Chen Hero learned through the media that he had scored more than a hundred goals this season. He also learned through the media that he had scored a total of five hundred goals in his career—exactly five hundred, no more, no less.

Of course, he was very happy. After all, this was a very impressive thing. He wouldn't be pretentious and say something like, "This is not worth mentioning at all, I need to work harder..." That would be showing off.

Reporters flocked to interview the youngest five-hundred-goal scorer in history, asking him what he thought of this achievement.

Liverpool's number nine said, "Five hundred goals? I've actually scored that many? Of course, I'm very happy! This is a remarkable achievement..."

"Will you celebrate this achievement by getting a tattoo on your body like you did before?" a reporter asked.

Chen Hero shook his head. "No, I won't do that, unless my career ends tomorrow. For me, five hundred goals is a great achievement, but it's far from the end, so if I get a tattoo now, what about the six hundred, seven hundred, eight hundred... and one thousand goals in the future? I'll save it for the end. Maybe I'll come up with a great idea to celebrate then. But not now."

Chen Hero was indeed happy that he could score more than a hundred goals in a single season and have five hundred goals under his belt at such a young age.

However, he wasn't very satisfied with Dracula.

After returning home, he called Dracula.

"I had to find out how many goals I've scored from the media... Doesn't your system have a goal statistics function?"

"Uh, not really..." Dracula's answer left Chen Hero speechless.

"But I've already updated a small patch to fix this problem. Now, as long as you enter the system, you can see your goal numbers, in real-time. And there are detailed categories: league goals, cup goals, European goals, national team goals, official match goals, and friendly match goals... all counted separately. Of course, there's also a total..."

Dracula's actions were also very quick. As soon as the media started hyping up Chen Hero's goal count, he immediately made adjustments.

But Chen Hero wasn't satisfied with this answer. "That stuff isn't important at all! What's important is... I'm so awesome, isn't there any reward?"

"You've earned two new achievements—'Goal Machine,' which means you've scored a total of five hundred goals in your career. And there's 'Hero 100,' which you got after scoring more than a hundred goals in a single season..."

"Damn it! Is that it?" The achievement system had been online for a long time, so Chen Hero knew very well that the achievement system was just a title; it could only increase his sense of accomplishment, and even that was limited. No one else knew he had obtained this achievement. It wouldn't make him shine and glow with golden light all over like in World of Warcraft if he had too many achievements.

If he really had that effect in real life, he would probably have been caught and dissected for research.

But Dracula laughed. "Do you think the achievement system only increases your sense of accomplishment in the system?"

"Isn't it?"

"Don't you think the name 'Hero 100' sounds familiar?"

After being reminded by Dracula, Chen Hero realized that the name of this achievement was exactly the same as the new cleat series that Nike was planning to launch.

"But does that prove anything? Who knows if you just copied the achievement name from Nike..."

"Maybe Nike came up with the idea based on my achievement name, Hero."

"Huh?" Listening to Mr. Aurora's tone, Chen Hero felt like he was holding back some bad idea. A thought popped into his head, but he quickly rejected it.

"Stop kidding, Mr. Aurora... You're a virtual system, how could you possibly affect the real world..." But he stopped halfway through his sentence because he suddenly thought of a fact.

"How did those talents affect your performance in the real world, Hero?" Dracula said with a smile, even though he didn't actually laugh. Chen Hero felt like he could already see Dracula's smiling face.

That's right, if virtual things couldn't affect the real world, how did those talents allow him to dominate in the real world?

"But this is on the soccer field... Could you even affect people's thinking?" Chen Hero didn't want Mr. Aurora to be too smug, so he said unconvincingly.

"I came up with that idea, Hero." Dracula's calm words startled Chen Hero—he originally thought that the Hero 100 idea was Nike's own, but he didn't expect there to be such a story behind it.

"Your idea?"

"Yes, after I knew that you had scored one hundred and two goals in a season, I contacted Nike as soon as possible, and then provided this idea, and... I also negotiated a contract with them. In the future, for every pair of Hero 100 cleats sold, you'll get a commission of two dollars."

Chen Hero was stunned.

A commission of two dollars for every pair sold!

