Chapter 1 After Maxing Out All System Talents

After maxing out all the talents that came with the system, Chen Yingxiong was actually at maximum level. This meant that all the experience he gained could be used as currency. After buying Van Basten, Chen Yingxiong had no use for his experience.

So he had accumulated a lot of experience and could use it to build his team.

He was a little excited and couldn't wait to go on a spending spree. It felt like playing the Master League mode in Pro Evolution Soccer. Every transfer window, players would be excited, going all out to buy the players they wanted. Then, watching stars like Kaka, Messi, and Ronaldo under their command would give them a great sense of accomplishment, eager to operate the team and see how these stars would perform under their guidance.

After reading all the update notes, Chen Yingxiong closed the document. He was already in the player supermarket.

This player supermarket was slightly different from before, with an additional area that was even larger than the original space. It was filled with players from various classic teams, standing together for Chen Yingxiong to choose from.

There was also a shopping guide.

Seeing Chen Yingxiong, she walked up and began to introduce him to this virtual battle mode.

"You can first buy a team as an opponent, sir. As for your own team, you can choose to use your Liverpool team, or Napoli and Zenit. You are free to choose a team to fight alongside you."

Chen Yingxiong thought that wasn't bad. His experience wasn't enough to buy eleven players all at once. He couldn't even gather enough people, so he naturally couldn't play the game. He was very interested in competing against masters, so he couldn't wait to start the game first.

Hearing that he could choose a team he had played for or was currently playing for, he didn't have to worry about who to buy first.

But he still had questions to ask: "What about my intelligent players?"

"They are of course on your side, sir."

Chen Yingxiong snapped his fingers: "Not bad!"

"Then you can start choosing your opponent team now."

The shopping guide led Chen Yingxiong to the "Classic Team Exhibition Area" and began to introduce each team to Chen Yingxiong one by one: "Teams that are too close to the present are not included here. All the teams here are classic teams. So the earliest ones are all teams from ten years ago... This is the classic Galácticos team from the 2004-05 season, with Casillas, Raul, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, and Roberto Carlos and Owen, eight superstars. This team's attack power is the best in the world, but the defense is their fatal problem... Now that we're open for business, we're having a promotion. For only 280 million experience points, you can own the world-shaking first-generation Galácticos!"

At first, it was quite reliable, but in the end, Chen Yingxiong felt that this shopping guide was just like those enthusiastic salesmen in the store...

"280 million is so expensive?"

"Eight superstars, only 280 million, which means the other players are free, sir. This is a very cost-effective price..."

Chen Yingxiong now felt like he was selling pork in a vegetable market.

He shook his head: "Keep looking!"

"Below is Manchester United, the Premier League hegemon who won the Treble in 1999! They have Andy Cole and Yorke, the black storm double stars, as well as Beckham and Giggs, two world-class wingers. In addition, Roy Keane and Scholes are in midfield, and there is Schmeichel, a world-class goalkeeper in front of the goal..."

"AC Milan, who created a dynasty with the Dutch Three Musketeers Van Basten, Gullit, and Rijkaard! In addition to the Dutch Three Musketeers, they also have Maldini, Costacurta, Baresi, Ancelotti... and other famous stars..."

In this way, the shopping guide took Chen Yingxiong around the hall, introducing every team they saw. It was really a gathering of superstars and a collection of classics. All of them were legendary teams that had a place in the history of world football.

Looking at the lifelike superstars standing in front of him, Chen Yingxiong couldn't help but get excited. Thinking about how challenging it would be to compete with them!

After going around, Chen Yingxiong found that with his money, he could just buy the first-generation Galácticos, because they were the cheapest... The most expensive team was the 1970 World Cup champion Brazil, which was known as the most visually appealing team in history, with a price tag of an astonishing 500 million.

Led by Zagallo with Pelé as the core, they formed a super powerful team. In addition to Pelé, they also had superstars like Rivellino, Tostão, Gérson, Jairzinho, and Alberto. This team's attack power was unprecedented. Throughout the World Cup, except for the group stage match against defending champion England, Brazil scored three to four goals in every other game. Even Italy, who had perfected "catenaccio" and eliminated West Germany in the semi-finals, was also scored on four times by Brazil.

This team perfectly combined artistic football and the pursuit of the championship. This Brazilian team had both the style of artistic football and won the World Cup, which symbolized the highest honor in world football.

