Chapter 3: Fate, It

Under Gao Wen's guidance, the two soon arrived at a residential complex not far from the city center. As they walked out of the underground parking garage, she didn't forget to introduce some of the surrounding amenities to Su Xing.

"There are several chain convenience stores in the complex. You can go there if you need any daily necessities."

"A hundred meters to the left at the entrance is a shopping center. You can go for a stroll if you have time; the restaurants there are quite good."

"I'll send you the specific address on WeChat. You can use this address for food delivery or online shopping."

"As for the house, I've already arranged a computer and broadband for you. As for the mouse and keyboard... I bought the model you used to be accustomed to. If you don't feel comfortable with them, I'll replace them for you."

Before long, the two took the elevator to the seventh floor.

"Remember, you're in 701."

Gao Wen took a set of keys out of her small bag and handed them to Su Xing, smiling. "It doesn't matter if you lose the keys; I have another set here."

Su Xing smiled, opened the door, and walked in. The apartment had one bedroom and one living room; though small, it was well-furnished, and at a glance, it had everything one could need.

"The rent here isn't cheap, right?"

Su Xing asked, "How much? I'll transfer it to you."

"No need."

Gao Wen shook her head. "I'll process this money through the company's reimbursement procedure."

"Hmm, thanks."

Su Xing walked two steps forward to the desk where the computer was placed, looking at the familiar model of the black keyboard, and couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

The keyboard he used to like had actually been discontinued for a long time. Back then, he had bought three or five sets in advance to keep as spares. He didn't expect that even today, Gao Wen could still get a brand-new set. Just then, Gao Wen's phone rang. She answered, chatted for a few sentences, hung up, and looked up at Su Xing. "Um... you might need to get on the game now. Their live program just ended, and Uzi said he wants to talk to you."

"Oh, sure."

Su Xing pressed the computer's power button, his fingers lightly brushing over every key on the keyboard, a complex emotion he couldn't describe in his heart.

"Huh?"

The next moment, Su Xing's fingers felt a slight tingling sensation as if they had touched an electric current, but it vanished in an instant. At the same time, a virtual panel appeared before his eyes.

"Host: Su Xing."

"Emotion Points: 0."

"Ability Templates: 【Prophet Replay】, 【Simulated Battle】."

"【Prophet Replay】: Compresses a current, unplayed match/game into a game replay, allowing you to observe what happened at any time and any location from a god's-eye view."

"【Simulated Battle】: Consumes Emotion Points to designate any player to choose any hero for a simulated battle, gaining corresponding hero proficiency. This function supports one-click sweeping."

"Note: Emotion Points are only sourced from game matches. The stronger the emotion, the more Emotion Points gained."

"What's wrong?"

Gao Wen, standing to the side, saw Su Xing suddenly freeze in place and couldn't help but feel some confusion.

"Oh, nothing."

Su Xing closed his eyes and found the simulation panel had disappeared. With a slight thought, the simulation panel appeared before his eyes again.

A system, huh... This kind of thing wasn't unfamiliar to Su Xing, who used to be a gaming addict.

After all, his two favorite things back then were playing League of Legends and reading web novels, and it just so happened that system-based novels were the mainstream from 2018 to 2020.

"By the way, do you remember what my QQ number was..."

Su Xing, having returned to his senses, looked at the QQ client on the computer desktop and suddenly fell silent. He hadn't used this thing for several years, and for a moment, he really couldn't remember. "25********."

Facing this question, Gao Wen blurted it out, and even Su Xing couldn't help but turn his head slightly to look at her.

Was her memory really that good? Su Xing shifted his gaze without a trace, opened QQ, chose "Retrieve Password," entered the account, entered the phone number, entered the verification code, entered a new password, repeated the new password—the whole process was done in one go.

"Good thing I retrieved my old phone number before coming here..."

Su Xing felt a slight sense of relief in his heart. Then, seeing that besides the WeGame national server client, there was also a Korean server client on the desktop, he smiled and said, "You even helped me download the Korean server client. Too bad... I don't have much need to play on the Korean server now."

"I thought you might find it useful."

Gao Wen was silent for a few seconds. "The document on the desktop contains a new Korean server account. This account was requested from the club. It not only has Challenger hidden MMR but also has the privilege of all heroes and all skins unlocked."

"Regardless, thank you."

Su Xing shook his head and asked, "Help me ask if Uzi and the others are gathering on YY or getting on the game?"

"Ionia. His game ID is Xiao Zao Xiao Zao, and the YY is this..."

Gao Wen glanced at her phone and told Su Xing the message sent over one by one. Soon, Su Xing logged into his game account on Ionia.

Following that, he added Uzi as a friend and entered the YY channel. At this time, there were already four people in the YY.

"He's here, Su Xing is here."

The moment he appeared on YY, Uzi said, "Long time no see, Su Xing."

"Long time no see."

Su Xing paused for a moment and smiled. "Sorry, I just got off the plane not long ago and didn't catch the live broadcast segment."

He and Uzi weren't actually close; the two had only met once, it seemed to be at the 2020 LPL All-Star event where he had greeted him once.

"No worries, no worries."

Uzi smiled. "Now that everyone is here, let me briefly introduce them to you."

"Top laner AJ, jungler Beishang, bot lane is me, and support is Xiao Duan."

Uzi paused for a moment, perhaps introducing them to the others or to the viewers in the live stream, and continued, "As for our mid laner, he is the 2020 LPL Rookie of the Year, Su Shen, an absolutely top-tier mid lane player!"

"Ahem, just call me Su Xing."

Su Xing's face flushed slightly. Three years had passed; any "Best Rookie" title was just empty air.

"Holy crap, I remember you!"

AJ's tone was a bit excited. "That first match of yours, I was the commentator. You solo-killed the opposing mid laner in five minutes and then got a double kill in a 1v2 at level 6. By the way, who were you playing against in that match?"

"You're too kind, you're too kind..."

Su Xing felt a bit dazed. He didn't expect anyone to remember his first LPL match.

"WE."

Just then, someone in the voice channel suddenly spoke up. "And is there a possibility that the jungler who got double-killed was me..."

Everyone:... Even Su Xing was stunned. Is it that coincidental? Beishang... Oh, right, he remembered now. The WE jungler's ID was indeed Beishang.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 4 =====