Chapter 2: You Guys… Have Heads, Right!
Seeing the system display that the advance had succeeded, Yang Yu felt utterly refreshed in both body and mind.
Sure enough, his guess had been right.
With his current level—or rather, his credit rating—the abilities he could advance from players still weren’t powerful enough.
It was just like taking out a bank loan. Only when your credit score was high could you borrow a larger amount.
Right now, his credit score was relatively low. Only by completing these advance missions again and again, raising his credit score, would he be able to advance stronger abilities.
It was a very simple point. In this information age, there were actually plenty of “true scriptures” one could obtain online.
But without a solid foundation, it was very easy to end up with a situation where your brain understood, but your hands did not.
Yang Yu understood himself. He was not a hardworking person.
Sometimes, when his blood ran hot, he had indeed worked hard for certain goals. But more often than not, halfway through, when he couldn’t see the final result, he would end up giving up.
But the appearance of the system was different. This system could completely let him see the result. In that case, putting in effort became relatively simple.
It was like certain games. When you knew that signing in for a certain number of consecutive days would earn you a reward, the desire to log in and check in every day became very strong.
With this thought, Yang Yu’s train of thought also became clear.
He turned back to look at the system’s advance mission.
He had successfully advanced B1t’s headshot talent.
Who was B1t?
As the true favored son of heaven in 2021, the final piece of the NAVI dynasty’s puzzle.
This professional player, B1t, debuted from NAVI in 2021. Together with the NAVI roster that was only one step away at the time, he took 230 days to win the CSGO world Grand Slam, and 57 days later, he obtained the highest honor in the CSGO world—the Stockholm Major!
At the time, he was only eighteen years old, yet within one year of his debut, he had practically won all of CSGO’s highest honors.
And this B1t, nicknamed Big Brother B, was most famous for his headshot ability.
After debuting in 2021, he directly surpassed the former “Hair Director,” taking the top spot in headshot rate with an annual headshot percentage as high as 67.1%.
That headshot rate basically meant that for every three people B1t killed, two of them were killed by headshots.
One had to know that getting headshots in CSGO was by no means an easy thing.
B1t, as a player, possessed a unique talent in the area of headshots. In his highlight reels, there were many, many scenes where he controlled his spray, and as he kept spraying, every bullet seemed to be a headshot.
When Yang Yu had just gotten into CSGO not long ago, watching B1t’s highlight reels left him with only one thought filling his vision: holy shit.
Now, he had directly and painlessly obtained B1t’s headshot talent. This feeling was simply too wonderful.
He had given this some consideration.
His FPS talent was not particularly strong, so at the very beginning, he had not advanced B1t’s overall strength.
Yang Yu was still in the beginner learning stage right now. With such terrifying talent, his subsequent speed of improvement would absolutely become very fast.
Talent was something rather mysterious. Sometimes, it was very hard to explain clearly.
For example, NIKO’s pre-aiming talent—almost no one in the entire professional scene could compare to him.
And then there was electronic’s talent for being unlucky…
Just then, the system notification sounded again.
[“B1t’s Headshot Talent” has been advanced…]
[Please pay the advance cost as soon as possible. Failure to pay the advance cost will result in the ability being reclaimed and will affect your credit rating…]
[Advance Cost: Land 500 headshots in Deathmatch mode (0/500)]
“This price really isn’t small!” Yang Yu grumbled. “Five hundred headshots in Deathmatch!”
He had also practiced aim in CSGO for a period of time. In Deathmatch, being able to get 50 kills in an entire round was already considered pretty decent.
For 500 kills, he would have to play 10 matches. And that was just kills. If they had to be headshot kills, then even with a 50% headshot rate, he would need 1,000 kills.
It seemed wanting to become a headshot god was not that easy either.
But once he had a goal, his whole body was filled with motivation.
Yang Yu quickly found Rifle Deathmatch on the Perfect World platform.
He entered practice.
At this time in the afternoon, there were still a lot of people playing CSGO. Almost instantly, it displayed: [Entering server…]
After waiting for a while, he finally entered the most classic map in FPS: [Dust II], commonly known as Dust 2.
The first time he respawned, he appeared at Long A. Just as he successfully revived, bullets suddenly came from behind, and he had already been killed once.
