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In a residential area on Xujiahui Street in Shanghai, in a room of about 80 to 90 square meters, two people were drinking and watching a game.
What is being broadcast live is the match between the CBA Shanghai team and the Tianjin team in the 2022-2023 season.
"OMG! Xiao Ding scored 8 points in a row! The four-character foreign aid is back!" The excited voice of the Shanghai team's home commentator came from TV.
Ding Yanyuhang, who joined Shanghai in the new season, shook off the slump in the first three games and scored 18 points just at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
"Old Xu, if you could still play, you would definitely perform better than Xiao Ding." Cai Xiao said with emotion, pointing at Ding Yanyuhang celebrating on TV.
Xu Yong was stunned when he heard this. If he hadn't had that disease, he should still be playing basketball at the age of 33.
But there are not so many ifs in this world.
"Lao Cai, if you hadn't gone to college and played professionally, I would be sitting here watching you play games now." Xu Yong said with a smile after he came to his senses.
Cai Xiao laughed out loud when he heard this.
Back then, he and Xu Yong were the twin stars of Wuai Middle School. He played as a point guard and Xu Yong played as a small forward, and the two of them cooperated very well.
But after laughing, he shook his head, looked at Xu Yong and said with emotion: "Even if I didn't go to college, I should have retired by now. But it's a pity for you, Old Xu! If you didn't have that disease, you would definitely be able to play in the NBA."
"Let's not talk about the past anymore, let's drink." Xu Yong raised his glass.
"It's my fault, it's my fault." Cai Xiao patted his chest and raised his glass.
The two of them finally had a chance to get together, and he brought up that past event again.
It's just a pity for outsiders like them, but for Xu Yong, the person involved, it is a regret that he will never get over in his lifetime.
Before long, the two were half drunk and the live broadcast on TV had ended.
Although Ding Yanyuhang played well, the Shanghai team still lost the game 99-105.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Xu Yong said as he stood up and took a cigarette from the cigarette box on the table.
Cai Xiao nodded, picked up the cigarette box, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. He wanted to light it, but found that the lighter had been taken away by Xu Yongshun.
Xu Yong staggered to the bathroom door, pushed it open, sat down and lit a cigarette.
As the smoke spread, his heart was filled with emotion.
It was easy to look back on the past when reuniting with old friend Cai Xiao, and with Ding Yanyuhang playing so well after returning from injury, the empathy made his memories come to mind.
Cai Xiao's last words completely broke the memories that he had deliberately sealed away in his heart.
How much he loved playing basketball and how talented he was!
At the age of 16, he went to the United States to participate in the Adidas training camp, won the MVP and Slam Dunk King, and took a photo with "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell;
At the age of 17, in his first season in the CBA, he replicated Carter's 360-degree windmill dunk in the dunk contest and won the championship;
At the age of 18, he averaged 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in the CBA with a shooting percentage of 56.4%;
When he was 19 years old, the then head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Jonas, had already recruited him into the national training team. If nothing unexpected happened, he would appear on the field of the 2008 BJ Olympics.
It was at that time that Yao's team signed him and began preparing for the NBA draft.
He is really close to the highest level of world basketball.
but……
He took a long drag on his cigarette.
But fate played a huge joke on him!
Malignant central osteosarcoma of the spine, something he had never heard of before. It was said that this disease, which only occurred in one hundred thousand people, happened to him at that time.
If you have this disease, you will die without surgery, but if you have surgery, you can forget about playing professional basketball for the rest of your life.
He had no choice at all!
It felt like you were walking on a smooth road, but in the blink of an eye, you suddenly found that the road ahead was a dead end.
Any regrets?
He has regretted it for more than ten years!
But what’s the use?
It is said that time is the best medicine, but in the end this medicine is only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause.
It would be great if we could give him another chance!
In the surging memories, the regret and unwillingness that had been accumulated in Xu Yong's heart for more than ten years turned into the strongest desire at this moment.
"Old Xu, are you still not feeling well?" Cai Xiao's voice came from the room, and it woke him up in an instant.
What's the use of longing? It's nothing more than one more sleepless night!
"Okay." Xu Yong replied after calming his breath.
