K0nfig, how does this familiar feeling feel?

As time had already entered December, temperatures across the country had dropped.

Su Zhe glanced at the bullet screen, noticing the viewers in the live room were arguing again about whether it was colder in the north or south during winter. He shook his head helplessly and continued to click on Matchmaking.

One person said that the outdoor temperature in the north was already below zero, and even going to the bathroom froze their bits.

Another said it was "magic damage," and no matter how thick their clothes were, it was useless.

He couldn't settle this, as he had never been to the south in winter.

Fortunately, the school's heating had already been turned on, saving him from having to warm his hands in his "nest" from time to time like before.

At this point, Su Zhe had been playing on Faceit for nearly 20 days. Relying on his insane grind and exaggerated win rate, he had successfully reached Faceit Level 10 a couple of days ago.

He had adapted to the game environment here, and the issue of around 100 ping was even easier to solve: Igoudala.

Whether on the Attacking Side or Defender side, Su Zhe was now accustomed to proactively pushing out to find enemies and take duels.

Then, relying on his extremely fast reaction and ever-growing marksmanship, he would obtain kills. This method was actually more effective in the Faceit game environment.

Otherwise, if he just held position and waited for the enemy to unleash their utility, he wouldn't even get a chance to shoot before he could directly put his head down and play on his phone.

Seeing that the matchmaking time was long, Su Zhe got up to go to the bathroom, and took the opportunity to check his current system panel.

[Host: Su Zhe]

[Age: 18]

[Team: None]

[Positioning: 74-79]

[Agility: 52-57]

[Recoil Control: 64-69]

[Game Sense: 48-53]

[Reaction: 85-90]

[Rise Points: 743]

[Weapon Proficiency:

AK-47 (LV7.1)

AWP (LV1.8)

...(Expand)]

[Skill: Chosen One: Training efficiency +20%

Exclusive Weapon: Host can designate any weapon in CSGO. When using this weapon in a match, overall stats +5% (Bound Weapon: AK-47)]

[Overall Level: B]

[Evaluation: This is how a genius youth should be. Your overall level has reached that of a professional player, but you haven't unleashed your true potential yet. Beyond genius, there is greater genius. You must continue to improve yourself to become the brightest star among CSGO professional players.]

[Mission: Host must join a professional team and become a starting member within one year (Youth Training teams do not count). Countdown: 293 days]

[Reward: S-rank reward. Failure will automatically sever the binding with the host.]

Looking at his system panel, Su Zhe couldn't help but sigh.

Although the system evaluated him as having the skill level of a professional player, to go pro, opportunities were just as important as skill.

K0nfig and his teammates had just finished a practice match. Not long ago, he had returned from the CAC tournament in Shanghai with his team, not much later than Tianlu.

They first lost to Faze in a Bo1, and then although they successfully defeated China's Wings Up team 2-0 in the loser's bracket to advance to the playoffs, they were directly eliminated by ENCE.

Now, their NIP might be one of the most leisurely teams in all of Europe, mainly because the team's positioning was a bit awkward.

On the surface, they were still a first-tier team, and they disdained participating in the smaller tournaments that some second and third-tier teams were eager to join.

But when it came to actually playing in S-rank tournaments, they were eliminated early.

This left the players with nothing to do except play practice matches.

K0nfig turned to his teammate and said, "REZ, want to play on the ladder? And invite es3tag and headtr1ck to play in a four-man squad."

REZ thought about it, since he had nothing else to do, and readily agreed.

The reason for four people was that player alex, who had come for a tryout, had already gone home to wait for tryout notifications.

Once the four-man squad was formed, they inevitably started chatting about the practice match that had just ended.

"Es3tag, do you think that alex from just now would help the team's performance if he really joined us?"

Es3tag shook his head after hearing K0nfig's question, "It's hard to say. He's 28 already, and doesn't have much major tournament experience. But we don't have any other choice, do we?"

It wasn't the off-season yet, and if the club wanted to buy players from first-tier teams, they wouldn't let them go. They could only choose from second and third-tier teams.

But the club was unwilling to spend a lot of money, and those teams naturally wouldn't easily sell players who performed well.

Ever since they lost 600,000 Euros on Bao Lan's contract last time, the management had been very strict with the budget for buying players, fearing they would be tricked again.

