CS: I became Top 1 by grinding my skill level

Help: "I don't think we can conclude that someone is cheating just based on a few kills."

The score is now 14:15

His mindset had undergone some subtle changes at this point.

Help: "Gan Linliang! Can this dog just die already?!"

In the match at point B on Sand Island, a simple 1v2 game ended.

"The bomb has been defused; the CT team has won."

Han Tian discarded all the guns he had, ending the hour-long match.

.......

There is a plot of land near the city center of Jinan that is nicknamed the "rich people's area".

Within this plot of land stand rows of strikingly designed apartment buildings, with white marble archways above them bearing gilded lettering on a black background—Minghu Villa.

Near the artificial lake, there is a standalone apartment building. Both its appearance and the complete supporting facilities around it demonstrate that the residents of this apartment building are all the richest of the rich.

It was inside one of the duplex apartments in this building.

HelpMumu stood frozen in front of the computer screen, which was playing a replay of a CS game match, also known as a demo.

"Throughout the game, he had 40 kills, 16 assists, and 23 deaths, with a rating as high as 2.1."

"Who exactly is this user on the other end of the line?"

"If he's cheating, then why is he only incredibly strong when using the AK, but when he uses other guns... he just looks like a regular A-rank player."

"But the moment he picks up an AK, he becomes incredibly aggressive, like he's possessed by an electronic spirit. It just doesn't make sense, does it?"

Du Sinian, 24 years old.

Help is Du Sinian's ID on the Perfect World and 5e platforms. As an ambitious CS player who wants to pursue a professional career, he is undoubtedly qualified in terms of hard work. His highest ranking on Perfect World was 90 stars in the Demon King S rank, and his highest ranking was in the top 10. On 5e, his highest score was 2800 points, and his ranking was within the top 20 in the entire server.

With an average rating of 1.12, this is quite impressive among ordinary players, but it's not particularly outstanding even in youth training, let alone professional players. He's barely considered a top-tier solo queue player. However, Du Sinian is quite calm about this, knowing that his talent for aiming isn't exceptional.

However, his dream is to become a commander. To this end, he studies every map, researches the tactics and items of various teams, and actively organizes and participates in various low-threshold online and offline competitions.

But despite playing so many matches, he hasn't won any championships, though he has won none.

The reason is obvious: in CNCS, an environment that emphasizes aggressive fighting and close-quarters combat, and generally downplays map control and items, his aiming seriously hinders the team. Moreover, the teammates he temporarily recruited have poor granularity, and his commands and orders are not taken seriously by his teammates at all.

Over time, this became Du Sinian's inner demon; he felt trapped in a cage he couldn't escape. So, during this period, he prepared to form his own team to participate in various domestic tournaments of all sizes.

Therefore, he searched for various talented young people in the ladder and invited them to participate in offline trials. Of course, most of the ones he found were cheaters, and he didn't even want to join random teams.

In the past, there have been far more outrageous attempts than Han Tian's this time, but when Du Sinian paid to invite the other party to prove themselves offline, he was either directly blocked by the other party, or the other party won but his account was PAC'd by the platform a few days later.

This time, he was genuinely curious about Han Tian, ​​because the way Han Tian used the AK was so similar to that of the professional players in the world's strongest region—Europe. It had that same feel to it: powerful and reasonable, yet with a hint of irrationality within that reasonableness. That was exactly the right feeling.

The private room, spanning over 100 square meters, features a luxurious custom-made Zowie gaming desk. This desk was specially commissioned by Du Sinian's father, who runs a mining business in South America, and air-freighted from Northern Europe as a 20th birthday gift for Du Sinian.

The computer screen on the gaming desk displayed that user 114514 had accepted his friend request. Du Sinian relaxed his brow, opened the chat box, and resolutely sent a message to Han Tian: "Are you there?"

......

Quancheng, Qingning Internet Cafe High-tech Zone Branch.

