Chapter 9: An Unexpected Sensation! Akali, Who Defeated Zeus, Learned from Him!

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9 a.m. the next day.

When Ye Bo reached the maximum single-session usage time and was forced to leave the {Trial Arena}, reopening his eyes, his first reaction was to look drowsily down at his hands.

He needed to confirm that this was the real world.

From the time he stopped streaming at 11 p.m. last night until now, exactly ten hours had passed.

But in Ye Bo’s conscious experience, he had actually spent a full thirty hours there, completing 61 training matches.

So it was really possible to play 50 training matches in one night...

Since the consciousness didn’t require waiting in queues or loading times, the speed naturally felt faster than in reality. An average of two matches per hour was quite steady.

“Ah~ ah~ ah, my kidneys! It hurts!”

“Damn, I really am a genius for sitting like this all night.”

Ye Bo stretched and felt his body.

Because it was his first time trying this yesterday, he had even deliberately sat cross-legged on the bed in a rather dramatic way—anyone who saw it would have thought he was cultivating some mystical energy.

Maintaining such a posture all night… no wonder his kidneys hurt!

However, aside from the kidney pain,

Ye Bo’s other sensations were quite “extraordinary.”

Although in his consciousness he had spent thirty hours, which felt incredibly long—almost the equivalent of three days' worth of ranked games,

Normally, after playing a day’s worth, you’d feel dizzy and collapse onto the bed to sleep.

But now, Ye Bo felt his mind was very clear, as if he had just woken up every morning!

The only difference was a slight “alert tiredness.”

He guessed it was because this was his first experience of such a thing, and his brain and consciousness hadn’t fully synced yet; he’d just have to get used to it.

Standing up, Ye Bo put his hands on his hips and twisted his stiff waist.

“Good thing I’m still young and strong…”

At that moment, virtual text suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Although reborn, you, now middle-aged, understand that the body is the foundation of revolution. A professional player aiming for longevity especially so. Having endured pain before, you deeply understand that health maintenance must start from childhood!]

[Daily task: Run 5.5 kilometers]

[Reward: Random Comeback Points (once daily)]

“Exercising to earn Comeback Points? What a great deal!”

“It’s like having Pepsi delivered right when you’re thirsty—amazing!”

Ye Bo raised an eyebrow, immediately realizing this was something valuable.

Last night’s Trial Arena experience had benefited him greatly, far exceeding expectations.

He knew that previously he had calculated that training a level seven hero required about 1,000 matches under “ideal” conditions—

Meaning every match had to be within his own rank segment and he had to secure over 20 kill participations per match.

But in real ranked games, it was impossible to maintain peak condition every match or consistently get 20 kill participations, especially when practicing new heroes.

The reason Ye Bo’s Akali had improved so quickly a few days ago was because he exploited a bug starting from a low rank, and he already had over half mastery at level six with her.

More importantly… it didn’t tire his body!

In the Trial Arena, many problems were solved!

In every Trial Arena match, he could perform at his best, matched with equally skilled opponents, maintaining 100% performance.

The training effect was significantly better than actual ranked games.

If it weren’t for the 10-hour daily “safety limit,” Ye Bo would have wanted to stay in there all day.

Even ignoring other uses of Comeback Points, just maintaining the daily Trial Arena sessions required a stable source of {Comeback Points}!

Undoubtedly, this daily task was the simplest way to earn them.

With great determination, Ye Bo pushed open the door and walked to the balcony.

“Oh? Who’s this rare guest!” Ye Ying, off work for the weekend, exclaimed with curiosity. “Want breakfast? There’s still some on the table.”

“I’ll eat later. I’m going for a run first!”

Without looking back, Ye Bo headed straight for the balcony’s ‘clothes rack.’

“??????”

Ye Ying stared at her son as if she had seen a ghost.

Ye Bo was an ultimate homebody, especially in the past year, rarely leaving home except once a month for a haircut.

Don’t ask why he needed a haircut if he didn’t go out.

The answer was, he cared about his image—he wanted to feel good looking when he woke and looked in the mirror.

So Ye Ying had spent a fortune on a professional-grade treadmill with excellent shock absorption, claiming it was athlete-grade and would protect his knees, to help Ye Bo exercise daily.

But clearly, the imported brand-name treadmill had become nothing more than a fancy clothes rack!

Still, she was glad Ye Bo was willing to exercise and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

However, Ye Bo had clearly overestimated himself.

20 minutes later.

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A figure slid off the treadmill, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath.

“Huff... huff... huff…”

“I’m not someone who can run… five… five… five… five kilometers!”

Ye Bo had always lacked exercise. In PE classes, he would purposely hide out of the teacher’s sight by running last, then sprint at the end to blend into the crowd and skip a lap.

So jumping straight into five kilometers was truly a challenge.

But seeing the treadmill show 4.39 kilometers, his competitive spirit flared.

“If I don’t get the reward after running, isn’t that a total loss!?”

“Screw you!”

“Lazy legs, today I’ll show you who owns this body!!”

Fifteen minutes later,

In the last half kilometer, Ye Bo had to slow down to a near walk at 0.3 km/h to finish, but finally the treadmill showed 5.5 km.

The treadmill stopped, and Ye Bo flopped down onto the warm belt.

The small text appeared instantly.

[Daily task: Run 5.5 kilometers (completed)!]

[Congratulations, you have earned 250 {Comeback Points}]

...

Exhausted, Ye Bo couldn’t help but feel these Comeback Points were scolding him…

And why did they have a sticky smell?

But at least the random points were quite generous and fully compensated for yesterday’s expenditure, so Ye Bo was very satisfied.

It seemed that even if the daily random number wasn’t always this high, it should be enough just to maintain the daily Trial Arena.

Persistence was victory!

