Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"I'm actually the first one to awaken the second sequence..."

"And this tennis ball..."

Chen Xi was surprised. At this moment, his hand gesture was with his palm facing up. He had taken this out when he was recounting what had just happened.

However, Li Jibin couldn't see it; all he saw was Chen Xi's empty palm.

This situation did not change after the tennis ball swallowed a fake man.

It remains something that can be neither seen nor touched.

Furthermore, a new discovery was made: Chen Xi had previously cut her forehead and had blood on her hands.

When he picks up the tennis ball with his bloodied hand, no marks are left on it; it remains exactly as it was.

Chen Xi calls this the "non-stick pan characteristic".

"I have no idea."

"I can't see what's in your hand, but it definitely feels and weighs like a tennis ball. My personal assessment is that it's most likely related to the original seed, but not the original seed itself."

"Otherwise, these two situations cannot be explained."

"Regarding whether this tennis ball is a forbidden object, I personally lean towards the idea that it is part of the Primal Seed, and therefore happens to possess the characteristics of a unique containment object."

"As for why you found it and why you became its natural adaptor, I don't know."

"It might be fate, it might be destiny, or something more mysterious or conspiratorial; it's hard to say."

Chen Xi nodded with a hint of doubt, while Li Jibin only speculated rather than confirmed.

"Only a part of it. I only injected enough psychic power to activate it, and it so easily obliterated that fake human. This level is only a part of the primordial seed?"

"Is the level of forbidden items really that extreme?"

Chen Xi voiced his doubts, saying that compared to the Magician, this tennis ball was far superior.

"Well..."

"To be honest, I've never seen any physical copy of any forbidden item. What I just said was just my personal speculation, so it's hard to give you a precise answer."

"However, there is one person who may have seen the real forbidden object, and he can most likely answer your third question."

"Who?"

Do I know him?

Chen Xi asked curiously, "Just as Zhang Wanyi said, even if Li Jibin doesn't know the answer, he might know someone who does."

"You probably don't know him, but like you, he has also awakened the Overlord Sequence."

"Ninth Rank, Professional Player!"

His name is Zhang Heng.

Chen Xi was slightly surprised, not expecting Li Jibin to have such a wide network of connections, that he actually knew about the Overlord Sequence!

Keep in mind that if you exclude yourself, there are only 4 people in the Awakened Overlord Sequence!

As for whether he knew him or not, Chen Xi didn't know anyone named Zhang Heng in real life, but he did have some recollection of a few people named Zhang Heng online.

I don't know much about them, I just happened to have seen their real-name authentication or the subtitles that appeared briefly in their videos.

"I never expected you, our homeroom teacher, to have such methods!"

Chen Xi praised, saying he was more used to calling his homeroom teacher by his real name.

"Haha, it was just luck. We met by chance."

"There are only six known overlords, including you. How can you possibly know them all?"

"Besides someone like you who I knew before I awakened, how could I possibly have any interaction with you?"

"Although I am now at the Transcendent II stage, in the eyes of truly powerful people, I am nothing special."

"A key factor in my ability to maintain contact with Zhang Heng is that his strength has been stuck at the Extraordinary I stage."

"Someone as smart as you should understand that the bonds between people are relative. When one side becomes too strong, even if the two people do nothing, they will still drift apart."

Chen Xi, having read many books, naturally understood this principle. He nodded slightly without speaking, tacitly agreeing, and then asked a question:

"Are you stuck at the Transcendent I stage because advancing through the Overlord sequence is more difficult?"

"It will be a little more difficult, but not by much, and that's not the main reason."

"The main reason is identity."

"His status is not easy to upgrade."

"You should know that the way we upgrade from The Amazing One to The Amazing Two is by playing the role corresponding to our respective identities."

"His identity is that of a professional gamer."

"Then he has to become a nationally recognized professional player in the industry, which is an extremely difficult thing in itself."

"Although being a teacher isn't easy, it's much, much easier than being a professional gamer."

"Furthermore, you gain experience only after becoming a professional player, not just by becoming one."

"So the starting point of his career was somewhat unattainable."

"And professional players in any industry rely heavily on talent. If you are just average, you will never reach the Transcendent II stage in your entire life."

"He chose to become a professional esports player. You've probably heard of the very popular game called 'League of Legends'."

Chen Xi nodded without hesitation.

He had not only heard of this game but also played it himself, and his favorite character was the little fire dragon.

He enjoys farming and rescuing his teammates from dire straits, but don't worry about why they're in dire straits.

But which team does Zhang Heng belong to?

He had never seen it before.

"This is the only area where he has any real talent. He said he reached the King rank after only two months of playing the game."

"Then he went through youth training and professional play, but after only one official professional match, he was benched because he was too bad!"

"Later on, Zhang Heng, who was unwilling to sit on the bench, had no choice but to play in the secondary league. Unfortunately, his strength was still not strong enough, and he struggled and couldn't break through."

"And so, Zhang Heng has been a professional gamer for 6 years, and he's still at the Super I stage."

"There's no other way; if you're too bad, it's hard to gain experience points."

"Our performances must be as close to the identity as possible, so when I was a teacher, I tried my best to 100% recreate the profession."

"But Zhang Heng had no choice. Among that group of talented monsters, he was as bad as a high-ranking random player."

Chen Xi expressed his understanding, after all, esports is something that relies heavily on talent, or to put it bluntly, it's purely talent-dependent.

If it works, it works; if it doesn't, it doesn't.

Training is only for maintaining your feel for the game and accumulating experience with the game version. If your fundamentals aren't good, no amount of training will help.

At the same time, Chen Xi also understood why he had never seen or heard of the name Zhang Heng.

To put it tactfully, he doesn't watch the second-tier league.

To put it bluntly, those who are bad don't even deserve to be in the public eye!