How do you feel when you meet someone who looks exactly like you?

And if this person is still the enemy you have been thinking about all night, how will you react?

Surprised, stunned, trembling, puzzled?

The first time Yu Xiaochun saw Nicholas, it contained all the feelings mentioned above.

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"If you're looking for Nicholas from the Department of Space Biology, I know one. He's right here, in the facilities management department, and—Mr. Yu, he looks exactly like you! ”

What the?!

Jeff's words stunned Yu Xiaochun.

Not only is Nicholas, whom he and Scott Jr. have always wanted to explore, but also in the facilities management department that Jeff is in charge of! And, what does it mean to look exactly like him?

Almost in a trance, before he could think of any clues, Yu Xiaochun was taken out of Jeff's office. It seems that there is a lively little Scott and Amy walking in front, Jeff directing the direction in the middle, and Yu Xiaochun, who is confused, is like a headless fly, following at the end.

Jeff led the group into a building deep in the equipment management area. The building is on the edge of the management area and the outer forest, some distance from the other rooms. Its white paint is mottled and peeling, and it looks like a giant warehouse. In fact, he noticed it when Yu Xiaochun and the others came in in a sightseeing bus at the beginning, but without Jeff's guidance, he would not have connected it with the secret base for training basketball "Superman" at all.

At this time, Jeff and Scott Jr. grabbed the sliding door of the warehouse and opened it to the left and right, and the facilities inside the entire building were displayed in front of Koharu.

He was suspicious of the secret base for half a season.

The appearance in the base is not as modern and full of technology as Yu Xiaochun imagined. On the contrary, all kinds of equipment and instruments seem to be piled up in a huge warehouse space, full of the style of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union in the last century, not only the appearance is bulky and old, and it feels like there is a danger of falling apart and exploding at any time, but also the cables and connecting wires are scattered on the ground and entangled, which makes people worry about the safety of the whole building.

In the center of the warehouse, there was a huge glass cover, somewhat similar to an astronaut's transparent helmet, but it was hundreds of times larger than the helmet, nearly ten meters in diameter, and it was filled with an unknown light blue liquid, which immediately attracted Yu Xiaochun's attention.

I saw that in the glass cover, a giant was more than 2 meters tall, as if he was not bound by the gravity of the earth, with his feet facing up, his head down, wearing only a pair of pants, and a breathing tube on his nose, which was connected to the upper end of the glass cover. The giant walked out of thin air, paddleing through the liquid of the dome while simulating walking. After a while, the light blue liquid suddenly turned dark red, and the giant fell off with his feet down and his head up, only this time he needed to jump from the bottom. Unlike just now, when you could do whatever you want in a vacuum, the resistance in the glass cover of the crimson liquid suddenly became extremely great, and the giant tried to jump up, but it was still inevitably pushed back to the bottom of the ball again and again. There was a slender wire mesh rising from the bottom, as if an electric current was passed on, and as long as the giant's strength to "float" was insufficient, once his bare feet touched the wire mesh, he would see an arc of electric sparks, forcing him to keep kicking down the water to resist the resistance.

Staring at the terrifying giant training device in front of him, Yu Xiaochun couldn't help but see his god, and he didn't even notice that Nicholas walked in front of him.

"He's the Nicholas you want to see..."

Little Scott's elbow lightly touched Yu Xiaochun, interrupting him from his daze, and Jeff continued to introduce: "How is it, Mr. Yu, is it like I said, he looks exactly like you!" ”

Only then did Yu Xiaochun see the Nicholas standing in front of him, smiling and stretching out his hand to shake it.

In terms of appearance, the Nicholas in front of him is really more than 90% similar to Yu Xiaochun himself. Not only are their facial features almost identical, but also many of the genetic details on their heads are almost identical: single eyelids, wide heads, curly hair, large earlobes, and a somewhat thick nose... The distinctions that can be discerned are almost always acquired. For example, Yu Xiaochun's stubble is sparse, and Nicholas on the opposite side has a neat mustache. The eyes on the bridge of his nose, although they are the same as Yu Xiaochun's style, are obviously more delicate when you look closely. The other party is wearing a scientific researcher's coat, but obviously he doesn't have a belly like Koharu...

"Hello! I'm a NASA scientist in space biology..."Nicholas introduced himself, but he caught a glimpse of Jeff glaring at him, and quickly changed his words: "Former - former scientist in space biology." Now you can also see my main scientific research direction, which is to use NASA technology to cultivate a superstar basketball! Incidentally... I also help Jeff with chores and manage some obsolete equipment. ”

This answer was greatly unexpected by Koharu and his party. They didn't expect their elusive mysterious technology, and Nicholas actually admitted it generously as soon as he came up. And what's even more incredible is that he is completely indifferent to the similarity between himself and Yu Xiaochun's appearance.