Ten thousand pairs would be twenty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand pairs would be two hundred thousand dollars, and one million pairs would be two million dollars!

If sales were good, how many pairs of cleats could be sold? It would be astronomical! The money he received would definitely be a lot!

He was increasingly admiring Dracula's business acumen... How did he come up with this idea? He originally thought it was Nike's idea. Anyway, he was their signed spokesperson, so it was natural for him to promote Nike, and it was normal for them to use his image for commercial promotion... He didn't even think about the money. Who knew that Dracula would quietly bring him a fortune...

"Just treat this Hero 100 cleat series as your reward, Hero. This is the first cleat named after you!"

Nike had previously launched a series of cleats named after the first letter of Ronaldo's name in the soccer category, so being able to name a cleat after himself was indeed a very honorable thing. Perhaps he could see this as an achievement system in the real world, gaining both fame and fortune. As long as this cleat was mentioned, everyone would know that Chen Hero had scored more than one hundred goals in a season.

This could explain how the achievement system affected reality... not through some mystical mind control... but through Dracula's manpower to promote it, allowing the achievement system to be mapped into reality.

"Not bad! What are the actual rewards for the five hundred goal achievement?" Chen Hero was greedy and wanted more rewards.

But Dracula poured cold water on him.

"Nothing."

"Nothing? Seriously? The five hundredth goal of a career is more awesome than a hundred goals, isn't it? Since there's such a great reward for one hundred goals, why isn't there one for five hundred?"

"Hero, it's not about size. More numbers don't necessarily mean it's more impressive. Is it difficult for you to score five hundred goals in your career?"

Dracula's question made Chen Hero freeze.

That was true. With his ability and determination, it really wasn't difficult for him to score five hundred goals in his career. Even if he couldn't do it now, he definitely would in the future.

"But one hundred goals in a single season is rare, Hero. If you hadn't scored a record-breaking sixty-two goals in the league this season, it probably wouldn't have been possible either," Dracula explained. "So the achievement system thinks that scoring a three-digit number of goals in a single season is more difficult than scoring five hundred goals in ten seasons combined. Besides, if there were rewards for every achievement, would this achievement system still be worth anything? Things are valued for their rarity. It has to be few to be precious. Now, you get a lot of experience rewards for completing any task, but do you still care about experience?"

"Uh... not really..." Chen Hero answered honestly.

"That's the point. I don't want to make the achievement system too cheap, so there have to be some restrictions. That way, when you complete an achievement and get a reward in real life, you'll feel even more amazing, right?"

"Okay, you've convinced me..." Chen Hero couldn't find any fault with that.

"So, is there anything else, Hero?"

"Nope, nope. I have to go farm a dungeon!"

Chen Hero hung up the phone and entered the dungeon. After leading the reserves to win the FA Cup, he no longer had to train with the reserves in the dungeon every day. He could now replay the Master League. He had earned enough experience to put together twenty teams, so he could form a complete league system. One game every night was still very beneficial to him.

Experience was accumulated gradually like this. One hundred and two goals in a single season and five hundred goals at the age of twenty-six were forged like this!

Although the FA Cup was over, the season wasn't over yet. There was still a Champions League final.

He didn't take Barcelona seriously on the surface, but in reality, he couldn't really not take them seriously. He still had to make the necessary preparations. He couldn't really just sleep all day and expect to beat Barcelona in the final.

That wasn't scientific.

Even with a cheat system to help, Chen Hero still needed to put in effort and sweat.

Whether it was soccer or anything else, there was no such thing as something for nothing in this world. Even the rich second generation had to work hard from the sperm stage, striving to be the best and defeating more than two hundred million competitors to successfully fertilize the egg and be born into a wealthy family.

Otherwise, they would end up being shot onto paper or into a condom. No one would ever know that you could have become a new life...

This world was cruel. If you wanted to knock down and trample on those who looked down on you and hated you, you had to put in more effort and pay a higher price than them.

Many people only saw Chen Hero's arrogance, but no one knew why Chen Hero was the arrogant one and not anyone else—if he hadn't been unyielding and rewarded by heaven when facing CSKA Moscow, why would Mr. Aurora have chosen him?