"Holy...!"
When Ah Shui saw those three characters, his eyes rolled back, and he nearly passed out from anger.
The viewers in the stream were already cracking up—
[Who the hell are you?]
[You there? Reported!]
[Hahaha, I'm dying. Who is this guy? He's hilarious!]
"So cocky? He doesn't even know Ah Shui?"
"If he doesn't know Ah Shui, surely he knows the Pig and the Dog. Feels like he's taking the act a bit too far."
"Can't wait for Factory Director and Little Dog to teach this kid a lesson."
"LMAO, I can't wait!"
The viewers were having a great time. The other players who had entered the game and seen the conversation were also struggling to hold it in.
"Come on, don't get mad. I'll teach him a lesson for you."
"Let's play, let's play. Little Dog's top this game. Don't get completely crushed, okay?"
Little Dog chuckled. "Crush me? How could I lose a normal match? That'd be ridiculous."
As he spoke, the game officially began.
Ah Shui could only suppress his feelings and focus on playing.
But from the moment he started laning, all kinds of numbers, letters, and incomprehensible punctuation marks kept appearing in the chat box—
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "MID6S,TOP3S"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "BOT4S,MS120,M34"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "W42,H20,C3...!"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "25,51,19..."
The string of numbers and letters left Ah Shui completely baffled.
[JackeyLove]: "What are you doing? Having a fit? Is this a bug?"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Keeping track of skill cooldowns."
?
Was this really how people tracked skill cooldowns?
Ah Shui could understand position abbreviations like TOP and MID, of course.
The problem was that most of what Xu Cheng sent was completely incomprehensible to him—and definitely wasn't terminology used in the current King Rank.
Like that W. What did it mean?
As if he'd noticed Ah Shui's "ignorance," Xu Cheng said with disdain, "You don't even know something this basic?"
"Did someone boost your rank for you?"
[JackeyLove]: "."
[JackeyLove]: "Then tell me what all this means. I get TOP, but what's MS? And W42, F37?!"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "What's so hard about that? MS means movement speed, W is physical damage, and F is each champion's base defense. This should all be pretty basic."
[JackeyLove]: "."
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "You're King Rank, and you really don't know even this?"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Bro, no offense, but if your skills aren't good enough, practice more instead of always getting boosted. Look at you—you don't even know the basics. How embarrassing."
????
Even through the screen, Ah Shui could practically feel the contempt and humiliation coming from the other side.
But he no longer had the energy to get angry.
As he stared at his conversation with Xu Cheng, especially the other guy's matter-of-fact tone—
He was a little dazed.
He'd seen players keep track of skill cooldowns. In fact, King Rank players generally developed that habit a long time ago.
But even the best players, even professionals, usually only tracked Flash cooldowns. If they kept track of regular abilities, they only did so selectively.
And that was nothing compared to memorizing every champion's base stats at the start of the game...
A champion had twenty base stats, and runes added even more.
Who was weird enough to keep track of every stat and cooldown like Xu Cheng?!
And...
Ah Shui's heart gave a little jolt.
[JackeyLove]: "I get why you're tracking cooldowns in top lane, but why track mid and bot too? Wait... the jungler's abilities as well? You haven't even seen the jungler!"
[JackeyLove]: "Don't tell me you tracked all five players??!"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Why wouldn't I? Just because I haven't seen them, I shouldn't keep track? Did the jungler show earlier? What did he start with, and when did he use his abilities? If you're laning, shouldn't you pay attention to that?"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Come on, it's a 5v5. You can't just focus on yourself. You obviously have to know what's happening in the other lanes too!"
"Holy crap, he memorized over a hundred stats in seconds?!"
Ah Shui didn't even care about Xu Cheng's taunts anymore.
The unbelievable suspicion in his mind had just been confirmed, and he was utterly stunned!
A champion had twenty base stats.
So five champions meant at least a hundred base stats!
He couldn't believe anyone would be bored enough to memorize every champion's base stats in their spare time. Nobody had that kind of perseverance, let alone such a freakish memory.
The main thing was that every match had slightly different stats because of the different runes and masteries.
In other words, Xu Cheng might have committed all this to memory in the few minutes since entering the game, organized it, and sent it in chat...
Was this guy... even human?!
What kind of absurd way to play was this?!
Hey, wait.
No...
Ah Shui felt like his head was spinning. At that moment, he had the strange feeling that he and Xu Cheng weren't even playing the same game.
[JackeyLove]: "Why are there MID2 and AD2 too?? And what are numbers like 25 and 51?"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Oh, those are teammates. Apart from myself, I have to track the other nine."
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "As for the Arabic numerals..."
Just then, Factory Director, who was facing Ah Shui, fired an ability at him.
Caught off guard, Ah Shui was hit.
Bang.
His health bar dropped by 51 points.
[JackeyLove]: "???????"
Ah Shui, who seemed especially sensitive to data now, only had to take one look to be completely stunned!
Xu Cheng didn't even need to explain. Now he knew what numbers like 51 and 25 meant—
They were the damage values for the champions' current abilities, calculated by Xu Cheng from their base stats!
"Good grief, what kind of Super Brain is this?!"
Xiao Hu, who'd been watching the whole thing, blurted out in shock.
"The cooldowns he's tracking are exactly the same as the ones on my screen... Damn..."
Xiye, the jungler, was stunned too.
"This is kind of scary. How does a brain even work like that?" Uzi couldn't help scratching his head.
"...Emmm, suddenly I feel like I'm such an idiot, such a useless player..."
[?????]
"I'm stunned! Are we sure this guy isn't a retired Super Brain contestant?"
"Are you playing some kind of permutation game over there?"
"Holy crap, my head's itching. Is my brain about to grow?"
"Is he really that accurate? He's calculating ability damage from base stats and tracking cooldowns at the same time?!"
"I'm genuinely shocked. This is the first time I've wondered if I even know how to play League of Legends."
"I may not know much, but 'holy crap' gets me through anything!"
"A god! I'm on my knees! Seriously incredible! I've got goosebumps!"
"Am I the only one wondering why he's memorizing the base stats of nine players? I get the opponents, but what about his teammates? What's the point? Is he planning to kill them?"
By then, Ah Shui had finally recovered a little.
He asked the question on everyone's mind.
[JackeyLove]: "What's the point of tracking your teammates' abilities, regular skills, and base stats?"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Oh, that? It doesn't mean anything. I just think it's fun, and it's a good way to exercise my memory."
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