You Think You're Xiao Yan?!

Going from C+ to A Division was a qualitative leap in terms of skill.

When the players in the comments saw the account owner's screenshot that had been pushed to the top, they were all shocked.

Still, it was hard not to wonder whether this guy had used cheats.

Breaking through this stage was not difficult, but doing it in just one week was a little too absurd.

Although the major gaming platforms now had fairly strict cheat-detection procedures, they still could not stop cheating methods like DMA, which bypassed traditional detection directly through hardware.

The mood in Su Zhe's comments gradually began to shift.

[Great! It's the Epiphany Youth! CNCS is saved!]

[Bro, do you have a shop link? I want to go from C+ to A in a week like you too.]

[I checked the match history. Your acting is pretty good—you even knew how to control your rating.]

[Verdict's in: either he cheated, or he hired a booster. He was C+ for the previous two seasons, and suddenly reached A in one week?]

[Genius Youth was stuck at C+ for months and got so frustrated that he had an epiphany and climbed to A in a week. What, do you think you're Xiao Yan?!]

When Su Zhe returned to the dorm and saw the replies in the comments, he did not take them to heart. This was exactly what he had expected.

Rather than being dissatisfied by those replies, he was actually rather pleased.

Wasn't this the greatest recognition of his skill?

Besides, he had not actually cheated, nor did he plan to make a living through online livestreaming. This sort of suspicion had no impact on him whatsoever.

Which true Genius Youth on the Professional Arena had never been suspected of cheating?

Rather than wasting energy arguing with people, he might as well play a match on the Ladder and improve himself properly.

As his fundamentals became increasingly solid, Su Zhe no longer needed to spend much time on daily training. These things were all about practice making perfect.

That also gave him more energy to devote to actual Ladder matches, though his previously smooth climb came to a halt there.

Aside from those who genuinely possessed Talent, most players capable of reaching A Division had accumulated thousands, even several thousand, hours of playtime.

Though it was still essentially a shooting game, players at this rank could skillfully use common utility and leverage their understanding of the map to secure Gun Position advantages. Game Sense also began to grow more important.

His steadily improving fundamentals and his Reaction, his highest attribute, did not give him much of an edge over other players at this rank either.

But once someone had a clear goal, they gained an endless source of motivation. And being able to clearly feel his strength improve as he advanced was just like playing a traditional online game.

As long as one painstakingly cleared a dungeon, one could level up and obtain new equipment. Then, after raising one's attributes, one could challenge a new dungeon boss. Every player knew what their goal was and had an interest in continuing.

Unlike when he had been stuck at C+, Su Zhe did not blame his inability to Rank Up on bad luck. Instead, he settled down and kept learning and honing himself.

What he had not expected was that while he had not taken the Proactive step to clarify whether he had cheated, someone else became anxious before he did.

When Leon Kai clicked on that comment, he too found it a little hard to believe at first. From C+ to A in one week?

The advice he gave was all about helping new players improve their fundamentals. He had not given out a shop link for a DMA board seller!

With doubts in mind, he logged into his Perfect World Platform account, which he had not used in a long time. After searching for the ID Cape's Number One Breakthrough Player, he selected several of the better match records and downloaded the Demos to watch.

For someone who knew how to play, it was obvious at a glance whether someone had cheated.

Cheaters could put on an act, but the fundamental things a person displayed during a match could not be concealed.

Unless it was Game Sense cheating like ropz and Zai Wu, or the utterly unreasonable aim Semper had at his peak.

Yet after carefully watching several recordings, Leon Kai did not find any such outrageous plays.

Cape's Number One Breakthrough Player was still not highly skilled in Leon Kai's eyes, but compared to the previous C+ player, he was clearly much faster in Positioning and Reaction. He also knew to avoid taking duels from unfavorable Gun Positions whenever possible.

There were some suspicious plays too, but players always pulled off moves in Ladder matches that even they found hard to believe. That was perfectly normal.

After watching the recordings, Leon Kai already had the answer In Heart.

"I need to make a video to clear things up for him."

Although the cheating accusations had not gained much traction, he simply could not stand seeing someone falsely accused, especially beneath his own video.

And he had also discovered that a certain guess he had once held In Heart had been correct.

This person truly possessed frightening Talent! He simply had not received the right training methods before.

Only now, after Leon Kai's guidance, had he begun to experience an epiphany. Leon Kai even felt a trace of pride, as though he had taken in a naturally intelligent disciple.

"Why did this guy know the enemy was at B1 in advance?!" Su Zhe paused the Demo in his hand and turned to Fat Brother beside him with an earnest look, asking for advice.

He now carefully watched one Demo every day, but because his understanding of the game was insufficient, he could not understand many players' thoughts and plays during matches. So he had invited Fat Brother, who enjoyed teaching others, to help him.

Although Fat Brother had not played CSGO in a long time, as someone who had reached Gold S for several seasons in the past, this sort of thing was already etched into his bones.

Crossing one leg over the other, Fat Brother said with a chuckle, "Isn't it simple? If you had paid close attention to the Minimap just now, you would've seen that their teammate at A site had pushed out and taken a look. And the Big Sniper in Sand Area got information from Mid."

"The enemies were either around T Spawn Backyard or at B1 and B2. Once he reached places where enemies might be, his alertness naturally went all the way up."

After listening carefully, Su Zhe nodded. He understood that CS required not only muscles, but also a brain!

If he had been the one playing, he might have been careless and gotten flanked and killed by the terrorist at B1 in the recording.

[Rise Points +91]

After watching a Demon King S match, Su Zhe sincerely thanked Fat Brother beside him.

Fat Brother waved it off without caring much, then asked somewhat puzzledly, "You managed to Rank Up so much in a week. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would've thought you really cheated. Is ranking up in CS2 really that easy now?"

Su Zhe smiled when he heard that. "Why not come back and play again? Maybe you can even reach Diamond S. Demon King S isn't impossible either."

Everyone had their own bottleneck in games. Xiao Guang's current bottleneck was C+, Su Zhe's was A, and Fat Brother's was Diamond S.

Fat Brother was tempted by that, but after thinking it over, he still sighed. "Maybe later. I still have to carry my little sister to Mythical in a while."

Su Zhe: