Chapter 83: From Battle-Shy Lizard to Unstoppable Crazy Dog!

After opening the livestream in the morning and studying English for over an hour on camera, Xu Beifang got up to stretch for a while, and took the opportunity to glance at his Personal Panel:

"Original... System, activate!"

【Host: Xu Beifang】

【Age: 22】

【Affiliated Team: 】

【Role: Entry Fragger】

【Status: Average (No status bonuses)】

【Mindset: 89】

【Gunplay: 82 (Collapse/Expand)

1. Pre-aim: 69-76

2. Recoil Control: 65

3. Positioning: 80-82

3. Spray Transfer: 65

4. Multi-kill Ability: 75-78】

【Consciousness: 70 (Collapse/Expand)

1. Information Processing: 66-69

2: Map Understanding: 62-67

3: Aggressive Awareness: 63-70

4: Defensive Awareness: 66-69

5. Clutch Ability: 57】

【Reaction: 76-79 (Collapse/Expand)

1. Duel Reaction: 80

2. In-game Decision Making: 76】

【Weapon Proficiency:

1. Handgun: USP-S, Glock-18...

2. Submachine Gun: MP9, MAC-10...

3. Rifle: AK-47, M4A4...

4. Sniper Rifle: AWP, SSG 08...】

【Listen-to-Advice Value: 760】

【Overall Evaluation: Through unremitting effort, the host has finally delivered an eye-catching performance in their first major tournament, leaving a good impression on the audience. However, the sample size is too small, and the stability of their strength remains questionable. It is hoped that the host will absorb experience from various competitions and fill in their shortcomings.】

Ever since that IEM Shanghai tournament, Xu Beifang had discovered that his data panel was slowly changing, and his various abilities were gradually showing upper limits.

Just like the Positioning stat; previously, after it rose to 80, the data had remained fixed at 80.

But after this IEM Shanghai ended, he didn't know when, but Positioning had become 【80-82】.

His upper limit had been raised at some point.

Was it the massive amount of training in the 【Unlimited Deathmatch Space】? Or was it his daily hard training that had unknowingly broken through that bottleneck of his upper limit?

Or perhaps it was that after the IEM Shanghai tournament, he had shed that filter of being a Professional Player and played with more confidence?

Xu Beifang had some speculations in his heart.

His Mindset increasing from 86 to 89 seemed to explain exactly that.

The psychological changes brought about by confidence were immense.

Now, his general attributes were all starting with a 7, and even the lowest ones were in the 60s.

Recalling his beginnings, when his Gunplay was a mere 33, Xu Beifang felt full of drive again.

He continued to look down.

【Suggestion Mission:

1. Systematic Aim Training (1,000 bots, 1,000 Deathmatch headshots, two rounds of pre-aim maps), difficulty 4.5 stars. This is a long-term mission; after checking in daily, you can obtain D-rank Treasure Chest x2.

2. 100 burpees daily, 5 kilometers of running, difficulty 3 stars. This is a long-term mission; after checking in, you can obtain an F-rank Treasure Chest.

3. Develop well-defined 8-pack abs with some muscle definition, difficulty 4 stars. Upon completion, you can obtain a D-rank Reward.

4. Respect opponents, respect the game, difficulty 4 stars. This is a long-term suggestion; upon completion, you can obtain a D-rank Treasure Chest.

5. Understand and analyze top players' demos with critical thinking, difficulty 4.5 stars. This is a long-term suggestion; upon completion, you can obtain a D-rank Treasure Chest x2.

6. Bite a lighter...】

Looking at it this way, the rest were all daily missions, plus one side mission to develop 8-pack abs.

As for that main mission of rushing to FACEIT, it was no longer there.

Xu Beifang opened Bilibili, and notification sounds kept ringing in the background.

Recently, after the video from Jinnan Jun fermented and brought in traffic, followed by the influx of many players who were in the atmosphere, the followers on Xu Beifang's Bilibili account had grown to 60,000. Under the post he had previously released about running into a fan, it was already a scene of heated activity.

"Came from Jinnan Jun's video, feel like Little Xu's experience is super inspirational!"

"Hard work pays off indeed. After seeing him black-heartedly tricking Danking once, I originally wanted to see if there were any interesting videos, but I was shocked by his hard work. His feed is basically all asking for advice. Looking from start to finish, the changes over these four months are too huge!"

"I watched his earliest post, 'Can 1,200 hours play professionally?' Now looking at his performance in IEM Shanghai, I really feel like it's not the same person operating. Are you sure he didn't hire a booster!!"

"And haven't you guys noticed? This guy's execution is really strong. Netizens told him to gain weight, and he did it immediately, and he was able to stick with it. That's terrifying. People like this can actually be strong at anything."