He stood up and reached for the wall, but in his confusion he didn't realize he had touched the light switch.
Suddenly a strong electric current hit.
The next second, he lost consciousness.
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"Xu Yong? Are you okay? How are you?!"
Hearing a strange voice in his ears, Xu Yong tried hard to open his eyes.
Because of the sudden loss of consciousness, it took him a long time to focus his attention.
What came into view was not Cai Xiao's familiar face, but a black man's face.
It seems familiar, but I can't remember where it is at the moment.
However, compared to that face, what confused him more at this moment were the two options that appeared before him.
[Injury Immunity], and [Payment System].
He waved his hands and rubbed his eyes. The two options were always there, just like the countdown given to Wang Miao by the Trisolarans.
Is he... already dead?
"You finally woke up, you scared me to death." The black man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Yong's actions.
The two men were fighting in the air just now, and Xu Yong suddenly fainted after landing.
Xu Yong didn't pay attention to what he said, but looked around with the two options in front of him.
This was an indoor basketball court. There were many players in training uniforms standing around, looking at him with concern.
He couldn't remember the last time he played basketball, and subconsciously raised his hands in front of his eyes.
Then he froze.
These hands were strong and sturdy, and were obviously not the same as his fleshy hands.
Looking at the options appearing in front of him, the most direct reaction in his mind at this moment was: He, traveled through time?
He also read novels, especially basketball novels. That book "Basketball's Invincible King of Gold" consumed his cigarettes for a whole month.
"What did you call me?" He put down his hand and turned to ask the other person.
"Xu Yong, did you fall and hit your head?" The other person looked nervous and wanted to reach out to touch his head.
Xu Yong reached out to stop him, took a deep breath, and then said, "I'm fine, but I need to go to the bathroom."
After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the sidelines.
The other party wanted to say something, but when he saw that there was nothing unusual about the way he walked, he didn't follow him in the end.
Xu Yong just walked straight out of the court and went to the bathroom.
After entering, the first thing he did was to walk quickly to the mirror.
When he saw his face in the mirror, his heart began to beat faster.
This face is young, sunny and handsome, completely different from his original greasy and unshaven appearance.
But, it was indeed his face.
He is still him, but he has become a younger him!
He didn't travel through time, but was reborn!
All the memories deep in my mind suddenly came pouring out like a flood.
He is in Seattle at this time, and the stadium he is in is the training hall of Bush High School.
After winning the Adidas training camp MVP and slam dunk champion, he joined Bush High School and stayed in the United States to compete in the high school league.
He subconsciously moved his right leg to make sure there was nothing wrong.
He could have continued playing at Bush High School, but in 2006 he had to return home due to injury and then switched to the CBA.
In other words, it should be 2005 now, and he was reborn seventeen years ago.
Is this really rebirth?
Or... just dreaming?
He turned on the tap and rubbed his face vigorously.
When he looked up and saw the same young face in the mirror, he was sure that he was not dreaming.
He is truly reborn!
After realizing this, excitement began to spread in his mind. His body began to tremble uncontrollably, and even his eyes began to turn red unconsciously.
Did God sense his desire and give him another chance to start over? !
He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.
Finally, I looked at the two options that had always appeared in front of me.
[Krypton Gold System], he reached out and clicked it.
A series of introductions popped up in front of his eyes, with less than a thousand words, and the content was very similar to the novel he had read.
He kept scrolling down until he came to a definite option.
This system allows you to earn krypton gold points by earning money to exchange for skill packages, and the money will not disappear, so you can kill two birds with one stone, which is very tempting.
He did not confirm it immediately, but went back and clicked on [Injury Exemption] again.
Unlike the [Payroll System], this one only has a simple line of introduction when you click on it.
Just this one line of words made him hold his breath involuntarily.
"Freedom from any injury or illness, from the time of confirmation until the end of the player's career."
This did not make him immortal, but it made him burst out a desire from the depths of his soul.
For others, it might require some hesitation, but for him, it doesn't require any hesitation at all.
He didn't want to prove that Asians could play in the NBA, nor did he want to become the best basketball player. He just wanted to know what his life would be like if he hadn't been sick.
Instead of stepping back, he reached out and clicked the button that followed the line of words.
【Sure】.
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