Chapter 1 Liverpool's Transcendence

Marseille lost both home and away games to Liverpool, and the biggest beneficiary besides Liverpool was Fiorentina. Fiorentina relied on their two wins against Olympiacos, and their points were the same as Marseille's, both at six points. They were about to launch a fierce battle for a second-place spot in the group.

Liverpool's victory in this game immediately made their position in the entire group detached.

They can now ignore the life and death of the other three teams and shift the focus of their strategy from the Champions League to the league.

You know, opponents in the league may be more difficult to deal with than opponents in the Champions League group stage... because they know you well enough.

For example, in the twelfth round of the league, Liverpool was forced to a 2-2 draw by Newcastle at their home stadium.

This was their second draw of the season.

Although they still remained undefeated, because Manchester United beat Chelsea, the point gap between the two teams was narrowed instead.

Originally six points behind, now only four points behind.

So Liverpool can't relax yet.

The next two league games are very important, both are blockbusters. First, in the thirteenth round of the league, Liverpool will host Manchester City at home, and second, in the fourteenth round of the league, Liverpool will challenge Everton away.

And even worse, there are national team matches before that.

Liverpool players have to fly all over the world to participate in national team matches like they are rushing to a fair.

This is a very severe test of the players' physical fitness.

In addition, with Christmas approaching, the schedule is getting more and more dense. From now on, we must be more careful and cautious, and physical fitness reserves must be done well.

The international players have all gone to the games, and the first-team lineup is tattered. There is no way to practice any tactics. It is just right for O'Neill to use this opportunity to help everyone improve their physical fitness and reserve enough physical strength for the dense schedule in the future.

It stands to reason that physical training is Chen Hero's strength. In the physical fitness test at the beginning of the season, Chen Hero is always the first. When it comes to physical fitness, no one in Liverpool can beat him. He has never been seen showing signs of physical exhaustion or cramping on the ground during the game. Even if all the games are consecutive starts and played the entire game, a season down, he will not be affected by physical fitness.

But during this club training during the national team match day, O'Neill discovered that Chen Hero's physical fitness showed a downward trend.

He seemed very tired, not just seemed. In the physical fitness test, his score was not high, and there was a big gap from before.

Martin O'Neill couldn't figure out why.

If it was because the schedule was too dense for a while before, why didn't he have any problems at that time?

Why is it that after the game is over and it's in a truce period, the decline in physical fitness began to appear?

Martin O'Neill couldn't figure it out, so he simply went to ask Chen Hero.

"Hero, have you been playing too many games recently?" O'Neill asked with particular concern.

Chen Hero is now a barometer of the team's performance, and he can't have any problems.

If it is really because he played too many games, then in the future League Cup and FA Cup, no matter what, O'Neill will have to persuade him to give up these games.

But Chen Hero's answer had nothing to do with the game: "No, boss. It has nothing to do with the game recently. If it does, I should have been physically exhausted a while ago..."

"Then you this is..."

"Uh... I think it has something to do with a large amount of sudden... that..." Chen Hero stammered.

Of course, he can't tell Martin O'Neill that he is playing against those legendary teams in dungeons every night, which leads to a rapid decline in physical strength.

No one would believe this reason. A slightly more fashionable coach can only understand to the level of "Chen Hero is playing electronic games".

In fact, O'Neill would never have thought of this, so the reason Chen Hero gave was justified. It is true that the amount of sudden that was taken at once was a bit large. During this period, other players were wailing. It is not surprising that Chen Hero's performance has declined.

O'Neill thought that Chen Hero was complaining that the amount of training was too large, so he had to explain to him: "It's a bit large, but in order for us to have enough physical fitness reserves in the second half of the season, I have to do this."

Chen Hero nodded, indicating that he knew.

In fact, he doesn't care about the amount of training at all. If it weren't for the need to brush dungeons, such a small amount of training would be insignificant to him.

Now, in order to give a reasonable reason, he can only take the initiative to show weakness...

You know, in Melwood, he, Chen Hero, has always been a monster-like existence.

So why did Chen Hero have to brush dungeons during this time?

It's very simple, because he was addicted.

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Christine left Liverpool some time ago and returned to Italy. Chen Hero finally had time to play "Master League" - this is the name he gave to the new expansion pack.

For nearly a season, Chen Hero used all the experience points he earned from doing quests, scoring goals, leveling up to buy his own players and opponent teams.

He finally collected enough eighteen teams to start a league.

So now he goes in to lead the team in matches whenever he has time.

The fun of playing against those legendary stars and teams is indeed endless, and Chen Hero is having a great time.

