The longest river

Chapter 1 Basketball River System
"You bunch of trash don't deserve to play here!"

In the Cleveland High School basketball training facility, team captain Mike Luther was yelling at the junior team members.

The members of Junior all had their heads down. Just now, they had been wiped out by Luther's Varsity team.

They all knew Luther's volatile temper; being targeted by him was a recipe for disaster.

Luther looked around, his gaze finally settling on the Asian faces on the bench.

Yang Shuai was sitting on the bench, lost in thought.

It had been a day since he transmigrated to this world, but he still hadn't recovered.

He had simply fallen asleep on his desk after getting tired of doing his exams, but when he woke up, he found himself in the United States in 1993.

He tried many methods but could not "wake up," and finally concluded that he had indeed traveled through time.

He couldn't accept it.

The college entrance exam was just a month away! And then it all came down to this at the last minute?

Does that mean his previous eighteen years of exams were all for nothing?
Just then, he sensed something was wrong and looked up to find everyone staring at him.

"Chink! Are you deaf?" Luther was furious. He had just asked Yang Shuai to stand up, but Yang Shuai dared to ignore him.

Yang Shuai suddenly stood up from the bench, startling everyone.

After transmigrating, Yang Shuai also gained the original owner's memories.

The original owner's background was so tragic that even the word "tragic" is insufficient to describe it.

Not long after she was born, she and her mother were abandoned by her father.

When he turned thirteen, his mother kicked him out of the house again, because she thought he looked too much like his father.

Left with no other choice, he had to seek refuge with his relatives, but they also found him troublesome.

Even if he worked hard and humbled himself, he would always be kicked out after living there for a while.

He became an orphan when no relatives were willing to open the door for him anymore.

To survive, he ate expired bread and rotten fruit thrown away in the trash.

While other children were watching TV and thinking about how to play, all he could think about was how to solve his next meal.

It seemed that even God couldn't stand it anymore, and in the year or so between ninth grade and tenth grade, his height increased from 1.78 meters to 1.94 meters.

This change made him a promising basketball prospect, and he was recruited into the junior team.

However, shortly after joining the team, he was bullied on the field due to his inferiority complex and timid personality caused by his childhood experiences.

Especially this Luther in front of me, who has a serious racial prejudice, and always tries to make trouble for me during training.

Finally, all the pressure exploded last night, and the original owner chose to end her life.

Therefore, Yang Shuai's anger at this moment is doubled.

"Shut up!"

With just one sentence, the expressions of those looking at Yang Shuai changed from watching a show to being shocked.

Who would have thought that someone who is usually allowed to be ridden on and have their feces emptied would choose the most violent way to respond?

"What did you say? Say it again if you dare!" Luther's expression turned furious after he came to his senses, as if he had been deeply humiliated.

"Ding! Basketball River System activated! Negative energy from Mike Luther +299."

Just then, a system notification sounded in Yang Shuai's mind.

"You think you're so great, leading your team to a crushing defeat against Chamberlain High School? You think you're so great, getting dunked on by James Posey? You think you're so great, only good at bullying the junior team?" Yang Shuai unleashed a torrent of abuse at Luther.

He wasn't the original owner of this body. From a young age, his parents instilled in him the idea that if someone bullies you, you must retaliate in the same way, otherwise they will only escalate their actions.

Luther's face turned green on the spot. The reason he was so irritable today was because he had lost to their arch-rival, Chamberlain High School.

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

"Negative energy from Mike Luther +199".

Luther waved and was about to step forward.

Yang Shuai was also ready to fight.

But just then, a coughing sound came from behind.

A guy with an afro, wearing a velvet suit, a gold chain around his neck, and a gold watch on his wrist appeared at the entrance of the training hall.

Ray Johnson, a former UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) college basketball team member and retired Marine Corps sergeant, is currently the head coach of the Cleveland High School basketball team.

Johnson is known for his sternness, and his appearance quickly brought the farce to an end.

"Negative energy from Mike Luther +18".

"Negative energy from Mike Luther +13".

……

The notifications in his mind kept coming, and only then did Yang Shuai finally have time to pay attention to the system that had suddenly appeared.

At this moment, a virtual interface appeared in his mind. The first thing he saw was the attribute panel.

