Chapter 1 Heroes and Virtual Teammates

Chen Hero and his virtual teammates could really be said to be "long time no see." Since Cabrera came, he had never logged into the training副本 (copy/instance) again.

Because he didn't have a suitable opportunity to disappear for an hour or two out of thin air. He was with Cabrera every night. How could he have time to刷副本 (shua fuben, grind instances)?

Now that Cabrera was gone, he could finally刷刷副本 (shua shua fuben, grind instances a bit)!

In the副本 (copy/instance), he told his intentions to the virtual coach Mazzarri—his current team was Liverpool, but he didn't let Dalglish be his coach, because he thought Mazzarri cooperated with him quite well, and seeing two Dalglish was always awkward...

After Mazzarri heard Chen Hero's words, he understood what he meant. Then he would start adjusting the team's training plan to ensure that all training plans were centered on Chen Hero's requirements.

This is where the training副本 (copy/instance) is more awesome than the real training outside. Because outside, it is impossible for the earth to revolve around you. It's impossible to say that however you want to train, the whole team has to cooperate with how you train. Even if you are a big star, you don't have this right. But in this副本 (copy/instance), you can make the earth revolve around you, and everyone exists for you.

This is amazing. You can do whatever you want here, and the training effect is naturally more targeted than outside.

In addition, there is also a training effect bonus Buff in the副本 (copy/instance), and the improvement is naturally much greater than outside.

This is why Chen Hero is eager to刷副本 (shua fuben, grind instances)...

The training effect here is much better than outside!

In this way, Chen Hero conducted targeted training in the副本 (copy/instance), and in the real training outside the副本 (copy/instance), he still practiced his free kicks for an hour every day.

He felt that he had done enough foreplay, and he should be able to ask for the right to take free kicks in the next game, right?

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On March 31st, Liverpool ushered in their thirty-first round of the league. There were eight rounds left before the end of the league. Liverpool, ranked eighth, was currently ten points behind Tottenham Hotspur, ranked fourth, and the hope of participating in the Champions League next season was slim.

Fortunately, they had already secured a place in the Europa League next season in advance.

In the thirty-first round of the league, Liverpool challenged Newcastle away.

Newcastle's home stadium has a very good atmosphere, and many teams find it difficult to play here.

However, recently this stadium has suffered a series of major changes, and Newcastle fans have also been severely hit. This incident may affect the morale of the fans when they go to the scene to cheer for the team.

This matter is that Newcastle club owner Mike Ashley finally changed the name of the stadium. From then on, Newcastle's home stadium was no longer called "St. James' Park Stadium", but was renamed "Sports Direct Arena." This name is indeed very unpleasant... Chen Hero fully understood the anger of Newcastle fans.

In fact, the name change was finalized in November last year, but it was not until mid-last month that Ashley officially had the staff remove the words "St. James' Park" inside and outside the stadium and replace them with the new "Sports Direct Arena" logo. The century-old "St. James' Park Stadium" has since become history.

Four months ago, Ashley announced the renaming of the stadium to "Sports Direct Arena" on Newcastle United's official website. However, the effect of this statement was not ideal. Fans and many media still used "St. James' Park," and the Newcastle City Council called on local media not to use the new name. During the Olympic Games this summer, the stadium hosting the games was still called St. James' Park.

Ashley could only take the method of "complete destruction" to destroy all the appearance of tradition: On February 16, three workers carried ladders and crowbars to remove the words "St. James' Park" on the outer wall of the stadium one by one. Passers-by stopped to watch and angrily denounced the workers as "shameful."

Just after Ashley forcibly changed the name of the stadium, a Newcastle fan named Atkinson, in a fit of drunken anger, rewrote the words "St. James" in white paint on the outer wall of the stadium at night.

The club quickly erased the graffiti. Atkinson was also detained by the police, but he said he did not regret it, "Ashley seems to enjoy being a villain, I don't care about being arrested for defending justice."

His arrest angered Newcastle fans, who expressed their support for this brave fan and said that they would raise money to hire a lawyer to fight the lawsuit for Atkinson. If he was unfortunately punished, the fine would also be paid by Newcastle fan organizations.

And more people announced that they would follow Atkinson's example. At that time, Ashley would be waiting to deal with the endless graffiti! Sure enough, they did what they said. Only a week later, more graffiti with the words "St. James' Park" appeared on the outer wall of the stadium, and the staff was busy smearing it everywhere.

This scene is quite like the tug-of-war between Chinese certificate advertising psoriasis and urban management, writing and erasing, erasing and writing, writing and erasing again, erasing and writing again...

And now, just before the game between Liverpool and Newcastle, Newcastle fans are causing trouble again.

