Arrow

Upon seeing the name of this reward, Su Zhe's mind immediately thought of a certain two-word game.

Only after seeing the contents clearly did he understand how BUG-like this skill was!

A 5% stat increase might not seem like much, but high-level duels are often decided in milliseconds.

CSGO is a short tick-rate game, with third-party platforms generally using 128 tick.

This means that changes in the game refresh 128 times per second, further widening the gap between players.

A tiny difference can lead to a huge disparity.

A 5% increase could elevate Su Zhe's overall skill level by a whole tier!

Understanding how powerful this skill was, Su Zhe unhesitatingly chose the AK as his exclusive weapon.

Actually, there wasn't much to consider.

Currently, the most powerful guns in CSGO, besides the AWP, are the AKs.

He wasn't used to the AWP; mainly, the psychological trauma from being headshot by a Deagle twice in two rounds during his beginner days was too great, so he hadn't used it much since.

The AK, on the other hand, has the powerful ability to kill with a single headshot. Among professional players, with very few exceptions, no one dislikes this gun.

Su Zhe couldn't think of any reason why he wouldn't choose it.

[Are you sure you want to confirm the AK-47 as your exclusive weapon? Once confirmed, it cannot be changed]

[Yes]

After confirming, Su Zhe felt his understanding of the AK had deepened significantly, yet there was also a vague, indescribable feeling.

"I'll try it out again tomorrow."

Since he planned to switch to Faceit tomorrow, Su Zhe intended to catch up on sleep today.

With ample energy, he aimed to achieve impressive stats and attract the attention of foreign clubs.

The accumulated fatigue from a long period overwhelmed him, and Su Zhe fell asleep within two minutes of closing his eyes.

The next morning, 8 AM.

The school's dean of students, unusually, came in early. With nothing to do, he decided to patrol the classrooms.

Seeing the university students slumped over their desks, catching up on sleep, he felt a sense of disappointment, wishing they'd apply themselves more.

Just as he was about to pick a few examples to make a point, he suddenly noticed a diligent-looking male student in front muttering something softly.

He walked closer and listened intently.

"A short A."

"A long A."

"Ramp."

Around 6 PM, after a full day of classes, Su Zhe was downloading the Faceit platform and registering an account, following an online tutorial.

The dormitory door was pushed open, and Fat Brother's voice arrived before he did.

"Holy crap! Zhe! The dean actually praised you today! Are you giving up on going pro and preparing for postgraduate exams?"

"I'm telling you, it's fine if you're better at games than me, but you should study in secret. Don't blame me for not warning you, this friendship is over!"

Fat Brother walked closer and asked, "What are you messing with here?"

Su Zhe replied without turning his head, "Didn't I get first place in ranked matches yesterday? I'm planning to try the European platform."

Fat Brother sounded a bit skeptical, "Europe? Is your English good enough?"

Su Zhe: "No problem, I've been communicating with foreigners a lot recently."

Fat Brother:?

"Where have you been communicating with foreigners?"

"On X."

"Is your communication... proper...?"

"...I'm studying English, how could it not be proper?"

After fiddling with it for over half an hour, Su Zhe finally finished registering his Faceit account. As he was entering his ID, he paused.

His previous ID was purely for fun. If he really ended up playing professionally, he might have to use it forever.

Besides, there was no need for "Cape" abroad, so no need to promote it.

His hand hovered over the keyboard for a long time. After some thought, he pressed a few letters: Arrow.

The meaning of the word was simple: an arrow.

In less than two months, his improvement in CSGO had been immense, but the effort he put in was also visibly significant.

The goal of becoming a professional player was the reason he could persevere.

Although he wasn't certain he could join a professional team as a starter within a year by stepping onto the European platform, the experiences during this time had shown him the joy of fulfillment.

He hoped that regardless of the outcome this time, his future life would be like an "arrow," striving towards the "bullseye."

"What does this mean? Ai Rou?" Fat Brother scratched his head beside him, clearly his English grades had never been good since childhood.