K0nfig sighed, "Let's just enjoy the ladder. Let the management worry about these things. I can't be bothered anymore."

When Su Zhe returned to his computer after using the restroom, he had already successfully matched into a game, and they were currently in the map selection phase.

Faceit requires a membership to have the right to choose maps. He was unwilling to spend the money, but he played all maps now and didn't care.

He glanced at the IDs of the opponents, feeling they looked familiar, so he clicked to take a look. Weren't these K0nfig and es3tag he'd encountered in a Perfect Match some time ago?

He clicked on the homepages of the other players and found that two more players had Pro Certification.

The Bullet Screen in the Live Room also became lively upon seeing this.

[Good heavens, it's NiP's four-man squad! Xiao Zhe's points are going to be given away this round.]

[Not necessarily. Xiao Zhe won last time when he encountered NiP's duo queue. Four-man isn't much different. How bad is NiP now, everyone knows.]

[Can that be the same? That was on the China Server, and now it's on the Europe Server. They're still Pro Players! And k0nfig was a Top 20 player before.]

[Come on! If Xiao Zhe wins this round, I'll directly gift a Sports Car!]

Su Zhe ignored the Bullet Screen and exchanged a look with Fat Brother beside him.

Now Fat Brother and Xiao Guang knew about his idea of finding opportunities to play professionally in Europe.

Whenever this matter was brought up, Fat Brother would angrily lament how foolish he was to refuse NiP's Youth Training invitation last time.

Now Su Zhe also gradually regretted it, blaming his past naivety.

But since he encountered them again today, and it was a four-man squad.

Su Zhe rubbed his hands, planning to unleash 200% of his strength.

The server and map selections for both sides were quickly completed.

Server: Sweden

Map: Mirage

After entering the game, Su Zhe checked his ping. 145.

"Fortunately, I didn't choose the United Kingdom server, or the ping would be even higher."

High ping was still okay. Back then on Perfect Match, there were CTs who hid the Pocket Watch gifted by their wives in their Balaclavas, that was truly disgusting.

Ten players successfully loaded into the server. Both teams gathered at A1 for a Knife Round. Su Zhe's team, having lost the Knife Round, was forced to be the Attacking Side at the start.

The Pistol Round officially began, and the team started discussing tactics.

Finally, a guy who claimed to be the in-game leader of an unknown team snatched the command.

"This round, let's pincer A through the Archway. Three people go Mid together. Blue, you and Yellow stay at A1 and A2 to Solo Push and prepare to coordinate."

After briefly explaining how to play the Pistol Round, the Countdown ended.

Su Zhe, as the first man in mid, directly bought a P250. When the three of them arrived mid, the guy in charge of command just wanted his teammates to rush out and trade shots, but Su Zhe directly rushed out first.

He first pre-aimed and peeked at the archway, and after finding no one, he pre-aimed the VIP Window and crouched again.

"Bang!"

[Arrow used P250 to headshot and kill headtr1ck]

Headtr1ck, as Nip's sniper, prided himself on his fast reaction, but facing Su Zhe's pre-aimed rush, he was headshot and killed before he could even fire.

K0nfig, at the archway, heard his teammate's callout and immediately wanted to peek and trade, but Su Zhe's attention was always on the VIP and archway positions.

Upon seeing the CT at the archway peek, his crosshair quickly flicked over.

"Bang bang!"

[Arrow used P250 to headshot and kill k0nfig]

"I lost that duel? Are today's youngsters this fast?" K0nfig, now dead, was a bit puzzled.

When he rushed out, the opponent clearly wasn't looking at the archway at first, yet they still managed to shoot first.

The number of players on the field instantly became 5 vs 3. With the teammates later throwing a smoke for the side path, Su Zhe and the other two in mid quickly pushed onto the archway.

Although the CTs had anticipated the Terrorists might pincer A and had reinforced the A Area in advance, the disadvantage in numbers still led to them losing the pistol round.

REZ laughed: "Was mid under that much pressure for you guys? Giving away two to a random player right at the start, huh? K0nfig, do you know the Arrow guy on the other team? He's saying hi to you on the public screen?"

K0nfig glanced at the public screen.

Arrow: K0nfig, how does that familiar feeling feel?