Upon seeing this line of small text, Lin Yu realized, could there be an even higher difficulty level?
However, after clicking on that line of text and finding that no interface appeared to modify the difficulty, he could only keep his suspicions.
It seemed that to experience a higher difficulty enemy, he would need to clear this Regular S difficulty first.
Then, Lin Yu controlled the mouse and started playing over and over again.
During this process, Lin Yu also noticed that each time he killed an enemy, the system would reward him with a point of Effort Points.
But since the enemies were stronger than him, it took him half an hour to earn just over thirty points of Effort Points, averaging only one point per minute, making it quite challenging to accumulate.
Yet, watching the Effort Points increase bit by bit, he found joy in it, even though he still didn't know what they were for. In this environment, he trained continuously for four or five hours.
Lin Yu went from initially always being killed by the first enemy to being able to defeat the first enemy most of the time.
At the same time, he also gained some experience in gunfights on A Short and gradually recalled some knowledge about CSGO.
He started with wide swings from CS2 and gradually shifted to smaller peeks in CSGO to gain an advantage in gunfights.
During this process, Lin Yu saw with his own eyes that his understanding of the A Short map increased from 44% to 45%, a one percent improvement.
This made him quite pleased with himself, and his Effort Points had already reached over 380, quickly approaching 400.
But after four or five hours, Lin Yu felt a bit tired.
This fatigue wasn't physical or mental, but physiological, like how doing the same thing for too long always becomes annoying.
Lin Yu was in this state now; he just wanted to lie in bed, scroll through TikTok, read some novels, and relax.
Then, he spoke up.
"System, I want to leave."
After saying this, Lin Yu expected the system to send him out, but all he got was silence.
"System?"
After calling out again with no response, Lin Yu realized something: it seemed the system had never spoken from the beginning. Although it would explain some things to him, these were more like preset instructions rather than having intelligence.
Then, a thought popped into Lin Yu's mind.
Could it be that he can't leave until he completes 24 hours of training?
He looked at his Daily Mission which read [4.85/24] and swallowed hard.
Still unwilling to give up, Lin Yu realized that although he didn't have a phone, he still had a computer.
If worst comes to worst, he'd just stay here for 24 hours, watch some Bilibili and live streams, and time would eventually pass.
But as he operated the computer, his heart gradually sank.
Because he discovered that the system's computer could only run CS, and he also noticed that when he stopped practicing, the time on the Daily Mission stopped as well.
In other words, he was now locked in the Black Room by the system and had to play 24 hours of CSGO to get out.
At this point, Lin Yu had no other options. He gritted his teeth and sat back in front of the computer.
It's just 24 hours, right?
If he couldn't endure this hardship, how could he become a professional player?
...
As time ticked away, the time on the mission gradually advanced. When the mission reached [6/24], the Black Room underwent its first change.
The system seemed to hear Lin Yu's thoughts and actually gave him a phone, with a one-hour countdown replacing the time at the top of the phone.
This phone had all the apps Lin Yu usually used, giving him a small break.
Until an hour later, when the phone's countdown ended, the phone disappeared into thin air.
Even though he only played TikTok for an hour, it reignited Lin Yu's fighting spirit. Playing CS for 24 hours straight would undoubtedly be torture, but with such a balance of work and rest, he could barely hold on.
Then, as if following a set program, almost every six hours, a phone would appear, allowing Lin Yu to relax briefly.
In this cycle of rest and play, the mission timer reached [24/24].
After 24 hours of battle, Lin Yu's eyes were filled with fatigue, but his gains were equally impressive.
First, his understanding of the A Short map improved again, from 45% to 46%. Secondly, his aim also improved, changing from [Aim: 31-34] to [Aim: 32-36], with the lower limit increasing by one point and the upper limit by two points.
More importantly, his Effort Points skyrocketed to 1395. If not for becoming numb and his aim deforming towards the end, Lin Yu might have broken through 1500 points.
Fortunately, the nightmare-like Black Room could finally end.
As a white light flashed before his eyes, Lin Yu blinked and found himself back in the dormitory, hearing Wei Cheng's voice in his ear.
"I was talking to you about Stockholm, and you suddenly zoned out. You didn't see how ridiculous it was."
Listening to Wei Cheng, Lin Yu was genuinely speechless with shock this time. He had thought the system would generate a version of himself to help him attend classes and socialize.
But he never expected that the system would actually slow down time, making the 24 hours in the Black Room just a blink of an eye in reality.
Lin Yu opened his mouth and said a sentence.
"Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous."
"Right? Even Niko missed. If it were me, I could have hit it.
Come on, let's play a couple of rounds. It's still early, and my hands are itching after watching the major."
Hearing Wei Cheng's invitation, Lin Yu initially wanted to refuse. He had already played CS for 24 hours and now had an instinctive aversion to it.
But he couldn't resist Wei Cheng's persistent invitation, and finally, he sighed.
"Just one game."
"No problem, you just need to lie back and relax. After watching the major, my hands feel amazing."
Then Wei Cheng pulled Lin Yu into the room and pressed the start button.
And the map, naturally, was Dust II.
This map was simple and had its own map pool (during the CSGO period), so it was an introductory map for many newbies, and the two of them were no exception.
At this moment, although the two had nearly one to two hundred hours of playtime, they had never tried other maps, always immersed in the fun of Dust II.
Currently, both Lin Yu and Wei Cheng were at the C rank, with Lin Yu having started playing a bit earlier, almost reaching C+, making him the star player of their little team.
Soon, with a series of rapid sounds, they successfully matched, and a battle panel appeared before them.
Only to hear Wei Cheng exclaim in surprise.
"Damn, bro, there's a B rank expert on the other side!"