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Chapter 15 The First Forced Challenge

"The first compulsory challenge has been generated. Compulsory challenge (50): Defeat the opponent in a duel. Success reward: open the side mission function. Failure penalty: random deduction of [-] attribute points. Opponent selection, selection..."

A series of photos flashed before Shi Hao's eyes. Most of them were teammates or opponents he knew when he was playing football since he was a child.

"Hey, what are you doing! What kind of challenge has been opened for no reason, and the attribute points will be lowered every now and then? Can I stop playing?"

"The opponent is choosing..."

"My ankle still hurts!"

"In the dreamer system, the host's physical condition has been restored to optimal."

Shi Hao twisted his ankle to try, and sure enough, the tingling sensation was gone, and the fatigue from participating in the draft in the morning was gone. "I haven't showered, I haven't washed my face and brushed my teeth... Hey, at least give me some time to get ready!"

The voice ignored Shi Hao, and the photo continued to flicker, and finally it was fixed on the head portrait of a dark-skinned, somewhat ugly boy with a lazy smile on his face.

"The challenge opponent has been generated, and the challenge has entered the final countdown of 10 minutes."

"I...go!" Shi Hao wailed, "Why did you choose this bastard to be my opponent? Is it because you want to kill me?"

Shi Hao has never been convinced by playing football since he was a child, but the boy in the photo is one of the few people who makes him feel pressured.

Jun Yingzhi was the main striker of the Chinese U17 National Youth Team that year.

You have the ambition of a hero.

Jun Yingzhi and Shi Hao are from the same place, and they study at the same school, Huazhao Middle School. However, Jun Yingzhi was in the first year of high school and Shi Hao was still in the third year of junior high school.The two had played against each other many times in school competitions, and later they were selected for the school team together——Shi Hao was the only third-year junior student who made the exception.

The school team that year was full of talents. Two of the main players dropped out of school to join the professional team and signed a professional contract. There were also a few talented teenagers who were not inferior to them.But Jun Yingzhi and Shi Hao are also outstanding among these geniuses.

After leading the school team to defeat the Mingling Middle School team led by old rival Xue Yong, and won the Shonan Youth Football League Championship, Huazhao Middle School won the third place in the National Youth Football Invitational Tournament.

In that National Youth Football Invitational Tournament, Jun Yingzhi and Shi Hao were twin stars. They scored 17 goals and 15 goals in six games respectively. Both of them were favored by the U17 echelon of the professional team, signed a reserve contract, and were also selected for the U17 national junior team.

However, Jun Yingzhi soon became the main striker of the national youth team, while Shi Hao, because of his relatively thin body and poor confrontation ability, has been hovering between the main force and the substitute. Later, his leg was tackled during training and he retired sadly.

When Shi Hao recalled, a metal textured platform was raised in front of him, on which were placed training jerseys, sneakers, socks and protective gear.Shi Hao put on the equipment neatly, and found that it fits well, as if it was tailor-made for him.

The passage leading to the gymnasium was lit up, as if there were light tubes lighting up one by one behind the passage.Shi Hao bit the bullet, stepped onto the passage, and ran towards the stadium.

In the huge standard 11-a-side football field, a small area is marked out, which is slightly smaller than the futsal field. Only the center line is drawn, and there is no penalty area line or anything.

There is a small goal on each side of the field, which is less than one-tenth the size of a futsal goal, and it can barely fit two or three footballs.

Jun Yingzhi smiled lazily as he remembered, standing on a football in front of one of the goals.

"This is Jun Yingzhi at the age of 17?" Shi Hao found himself asking the question again.

"Yes."

Shi Hao breathed a sigh of relief.If it is the current Jun Yingzhi, he can basically admit defeat and die without kicking.Jun Yingzhi, who has undergone two years of professional training, even if he only uses his body, he can't do anything about hitting him head-on.

The 17-year-old Jun Yingzhi still plays wild football and has just been selected for the national junior team. Although he has not improved in the past two years, he should still be able to fight.

The electronic-quality baritone sounded: "Challenge rules: two people single-handedly, and the goal can only be shot after crossing the center line. All foul standards are based on the standards issued by FIFA. After a foul, the opponent will take a penalty kick on the center line; the ball is out of bounds. Possession of the ball. The challenge time is 30 minutes, whoever scores more goals wins.”

Shi Hao made a gesture of wiping his neck: "Go to hell Jun Yingzhi, I want you to be convinced to lose!"

Jun Yingzhi just stood there and smiled lazily.

If it's Jun Yingzhi in real life, he must be attacking him with an evil smile, right?It is estimated that this is just a smart program.Shi Hao once again felt that the chances of winning have increased, no matter how good an intelligent program is, it can't compare to the creative display of humans.

However, why do you want to participate in such an inexplicable challenge, and lose so many attribute points?
The baritone seemed to have heard what Shi Hao was thinking, and sounded again: "The mandatory challenge is to test the progress of the host, and it is opened once a year. If it fails, it means that the host lacks the potential to complete the main task, so a total of 50 attribute points will be deducted point, to encourage the host to work harder."

"But I haven't had formal training for a long time! These two years can almost be said to be wasted. Can't you give me a few months to prepare?" Shi Hao protested.

"Challenges are called challenges, and dreams can only be realized if you go beyond the limit. It is recommended that the host start warming up immediately, and the countdown to the challenge is 5 minutes."

"Don't be so inspirational, okay..." Shi Hao muttered, and obediently started the warm-up activities.Compulsory challenge once a year... If you fail, so many attribute points will be deducted. After the deduction is over, your level may not be comparable to that of a junior high school student... Shi Hao feels a sense of crisis in his heart.

But, let's talk about the future, no matter what, we have to get over the difficulties in front of us first.

He moved his body quickly, and found a sense of finding the ball by juggling the ball.Everything in this system is very real, there is nothing different from playing football in real life-except for the injury on the foot, everything feels so real.

"Time is up, the challenge begins!" After 5 minutes passed, the electronic baritone mercilessly announced the start of the cruel challenge.

Jun Yingzhi, who had been standing lazily, suddenly started, like a cheetah running through the grass, dribbled the ball across the center line in a blink of an eye, kicked it with his feet, and the football flew into the small goal.

Before Shi Hao could react, he was scored an advanced goal!
"Do you want to work so hard? You really want me to switch from genius to mediocrity!" Shi Hao wailed, and picked up the ball from the net.

Jun Yingzhi retreated to his own half, blocking between Shi Hao and his goal.Shi Hao slowly brought the ball across the half court, and Jun Yingzhi leaned forward just as it passed.

Shi Hao leaned against Jun Yingzhi with his body to protect the ball, and when he wanted to shake it away with a feint, Jun Yingzhi tackled the ball decisively!
Shi Hao lost his balance and was knocked to the ground.But there was no foul just now, Jun Yingzhi got up to catch up with the ball, and easily brought the ball into Shi Hao's goal.

In just 30 seconds, Shi Hao was already behind by two goals!
When running towards his own half, Jun Yingzhi looked back at Shi Hao, showing a sneering expression.

Shi Hao was furious immediately, and put aside all the punishments he would face if he failed. "I have been displeased with you for a long time...Jun Zhiying! This challenge is very good, I have wanted it for a long time! Today I will let you know who is the real genius!"

(End of this chapter)