Han Tian was comforting the chubby guy who was breaking down: "It's okay, I believe that with your ability, you will be able to reach S rank and duo queue with me soon. You will definitely be able to do it in two years at most."

Based on his past life experience, Han Tian was telling the truth; this fat guy really did have some talent.

But the fat man cried even louder.

The sobbing stopped, and he lifted his head from the table: a mixture of joy and sorrow appeared on his face; his lips moved, but no sound came out. His attitude finally became respectful, and he clearly called out, "Brother S..."

At this moment, the Perfect World platform client on the computer screen emitted a notification sound.

Han Tian clicked on it and saw, "Hey, isn't this the Diamond Bro Help who added me as a friend after we beat him? I have a feeling he's here to call me a cheater?"

Upon opening the chat window, it turned out that wasn't the case.

"Are you there?"

"What's up?"

"Is it open?"

"Not open."

"A one-on-one duel?"

"Alright."

"Turn on your mic."

OK.

Fatty: "You two want to pay for typing?"

"Hey, can you hear me?"

Help started by greeting people in a friendly manner.

"Hurry up, let's finish this quickly, we're out of internet credit."

"Internet fee? You're playing at an internet cafe? You sound young, kid. Your accent sounds like you're from the North? Why is your AK so powerful? It's completely different from when you use other guns. Is this your smurf account? I think you've only played for six hours..."

Han Tian's face darkened: "Brother, are you asking a question? I only have fifteen minutes of internet left, hurry up!"

"Oh, you mean you don't have enough for internet? How about 200? Send it to me on WeChat."

Less than five seconds after Han Tian added Du Si Nian on WeChat, a red envelope containing 200 yuan was sent to him.

Holy crap! It's really bursting with rice!

Two hundred was a huge sum of money for Han Tian right now. After all, all he had was fifty yuan in his pocket.

"Brother, you can fight for as long as you want, just don't go too late, or my mom will kill you."

Han Tian's attitude softened immediately after receiving the rice.

"I knew I'd have to spend a fortune to buy a horse's bones." Du Sinian looked at his WeChat wallet—a whopping six figures in pocket money. He'd finally spent another two hundred.

His father would give him 20 yuan every month, but he could never spend it all.

This money was just sitting there, getting in the way of looking at it.

The main problem is that you have to take your phone out of your pocket to scan a code, which is not as convenient or stylish as swiping a card.

......

The one-on-one duel begins.

The 1v1 match between Han Tian and Du Sinian involved comparing three different firearms: Usp, AK, and Awp.

As for the result...

Compared to USp, Han Tian cannot be said to be easily defeated; rather, he was defeated by Du Sinian 2-8.

Compared to Awp, Han Tian's defeat cannot be described as a complete rout, but rather as a loss of 4:12 to Dusit.

Finally, it can't be said that Ak Dussian was completely powerless; it can only be said that he was truly powerless: Han Tian defeated him 23-7.

"Not a little chili sauce? Did you grow up eating AK (a type of spicy BBQ)? How come your nutrition isn't quite balanced?"

"I don't know either~ Ah, who do you think researched the AK thing?"

Both of them were starting to lose their composure on the microphone.

"You're in the High-tech Zone, right? Are you free tomorrow? Come over to my house, it's quite big."

"Are you trying to be this nice to me? Are you trying to kick me in the back or poke my ass?"

Han Tian became alert.

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding anymore, your brother is serious."

Du Sinian told everyone about his plans to form a team, and that a month later, the famous peripheral brand Electric Snake would join forces with Perfect World to hold an Electric Snake Cup in Jinan, with the champions splitting a prize of 100,000 yuan.

"And most importantly—their trophies are beautifully made," Du said.

It was already dark by 7 p.m.

My mom is working overtime tonight, so she left a message for Han Tian telling him to go to bed early.

Han Tian lay on the bed, his head resting on his arm, thinking about what Du Sinian had said to him: "If you want to make a living professionally, the sooner you start, the better. You can come to my place for an in-person trial tomorrow. If you pass the trial, I can pay you that day."