Unfortunately, he can't always be immersed in the dungeon, he also has to accompany his girlfriend.

Everyone can imagine - you like to play Winning Eleven very much, you can even play all night long, and you can't sleep without playing for a few hours every day. But you have a girlfriend, you can't always play games, you have to take time to accompany her, and the time has to be long enough, otherwise you will have conflicts, and you will trigger the hidden mission of "Do you love me or love the game". In order to avoid the breakdown of your relationship, you have to reluctantly put down the game and accompany your girlfriend. But in your heart, you are still always thinking about playing a game to your heart's content.

So you can only secretly play a game when your girlfriend takes a nap or goes to take a bath. How can that be enjoyable? That can only play the role of arousing cravings!

If you can understand this feeling, then you can fully understand why Chen Hero would brush dungeons so desperately after Christine left - he is not really trying to level up or improve himself, he is purely addicted to playing this. For him, training in Melwood during the day is work, and going home at night and entering the dungeon to play games alone is entertainment.

Yes, the mind is happy, but the body is a little tired.

At first, Chen Hero didn't feel it, but later he realized that his body was getting more and more tired. It seems that this is a side effect of the dungeon.

It's just that his physical quality is really good. If it were someone else, it is estimated that they would have to be so tired that they would be admitted to the hospital after only two days. Chen Hero only had a decline in physical fitness, which is already the best result.

Now he is in a dilemma. On the one hand, he wants to continue brushing dungeons, and on the other hand, he is afraid that the loss of physical fitness will be too fast and too great, which will make O'Neill have the idea of not letting him play in the League Cup...

He called Dracula and asked: "Can't you develop something that doesn't take up real-world time and doesn't require physical effort? For example, I can enter the dungeon through dreams when I sleep... and then wake up refreshed the next day..."

Dracula chuckled: "Don't be dissatisfied, Hero. Have you ever seen anything in this world that can be successful without paying a price? Rich second generations and official second generations also pay a price..."

"Wait, what price do rich second generations and official second generations need to pay? They are born with golden spoons in their mouths, they struggle for decades less than others, they have no worries about food and clothing, and they have inexhaustible money from childhood to adulthood... I haven't seen any place where they need to pay a price!" Chen Hero interrupted Dracula indignantly. What kind of example is not good to use, but rich second generations and official second generations must be used. The idiom "without labor comes gain" in this world was invented for these people!

"Why don't they need to pay a price? Do you know how terrible the price every rich second generation and official second generation pays to become a rich second generation and official second generation?"

"It's not that serious, is it..."

"Why isn't it that serious? Before they become rich second generations and official second generations, they are first of all a sperm! And in human semen, every milliliter of semen contains about 60 million to 200 million sperm, and the amount of human ejaculation is about 2 to 6 milliliters at a time, so let's calculate it at an average of 3.5 milliliters. How much is that? It's about 450 million sperm. In order to become official second generations and rich second generations, they have to defeat 450 million competitors before it's their turn to be conceived, not other sperm. Such a tragic competition, doesn't it need to pay a price? If they are not careful, they will be wiped out on the way forward!"

Dracula calculated the bill for Chen Hero in a serious manner, but Chen Hero listened with a black line on his head. "Damn it! This counts too?!"

"Why can't this count?"

"Then who didn't come this way?"

"Yes, so people also paid a price to become the one who can enjoy the treatment of rich second generations and official second generations, not other people. How do you think you were able to come to this world alive?"

Chen Hero was speechless. He now felt that when it came to words, a hundred reporters were no match for one Dracula...

"So, I must be in this dilemma now?"

"Not--re--al--ly"

Listening to Dracula's elongated voice on the phone, Chen Hero gritted his teeth and said: "Are you deliberately playing with me?!"

"No." This time the tone was much normal.

"Then why did you say so much nonsense before? Are you cheating on the word count!"

"How is that nonsense? If I didn't say these things, you would get what you want too easily. Would you cherish it? Would you think this is a matter of course? In the future, when you encounter difficulties, you will call me and make all kinds of requests. What's the point of that? The spirit of competition lies in constantly surpassing yourself and challenging yourself..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense. Just tell me what can be done?" Chen Hero interrupted his preaching.

"There is a newly opened area on the left side of the player supermarket, which is a mall selling various props. You can use your experience points in it to buy functional drinks that eliminate fatigue, but at most it can only offset half of your fatigue value. In other words, no matter what, you still have to pay half the price."

"Wait? This thing also requires experience points?"

"Of course, do you think there is anything in this world that can be obtained without paying a price?"

"...Damn it! You are a profiteer!"