Chapter 123 : Aftermath of Record Breaking
Chapter 123: Aftermath of Record Breaking
—[Reverse Planet Gallery]—
✪ Hack Tour build roulette lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
✪ Why blaming the build after losing is ridiculous…
✪ Breaking News) Hackphysical vs Nikki happening
✪ Complete compilation of builds Hackphysical used.txt
—[Reverse Time]—
[General] Can’t we do something about the snipers?
[General] Didn’t expect even pro players to snipe
[General] DH Empire made a pro recruitment offer to Hackphysical ㄷㄷ
[General] Brain Speculation) Hackphysical has already met Battler before
The winning streak record breaking achieved proudly before tens of thousands of viewers brought considerable repercussions.
It was natural since it was a result achieved after spinning a roulette to decide which build to use while countless people chattered about whether record breaking was possible, and even breaking through snipers’ interference.
Even for the 76th duel that established the tie record, didn’t World Class pro player Nikki Lee Geonwoo appear as the opponent and try to stop the record achievement?
Just the breaking of a winning streak record that had stood firm for several years would have been quite noisy, but with multiple elements overlapping, it was inevitable to become a hot topic like now.
✪ Hack Tour build roulette lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
(Thumbs up green frog emoticon)
Says since record breaking is guaranteed anyway, will spin roulette for which build to use
—ㅁㅊ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—This is real madness
—There’ll probably be tons of stream snipers though
—What if the breaking fails;
ㄴSaw him use the Thunder Dragon build before, he uses new ones well too
ㄴㄹㅇ? Crazy good ㄷㄷ
ㄴYup~ If you get a trash build, you fail~
—Just went and added Phantom Swordsman build
ㄴYou really
What first became a topic among community users following the Hack Tour stream was naturally the recommended build roulette.
The declaration to draw and use viewer-recommended builds saying record breaking was already guaranteed was that shocking.
Quite many people argued about the choice that could be seen as both confidence and arrogance, but before long there was no reason to.
✪ Why blaming the build after losing is ridiculous…jpg
(Photo of recommended build roulette made during Hack Tour)
Hackphysical is on a winning streak even with random builds ㅅㄱ
—True words
ㄴFucking true words
—From now on, you’ll get countered by build matchups in all PVP ㅇㅇ I saw it ㅇㅇ
—That’s only possible because it’s Hackphysical
—Random build with one loss meaning elimination is ㄹㅇ madness
—But watching Hackphysical makes you wonder if build even matters;
ㄴHonestly me too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴㅇㅈ; The Phantom Swordsman build that was supposedly trash was that strong ㄷㄷ
ㄴLike watching a horror movie ㅋㅋ
—Instead of blaming build, improve your skills
—ㅅㅂ I added Phantom Swordsman thinking he’d lose
ㄴㅋㅋㅋㅋ Doesn’t work on Hackphysical?
Victory, victory, and more victory.
What more was there to say when Baek Woohyun’s winning streak didn’t break even while using random builds drawn from the recommended build roulette?
Just admiring him as he continued challenging while perfectly utilizing even the Phantom Swordsman build notorious as a trash build.
The community opinion flowing relatively peacefully like that met a great upheaval when he entered the 76th ranked game for the tie record.
‘Why is hyung coming out there?’
‘Why is he coming out there and losing in one hit again?’
‘What? DH Empire recruitment offer?’
‘What’s suddenly happening?!’
The appearance and defeat of World Class player Nikki Lee Geonwoo.
And even the official recruitment offer from DH Empire, last year’s Reverse Planet World Championship winning team.
That had the same effect as pouring an entire can of oil on a burning house. Meaning the already noisy community completely caught fire.
[General] [Hack Tour] Nikki Lee Geonwoo player appearance + DH Empire recruitment offer
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(Video of Nikki Lee Geonwoo appearing as the match opponent)
(Video of Lee Geonwoo with triggered [Shadow’s Wrath] making a recruitment offer to Baek Woohyun)
Why is this happening?
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—Makes sense if it’s Hackphysical
└Hackphysical is definitely beyond-amateur level ㄹㅇ
—Is this real?
└<Author> Surprisingly it’s real
└Thought it was obviously a lie but it’s real ㄷㄷ
—Isn’t it strange that he still hasn’t gotten a pro offer?
└This is right ㅇㅇ
└<Author> Behind the scenes everyone was probably recruiting? But DH Empire was first to openly do it in front
—Security Captain breakthrough attempt 329th try
└When did you even get to Security Captain?
└Security Captain breakthrough attempt 330th try
└Died once in 30 seconds ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—Now we can see DH Empire affiliated pro player Hackphysical?
└Battler-Nikki-Hackphysical triple formation ㄷㄷ
└No, he refused
└? Why?
└Well I don’t know;
└Hack Tour is doing really well, no reason to necessarily go pro
└Eh, but comparing personal broadcasting and pro is a bit
└Could go somewhere other than DH Empire too?
└Pro player Hackphysical affiliated with Lightning Bullet. Suits well
└Endless one-man team please excuse yourself ^^;
└After sending even Nikki and getting rejected, that side should excuse yourself
└Realistically, would he go to another team leaving DH Empire?
└Hey, let’s not fight everyone
└STS Raven welcomes Hackphysical!
└Who are you to butt in ㅡㅡ
………
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└Hackphysical said he won’t go pro, why are you guys fighting? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The fired-up community users debated over Baek Woohyun’s future destination.
Those saying he should continue personal broadcasting, those saying he should debut at DH Empire, and even fans of other teams who had been quiet rushing in to argue.
This despite Baek Woohyun himself having refused saying he had no thoughts of becoming a pro player, as someone commented. They were literally gulping down kimchi soup by the bowl.
