Delta: Mandel Bricks drop right at the start!

Cola Novels, your portable library, contains more than ten thousand volumes.

After listing the goods on the trading post, Lin Rui opened the system panel.

Level: 21. The experience bar is 30% away from leveling up to 22.

After the character's attributes are merged with the purple entries, they are specified into several values: reaction speed 0.08 seconds, dynamic vision level 2, and core muscle control is 1.7 times that of a professional athlete.

He closed the panel and opened his game profile page.

On the Zero Dam map kill leaderboard, his ranking has risen to eleventh.

Looking ahead, the top ten are mostly veteran players who have long dominated this map and substitutes for professional teams.

A message from Awei popped up.

"Hey Rui, did you see the rankings? You'll be in the top ten after a few more games. But I suggest you stop grinding in Zero Dam."

Why?

"Two reasons. First, you've been too aggressive these past few days. Now, the high-ranking players in the Zero Dam matchmaking pool will quit and re-queue as soon as they see your ID. The skill level of the opponents you encounter is dropping, and you'll earn less and less money."

"The second one?"

"Secondly, the quality of resources in Longbow Valley is two tiers higher than that of Dam Zero. A blue-quality accessory here sells for 50,000, while one in Longbow Valley can sell for 200,000. The price difference between purple and gold is even greater, at least three to five times. You can earn back what you paid for by playing a day at Dam Zero and then playing just one game in Longbow Valley."

Lin Rui leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest twice.

Ah Wei's analysis is correct.

He had thoroughly studied the map of Dam Zero, and the location of every passage and every hidden box was imprinted in his mind.

The benefits of staying any longer are decreasing, so it's not worth it.

But before changing the map, there is something even more important to do.

The offline finals will be held the day after tomorrow.

He replied to Awei with a message: "Let's talk about the Longbow Valley thing after the competition. When will Boss Yu's data package arrive?"

"I'll ask around for you."

Five minutes later, Ah Wei received a reply from the fishmonger.

"The data package is ready. There are three files in total: Chain's ranked match movement heatmap for the last six months, statistics on weapon selection and reload habits for the offlaner in the last thirty matches, and the map preset parameters for the offline finals venue. I'll send it to your email in ten minutes."

After reading the message, Lin Rui leaned back in his chair.

The fishmonger is indeed efficient.

These three documents contained exactly the information he needed most: the movement patterns of the chain, the combat habits of the third position, and the preset parameters of the arena map.

Ten minutes later, my email notification sounded.

Lin Rui opened the first document.

The heatmap of the chain movement uses color to indicate the frequency of stay in different areas.

Red represents the high-frequency region, and blue represents the low-frequency region.

On the top-down view of the entire No. 0 Dam, the red area of ​​the chains is concentrated in three locations: the corridor on the second floor of the main control building, the underground power distribution room, and the passage on the north side of the evacuation point.

These three locations have one thing in common: they are all defensive terrains with a wide field of vision but limited entrances and exits.

Chain is a defensive counter-attacking type of player. He doesn't actively seek out opponents and prefers to wait for them to come to him from advantageous terrain.

Lin Rui noted down the pattern and opened the second document.

The data for position three is more detailed.

In his last 30 matches, he chose an assault rifle as his primary weapon in 78% of the matches, and a submachine gun in the remaining 22%.

His reloading habits were very consistent: every time he emptied a magazine, he would move two steps to the left before reloading, never reloading in the same spot.

"Move two steps to the left."

Lin Rui mentally went over the action.

If the reloading direction of the third position is fixed, then during the engagement, as long as you force him to empty his magazine, you can set up your gun two steps to his left in advance and wait for him.

The third document contains the preset parameters for the offline competition venue map.

There are a few minor adjustments compared to the online version: the distance between buildings in the central complex has been shortened by 15%, making close-to-medium-range engagements more frequent; the extraction point has been moved from the west side to the southeast corner, and there are more bunkers around it; the underground level has been completely sealed off and cannot be entered.

These changes will have different effects on different types of players.

For a defensive player like Chain, a shorter distance between buildings means his defensive space is compressed, which is disadvantageous to him.

For assault players like the number three, more cover means a safer advance route, which is advantageous to them.

For Lin Rui, all the changes were irrelevant.

Because he has X-ray vision.

No matter how the map changes, he can see clearly how many people are behind the wall, where they are, and what kind of guns they are holding.

At that moment, Ah Wei sent a new message.

"Brother Rui, I have some information to tell you about the competition."

"explain."

"Chain said something in his fan group this afternoon, and someone took a screenshot and posted it on the forum."

Ah Wei sent me a screenshot.

Chain's original words were: "I've looked at all the opponents for the offline competition. Lin Rui is an interesting person, his skills are indeed strong, but he has too little experience. Playing well online doesn't mean you can play well offline. At the venue, the lights, noise, and the opponent's breathing will all affect your performance. I'm looking forward to facing him head-on."

Lin Rui looked at the screenshot but made no comment.

Ah Wei added another comment: "What Chain said isn't entirely unreasonable. You really have zero experience in offline tournaments, and the environment on-site is different from playing at home. Rui, why don't you go to the venue beforehand to check it out?"

"Need not."

Why?

"What he said doesn't bother me."

A neural reaction speed of 0.08 seconds.

External noise and changes in lighting have no effect whatsoever; they are simply filtered out by the brain.

He saved the three documents locally and closed his email.

A new message popped up on my phone.

It's neither Ah Wei nor Boss Yu.

Sender: Little Gauze.

The text is short.

"Lin Rui, hello. I'm Xiao Shabu, the streamer you took down at Zero Dam. After that stream, I studied your gameplay replays, watching from afternoon until 3 AM. There are some things I'd like to say to you in person. The offline tournament is the day after tomorrow at the Chengdong Esports Center, and I'll be there too. Could we chat privately after the tournament?"

Lin Rui read the message twice.

Xiao Shabu, a popular streamer with 1.8 million followers, was the person he killed at close range on the second floor of the warehouse.

He wiped out her entire team of four by himself, and 120,000 people in the live stream watched it from beginning to end.

Now she wants to talk to him in person.

Lin Rui typed two words and sent them back.

"We'll see."

He put down his phone and glanced one last time at Zero Dam's personal homepage.

Total kills: 147.

Total number of evacuations: 23.

Evacuation success rate: 100%.

Total value of supplies taken out: 79.6 million.

This map can no longer offer him anything.

Starting tomorrow, he will no longer voluntarily enter the matching pool of Dam Zero.

The achievements on this beginner map are already impressive: 11th in kills, 100% success rate in evacuation, wiped out a streamer's team in a 1v4, shot down a top player from behind, and killed seven people by blocking the door.

Enough, the reign of Dam Zero is over.

Next stop, Longbow Valley. But before that, an offline final awaits him.

The answer to the questions about the chain, the number three position, and those arguing on the forums about whether he has the ability will be revealed the day after tomorrow.

Lin Rui closed the game client and dragged the three data files sent by Boss Yu into an encrypted folder.

He stood up and walked to the window of the second bedroom.

The paint on the white sports car downstairs reflected a halo of light under the streetlights.

In another week, he won't have to look out of this window anymore.

The floor-to-ceiling windows on the 32nd floor offer an even better view.

The phone vibrated one last time.

News from the fishmonger:

"Have you received the data?"

"receive."

"See you the day after tomorrow. I'll be in the commentary booth."

"You continue broadcasting."

"Don't worry, I'm only responsible for letting the whole country see you play ball, oh no, I mean, shoot a gun."

Lin Rui placed his phone face down on the table.

the day after tomorrow.