Chapter 765
Horror Game
Lin Xuan came out of the bathroom, drying her long, wet hair with a towel as she sat down on the single sofa. Her unadorned face exuded a pure and cool beauty, like a lotus emerging from clear water.
"Teacher Su spoils them too much. If you ask me, next game we should just pick Garen or Darius and teach those people who think they can win just by relying on the current version a lesson," Lin Xuan joked with a light laugh.
hope Ran, hugging a cushion, sat on the carpet and looked up at him: "Garen can also crush them! Mo Ge's micro-management and overall strategy make everything he plays a game a game of overwhelming strength."
Yu Shuang carried a basin of warm water out of the washroom and placed it at Su Mo's feet.
"Let's soak your feet. The competition was intense today, and you've been on edge the whole time. A foot soak will help you sleep better tonight." Yu Shuang gently squatted down, wanting to help him take off his socks.
Su Mo reached out and stopped her, grasping her soft wrist and pulling her to sit down in the empty seat next to him.
“I can do it myself. You’ve been busy all day, sit down and rest.” Su Mo’s voice was deep and gentle, with an undeniable domineering air.
Yu Shuang's cheeks flushed slightly as she obediently leaned against him, her eyes filled with an overwhelming sweetness.
After soaking my feet and washing up, it was already late at night.
The apartment gradually quieted down, and the night breeze from the Huangpu River gently caressed the window frames.
The next morning.
The early autumn morning light streamed onto the floor through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Su Mo opened his eyes precisely on time. He didn't set an alarm clock; seven years of unwavering self-discipline had made his biological clock more accurate than any instrument.
Beside him, Rita clung to him like an octopus, breathing evenly and sleeping soundly. Her long, soft hair was spread across the snow-white pillow, carrying a faint scent of rose perfume.
Su Mo carefully moved her arms and legs away, tucked her in, and tiptoed out of the master bedroom.
After changing into a black tracksuit, Su Mo arrived at the spacious living room.
Facing the shimmering Huangpu River outside the window, he began his daily, unwavering stretching and core strength training.
For professional athletes, strain on the cervical spine, lumbar spine, and wrists is the biggest enemy of their career. Su Mo's ability to maintain peak performance for seven years in high-intensity competitions is not only due to his unparalleled talent, but also to his monotonous yet extremely strict physical management.
After half an hour of morning exercise, Su Mo's forehead was slightly sweaty.
He went into the bathroom, took a shower, changed into a clean set of casual home clothes, and walked into the open-plan island kitchen.
Take out eggs, bacon, whole-wheat bread, and fresh vegetables from the refrigerator.
He skillfully cracked the eggs with one hand, the pan sizzling enticingly. His knife skills were as precise as his movements in a video game, slicing the tomatoes into evenly thin slices.
In less than twenty minutes, several delicious sandwiches and hot milk were placed on the table, and the air was filled with the rich aroma of coffee and fried eggs.
"It smells so good..."
With her hair all messy, Luo Xin closed her eyes and followed the scent wafting out of the corridor.
Seeing the sumptuous breakfast on the table, she instantly woke up and exclaimed, "Brother Mozi! With your skills, even if you don't play professionally anymore, you could open a breakfast shop and become rich!"
"Go wash up before you eat." Su Mo glanced at her indifferently, holding a glass of warm water.
"Yes, ma'am!" Luo Xin made a face and dashed into the bathroom.
Soon, the girls got up one after another.
Everyone who passes by the kitchen will habitually rub against Su Mo or give him a lazy good morning kiss.
At the dining table, the family sat together, enjoying this rare moment of leisure.
"The club is closed today, does everyone have any plans?" Xiaoyu asked, her mouth full of sandwich.
"I have an advertisement to shoot this afternoon," Lin Xuan sighed regretfully. "My agent has been urging me several times, but I can't get out of it."
"I need to organize the match data for next week," hope Ran said, sipping her milk. "The playoffs are just around the corner, and the workload will increase significantly."
Rita rolled her eyes and grabbed Su Mo's arm: "Brother Mo, how about you stay home with us today? We haven't watched a movie or played games together in ages!"
Yu Shuang smiled and chimed in, "Yes, I just bought a new VR horror survival game a few days ago, but I haven't dared to play it yet. With Mozi here today, it's a good opportunity to give it a try."
