The Growth Story of Chenxi Boy

Years later, when Chen Xichuan returns to Zhangcheng, facing his hometown, family, and friends who have faded into the distance, he will recall that near yet distant noon at the beginning of the season.

According to the Earth Online ranking system, Chen Xichuan is definitely a top-tier (T0) player. The start of the season can be traced back to A Dong, who was in the fourth grade of elementary school in 2018.

It was a sunny noon in Class 2, Grade 4.

Teacher Su: "Chen Xichuan, you haven't done your homework again. Go stand outside and stand there until school is over!"

For him, this was just another ordinary punishment among countless times, like a mouthful of plain rice he had to swallow every day—unremarkable, yet it quietly planted the seeds of some destiny. No one could have predicted that this ordinary midday corridor would ignite a spectacular beginning to his long life.

Ah Dong, who had been called to stand in the hallway as punishment, was thinking about how to sleep standing up when Wu Zhengjing from the next class was also called out. Coincidentally, he hadn't done his homework either. The two stared at each other, like turtles looking at green beans, instantly liking each other, as if they had known each other for a long time.

Wu Zhengjing couldn't catch up on his homework because he didn't bring his notebook, so he asked Chen Xichuan, "Brother, brother, give me two sheets, I need to catch up on my homework too."

Chen Xichuan readily agreed: "Brother, what's your name?"

"My name is Wu Zhengjing."

"Damn it, I'm so angry! I just forgot to bring it, it's not like I didn't write it, and the teacher still made me stand outside as punishment," the strategist said angrily.

"Oh, me too! My name is Chen Xichuan. What a coincidence."

School was over soon, and Adong arrived at the classic photo spot – Xiyuan Milk Tea Shop on the downhill side of the school.

"Auntie, the usual, a three-yuan milk tea, a grilled sausage, and a hamburger and chicken leg combo."

While other children were still worrying about five cents or a dollar, he already had his own set of entourage.

A-Dong sat in the innermost right corner with his phone and opened Honor of Kings, which was also his favorite spot. This spot was quiet and secluded, like a small private sanctuary he had reserved for himself, undisturbed by anyone, with only the game, his fingertips, and his heartbeat.

As soon as he opened the game, he found Wu Zhengjing, whom he had just met that afternoon, sitting next to him. Because very few students had their own mobile phones back then, let alone secretly bring them to school, Wu Zhengjing watched Chen Xichuan play King of Glory, which made Wu Zhengjing extremely envious.

"Hey bro, how come you have your own phone? My parents won't buy me one, I can only watch others play. Can you give me a few lives this round?"

A-Dong hesitated for a moment, secretly a little disdainful: "He doesn't even have a phone, how good can he be? He'll just randomly press buttons, feed a few kills, and it'll be a good laugh for me." That hidden sense of superiority and mischievousness made him casually agree: "Okay, I'll give you my third life after I die twice."

Because A-Dong's skills were terrible back then, the screen quickly went black again. The strategist grabbed the phone and started playing. Even though he was still in elementary school and didn't have much gaming experience, the strategist still displayed his gaming talent. He was already at a Gold level, making this Bronze-level game a piece of cake. Without dying once, he pushed straight to the enemy's crystal with Sun Wukong in sixteen minutes. A-Dong, watching the entire game, was shocked and deeply regretted his decision to let Wu Zhengjing play.

Most elementary school students play on their phones during school hours, after school, and at home, but our Adong is different. His greatest joy every day is trying every possible way to "get" gold coins from his grandma.

For him, it wasn't just a few dollars; it was freedom, it was face, it was the confidence to stand tall among his peers, and it was his most basic understanding of "taking control of his life" at such a young age.

Today, A-Dong has already "hit" a lot of gold coins, so according to his spending habits, he's a rich kid among elementary school students. He directly called on his strategist to treat him to milk tea and barbecue, and asked the strategist to help him rank up.

Seeing Chen Xichuan's generosity, wealth, and access to a cell phone, Wu Zhengjing immediately invited him over, asking, "Why don't you come over to my place?" Frankly, he just wanted to use Chen Xichuan's phone.

Having just finished spending money, A-Dong still had some left over, so he went to the strategist's house out of boredom.

As the sunlight gradually slanted downwards, the shadows of the two boys were stretched long.

No one knew that this ordinary visit would, in the years to come, connect to form an entire, irreversible chapter of youth.

Earth Online Zhangcheng Character Introduction: Wu Zhengjing, nicknamed Military Advisor, rating T3

She has some gaming talent, gets along well with the main characters, and is one of the people who start the season. However, because she doesn't show off her skills and has a gentle personality, she is basically just a passerby NPC in subsequent events, hence she is ranked T3.