"So, with this system, I can become a top football superstar in real life?"

Dazzling and incredible, it's all too bizarre and too dreamy to feel real. If it weren't for the dull pain in the muscles and bones of the body, reminding Lu Ke all the time that everything is real now. Maybe Lu Ke will pinch himself hard to see if he can wake up from his dream.

"Yes." Xiao Qi's voice came again, "The premise is that you complete all your daily training and complete all tasks." ”

"You mean, before me, someone got the system and failed? Didn't make it to the top superstar? Because...... Slack off? Lu Ke keenly felt the meaning behind the words, and before the excitement could explode, a bucket of cold water was poured on his head.

"Yes." Xiao Qi replied in the affirmative again.

This suddenly made Lu Ke sigh, sure enough, one percent of inspiration is extremely important, but ninety-nine percent of sweat is equally important, or even more important. People who have talent, but waste their time in profligacy, and who are not able to achieve the pinnacle after all, exist in any era.

"Please select the location of the stadium and the jersey number."

"Can I replace the system? Replace the Rugby Superstar System with ...... Soccer or something, I think soccer might be more popular, otherwise it's better to be basketball, I've always been basketball. Lu Ke asked seriously, waiting for him was silence, but Lu Ke didn't mind, he laughed, not only in his mind, but also with a corresponding smile on his facial expression.

Lu Ke is a second-generation immigrant who immigrated to San Francisco with his parents when he was eight years old. Even in the 21st century, the problem of race/racial discrimination in the United States is still very serious, and San Francisco, as the most successful city for ethnic integration in the United States, still faces the exclusion and isolation of his classmates. For a long time, he couldn't even make friends with other descendants of immigrants.

Lu Ke has never been a personality who sits back and waits for death and gives up on himself. In order to break the situation, he chose sports, which is a topic that the whole world can communicate with, especially for boys, to fight well on the sports field, either as comrades side by side or as enemies in confrontation, without any intrigues or fancy skills, all speaking with strength.

In the past, when he was in China, Lu Ke was on the school basketball team, but the high school he attended was not popular in basketball, and there was not even a school basketball team. So, Lu Ke chose rugby, the number one sport in the United States. Rugby, baseball, ice hockey and basketball are the four major sports here, with rugby being the undisputed number one.

At first, it was just to integrate into the local life, but gradually, Lu Ke really fell in love with the sport. For the layman, rugby seems to be violence in addition to violence; In fact, this is a sport that pays a lot of attention to teamwork and tactical design, and a professional rugby team's tactical manual may have seven or eight hundred pages, and there are even players who are eliminated because they can't memorize the tactical manual and can't keep up with the tactical changes.

Incidentally, before a rugby player can enter a career, he must have his IQ measured.

On the field, every position is full of wisdom and skill, just like a sophisticated instrument, from the offensive team to the defense team, to the special service team and the coaching team, every part and every link are meticulously coordinated in order to achieve the final victory. It's an individual, teamwork, and even more intellectual, sport, and it's fascinating.

Lu Ke fell deeply in love with the sport. But unfortunately, his limited physical talent, coupled with the racism of the football field - so far, no Asian American player in the American Football League has officially played, not even a recorded substitute player, so Lu Ke opened up the situation through rugby, but he has not been able to go further.

After graduating from high school, Lu Ke was admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles and volunteered to join the football team.

But he was rejected in both freshman and sophomore recruitment ceremonies, and physical confrontation was his weakness, which is precisely a part of rugby that can never be bypassed. He was tall enough, but his muscle mass was too low, and his muscle explosiveness and physical ability were not enough to make him on the college team.

It wasn't until his junior year that his sincerity, his persistence and his hard work finally impressed the coaching staff, and the nod got him into the team - in the form of a sparring partner, who is not counted as a regular player, has no commitments, and can be changed at any time.

This persistence is one year. In the blink of an eye, the new semester of his senior year had begun, leaving him with only the last year left to become a professional athlete.

It is precisely because of his lack of talent and ability that he must put in more effort and persistence than others, and every time he plays, it may be the last time he stands on the court. Therefore, every day, Lu Ke is the first to arrive at the training ground and the latest to leave the training ground; Every time, Lu Ke is the most dedicated and desperate, even if it is just an ordinary training every day, he is going all out.

