Chapter 5

 Two hours later, Xia Xing returned to reality out of breath.

  Opening his eyes, Xia Xing's fatigue seemed to have subsided a lot.

  Using the "Virtual Arena" for the first time, Xia Xing had roughly figured out the rules.

  Entering it, Xia Xing was completely using a body that is the same as his own you can say.

  And his physical fitness is full. No matter how tired he was in reality, his physical fitness becomes full once he enters the system.

  And if his physical energy is exhausted in the system, it will not continue when he returns to reality.

  And an hour in the system is only one minute in reality.

  It is truly "a day in heaven and a year on earth."

  The current fatigue is just that he just played Sir Alex Ferguson's farewell game in reality, so he was just a little tired. It wasn't a physical consumption from the system.

  In the "virtual arena", in addition to the stars cards, other teammates and opponents are equivalent to intelligent robots.

  And they are also C-level like himself.

  Stars whom's cards he owns can appear on the court as teammates or opponents and can be swapped at any time.

  Just after Xia xing played together with the stars for a bit , Zidane and Henry were switched to the opponent's side, and three goals were scored in five minutes.

  After switching camps, Xia Xing made a new discovery.

  When facing a superstar opponent, he got even greater training!

  Now he has even figured out some of Henry's patterns, and even intercepted Henry's pass.

  After competing with the masters, He really made rapid progress.

  Things that are impossible to achieve in reality can be done every day in the system.

  What a great experience!

  And the function of the "virtual arena" is not only limited to that.

  After the two-hour game ends, the system provides an unlimited game review function.

  That is a 360-degree playback without blind spots.

  Xia Xing can completely observe Zidane and Henry's movement and ball control from various angles.

  This is simply impossible to achieve with current technology!

  Several functions of the system are interrelated -

  through random system tasks, you can obtain star cards;

  the obtained cards can realize virtual characters and fill the "virtual arena";

  and the length of training in the "virtual arena", can be accumulated in star cards, and when accumulated to a certain level, it can be integrated into the body to improve attribute data.

  Xia Xing had just trained for two hours. After system selection, he directly added the accumulated unit hours to Henry.

  The progress bar also changed to [(unit hour) Zidane: 0/100. Henry: 2/50. ]

  Although the star card system cannot directly increase Xia Xing's ability or fill up his talent points, it provides an excellent platform for Xia Xing!

  As long as he works hard and train seriously, he will Improve greatly!

  This is an excellent system for Xia xing!

  That night, Xia Xing slept extremely soundly.

  This was the most peaceful sleep he had had since his parents passed away.

  At the age of 18, he finally had the opportunity to reshape his football life!

  Early the next morning, Xia Xing couldn't wait to enter the system as soon as he opened his eyes.

  Open the "Virtual Arena" and start training!

  Amid cheers from the Old Trafford Stadium, Xia Xing sweated profusely on the court with his teammates Zidane and Henry!

  Returning to reality, only two minutes had passed.

  Xia Xing, who was extremely tired in the system, has now returned to the full physical state of just waking up in reality.

  Have breakfast and go train!

  Taking the bus to the Manchester United youth training base, as soon as he entered the stadium, He saw Mike Phelan, the assistant coach of Manchester United's first team.

  He often comes to the youth team to inspect the training results of young players, and Xia Xing is very familiar with him.

  He was Ferguson's right-hand man and remained Manchester United's assistant coach after Ferguson retired.

  At least for now...

  Seeing Xia Xing approaching from a distance, phelan greeted him with a smile.

  "Hi, Chinese kid."

  "Hello, Coach Phelan."

  "You stole the show in yesterday's game, haha, not bad."

  "I'm just lucky."

  "Come on young man, I'm optimistic about you. Don't be in a hurry to go to the training ground. Come to the office with me. Someone wants to see you."

  "Oh?"

  Xia Xing followed Phelan into the office building.

  In an office on the third floor, Xia Xing met the person who wanted to see him.

  Sir Alex Ferguson!

  Xia Xing was stunned when he saw Ferguson.