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When Liverpool's bus arrived outside the stadium, they happened to catch up with this scene—

The bus carrying the players suddenly stopped, and everyone didn't know what happened. Looking out from the bus, they could only see a crowded crowd. This scene is very common before many Premier League games. The fans will not immediately enter the stadium. They will wait outside the stadium for their team's bus to arrive, cheer for them, and then line up to enter the stadium.

So everyone is used to it.

However, the bus had never stopped because of this, because there were always police cars clearing the way and preparing a special passage in advance. The fans could only cheer outside the special passage for a while, and then do what they should do.

But today, it was different.

So everyone felt strange.

"What's wrong?" Coach Dalglish, who was sitting in the front row, realized the abnormality. He got up and walked towards the driver's seat.

The bus driver turned to Dalglish and said, "We have been stopped by Newcastle fans."

"Isn't there a police car clearing the way?" Dalglish felt strange.

The driver pointed to the front of the car.

Dalglish saw that the police car clearing the way had also stopped, and several Newcastle fans were negotiating with the police in the police car.

"What's going on?" Dalglish frowned.

"I don't know." Liverpool's bus driver shrugged.

"Open the door, I'll go down and take a look." Dalglish said.

The driver opened the door, and the hissing sound made by the opening of the door attracted the attention of other players. Everyone stood up from their seats, and then they saw their coach walking down from the bus.

"What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

"Why did the boss go down?"

"Isn't it not there yet? Why did the door open..."

Everyone discussed and stood up to look around, and at this time they saw what was happening in front.

"There seem to be a lot of people..."

Dalglish went down and was recognized by Newcastle fans, who explained to Dalglish. Dalglish also went to ask the police officer in charge of leading the team about the situation, and then returned to the bus. The bus door closed again.

After coming up, Dalglish waved to the players: "Wait patiently, they are holding a funeral."

"Huh? Funeral?" The players were even more surprised. "Who died, boss?"

"St. James' Park." Dalglish's expression was a little lonely when he said this, and he seemed to be sad for the fate of this century-old stadium. Or he thought of Liverpool from the demise of St. James' Park Stadium. Liverpool Club is building a new stadium that will replace Anfield Stadium, which can no longer be expanded. When Anfield Stadium is demolished, will there be fans to see her off?

The renaming of St. James' Park Stadium is not news in England, everyone knew it long ago. But this was the first time they had seen fans holding a funeral for the name. Many people immediately crowded to the front and looked over through the huge windshield of the bus.

Because they were on the bus, the terrain was relatively high, so they could easily see what was happening behind the crowd.

Behind the crowd was a temporarily cleared passage.

A group of people slowly walked from the left, led by a person dressed as a priest, holding a Bible in his hand, walking at the front of the team. Behind him were six strong men, carrying a black and white coffin, each wearing a black suit, looking like they were really attending a funeral. A group of marching bands followed closely, playing a mournful dirge.

The other Newcastle fans followed behind them, heads hanging low, with solemn and sad expressions.

After passing Liverpool's bus, they put down the coffin. Then the priest held the Bible and sadly introduced the "life" of "St. James' Park" for one hundred and twenty years and prayed for it. The surrounding "relatives and friends" prayed together...

This move resonated with a large number of fans at the scene: In the battle with Liverpool, more than 52,000 fans watched the game live, and countless fans spontaneously joined the "funeral" team, as if they were saying goodbye to a common relative—this is also why Liverpool players felt that there were particularly many fans outside the stadium today.

They are now gathered together to mourn and pray for the disappeared "St. James' Park." The name of the home stadium, which has continued the emotions of several generations of Newcastle fans, instantly turned into a wisp of green smoke.

The bus restarted, and everyone turned to look at the Newcastle fans who were praying around the coffin.

The funeral was still in progress, and Newcastle's home stadium, St. James' Park... Oh, no, it should be called Sports Direct Arena now, was silently watching these people above. It witnessed the ups and downs of Newcastle, it never spoke, as a witness of Newcastle football, it has stood in the wind and rain for more than a century.

Liverpool's bus has driven away, and the "priest" is giving the last prayer.

"...When he was alive, he witnessed the Lord with his faith and deeds. We are proud of our beloved St. James, and believe that at this moment, he is enjoying eternal help in heaven. This is what the Lord prepared for him. May we continue to follow the faith of St. James, firmly run the road to heaven, until we meet again that day. Father God, at this moment, we also pray especially for the relatives and friends around us. May the spirit of the Lord comfort them, and help them to have peace in this moment of grief and pain over the departure of their loved ones... We ask in the name of the Lord, Amen."

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