Prologue Let's go play football for fun

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With the referee's three long whistles, Zhang Shu seemed to have been drained of all his strength and sat back on the sofa. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 InfoTurkey's goalkeeper Rustu ran from the TV screen to the midfield with his hands raised in cheer, the grass clippings from his boot laces hitting his heart like a hammer.

The stadium was fully lit up, and the intense lighting made the stadium white on the TV screen, but the scoreboard could still be seen with a bright red 3-0 scoreline.

"Damn, if the Chinese team can perform better...

In the first year of the 21st century, a lot of great things happened in China. Joining the WTO, successfully bidding for the Olympic Games, and the Chinese men's football team entered the World Cup finals. But for 16-year-old Zhang Shu, an experimental accident in 2001 changed him forever.

Zhang Shu was born in a happy family. Under the care of his gentle and virtuous mother, Zhang Shu never knew the sorrows of life. In fact, the biggest trouble in life is probably not being able to see my father often.

Zhang Shu's father, with a pair of golden-edged eyes, engaged in research that Zhang Shu could not understand, although he went out early and returned late every day, but he made the family life worry-free.

Until that day, his mother took Zhang Shu to the research institute to find his father, who had not returned home for a month.

Although only a short year has passed, I can't remember more details. Maybe he subconsciously sealed that painful memory in the depths of his brain, and only the last picture woke him up from his sleep from time to time.

"Xiaoshu, this is the jade pendant we have been studying, wear it, we must live!"

This was the last sentence his father left for Zhang Shu when the explosion occurred.

With the end of the last game of the group stage, the Chinese team ended its first World Cup journey. 0:2 defeat to Costa Rica, 0:4 loss to Brazil, 0:3 loss to Turkey, three defeats in the group stage, conceded nine goals and zero goals, and the Chinese media's whimsical victory over Costa Rica before the game forced Turkey to lose Brazil to qualify for the group was slapped in the face. The Chinese team, which faced the world's strongest team for the first time, performed in a mess, and Chinese fans also woke up from the frenzy of qualifying for the World Cup.

And our protagonist has packed his bags and is ready to leave his hometown, a quiet little town in the west.

"Dad, Mom, I'm leaving." Zhang Shu put down the flower in his hand. October has passed the hottest season, and the wind in the mountains has a faint autumn mood. Zhang Shu slowly sat down on the ground. "Dad, the jade pendant you gave me is amazing, I've found a way to use it, but unfortunately I'm still not strong enough, but don't worry, Mom and Dad, I will let you come back as soon as possible... I promise... ā€

Zhang Shu closed his eyes, if anyone else saw it, they would only think that this young man was just pretending to sleep. Only Zhang Shu could see a screen appear in front of his eyes.

As soon as my mind moved, three rows of small print appeared at the top of the screen

Spatiotemporal control system

Level: 2

Experience: 7/20

This is the wonderful ability that my father brought to his jade pendant before he died.

On that day, when Zhang Shu brought the jade pendant, the speed of the whole world seemed to slow down, Zhang Shu could clearly see the flames of the explosion in the laboratory beating slowly as if playing in slow motion, and the collapsed gypsum board slowly fell from the ceiling, and Zhang Shu could easily dodge it in advance. After escaping from the laboratory, Zhang Shu found that the jade pendant had disappeared at some point, and was replaced by the screen that he could see when he closed his eyes.

Zhang Shu sighed, and silently recited in his heart: "Skills", and a string of tree maps appeared at the bottom of the screen, just like the skill trees in online games. The topmost icon has been lit up, while the gray icon below can only be marked with question marks.

Until now, Zhang Shu still hasn't been able to fully understand what this system is, maybe it's a magical device left by aliens, or it may be a mysterious magic weapon handed down by ancient monks. He was startled when he saw this screen for the first time, but the information displayed on the screen also solved most of his doubts.

This system was the magical jade pendant at that time, and after completing the binding procedure of recognizing the master, the jade pendant was integrated into Zhang Shu's body. And the ability that the jade pendant system brings to Zhang Shu is to manipulate time. Letting yourself feel that the time around you is slowing down is just the most basic ability of the system, and in fact, in the slowing down world, Zhang Shu's body movement is also slowing down. Except for his own thoughts, he can't control how fast his body runs faster than the world. So in fact, this feature has no other purpose than to make Zhang Shu's reaction seem faster than others.

However, the good news is that the jade pendant can be upgraded, and according to the instructions, when the host has enough mood swings, the jade pendant can absorb energy. In order to allow Yu Pei to upgrade as soon as possible, Zhang Shu has tried various methods to stimulate himself in the past year, but Yu Pei seems to be as dead as if he has no reaction. In fact, this is also normal, if ordinary mood swings can make Yu Pei upgrade, then it can be discovered as early as when Yu Pei was studied by his father. Thinking about it, Zhang Shu was able to fuse with Yu Pei to complete the binding procedure of recognizing the master, and it was also due to the grief of the death of his parents at that time, and his desperate determination to survive and other complex emotional impacts that he accidentally reached the energy absorption standard of Yu Pei.