"Holy crap? Is this really that 'Battle-Shy Lizard'?? He's already become a pro player!!! I originally thought a genius teenager had just appeared, but after flipping through his feed, my memory was jogged and I realized he was that 'Battle-Shy Lizard' criticized by Qiangzi. It's absurd!"

"Battle-Shy Lizard?? The unstoppable Crazy Dog Breaker!!"

"Begging for the aim training method, and what is Little Xu doing lately?"

Seeing the water friends in the comment section discussing his experiences, Xu Beifang also smiled with quite a bit of emotion.

Thinking back on these past 4 months, he truly had undergone a world-shaking transformation.

Through the constant suggestions from netizens, he began to train hard and slowly allowed himself to grow.

While thinking this, he opened Faceit, took a screenshot of his personal stats, and uploaded it to Bilibili.

Then he edited the text and posted a status update:

"I suddenly got a little popular recently, which I'm not quite used to, but I'm still grateful for everyone's attention. Per the fans' request, here is an update on my recent status: I've been streaming to grind Faceit top 100 to keep my form, and I just hit 98th place on the European server yesterday."

Below was the photo of Xu Beifang's 96th place ranking on the European server.

Not long after the status was posted, people in the comment section started replying one after another:

"Damn, you actually hit the European top 100 with over 100 ping?"

"He really did hit the Faceit top 100, and it's the European server too!"

"Little Xu is just grinding rank to keep his form, while we use up all our strength just to gain rank. I don't want to play anymore!"

"Didn't you say 98th on the European server? It clearly says 96 in the picture. Looks like Little Xu's math was taught by his PE teacher."

"Very normal, guys are just like that; they like to say 16 is 18, and 176 is 178..."

"The car ran over my face..."

The audience in the comment section were all expressing their shock, and Xu Beifang also smiled with self-satisfaction.

He finally understood why so many people like reading novels about face-slapping and showing off; because this feeling is really quite good!

The shadow cast by the night of being ravaged in turns by three Danes was slowly wiped away, and his heart was suddenly filled with joyful emotions.

However, regarding the water friends' skepticism, he had to clarify this point:

"I wasn't wrong. I hit 98th yesterday, and then the two guys ahead of me lost points and dropped down. As for friends who want to ask for aim training advice, you can go ask Leon Kai. He is a teacher who helped me walk this path; he is very good at these things."

He knew that Leon Kai wanted to transition into a CSGO blogger, but perhaps because his personality was too serious, his style wasn't that popular, and currently only some hardcore players followed him.

Kai Ge had been a huge help to him, and Xu Beifang had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay him. Now there was a chance, so he directly helped him drive some traffic. Besides—Leon Kai was already an instructional blogger anyway, so isn't it reasonable for him to provide some advice to newcomers!

Immediately after, he asked in the comment section:

"After hitting the Faceit top 100, I don't have many goals for the time being. Everyone can give me some suggestions."

As soon as this comment was posted, many people replied below:

"You're already a Professional Player, and you're asking me, a C-rank, for advice? Did you make a mistake?"

"I suggest you come to C-rank and control the lightning with me, carry me in rank!!"

"I suggest you teach me how to become a Professional Player."

【Beep!】

【Suggestion received: Control the lightning with water friends in C-rank. Difficulty: 0 stars. Reward: Netizens' skepticism.】

【Suggestion received: Teach water friends how to become a Professional Player. Difficulty: 10 stars. Reward: SSS-rank Treasure Chest.】

The two newly refreshed suggestions were two extremes; one was completely worthless, and the other had an exaggeratedly high difficulty.

Xu Beifang felt that even winning a Major Champion title might not be much more than this.

He had already spent a great deal of effort to get an S-ji Baoxiang, and this SSS-rank Treasure Chest, while very tempting, would definitely result in him being buried.

However, he quickly scrolled through the comment section and found that not everyone was just trolling.

"Little Xu is already a Professional Player now, so just play the matches well. Strive to get a good result in the upcoming Major, keep it up!"

"You've already hit the Faceit top 100, do you want to go play FPL later? Maybe grind for FPL rank 1 or something?"

【Beep!】

【Suggestion received: Achieve a good result in the London Major. Difficulty: Unknown. Reward: Depends on the final result.】

【Suggestion received: Reach FPL rank 1. Difficulty: 7 stars. Upon completion, you can obtain an S-ji Baoxiang and a large amount of Listen-to-Advice Value.】

Sure enough, the majority of the netizens' thinking was still very clear.

For Xu Beifang, who was currently a Professional Player, some of the trolling-style suggestions were no longer useful.

