Chapter 967: Xiao He: No wonder I can’t beat elementary school kids, turns out I’m getting old...
Chapter 967: Xiao He: No wonder I can’t beat elementary school kids, turns out I’m getting old...
"Smack—"
The living room lights were turned off, and all the family members returned to their rooms, ready to drift off to sleep.
The only sound in the quiet hall was the ticking of the clock.
After an unknown amount of time, the door to one of the rooms slowly opened.
Then a figure tiptoed out of the door and approached in the dark in another direction of the house.
A few minutes later, a beam of light appeared in the computer room, far from the bedroom.
Under the dim blue light, the small figure turned on the computer in front of her, skillfully turned on the mute function, and logged into her Steam account.
Soon, the game interface of Deep Blue Speed appeared in the dark room.
However, this time, an internal email notification popped up even faster than the game screen.
After Kanli's incident gained traction, the game's official team also fueled the fire by including this information in the game's system update notifications.
In particular, regarding the notification about the ultimate winner, 'Radiant Invincible Superman', they went to great lengths to ensure that the notification reached everyone. Not only was the relevant announcement added to the system update notification, but a separate email was also sent to the 'Radiant Invincible Superman' game account.
So, as soon as "Dazzling Invincible Superman" logged into the game, he found this email.
When he saw the contents of the email, his eyes widened in surprise.
"Dear player: Invincible Superman, your participation in the Yizhuang racing ranking of the game map 'Deep Blue Speed'..."
When the final prize amount was read, "Dazzling Invincible Superman" almost jumped out of his seat and let out a scream like a gorilla.
But then, considering the surrounding environment and the current situation, he quickly covered his mouth to stop himself from making a sound.
The only sound in the space was the slight noise of the seat wheels sliding backward.
Although his little mind didn't quite grasp the concept of US dollars, the sheer volume of ten thousand dollars was enough to drive him crazy!
But the next moment, he thought of a very serious problem—
He doesn't have a bank card!
Oh no, how is he supposed to get this money?
If his parents found out he was secretly playing games at night, he would probably be severely punished.
He won't even be able to play games at night anymore.
No, no, that won't do.
Or maybe we should just forgo the bonus.
However, it won't be long before he no longer has to worry about this issue.
"Smack!"
As the overhead lights suddenly shone brightly, the entire space was blinded by the white light. "Invincible Superman" instinctively closed his eyes, but then realized something was wrong.
Sure enough, when he opened his eyes again, there was a terrifying figure standing in the doorway with his hands on his hips.
"Su Jiahao!!!"
The next moment, a woman's suppressed roar of anger came from the doorway, "Look at the time! You dare to sneak out and play games? You're asking for it!"
"Dazzling Invincible Superman," oh wait, Su Jiahao immediately jumped up from his seat, covering his head and wailing, "I'm sorry, Mom! I was wrong!"
However, this cry did not bring back a mother's love; the next moment, the woman was already there with slippers.
At this critical moment, he caught a glimpse of the computer screen next to him and suddenly remembered that he had a trump card. He immediately shouted, "I got up to check the game results! I participated in a game competition before, and there was a prize of $100,000! The game officials just notified me to collect my prize!"
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The next second, he was being spanked by his mother, who was in a fit of rage.
Amidst this chaos, her older sister, who had been sneaking out of the room to watch the drama unfold, also casually slipped into the computer room to observe the battle.
Immediately afterwards, his expression of watching the show vanished.
"Holy crap, really?!"
The older sister repeatedly looked through the game interface in front of her, and finally, with great disbelief, opened the main screen of her younger brother's account—
"Dazzling Invincible Superman..."
She uttered the name in astonishment, never expecting such a thing to happen to someone like her.
As someone who doesn't follow celebrities and is just a casual observer, she naturally knows what the hot topics on the internet are these days.
Moreover, this popularity is also fueled by online trolls.
Everyone was excitedly watching, eager to see who the final winner would be.
She was no exception.
However, my older sister always felt that this kind of thing was very far removed from her own life, and that she could just stand by and watch the drama unfold.
But I never expected that my younger brother was the top student on the list.
Ah, no wonder! I knew a true master wouldn't give themselves such a strange name! So that's how it is...
She looked at her younger brother, who had just started sixth grade, with mixed feelings. No matter how much she disbelieved it, she had to admit the truth.
What's more, there's money right in front of you.
So she decisively helped her younger brother out of this "disaster": "Mom, what he said is true! The prize money really is 100,000! And it's in US dollars!"
"What?"
Suddenly, this ordinary family was plunged into chaos once again.
...
The next day, when Xiao He saw the news online, he almost spat out the water he was drinking.
"What?! The player who broke my record and won the bounty is just a sixth-grade elementary school student?!"
Xiao He refreshed the message repeatedly, and finally realized that he had not misread it.
Even Xiao Chen rushed in from outside the door, loudly sharing this major gossip with his brother Xiao.
"It's alright, you don't need to say anything, I've already seen it."
Xiao He put down his water glass, somewhat wistfully remarking, "No wonder I feel like my hand speed can't keep up anymore; it turns out I'm getting old."
This time, there's really no other way.
Xiao He was deeply impressed by the amazing elementary school student.
The funniest thing is that this elementary school student secretly broke his record twice in just one weekend evening.
If Xiao He hadn't spent a lot of time that night trying to catch up, I'm afraid this old man really wouldn't have been able to keep up with the elementary school student's pace.
Then I realized that my birthday is coming up soon, and I'll be twenty-six soon, which rounds up to thirty. And thirty is already considered a pathetic middle-aged man in today's internet age.
Xiao He suddenly felt as if countless arrows had pierced his chest.
"He used to play a racing game and even set a record. He switched to playing Deep Blue Speed just because all his classmates were playing it and they were talking about the bounty competition. Kids have a competitive spirit, so their banter stirred up his competitive spirit, and he decided to secretly get a ranking so he could show off to his classmates."
"Unexpectedly, this play actually made him the world's number one."
Xiao Chen was quite astonished as he spoke, "And it's said that he sneaked out to play after his parents went to sleep at night. When he was discovered, his parents didn't believe he had won the prize money and gave him a good beating."
"If his sister hadn't contacted us and explained the situation, and if we hadn't verified it, I'm afraid no one would have been able to claim the prize money this time."
After all, when this event was launched, no one expected that the final winner would be a primary school student.
In the end, it was their official representatives who called, pleaded with them, and presented a series of evidence before the parents on the other end reluctantly believed that they were not involved in an online scam.
It's really heartbreaking that the organizers have to keep chasing after them to give out prize money.
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