Looking at the mission the system had issued, Yang Yu smiled.
Sometimes he really felt that this system overestimated his abilities far too much.
Reach the highest rank on any platform—in other words, on the Perfect World platform, he had to reach S.
And while reaching S, he had to maintain a headshot rate above 70%.
Neither of those two points was easy.
But for him, who harbored dreams of going pro, these processes were necessary.
Yang Yu got up slightly and moved around, rubbing his forearm at the same time.
Several hours of deathmatch practice might be nothing more than daily routine for a professional player.
But for Yang Yu, this truly was an unprecedented first.
“Is the professional player’s training over yet?”
The dorm room door opened, and Xu Kun appeared carrying a packed Shaxian duck-leg rice.
“I’ve already transferred you the money for the meal,” Yang Yu replied. “Deathmatching all afternoon wore me out. Tonight I’m definitely breaking through my bottleneck and becoming a true B-rank player!”
“Potato, are you abandoning me?” Xu Kun said. “Then after you finish eating, the Mirage Twin Stars will queue up together!”
He had been losing in Valorant all afternoon, and Yang Yu had been very addicted to GO lately. Rushing B together didn’t sound too bad either.
After Yang Yu finished enjoying his duck-leg rice, he instantly revived to full health.
“GO GO GO, let’s set off~”
Yang Yu’s computer had never been turned off. After waiting for Xu Kun to log in, he directly invited him into the Perfect World platform lobby.
“So? Which map are we playing today?” Yang Yu asked.
Xu Kun answered, “Just the usual big three.”
The “big three” referred to three of CSGO’s seven active-duty maps: Mirage, Inferno, and the most classic Dust II.
Because these three maps were easy to pick up and each had its own distinctive features, they were deeply loved by players.
For players who had only recently come into contact with CSGO, these three maps were not too stressful to play. At least they wouldn’t get toyed to death by opponents relying on map understanding on those more tactical maps.
Yang Yu also chose the old three maps in the match pool.
But he was thinking that, when he had time privately, he still had to slowly play those less popular maps as well.
Now that he had the system, he already had a goal in mind. He intended to go try his luck in the professional scene.
In that case, he couldn’t possibly have such obvious shortcomings.
Just like the League of Legends streamer Vincent—he was indeed strong on the ranked ladder, but he only had one specialty, to the point where he had no way to enter the professional scene.
CSGO worked the same way. A professional player could have particular strengths on certain maps or with certain guns.
But he couldn’t only have that one strength.
Even maps he didn’t like playing had to be above average.
However, for Yang Yu, his only goal right now still had to be climbing ranks.
After all, taking a C+ résumé to apply for a professional position wasn’t very realistic.
While he was thinking, the match was successfully found.
In the first game, the map was the most classic Mirage.
Yang Yu and the others started on the defensive side.
Yang Yu’s spawn point was closer to B site, so after the pistol round began, he bought half armor and headed straight for B.
He arrived at B site and chose the sofa position, which offered a certain amount of cover, holding his USP and directly watching B Apartments.
With a nervous heart, he waited for the Terrorists to launch their “rush B” offensive.
But at that moment, he only heard Blue in voice chat shouting frantically: “A execute! Ten thousand at A1!!”
Yang Yu did not panic. As the solo B player, he waited a moment, and only after he saw the C4 appear at A1 did he begin rotating back.
There was no helping it. The opponents he ran into in the previous game kept rotating like mad, leaving him with a bit of PTSD.
He began rotating from short B, but as soon as he reached short, he already saw the kill feed in the upper right corner flying by crazily.
Then Yang Yu was forced to face this 1v3 clutch.
“Two on site, and one more still in A2, hasn’t dropped yet,” Xu Kun said somewhat awkwardly, giving the callout.
This round had started with a 3-1-1 setup. Their A site was genuinely heavily defended, but the three bros at A hadn’t traded a single kill and all died.
“If you can’t do it, just save the armor,” Purple said in voice chat, making the most rational decision.
He was the brother who had started in VIP. After coming out of VIP, he had forcefully taken two fights, leaving behind a 1v3 clutch. No matter how one looked at it, the odds of winning weren’t high.
If Yang Yu could save one set of armor here, in the second round he could directly bring out half armor and a FAMAS. Maybe they could even turn it around against the other side.
“I’ll try,” Yang Yu replied, then continued moving toward A site.
Xu Kun merely repeated the information he had just obtained, then completely handed the stage of this clutch over to Yang Yu.