Name: Yang Shuai

Height: 194cm (barefoot)
Weight: 75 kg
Arm span: 210cm
Control: 30 (45); Passing: 15 (42);
扣篮：40（55）；上篮：38（51）；近距离：35（51）；中距离：30（47）；罚球：35（55）；三分：25（40）

防守：28（50）；盖帽：40（53）；抢断：35（46）；篮板：41（51）；造犯规：30（40）

Secondary interface ③

*注：面板数值为当前能力，（）内数值为当前天赋可以训练达到的能力上限；50~60为NCAA一级联盟，60~70为NBA替补，70~80为NBA首发，80~90为NBA全明星，90~100为NBA巨星。

Below the panel is a system store.

The store sells only one type of product: a physical fitness enhancement pack.

Strength, jumping ability, explosiveness, coordination—it has all the physical qualities you can imagine.

Furthermore, it is divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D. A level D upgrade pack requires 2000 points to redeem, while a level A upgrade pack requires 10 points.

Yang Shuai glanced at his current points: 648.

Yeah, I can't redeem any packages.

However, at the very bottom of the store, there is a display showing what you can claim: the much-anticipated newbie gift pack.

After he opened it, he saw what was inside the gift package:
[Single Attribute Ability Enhancement Card (can increase the maximum value of a single attribute ability to 60)], [All Attribute Ability Enhancement Card (can increase all attributes to their maximum value)].

The gift pack doesn't seem to contain many items, but it's incredibly generous, especially the enhancement card, which can save him a lot of training time.

This system is definitely a good system, but it doesn't mention the detailed methods for obtaining points.

It seems this is the part the system wants him to explore on his own.

Just then, Luther walked towards him.

"Dare to challenge me to a one-on-one fight after training is over?" Luther looked down at Yang Shuai with an arrogant air.

Yang Shuai's teammates looked at him with pity.

Yang Shuai will eventually have to pay the price for his impulsive actions.

In this situation, the best thing for him to do is admit his mistake; otherwise, it will be difficult for him to stay on the school team in the future.

To everyone's surprise, Yang Shuai looked at Luther as if he were an idiot and said, "I'll do whatever you tell me to do. Don't I have any dignity?"

"You!" Luther's face flushed red instantly.

"Negative energy from Mike Luther +69".

Yang Shuai was initially too lazy to pay attention to Luther, but upon hearing the system notification in his mind again, he suddenly changed his mind.

Under Luther's surprised gaze, he stood up and said, "It's not impossible for me to fight you one-on-one, but you have to agree to one condition."

Luther laughed immediately upon hearing this: "Don't even mention one, ten wouldn't be a problem."

If he can thoroughly humiliate Yang Shuai in a one-on-one match, he can not only regain the face he lost before, but also take the opportunity to kick Yang Shuai out of the school team.

"Then ten."

"..."

"Negative energy from Mike Luther +126".

"I haven't decided on the remaining nine yet. The first condition is that starting tomorrow, you have to bring me breakfast every morning, and I can decide what I eat."

The original owner either skipped breakfast or rummaged through the trash, which he didn't want to do.

“It’s a deal.” Luther agreed without hesitation.

Putting aside the fact that Yang Shuai's conditions are acceptable to him, given Yang Shuai's basketball skills, he would never lose a single game!
-Dividing line-

①: American high school teams are generally divided into three teams: the freshman team, which can be joined for training upon registration; the junior team, which trains in the reserve team for one to two years and participates in some small leagues; and the varsity team, which represents the school in the official high school league.

②: American high school lasts four years, from ninth to twelfth grade.

③: Defense: Single defense 30 (46); Help defense 35 (52)

Rebounds: Offensive rebounds 40 (50); Defensive rebounds 42 (52)

Drawing fouls: 32 offensive fouls (42); 30 defensive fouls (40)

Dunking: Standing dunk 47 (58); Sprint dunk 43 (56); Confrontation dunk 20 (51)

Layup: Standing layup 45 (52); Breakaway layup 35 (50)

Close range: Throw 34 (51); Hook shot 35 (51); Lap-up 37 (51)

Mid-range: 35 (50) open shots; 30 (48) catch-and-shoot shots; 20 (45) shots under pressure.

Three-pointers: Open shots 30 (45); Catch-and-shoot shots 25 (43); Uncontested shots 15 (40); Long-range three-pointers 5 (30)

　Because this book was a failed attempt to transition to fantasy, some of the opening designs weren't perfect. If you trust me, the author, you can continue reading. I can confidently say that the later plot is up to par.

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(End of this chapter)