Chapter 27

After playing basketball and taking a shower, Yang Zhiqiang thought about the content for his new video, so he took out his phone and opened Bilibili, intending to check the feedback from his fans.

He wanted to make another aim training video based on the needs and questions raised by these netizens.

But as soon as he opened his dashboard, he saw many people tagging him.

What the hell? Did another one of my videos go viral? But I haven't posted any new videos lately!

Puzzled, Yang Zhiqiang followed the tags from the netizens to the source.

"I've already reached the top 100 on 5E under the advice of (@stanzq) Qiangzi Ge. Thanks to Qiangzi Ge for the proactive advice that woke me up, but now I feel like my gunplay has hit a bottleneck. I'd like to ask the vast number of netizens, how should I improve myself further?"

Below was a screenshot, and the ladder ranking column clearly showed 97!

Yang Zhiqiang quickly looked at the ID in the screenshot—

Our game is flourishing!

Holy crap!!

He really rushed into the top 100 on 5E?

Yang Zhiqiang rubbed his buzz cut with both hands, his eyes looking a bit dazed.

As a CSGO blogger, Yang Zhiqiang had reviewed at least a hundred demos for fans, if not a thousand.

Among them were many regulars who frequently asked him to review demos.

He actually had a rough profile of these players in his mind.

These people all had a certain level of skill and wanted to improve, but that was about it; their desire to improve wasn't very strong.

Reviewing a demo for them usually resulted in a 200-point gain at best, which was already considered quite good.

Yet he never expected that one of his unintentional acts had truly created a genius player.

And isn't he a genius? The 1.40 rating in the column already proved the point.

This damn guy is playing better than him! Even if he were to play on 5E to climb the rankings, he wouldn't necessarily have these kinds of stats.

And it had been less than 3 months since he accidentally reviewed that demo for 'Flourishing', which meant that in such a short time, 'Flourishing' had added the title of 'King' after his rank.

Who wouldn't be confused seeing this?

A C-tier player using spare time to reach the top 100 on 5E in less than 3 months—Yang Zhiqiang's performance wasn't an isolated case, and the netizens were even more dumbfounded.

"Damn! What kind of genius youth is this?"

"I damn well checked his match history carefully and found that this guy had a complete epiphany after being scolded by Qiangzi Ge."

"Should I ask Qiangzi Ge to scold me too?"

"Don't dream."

"This is too exaggerated!"

Amidst the shock, many netizens also expressed feeling heartbroken.

"I felt a bit superior before when I saw Little Xu didn't pass the Tyloo trial, thinking everyone was just an ordinary person. Now I realize I'm the only ordinary person, I'm dying of grief!"

"Is this a cheater?"

"What are you thinking? We've watched Little Xu start his stream to practice aim and play the ladder every day for the past few months. He walked this path step by step. Would a cheater be willing to play deathmatch to practice aim at 11 PM? And his progress is truly traceable."

"No way! He must be cheating. He went from C to the top 100 on the ladder in two months, while I went from C to D in two months. It's too damn hurtful."

【Drip!】

【Listen-to-Advice Value 632!】

Hearing the crisp sound in his ears, Xu Beifang smiled. Although he felt embarrassed, this feeling of secretly working hard and then amazing everyone was really great!

With a thought, he opened his attribute panel:

【Host: Xu Beifang】

【Age: 21】

【Team: None】

【Role: None】

【Status: Frustrated (10% performance decrease in matches)】

【Mindset: 87】

【Gunplay: 80】

【Awareness: 46-49】

【Reaction: 56-59】

【Listen-to-Advice Value: 1928】

【Overall Evaluation: Through unimaginable self-discipline, your gunplay can already occupy a place on the professional stage, but poor awareness will also let you be toyed with by some clutch masters.】

【Advise the host to complete others' suggestions as much as possible to collect Listen-to-Advice Value and improve the host's attributes.】

A few days ago, his gunplay attribute was officially added to 80. When he wanted to add more points later, it prompted: "Current qualifications insufficient, please officially become a professional player."

