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Chapter 34 Alarms the National Team Head Coach! [Bonus Chapter]

"22.98 seconds? Holy crap, is Xiao Wu on some kind of aphrodisiac today?"

"Get lost! He's only 12 years old. Don't talk nonsense. This is talent!"

"Indeed, it's incomparable, incomparable! It's so discouraging!"

"Luckily, I train for the 200-meter butterfly!"

"Xiao Cai and Lao Wang are the real blows!"

"I reckon Lao Wang can shift his weight to breaststroke now, and as for Xiao Cai... 100 meters, I guess!"

"..."

The Zhejiang team members in the stands watched as Wu Jin finally scored a number and collectively groaned in despair.

This result truly exceeded everyone's expectations.

For Sun Yang, every word these team members uttered was a deadly verbal attack.

Lost!

I lost my bet.

Although Cai Li performed well in the semifinals, swimming 23.12 seconds, it was still far inferior to Wu Jin's 23 seconds.

Although Sun Yang has only been learning to swim for a few years, his 50-meter swimming ability is still quite impressive, both domestically and in Asia.

23 seconds is the dividing line between a champion and other competitors.

Within 23 seconds of the final, Asia was essentially unbeatable.

In the Olympics, a time of just over 22 seconds can even get you into the finals if you're lucky!
Otherwise, why has Jiang Chengji's Asian record of 22.33 seconds remained unbroken for so many years? Even he himself said that he never expected to achieve that result, which remains the best result ever achieved by a Chinese male swimmer at the Olympics.

This is the only time in decades that he's had such a breakout performance, which gives you an idea of ​​how difficult it is for an Asian male athlete to break 23 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle.

Squeak!

Sun Yang clenched his fist, but finally let go.

Wu Peng, who was standing next to him, clearly noticed the child's mood and patted him on the shoulder.

"Little Sun, everyone has their time to realize their potential!"

"You're only 11 years old; your most rapid years of development haven't even arrived yet!"

"Ok, I know!"

Sun Yang nodded.

"Come on!"

"Talent is certainly important, but you'll see after you've swum for a few years!"

For all athletes, the most important thing is actually their physical condition!
The ability to be injury-free is an athlete's greatest strength; those who can retire at the end of their professional career are true "geniuses"!
The rest are nothing but fleeting moments!
***
Ding!
[Congratulations, host! You won first place in the men's 50m freestyle semifinals at the Chinese Swimming Championships. Reward: 200 experience points!]

Ding!
[Congratulations, host, for breaking your own national youth record of 23.09 seconds set this morning! Reward: 100 experience points!]

Ding!
【恭喜宿主打破了2002年10月3日由金浩在釜山亚运会创造的23秒01男子50米自由泳国家青年纪录，奖励经验500点！】

Ding!
【恭喜宿主打破了1999年5月2日由小泉池一在日本游泳锦标赛上创造的23秒05男子50米自由泳亚洲少年纪录，奖励经验500点！】

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Another series of rewards followed, making my head feel like it had been hit several times, but the experience points from the rewards only amounted to a pitiful 1300 points.

That's only enough to level up 1 time.

Whether it's acceleration or sprinting, it takes 1100 points to upgrade sprinting from level 10 to intermediate.

"You didn't go all out in the group stage this morning?"

Looking at his ranking of second in the group and third in the semifinals, Zhou Jiawei couldn't help but sigh, and then gave Wu Jin a high five in the next pool.

Cai Li, standing next to him, was panting heavily, his eyes fixed on the scoreboard in front of him, seemingly lost in thought.

"Go with all your strength!"

"How could I not go all out..."

Wu Jin, also panting, laughed with Zhou Jiawei. "That little brother of yours, you're pretty freakish!"

Zhou Jiawei shook his head: "Really only 12 years old?"

The two of them struggled to their feet and walked out of the pool. Cai Li, who was next to Wu Jin, glanced at him and followed him ashore.

"Hmm, 12!"

Wu Jin pulled off his swimming cap and goggles; Zhou Jiawei no longer wanted to talk to him.

The time of 22.98 seconds deeply stung him, but Wu Jin himself was not very satisfied with the result.

This time, due to Zhou Jiawei's premature start, the start was definitely a bit slow, and also... the intermediate acceleration wasn't as powerful as he had imagined.

The acceleration was 2 seconds longer, but it wasn't the 0.6 seconds he had hoped for in the initial acceleration stage, which was 0.3 seconds longer than the standard 0.6 seconds.
Conversely, advancing one level from intermediate to advanced might take less than 0.3 seconds.

That means it adds 2 seconds of boost, so the overall speed is only slightly faster.

"This acceleration is either limited by my body, or it also has a speed limit!"

In other words, the acceleration cannot be increased indefinitely; the increase actually decreases as you go on. In Wu Jin's view, the biggest effect of this skill is the duration of the buff.

Between adding 12 seconds of blessing and adding 22 seconds of blessing, the latter is definitely faster.

With just one minute of extra time, he'd dare to try the 100-meter or 200-meter races.

It's like helping you maintain your speed.

Without acceleration, the expenditure of physical energy will reduce the athlete's speed to some extent.

With this skill, the speed remains essentially unchanged.

But once it reaches a certain physical limit, it's impossible to increase it further, otherwise it would be defying the heavens. Swimming at 3 meters per second in a pool would be inhuman, and you might get pulled in and sliced ​​up.

In reality, the human swimming limit is only about 2 meters per second.

This system is only meant to help him improve his swimming, not to make him a superman.

Wu Jin had some understanding of the system, and the only thing that could truly enhance his strength, besides improving his own abilities, was the combination of acceleration and sprinting.

"In other words, the further you go, the fewer upgrades and improvements you get!"

This is easy to understand.

Once an athlete reaches a certain level in swimming, breaking records becomes extremely difficult.

At first, a one-second improvement is nothing, just like Sun Yang now. But once you reach a certain level, it's hard to maintain your peak performance, let alone break through.

The system should be able to keep an athlete at their peak and occasionally even push their limits.

This is the cheat program!
That's already incredibly amazing.

Of course, all of this is just Wu Jin's deduction.

He plans to find a place to test himself properly after the competition.

Only by testing it himself can he gain a clear understanding of the quantitative improvement of the system and skills.

After another series of tests, by the time Wu Jin was resting in the backcourt, there was only a little over an hour left before the final match began.

The competition currently taking place outside is the women's 50-meter freestyle semifinals.

No players from the Zhejiang Provincial Team advanced, so Xu Guoyi walked in, followed by two coaches.

Wu Jin is someone I don't know much about.

He did know another person, He Xinzhong, who used to be on the Zhejiang Provincial Team.

"Wu Jin, come here!"

Xu Guoyi waved to Wu Jin, and Wu Jin immediately came to Xu Guoyi's side.

"This is Coach Zhao, the head coach of the national swimming team!"

Xu Guoyi whispered in Wu Jin's ear, which startled Wu Jin.

Holy crap, he's the current head of the swimming team, and he'll be leading the team for the Athens Olympics next year. I actually managed to get his attention?

(End of this chapter)