"Then why did you suddenly become a 'former NASA scientist'?" It was still Scott Jr. who reacted the fastest, first picking out the weakness of the other party from the conversation just now.

"Haha, what a sudden, it was almost more than ten years ago." Nicholas did not shy away from his words, and said happily: "Maybe my ideas and methods are too avant-garde, too radical, too much ahead of this era - NASA's old stubbornness, how can I accept it." They found a random excuse to squeeze me out and gave me a job as a storekeeper - it wasn't a big deal, everything ahead of me had a process of acceptance, and I was willing to be the pioneer, the 'Copernicus who was burned alive', hahahaha. ”

Nicholas's long laugh echoed in such a huge space, and it couldn't help but sound crazy and terrifying:

"They looked at me then, probably like you look at me now. Making a basketball superstar? This man must be a madman! ”

Yu Xiaochun used to think that Scott's father, Scott-Karonsky II, was a madman, but his various deeds can only be described as ordinary eccentric compared to the person in front of him! And in the process of this answer, the madman in front of him also secretly satirized Yu Xiaochun and Little Scott:

Burn the old diehards of Copernicus!

Yu Xiaochun decided to join the counterattack as well! "But your glass ball device doesn't look unusual. Is it just to exercise balance and muscle strength? He said.

Nicholas straightens his glasses on the bridge of his nose (this habitual action is exactly the same as Yu Xiaochun's!). ), showing a smug smile: "You don't understand this, Mr. Yu." This device was originally used by NASA to simulate the reaction of astronauts in the weightless environment of space, but after my ingenious modification, it can not only replace ordinary athlete training facilities, but also do more with less, and push the limits that cannot be reached in the Earth environment! ”

Pushing the limits?! Yu Xiaochun and Scott Jr. were taken aback at the same time.

"That's right! You mentioned balance, muscle strength – not only that, but it also increases the muscle density of the athlete, reduces the load on the bones and joints during regular training, increases flexibility, agility..."

Nicholas pulled out a controller out of nowhere with several thumb-sized buttons on it. He pressed one of the yellow ones in front of everyone, only to see that the liquid in the glass cover turned transparent yellow again, and the giant floated in the middle, and objects like icicles were constantly shooting out from the top and bottom of the ball, and he needed to dodge them one by one. If not, although the ice pick hitting the body will not cause harm, it can clearly be seen that the expression under the breathing mask on the giant's face is hideous and full of pain.

Probably this is the model that Nicholas said about training agility.

Yu Xiaochun glanced at it again and found that there were more than a dozen buttons of different colors on the remote control.

Nicholas slipped the remote back into his pants pocket, letting the giant dodge the ice pick in the glass ball, and he took stock of the other equipment in the warehouse: "There are many similar modified devices that can be used for basketball player training. For example, the cryo-dormant pod can help their sore muscles recover quickly after a race; The darkroom in the corner helps to enhance their sense of space and location; The electric shock bed can improve the explosive power of muscles and strengthen their toughness; Wait a minute... There are also nutritional formulas, auxiliary drugs, and immunization methods used to increase the physical fitness of astronauts..."

"So are these legitimate?" Reporter Amy interjected.

"Legal? Hahaha..."Nicholas looked up and laughed, "What's legal?" In my eyes, as long as the technology can make scientific progress, it should become legal! You can ask the players who have already tasted the sweetness, which of my devices should be illegal? No! And girl, I can tell you that in the future, my aerospace biology technology can be used not only for basketball players, but also for athletes in all sports! ”

Amy was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

Isn't the idea that the essence of all sports is the same as that of Scott, who is good at using big data analysis to help players improve their ability values, from the foundation?!

Scared, Yu Xiaochun couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Scott Jr. next to him: If this Nicholas's technology is really promoted and more "super" athletes are created, won't it become the biggest threat to him and Scott? At this time, Amy, who is worthy of being a reporter with a fearless heart of inquiry, can still ask a question. She pointed to the giant in the glass cover behind Nicholas and said:

"Do you say that there are athletes who have tasted the sweetness - besides the giant in the "ball", is there any other well-known player who has benefited from your skills? ”

"Donovan Mitchell!"

This time, it was the turn of Little Scott and Yu Xiaochun to answer in unison!