Wei Cheng's words sent Lin Yu into a reverie.
He carefully recalled his memories and indeed remembered such an event.
Their school had signed an agreement with a university in Moscow, Russia, to exchange some students in order to boost its international ranking.
However, the plan was ultimately shelved due to an insufficient number of students.
Of course, the exchange program was highly coveted, and when the news broke, a large number of students signed up.
But shortly after, a major event occurred.
This event even impacted the game CSGO.
The Ukrainian team NAVI, which had just won the major and was at the peak of its success, collapsed before it could establish its dynasty due to this incident.
Moreover, this event made many students who planned to go to Russia reconsider, and among the few remaining, most were stuck on the Russian language barrier.
After all, as an exchange student in Russia, you couldn't just speak English, right?
Even if your English was good, most Russians' English wasn't as good as that of Chinese people, so even if you spoke it, they might not understand.
However, this matter had nothing to do with Lin Yu, and he casually remarked, "I don't plan to go; it's too cold there."
"Yeah, I don't plan to go either, but a lot of people still signed up."
After they finished eating, they returned to the teaching building to play on their phones. They had class at two, and it was already half-past twelve, so they didn't bother going anywhere.
After class, it was six in the evening. They bought some food from the cafeteria and returned to their dorm.
Their other two roommates were already back and were gaming together.
However, they weren't playing CSGO but Honor of Kings.
But that's normal. In this era dominated by mobile games, in college, people like Lin Yu and Wei Cheng, who played games on computers, were in the minority.
They ate a few bites of the food they brought back from the cafeteria and then sat in front of their computers.
"Log in!"
"Brothers, CSGO battle."
Hearing Wei Cheng's words in his ear, Lin Yu smiled slightly. This gaming atmosphere was something only experienced in college, and he echoed, "Brothers, CSGO battle!"
Quickly, they won three consecutive matches, making it a four-win streak including yesterday's game. Lin Yu was the MVP in all four matches, leaving Wei Cheng in disbelief, his jaw practically dropping.
"Seriously, buddy."
Lin Yu just smiled slightly.
"Suddenly felt enlightened. Didn't I tell you yesterday? Can't help it, I'm a genius."
Hearing this, Wei Cheng looked at Lin Yu with suspicion, then sat in front of his computer, thinking, trying to find evidence of how Lin Yu had improved.
After about ten minutes, Wei Cheng opened Bilibili and started searching for some tutorials, planning to learn from the basics.
Lin Yu glanced at the time; it was already ten at night. Remembering how tired he was in the morning, he decided to go to bed early.
But before officially going to sleep, he remembered he hadn't completed today's Daily Mission and planned to experiment by watching tutorial videos to see how much benefit they could bring him and to have a plausible explanation for his sudden improvement.
Though there was no need to explain to Wei Cheng, Lin Yu couldn't miss the chance to show off by suddenly improving after watching a tutorial video.
After searching on Bilibili for a while, he found a video with a high view count.
The video title was quite explosive.
"Complete Guide to Throwing Items on Dust2, Even Pros Are Amazed."
A video with such a title must be of high quality.
Thinking this, Lin Yu opened the game. Only by watching and practicing simultaneously could he ensure he learned it; otherwise, just watching wouldn't help him find the right spots when actually throwing.
As he guessed, the video was indeed high quality, introducing many items he had never seen before, expanding his knowledge significantly.
However, towards the end of the video, both the style and the comments took a sudden turn.
"My teammates roasted me badly."
"Don't trust this bastard!"
Seeing this, Lin Yu, with a skeptical mindset, tried the latest item from the tutorial and found it was indeed as they said.
He then glanced at the video author's ID, "Forsaken Himself."
He spat in disdain. Could anyone with such an ID be a good person?
Lin Yu silently memorized this ID, deciding never to watch this person's videos again, and made a mental note to verify the effectiveness of tutorial videos himself in the future.
Not to mention those who deliberately teach fake tutorials, even during this period, CSGO had differences between 128-tick and 64-tick, and the angles for throwing items varied.
When he first started playing the game, Lin Yu had suffered from this.
Many items learned in Official Matchmaking were thrown all wrong on the platform, requiring relearning.
Lin Yu then picked another tutorial video and watched until after eleven, mastering several different items before turning off the computer.
Just as he turned off the computer, the system's notification sounded in his ear.
"Effort Points Reward: 203"
Seeing this number, Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction. This was equivalent to killing two hundred enemies. If he had to do it himself, he'd be stuck in the Black Room for two or three hours.
Now he got it all in just an hour; how could he not be satisfied?
Lin Yu then took off his shoes, lay on the bed, and looked at the "Daily Training (Available)" button in front of him.
With a determined bite of his teeth, he pressed it.
As darkness enveloped him once more, Lin Yu, now experienced, sat directly on the chair.
Sometimes, you don't need the courage to train for 24 hours; you just need the courage to press the button for a moment.
...
In the blink of an eye, Lin Yu trained for a full twenty-four hours in the Black Room. The moment he emerged, his eyes were filled with endless fatigue.
Though he wouldn't feel hunger or sleepiness in the Black Room, the mental exhaustion was very real.