Moreover, his focus would definitely be on professional matches from now on; making a name for himself on the professional stage was the top priority!

As for reaching FPL, the difficulty was not small for him, but it wasn't easy to start at this stage either.

What is FPL?

Its full name is Faceit Pro League, which is an independent professional server on Faceit. Under the hellish mode of Faceit Europe, all kinds of masters gather in FPL.

How high is the difficulty of entering FPL?

There are basically only two ways to join FPL. One is to get an invitation from several qualified administrators.

The other is to first reach the top Faceit rating to get FPL-C qualification, then play to the top of FPL-C; the top three in each settlement get the qualification to enter FPL.

Moreover, FPL uses a relegation system; if you don't work hard to gain points, or if your ability is insufficient, you will still have your FPL qualification revoked.

Xu Beifang, with over 100 ping, was already able to trade blows with average random players, but playing against real Professional Players would put him under great pressure. The reason he was able to win that match yesterday was, first, because there was a Zywoo on the team, and second, because s1mple was really slacking off; otherwise, he probably would have had to play a few more matches that night.

Therefore, he planned to wait until the Hong Kong tournament ended and he arrived in Europe before carrying out a targeted grind for this FPL task.

At this moment, his phone received a text message indicating that the package had arrived.

Xu Beifang rode his beloved little electric scooter and set off to the delivery station to retrieve the package.

As soon as he opened it, he saw the ID 'nice' printed on the back of the Jersey.

"Finally, I don't have to wear Pasha's ID to play matches anymore," Xu Beifang laughed.

Although Pasha's clothes didn't fit too poorly, to him, they were ultimately not his own.

Moreover, a thing like a Jersey is not just a piece of clothing; it is also a representation of himself as a Professional Player.

Xu Beifang asked for Jinnan Jun's address on his phone, then found a pen and paper from the delivery guy, practiced the 'nice' signature for a good while on the paper, and then solemnly signed his own ID onto it.

Xu Beifang spread this Jersey out on the table, took a photo and posted it to his Moments, and then immediately sent out his first signed Jersey.

Before he even left the delivery station, he received messages from Xiao Ming and Ma Dong on WeChat, so he helplessly sent one to each of them as well.

Fortunately, there were quite a few Jerseys custom-made this time, 10 in total; after giving out 3, he still had 7 to wear.

After confirming the upcoming plan, Xu Beifang changed his daily routine, significantly reducing the time spent climbing the Ladder on FACEIT and putting more time into Deathmatch.

When he had time, he would stream while playing Deathmatch, sometimes for hours on end.

Climbing the Ladder had actually become a relaxing activity instead.

Before he knew it, the time for the Hong Kong Zotai Cup arrived; Xu Beifang reached Hong Kong and met up with the VP members, who had clearly gained a bit of weight, and after a simple warm-up, they began their tournament.

On the first day of the group stage, VP ran into MVP from South Korea.

It was an intense best-of-three showdown right from the start.

Returning to the competition, Xu Beifang felt even more at ease; on Map 1, Dust II, he put up an exaggerated stat line of 23/2/4, completely breaking the Koreans' Gunplay.

Entering Map 2, MVP quickly started playing a tactical game against them.

They knew Xu Beifang's Gunplay was insanely fierce, so they simply avoided him and started looking for trouble with Neo and the others on Inferno.

Xu Beifang was helpless here; no matter how good his Gunplay was, he couldn't handle having to play Retake every single round.

It could only be said that during this past half-month, the old men of VP were truly on vacation; they hadn't touched the game once!

On Map 2, Inferno, VP was ultimately taken down by MVP with a score of 13:16; Xu Beifang put up a 1.87 rating on this map and got 34 kills, yet they still couldn't win.

In the dark, he seemed to feel NiKo and Zywoo waving and smiling at him.

This team, ranked 52nd in the world, had pushed VP, currently ranked 18th in the world, to Map 3; Xu Beifang didn't really want to talk anymore.

But after entering Map 3, he adjusted his Mindset, continued to actively encourage his teammates, and became the team's "glue guy."

After a final, grueling battle, VP finally won Map 3 with a score of 16:12.

Xu Beifang finished Map 3 with a stat line of 29/7/18 and a 1.55 rating, making him the only player on VP with a green stat line.

In the end, on the first day of the Hong Kong Zotai Cup, VP secured a difficult victory with a 2:1 record!

The exaggerated state of his teammates made him unable to imagine how they would face MIBR in tomorrow's match, led by Coldzera, FalleN, Tarik, Stewie2K, and fer, who were in hot form.

A bit of writer's block, sorry for being a little late.

(End of chapter)