After breakfast, Lin Xuan and hope Ran went off to do their respective work.
Su Mo, Yu Shuang, Rita, Luo Xin, and Xiao Yu then went to the apartment's specially equipped e-sports audio-visual room.
This place not only has top-of-the-line projection equipment, but also two of the highest-spec host machines and VR devices currently on the market.
Luo Xin excitedly inserted the VR horror game disc titled "Abyss Evil Spirits" into the console and handed the headset to Su Mo.
"Brother Mozi! Come and play! We'll watch the screen projection!" Luo Xin said with a mischievous smile.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! This game is supposedly really scary. I've seen several big streamers play it, and they were so scared they threw their controllers away!" Xiaoyu chimed in from the side.
Su Mo calmly took the VR headset, put it on, and picked up the controller.
"Sit still, don't scream too loudly in a moment." He said calmly.
Games start.
The image was projected onto a huge screen. The eerie, abandoned hospital, the flickering lights, and the chilling background sound effects instantly created a terrifying atmosphere.
Rita and Yu Shuang hugged each other tightly, while Luo Xin and Xiao Yu hid behind the sofa, only their eyes showing as they stared intently at the screen.
In the game, Su Mo controls a character walking down a dark corridor.
suddenly!
A blood-covered demon suddenly hangs upside down from the ceiling, accompanied by an extremely shrill sound effect, and lunges straight at the screen!
"Ahhhh!!!"
The living room was instantly filled with screams from the girls, and Rita was so frightened that she buried her head in Yu Shuang's arms.
In contrast, Su Mo was sitting on the carpet.
His body did not tremble in the slightest, and even his breathing rate remained unchanged.
The instant the demon pounced, he pulled the joystick in his hand back with extreme precision and pressed the attack button at the same time.
In the game, the character dodges the attack with a perfect backstep and then delivers a devastating headshot with an iron pipe!
The entire movement was fluid and seamless, without the slightest hesitation.
"This..." Luo Xin was stunned. "Brother Mozi, don't you find it scary to wear a VR headset?"
As Su Mo continued to move his character forward, he replied calmly, "This is just a bunch of polygonal models and preset code textures. Its attack judgment has a 0.5-second pre-animation, so it's easy to dodge and counterattack by taking a step back."
The next hour.
The girls witnessed what true "hardcore level completion" really meant.
No matter how terrifying the monsters that jump out in the game, no matter how startling the sound effects are.
Su Mo always maintained the same expressionless demeanor, his shots always hitting the head, his strikes always fatal.
He managed to turn a survival game that was supposed to be psychological horror into an action-packed hack-and-slash game.
Even when faced with puzzles, the girls were still racking their brains in front of the screen, while Su Mo only glanced at the clues and solved the puzzle within ten seconds.
"This is boring. The monsters are too fragile, and the AI pathfinding is problematic." Su Mo took off the headset, casually tossed the controller onto the sofa, and rubbed his temples. "Let's get a different one."
The four girls looked at each other in bewilderment.
Rita swallowed hard: "Brother Mozi, your mental fortitude is just too abnormal... I was almost having a heart attack watching from the side."
Yu Shuang gently handed him a glass of warm water: "Alright, alright, let's stop playing horror games. The pressure and desperate situations Mozi faces on the field are far greater than the jump scares in these games. His nerves have long been trained to be as tough as steel."
"Since we're not playing games anymore, what are we going to eat for lunch?" Xiaoyu rubbed her stomach.
"Let's go buy groceries." Su Mo stood up, looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and said, "I'll cook you a big meal today."
"Yay!!!" the girls cheered.
At 11 a.m., at a high-end imported supermarket near the apartment.
To avoid causing a commotion, Su Mo wore a black baseball cap and a mask while pushing the shopping cart.
Surrounded by four beautiful women—Yu Shuang, Rita, Luo Xin, and Xiao Yu—although they were all wearing masks, their outstanding temperament and graceful figures still frequently attracted the attention of passersby.
"Brother Mozi! I want sweet and sour pork ribs!" Rita pointed to the black pork ribs in the refrigerated display case.
"I want to eat steamed grouper!" Luo Xin raised her hand.
“That Australian Wagyu beef looks good, how about we make a pan-fried steak?” Yu Shuang suggested with a smile.