Su Zhe shook his head and said, "It's nothing, just messing around. Where's Xiao Guang? I'm waiting to start streaming."

Fat Brother replied, "Him? There's a senior who also wants to stream. She heard he's streaming with us recently, so she wanted to ask for some advice on streaming experience."

"She said she approached you first, but you rejected her. You really don't know what's good for you!"

Su Zhe recalled for a moment and said, "Is it that ambitious senior?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes! That's her."

"I gave her advice back then, how can you call it a rejection?"

"What advice?" Fat Brother asked curiously.

"I told her to wear something cool and just shake it hard, that's all she needed. She turned around and left when she heard it."

Fat Brother: "... She really wronged you. It was great advice, but don't give it next time."

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Xiao Guang finally rushed back to the dorm. Although he was panting, his face was full of enjoyment.

At this time, Su Zhe had just finished warming up with bots. After the three of them changed into their game uniforms, they officially started streaming.

Before starting the stream, Su Zhe changed the name of his stream room from [Impact Perfect First] to [Trying Faceit].

He casually opened the accelerator he had bought with money to learn English.

[Little Zhe isn't planning to play Perfect World anymore? Someone pushed you down from first place, and now you're third.]

[Going abroad to play? I'm going! Can the streamer communicate in English?]

[Faceit is also good! Pick European servers to clash with pros. If you meet Shu Shu, can you add him as a friend?]

[It makes sense to play abroad. Sen Zai Ni also plays on Faceit. You three are returning to the orthodox way.]

[Put pressure on the Russians when you meet them! They pressured me so much last time I played!]

Su Zhe looked at the bullet comments and casually answered some questions while matchmaking: "I've been playing on domestic platforms for a long time and I'm a bit tired of it, so I want to try the skill level of foreign players."

He then said with a smile, "What if I accidentally qualify for FPL-C?"

He said his main goal this time in a joking tone.

FPL-C is equivalent to 5EPL on the 5E platform, and it's very difficult to obtain. Ordinary players must reach a high score and participate in open qualifiers to get the qualification.

According to the information he recently researched, youth training teams from European teams basically recruit from FPL-C.

As for the even more difficult FPL qualification, most of the players in it are active pros or have already become members of a youth training team.

While chatting with the audience, his first game on the Faceit platform was finally matched.

Su Zhe stretched his finger joints, ready to perform well and make a splash in this new account's fish pond, letting them experience the pain he once felt as a C+ player.

But when the game loaded into the server and entered the warm-up phase, he noticed something was wrong.

The ping was around 100, which made him extremely uncomfortable, but luckily he could slowly adapt.

When he first started school not long ago, he played on the Perfect World Platform with the campus network, and the ping was around 100.

Later, the school upgraded the campus network so that they could successfully recruit students in the future.

Now he was just retracing his steps...

Su Zhe adjusted his mindset and began to focus his attention on the game.

After a few rounds, Su Zhe clearly felt the difference between domestic and foreign players.

As a new account, his teammates were about the same level as players in the D+ division on Perfect World in China.

He understood this division in China all too well; they played whatever they wanted, and the FAMAS and Negev were their signature weapons.

On Faceit, Su Zhe could see their clumsy operations, but when it came to teamwork, there was nothing to complain about. They were willing to sacrifice their own stats to contribute to the entire team.

It's just that there were too many pressure players... Perhaps it was because they wanted to win too badly. If a teammate made a small mistake or didn't cooperate well, someone would step up and apply pressure.

The words he heard most often during the match were "FK," "ST," "Ah bu lie!"... and so on.

However, this environment didn't affect him at all; the skill levels were simply not on the same level.

What surprised him the most was that he could roughly understand what his teammates were saying. His English classes over the past month hadn't been in vain.

Soon, after more than twenty minutes, the score was fixed at 13-1.

Su Zhe ended his first game on Faceit with a record of 21-3-4.

Today is probably over.