In today’s information age, personal computers have become a standard household appliance. Naturally, video games have woven themselves into daily life.

Through games, we chase police-vs-criminal shootouts, become heroes clashing in canyons, or step into unknown worlds as adventurers.

Simply put—video games are now essential entertainment for today’s youth.

What? Study session next week? Why game now?

Whatever!

Play first, think later!

The girl tapped the game icon with practiced ease. After a brief load, a confident smirk curled her lips as she addressed her audience:

“I’m *insanely* good at this. Pinpoint aim. Watch me carry tonight~"

Stunned by her swagger, the live chat erupted in hype.

【Whoa—streamer’s playing VGO?! SO hyped!】

【Thought she’d slack on Game A… VGO?! Fast-forward to getting wrecked.】

【Go Rizi!】

【Rizi’s the best! Rizi’s the best! Rizi’s the best!】

【Streamer’s Chinese—she reads comments. Stop spamming.】

【Carry me? I wanna hop on too!】

“Uh… climbing today. No carries. And *no* sniping me, okay?”

She logged cheerfully into VGO—a CS-style shooter with cop-vs-criminal bomb defusal. Characters wielded flashy smoke-and-flash skills. Pure spectacle.

Lin Lin clicked ranked mode. Straight in!

【Warm up with deathmatch first?】

【LOL, she’s Silver III. That rank doesn’t need warm-ups.】

【Who’d even snipe *her*?】

She glanced at chat, shook her head.

*Tsk. So shallow.*

Warm up? Rhythm? What rhythm?

Character select—she instantly locked Joyful Wind Maiden: an FPS hero with a MOBA-style Flash skill.

This map had three bomb sites—A, B, C—pressuring defenders hard.

Game start. Pistol round.

First-time streamer nerves prickled. Like friends watching over your shoulder—you tense up, focus hard, try to flex.

So she…

Bought the revolver. *Instantly.*

The game’s strongest pistol. 800 credits. All her cash.

Worth it: one-shot headshot. Three to the body. *Obviously* she’d headshot every time.

She already pictured herself shredding snipers rounds later.

Countdown ended. Attackers. Rush A!

She charged the main A corridor, peeked out—

*Bang.* Headshot. Enemy revolver.

GG…

“Damn it!”

She jolted. Her little vampire girl avatar shuddered twice. Chat exploded.

【WHERE WAS YOUR E?! FLASH?!】

“How?! He headshotted me *instantly*!” She pouted, thumping the desk.

【Bought the revolver like a boss… died like a legend.】

【“Peeking”? Felt like full rush.】

【Rizi’s Noodles: Don’t hate—streamer’s hitbox is just big, hh~】

【System: User “Rizi’s Noodles” muted 1 day by mod “V-Hater-Dog”.】

“Nice job!” She flashed a thumbs-up.

Then—her teammate grabbed her dropped revolver… and won the round.

“See?!” she chirped, bouncing back. “My buy *helped*! Look!”

【Teammate carried~】

【Go Rizi! Go Rizi!】

Round two: SMG. Rush A again.

Enemy anticipated it. Smoked the main path. Her team hesitated. One teammate lingered behind smoke—*pop*—randomly picked off.

“Maybe… switch to B…?”

*BANG—!*

Flanked. “Behind us!” Too late. Dead. Teammates gone.

GG.

“How?! Wasn’t *I* watching the back?!”

【You *were* last in line…】

【LOL, horror game unlocked.】

Round three: Solo fake on C to bait B. Picked off easily on C corridor.

…

Round six: Fully geared, searching with team—reload addiction struck. Camper shotgunned her from a corner.

…

Round ten: Sniper mid. Straight duel. Fed.

…

Round sixteen: Double kill! Riding high, she switched to her shiny new knife skin to flex—*timing expert* yanked her out. Eliminated.

“Stop switching knives! Stop switching knives!” She thumped her belly in despair.

【Rizi, stop… my heart hurts.】

【I’m crying laughing.】

【FPS genius. Can’t.】

【Silver III?! This is Iron-tier energy.】

【Nah—she’s playing legit, two hands, no prosthetics. Integrity unlocked, hh.】

“Ahhh—!"

Despairing wail. *My reputation… ruined!*

Wait…

Staring at the glaring red 【Defeat】, she pondered.

Mic off? Communication fail?

…Nah.

*No carry.*

Damn it!

She snatched her phone, DM’d Brother Dogge:

【Yali-chan: SOS! Play VGO? Carry me! Sob…】

【V-Hater-Dog: …】

【V-Hater-Dog: On it.】

She exhaled deeply.

Why *him* first?

…Top patron perk. Sure.

Added his ID. Pulled him in. Queue again.

【Backup called?】

【Boyfriend alert?】

【Wanna duo with Rizi too…】

“Ahem! Just a friend~"

…But honestly?

*Is Brother Dogge… actually good?*