"It's six thousand dollars a month, and you only need to train every few days."

"My mother is still working overtime so late..."

"The tuition for the Sino-European joint venture education program is 20,000 yuan per year..."

After mentally calculating how much money he currently needed, Han Tian thought, "I still need to keep getting stronger." He then opened the control panel.

[Available Proficiency: 60]

[Number of draws for the Wishing Well: Two]

"Two more times? I'm not sleepy anymore."

Han Tian got up and sat on the bed. He remembered that these were the two lottery chances given by the system to upgrade the AK from the lowest white quality to dark blue quality.

"Should I smoke or smoke?"

He couldn't hold onto them; even holding onto them for a second would be a miracle. Han Tian poured all the accumulated lottery chances he had been holding onto into the Wishing Pool.

"It would be good to have some shrimp oil to drink, I feel like the training ahead will be quite demanding."

Start smoking! (But please, ...

First draw: A fleeting glimpse of white, 10 Bohe shrimp oils.

The wishing well is indeed not voice-activated.

"Alright, alright, you can drink it all, otherwise just extract all the oil and turn it into shrimp oil," Han Tian said helplessly, and continued to extract one last time.

"Whoosh—"

Han Tian wasn't blinded by the golden light because he had just taken a nap.

Second draw: [AK47] Purple Classified Catalyst ×1

"I actually hit the 3.20% chance of winning?!"

Han Tian was speechless, but quickly regained his composure. After all, he had already experienced time travel, so it seemed normal to be a little lucky... He hoped that things would continue to be "normal" like this in the future.

......

Seven o'clock in the morning.

Han Tian's home in the apartment building.

"Whoosh—"

Han Tian rubbed his eyes and walked out of the bedroom. The kitchen was filled with the aroma of cooking and the sound of the range hood.

His mother hadn't gone to work yet, so he yawned as he walked into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, the woman was making breakfast for her son, and she seemed to be in a good mood, humming a little tune.

White arm warmers, a t-shirt printed with the company name and logo, and faded jeans.

The moment Han Tian saw her face, his nose tingled slightly. Compared to his mother in his previous life, who was now an adult with a host of underlying health conditions, white hair, and a face full of wrinkles, she looked so different.

His mother was so different now. Han Tian couldn't quite put his finger on why, but he felt that his mother, this woman named Liang Yan, had suffered too much in her life. Before he was five years old, his father passed away from illness. With little help from his in-laws, his mother raised Han Tian alone, working several jobs to support his schooling.

The hardships of life did not break this woman. She was always cheerful and optimistic in front of Han Tian, ​​which prevented Han Tian from growing up as a timid, sensitive, and fragile child without his father's company.

"Tian Tian, ​​up so early? You're allowed to stay in bed a few more days during your vacation!"

While tossing scrambled eggs in the pan, Mom sized up Han Tian: "You haven't even washed your face. How can you be so slovenly at your age? How are you going to attract other people's young ladies in the future?"

"Um... Mom, I'm up so early because I found a part-time job, and I have an interview today."

"Huh? What kind of work? Isn't it tiring, in this sweltering heat?"

"Mom, don't worry, it's indoors with air conditioning. I'd say it's...like a high school student tutoring job..."

Han Tian lied because he knew that even someone as carefree and optimistic as his mother would get angry if he told her he wanted to pursue a career in esports before he could prove he could support himself through it.

In the blink of an eye, Mom put the plate on the table, put on her shoes, and grabbed her keys: "Mom's going to work. When you're teaching, teach slowly and give more lessons so you can earn more money to buy Mom pretty clothes!"

Seeing the undisguised, smug smile on his mother's face before she left, Han Tian knew that his mother was going to the company to brag about her son to her colleagues again.

Han Tian only hoped that in this lifetime, his mother could smile like that hundreds of times, no, thousands of times, millions of times!

......