Demon King C, you say I'm a genius boy?

Chapter 1: Demon King C+, You Say I'm a Prodigy?

"Bro, finish the kill!"

"Not bro! Why did they one-tap me! And you started whiffing when it was your turn!?"

"Running around playing AK!?"

"Bang!"

Desk HP-1

[ID: Cape's Number One Breakthrough Player]

[Score: 11-13]

[Rank: 1589→1563]

[Tier: C+→C+]

As the defeat screen popped up, Su Zhe, who had been agitated moments ago, gradually became dejected.

How many times had he failed to advance to the B Division?

The fifth? Or the sixth?

He rubbed his face vigorously, trying to shake off the negative emotions of failure.

At this moment, his roommate Xiao Guang leaned over, his head nervously close to the screen as he peered at it.

When he saw the score, the tension in his heart eased.

"I knew you were my best bro, you wouldn't leave me to go to B alone! I'm only two games away from B Division myself. What do you say? Wanna team up and hit B together!" Xiao Guang said cheekily, placing his hand on Su Zhe's shoulder.

"You play, I'm going to take a nap!" Su Zhe waved his hand in refusal, then shut down the computer and crawled towards his bed.

Based on his extensive experience with promotion matches, if he continued playing, he might very well plummet from C+ all the way down to C.

It wasn't even impossible that he'd dive straight into the legendary D+ Division.

"Go sleep then. Don't get jealous when you wake up and see my rank, I didn't need your 'Far Sight Eagle' to help me!"

Su Zhe ignored his roommate's rambling. Lying flat on his bed, he thought about the game they had just played, unable to calm down for a long time.

"Do I really have no gaming talent at all?"

Ever since he was young, apart from playing games, he had no other hobbies.

A few months ago, fresh out of high school, he got hooked on CSGO after discovering it.

The first time he downloaded the Perfect World Platform and played his placement matches, he was placed in C Division. Back then, he thought he was an undiscovered FPS prodigy.

After all, below C Division were D+ and D. He had only just started playing CSGO and could already reach C Division.

If that wasn't genius, what was?

By chance, while scrolling through videos on Mouyin, he learned that if you could reach S Division on the Perfect World Platform, you would see an incredibly exciting animation. From then on, he secretly vowed to reach S Division!

But reality proved that CSGO was easy to pick up, yet incredibly difficult to truly master.

Now, several months later, even CSGO had been updated to CS2. After over 500 hours of gameplay, he was still struggling in the C+ Division.

Up to this point, he no longer even had the ambition to reach S Division; he would be eternally grateful just to reach B Division.

The midday sun in October in the north was not as scorching as it had been a few months prior. It shone through the window into the cramped four-person dormitory.

Lost in thought, Su Zhe gradually fell asleep in the warmth.

[Ding~]

A clear, ethereal voice startled Su Zhe from his slumber.

He rubbed his temples, trying to alleviate the brief dizziness in his head from sitting up so suddenly.

Xiao Guang's shouts in his ear gradually became clearer, accompanied by the frantic clicking of a mouse.

"A site has like ten thousand guys! Nice shot! Hurry and defuse!"

"I have the defuser!!"

"Huh? We lost this too?"

So, he had been woken up by the noise. Just as Su Zhe was about to ask Xiao Guang to be quieter, he suddenly noticed lines of light blue text appearing before his eyes.

[You were born on the same day as the game CS, and you will inevitably become its chosen one.]

[At six years old, influenced by your cousin, you encountered CSGO. Even then, you began to show your gaming talent.]

[At fifteen, you reached the top of FPL, attracting the attention of many professional teams. At the same time, you were questioned as a cheater by many.]

[At eighteen, after completing your studies, you decided to officially enter the CSGO professional scene. You resolved to shatter the doubts against you in offline matches!]

[This system will assist you in becoming the true chosen one of CSGO!]

[Mission: Please log in and run the CSGO client to receive your reward: CSGO Prodigy Gift Pack]

Guess I really woke up abruptly. I'm hallucinating!

Su Zhe lay back down on the bed. But when he closed his eyes, even though his vision was pitch black, those lines of light blue text seemed to appear in his consciousness.