Rolling and crawling to the dining table, Ye Bo scooped up a spoonful of the local specialty, bouncy “Loach Fish Balls,” and popped it into his mouth.

“What’s gotten into you today? Why the sudden effort?” Ye Ying asked curiously, then suddenly seemed to remember something.

“So… are you finally seeing progress in your career?”

Though Ye Bo said nothing,

Ye Ying knew her son well and could vaguely guess that any sudden big change would be related to his long-held dream.

“Yeah, something like that,” Ye Bo gave an ambiguous answer.

After all, he wasn’t quite sure what form it would take.

“Mom, can you grab my phone? It should be by the computer. I can barely feel my thighs…”

Handing him the phone,

As Ye Bo unlocked the screen, he was shocked by the flood of notifications.

He never had this many messages!

Could something big really be coming?

Eagerly, Ye Bo opened the first message—it was about the recent MSI spotlight news.

Right now was the hottest moment of the 2022 MSI Mid-Season Invitational.

Tonight was the grand final, with RNG facing off against T1.

If RNG won, they would become the first team in MSI history to win the championship three times.

From the group stage, RNG had already defeated T1 twice 2-0, dominating completely, and had only lost to G2 throughout the MSI.

So the odds of winning were high!

But Ye Bo wasn’t really focused on this now.

After last night’s Trial Arena gains, Ye Bo had a new understanding of the system and was certain the information was real.

Though if RNG won the MSI, their future would shine brightly—no doubt many would want to join their team… even boldly aiming for Worlds 2022.

But Ye Bo would no longer be competing on that stage.

He then opened the notifications from Bilibili, easily recognizing those related to himself by the sheer number.

In fact, before streaming this year, Ye Bo had long uploaded videos on his regular Bilibili channel, mostly his match replays.

Even before the system appeared, Ye Bo’s Akali was ranked among the top three in the country, making him somewhat well-known among high-ranking players.

With the title “Country’s Number One Akali,” his Bilibili channel had 3,333 followers before last night—more than his uncontracted Huya live stream.

But now, looking at his homepage, Ye Bo saw his followers had surged past 22,000 overnight—and were still climbing!

“Did my video go viral yesterday?” Ye Bo wondered, clicking the video with the most dramatic growth.

But before clicking, he was puzzled.

He knew that video was just a very ordinary replay without anything special.

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With his limited editing skills, Ye Bo had only done some crude cuts, turning it barely into a half-teaching video, and its original views had never broken 10,000. There was no reason for it to explode.

Yet now, the visible views had surpassed 200,000!

However, when Ye Bo opened the video and scrolled down to the comment section, he was stunned!

“Holy crap!?”

“Who is this???”

Yes, an originally ignored video suddenly had a comment pinned with thousands of likes and over a thousand replies.

That comment’s user ID was:

[RNG-Bin]

The comment read: [@AkaliKing Ye Han San: Streamer streamer, could you please post tutorials on Akali vs various top lane heroes? Also, which matchups are hard or easy for Akali top? (=·U·=)]

Bilibili’s comment system was special.

If a user changed their ID, all their past comments would update accordingly.

So those who surfed with main accounts were easily caught and exposed for their past embarrassing comments.

Otherwise, if this ID had really interacted with Ye Bo, he would never have forgotten.

Looking at the date… it was from 2019!

Back then, Ye Bo was still a student, had already reached Challenger rank, and was somewhat known within the single-hero niche.

Ye Bo thought to himself,

“What if…”

Back then, Bin should have been in the SN youth training camp!

And in S10 the next year, Bin’s team SN lost to the incredibly strong DWG in the finals, becoming the S10 world runners-up.

But in that BO5, Bin achieved the only pentakill in an LPL final in history.

Regardless of opinions on the BO5, that pentakill was an undisputed honor and made him famous overnight.

Now, Bin was a well-known player,

And currently the top laner for RNG.

Coincidentally—

Today was the highly anticipated MSI final stage!

Ye Bo calmed down and logged onto Tieba, where he actually found his own ID topping the hot posts.

After sorting through a mix of true and false rumors about himself on Tieba,

He finally understood the whole story.

He had initially been discovered because of a viral analysis video posted by LDL coach and popular streamer Chu Jun Aike, along with many highlight clips, which blew up the traffic.

This sparked great interest in the player dubbed “The Solo King Who Destroyed Pro Players in Mid Lane!”

Through the livestream, people traced back to his Bilibili account and started investigating.

Then someone found this ID in a comment on a video...

At 3 a.m., the “Anti-Pressure Bar” exploded with screenshots.

“Holy crap! Look what I found in this guy’s comment section!”

“Photoshopped? Link it…”

“No way!? It’s real???”

“Alright alright! @AkaliKing Ye Han San, you’re the one who destroyed Zeus with Akali, right?”

“Turtle turtle, turns out this guy’s a hidden genius! @LPL, what the hell are you doing!!!”

Though Tieba was full of jokers who tend to exaggerate,

After so long, it was hard to say how much truth remained in the connection.

But because of last night’s match clips and star player mentions, the topic had attracted huge attention on video platforms.

Plus, RNG had just crushed T1 in the group stage.

Coincidentally, Bin had used top lane Akali, with a 13-0 record, completely demolishing T1’s rookie top laner Zeus.

Today was the much-anticipated rematch in the finals.

All these overlapping hot topics created an explosive surge in popularity!

It led to Ye Bo’s unexpected overnight fame!

And his surprises were only just beginning.

Opening his WeChat friend requests, he saw many from people obviously connected to the professional scene, like former RNG youth managers who had obtained his contact through streaming platforms.

All the friend requests were brief and straightforward.

[Hello, I’m the JDG youth training manager...]

[Hello, from FPX’s second team...]

[Hello...]

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