no shortcuts in basketball

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In a residential area on Xujiahui Street in Shanghai, in a room of [-] to [-] square meters, two people were drinking and watching the game.

What is being broadcast live inside is the match between the CBA Shanghai team and the Tianjin team in the 2022-2023 season.

"OMG! Xiaoding 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 downturn in the first three games and scored 18 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

"Old Xu, if you can still play, you must perform better than Xiao Ding." Cai Xiao pointed to Ding Yan Yuhang who was celebrating on TV and said with emotion.

Xu Yong was taken aback when he heard this. If he hadn't suffered from the disease, he should indeed still be playing at the age of 33.

But how can there be so many ifs in this world.

"Old Cai, if you didn't go to college to play professionally, I should sit here and watch you play now." Xu Yong also said with a smile after recovering.

Cai Xiao laughed out loud upon hearing this.

Back then, he and Xu Yongna were the twin stars of Wu'ai Middle School. He played combo guard and Xu Yong played small forward. The cooperation between the two was called 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 retire now, but you are really a pity, old Xu! If you didn't have that disease, you Definitely going to be in the NBA."

"Stop mentioning the past and drink." Xu Yong raised his glass.

"My wok, my wok." Cai Xiao raised his wine glass while patting his chest.

The two of them finally had the opportunity to get together, and he brought up the past again.

It's a pity that they are outsiders, but for Xu Yong, the person involved, it is a pity that will never be overwhelmed in his life.

Not long after, 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 stood up as he said, and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table.

Cai Xiao nodded, picked up the cigarette case, poured out a cigarette and bit it into his mouth. After thinking about lighting it, he realized that the lighter had already been taken away by Xu Yongshun.

Xu Yong staggered to the door of the bathroom, opened the door and went in, sat down and lit a cigarette.

As the smoke filled the air, his heart was full of emotions.

Originally reunited with Cai Xiao's old friend, it was easy to look back on the past, and Ding Yanyuhang returned from injury and played so well, that kind of empathy made his memory ready to come out.

What Cai Xiao said at the end completely shattered the memories that had been deliberately dusted in his heart.

How much he used to like 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 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 reproduced Carter's 360° turn and windmill dunk in the dunk contest and won the first prize in one fell swoop;

在CBA以56.4%的命中率打出场均18.2分6.3篮板3.4助攻1.8抢断1.3盖帽的数据；

At the age of 19, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yunus, had already recruited him into the national training team. If there is no accident, he will appear on the field of the 08 BJ Olympics.

At that time, the Yao team signed him and had already started preparing for the NBA draft.

He is really infinitely close to the highest hall of basketball in the world.

but……

He took a deep breath.

But ah, fate played a big joke on him!

He had never heard of malignant central osteosarcoma of the spine. It is said that only one in [-] cases of the disease happened to him at that time.

If you have this disease, you can't live without surgery, but after surgery, you will never want to play professional basketball again in this life.

He has no choice at all!

That kind of feeling is like walking on a broad avenue, but in the blink of an eye, you suddenly find that there is a dead end in front of you.

Sorry?

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 still treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

It would be great if I could give him another chance!

In the turbulent memory, the regrets and unwillingness accumulated in Xu Yong's heart for more than ten years turned into the strongest desire at this moment.

"Old Xu, are you alright?" Cai Xiao's voice came from the room, and he woke up instantly.

How can I long for it?It's nothing more than one more sleepless night!

"Okay." Xu Yongping recovered his breath and replied.

He stood up and reached for the wall, not realizing in his daze that he had touched the light switch.

Suddenly a strong electric current invaded.

In the next second, he lost consciousness.

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"Xu Yong? Are you okay? How are you?!"

A strange voice came from next to his ear, and Xu Yong tried hard to open his eyes.

Because of the sudden blankness of consciousness, it took him a long time to concentrate his attention.

What came into view was not Cai Xiao's familiar face, but a black face.

It seems familiar, but I can't remember it for a while.

But compared to that face, what puzzled him more at this moment were the two options that appeared in front of him.

[Injury immunity], and [Krypton gold system].

He waved his hand and rubbed his eyes again, the two options were always there, just like the countdown given to Wang Miao by Trisolaran.

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 movements.

The two confronted in the air just now, and Xu Yong passed out after falling down.

Xu Yong didn't pay attention to what he said, but looked around with the two options in front of him.

This is an indoor basketball court, and there are many players in training uniforms standing around, and they are all looking at him with concern at this moment.

He couldn't remember the last time he played, and subconsciously raised his hands in front of his eyes.

Then he froze.

These hands are strong and powerful, obviously different from his pair of fleshy hands.

Looking at the options that appeared in front of him, the most direct reaction in his mind at this moment was: He, has time traveled?

He also reads novels, especially basketball novels. The "Basketball: Krypton Gold 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, you didn't fall on your head, did you?" The other party looked nervous, and wanted to reach out to touch his head.

Xu Yong stretched out his hand to stop him, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm fine, but I need to go to the bathroom."

After speaking, he got up and walked towards the sidelines.

The other party wanted to say something, but seeing him walking was nothing unusual, and he didn't follow in the end.

Xu Yong just walked out of the field and went to the bathroom.

Once inside, the first thing he did was to walk quickly to the mirror.

When he saw his face in the mirror, his heart beat faster.

This face is green, sunny, and handsome, completely different from his original greasy, bearded face.

But, it was indeed his face.

He is still him, but he has become a young man!

He didn't time travel, but was reborn!

In an instant, the memories deep in my mind flooded out like a flood that opened the gate.

He was in Seattle at this time, and the arena he was in was the training hall of Bush High School.

After winning the Adidas 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 moved his right leg subconsciously to make sure there was nothing wrong.

He could have played in Bush High School back then, but he had to return to China due to an injury in 2006, and then moved to the CBA.

In other words, it should be 2005, and he was reborn 17 years ago.

Is this really rebirth?

Or... just dreaming?

He turned on the tap and washed his face vigorously.

When he looked up and saw the still young face in the mirror, he confirmed that he was not dreaming.

He is truly reborn!

After realizing this, excitement began to spread in his mind, his body trembled uncontrollably, and even his eye sockets began to turn red unconsciously.

Could it be that God felt his longing and gave him another chance to start his life again? !

He took continuous deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.

Finally, he looked at the two options that had been floating in front of him.

[Krypton Gold System], he reached out and clicked.

A series of introductions popped up in front of his eyes, the content was very similar to the novel he had read.

He kept scrolling down until there was a certain option at the end.

This system can exchange skill packs with krypton gold value by making money, and the money will not disappear. It is very tempting to eat two fish.

He didn't confirm it right away, but stepped back, and then clicked on [Injury Immunity].

Different from [Krypton Gold System], there is only a simple one-line introduction after entering this point.

But it was this line of words that made him hold his breath involuntarily.

"Free from any injury and disease, the duration of the exemption: from the beginning of the confirmation until the retirement of the player's career."

This does not allow him to live forever, but it makes him burst out a desire from the depths of his soul.

For others, there may be some hesitation, but for him, there is no need at all.

He doesn't want to prove that people of yellow race can play in the NBA, nor does he want to become No.1 in basketball. He just wants to know what kind of life he would have if he hadn't been sick.

Instead of going back, he stretched out his hand and clicked the button that followed the line.

【Sure】.

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