Su Mo pushed the cart, accepting all the girls' requests without question.
His eye for ingredients was extremely professional; whether it was judging freshness by looking at fish gills or examining the marbling of beef, he did it all with ease. "Brother Mo, you're even so knowledgeable about buying groceries!" Xiaoyu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
“Back in the youth training camp, to save money, I often went to the market to buy groceries and cook for myself.” Su Mo’s voice came through his mask, sounding somewhat low. “I got used to it.”
Upon hearing this, the girls all fell silent.
Looking at the radiant seven-time champion before them, they found it hard to imagine that he had once lived a life of hardship, carefully budgeting every penny for groceries.
Yu Shuang walked up to him with heartache, took his arm, and said softly, "I'll buy whatever you want to eat and cook it for you from now on. You don't have to work so hard anymore."
A gentle smile flashed in Su Mo's eyes as he took her soft hand in his own: "Let's go buy some more side dishes."
One o'clock in the afternoon, at the River View Apartment.
An enticing aroma wafted from the kitchen.
Su Mo was wearing a gray cotton apron and holding a kitchen knife, quickly chopping side dishes on the cutting board.
"Tap tap tap tap..."
The knife blade struck the cutting board with a very regular and dense crisp sound, and the potato shreds were cut into even and thin strands, just like hair.
Rita and Xiaoyu were lying next to the central island, staring in disbelief.
"That hand speed...that precision...it's a shame she's not a surgeon," Xiaoyu exclaimed.
"Go away, get out of the way. Go outside and wait." Su Mo dismissed him without turning his head.
An hour later, a table full of sumptuous dishes was placed on the mahogany table in the restaurant.
The sweet and sour spare ribs are bright red, the steamed grouper is fragrant and delicious, and there is also a perfectly pan-fried tomahawk steak, along with several delicate stir-fried seasonal vegetables and a large pot of slow-cooked old hen soup.
"Dinner's ready!"
The family sat around the dining table.
Although Lin Xuan and hope Ran were absent, the atmosphere remained warm and lively.
While eating, Su Mo casually placed a piece of fish meat, after removing the bones, into Rita's bowl, and also served Yu Shuang a bowl of chicken soup.
He performed these actions with extreme naturalness, without any deliberate effort, as if it were simply an instinct ingrained in his bones.
"Brother Mo, you should eat too. Don't just take care of us." Rita picked up a piece of pork rib and held it to Su Mo's mouth, her eyes crinkling with a smile.
Su Mo opened her mouth, ate it, and nodded: "Hmm, cooked just right."
After lunch, the afternoon became lazy and pleasant.
The autumn sun shone into the balcony, and Su Mo lay half-reclined on the large leather recliner, closing his eyes to rest.
Luo Xin and Xiao Yu were in the living room putting together a Lego set they hadn't finished before.
Yu Shuang took a thin cashmere blanket and gently covered Su Mo with it. Then she took a book and quietly sat down in a single wicker chair next to him to read.
Rita, like a lazy kitten, squeezed onto Su Mo's recliner, nestled against his chest, and scrolled through Weibo on her phone.
“Brother Mo, look at the comments online.” Rita held her phone up to Su Mo.
Su Mo slightly opened his eyes and glanced at the screen.
It turns out that the LPL official team just released this week's best lineup, and Su Mo was unsurprisingly selected as the MVP and best top laner.
The comments section below was filled with praise for his Rengar and Teemo skills.
This isn't a competition, it's Mozi's personal showcase!
[I just want to know, who can stop EDG in the playoffs?]
Forget about it, with Mo around, we can already get the World Championship trophy engraved in advance.
"They're all guessing what new thing you'll bring to the playoffs," Rita giggled, gently poking Su Mo's chin with her finger.
Su Mo didn't look at his phone. Instead, he reached out and put his arm around Rita's slender waist, his deep gaze fixed on the azure sky outside the window.
"The playoffs..." he murmured, his tone exuding an unshakeable composure.
"Where the lanes meet, that is my territory. They can't guess."
I could feel the steady heartbeat emanating from his chest, and that intoxicatingly domineering aura.
Rita's eyes flickered slightly, and she couldn't resist leaning forward to plant a deep kiss on his lips.
