The day after he finished visiting WE, Chu Bai pushed his Rank score up to 1467 points at two in the afternoon, thoroughly claiming the number-one spot on the Chinese server.
Above a whole list of top-tier Chinese solo queue kings and professional players’ IDs, the name [Level Eight Gale] stood out in bold relief.
And so, the entire internet erupted in discussion. Countless people cried out, [Oh my god, who is he?] Under the gaze of the masses, countless clubs waved cash and invited him to join their teams.
—The above was purely a fantasy.
In reality, Chu Bai only held the top spot for less than two hours.
Roughly two hours later, the Korean monster solo queue king he had pushed down immediately overtook him again and reclaimed the throne.
As for the team managers who had added him over the past few days, they still lay silently in his friend list.
Aside from a small handful of people sending him a message of congratulations, everything was utterly quiet.
Sitting in front of his computer, Chu Bai politely replied to the few normal messages from friends. He did not seem too disappointed.
How could reality have that many conflicts and dramatic twists?
Where would all that “entire internet discussion” even come from?
Reaching number one on the Chinese server was indeed impressive, but someone else could still take it back.
—Surely no one thought that just because you reached the top, everyone else would stop playing, right?
As for why being number one on the Chinese server had not attracted the clubs’ attention, that was actually quite normal too.
The season had already been going on for a while, but it was not yet time for season-end rankings.
People would only remember the first Challenger at the start of the season, and the Challenger with the highest score when the season ended.
As for the people who had briefly reached the top in the middle, if there were not a thousand of them, there were at least nearly a hundred.
Reaching the top of the Chinese server was indeed amazing, but if more than one person had done it, then it was not amazing enough to make those teams feel that Chu Bai was indispensable.
Expecting a pile of teams to line up for him the moment he reached number one?
Chu Bai had never had such a childish thought.
Unless…
What he reached the top of was the Korean server, and he was currently number one on the Korean server.
The value of being number one on the Chinese server and number one on the Korean server simply could not be mentioned in the same breath.
If one could still say that solo queue kings could contend for number one on the Chinese server, then the high ranks of the Korean server were basically the private territory of professional players.
Why was the Korean monster solo queue king, the one whom Chu Bai had just pushed down and who had then pushed himself back up, called a monster?
Because he could reach number one on the Korean server.
That was an extremely remarkable thing, remarkable enough that many people would even compare him to that Demon King mid laner who had burst onto the scene and won the championship last year.
Chu Bai remembered having seen his Korean server ID.
It seemed to be called… Dopa?
For an ordinary Chinese solo queue king, making it into the top fifty on the Korean server already counted as success.
Only a solo queue king of that level would make those teams swarm toward him.
One had to admit that the Korean server’s prestige was indeed far higher than the Chinese server’s. Because of that, Korean server number one and Chinese server number one were not the same concept at all.
However, compared to those before him, Chu Bai still had a bit more of a halo than those fleeting number ones.
Because he was the only person to reach the top with a one-hundred-percent win rate.
Many people had reached number one on the Chinese server, but a number one with a one-hundred-percent win rate truly had never appeared before.
Even those streamers playing smurf accounts would at most challenge themselves to reach Challenger with a perfect win streak.
And Chu Bai?
He had reached number one undefeated.
Although its value was not easy to compare with being number one on the Korean server, it was still not low.
Although those teams had not reacted in these few hours, it would probably happen within the next few days.
When the time came, they should tentatively continue contacting him.
Logically speaking, he should continue playing ranked right now, find a way to take back his number-one spot, and then widen the gap between himself and the others.
But right now, Chu Bai still had something even more important to deal with.
That was the newbie mission that had finally displayed [Completed].
After two weeks, Chu Bai once again opened his own system.
[Current Scoring Version: S4]
[User: Chu Bai]
[Age: 14]
[Mechanics: 13/20]
[Reaction: 12/20]
[Experience: 4/20]
[Champion Pool: 1/20]
[Farming: 17/20]
Overall Score: 47
Evaluation: After a long period of high-intensity training, you have now initially reached the standard of a professional level.
Your farming ability is especially outstanding, but your reaction and mechanics are still slightly mediocre among professional players.
Your professional match experience still has not improved much. Your champion pool remains worrying. Only one champion can be considered top-tier. Please continue working hard.
Newbie Mission: Reach the top of the Chinese server Rank leaderboard
Status: Completed
Reward: One champion at top professional level proficiency (issued)
Chu Bai examined the evaluation on the system page, his gaze flickering.
Although it had only been a little over two weeks since he transmigrated here, his stats had already undergone a tremendous change.
As for how many regressions he had experienced, even he could no longer quite remember.
Now that he had finally completed the mission, he actually felt as though a lifetime had passed.
His growth was undoubtedly something to be happy about.
From a fake Challenger carried up by female fans, he had become a top-tier Talon player who could slaughter thousand-point players like pigs and dogs. His current ability to reach the top had been genuinely trained up one game at a time.
The system might be able to make him more focused, but if he himself had not put his heart into it, he still would not have been able to get to where he was now.
“System, can reaction also be improved through training?”
According to Chu Bai’s understanding, this was clearly somewhat unreasonable.
Because no matter how one put it, reaction should belong to talent, right? Could training actually increase talent?
[Differences in talent are indeed unavoidable, but in reality, they do not reach an insurmountable level. Long-term, high-intensity training can effectively raise a player’s sensitivity to a certain limit. This is also an important method by which many older players maintain their competitive condition.]
Chu Bai came to a realization.