  I didn't expect it to be him.

  Looking at Xia Xing, Ferguson smiled slightly and motioned for him to sit down.   

  "Hello, Sir."

  "Young man, sit down and let me have a good chat with you."

  Phelan left the room, and Ferguson and Xia Xing sat and talked.

  "Xia, you performed very well in the game yesterday. Many football big shots praised you in front of me."

  "Thank you Sir, I'm just lucky. In fact, I didn't play well yesterday."

  "Oh? You scored and assisted twice, and you still said you didn't play well?"

  Faced with Ferguson's inquiry, Xia Xing answered seriously.

  "Yesterday's type of game does not fully explain the strength of a player.

  "After all, it was an exhibition game, and neither side defended as hard as they could.

  "And there are many veterans who have retired for many years, or players in the last years of their careers,

  "who are not in the best physical condition and physical fitness.

  "My passing was not accurate enough, and I had some problems with many passes.

  "It's just that the defenseagainst me was not very tough, so I got an advantage and got two assists.

  "And my final shot also had a lot of luck. It's not that I have good shooting skills. I know that very well.

  "Also, if I were in a real professional game,

  "I would definitely be completely suppressed by the opponent's confrontation, and my technical advantage would also be lost." And I won't be able to perform well.

  "So even if I performed a little bit yesterday, it was still far from enough.

  "Not to mention those big stars, even compared with ordinary players in the Premier League and even players in lower leagues,

  "there is still a big gap. "

  Xia Xing's sincere self-analysis made Ferguson's eyes brighter and brighter.

  He has a very accurate understanding and positioning of himself!

  This young man is really mature!

  "Xia, does that mean you have no confidence in yourself? "

  Xia Xing shook his head, with a confident and sunny smile on his face.

  "I must face my own weaknesses in order to effectively improve.

  "Although I still have many weaknesses, I am convinced!

  "If you give me time and opportunities, I will be able to quickly improve my strength!

  "And Finally, my football dream will come true!

  "I will definitely succeed! "

  Looking at Xia Xing in front of him, Ferguson seemed to see many people.

  Young Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, those hard-working geniuses from Class 92 were swirling in his mind.

  They used to be the same, so full of confidence in their future and full of love for football.

  This young man is diligent, hard-working, smart and neither arrogant nor humble. Ferguson likes him very much, but when he thinks that he is 18 years old,   he really feels sorry for him now

  .

There is not a lot of room for growth.

  The current level is basically his upper limit.

  With such a good talent, if he got into football earlier and received professional training, he may become as good as Wayne.

There is no going back, and regrets are useless. He can only try his best to help this young man.

  "Xia, here is a formal player contract from Manchester United for a period of three years. Do you want to sign? "

  "I will!

  "You agreed so easily?

" I have something else I must say up front. Even if you sign this contract, it is impossible to stay at Manchester United next season. We are ready to loan you out so that you will get more opportunities to play games. Do you want to?

  "No problem, I do! " "

  In this way, Xia Xing quickly signed a professional player contract with Manchester United.

  The weekly salary was not much, only 3,000 euros.

  But for Xia Xing, who could only work part-time to make money before, a monthly salary of over 10,000 is already very good.

  And For Xia Xing, playing more games and using the system to improve himself as soon as possible is the most important thing.   

After signing the contract, Ferguson smiled.

"Crisp and clean, I like it. Welcome officially to Manchester United!"

  "Thank you for bringing me to Manchester United. You are my guide! " I have so much respect and gratitude to you! "

  "This is the last thing I do at Manchester United. The rest of the way is up to you."

  Sir Alex Ferguson took out three pieces of information and handed them to Xia Xing. "

  These are three teams that are interested in loaning. You can go anywhere." You can take a look at the three teams: Bundesliga 2, Ligue 2, and the English Championship. "

  Xia Xing was immediately happy when he saw the names of these three teams.

  "I graduated from high school this year and was planning to apply to the university here. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to go on a loan to this team. Fate is such a wonderful thing..."

  (End of chapter)

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