In 2007, the British magazine *World Soccer* held a global expert survey, and the 1970 Brazilian team was voted by experts as the best team in history. Ranked second was the 1953 Hungarian team with Puskas, and the Netherlands, the runner-up of the 1974 World Cup who invented Total Football, ranked third. Fourth place was AC Milan in the 1989-90 season, which was also the highest-ranked club team.

These teams could also be bought, but Chen Yingxiong didn't have the money for them at the moment because they required too much experience points.

He could only buy the first-generation Galácticos first as his usual opponent.

After buying Real Madrid, Chen Yingxiong had some experience left, but not enough to buy an entire team. He felt that if he used the Liverpool team in the virtual copy to play against this Real Madrid, it might not be enough. He had to supplement his strength. For this reason, he spent all the remaining experience on player transactions.

This time, since he was building a team, he couldn't consider who could be his mentor. Instead, he had to see how to increase the overall strength of the team.

Chen Yingxiong now had Maldini, Juninho, Van Basten, Maradona, and Inzaghi, these intelligent players. They could already be regarded as half a team. The attack power was definitely beyond doubt. What he needed to strengthen was the defense. So buying defenders and goalkeepers was the top priority.

However, Chen Yingxiong calculated and found that his budget was tight, so he could only buy one player of sufficient level. In the end, he chose to strengthen the right back. He had Maldini at left back, and Skrtel and Agger could barely cope at center back. It was just the right back... Chen Yingxiong felt that neither Glen Johnson nor Van der Wiel could be regarded as top players.

He bought Maicon, the former world's number one right back from Inter Milan.

This time, he spent all his money.

But the lineup finally looked like something.

After exiting the player supermarket, Chen Yingxiong couldn't wait to play a game against Real Madrid. He had already discovered three modes: "Friendly Match," "League," and "Cup." A friendly match was just a warm-up match. There were no rewards for winning. It was purely for you to adapt and warm up. The league mode was naturally many teams playing a home and away round-robin, just like the real league. The cup was the same, but the home and away double round-robin became a single elimination match. Winning the championship would bring rich rewards.

Chen Yingxiong chose a friendly match to adapt slowly.

He called head coach Martin O'Neill aside and told O'Neill his thoughts and arrangements. O'Neill was responsible for carrying out his requests, arranging tactics, selecting personnel... Of course, Chen Yingxiong's intelligent teammates were definitely among them. As long as there were no problems with their condition, they could all play—the condition was the same as in reality. Players had high and low conditions, ups and downs. It was impossible for a player with a big name to start for sure. It also depended on individual condition.

Finally, after building a team, Chen Yingxiong couldn't wait to enter the game scene. The scene in front of him went dark, and then brightened. He had already appeared on the court, standing in the center circle. Opposite him was his teacher Van Basten. Looking around, there were teammates everywhere. Looking ahead, there were Real Madrid players wearing white jerseys. He immediately saw Ronaldo, Owen, and Zidane outside the center circle...

It really was the Galácticos!

Chen Yingxiong was very excited. Come on! Let's have a great battle!

The referee seemed to be able to feel Chen Yingxiong's eagerness to start the game. He blew the whistle to start the game.

Chen Yingxiong kicked the football out and then ran forward excitedly. Historical superstars and legends, I'm here to defeat you!!

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When the ninety minutes of the game ended, Chen Yingxiong collapsed on the court, his chest heaving violently, panting heavily.

He lost, lost without any suspense. His team was completely defeated by Real Madrid with a score of 1:3. And he didn't score a single goal. The only goal of the team was scored by Inzaghi by "picking up the scraps"...

Van Basten walked to Chen Yingxiong's side and then squatted down, looking at his disciple.

"How is it? The opponent is very strong, right?"

"Stronger than I imagined..." Chen Yingxiong replied.

"That's right. They are legendary teams, they will definitely be stronger than you think. And there is a strength bonus."

"But such a strong opponent, it must be very cool to defeat them, right?"

Basten smiled: "Of course. The stronger the opponent, the greater the sense of accomplishment in defeating them. Keep it up, Hero!"

He patted Chen Yingxiong on the shoulder lightly and then stood up.

Chen Yingxiong continued to lie on the grass, looking at the blue sky.

This was far from being the most powerful legendary team, and he lost without any power to fight back, unable to score a single goal. What would it be like to challenge the strongest Brazilian team?

Chen Yingxiong originally thought that after he reached the full level, this copy would have no other use besides learning from a master, and it would become more and more like a chicken rib.

Now it seems that reaching the full level is just the beginning!