That made sense.
“Then what you mean is, my reaction can also be improved to a fairly good level, or even a level comparable to top professional players?”
The system’s reply was quite interesting:
[More than that.]
Chu Bai curled his lip.
Go on, keep drawing that big pie.
Before he transmigrated, his grades had been pretty good. He knew that the limit of human neural reaction was 0.1 seconds. Only things like AI and scripts could break through that limit.
Therefore, reaction speed within 0.1 seconds was jokingly called the [Realm of God] by some researchers who had watched too many hot-blooded anime.
So that meant I can cosplay as artificial intelligence in the future?
Then when playing against others, wouldn’t it be as simple and easy as artificial intelligence bullying Jiebao?
“Then how exactly is the champion pool judged?”
“Although I don’t play other champions all that well, at least my fundamentals have improved now. It shouldn’t be to the point where only one Talon can be counted as my champion pool, right?”
Although Chu Bai had not played any other champions these days, he had relied on Talon to reach the top all the way, and his understanding of minion waves and farming had evolved in every aspect.
Even if he were asked to play champions he had relatively low proficiency on now, he was still confident he could easily handle those Diamond I and Master players he previously could not beat.
[Hello. Please take another look at the name of this assistance system.]
Chu Bai silently glanced at it.
The Strongest Professional Player…?
He seemed to understand.
Oh…
So in the system’s eyes, only champions that could be brought out to crush professional players of the same era could count as part of his champion pool?
Damn it, wasn’t that requirement a bit too high?!
Chu Bai voiced his doubt.
[Hello. In reality, the numerical values are only a quantified template to assist you in becoming the strongest player. The system’s judgment will not affect you. As long as you become the strongest player, even if the champion pool in the system’s judgment is zero, it will have no impact.]
Chu Bai chuckled.
That was indeed true.
Even the so-called newbie mission did not actually have much binding force.
Because it did not even have something as important as a [mission deadline].
The reason Chu Bai had gone and done it was, on one hand, because in this unfamiliar world, the system was his greatest hope of returning home.
On the other hand, it was also because he truly did not reject the idea of becoming a professional player.
If Chu Bai did not want to become a professional player, he could still live out his life peacefully in this world.
This system would not even pop up on its own. If Chu Bai did not call it, it would not come out at all.
When it said it was an assistance system, it really was only assistance. It would not force him to do anything.
This was also an important reason why Chu Bai could accept it.
“Fine. Now that the newbie mission is completed, is the next step starting the road to becoming a pro?”
[Newbie mission completion detected. Optional missions will now be opened for you.]
[Mission: Livestream Reaching the Top of the Korean Server, and Maintain Your Bearing]
Requirement: A perfect professional player must maintain his image. You need to livestream yourself climbing to number one on the Korean server, and you may not proactively curse at or mock others in Rank or in matches.
Reward: You will attract the attention of the vast majority of clubs. Your commercial value and fan economy will continuously increase. You will continue to receive importance from clubs and teams. This mission will be settled continuously.
[Mission: I Am the Benchmark]
Requirement: Maintain high-focus training for more than eight hours.
Reward: You will not be affected by occupational injuries, and your level will not decline. This mission will be settled continuously.
[Mission: Born Leader]
Requirement: Participate in the team’s shotcalling as much as possible, and lead your team to victory.
Reward: Gain more trust from teammates and a greater voice within the team. Team integration speed and coordination will increase. This mission will be settled continuously.
[Warm Reminder: A perfect and strongest player should, as a matter of course, reach the extreme in all four dimensions: skill, mentality, professionalism, and personal charisma.]
[Quantified technical data is the threshold to the door of professional play. A good, outstanding, and stable mentality determines the ceiling of results. Above that, only a dedicated and responsible professional spirit, along with humble, enterprising, banner-like personal charisma, can allow you to become a true legend.]
Chu Bai’s gaze settled on the warm reminder at the very bottom.
He murmured to himself, “Become… a legend?”
It was very clear that the three optional missions provided by the system corresponded respectively to the latter three points.
The quantified system panel allowed Chu Bai to understand his own strength very clearly and improve in targeted ways.
This represented the technical aspect.
As for the three missions afterward, they could cultivate his mentality, professionalism, and personal charisma.
To be honest, these missions were difficult if one said they were difficult. If one said they were simple…
They truly were not simple either.
Even someone with a mentality as good as Chu Bai’s had still been forced into cursing someone before.
It was just that he had cursed in private and had not sent it into the chat box.
He carefully looked at the mission rewards. In truth, they all corresponded to the missions.
If he reached number one on the Korean server, then naturally, the vast majority of clubs would pay attention to him. And if he did not curse at people, then it was only right that he would attract more fans who valued character. On top of that, Chu Bai’s appearance was not bad, so of course his commercial value would rise.
Training with high focus for more than eight hours would definitely be more effective than ordinary training. Moreover, he was very young. If occupational injuries could be avoided, that would be for the best.
Participating in shotcalling and leading his teammates to victory would naturally earn his teammates’ trust. A good team environment and unified shotcalling would naturally improve the speed of integration.
A one-sentence evaluation: the damn system was drawing a big pie again.
But…
Chu Bai grinned and waved his hand.
“Accept them all.”
He had always been a model example of loving whatever line of work he was in.
Back when he was a streamer, he had streamed like a corporate slave, often joking that his was charity streaming that made no money.
Now that he had chosen to become a professional player…
Then he naturally had to choose to become the strongest.
The true journey was only just beginning.