Lin Luo was more familiar with the reserve team than the first team. After all, how many days had he been promoted to the first team? In the more than two years before that, Lin Luo basically just muddled along in the reserve team.
The first team training ground was separated from the reserve team training ground by only a row of Baimao banyan trees. Everyone was just trying to make a living at the same club. What had happened to Lin Luo in the past couple of days had basically spread throughout the club.
Returning to the reserve team, the teammates who originally had a good relationship with Lin Luo had clearly distanced themselves from him. Lin Luo could embark on a spontaneous adventure, but they couldn't. If it were the nineteen-year-old him, Lin Luo would have been indignant and cursed these people for being disloyal.
But he had lived to thirty-six in his previous life, and had long seen through the ways of the world. To avoid being implicated, Lin Luo understood their difficulties, but he would never have any further contact with them. The reserve team was led by Zeng Bin, Wei Xin's assistant, and the two were birds of a feather.
When Lin Luo arrived, he was directly refused entry and training, and was asked to train by himself on the auxiliary field nearby. It was explicitly emphasized that he should not disrupt the reserve team's training! Despite being constantly subjected to "small shoes" (i.e., deliberate difficulties), Lin Luo had no intention of escalating the conflict.
What he needed to do now was to strengthen himself and, incidentally, collect the last two months' salary. When the contract ended, he would naturally be free to go wherever he pleased! And so, another ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
November 13th, Lifan Base. The base was empty. The league had concluded, and Lifan had successfully avoided relegation with an excellent 12th place finish.
The entire team, except for Lin Luo, entered a holiday of forty days. The first stage of winter training was scheduled to be in Hainan. Players in the squad would first gather at the base and then head to Hainan together for winter training.
As for Lin Luo, he had become a forgotten person. Every day, Lin Luo commuted alone between the dormitory and the training ground, living a life confined to just two points. Wei Xin kicked him while he was down, forbidding Lin Luo from eating in the canteen.
Lin Luo remained optimistic, purchasing a large quantity of fast food to get by for breakfast and lunch. For dinner, Lin Luo would go alone to a roadside stall three kilometers outside the base that served passingable food. Before the midday break, Lin Luo completed his final shuttle run, successfully earning 0.70-0.79 Attribute Points.
He added it to his 79-point off-the-ball movement, and a line of text he hadn't seen in a while instantly appeared. [Daily Mission – Maintain State IV unlocked!] [Maintain State IV – Complete 500 passes and receptions, 100 effective shots, 5km run (time taken exceeding 15 minutes and 30 seconds)] [Mission Reward – 0.80-0.89 Attribute Points +1.]
[90-point data value not detected, 'Maintain State V' daily mission cannot be initiated temporarily.] ... To be honest, seeing these lines of text, Lin Luo felt both excited and helpless.
Excited because as long as he worked hard to complete the daily missions, he would eventually become a forward, midfielder, defender, and goalkeeper with maxed-out attributes such as saves, hand technique, dive, etc.! Yes, he would become an all-around, super Hexagonal Warrior. At that point, he wouldn't have to undergo such grueling training every day.
Yes, the helplessness stemmed from this part – the current training was already not easy! Take Maintain State IV as an example. 500 passes and receptions required someone to cooperate.
Of course, there was a trick. That was to find a wall and practice by himself. This part would take about an hour.
100 effective shots didn't seem like a lot, but there was no trick to it. Standing half a meter from the goal line, kicking the ball into the net and then retrieving it, repeating this process. Such a method was definitely impossible!
Practicing alone, repeatedly, and having to factor in the time to retrieve the ball and reset. Even though there were only 100 effective shots, it could easily take one or two hours. As for the 5km run, the given time was even more ridiculous.
The 15 minutes and 30 seconds time limit was close to the standard for national second-class and first-class athletes. The time was the shortest, but the physical exertion was the greatest! Fortunately, he had bought two large boxes of Snickers.
Otherwise, he really didn't know what to do. Especially considering that he had almost no logistical support, and on top of that, the other three mission training contents added daily. He didn't even need to think about it; he would be exhausted like a dog!
Was this the Late Bloomer System of an old steed longing to run? This was completely the Self-Discipline Monster System! But thinking about it, without good self-disciplined habits, how could one achieve late blooming?
Almost every player who achieved late blooming had undergone tedious daily training without exception. He had been reborn and obtained a system that allowed him to directly feel himself getting stronger. This already put him ahead of all players of his era, including Messi and Ronaldo.
Lin Luo estimated that if he continued training at this pace, he could reach the level of a core player in a mid-to-upper-tier team in the Top five leagues in just six months at the fastest. The further it went, the fewer shortcomings he would have. In two or three years, he might have all his attributes maxed out.
He would be a rare existence in the human world then. 100 speed was currently only held by Bolt. 100 strength would definitely be peak human existence.
100 stamina would likely make it hard to get injured, unless the opponent brought a wrench. 100 fitness, the thought alone was terrifying! It was a pity that there was no 'intelligence' option in player attributes.
Otherwise, Lin Luo would definitely have maxed it out and dabbled in Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals after retirement. Of course, these were just things Lin Luo thought about while training alone, for reference only. Another ten days passed, and the 'Maintain State V' mission was unlocked.
The mission content was simply a challenge to human limits. 100 dribbling cone drills. 100 turns with the ball.
100 crossing practice sessions. 100 dribbling skill practice sessions. Two 5km runs.
Lin Luo completed the previous four items by 2 PM that day. When Maintain State V was completed, it was already close to midnight! In other words, Maintain State V alone took Lin Luo nearly 10 hours.
If a normal player dared to train like this, they would likely suffer irreversible hidden injuries all over their body. Lin Luo attempted it for one day and decisively gave up on the 'Maintain State V' daily mission. Currently, even with one attribute at max level, he was still a lopsided player who couldn't establish himself in the Top five leagues.
The best choice now was to improve his other attributes. Thus, Lin Luo only needed to complete missions I, II, III, and IV daily. The days passed one by one.
Lin Luo's repetitive daily training brought about a transformative change in him. Time flowed like a river, and it was the last day of 2010 in the blink of an eye. Early in the morning, Lin Luo was waiting at the entrance of the office building.
At ten in the morning, Manager Du, who appeared late, walked into the ground floor lobby.