Chapter 3: Why not go pro and make a name for yourself

Walking into his room, he found the match had ended, and his mom was still squinting at the damage data.

"Failed again."

"Yeah, this is too hard to play, I'll play Ahri instead."

Ye Bo was focused on studying the system at this moment, only encouraging his mom verbally.

Ye Ying didn't think too much and gave up the seat, going out and closing the door on her way.

Ye Bo, left alone again, sat back in front of the computer.

"Uh, so what does it mean to reopen League of Legends?"

He tried to understand it literally.

He casually closed the client that was still on the desktop as 【40-year-old Aunt Wants to Go Pro】, then clicked the automatically popped-up WeGame and restarted it with one click.

And it was at the very moment the client finished reloading.

Golden light flashed before Ye Bo's eyes!

【Despite suffering a major blow, the moment you reopened League of Legends, you instantly recalled the joy of first knowing this game twenty years ago. You determined that your choice to chase your dreams back then was not wrong!】

【Reward: Rebirth Gift】

【Congratulations on obtaining "Hero Illustrated Handbook"】

【Congratulations on obtaining "Proficiency Appraisal Ability"】

【Congratulations on obtaining {369 Counterattack Points}】

"Let me see what kind of big treasure there is!"

Looking at the three things that appeared in front of him.

Ye Bo couldn't wait to click on the "Hero Illustrated Handbook" that looked the most awesome.

【Hero Illustrated Handbook: Comprehension of hero ability improved. And every time a hero is fully mastered, while the proficiency is maintained, comprehensive ability is stacked and improved by 1%】

【PS: As a failed ten-year veteran, I'm afraid the only thing you have to be proud of is the game experience accumulated over twenty years, but it doesn't matter, then please feel free to use it! This is your best weapon!】

"..."

Ye Bo was now completely certain that this broken system was definitely misaligned and came early.

Because this thing, if it were really the old Ye Bo reborn, would truly be a perfectly customized super weapon!

Even if the veteran's strength had declined, with the handbook bonus accumulated over twenty years of hero pools, practicing casually, he should be able to re-enter the land of gods in minutes, right?

After all.

Surely there wouldn't really be a veteran who had played mid-lane for so many years and only knew a few heroes, right!

It's just that the problem is that the current Ye Bo is a specialist!

The heroes he can currently call "specialized" should only be three.

And they are all assassins!

The best way for ordinary players to climb ranks is to specialize in one or a few heroes, which is also the most common form for high-tier players on the national server.

But Ye Bo wasn't worried either.

According to the system's description, if the heroes he could practice even at "thirty" were possible, then how could he not be able to do it now?

Not to mention, the newly acquired Hero Illustrated Handbook also had the help of "comprehension of hero ability improvement," so he thought it would only be half the effort for twice the result.

"Proficiency Appraisal" is an ability that complements the Hero Illustrated Handbook.

As for the system description of "Counterattack Points," it seemed a bit abstract.

"Consume Counterattack Points, can be used to actively trigger {Tasks}, {Challenges}, {Choices}, {Rewards}"

But when Ye Bo expanded the panel and examined it carefully.

He discovered two very "weird" things on his panel very quickly!

【Old Deng: Ye Bo】

【Age: 32】

【Current Tier: Bai Yin 1】

【Physical Talent: Average of a 32-year-old retired professional】

【Comprehensive Level: Unknown】

【Counterattack Points: 369】

"Hmm???"

"Bai Yin 1? Me?"

"And buddy, I'm a handsome 18-year-old guy, how could my physical talent be 32? It's clearly a misdiagnosis!"

"System, you quack!"

Clearly, his panel had problems.

Big problems!

If it was because of the system misalignment, and the physical talent couldn't match, so it went wrong, this item was actually quite reasonable.

But how was Bai Yin 1 detected?

Just at this moment, a few more lines of small text popped up.

【You clearly already know the deep pit you stepped into before, so, in order to find other opportunities to enter a professional career, and to skip the agonizing substitute period as much as possible to get a chance to play, you need to find a way to prove yourself in front of everyone—this time, you want them to beg you to play!】

【Task: In either the Canyon of the Peak or the Korean server, rush into the top ten of the rank list, and expand your influence as much as possible】

【Reward: Counterattack Points, Specialist Experience Card...】

Ye Bo was suddenly overjoyed; just now he was thinking about how to re-enter the professional scene after refusing the RNG invitation that had originally happened.

But he hadn't even finished reading the system's description.

Immediately, another crisp "Ding!" sounded behind his head.

【Circuit Breaker Triggered: "Humanitarian Minimum Subsistence Aid"】

【It's really hard to imagine that your strength has actually regressed to this point, perhaps for you now, reaching the top ten is already slightly difficult, you should need to find back some of the "former self"】

【Congratulations on obtaining: Heroes practiced by "Ye Bo" in 2022...】

【Congratulations on obtaining Karma 5-level proficiency】

【Congratulations on obtaining Galio 5-level proficiency】

【Congratulations on obtaining Seraphine 5-level proficiency】

【Congrat...】

"Damn! I'm not clean anymore!"

"The me in 2022... what on earth did he experience at RNG!"

Once, the middle-school-aged Ye Bo patted his chest and swore in front of his classmates.

"Even if I starve to death! Never play a match in my life! Jump down from the Summoner's Rift!"

"I'll never be a freeloader!"

Even now that he was older, as an assassin specialist, he still didn't like using so-called "freeloaders," which were actually {utility} heroes, from the bottom of his heart.