Yang Yu immediately adjusted his posture and entered battle mode.
His level in CSGO was not high, and his fundamentals were not very solid either.
In ranked matches, when he matched opponents of the same level, two noobs pecking at each other was still manageable.
But once he truly entered a slightly higher-intensity competitive state like Deathmatch, it became quite strenuous for him.
His current level was not much different from starting from zero.
Using clumsy, halting counter-strafes, he slowly began trying to get kills in Deathmatch.
In those Deathmatch highlight reels of high-level players, they basically killed anyone the moment they saw them. They could even hear gunfire, turn around, and kill the person, like a spinning top whirling around.
At this moment, Yang Yu had also transformed into a spinning top and started spinning.
Mm… he was the one being whipped.
After great difficulty, he managed to get two kills, and both were on enemies who had spawned right in his face and were killed while running and shooting.
After Yang Yu respawned again, an enemy spawned not far in front of him. After the two of them met eyes, Yang Yu raised his AK-47 and pulled his crosshair over to spray.
“Da-da-da!”
[Calm Down used an AK-47 to headshot Grandpa Niu of Fandou Garden]
Footsteps sounded again to Yang Yu’s left. He spun around, and the AK-47 sprayed over once more.
“Da-da-da!”
[Calm Down used an AK-47 to headshot Family Portrait in the Safe]
“What was that?”
Yang Yu frowned.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but just now, when his attention was focused, the opponent’s body model seemed to have faded a little.
When he opened fire, all his attention could see was several heads bobbing around on the other side.
Holy crap! Was B1t’s headshot talent really this terrifying?
So this was your perspective, B1t.
Bro, you really only see heads!
That little sequence just now had already given him two headshot kills.
Thinking carefully about that sequence, under the influence of B1t’s headshot talent, his attention had been focused more on the opponent’s head, and he had subconsciously aimed toward the head as well.
That awareness made him even more capable of landing headshots.
B1t’s headshot talent had already begun influencing him quietly and imperceptibly.
[Advance Cost: 2/500]
At this moment, a transparent box appeared in the upper-right corner, thoughtfully helping Yang Yu record the number of headshots he had landed.
After receiving feedback, he became even more motivated.
After the next few kills, whenever he made a mistake, thoughts would even appear in his mind—“the head line was too low,” “the recoil control was too small”—things he would have found very difficult to realize in the past.
At this moment, it was as if there were a Yao Lao inside his mind. Whenever he made a mistake, he would always teach him the details of the “Flame Mantra.”
Yang Yu inexplicably felt as if he had achieved enlightenment.
After the entire Deathmatch round, not only did he not feel the slightest fatigue, he instead became increasingly fired up.
The pleasing sound of an AK-47 headshot was now like music from the heavens.
A few days ago, he had also played a round of Deathmatch. He remembered very clearly that in the entire match, he had gotten a total of 39 kills.
But today, after this Deathmatch ended, relying on his excellent feeling and headshot talent, his final score was 87/54.
And after the whole round of Deathmatch ended, he had gained quite a few new understandings of CSGO.
Yang Yu could clearly feel that he had entered a growth period.
After finishing this Deathmatch, Yang Yu’s self-feedback was quite good. He even felt a little impatient to go climb ranks.
However, this mission requirement was by no means easy. It required a full 500 headshot kills. In the round just now, his headshot rate had only been 45.9%, and he had obtained 40 headshot kills.
The small feedback box in the upper-right corner was currently displaying [40/500]. He still had to get 460 more headshot kills.
Still, going from his usual headshot rate of around 30% to 45.9% was already quite impressive.
Moreover, Yang Yu felt that once he completely adapted to the ability “B1t’s Headshot Talent,” his headshot rate could become even higher.
He was already about to fall in love with the feeling that every time he shot someone, it was a headshot.
The sound of a 7.62 round striking the opponent’s skull and killing them with one shot was simply heavenly music.
Yang Yu stretched and prepared to start the next Deathmatch, letting the brothers in C+ have a fierce taste of his headshot skills.
“Oh? Why are you practicing aim now?” Valorant schoolmate Xu Kun squeezed Yang Yu’s shoulders. “You killed 87 in this Deathmatch. Are you preparing to go pro?”