“Triple!” From Yang Yu’s field of vision, a Terrorist suddenly appeared on the right side of triple box, and Xu Kun immediately reminded him.
But in that instant, the USP in Yang Yu’s hand was seen pulling to the right, the crosshair instantly locking onto the opponent’s head.
“Pa!”
【Calm Down a Little killed EA Grant Me Red Buff with a USP headshot】
“Nice shot!!” Excited voices from the spectator squad instantly sounded in voice chat.
A precise one-tap headshot brought this clutch into a 1v2, and the spectators’ hearts suddenly filled with anticipation.
If the difficulty of a 1v3 was a bit high, then the difficulty of a 1v2 had dropped by several times.
Yang Yu also slowly moved to connector. He remembered the information Xu Kun had provided him: there should be one left on site and one in the direction of A2.
His crosshair kept aimed toward the short box. He had just killed one at triple, so the remaining one should be near the short box.
Just as he stepped onto the jump-up, intending to use the high ground to take a look, he suddenly saw the Terrorist at short box swing out.
Yang Yu immediately pulled his crosshair over.
But this flick was somewhat rushed, and his counter-strafe had not been done well either. The two of them stood there and exchanged several shots, but Yang Yu’s feel was still a little better. After firing the fifth bullet, he finally saw blood burst from the opponent’s head.
“Pff!”
【Calm Down a Little killed Penguin Logistics Kaiyinpa with a USP headshot】
“Last one A2, very low!” Xu Kun shouted excitedly.
The other teammates were also watching Yang Yu’s operation nervously.
Although there was no right or wrong in a clutch, and even if Yang Yu lost this round, no one could blame him.
But now that they had seen hope of victory, who wouldn’t look forward to it?
Although it was only one pistol round, CSGO’s economy system meant that the winning side would have higher room for error. If they were good at managing the economy, they might even snowball their advantage continuously until the opponent’s losing streak maxed out their money.
It was like winning a level-one teamfight in League of Legends. It might not mean final victory, but the subsequent situation would become quite clear.
The C4 ticked away on the bombsite. There was not much time left for Yang Yu.
He held A2 for a few seconds, but the opponent stubbornly refused to peek. Yang Yu could only move toward the short box.
He already had a plan in mind. He intended to go to short box and fake defuse the C4, forcing the opponent to swing out.
He came down from the jump-up and went straight for short box.
The Terrorist at A1 ramp heard him and also saw Yang Yu crossing. The Glock mercilessly opened fire.
Yang Yu’s attention was entirely on A2, and he had not guarded against A1. There was no cover beside him either, so he had no chance to hide. His HP was not even high… Barring any accident, he would be shot dead from the side.
In voice chat, his teammates urgently shouted A1.
The word “pity” had already reached Xu Kun’s throat.
All the teammates in the spectator seats felt that this clutch was gone.
Yang Yu was suddenly hit while moving. However, after entering the clutch, he had already been incomparably tense.
Hearing the gunshots coming from A1, before his brain could even react, his entire body had already subconsciously turned to look toward A1.
The instant his view swung over, Yang Yu felt as though time had slowed down. The head of the last Terrorist at A1 also became incomparably huge.
So you’ve got a head too, huh!
“Pff!”
B1t’s headshot talent allowed Yang Yu to hit the opponent’s head even faster at this moment.
【Calm Down a Little killed Texas Big Winner with a USP headshot】
“What a pity…” Xu Kun was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly saw Yang Yu one-frame flick to A1 and headshot the Terrorist hiding there in an instant.
In that instant, he joined the other three teammates and shouted from the bottom of his heart, “Ah!!!”
The moment he won the clutch, Yang Yu’s adrenaline also surged at this instant. At this moment, he heard the most wonderful sound in CSGO.
He felt his heartbeat accelerating wildly. He quickly arrived at short box and finally managed to defuse the bomb at the very limit, amid a screen full of question marks from the opponents in all-chat, officially taking down this 1v3 clutch.
“Awesome, Potato!” Xu Kun also turned back excitedly and said, “Those shots were seriously aimlock-worthy!”
Yang Yu pursed his lips and smiled.
The ache in his forearm reminded him that he had completed a difficult deathmatch training session that afternoon.
Having never put much effort into training before, he had also wondered during the process whether it was even necessary.
But at this moment, the “nice shots” from his teammates were the best reward after hard training.
At this moment, he suddenly felt that perhaps he could also endure tomorrow’s deathmatch training.
……