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In a residential area on Xujiahui Street in Shanghai, in an 890-square-meter room, two people were drinking and watching a game.
What is being broadcast live inside is the game between the CBA Shanghai team and 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 the TV.
Ding Yanyuhang, who joined Shanghai in the new season, swept away the sluggish state of the first three games and scored 18 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
"Old Xu, if you can still play ball, you will definitely perform better than Xiao Ding." Cai Xiao pointed at Ding Yanyuhang who was celebrating on the TV and said with emotion.
Xu Yong was startled when he heard this. If he hadn't contracted the disease, he would indeed still be playing at the age of 33.
But there are so many ifs in this world.
"Lao Cai, if you didn't go to college and play professionally, I should be sitting here watching you play games now." Xu Yong said with a smile after coming back to his senses.
Cai Xiao laughed loudly when he heard this.
I think back then, he and Xu Yong were the twin stars of Wuai Middle School. He played as a combo guard and Xu Yong played as a small forward. The two of them worked together like a tacit understanding.
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 such a pity for you, Old Xu! If you didn't have that disease, you He can definitely play in the NBA."
"Don't talk about the past anymore and drink." Xu Yong raised his glass.
"My pot, my pot." Cai Xiao patted his chest and raised his wine glass.
The two of them finally got a chance to get together, and he brought up that past incident again.
It's a pity for outsiders like them, but for Xu Yong, the person involved, it is a regret that will last a lifetime.
Not long after, the two of them 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 need to go to the toilet." Xu Yong said and stood up, taking out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table.
Cai Xiao nodded, picked up the cigarette case, took out a cigarette and bit it into his mouth. After thinking about lighting it, he realized that Xu Yongshun had taken away the lighter.
Xu Yong staggered to the bathroom door, pushed the door open, sat down and lit a cigarette.
As the smoke filled the air, he was filled with emotions.
It would have been easy to look back on the past once he was reunited with his old friend Cai Xiao. In addition, Ding Yanyuhang was playing so well after recovering from injury, and that kind of empathy made his memory come back to him.
Cai Xiao's last words completely broke the memories that had been deliberately sealed in his heart.
He used to love playing basketball so much, 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 dunk champion, and even took a photo with "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell;
At the age of seventeen, in his first CBA season, he replicated Carter's 360° windmill dunk and won the first place in the dunk contest;
At the age of eighteen, he averaged 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in the CBA with a 56.4% shooting rate;
When he was nineteen years old, Yunus, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team at the time, had already recruited him into the national training team. If nothing goes wrong, he would appear on the court of the 2008 BJ Olympics.
It was at that time that Yao's team signed him and had begun preparing for the NBA draft.
He is really close to the highest level of basketball in the world.
but……
He took a deep drag on his cigarette.
But, fate played a big joke on him!
He had never heard of malignant central osteosarcoma of the spine. It was said that only one in 100,000 cases of the disease happened to him at that time.
With this disease, you can't survive without surgery, but after surgery, you will never want to play professional basketball again in your life.
He has no choice at all!
It feels like walking on a broad road, but in the blink of an eye, you suddenly find that there is a dead end in front of you.
Regret?
He has been regretting it for more than ten years!
But what's the use?
They say time is the best medicine, but in the end, this medicine only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.
It would be great if we could give him another chance!
In the turbulent memory, Xu Yong's regrets and unwillingness that had accumulated for more than ten years turned into the strongest desire at this moment.
"Old Xu, are you okay yet?" Cai Xiao's voice came from the room, which instantly woke him up.
So what if we long for it? It’s just one more sleepless night!
"Okay." Xu Yong replied after regaining his breath.
He stood up and reached for the wall. In his confusion, he didn't realize that he touched the light switch.
Suddenly a powerful current invaded.
The next second, he lost consciousness.
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"Xu Yong? Are you okay? How are you?!"
A strange voice came to his ears, and Xu Yong tried hard to open his eyes.
Because of the sudden blankness of consciousness, it took him a long time to concentrate.
What caught his eye was not the familiar face of Cai Xiao, but the face of a black man.
It seemed familiar, but I couldn't remember it for a while.
But compared to that face, what puzzled him more at this time were the two options that appeared in front of him.
[Injury exemption], and [Krypton gold system].
He waved his hand and rubbed his eyes. Those two options were always there, just like the countdown given to Wang Miao by the Trisolaran.
Is he... already dead?
"You finally woke up, you scared me to death." The black man saw Xu Yong's actions and breathed a sigh of relief.
The two 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 at the two options in front of him.
This is an indoor basketball court, and there are many players wearing training uniforms standing around, and they are all looking at him with concern.
He couldn't remember the last time he played a ball, so he subconsciously raised his hands in front of his eyes.
Then he froze.
These hands were strong and strong, obviously different from his fleshy hands.
Looking at the options that appeared in front of him, the most direct reaction in his mind was: Has he traveled through time?
He also reads novels, especially basketball novels. The book "Basketball: Invincible" consumed him for a whole month.
"What did you call me?" He put down his hand and turned to ask the other party.
"Xu Yong, did you fall on your head?" The other party looked nervous and wanted to reach out and touch his head.
Xu Yong reached out to stop him, took a deep breath, and 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 more, but seeing that there was nothing strange about his walking, he didn't follow him in the end.
Xu Yong just walked out of the stadium and went to the bathroom.
After entering, the first thing he did was quickly walk to the mirror.
When he saw his face in the mirror, his heartbeat began to accelerate rapidly.
This face is green, sunny and handsome, completely different from his original greasy and unshaven look.
But, it is indeed his face.
He is still himself, but he has become a younger version of himself!
He didn't travel through time, but was reborn!
The memories deep in my mind suddenly poured out like a flood.
He was in Seattle at this time, and the arena he was in was the Bush High School training facility.
After winning the ADDI training camp MVP and dunk king, 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 he had to return home due to injury in 2006, and then moved to the CBA.
In other words, it should be 2005, and he was reborn seventeen years ago.
Is this really rebirth?
Or... just dreaming?
He turned on the faucet and rubbed his face vigorously.
When he looked up and saw the same green face in the mirror, he confirmed that he was not dreaming.
He was truly reborn!
After realizing this, excitement began to spread in his mind, his body trembled uncontrollably, and even his eyes began to turn red unconsciously.
Is this because God sensed his desire and gave him another chance in life? !
He took deep breaths continuously, trying to calm himself down.
Finally, I looked at the two options that had been floating in front of me.
[Krypton Gold System], he reached out and clicked.
A series of introductions popped up in front of his eyes, which were eloquent and short of a thousand words. The content was very similar to the novel he had read.
He kept scrolling down until there was a definite option at the end.
In this system, you can get krypton gold value to exchange for skill packages by making money. The money will not disappear yet. It is very tempting to eat two things with one fish.
He did not confirm immediately, but stepped back and clicked [Injury Exemption] again.
Unlike the [Krypton Gold System], there is only a simple one-line introduction after entering this point.
But just this line of words made him hold his breath involuntarily.
"Free from any injuries and illnesses, exemption period: from confirmation until retirement of player career."
This did not make him immortal, but it made him burst out with a desire from the depths of his soul.
For others, it may require some hesitation, but for him, there is no need at all.
He doesn't want to prove that yellow people can play in the NBA, nor does he want to be the number one basketball player. He just wants to know what kind of life he would have had if he hadn't been sick.
He did not step back, but reached out and clicked the button that followed the line of words.
【Sure】.
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