Yu Shuang, who was standing next to him, put down her book and watched the two of them being affectionate. Instead of being angry, she smiled gently and took a sip of the flower tea on the table.
The afternoon hours flowed slowly through the river-view penthouse.
“Brother Mo, it’s been so long since we went shopping together. The weather is so nice today, how about we go for a walk?” Rita nestled against Su Mo’s chest, tilting her delicate face up and making the suggestion with sparkling eyes.
Upon hearing this, Luo Xin and Xiao Yu, who were building Lego, immediately dropped their blocks and swooped over like two little sparrows.
"Yes, yes, yes! Let's go shopping! Let's go shopping! I heard that a huge arcade and trendy toy store just opened on the Bund!" Luo Xin shouted excitedly.
Yu Shuang closed the book in her hand and looked at Su Mo with a smile: "It's good to go out and relax. Staying cooped up at home all the time is not good for you to relax."
Looking into those expectant eyes, Su Mo noticed a hint of indulgent gentleness flashing in those eyes that were usually cold and ruthless on the field.
"Okay, go change your clothes." He ruffled Rita's hair and sat up from the recliner.
"Yay!!!" The three girls cheered and rushed back to their respective rooms.
Half an hour later.
When the four girls reappeared in the living room, they had changed to a completely different style.
Yu Shuang wore a graceful French-style long dress, exuding elegance and poise; Rita wore a sexy crop top and high-waisted hot pants, radiating youthful sexiness; Luo Xin and Xiao Yu were dressed in extremely cute JK uniforms, brimming with energy. To avoid being recognized, they all wore sunglasses and stylish baseball caps.
Su Mo was dressed in simple black casual wear, wearing his signature logo-less baseball cap and black mask, and still holding that black thermos in his hand. Even dressed so casually, his tall and slender figure and calm aura still made him stand out from the crowd.
At 3 p.m., a large high-end commercial center on the Bund.
Because it was the weekend, the mall was packed with people.
To avoid causing a commotion, Su Mo and his group deliberately avoided the most crowded areas and took the VIP elevator directly to the top-floor arcade.
"Wow! That limited edition blind box in the claw machine is so cute!" As soon as Luo Xin and Xiao Yu entered the arcade, they were attracted by rows of machines flashing neon lights.
Rita grabbed Su Mo's arm and pointed to an extremely hardcore VR two-player shooting game console not far away: "Brother Mo! Let's go play that! I saw online that the success rate is only five percent!"
Su Mo was pulled along by her. This was a zombie survival VR shooting game that required two players to cooperate: one person was responsible for clearing out the zombies in front, while the other person was responsible for covering the flanks and attacks from behind.
Games start.
Rita was initially excited, shouting and yelling as she wildly sprayed bullets with her simulated gun. But as she progressed through the levels, the number and speed of the zombies increased exponentially.
"Ahhh! From the left! Another one is coming from the left! I'm out of bullets!" Rita was so frightened that she frantically retreated.
In contrast, Su Mo.
He held a toy pistol in one hand and stood ramrod straight.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Without any unnecessary movements, every time he raised his hand, a zombie on the screen was headshot and killed. His marksmanship was so precise that it was as if he had an auto-aiming cheat. He not only cleared out the zombies on his side, but also calmly finished off any stragglers that escaped to Rita's side in a fraction of a second.
"Reload, move two steps to the right. I'll cover you." Su Mo's voice came through the gaming headset, calm and collected as if he were commanding a normal team battle.
With Su Mo's terrifying precision and strategic vision, this game, which was known for its "five percent success rate," was completed by the two of them in less than fifteen minutes with a perfect score and no damage.
"Holy crap... Dude, are you a pro at shooting?" A guy watching nearby was stunned and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. "Your hand speed and reaction time are insane!"
Su Mo simply nodded, put down the replica gun, and took off his VR glasses.
Rita excitedly jumped into his arms: "Brother Mozi, you're so cool! I knew following you would lead to victory!"
At this moment, Luo Xin and Xiao Yu also came over carrying a pile of spoils.
"Brother Mo, the claw machine is too loose. We've been trying for ages and we only got one small keychain." Xiaoyu pouted, feeling a little aggrieved.
Su Mo glanced at the claw machine containing limited-edition large blind box figurines.
"Let's go take a look." He walked over, carrying his thermos. (End of Chapter)