Lin Mu, a former professional academy player forced to retire due to injury, watches from his rented apartment as the substitute who once took his place wins the world championship. In that moment, he smashes the tactics board on the wall.
Three years later, the global esports league for Apex Racing is restructured, and a wave of legendary players returning to competition sweeps the world. Lin Mu receives a mysterious invitation. It isn't asking him to compete, but to join a last-place team on the verge of relegation as a “data analyst.”
No one knows that this unremarkable-looking young man has a one-of-a-kind ability: during a match, he can “see” five seconds into the future.
From data analysis to in-game shot-calling, from tactical design to player development, Lin Mu uses his broken body and almost freakish understanding of the game to lead a team of “good-for-nothings” in a charge for the world championship.
But the road through esports has never been a one-man battle. Injuries, betrayal, crushing pressure from capital, prodigies... When every opponent wants to see him fall, he chooses one thing: a decisive kill.