He cherishes every minute and every second of standing on the court! This is his dream, his youth, and his life! Eleven years, a full eleven years, on this green field, he has been running, struggling for eleven years, working hard for eleven years, and now he has finally won the opportunity, how could he easily miss it?

Rugby, that's his first choice!

Rugby actually has many similarities with football, the same side is attacking, the other side defending, and the final goal is to kick the goal and score. However, there are differences in the specific implementation.

In rugby, each team is divided into three groups, attacking, defending, and squad. One side of the offensive group plays, and the other side is the defensive group on the field, and the confrontation is launched; In other cases, such as a failed attack, a free kick, a re-kick, etc., the special forces of both sides will come on and face each other off.

After kick-off, when the attacker starts to attack, they have a total of four offensive opportunities, and they are required to complete the task of advancing ten yards, if it is successfully completed, then the attacker will get another fourth offensive opportunity to continue to advance; If the advance fails, then the offensive power will be switched and the opponent will attack.

The first is the offense, which is divided into two ways, passing offense and running offense.

The quarterback, who is the core of the offense on the court, is also the object of the defense's attention, and can be said to be the most important presence of every team. After kick-off, the players in front of the quarterbacks are called offensive forwards, who are responsible for blocking the attacks of the defenders, giving the quarterbacks enough time to observe the situation on the court and choose whether to run or pass.

The so-called passing is to throw the football out like a basketball game and hand it to a teammate who has already run out to complete the purpose of moving forward; The so-called running ball is to hand the rugby to the running guard next to him, who holds the rugby tightly and rushes, runs, goes around, and pushes through the crowd.

In the offensive process, every run, every pick-and-roll, every route, every tactic, it requires precise cooperation. The point of the offensive forward is not only to protect the quarterback, but also to open the way for the running back, but also to get the wide receiver out of the gap and finally complete the goal of the advancement.

There may be as many as 20,000 tactical designs for professional teams.

The second is scoring, and the entire rugby field is a hundred yards long, with scoring areas at both ends of the field. Unlike football, the "goal" of rugby is the end zone, which is the same width as the field, which is seventy-five yards and ten yards long.

In a game, as long as the offensive player takes the football over the scoring line, or receives a pass in the end zone, then the score is completed, which is called a "touchdown", and six points are scored. After the touchdown, the attacking team has a chance to score extra points, and the special service team comes on and kicks the ball into the goal at the end of the end zone from 35 yards from the goal, then another point can be scored.

There is also a situation where the attacker has a total of four gears to attack, and after the third gear is over, it still can't complete the ten-yard advancement task, but the position is already not far from the end area, into the shooting range.

At this point, it is okay to force a fourth-gear offense, and if you fail to complete the ten yards required by the fourth-gear offense, the ball will be converted immediately. So, the attacker can choose to forgo the fourth pot and instead have the special service team on the pitch, with the goal of kicking the football into the goal – similar to a free kick in soccer, as long as it is scored, the attacker can score "three points".

At the end of the day, rugby is the same as football, push, push, push, and push, and the goal is to push the ball across the scoring line and score points.

Throughout the game, the quarterback was undoubtedly the core of the core.

For the offensive side, the quarterback is even more important than the midfielder in football, and the quarterback's understanding, application and operation of tactics, interpretation of defense, and judgment of the situation on the court are the key to determining the direction of the game; For the defender, how to interpret the tactical choices of the opposing quarterback, how to curb the offensive frenzy set off by the opposing quarterback, that's all.

In football, the star player may be a striker, a midfielder, a goalkeeper; But in football, the quarterback is always the center of attention, the absolute soul.

In the past, when he was in high school, Lu Ke played the quarterback position, although his physical talent was inferior, but his tactical literacy, observation ability, and adaptability were very good - at least in the high school he attended; But when it comes to the college arena, let alone a star position like a quarterback, Lu Ke can't even get an ordinary position, just as a sparring partner.

Now, he has a chance to become a rugby superstar, so does the position still need to be considered?

"Quarterback." Lu Ke said without hesitation, "Of course it's a quarterback!" ”