Gunplay Improvement

The next day.

When Jiang Yang woke up, it was already noon.

Perhaps because of the Sleeping Black Tea's effects, he had slept a few extra hours last night, and his sleep had been especially sweet.

Though he had slept well, it had also cost him quite a bit of time.

He had originally planned to get up early today and hurry up to grind some rank.

It seemed he could not use that Sleeping Black Tea carelessly in the future.

Ma Xixi in the master bedroom had not woken up yet, so Jiang Yang ordered takeout on his phone for their lunch.

After quickly washing up, he went into the Little Black Room, turned on his computer, and prepared to begin today's rank-grinding journey.

Last night, MO had explained some match footage of m0nesy, that academy Sniper, to the viewers in his stream.

His explanation had indeed been excellent, and some of m0nesy's plays had been beautiful.

It was just a little too complicated for Jiang Yang right now.

But to his surprise, after watching MO's match footage analysis, his [Game Sense], [Map Understanding], and [Positioning] attributes had all improved slightly.

Jiang Yang could more or less guess how those stat increases had come about, so before going to bed, he carefully went through Leon Kai's tutorial videos again and learned that the CS community had a concept called "deliberate practice."

Professional players' outrageous aim did not seem to come solely from talent. It also came from a huge amount of targeted training.

So Jiang Yang decided to test what the system could do.

Before practicing, he first checked his gunplay attribute.

[Gunplay: Amateur LV.5]

[Progress: (2323/5000)]

[Evaluation: The level of an amateur player with a foundation in FPS games.]

But before training, he needed to change some settings first.

He had to admit, Leon Kai, that content creator, was packed with useful information.

Yesterday, Jiang Yang had not only learned about the Counter-Strafing mechanic and methods for practicing aim, but also sensitivity, resolution, Crosshair settings, and more from him.

Other than the guy's somewhat sleep-inducing way of speaking, the videos themselves were genuinely great.

So Jiang Yang planned to adjust his game settings first, then formally begin practicing his aim and grinding rank.

He first changed his resolution to 4:3, then spent a long time experimenting on an aim-training map before finally settling on an extremely high sensitivity of 400x6.66.

"Counter-Strafing? Let's see what that's all about."

Holding an AK, Jiang Yang moved to the right while pressing the left key, then fired at the same time.

"Bang!"

The AK47 fired. The bullet flew out and struck the upper right side of the practice dummy.

He did not get discouraged. Adjusting his firing rhythm, he pulled the trigger again after Counter-Strafing.

This time, he finally executed a perfect Counter-Strafing move.

As the crisp headshot sound rang out, Jiang Yang felt a pure kind of joy.

He could not help increasing the frequency of his Counter-Strafing and firing.

But as he sped up, the frequency of his mistakes also increased.

Jiang Yang quickly settled himself down and calmly aimed and fired more slowly.

Then, as he continued practicing Counter-Strafing, he discovered that the gunplay attribute displayed in the system was steadily increasing.

As long as he put in the effort, he could get results.

So this was the system's true purpose?

Jiang Yang's heart immediately filled with hope.

He became even more motivated to practice his aim.

Outside the room, Ma Xixi had just woken up. Seeing Jiang Yang diligently practicing his aim, he could not help sighing again.

"Streaming until two yesterday, then practicing aim the moment you get up today..."

"When you're young and first get into a new game, you're always like this. You just want to devote all your attention to it."

"Hopefully it's not just a three-minute burst of enthusiasm..."

"Done for the day!"

After taking out another Bot, Jiang Yang saw that the number on the scoreboard had reached 5000.

[Gunplay: Amateur LV.6]

[Progress: (232/6000)]

[Evaluation: Your gunplay has already surpassed the level of C+ locals.]

Jiang Yang watched the changes on the system panel. After killing 5000 Bots, his gunplay level had successfully risen by one level.

Even if it was still within the amateur tier.

Amateur LV.5 becoming Amateur LV.6 was still a pretty significant improvement, okay?

Among the various ranks on the Perfect World Platform, C+ had the most players.

That meant that, at the very least, his gunplay had already surpassed the vast majority of players.

I only made a tiny move, and I've already reached the limit of the C+ bracket... Jiang Yang thought happily.

He eagerly began Counter-Strafing and firing again on the aim-training map.

He did not know whether it was just psychological, but he felt that his Counter-Strafing shots had become more proficient, and the entire movement had become much smoother.

Even his success rate with Counter-Strafing shots had risen.

Jiang Yang clenched his fist hard.

There had not been any drastic qualitative change overall, but this was only the result of one hour of practice!

The positive feedback was incredible!

He found it hard to imagine what level he would reach after a year if he maintained this quality of training every day.

Just then, the takeout delivery call came in, and Jiang Yang naturally stopped practicing.

As his emotions suddenly pulled away from it, he finally realized just how badly his right arm ached.

Then, the familiar small text appeared again.

[Now that you are already thirty, your body has been declining year by year. Even ordinary gunplay practice leaves him exhausted. The body is the foundation of revolution and an important guarantee of energy; it is the key to an Old Timer's comeback.]

[Daily Mission: Run 5 kilometers. Reward: Random Comeback Points.]

Jiang Yang raised an eyebrow.

If he remembered correctly, Comeback Points could be used to buy things in the shop.

Though he had taken a rough look yesterday. There were indeed good things there, but he did not have enough Comeback Points.

He had been worried about Comeback Points before.

259 would not do.

Obviously, this tiny amount of Comeback Points would not be enough, but he was still exploring the system's functions and did not understand what other uses Comeback Points had.

Running five kilometers every day would be a little difficult, but it was still manageable.

Back in high school, his school had organized daily group runs.

Though he had not been a sports student, he often played basketball in high school, and his stamina had been pretty good.

He could run five kilometers, but keeping it up consistently would be a little difficult.

Still, if he could stick to exercising, it would indeed be a good habit.

Jiang Yang gritted his teeth and decided that he would start working out after dinner from today onward. Even if it was not for Comeback Points, simply building a good habit would be nice.

With that thought, Jiang Yang quickly got up to collect the takeout.

After getting the food, he had wanted to call Ma Xixi, only to find that he was already up.

"That aim practice of yours..." Ma Xixi yawned as he spoke, looking like he still had not fully woken up.

"Hm?"

"Don't do it like that," Ma Xixi said. "Practicing too much at once can be counterproductive, and you're trying to grind rank, right?"

Jiang Yang nodded.

"Then you definitely shouldn't practice like that," Ma Xixi said. "After getting up, you should warm up first. Just casually kill a few hundred Bots to get yourself going, then run through some maps, practice some utility, and you can jump straight into matchmaking."

"No aim practice?" Jiang Yang asked in surprise. By Ma Xixi's logic, there was practically no aim practice at all.

Ma Xixi shared his experience. "It's not that you don't practice. It's that after you finish matchmaking, before bed, you specifically set aside some time to practice."

"If you kill thousands the moment you wake up, your hands are already tired before you even start grinding rank. Then when you play matchmaking, you're screwed."

After hearing Ma Xixi say that, Jiang Yang could understand.

If he practiced aim like this before playing matchmaking, it seemed it would be twice the work for half the result.

After all, once his hands were tired, his aim naturally would not be as sharp afterward.

"Mm, starting tomorrow, I'll do it the way you said, Cousin," Jiang Yang replied while stuffing his face.

As for today, he had already killed 5000 Bots.

His hands were itching terribly now. He was craving a fight!

PS: Is the pacing a little slow? Give me your honest thoughts.

Coffee's hands have been shaking nonstop while writing, and there hasn't been any feedback either!