After dealing with the aftermath of his parents, Zhang Shu also gave up the idea of returning to school, although the third year of junior high school was close to graduation, Zhang Shu did not think that continuing to study was a good way out. His parents left Zhang Shu a rich inheritance, at least so that he would not run around to survive. So he devoted himself to the study of the jade pendant upgrade, and he believed that if this jade pendant that could control time could be upgraded, one day he would be able to go back to the past, back to before the explosion, and save his father and mother.

It's just that a 16-year-old child, after experiencing the death of his parents, what can make his heart ripple big enough. Therefore, no matter how hard Rao is Zhang Shu tries, he can't make the level of Yu Pei improve again.

It wasn't until October 7, 2001 that the jade pendant changed for the first time. On this day, Zhang Shu hastily ate dinner and sat in front of the TV, Zhang Shu has been a hardcore fan since he was a child, in addition to watching football, he is also the captain of the school team in school. It's just that after the death of his parents, he was busy experimenting with the jade pendant upgrade every day, and he hadn't stepped on the court for a long time. Today is the match between China and Oman in the top 10 of the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, as long as the Chinese team can win the game, it will be the first time in history to enter the World Cup finals.

Perhaps it is because the qualification is imminent, the players are distracted, and the Chinese team, which was devastated in the top ten, has been unable to open up the situation in the face of the relatively weak Oman. On the contrary, Oman's counterattacks from time to time will threaten the door of the Chinese team, and Zhang Shu's heart will also go up and down with the game. Finally, in the second half, the Chinese team broke the deadlock with a low shot from No. 10 Yu Wei in the penalty area. Then the Chinese team united and finally defeated the opponent 1:0 and got the ticket to the World Cup finals.

When the final whistle blew, Zhang Shu jumped up from the TV excitedly, and the heart that was lifted at that moment finally fell back to his chest, and great happiness and pride instantly filled his chest. Since the death of his parents, Zhang Shu has truly felt happy for the first time.

"Ding"

A voice suddenly sounded in his head. Zhang Shu was stunned, closed his eyes in disbelief, and found that Yu Pei had actually been upgraded in this situation!

In fact, it was also because Zhang Shu had fallen into a misunderstanding, Yu Pei only needed to have enough mood swings to absorb energy, but because the initial recognition of the main binding was caused by Zhang Shu's great pain of losing his parents, Zhang Shu mistakenly thought that only his own enough pain could make Yu Pei upgrade. But what could be more painful than the loss of a loved one? So no matter how much Zhang Shu made himself sad, Yu Pei never responded. To this day, Zhang Shu, who is obsessed with football, has successfully upgraded Yupei because of the great happiness brought by the Chinese team.

Zhang Shu, who understood the reason, fell into even greater ecstasy, and the haze of many days disappeared at this moment, and under this great joy, the jade pendant system, which had been upgraded to level 2, actually gained 5 more experience, which means that the experience bar of the upgrade increased by 1/4 at once.

So in the days that followed, Zhang Shu tried to make himself happy, but unfortunately the effect was not significant. There are many ways to forget sorrow, but there are not many ways to be happy from the heart. Originally, there were few ways for a 16-year-old child to get great happiness, because of the generous family conditions since childhood, Zhang Shu did not lack anything, and he was not a girl, so shopping or anything could not make him happy from the bottom of his heart. He doesn't like much else, the only thing he's obsessed with is football.

Watching football games has become Zhang Shu's most stable way to make himself happy, but unfortunately he doesn't have a particularly favorite club, so he can't stimulate himself by winning the championship of his favorite club. If you insist on talking about the home team, then only the Chinese team remains. And by watching the warm-up match before the start of the World Cup, Zhang Shu also got 2 points of experience for Yu Pei as he wished, although it is not much, but it is also a correct direction.

Unfortunately, the Chinese team's match in the World Cup finals dashed Zhang Shu's hopes.

How long will it be before the next time the Chinese team can bring happiness to themselves? Zhang Shu didn't know, but what he did know was that if he only pinned his hopes on the Chinese team, maybe he wouldn't be able to make Yu Pei rise to the top until he was getting old.

If you can't get pleasure from watching others play, then be on your own.

I'm going to play football, I'm going to play professional football, I'm going to enjoy the victory that comes with sweat and passion, and I'm going to get the experience that comes with the joy of winning!

I want to be the best player in the world and get the most accolades!

I'm going to! Get my parents back!!

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