He opened and closed his eyelids.

He repeated the action, and the text remained!

Su Zhe suddenly sat up!

This wasn't an illusion! It was like he'd won the lottery!

Although he usually only enjoyed playing games, in his free time, especially before falling asleep, he would lie in bed reading web novels to help him sleep.

He was naturally no stranger to systems and the like.

But this system's introduction left him a bit confused...

He knew what FPL was, but how could he possibly be first? He hadn't even qualified!

Was six-year-old me playing CSGO? I remember I was too busy looking at little Mei from the older class next door.

And I'm only a Demon King C+, calling me a genius youth?

Even though he often said, "Remember, the C in CSGO comes before the S," that was just to fool his buddies.

Being constantly outplayed by S-tier players, he had a clear understanding of his own skill level and talent.

With over 500 hours of playtime and only reaching C+ rank, there was no way he could be considered a genius youth!

If wallpaper counted as a shooting game... then his FPS talent was indeed top-tier...

As for being born on the same day as CSGO, that was even more absurd. He was born in '05, and neither the release date of CS nor CSGO matched up!

Had the system made a mistake?

But he quickly realized, mistake or not!

As long as he could use the deep blue point allocation!

It was a good system!

So Su Zhe wanted to verify immediately if the system would still work even if it had the wrong person.

At this moment, Xiao Guang also stood up, muttering curses under his breath. When he saw Su Zhe sitting up, he also sensed something was wrong.

He said apologetically, "Sorry, I forgot you were still sleeping. You know how easily CSGO can tilt people. I couldn't help myself just now."

He ignored Xiao Guang's apology, got out of bed quickly, and sat down at his desk to boot up his laptop.

The gaming laptop booted up quite fast. After outperforming 99% of computers nationwide, he quickly launched Steam.

He clicked to run the Chinese server, clicked start, all in one go.

As the computer fans roared, the screen smoothly loaded into the game interface.

Su Zhe also noticed that the pale blue text floating before his eyes had changed.

[Do you decide to embark on the professional career path of CSGO.]

Su Zhe saw the options [Yes] and [No] appear below the line of text.

There was actually nothing to hesitate about. For young people who loved playing games, they had all dreamed of becoming professional players at some point.

Moreover, his college entrance exam results weren't ideal; he'd only gotten into a subpar university, and his future looked bleak.

Since he now had the opportunity to become a professional player.

Su Zhe directly focused his consciousness on the [Yes] option, and the line of text changed again.

[Activation successful. Binding successful.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Genius Youth System...]

As the lines of text appeared, Su Zhe said to Xiao Guang beside him, "I'm going to the restroom."

Although he had tested it just now and was sure that only he could see the system.

To avoid appearing too strange to others with his actions, he decided to go to the restroom first to explore the system in more detail...

After entering the restroom, as soon as Su Zhe thought of the system, a system panel appeared before his eyes.

[Host: Su Zhe] [Age: 18] [Affiliated Team: None] [Overall Skill: Unknown] [Rise Points: 0] [This system is the Genius Youth System, which will help the host step-by-step into the professional player field and reach the pinnacle of professionalism!]

"It really works!" Seeing that the host was his own name, Su Zhe felt a slight sense of relief.

He had been afraid that the system wouldn't work if it had the wrong person.

He then shifted his attention to the [Rise Points] on the system panel, and several lines of explanatory text immediately appeared beside it.

[Rise Points: Can be used to purchase items in the system mall, or be exchanged for Attribute Points to help the genius youth quickly reach the top! Rise Points can be obtained from quest rewards, daily training, and other activities.]

After understanding the system's general functions, Su Zhe turned his attention to the mall page next to it.

[Attribute Points (1 point): 1000 Rise Points]

[Random Skill: 10000 Rise Points]

[Random Professional Player's Skill Insight: 1000 Rise Points]

[...]

The mall had various items that could enhance CSGO abilities, but at the moment, Su Zhe could only look.

He then noticed a few lines of small text appear in the task bar below the system.

[New Quest Obtained: Play three games on any platform, and the system will evaluate your strength based on your performance.]

[Completing the quest will grant a random reward]