But just from the system's meaning.

Perhaps, after Ye Bo officially stepped into the professional path, he might have completely changed these things in order to fight for a chance to appear in a match.

"Garlic, garlic, it doesn't matter~"

"Do it! Start doing it!"

Ye Bo, an optimist, didn't want to dwell on things he hadn't actually experienced.

Now he not only eliminated a huge pit, but also gained a new goal and direction for his efforts.

Just this point was enough to make him full of motivation!

All along, Ye Bo felt that the biggest gap between him and professional players was formal system training.

Now that he had the ability to see his own growth in real-time, every kill participation in every match could bring him clearly visible {hero proficiency} improvement.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, playing one hero all the time is boring.

But Ye Bo just felt cool!

He had also come to his senses, thinking it must be that he used his mom's account to log in again just now, inexplicably triggering a "system bug."

After all, according to normal development, the reborn Ye Bo would only have his own Challenger account in the Canyon.

And if it were the old Ye Bo after rebirth, he should be much stronger than the current young Ye Bo with the blessing of the Hero Illustrated Handbook, completing this task easily.

But because the system detected "Bai Yin 1," the gap was too large.

This triggered the strange "humanitarian aid."

However, Ye Bo didn't intend to further improve these heroes for the time being.

It was also only after having "Proficiency Appraisal" that he knew.

It turned out that Seeing Akali, whom he had always thought he had practiced to the end, was only at level 6 and a half, and was still quite far from level 7!

According to the prompt, when the hero proficiency reaches the full level of 7, he will obtain the supplement of "understanding of all hidden hero techniques," and can also obtain an "additional 5%" comprehensive level improvement when used in a match.

Ye Bo was also very curious...

These heroes he had played at least a thousand times, what else could there be that even he didn't know?

Just like this, in the next few days.

A new account with the ID 【40-year-old Aunt Wants to Go Pro】, starting from the novice tier of the "Canyon of the Peak," began to carve out a bloody path upward!

Because the login ID was locked by the system task, to complete this task, he must use an ID with a tier no higher than the original account to open it, in order to meet the conditions.

It was a bit shameful.

But unexpectedly, it was precisely because of this that he "turned a misfortune into a blessing"...

"Taken!"

Another match ended, with Seeing Akali achieving a record of 10/2/10.

With the 10x multiplier reward for {kill participation count} 20+ {matching own tier bonus}, he gained a total of 200 proficiency points in one match.

【Seeing Akali: Experience +200】

【Mastery Progress: (100000/100000) max】

【Congratulations! Seeing Akali has reached the peak level 7!】

The next moment, Ye Bo suddenly jolted.

A warm current flowed in his mind, and Seeing Akali's graceful figure seemed to become clearer and more detailed in his memory...

Due to the wonderful link of Bai Yin 1, every match Ye Bo played from the new account to the current Challenger tier was considered "matching the current tier."

And therefore, all enjoyed the ten-fold point bonus!

This allowed him to brush a large amount of experience during the sprint phase of the low tier!

Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to complete the breakthrough of a level 7 hero in such a short few days.

According to the description.

Level 5 is equivalent to the level of those heroes Ye Bo practiced after transitioning in his previous life, belonging to the level of barely being able to be picked to "freeload" on the field.

Level 6 is already a signature skill, approximately equivalent to everyone's concept of "two balls and a chicken."

But the full level 7.

Means being the person in this world who understands this hero the best, bar none.

It might even surpass the designers who created this hero, finding those understandings and mechanisms that even the designers don't know!

So the huge experience required for level 7 is completely not excessive.

Ye Bo calculated roughly, in an ideal state, he only needs less than a thousand matches to practice a level 7 specialist hero from scratch, and it's a specialist in the true sense.

How many people can't even help improve their tier much in a thousand matches?

Of course, if it's for a professional player, a thousand matches is a very luxurious time, and it's impossible to really throw it all on one hero.

But then again.

It's not like there's only this one way to improve oneself.

In short, Ye Bo was very satisfied with the current progress.

【What is the streamer doing? Lagging?】

【Just came from the opponent's stream, looking at the hero I guessed it might be this aunt, sure enough it really is!】

【She's really fierce, a new account with 78% win rate to a thousand points in a week, what kind of otherworldly immortal master!】

【Indeed, if you don't go pro and make a name for yourself...】

【Just arrived, how many points now, is it still one match away from the top ten?】

【40-year-old Aunt, speak! 40-year-old Aunt!】

Due to the climb in tier, this account could already be matched with many well-known passersby and streamers, and even professional players.

And although Ye Bo couldn't advertise for his stream due to the ID restriction of completing the task.

But the hero he used was very representative, and it was already a bit famous in the high-tier, so there were always viewers who watched the high-tier all year round who knew there was such a person, and they found their way here.

"Ah~ just lagged."

"Come again, come again, not ending the stream today until I reach the top ten!"

"And also, that brother in the bullet screen just now, you have a good eye, not bad, wait! The streamer will definitely go pro sooner or later, humph!"

The addictive timely positive feedback improvement, and the task goal that was only one step away from completion.

Both made Ye Bo can't wait to start the next match.

The Canyon of the Peak ranked queue is recruiting opponents.

At this time.

Douyu TV.

"Mom~ ya!"

"Aiyo, there aren't many people participating now, brothers~ Mom ya, the chance of winning the prize is very high..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 4 =====