Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

However, with diminishing marginal utility, as the genes themselves become superior, this optimization effect will become smaller and smaller. Therefore, the differences in appearance, physique, and physical fitness among members of families that have been passed down for a certain number of years are relatively small.

Of course, children from ordinary families don't need to worry. Although they don't inherit superior genes from generation to generation, the wonder of life is that there is still variation.

Moreover, mutants are often the most elite.

People with exceptional appearance, height, physical strength, or those who have unlocked their genetic potential in a particular area can certainly surpass others.

Moreover, major sports, technologies, and so on are often driven by these people. These are the true geniuses, whose potential is higher than that of artificially created geniuses.

"Ding! Your explosiveness, pace, and footwork power caps have been increased by +5!"

Deng Kai's upper limits for these three data points have reached 90, 95, and 90 respectively!

The key is that he was already strong in these three areas, and this has completely elevated his strengths, giving him the opportunity to become excellent in these three attributes, which were only considered above average in the football world before.

Even so, they are still some distance from those genius players with physical mutations.

Bale's speed, Messi's pace, Carlos's footwork, and Drogba's strength—these are the real monsters.

"Ding! We have detected a large number of unused training dummies and other items. Choosing to recycle them will convert them into progress points, which can be used to upgrade the Champion Raider Medal!"

"You have chosen to recycle 472 training stakes, gaining progress points..."

"You have chosen to recycle 376 energy drinks, gaining progress points..."

"You have chosen to retrieve Cech's hockey stick *1... You have cancelled this retrieval..."

"You have chosen to recycle 102 medical bandages, gaining progress points..."

"You have successfully upgraded your Champion Raider Medal using progress points."

"Champion Raider Medal (Silver): Wearable. Does not occupy a slot. Upgradeable, current level is Silver. Each championship won increases all personal abilities by 1%! After the boost, the maximum single stat is 80. Single stats exceeding 80 will not take effect. Gain the Silver Medal special skill 'Counterattack Begins Now (11)'!"

"Counterattack begins now (11): When the opponent's possession is converted into possession in one's own penalty area, it becomes extremely difficult to lose possession in the next eleven passes."

Deng Kai ultimately couldn't bring himself to melt down Cech's hockey stick.

After all, this is a rare drop of a wearable star player.

Wouldn't it be a loss to recycle it as scrap?

I heard that ice hockey is the only sport where fighting is legal, so even though this thing is useless, Deng Kai feels very safe when he plays hockey as long as he wears it.

Before the Champion Raider Medal is upgraded, the stat cap is 75.

Deng Kai's data has already reached this level for a large part, so the improvement for him is not that significant.

But now that we're over eighty, the improvement is significant.

So far, Deng Kai has not achieved any statistic that has reached 80.

The highest score was for short passes, at 79.

Then there's ball control and foot frequency at 77, and agility at 76.

Next are the advantageous attributes such as 72 and 71.

Of course, there is also a large number of ordinary attributes around 60.

And defensive weaknesses such as interception, blocking, and clearance.

Unfortunately, the improvement for bronze is based on 3% of each champion.

But Silver was paid only one percent of the prize money for each champion, resulting in a severe injury.

It's like trading the upper limit for improvement, trading the future for the present.

After all, if he continues to have the effect of the bronze medal, Deng Kai will not need the medal effect at all in another season or two, because his personal stats will definitely exceed the medal's limit.

……

2000 6 Month 10 Day.

The European Championship has officially begun.

The sixteen teams are divided into four groups, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Belgium, as one of the hosts, kicked off the match first, facing Sweden at the Estádio do Repubblica in Brussels.

Belgium ultimately defeated Sweden 2-1.

Historically, in major cup competitions around the world, the host country has a better record in winning the opening match than losing.

In fact, in the history of the World Cup, apart from Qatar in 2022, no host country has ever lost a game.

For this European Championship, Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo have already made money, and they personally went to the stadium to watch most of the matches.

During a series of matches for the Portuguese national team, Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo even appeared in the players' family area, where they had excellent vantage points to watch the game.

During matches in Spain, France, Italy, and other countries, the two were invited by some star players to watch the games from VIP boxes, which was quite an enjoyable experience.

The stadium cameras also frequently provide them with footage.

Then the commentator introduced them to the fans watching the European Championship: "Oh, the camera is now focused on Deng Kai and Cristiano Ronaldo. They've come to watch the game too. Some fans might not recognize them, but these two are Portugal's hottest rising stars right now."

"They led the team to win the Portuguese Second Division title and the Portuguese Cup, and it's rumored they'll get playing time in the Portuguese First Division next season!"

Of course, Hathaway accompanied Deng Kai during the first few games.

This infuriated Cristiano Ronaldo.

Watching the two of them, constantly feeding each other popcorn, don't they have hands?

Two people sharing a cup of milk tea – aren't they afraid of bacterial infection?

What's most infuriating is that a goal was scored, but what's with Hathaway kissing Deng Kai like that? This is supposed to be a football match, but what would happen if this were a basketball game?

Thankfully, after a brief unpleasant moment...

Hathaway returned to the United States to participate in auditions and filming for her new movie.

The offer to star in that film was initially not even on Hathaway's agent's radar.

Hathaway jokingly complained to Deng Kai, "Filming those kinds of movies is really tough. Of course, I'm not afraid, and I can try it, but my agent thinks it's seriously incompatible with my acting style."

"You know, even in Lord of the Rings, the role I played as the elf princess was just for show; all I had to do was be beautiful."

"And that invitation not only involved harsh filming conditions, but also featured a large number of fight scenes."

"In comparison, I think Demi Moore or Angelina Jolie would definitely be a better fit than me."

Deng Kai asked, "That's definitely not suitable. Wait... which movie are you talking about?"

Hathaway: "It's based on the game, Tomb Raider."

"Uh... this..." Deng Kai was taken aback. "If it's a movie, then I think it's actually possible to make one."

Hathaway looked at Deng Kai.

"This game is incredibly popular. If the movie doesn't do well, it's because the game's conversion rate is poor. If it does well, it's because your conversion rate is strong," Deng Kai said. "And if the box office is really good, there will definitely be a second and a third movie in the future."

"A stable output of work is very beneficial for movie stars, as it can maintain your market exposure. You won't be completely forgotten after two years of not having any roles to play."

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.