“Of course!” Yang Yu looked up and teased, “Are you preparing to go find Mommy?”
“Get lost!” Xu Kun punched Yang Yu neither too lightly nor too heavily.
As players who cultivated both Valorant and CSGO, they were only joking around and playing with memes from the circle. There was no malice.
Xu Kun also thought Yang Yu was joking.
As for Yang Yu suddenly getting hot-headed and starting to practice aim, he only thought it was a momentary impulse. He had done this kind of thing before too.
He felt Yang Yu definitely wouldn’t be able to persist for long. After all, practicing aim was far too boring. In a few hours, maybe he would come back and become the Ascent Twin Stars with him again.
Xu Kun very quickly began his own road of solo queue rank climbing.
However, two hours later, Xu Kun looked at the sea of red in his match history and suddenly felt that CSGO seemed a little more interesting. But for the time being, he did not want to touch the computer.
“Tian, want to go eat at that Shaxian place outside school?” Xu Kun extended a dinner invitation to Yang Yu.
At this moment, he turned his head and looked, only to discover in surprise that Yang Yu was actually still in Deathmatch.
“Damn, what’s going on with you? Are you seriously planning to become TOP 1 this year?” Xu Kun said in disbelief.
The previous few times Yang Yu had gotten a sudden impulse, he had only played for about half an hour.
This afternoon, Yang Yu had already been playing for nearly two hours.
A little exaggerated.
Yang Yu glanced at the transparent box in the upper-right corner: [Advance Cost: 369/500]
Seeing this, Yang Yu replied, “Forget it. I still want to play a while longer. You go eat first.”
To be honest, sitting here continuously for several hours had already left his back and waist a little sore.
Moreover, the high-intensity Deathmatch training had also made his forearm somewhat ache.
Right now, he desperately wanted to respond to Xu Kun and temporarily leave CSGO.
But he also understood in his heart that if he walked away now, he might not be able to finish it tonight.
Even though there were not many headshots left.
Maybe it would be delayed until tomorrow.
“Then want me to bring you back a portion?” Xu Kun asked.
He didn’t care why Yang Yu had suddenly gotten so worked up and started grinding Deathmatch like mad. People always got obsessed with some inexplicable things.
“Whatever you eat, I’ll eat.” Yang Yu turned his head and said, “Bro, I’ll carry you in ranked later!”
Xu Kun rolled his eyes. “Forget it. We’ll just happily duo queue. Otherwise, after ranking all night, by morning we’ll need two tables in the cafeteria.”
After saying that, Xu Kun opened the dorm room door and went out to eat.
Yang Yu, meanwhile, continued working hard in Deathmatch.
After continuous training, his condition was not good.
The excellent feeling he had earlier had also declined. Many times, because of the aching in his forearm, he failed to flick properly, and his efficiency in getting kills slowed down.
However, over these few hours of training, he felt that his level had also clearly improved.
This was the result of deliberate practice.
He persisted just like this, watching as his number of headshots drew closer and closer to 500.
399…
421…
439.6…
499…
As the AK-47 in his hand landed the final headshot, the transparent screen in the upper-right corner gradually disappeared.
An unprecedented sense of satisfaction also surged in Yang Yu’s heart.
It seemed as if nothing had changed, yet he could clearly feel that he had become stronger.
Because these 500 Deathmatch headshots had been landed by him, one by one, in reality.
He clearly felt how powerful the ability “B1t’s Headshot Talent” was, and he also felt that this ability had not yet reached its upper limit. After all, his overall level was not that high.
Talent determined the upper limit, and his current lower limit was still not high enough.
To put it simply: if you’re bad, practice more!
[Advance Points +117…]
The sudden system notification drew Yang Yu’s attention, but before he had time to examine it carefully, another system prompt appeared.
[Today’s advance mission has been completed. Congratulations, Host, on adapting to “B1t’s Headshot Talent.” Would you like to activate a challenge mission for this ability?]
“Challenge mission?” Yang Yu’s eyes lit up.
“Yes!”
[A Trial Run: Reach the highest rank on any CSGO platform with a headshot rate no lower than 70%.]
[Mission Reward: Unlock the second advance slot.]
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