several times, Xu Beifang finally reached the last set.

"..."

"97!!"

"98!!"

"99!!"

"100!!"

Xu Beifang was sweating profusely, immersed in the refreshing feeling of muscle soreness.

Letting out a long breath, it seemed that the annoyance of being innocently questioned in the ladder match was vented out like this.

"Tsk tsk!" Ma Dong watched and marveled from the side. "This beginner welfare period is fierce. In a week, you went from 20 burpees to 100. You are really a monster."

"Just practice hard."

"But your muscle recovery is too fast." Ma Dong envied Xu Beifang's ability. If he had this ability, he could lift weights more frequently, and the muscle growth rate could become faster.

Xu Beifang didn't take this topic. After all, his fast muscle recovery was relying on drinking 【Muscle Repair Potion】 like water every day. This method couldn't be taught to Ma Dong.

The crisp sound that rang out at the same time in his ear also made his mood slowly get better:

【Ding!】

【Detected that the host successfully completed the suggestion, check-in for the second day!】

【Reward F-grade treasure chest x1】

【F-grade treasure chest is opening...】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining Listen-to-Advice Value 369...】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining "Energy Potion." Description: Consumable, this item can restore the host's energy in a short time and eliminate fatigue in a short time. PS: I report, your thermos cup is full of stimulants!!】

It had been a week since he got the exercise suggestion, but it was only the second time he completed the task.

As one of the only two tasks he could work hard on at this stage, he attached great importance to this task.

But the problem was, with Xu Beifang's current height of 189 and weight of less than 130 jin, the difficulty of completing this exaggerated amount of exercise was still very high!

5km running, this can be completed by relying on perseverance.

But 100 burpees really made Xu Beifang feel troubled. When this thing is done to the end, the muscles have no strength, and perseverance is useless.

But for the task reward, he still gritted his teeth and went up.

However, he had actually been looking forward to change. After all, in his previous life, he had all kinds of illnesses before the age of 30. Living a new life, he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

How many times did he dream of himself standing on the stage, shining brightly, only to wake up and find it was just a dream, leaving only two taels of melancholy.

Now the opportunity was in his hands, and he wanted to live seriously and strive for his dreams!

Not to repeat the same mistakes!

100 burpees were not easy, but he still worked hard to complete them.

After finishing the first day, his whole arms were not his own.

Fortunately, there was 【Muscle Repair Potion】, allowing him to maintain a brand-new posture every day to exercise.

Xu Beifang started his flying progress speed under Ma Dong's gaze.

Finally, on the sixth day, Xu Beifang completed 100 burpees for the first time and got an E-grade treasure chest.

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The treasure chest opened up more than 800 Listen-to-Advice Value, but being able to complete an impossible task through his own efforts gave Xu Beifang full satisfaction!

Now that he got this 【Energy Potion】, his eyes lit up. During this period of time, exercise, classes, aim practice, and ladder matches filled his time. He felt like he had returned to the 996 company in a trance.

【Muscle Repair Potion】 made him not worry about the impact of injuries and muscle soreness.

But a person's energy is limited. Often after finishing dinner, Xu Beifang could feel sleepiness coming, his state declining, and his win rate in ladder matches in the evening had clearly become lower in the past two days.

Getting a good item, Xu Beifang was very satisfied. Stretching his muscles, taking a shower in the dorm, he went to the cafeteria with Ma Dong to solve the dinner problem.

He prepared to try the effect of this potion after eating, and rank up again in the evening.

Leon Kai is not that abstract Red Devil yet!

Now he is still an amateur content creator who loves CS: GO.

A week ago, Leon Kai originally wanted to hammer the "21-year-old genius boy" who was controversial on Bilibili recently.

But maintaining a rigorous attitude, he downloaded several match recordings of this genius boy, and then used his spare time after work to finish watching these recordings with a time difference of several days.

Because Leon Kai watched from the initial time point, he also discovered the abstractness of "Flourishing."

If he were to talk about this ladder match, he estimated he could talk for nearly two hours.

The level difference didn't matter, but Leon Kai didn't see any strange operations in this ladder match—aiming through walls, one-frame flicking, run-and-gun headshots, these operations were not seen.

With doubts, Leon Kai continued to watch the recordings behind.

"Flourishing's" level was still not high, but it could be seen that the gunplay had improved significantly. The positioning was much faster and more accurate than the ladder match he saw before. After a game, there were only two suspicious operations.

Combined with the words "Flourishing" said in the dynamic, after watching several recordings, Leon Kai slowly had his own ideas about this farce.

But holding a rigorous attitude, he finally finished watching the several recordings he downloaded.

Summarizing the screens of all demos in his mind, Leon Kai let out a long breath:

"It was correct that I didn't think about going pro back then. Once these genius boys are enlightened, this improvement speed is too exaggerated!! Normal people can't compare at all."

"No, I have to make a video, otherwise 'Flourishing's' hard work will really be buried. I have to give him justice!"

As a content creator who has character if he has character, has gunplay if he has gunplay, and has rating if he has rating, Leon Kai showed his edge at this moment!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 11 =====