However, surprisingly, the place where the biggest ripple occurred from Nikki Lee Geonwoo delivering DH Empire’s recruitment offer wasn’t the community.
A tremendous echo was arising elsewhere far beyond community users’ arguments.
“DH Empire openly made a recruitment offer to Hackphysical in front of tens of thousands?”
“And even sent player Nikki to do it.”
The public recruitment offer from the team currently running overwhelmingly in first place in the league struck other pro teams in the same league most impressively.
They also knew about the outstanding talent called Hackphysical who appeared like a comet, and were actually testing the waters underwater for an offer.
Some teams had already made offers, and if they’d done a bit more verification, almost all pro teams would have made offers.
But now that DH Empire openly went for it and got rejected, the story changed.
Leaving alone a talent that the current #1 team sent their ace player to verify then made a recruitment offer for, paying such careful attention to, would be foolish.
In fact, Nikki sniping to contact Baek Woohyun was purely his own will, but anyway, DH Empire also gave permission, right?
“Move immediately! If we’re late, another team will snatch him!”
“Start dialogue somehow first!”
“If DH Empire moves like that, it means they’ve already calculated! What does a weak team like us have to be picky about? Say we’ll give everything!”
Pro teams moving fast as if their tails were on fire!
Baek Woohyun was even an amateur, which meant there was no player contract tied to him.
That meant complete freedom from tampering (attempting to persuade a contracted player to transfer to another team without the current team’s knowledge or permission).
Since a jewel that belongs to whoever picks it up first was lying on the ground, naturally they had to be urgent.
……This despite Baek Woohyun having cleanly refused DH Empire’s recruitment offer without even hearing the conditions.
Of course, these people probably thought they could sufficiently persuade if they just got to talk, but whether it would go as intended was questionable.
Unless it was after unraveling the secrets tied to Reverse Planet, Anonymous Viewer 62, and that side, there was no way he’d pay attention to other things now.
“Why would Hackphysical who refused even DH Empire’s offer accept our offer?”
Among pro team front office personnel, there were some who made such predictions. Naturally thinking Baek Woohyun would refuse, considering it wasted effort.
Rather than a cold judgment, it was close to despair asking why would he choose them leaving prestigious team DH Empire.
Saying why would he pick us when even DH Empire who sent Nikki Lee Geonwoo got rejected—
“You idiot. Is it over after one refusal? What if Hackphysical changes his mind later and says he’ll go pro?”
“Then we send an offer again—”
“That’s too late! The side that keeps consistently making offers even after refusal versus the side that doesn’t contact at all then hurriedly contacts saying he changed his mind. Which would you pick as your team?”
“…I’d pick the side that kept consistently contacting.”
“If you understand, hurry up and send an email!”
“Yes! Understood!”
If Baek Woohyun were just a moderately talented amateur, the pro team front office wouldn’t come forward to this degree.
But Baek Woohyun was an awl that couldn’t be hidden, piercing through pockets, truly a genius monster worthy of being called unprecedented.
Moreover, on top of that, the moment DH Empire’s certification mark got stamped on, he became someone they had to attract by any means.
Meaning the pro industry’s courtship acts toward Baek Woohyun were just beginning from now.
“……”
Having thus flipped over not only the community but even the pro industry, Baek Woohyun remained alone in the training grounds immersed in meditation.
In his closed-eyed mind, sensations from using different supernatural ability builds during this PVP rose and sank repeatedly.
Starting with the Steel Lord build, Shock Totem build, Endless Nightmare build, Bound Weapon build, Phantom Swordsman build, etc.
The sensation of handling numerous builds he’d never thought to use in that side felt quite fresh even to him.
Perhaps because unlike that side where he had to directly construct all builds himself, here he used builds others made.
Understanding the will contained in the builds while handling them naturally raised his understanding of supernatural abilities themselves.
‘It’s regrettable the opponents were weak, but still an experience impossible in that side.’
Not just about who constructed the build as thought earlier. Rather, the situation in that side itself was like that.
Baek Woohyun in that side was the representative force of test subjects who escaped the research facility, and naturally those facing him were of a similar level.
The latest version Etinel getting progressively stronger, Hellhounds gathering only specially strong ones among Hunting Dogs, and even other Transcendent candidates.
Fighting them while testing new builds like now was unthinkable.
‘If I properly digest this experience.’
Conviction flashed through Baek Woohyun’s mind that it would greatly help handling the Annihilation build centered on telekinesis as the main power.
To the degree that this PVP became an opportunity to dramatically raise the proficiency of the somewhat lacking Annihilation build—only compared to the Superhuman build.
Jeong Nayeon probably just thought it up for broadcast fun, but anyway she considerably helped him.
“Phew—”
As Baek Woohyun who exhaled opened his eyes, ash-gray flames burned more intensely than before.
Though faint compared to when using the Superhuman build at full power, still much clearer than before.
Since the level stayed the same meaning the supernatural ability’s power was no different from before, this was like evidence that his control over supernatural abilities grew using this experience as nourishment.
‘It helped far more than initially expected.’
To grow this much when he hadn’t even properly digested the experience yet.
At this level, Baek Woohyun thought it was similar to when he just started working as an underworld fixer or contract worker in that side.
And that meant it was worth proceeding with the plan he’d established after learning about the Fully Responsive Story System.
Kkwak.
‘Let’s do it.’
Baek Woohyun’s eyes tightly clenched, his fist gleaming fiercely. Not from supernatural ability but light arising from heightened emotion.
His eyes flashing with killing intent and madness spoke unmistakably clearly.
Once again, the time of revenge had arrived—