He had already entered his first bottleneck period.

Xu Beifang looked at the system's suggestion list:

1. Systematic aim training: 1000 bots daily, two runs of pre-aiming maps, 1000 deathmatch headshots. Difficulty: 4.5 stars. After daily check-in, you can get 2 D-rank treasure chests.

2. 100 burpees and a 5km run daily. Difficulty: 5 stars. After check-in, you can get an F-rank treasure chest.

3. Gain 30 jin. Difficulty: 5 stars. Progress (23/30). After completion, you can get a C-rank treasure chest...

Scanning the suggestions he could currently use, this was Xu Beifang's current predicament. After completing the task of reaching the top 100 on 5E, he had essentially lost his main quest, leaving only these daily tasks.

Just as Xu Beifang was checking the suggested tasks in the system, some netizens who were shocked also discovered a key point.

"Has everyone noticed that Little Xu really listens to advice! At first, Qiangzi Ge told him to treat the game seriously and try to reach the top 100 on 5E before considering professional issues. He really worked hard, practiced aim according to netizens' suggestions, and even played 10,000 bots a day. This execution is too strong!"

"Sigh, don't even mention it. Later, when netizens told him to start streaming, he started the next day. And seeing he was too thin, they told him to gain weight, and Little Xu really hasn't stopped eating."

"Little Xu is too honest!"

"How about we give Little Xu another suggestion?"

"But do you think your level is as high as the top 100 on 5E? Little Xu's rating is 1.4, damn it."

This sentence successfully discouraged many players who intended to troll. After all, most people's level was only C-B, and Xu Beifang was already in the top 1% of the highest CSGO levels in the country.

"Let's work towards the professional path later, become a professional player first."

Skill didn't make everyone shut up, just like that classic saying—

Do you have to learn how to refrigerate to comment on a refrigerator?

【Drip!】

【Received suggestion: Become a professional player. Difficulty: 5 stars. After completion, you can get an A-rank treasure chest.】

Looking at this suggestion, Xu Beifang smiled helplessly and replied under this comment:

"My goal is indeed to become a professional player, but I already failed the trial at Tyloo before. Now I just want to see if there's any way to improve myself, and then find an opportunity to enter a professional team."

Seeing his reply, the netizens in the comment section also realized this problem.

"Failed the Tyloo trial, that's very awkward. It seems only Tyloo can play in the country."

"If it doesn't work, pull Qiangzi Ge to form a team, and pull Kai Ge in..."

【Drip!】

【Received suggestion: With Leon Kai...】

Xu Beifang subconsciously ignored this suggestion. After all, even if he didn't pay much attention to the GO scene in his past life, he knew the name 'Hongse Mogu'. The combat power of this team would probably only be slightly better than Ma Xixi's toy car.

stanzq: "If it doesn't work, go play Faceit. The intensity of Faceit is much higher than 5E. Reach the top 100. Some ladder intensities are comparable to domestic second-tier professionals. Under that rhythm, you should be able to become strong quickly."

【Drip!】

【Received suggestion: Reach the top 100 on Faceit. Difficulty: 6 stars. After completion, you can get an S-rank treasure chest.】

S-rank treasure chest!! It has to be Qiangzi Ge!

Damn it, I'm fired up!

The task of reaching the top 100 on 5E got an A-rank treasure chest, although the final reward was a bit different from what he expected.

But is this reward really bad? Not necessarily. Strong language learning ability can allow him to easily learn a foreign language. If he can't become a professional player in the future, he can also be a translator, so he won't be like Zywoo smiling and saying "I don't know."

Now if he prepares to play Faceit, it can also help him quickly master English communication, so he won't play 'mute CS' on the ladder.

Moreover, if he takes the international route in the future, language ability will also be an important factor for many teams to consider.

Looking at it this way, this language learning ability becomes quite important!

Looking at the task of rushing to Faceit, Xu Beifang rubbed his hands, preparing to start a new round of climbing.

(End of chapter)