Adrian Peterson, widely considered one of the greatest running backs in history, is currently playing for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
Born in 1985, this player has remained active on the professional field for nine seasons in the NFL, although he was out for the 2014 season due to injury. He played in eight seasons, surpassing one thousand rushing yards in seven of those seasons, the only exception being the 2011 season where he ran for 970 yards.
Additionally, in 2012, he rushed for over two thousand yards and effortlessly picked up the regular-season MVP, becoming the only non-quarterback in the past decade to win the MVP.
Moreover, he’s been selected to the All-America First Team four times, the All-America Second Team three times, and the Pro Bowl seven times, leading the league in rushing yards in three seasons.
Efficient! Stable! Enduring!
Not only is he one of the five running backs in history to rush for over three thousand yards in their first two professional seasons, but he also became the third fastest running back in history to break ten thousand rushing yards.
Just this past season, Adrian Peterson still maintained his top form, making him the first running back over thirty to enter the All-America First Team.
Historical, splendid, and ongoing.
Undoubtedly, Peterson is currently one of the most elite and outstanding running backs in the League, and he remains so even when considering the lengthy history of the sport.
Li Wei’s starter package revealed a template of such a legendary star, a truly lucky draw.
Although Li Wei was completely unaware of Peterson’s illustrious achievements, the "S" rating didn’t lie; for Li Wei, that symbol was enough.
But how should a player template be used?
His gaze returned to the interface, and he used his brain signals to direct the player template into the template area on the left. The card naturally fitted into the first slot, and a figure of Peterson with the ball in a sprint lit up.
He continued sending signals, attempting to click on the Peterson template.
Whoosh!
The whole page transformed into a three-dimensional space that was more vivid than AR technology. His body was still outside, but his consciousness created a truly immersive feeling. He could genuinely feel gravity, and all other senses and perceptions felt extremely real.
An interface floated in front of him, neatly indexing a series of thumbnails by year, crowded together.
Second, the match recording didn’t have the latest season, updates only went up to two years ago, cutting off the possibility for players to explore professional team tactics by experiencing matches, serving only as a mere training system function.
So that’s how it is!
Exiting the player template training mode, Li Wei didn’t forget to check the time; the system to real-time ratio was roughly "5:1," which means five minutes passed in the system while only one minute went by in reality.
Now, with a clear idea about the player template, what about the other two cards?
The first card, Training Effect Doubling Card (twice).
After reading the card description in detail, it’s a card specifically effective for real-life training results, just by wearing the card, the effect of the training could be doubled.
Although doubling might not sound like much, combined with the player template, it could form a complement, one online and one offline, ensuring enhanced training effects.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the player is willing to train, to spend time and energy, then the system can perform its functions, otherwise, the system is just a decoration, and that’s the ultimate essence of the Football Training System.
The second card, Injury Negative Impact Reduction Card (10%).
After carefully reading the card description, Li Wei suddenly realized, this is the real jackpot—
A passive aura, automatically coming into effect when injuries happen, mitigating the impact of injuries on the body, and with the percentage increase, fatal injuries could be reduced to serious injuries, and possibly to moderate or minor injuries.
In competitive sports, injuries are the most daunting obstacles; countless geniuses and stars could not escape the impacts of injuries, but the problem is, injuries are a brutal reality in competitive sports that no one can avoid, the difference is only in severity.
All sports, all professional players face trouble from injuries when they retire because competitive sports ultimately are about challenging the limits of physical and mental endurance.
And in Football, with such intense confrontation, one could even say the sport is excessively brutal; injuries are common and play a pivotal role in a professional career.
Now, this card plays the role of a goalkeeper, armoring Li Wei with a layer of protection, although Li Wei’s understanding of the running back role was superficial, he still needed to gradually deepen his understanding, but Li Wei had an intuition:
Perhaps, this card is the trump card, the key capable of completely changing the game.
So, the question arises, is a 10% effect considered high or low?
Furthermore, more importantly, the newbie package has been used up, how should the next chance to draw cards be won?