We're Playing a Different Game

"Holy crap...!"

Seeing those three words, Ah Shui's eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted from anger.

The viewers in the livestream chat were already laughing their heads off—

[Who the hell are you?]

[You there? Reported!]

[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter, who is this guy? He's got such great entertainment value!]

[So arrogant? You don't even know Ah Shui?]

[Don't know Ah Shui, but you don't know Pig Dog either? This guy's acting a bit too much, don't you think?]

[Waiting for Factory Director and Little Dog to teach this young whippersnapper a lesson.]

[GKDGKD, I can't wait.]

The viewers were having a blast, and others who entered the game and saw the conversation between the two were also a bit speechless.

"Alright, alright, don't be angry, I'll help you teach him."

"Let's go, Little Dog is top lane this game, don't get completely crushed, okay?"

Little Dog chuckled: "Crush me? Lose in a normal match? How ridiculous is that?"

With that said, the match officially began.

Ah Shui could only suppress his emotions and prepare to play the game properly.

But from the moment the laning phase started, he saw various numbers and letters, as well as incomprehensible punctuation marks, appearing in the chat box—

[Brother! We're rich!]: "MID6S, TOP3S"

[Brother! We're rich!]: "BOT4S, MS120, M34"

[Brother! We're rich!]: "W42, H20, C3...!"

[Brother! We're rich!]: "25, 51, 19..."

A string of number and letter combinations arranged in a row, completely baffling Ah Shui.

[JackeyLove]: "What are you doing? Having a spasm? A BUG?"

[Brother! We're rich!]: "Recording skill cooldowns."

?

Is that how you record skill cooldowns?

Ah Shui could understand the abbreviations for positions like TOP and MID, of course.

But the problem was that Xu Cheng was sending more of what he couldn't understand at all, and terms that definitely didn't exist in King-tier matches.

For example, that W, what did it mean?

Seemingly sensing Ah Shui's "ignorance," Xu Cheng said with disdain: "You don't even know this basic common sense?"

"Was your rank boosted?"

[JackeyLove]: "."

[JackeyLove]: "Then tell me, what do all these mean? I get TOP, but what about MS? W42, F37?!"

[Brother! We're rich!]: "Isn't that simple? MS is Movement Speed, W is Physical Damage, F is each person's base hero Defense, these should be very basic."

[JackeyLove]: "."

[Brother! We're rich!]: "You're King-tier, you really don't know this?"

[Brother! We're rich!]: "Bro, I'm not trying to be rude, but if your skills aren't good, practice more. Stop getting boosted. Look, you don't even understand this basic common sense, how embarrassing is that."

????

Even through the screen, he could feel the disdain and humiliation from the opponent.

Ah Shui, however, no longer had the mood to be angry.

Looking at the conversation between himself and Xu Cheng, especially the latter's matter-of-fact tone—

He was a bit stunned.

He had seen players who recorded skill cooldowns; in fact, most King-tier players had already formed this habit.

But even the most skilled players, even professional players, would at most only remember the cooldowns for Flash and basic skills, and even then, only selectively.

Not to mention the base stats of each hero at the start of the game...

You have to know, a hero has 20 basic stats, and with rune information, it's even more.

Who would remember all the stat data and cooldowns like Xu Cheng?!

And...

Ah Shui's heart skipped a beat.

[JackeyLove]: "I understand you remembering the cooldowns for the top lane, but why are you remembering the mid lane and bottom lane? Wait... and the jungler's skills, I haven't even seen the jungler!"

[JackeyLove]: "Don't tell me you memorized all five people's stats?!"

[Brother! We're rich now!]: "Why wouldn't I? If I don't see them, I don't memorize them? Did the jungler show up just now? What was his starting build, what time did he use his skills, and for the laners, aren't you paying attention to even this?"

[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Bro, this is 5v5, you can't just focus on yourself. You have to understand what's happening on the other lanes too!"

"Holy crap, he memorized over a hundred pieces of data in an instant?!"

Ah Shui completely ignored Xu Cheng's taunt.

The unbelievable guess in his heart was confirmed, and he was stunned!

A hero has 20 basic attributes.

Five heroes mean at least 100 basic attributes to start!

He didn't believe anyone would be so bored in private that they would memorize all the basic attributes of every hero. They wouldn't have the perseverance, let alone such exaggerated memory talent.

The main thing was that the data would have subtle changes in every match due to different runes and masteries.

In other words, Xu Cheng might have memorized all this information and organized it in just a few minutes after the game started...

Is this guy... still human?!

What kind of ridiculous way of playing is this?!

Wait a minute.

Something's not right...

Ah Shui felt like he was losing his mind. At this moment, he had a feeling that he and Xu Cheng weren't playing the same game.

[JackeyLove]: "Why is there MID2 and AD2? And numbers like 25 and 51?"

[Brother! We're rich now!]: "Oh, that. That's for the teammates. Besides my own, I have to memorize the other nine."

[Brother! We're rich now!]: "As for the Arabic numerals..."

Just then, Factory Director, opposite Ah Shui, threw a skill.

Caught off guard, Ah Shui was hit.

Bang.

His health bar dropped by 51.

[JackeyLove]: "???????"

At this moment, Ah Shui, who seemed particularly sensitive to data, was completely stunned after just one glance!

Now, without Xu Cheng needing to say anything, he knew what the numbers 51 and 25 meant—

This was the current skill damage of the heroes that Xu Cheng had calculated based on their various basic attributes!

"My god, what kind of Super Brain is this?!" Xiao Hu, who was watching all of this, blurted out, his mouth full of praise.

"The way he memorized these skills is exactly like my panel's cooldown times... Damn..."

The jungler, Xiye, was also dumbfounded.

"This is a little scary, isn't it? How is his brain wired?" Uzi couldn't help but scratch his head.

"...emmm, I suddenly feel like I'm really stupid, really useless..."

[?????]

[My brain is fried! Is this person definitely not a retired Super Brain contestant?]

[Are you playing permutations and combinations here?]

[Holy crap, my head itches, is my brain growing?]

[This accurate? Calculating skill damage based on basic stats, and even recording skill CDs?!]

[Seriously shocked, this is the first time I've doubted if I know how to play League of Legends.]

[Alas, I'm uncultured, so 'What the f***' is my go-to phrase!]

[He's a god! I'm kneeling! Truly amazing! I've got goosebumps!]

[Am I the only one paying attention to him memorizing the basic stats of nine people? I can understand it for the opponents, but for teammates? What's the point? Is he planning to kill his teammates?]

At this moment, Ah Shui finally recovered a bit.

He asked the question on everyone's mind.

[JackeyLove]: "What's the point of you memorizing your teammates' skills, even their basic abilities and stats?"

[Brother! We're rich now!]: "Oh, that. It doesn't have much of a point. I just find it fun, and it helps me exercise my memory."

This book has been officially signed. Family members who want to invest can do so with peace of mind~

Also, regarding the update schedule, due to website requirements, the new book period allows a maximum of two updates per day. The author can't go all out even if he wants to, so he can only slowly save up drafts. There will be a big burst of updates after it goes on the shelves!

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